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Speaker 2: When do we start we were talking about food again.

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Speaker 1: That's a good question. They had some food that you

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Speaker 2: A look on your face when a plate of sushi

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Speaker 1: There are things, there were things with that that I

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Speaker 2: Every single piece of sushi on that plate was eaten

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Speaker 2: The Reds made a trade to trade actually, and now

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Speaker 2: It was thirty five on like eleven of fifteen shooting.

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Speaker 2: Some good news here for our friend Rose Levell. How

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Speaker 1: That is awesome stuff from Rose level. Congratulations are in

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Speaker 2: Well, here's another big one. Oh, another domino has fallen

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Speaker 2: Sources tell The Athletic that Bo Bashett is in agreement

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Speaker 1: The Dodgers last night, if you missed this, the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: The Dodgers are again, they're not breaking major League Baseball rules.

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Speaker 1: If you want to be mad, be mad at Baseball,

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Speaker 1: Maybe, but golly, maybe we need.

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe things change, Yeah, they're probably back in the day.

438
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Speaker 2: They're probably it used to be this used to be

439
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Speaker 2: probably unsustainable planet with the amount of bugs that were

440
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Speaker 2: flying around. And now you got infrastructure and you know,

441
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Speaker 2: chemicals in the air. He knows what's out their habitat.

442
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Speaker 2: You know, I mean, we got what's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: We got tissue injuries because there's plants next to the

444
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers facility. Now there's no bugs flying away.

445
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Speaker 2: I thought we got to the bottom of that. There's

446
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Speaker 2: like lead walls that prevent that from being a thing.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't trust it. Here's what I

448
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Speaker 1: do trust. Reds Fest will be a fun time whatever, man,

449
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Speaker 1: regardless of what the Reds have done or not done

450
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Speaker 1: up to this point, or maybe what they're waiting to do.

451
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Speaker 2: Actually am excited to check it out.

452
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Speaker 1: Reds Fest is always always awesome and uh they put

453
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Speaker 1: together a great, great thing with current and former players

454
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Speaker 1: and managers and radio personalities. It's it's awesome. If you've

455
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Speaker 1: not been, you do need to go try it. It's

456
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Speaker 1: today and tomorrow at the newly renovated Convention Center down there,

457
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Speaker 1: so Terry Francona will be there. Terry Francona caught up

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Speaker 1: with Caleb No, So shout out to Caleb no for

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Speaker 1: getting this audio. But Terry here he is Tito the

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Speaker 1: Magnificent talking about the uh possibility of acquiring or a

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Speaker 1: potential bat and his collaboration with the front office.

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Speaker 7: Well, I know when I was at the ballparks, and

463
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Speaker 7: I know they're always trying to get better, but you know,

464
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Speaker 7: there's everybody has their own guidelines, stipulations, you know, parameters,

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Speaker 7: and I don't spend a whole lot of time worrying

466
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Speaker 7: about what we don't have. My job is to take

467
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Speaker 7: who we have and see how good we can play.

468
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Speaker 7: So that's kind of what I've spent my time on.

469
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Speaker 7: I don't get too worried about all the other what

470
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Speaker 7: ifs and is this you know, because like I said,

471
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Speaker 7: I got a certain amount of energy and I want

472
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Speaker 7: to use it the appropriate way with our guys.

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Speaker 8: Okay, how much collaboration is there between you and the

474
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Speaker 8: front office in terms of moves that are made specifically

475
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Speaker 8: in the off season.

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Speaker 7: It's really good. It's not just during I mean they're

477
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Speaker 7: down in my office every day and we don't really

478
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Speaker 7: have that meetings because we talk all the time. And

479
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Speaker 7: that was a big reason that I wanted to come here,

480
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Speaker 7: was because of Nick and Brad the way they you know,

481
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Speaker 7: we hit it off that first meeting, and then when

482
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Speaker 7: you're around people for a year, like I said, it's meaningful,

483
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Speaker 7: Like we will sit there some nights after a game

484
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Speaker 7: for one or two hours just talking and you don't

485
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Speaker 7: have to have a meeting because I kind of know

486
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Speaker 7: how we feel. Yes, exactly, Organically it works.

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Speaker 1: Okay, it organically works focused on what they do have

488
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Speaker 1: and how to make the most of them. That's an

489
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Speaker 1: easy way of just saying we don't have much.

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Speaker 2: It is his job, isn't it. Yes, he's not the

491
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Speaker 2: guy getting the players.

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Speaker 1: Yes, that was a fully what I thought and expected

493
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Speaker 1: him to say.

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Speaker 2: Do you think he struggles to sleep at night thinking

495
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Speaker 2: about how he's gonna score runs?

496
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Speaker 1: He should? He should?

497
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Speaker 2: I would like to know, does a team that just

498
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Speaker 2: offensively doesn't have a lot of juice like this one,

499
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Speaker 2: is Terry Francona going to be more willing to be

500
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Speaker 2: aggressive on the base pass, oh to try to scratch

501
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Speaker 2: across more runs because you don't have maybe the power

502
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Speaker 2: threats that you've had in the past you don't have.

503
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Speaker 2: Yet they won't they won't be getting those players. I

504
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,280
Speaker 2: would love to be proven wrong. I would love for

505
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Speaker 2: it to happen tonight while I'm at Reds Fest, and

506
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:43,680
Speaker 2: I'll go up and shake Nickkral's hand. But like, is

507
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Speaker 2: that going to change your philosophy at all? Because that

508
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Speaker 2: I think a lot of Reds fans, understandably were bothered

509
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Speaker 2: by the fact that that that seemed to be Francona's

510
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 2: strategy was neutralizing what was a strength of the previous

511
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Speaker 2: team and they made it to the playoffs, and there's

512
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Speaker 2: something to that. But also, if you're offensively challenged, Ken

513
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,600
Speaker 2: being more aggressive on the base paths helped that. And

514
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Speaker 2: I'm sure you know Ellie with the as Terry described it,

515
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Speaker 2: he had a leg yep that probably brings down there

516
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 2: team numbers a little bit, But I just wonder about that. Yeah,

517
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 2: and Matt McClain couldn't get on base at all, But.

518
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's fair to to and curious to

519
00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 1: see how that's going to play out. But something has

520
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Speaker 1: to change. By the way, one more on Bob Baschett.

521
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Speaker 1: Listen to this from Bob Nightingale. The Phillies had agreed

522
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Speaker 1: to Bob Baschett's request seven year, two hundred million dollar

523
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: deal last night. That is about twenty eight million per year.

524
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Speaker 1: That the Phillies said, yeah, we're good with that. They

525
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Speaker 1: believed it would happen. And then late last night, Kyle

526
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Speaker 1: Tucker goes to the Dodgers. So the Mets come in,

527
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Speaker 1: they go three year, one twenty six. That takes that

528
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Speaker 1: twenty eight mil per year Austin and bumps it up

529
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Speaker 1: to forty two mil per year. Yeah. Also four less

530
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Speaker 1: years on the deal, so he's gonna be able to

531
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Speaker 1: hit free agency again. Yeah. So just a little bit

532
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Speaker 1: of the back and forth there and how the Mets.

533
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Speaker 1: You know, the Reds said they were in on Kyle

534
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: schwarbur and then the folks said, well then they should

535
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Speaker 1: pivot and go elsewhere. The Mets pivoted, went elsewhere, and

536
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Speaker 1: they landed Bobachette.

537
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Speaker 2: Today, I don't know why they didn't the Reds didn't

538
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 2: go after Boba Schett. I mean, Dante played here, so

539
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 2: clearly opportunity to to trot Cincinnatis. Yeah, I mean you

540
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 2: think Boba sheet. Since Kyle Tucker like an Edibull arrange.

541
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Speaker 1: Probably type.

542
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Speaker 2: Probably you think Phillies feel the fans feel the fine.

543
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Speaker 1: Maybe what are they met about? They got they got.

544
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Speaker 2: Schwarbur Philly fans are interesting, they're fanatics the future of

545
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 2: Bryce Harper. Seen any of that discourse in the season.

546
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Speaker 1: Yeah, By the way, last year Austin Bobachett in the

547
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,639
Speaker 1: postseason was awesome. They three fifty in the postseason.

548
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Speaker 2: He is a really good player.

549
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Speaker 1: He also three eleven in the regular season. Just again,

550
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Speaker 1: let me bring this back. Kyle Tucker at two sixty six,

551
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Speaker 1: bobashed hit three eleven met should feel pretty good about

552
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Speaker 1: what they were able to do. We'll take a break,

553
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Speaker 1: we'll come back. We'll go to the phone lines five one, three, seven,

554
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Speaker 1: four nine, fifteen thirty at Sincy three sixty thanks to

555
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Speaker 1: Skyline Chile on ESPN fifteen thirty found Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty.

556
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Speaker 1: Welcome back since he three sixty a Friday edition here

557
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Speaker 1: on ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station. We've got quite

558
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Speaker 1: a few calls we need to try to get to here.

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Speaker 1: Let's uh, let's see if we can do this in

560
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Speaker 1: an orderly fashion. Here, let's start. What's up.

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Speaker 9: Jt Hey buddy, I know why there are less insects

562
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Speaker 9: that are smashed into here one shield?

563
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Speaker 10: This is, this is.

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Speaker 1: I just need to know this stuff. I'm curious.

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Speaker 11: Okay.

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Speaker 9: So back when you and I were growing up, I'm

567
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Speaker 9: a little bit older than you, but cars did not

568
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 9: have the same engineering. There was no aerodynamic design within

569
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Speaker 9: the windshield, so it was more like a ninety degree

570
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Speaker 9: angle that these windshields were on. Therefore, at gotten more

571
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Speaker 9: bugs and insects the crush on the one shield. I

572
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Speaker 9: for example, I drive a really old school Jupe Wrangler,

573
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Speaker 9: which the windshield is on a ninety degree angle, and dude,

574
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Speaker 9: spring summer, I have to go and stop at the

575
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Speaker 9: gas station and wash the bugs and off off my windshield. So,

576
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Speaker 9: Tony Austin, the more you know.

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Speaker 1: The more you grow a thank you so much, man.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate that. Yeah, you know, that's why we ask.

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Speaker 2: Makes me think. I have a friend who used to

580
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Speaker 2: have a hummer and bugs ever I could bear. I

581
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 2: had to drive it one day I could barely see

582
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Speaker 2: out of the windshield. Yeah, now that I think about it,

583
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Speaker 2: ninety degree angle. You know, my never my dad used

584
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Speaker 2: to we we'd be driving and and there'd be you know,

585
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 2: a big bug sure right on the windshield. And he

586
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 2: would say, boy, that takes guts. Have you ever or

587
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 2: or he'd say the last thing to go through his

588
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Speaker 2: mind was his butt.

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Speaker 1: Have you have you ever seen a uh, have you

590
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Speaker 1: ever seen a friend of yours go into a windshield

591
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: or maybe the front of a car. Let's take another call, maso,

592
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: what's going on?

593
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Speaker 12: Say Tony Hattie, what's going on?

594
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 11: Thanks for calling me back?

595
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Speaker 13: What up?

596
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Speaker 1: Masa?

597
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 5: May you know about that?

598
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 2: Have you ever gone through a windshield?

599
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Speaker 1: You know about that bug hitting the car?

600
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Speaker 14: Oh?

601
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 11: Hell yeah, went through a windshield two thousand dollars worth

602
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Speaker 11: of damage. It got freaking sided.

603
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Speaker 4: What's going on with that?

604
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Speaker 11: Oh?

605
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Speaker 12: It was?

606
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Speaker 15: It was?

607
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Speaker 14: It was.

608
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Speaker 1: It was crazy a watch hey.

609
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Speaker 11: And the people that drove the car were trying to

610
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Speaker 11: like get my insurance for me to pay for the car.

611
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Speaker 4: I'm like, what insurance?

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Speaker 3: You want?

613
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Speaker 11: Life? Because I'm not in the car, Like, what are

614
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 11: we doing here?

615
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Speaker 16: Man?

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Speaker 11: Unbelievable, I hear you. Anyway, Yeah, it's been a while.

617
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 11: I got quite a few things on my mind, so

618
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Speaker 11: I'm gonna try and run through them real fast. First, bodie,

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Speaker 11: what is your beef with tomatoes?

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Speaker 14: Man?

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Speaker 3: I like them in like.

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Speaker 2: A diced fashioned I like tomato soup. I like ketchup,

623
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Speaker 2: but any sort of like freshly picked sliced tomato is

624
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 2: horrible and it makes sandwiches worse.

625
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 11: So you're saying, like a homegrown tomato. You don't like that?

626
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Speaker 1: Disgusting?

627
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Speaker 11: Wow, that's well, that's unbelievable. You need to be checked

628
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Speaker 11: into a psych word, my friend.

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Speaker 2: I think we I think we knew that prior to

630
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Speaker 2: the tomato US.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, my goodness. And then uh, anyway too, I had

632
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Speaker 11: a comment about Indiana football.

633
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Speaker 1: Okay, like this is where my mind's in.

634
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Speaker 11: It's all over the place. But when's the thirty for

635
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 11: thirty coming out on them? Because there's no way that

636
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 11: that Kurt Signetti takes the worst program losing his program

637
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Speaker 11: in NCAA history, and turns them into a national championship

638
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 11: in two years.

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00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: There's no way, coach, there's some stuff.

640
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 11: Ballion stuff coming out.

641
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, you know what I would like?

642
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Speaker 11: I would like that that that or Kurt Signetti sold

643
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Speaker 11: his soul to the devil or illuminati. I'm not sure.

644
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: Whatever can you can't roll out Illuminati. I agree.

645
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Speaker 2: Now, dare you feel comfortable talking about that.

646
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Speaker 1: On the air? Tone also dangerous. I'm not saying a

647
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Speaker 1: word because you wanted to do it.

648
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Speaker 2: Conspiracy.

649
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: Well, there's there's conspiracy segments and there's Illuminati, and I'm

650
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Speaker 1: not going down that path.

651
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 2: Makes sense?

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00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 11: Yeah, let's let's cut that off, all right, Last and

653
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Speaker 11: final point. I've been listening to some of the talkbacks,

654
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Speaker 11: and obviously I saw the earlier this week. I like

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Speaker 11: how the poverty programs are starting to take shots when

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Speaker 11: the big dogs, the bear cat are down. You know,

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Speaker 11: it's kind of funny. It's funny to me how much

658
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Speaker 11: you know, I knew we lived rent free and Xavier

659
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Speaker 11: seat because we're the only game on the schedule that

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Speaker 11: they care about. I did not realize how much real

661
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Speaker 11: estate we had in the heads of Miami of Ohio.

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Speaker 11: I mean, they are seventeen and oh and can barely

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Speaker 11: get two thousand people to their arena. Our team is

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Speaker 11: trash and we at least have eleven thousand.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, so you know, my advice is.

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Speaker 11: Just worry about your own program.

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Speaker 17: I like it.

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Speaker 11: It's funny.

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Speaker 2: Can I play the Devil's advocate?

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Speaker 1: Are here? We go here and honor. Yep, here we go.

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Speaker 2: Okay, here ask you said that these as you described them,

672
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Speaker 2: poverty programs are just now starting to kind of kick

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Speaker 2: the big dog. As you just again your words while

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Speaker 2: they're down. You know, it's been seven years since the

675
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Speaker 2: Bearcats made the NCAA tournament, and so they kind of

676
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Speaker 2: waited for you guys to get better for the last

677
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Speaker 2: seven years, and yet they haven't. So now, are you

678
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Speaker 2: really a big dog or you just one of them? Well,

679
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Speaker 2: now we're all on a level playing field, aren't we.

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Speaker 1: We've got a mouse in our pocket.

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Speaker 2: I'm Ohio State.

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Speaker 11: Well I'll put it this way, and I'll have some

683
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Speaker 11: fun at my own expense. Their poverty, which means they

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Speaker 11: at least have a house over their head. You see,

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Speaker 11: it's homeless. We are, We're bad, We're below bad.

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Speaker 2: When you're saying only you can make fun of you,

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Speaker 2: they can't, I.

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Speaker 11: Would just say, I just stick to your programs. Just

689
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Speaker 11: worry about yourself. That's all that would be my take.

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Speaker 1: Okay, what's that being said?

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Speaker 11: With that being said, when you see comes out and

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Speaker 11: starts dominating in about I don't know ten fifteen twenty,

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Speaker 11: how it.

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Speaker 12: Might be when I'm dead, I'm gonna say about two. Oh, well,

695
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Speaker 12: in twelve hours, I'm gonna be dumping on heavily. But yeah,

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Speaker 12: whenever you see gets back to the top, you can

697
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Speaker 12: guarantee I'll be the most out there.

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Speaker 1: There you go, there, you thank you. We'll have to

699
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Speaker 1: wheel him out from his bedroom to celebrate. Cally, don't

700
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Speaker 1: woke up today and be careful. In Clifton, they got

701
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Speaker 1: a lead in people getting hit by a car. Per Capital,

702
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Speaker 1: per Capital at Clifton, there's a lot of I attend

703
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Speaker 1: multiple games with Maso every year, and I have to

704
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Speaker 1: kind of help him across the streets, especially because he

705
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Speaker 1: gets that he gets his blood flowing.

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Speaker 2: They shouldn't put a bag over his head. He should

707
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Speaker 2: dress like a traffic cone, so they should.

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Speaker 1: If you want to move the needle, they should just

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Speaker 1: have a camera crew follow Maso around at a.

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Speaker 2: UC game, kind of like Minci from Barstool. Absolutely, I

711
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Speaker 2: think there's a lot of similarities there. Actually, you are

712
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Speaker 2: one hundred percent correct. That would be can't miss programming.

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Speaker 2: You know what I might do that tomorrow I might

714
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Speaker 2: just film Maso throughout the afternoon and tweeted out, Yeah, Maso,

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Speaker 2: he chose war this morning with multiple different things, and

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Speaker 2: we appreciate him for that. We'll round up these phone

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Speaker 2: calls when we come back to finish up our number one.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to Charlie Goldsmith at the top of our

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Speaker 2: number two next on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 1: Or we can just make sixty on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, since he three to sixty the Friday edition

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Speaker 1: thanks to Skyline Chili. Thank you for listening on ESPN

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Speaker 1: fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Let's grab a couple more

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Speaker 1: phone calls, and we've got Charlie Goldsmith standing by to

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Speaker 1: kick off our number two. There was something we mentioned

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Speaker 1: earlier in the week that you said. We got to

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Speaker 1: make sure to ask Charlie that on Friday, and I

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Speaker 1: can't remember it.

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Speaker 2: It was TJ Friedel in center field, Yes, and in

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Speaker 2: the future of center field.

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Speaker 15: Yes.

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Speaker 2: Obviously a lot has happened since then. Yes, but I

733
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Speaker 2: did write that down, beautiful. Charlie said he could do

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Speaker 2: ten minutes on that.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait.

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Speaker 2: That doesn't surprise me.

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Speaker 1: Uh, back to the phone lines, Mike, what's up?

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Speaker 10: Hey, guys, have papen How are you ready? For the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Ready for the weekend.

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Speaker 10: I'm sure you are t g if you guys working Monday.

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Speaker 12: Right, I'm not.

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Speaker 1: I'm not in Monday. Austin is on Monday.

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Speaker 14: I am.

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Speaker 2: I'll do Tony Pike since he three to sixty without

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Speaker 2: Tony Pike or.

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Speaker 10: I do that? Go give him, go get him scout. Okay, Uh, well,

747
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Speaker 10: I have to bring it up because you've been talking

748
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Speaker 10: about it. So Kyle Tucker will play right field. Thought

749
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Speaker 10: they might put him at third base and move month

750
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Speaker 10: seater first, but they're gonna play and then in right field.

751
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Speaker 10: But you know, really, when you look at these valuations

752
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Speaker 10: and attendance, So the Yankees are Forbes' valuation indexes. Yankees

753
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Speaker 10: are valued right now at about eight pointy two billions.

754
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Speaker 10: The Dodgers is the hair under seven billion, and total

755
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Speaker 10: attendance Dodgers for their eighteenth year have averaged over four million.

756
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Speaker 10: Over four million people are gains, yeah, which is pretty impressive,

757
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Speaker 10: but fifty thousand people are gains, you know, for four

758
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Speaker 10: million for the season too. And their their revenues. The

759
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Speaker 10: Yankees and the Dodgers or revenue is about seven over

760
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Speaker 10: seven hundred million each for the year. So I'm getting

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Speaker 10: an echo U tak No I.

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Speaker 1: Said earlier, like for I don't blame the Dodgers in

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Speaker 1: this scenario. I said that at the top of the show, this,

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Speaker 1: to me is a monster that Major League Baseball has

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Speaker 1: allowed to be created. The Dodgers don't doing anything, They're

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Speaker 1: not breaking rules. They are aggressively going out in the

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Speaker 1: pursuit of a championship, and it would not be fair

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Speaker 1: in a setting that I use this microphone often to say, Man,

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Speaker 1: I wish the Reds spend money. I wish the teams

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Speaker 1: that I root for spend more money and actively pursue

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Speaker 1: a championship than I can. On the other side, attack

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Speaker 1: an organization because they spend money to win a championship.

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Speaker 1: It's exactly what I want the organization I root for to.

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Speaker 10: Be exactly and Mo echoes that same sentiment all the time.

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Speaker 10: Now that the deal is, the Reds are twenty eighth

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Speaker 10: in valuation, about one point two five billion, I think,

777
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Speaker 10: But that's twenty eight attendance they do okay, about twenty

778
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Speaker 10: six to five For the year. They're ranked twentieth in attendance,

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Speaker 10: so that's not bad. But the difference between the Dodgers

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Speaker 10: and the Mets are the Dodgers know how to spend

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Speaker 10: their money wisely. The Mets don't. They spend all the

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Speaker 10: money and they get nothing. Yeah, and they spend as

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Speaker 10: much as the Dodgers. I mean you look at the

784
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Speaker 10: salaries the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Mets, the Phillies. They're

785
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Speaker 10: all really close. But everybody just wants to pile on

786
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Speaker 10: the Dodgers because they win and the other teams don't

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Speaker 10: win as much as they do, so it aggremates it. Hell.

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Speaker 1: I think that's half the battle too, And I think

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Speaker 1: that's something you see in the NIL landscape. There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of teams that spend a lot of money. You

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Speaker 1: also had to evaluate what you spend the money on

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Speaker 1: and make sure that it fits your team and your

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Speaker 1: roster and your scheme to the to the best way.

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Speaker 1: And that's what the Dodgers have done. Other teams spend money,

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Speaker 1: as you mentioned, at every level. Are you spending it

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Speaker 1: the right way?

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Speaker 18: Yeah?

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Speaker 10: Because the results showed unless you're just lucky it with

799
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Speaker 10: horrendous injuries, which can happen, of course. But Otani's gonna

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Speaker 10: play some center field this year, and when he doesn't

801
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Speaker 10: get the youngster that made that great catch in the

802
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Speaker 10: World Series last year. They'll being centered. But you know,

803
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Speaker 10: Tani told Roberts that he wants to play some centerfield

804
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Speaker 10: and he's the damn good center fielder. Everybody forgets that

805
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Speaker 10: because with the Angels that's what he was. Sure, he's

806
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Speaker 10: the centerfielder. Saw I'm running out of the breast you guys.

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Speaker 10: I've got to let's go. I don't feel too good.

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Speaker 1: All good, Mike, Thank you, have a good weekend.

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Speaker 10: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: I do.

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Speaker 1: I there is a in my opinion, Austin, there is

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Speaker 1: a connection there because there are again, other organizations spend

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Speaker 1: a lot of money. There are college teams that spend

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Speaker 1: a lot of money on their rosters. Spending money is

815
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Speaker 1: one part of it. You've got to identify the talent

816
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Speaker 1: correctly and how it fits to your organization as well,

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Speaker 1: and the Dodgers have successfully done that. John, what's going on?

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Speaker 18: Good afternoon, fellas.

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Speaker 1: How are you good?

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Speaker 16: How are you?

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Speaker 11: I'm good.

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Speaker 18: I think I heard something from Maso that he's giving

823
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Speaker 18: me and my Paithon way too much credit, uh, saying

824
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Speaker 18: maybe we did an Italian thing to get Indiana to

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Speaker 18: be a football powerhouse.

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Speaker 3: Don't give us that.

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Speaker 18: Much credit, we wouldn't be able to pull that off

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Speaker 18: because actually what we would do was take over a

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Speaker 18: great program and sink it, you know, point shaving, whatever

830
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Speaker 18: else that we're really good at. So don't give us

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Speaker 18: too much pressure for turning Indiana around. And I told

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Speaker 18: you I don't trust Kurt Signanny because I actually have

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Speaker 18: the same last four letters in my last name that

834
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Speaker 18: he does. So maybe we're related, but I would never

835
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Speaker 18: have anybody in my family named Kurt. That's not really

836
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Speaker 18: an Italian name, So we gotta watch out for him

837
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Speaker 18: on that one. I had forgotten all. I didn't realize that.

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Speaker 18: I called Liam Cohen Liam Meston the other day and

839
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Speaker 18: I could not stop laughing with the all the talkbacks.

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Speaker 18: Those are awesome to appreciate them. And you know what,

841
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Speaker 18: when we're all making fun of each other, that means.

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Speaker 1: That there's an accountability that people hold everyone to. Here.

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Speaker 18: I like that absolutely. Just hopefully the Bears don't win

844
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Speaker 18: this weekend. I'll start referring to their head coach is

845
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Speaker 18: Ben Franklin, someone like that mess up? Yeah, that's what

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Speaker 18: I'm rooming for the.

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Speaker 11: Rams to win that.

848
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Speaker 18: Plus I got some tickets up to Nash with them

849
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Speaker 18: to win the Super Bowl. I know you were talking

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Speaker 18: about bugs going into windfields.

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Speaker 11: Can I clean.

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Speaker 18: It up a little bit and talk a little bit

853
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Speaker 18: more about food, Like yesterday we did scrambled eggs. Okay,

854
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Speaker 18: so we're doing that. I used to want a breakfast place.

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Speaker 18: So now we're going to work on a home fries

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Speaker 18: or shredded halshbrown So home fries. Once you do as

857
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 18: you cut golden Yukon potatoes up into cubes. That's the

858
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 18: best potato for home price. Then you boil them in,

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Speaker 18: add salt, and after they've done, you strain them as

860
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Speaker 18: best you can to get as much of that water out.

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Speaker 18: Then when you put them on the grill, you fry

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Speaker 18: them up with bacon, fat and butter, and then you

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Speaker 18: top it up with very little, not a lot Cajun

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Speaker 18: season because Cajun season he has like salt, pepper, garlic powder,

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Speaker 18: onion powder, and a little of the Cajun seasoning obviously,

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Speaker 18: and then you just let them kind of cook along

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Speaker 18: there and you've get some awesome home pries. ShredIt half rounds.

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Speaker 18: Just buy them in a box, add the water they hydrate,

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Speaker 18: throw them on the grill with the same idea, bacon,

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Speaker 18: fat butter, obviously the Cajun seasoning, and you're on your

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Speaker 18: way with your potatoes.

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Speaker 3: Love it.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, John, you're the man. Now I'm hungry. We're a

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Speaker 1: cookie show now, now I'm hungry. Now we got to

876
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Speaker 1: get to the second hour. Appreciate you have a great weekend, John,

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Speaker 1: You two fellas.

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00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,720
Speaker 2: I used to produce a show on fifty five KRC

879
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:02,680
Speaker 2: called Cooking with Maryland Oh Marilyn harrisa like Saturday afternoons.

880
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 1: He learned some stuff.

881
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 2: I did that forever, and I did learn a lot

882
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 2: from Maryland. She was the sweetest lady, and she would

883
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 2: bring in so much stuff, and she would just have

884
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 2: like forty no, no, no, like forty cookbooks she would

885
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 2: bring with her into the studio and somebody would be like,

886
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 2: do you have a recipe for whatever? And she was like, yes,

887
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,480
Speaker 2: I do, and then you know, she'd go fish it

888
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,520
Speaker 2: out of one of her cookbooks and then she would

889
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 2: give the cook the recipe.

890
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Speaker 19: It was.

891
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 2: It was a really wholesome show.

892
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 1: Just like that.

893
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 2: We could do that. She's not on the air anymore.

894
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 1: Let's say we are possibilities are that's.

895
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:43,879
Speaker 2: Maybe an untapped market here. We could get a last

896
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 2: Jesse on she's on one. That chef show is now. Yeah,

897
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 2: I saw that with the Gordon ramsay, yeah, that's pretty cool. Nice,

898
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 2: we'll talk maybe we'll talk full with Charlie when we

899
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 2: get back to ask Alise about the Bengals and then say, okay,

900
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 2: so tell me about scal of the potatoes or as

901
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 2: you would, as you would say potatoes.

902
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: Potatoes, tell me about more than potatoes.

903
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 2: We'll take a break this stupid show.

904
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: Charlie Goldsmith, we have not her show.

905
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:09,720
Speaker 2: Our show is very stupid.

906
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:15,240
Speaker 1: Charlie Goldsmith stands by to talk food, Reds and Bengals

907
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Speaker 1: as well. ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station, thanks to

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00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,960
Speaker 1: Skyline Chili three sixty. It's our number two. Your talkbacks

909
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 1: come up in just a few moments. But first we

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00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: catch up with our good friend, as we do each

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00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 1: and every Friday. Charlie Goldsmith standing by to join us.

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00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: Right now, Charlie, what's going on?

913
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 4: I'm doing great? How are you?

914
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:34,280
Speaker 11: Charlie?

915
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,320
Speaker 1: Could not be better. We've got Reds, We've got Bengals

916
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 1: to discuss. It's also been a big week of food

917
00:45:39,760 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 1: conversation on this show. How would you describe your your

918
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: food journey. Is it broad? Is it is it basic?

919
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: When it comes to Charlie Goldsmith and food, how do

920
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: you describe it?

921
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:53,439
Speaker 4: Well, I have a bit of a diet. I don't

922
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 4: eat red meat, I don't eat shellfish. I don't eat porks.

923
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 4: So there's a lot of chicken and there's a lot

924
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 4: of fish. I'm trying to work in more salad, but

925
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:05,840
Speaker 4: burritos remain a regular part of the rotation, and I

926
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Speaker 4: like consistency. I go to the same place as pretty often.

927
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 2: Where do you stand on tomatoes?

928
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 4: That's very it's very very very specific, Okay, like depending

929
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 4: on what I'm the mood for, depending on how the

930
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 4: like I would have a tomato, want a burger at

931
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Speaker 4: X restaurant, but I wouldn't have tomato, want a burger

932
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Speaker 4: at Y restaurant? And how specific it is for me?

933
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: Okay, okay, let's start.

934
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Speaker 2: Uh what do you have a spreadsheet at restaurants like

935
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 2: you do? Ross?

936
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 4: So I have all my goodyear spots, my spring training spots.

937
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Speaker 4: I have that mapped out so I remember it every year.

938
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Speaker 1: And well said, you're uh, the Cincinnati Reds Reds Fest

939
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Speaker 1: is here, and the Reds Fest Charlie or the Reds

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Speaker 1: decided last night to move on from Gavin Lux. And

941
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:55,319
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people viewed Gavin Lux as

942
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,879
Speaker 1: kind of just the utility role. And we highlighted today

943
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Speaker 1: fifth most of bats on the team last year, highest

944
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Speaker 1: batting average on the team, second most doubles, fourth, highest

945
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Speaker 1: on base percentage, and in the final game of their

946
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: season with their season on the line against the Dodgers

947
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:13,399
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, he batted third for this team. Talk

948
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Speaker 1: about the thought process you had when looking at the

949
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Speaker 1: decision to move on from Gavin Lucks.

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Speaker 4: So like my take, and this wasn't necessarily the consensus

951
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 4: during last season, but my take was that Lux was

952
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:28,200
Speaker 4: really underrated. Like we all want the Reds to go

953
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 4: get better hitters, Lucks is a good hitter. He's a

954
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Speaker 4: good hitter, and the fact that they hit him in

955
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:36,320
Speaker 4: the top half of the order all season reflected that.

956
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:39,800
Speaker 4: And I honestly think that there wasn't a stat that

957
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 4: captured just his professionalism from that that perspective and the

958
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 4: way he grinded it out and that was really useful

959
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,879
Speaker 4: in the line up. So that's now a presence that's gone.

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00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:51,600
Speaker 4: I understand why the Reds did it. They're freeing up

961
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 4: money to make their next move. And they looked at

962
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,480
Speaker 4: it saying, well, we're not gonna play them at second

963
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 4: and we don't think he can play left or third.

964
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 4: So this is a plut tune DH who's not a

965
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 4: power hitter at all. And I understand how they got

966
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 4: there and said, this guy just doesn't sit on our team.

967
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,799
Speaker 4: But it means they've got to nail the next move

968
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 4: and they've got to make sure they get the right guy,

969
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 4: which they're working on to make sure that they didn't

970
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 4: just lose one of the better presences in their lineup.

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Speaker 2: Well, what makes you so confident that there is a

972
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 2: next move and that they can get that type of

973
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 2: guy to fix or fill that hole, Because they didn't.

974
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 4: They didn't need to trade Lucks, and we know that

975
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 4: we have data that shows that if they felt like

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00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 4: they just needed to get rid of Luck, they would

977
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 4: have non tendered him in November. He was part of

978
00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 4: their plans. The roster changed, the market changed, and I

979
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 4: mean Nick Carl said it publicly, and kid, what you

980
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 4: want about Nick when he says they're going to make

981
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 4: a move or they're trying to make a move. They're

982
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,279
Speaker 4: working to make a move and add another piece. They

983
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 4: usually get something done. Now is that a guy who

984
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 4: can hit clean up? Or is that a guy who

985
00:48:57,440 --> 00:49:00,800
Speaker 4: hits clean up? Because the Reads don't have much in

986
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 4: their lineup right now, Like there's a wide scale there.

987
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 4: And again this is a move.

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00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 11: They've got a nail.

989
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:07,759
Speaker 4: But I do think there'll be another move.

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00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:11,880
Speaker 1: What type of player could they land at this point, Charlie,

991
00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 1: And obviously maybe a trade is out there. But you

992
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 1: look at the free agency market and Austin made the

993
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 1: reference today of a you know, Miguel Andrew Hart type player,

994
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:21,800
Speaker 1: Austin Hayes. Are we looking at that level of a player?

995
00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:24,240
Speaker 1: Do you think that things are aligning that they maybe

996
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 1: go higher than that.

997
00:49:27,239 --> 00:49:30,400
Speaker 4: I think the best realistic case scenario would be bringing

998
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 4: back Austin Hayes, and I like it.

999
00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:33,320
Speaker 11: I think Hayes is a pretty.

1000
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:36,200
Speaker 4: Solid player who I think as he gets further and

1001
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,880
Speaker 4: further removed from that you know, terrible kidney infeession that

1002
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 4: he dealt with in twenty twenty four, he'll be healthier.

1003
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 4: He had a more normal offseason this year. I like

1004
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,080
Speaker 4: Hayes and I know there rights have been in touch

1005
00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 4: with Hayes other free agents. You can look at a

1006
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,399
Speaker 4: first basement like Reet Hoskins would probably be number two

1007
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:55,800
Speaker 4: on my board. Who's got Nathaniel Lowe, who's like a

1008
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 4: solid platoon first baseman who could play a role for you.

1009
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 4: You've got Andrew. Then the trade market like the splash,

1010
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 4: like the wow, the Reds just got someone great with

1011
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:07,960
Speaker 4: a big move. The only guys I can find who

1012
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:10,720
Speaker 4: would be out there would be Jared Duran in Boston

1013
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,560
Speaker 4: and Andy pot Has maybe in La if he just

1014
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 4: got squeezed out because of the Kyle Tucker deal. But

1015
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 4: I don't view the Reds as maybe having enough right

1016
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:21,959
Speaker 4: now or enough of a surplus to make those trade.

1017
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 4: They have to trade a front line starter for one

1018
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 4: of those guys. So the next tier of guys I'm

1019
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 4: calling them like the next Gavin Lux's would be Ryan

1020
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:33,000
Speaker 4: Mountcastle in Baltimore, large New Barn Saint Louis is on

1021
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 4: my radar. And then the young Mets guys, specifically a

1022
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 4: Brett Baty or a Mark Bientos. Because the Mets now

1023
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:42,839
Speaker 4: have an infield log in, They've got some talented young

1024
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 4: guys who are kind of expendable. You can kind of

1025
00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:49,920
Speaker 4: pulse when someone's available because they're kind of weeded out

1026
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,959
Speaker 4: when these big market teams make bigger moves.

1027
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:56,800
Speaker 2: What do you think the lux trade means for south

1028
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:58,840
Speaker 2: Stewart and his use moving forward.

1029
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,840
Speaker 4: I mean, I'm it's funny like I've been on the

1030
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,279
Speaker 4: sal Stewart train, the scal Stewart trains long gone and

1031
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 4: the Reds and people who work in the Reds organization

1032
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:13,239
Speaker 4: are the founding members of the sal Stewart trains. As

1033
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 4: positively as I've spoken about him, you know they've been

1034
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 4: you know, Salts kind of showed me something after he

1035
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:22,320
Speaker 4: showed the red something in terms of how early the

1036
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,520
Speaker 4: Reds were pointing to this guy as the core piece

1037
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 4: of the future. He's gonna play a time. He's a

1038
00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:29,600
Speaker 4: big part of their plans. He like roll your eyes.

1039
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:31,759
Speaker 4: He could be the clean up hitter who kind of

1040
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:35,000
Speaker 4: changes this line up this season if he clicks. The

1041
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 4: big question is where he's gonna play, and that's one

1042
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 4: of the big spring training storylines because he's lost weight,

1043
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 4: He's worked like crazy because that's what skal Stewart does.

1044
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,960
Speaker 4: This guy's motors insane. Has he made himself into a

1045
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:49,520
Speaker 4: guy who can play some second and some third more regularly.

1046
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:52,960
Speaker 4: That's gonna be really interesting to see. And then is

1047
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,680
Speaker 4: he may be less of a bopper and more of

1048
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:57,240
Speaker 4: a gap to gap guy with some of those physical shapes.

1049
00:51:57,960 --> 00:52:00,480
Speaker 1: The changes this team has made to the pitching staff,

1050
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:02,719
Speaker 1: whether it's you look at what this starting staff can be,

1051
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,040
Speaker 1: what the bullpen is going to be? What what's their ceiling?

1052
00:52:05,120 --> 00:52:08,480
Speaker 1: Can this be a top five pitching staff when when

1053
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 1: all is said and done, in your opinion.

1054
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, I really think it can. We all know there

1055
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 4: are at you don't need me to talk about their irritation.

1056
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:21,720
Speaker 4: I really like this bullpen and there is a combination

1057
00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 4: of a few things. There's the most underrated thing in

1058
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 4: baseball is having enough guys who can get you through

1059
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,440
Speaker 4: the season. Like Brent Shooter is elite at getting you

1060
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 4: through the season. Obviously he's not a read anymore. But

1061
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,320
Speaker 4: also you know Brent's upside wasn't necessarily what you know,

1062
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 4: Pierce Shohnson is. You guys get where I'm going with this.

1063
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:43,280
Speaker 4: With Johnson, with Ferguson and Burke, they got three really versatile,

1064
00:52:43,400 --> 00:52:45,879
Speaker 4: durable and the Pennabull pitchers who can get you through

1065
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:49,759
Speaker 4: a season who also have significant leverage experience. So there's

1066
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 4: a different combination in their bullpen versatility and durability to

1067
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,120
Speaker 4: pitch in a variety of different roles, whether it's high leverage,

1068
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 4: whether it's you know, long release, having that, having some

1069
00:53:03,040 --> 00:53:06,120
Speaker 4: very underdiscussed Reds and Connor Phillips and Dak Maxwell, and

1070
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 4: you can throw in Luis May who are like real talent,

1071
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 4: like they could be. They could be dudes in a

1072
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,759
Speaker 4: year or two, maybe maybe this year. And then of

1073
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 4: course you're Pagan Santy on Ashcraft. You know the guys

1074
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 4: they've got back. I like this bullpen. Now, maybe is

1075
00:53:20,719 --> 00:53:22,839
Speaker 4: that a surplus they could trade from for that bat?

1076
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:26,320
Speaker 4: That's something I've been thinking about personally. But this is

1077
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:28,680
Speaker 4: one of the better bullpens I see because they do

1078
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 4: a little bit of everything, and they have guys who

1079
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,080
Speaker 4: are good at a little bit of everything.

1080
00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 2: Last Red's question for me, Let's say that they go

1081
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 2: out and get an outfielder, or let's say they go

1082
00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 2: out and get a first baseman. Is it as simple

1083
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:45,239
Speaker 2: as whichever one of those positions they they get that

1084
00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 2: determines the future of where Spencer Steer is playing every day.

1085
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:49,759
Speaker 2: How do you expect that to shake out.

1086
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:53,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I ask like it's gonna be May seventh,

1087
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 4: and this guy has got a cranky shoulder, and that

1088
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 4: guy is a bad mass up for the starting pitcher.

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Speaker 4: So Spencer today are going to play here, And then

1090
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:04,000
Speaker 4: there's a different You roll the dice and you've got

1091
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,799
Speaker 4: some different cards and it'll change truly day to day

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00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:10,880
Speaker 4: based on the specific needs of the team on that

1093
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 4: specific day and the matchups and who they're going up against.

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Speaker 4: And I'm not a huge fan of that for players

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00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 4: around the league in general, but I think some players

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00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:22,280
Speaker 4: are great at handling that, and I think here, truly

1097
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,400
Speaker 4: maybe his biggest gift is you can just put that

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00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:27,400
Speaker 4: guy anywhere and he'll he doesn't have the highest feeling

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00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,520
Speaker 4: in the world, but he'll figure it out and he'll play,

1100
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:33,919
Speaker 4: you know, at a very solid starter level. And that's their.

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Speaker 1: Planform this year under the Bengals Charlie. It has been

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00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:41,920
Speaker 1: a already crazy offseason in the AFC North alone. All

1103
00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:44,640
Speaker 1: other AFC North teams are looking for a head coach.

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00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:48,960
Speaker 1: The Bengals have used the term continuity. When you look

1105
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:52,680
Speaker 1: at continuity verse what the other three AFC North teams

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00:54:52,719 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: are going through. Do you give a distinct advantage to

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00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: the Bengals going into next season.

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Speaker 4: I look at it this way. The Ravens, if they

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00:55:01,719 --> 00:55:06,080
Speaker 4: hadn't fired Harball, probably should have fired both their offensive

1110
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:10,800
Speaker 4: and defensive coordinators. The Steelers, if they hadn't fired Tomlin,

1111
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,840
Speaker 4: probably should have fired their offensive coordinator. And while Tomlin

1112
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,919
Speaker 4: ran that defense, brought in a defensive mind who could

1113
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,040
Speaker 4: give that unit, specifically on the back end the type

1114
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:23,000
Speaker 4: of answers that it felt like it's been missing for

1115
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,000
Speaker 4: five years now in the secondary and the linebacker. And

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00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:28,480
Speaker 4: then the Browns. Of course they've got their defensive side

1117
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:31,400
Speaker 4: of the ball figured out, but they need everything new

1118
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,719
Speaker 4: on the offensive side. So there was so much instability

1119
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:37,000
Speaker 4: on both sides of the ball in Baltimore and in Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 4: and of course Cleveland's mess that'll kind of throw to

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Speaker 4: the side. Now the paths for Baltimore that I would

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00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,480
Speaker 4: be most concerned about if I were the Bengals is

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Speaker 4: if they hire one of those really smart, system oriented

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Speaker 4: defensive coordinators who brings a scheme with him that can

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Speaker 4: elevate the versatile talent that they have on that defense,

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Speaker 4: and I think the offense will just figure it out

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00:55:57,680 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 4: because I think they'll make a move or two, and

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Speaker 4: I think Lamar will be fire with kind of a

1129
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:04,360
Speaker 4: fresh voice in there running the show. So that to

1130
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 4: me is something I'd be more concerned about. Pittsburgh. Frankly,

1131
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:09,439
Speaker 4: I think should head towards the rebuild, and I wonder

1132
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:11,560
Speaker 4: if that was part of the reason why Tomlin stepped

1133
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:14,600
Speaker 4: aside the Bengals. I have firmly ahead of the Browns

1134
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,880
Speaker 4: and Steelers. I need to see what identity the Ravens

1135
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:20,200
Speaker 4: want to be and what that means for their ceiling

1136
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 4: in there.

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Speaker 1: For with that being said, and the decision to we

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00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:28,760
Speaker 1: heard from Duke Tobin, the decision to retain Zach Taylor

1139
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:33,719
Speaker 1: not adjust really the scouting department. With all of that understood,

1140
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:37,680
Speaker 1: does next year become a put up or shut up

1141
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:40,440
Speaker 1: type year for Zach Taylor where if this team doesn't succeed,

1142
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:42,640
Speaker 1: his job could or should be on the line.

1143
00:56:43,920 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 4: I mean, that's the world we live in now, certainly,

1144
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 4: And if you keep running your head into the wall

1145
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,400
Speaker 4: with this defense, if the defense doesn't make that step

1146
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 4: despite big investments, you might need to just fold your

1147
00:56:56,200 --> 00:56:57,680
Speaker 4: hands at that point and say we just need a

1148
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,360
Speaker 4: defensive mastermind to come in and fix this such a

1149
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,160
Speaker 4: mastermind that you can only get at the head coach

1150
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,720
Speaker 4: position because you know that's where you're able to attract

1151
00:57:05,800 --> 00:57:08,440
Speaker 4: the top defensive coordinators from around the league to come

1152
00:57:08,480 --> 00:57:13,080
Speaker 4: to Cincinnati. So that's the pressure, that's the urgency.

1153
00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:13,400
Speaker 3: Of this season.

1154
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:16,000
Speaker 4: But I I and we can We'll talk about this

1155
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 4: for the next twelve months. I do understand their decision

1156
00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 4: to run it back and bank on the fact that

1157
00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:25,240
Speaker 4: this defense just needed better players and that they have

1158
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 4: some of the right things organizationally and structurally to give

1159
00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 4: it a better shot in twenty twenty six.

1160
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Speaker 1: I know it's very early in the in the process

1161
00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:34,680
Speaker 1: and we'll have a whole off season to do. So

1162
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 1: have you started to identify the type of free agent

1163
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:39,960
Speaker 1: players that this team needs to target.

1164
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 4: I'm done with my work at defensive end, defensive tackle,

1165
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 4: and live backer. I've still got to do safety in

1166
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 4: the slot. I wonder if safety in the slot become

1167
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 4: more interchangeable, and that to me is a kind of

1168
00:57:52,320 --> 00:57:55,200
Speaker 4: an in the Weed scheme storyline that I'm fascinated by.

1169
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:58,440
Speaker 4: But I see a solid tier of about four guys

1170
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 4: who remind me a lot of twenty twenty one Trey Hendrickson.

1171
00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:06,600
Speaker 4: The only elite pass rushaerant on the market is twenty

1172
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:09,560
Speaker 4: twenty six Trey Hendricksons, who I don't expect back. But

1173
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:11,919
Speaker 4: there are some guys with athletic tools who have shown

1174
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 4: significant tangible flashes but also have flags on their resume

1175
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 4: that could you know, you know, not make them top

1176
00:58:18,880 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 4: of the market. Guys like a boy in Mafe. He

1177
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:23,960
Speaker 4: has two stacks or he had two stacked blacks, but

1178
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 4: he's part of a great scheme. He consistently makes an impact.

1179
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:29,880
Speaker 4: He has the physical tools in the side. He's a

1180
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,320
Speaker 4: guy who could take that next step oh to fay oay,

1181
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 4: you know, kind of in a different bucket. But Joey

1182
00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:38,800
Speaker 4: Bosa in a role can be that type of like

1183
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:43,920
Speaker 4: complementary number one to help lead a room going forward.

1184
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 4: So I like what I see there. I hate what

1185
00:58:46,160 --> 00:58:48,400
Speaker 4: I see at defensive tackle, and I think there are

1186
00:58:49,040 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 4: about a million options in linebacker, even who have specific

1187
00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:54,800
Speaker 4: connections on the Bengals staff. Three you can get that

1188
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:56,600
Speaker 4: plug and play vature and to help stay a line

1189
00:58:56,640 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 4: that room.

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Speaker 1: It's a big weekend here locally, reds Fast Night and

1191
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:03,400
Speaker 1: tomorrow you see also hosting Iowa State what's your weekend

1192
00:59:03,440 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 1: look like, Charlie, what do you got planned?

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00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:08,320
Speaker 4: I'm locked in a RedFest. I love RedFest. It's a

1194
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:11,360
Speaker 4: great chance to just see everyone on the like the

1195
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:14,200
Speaker 4: whole organization is there, so to see everyone on the

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00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 4: team in the organization, to see you know, to see

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00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:18,760
Speaker 4: you know you, you know you. Guys often said you'll

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00:59:18,760 --> 00:59:19,480
Speaker 4: be there listeners.

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Speaker 17: You know.

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00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:22,600
Speaker 4: It's always good to see see people around at RedFest.

1201
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:24,400
Speaker 4: And I'll be there at a at all hours of

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00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:24,720
Speaker 4: the day.

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Speaker 13: Uh.

1204
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:27,000
Speaker 4: And then I'll find a way to watch the football

1205
00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:27,520
Speaker 4: games as well.

1206
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:30,120
Speaker 1: Do do you think the Bearcats have a chance against

1207
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 1: the Cyclones tomorrow? Can you give me hope for that? Charlie?

1208
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:35,880
Speaker 4: You know what I found very interesting? I sound very

1209
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,040
Speaker 4: and again we're not expecting Kirk Grisa back until the

1210
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 4: Arizona game. But the way Wes hyped up the Jiggle

1211
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 4: Crease a day day lineup as small as that sample

1212
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,800
Speaker 4: size does, makes me wonder if they're getting to the

1213
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 4: point where we're throwing stuff against the wall kind of

1214
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:57,320
Speaker 4: we're looking for something. Yeah, and that mindset, maybe that

1215
00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 4: could do you some good. So maybe that's not Saturday,

1216
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:02,680
Speaker 4: but maybe that mindseting to you some good over the

1217
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 4: last two ups of the season.

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Speaker 2: Charlie Joe Danman always talks about how people will approach

1219
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:10,680
Speaker 2: him and say yeat to him, you know, maybe as

1220
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,760
Speaker 2: a nod to listening to him on our show. Do

1221
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,280
Speaker 2: you ever get anything like that from people that you

1222
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,440
Speaker 2: run into on the street. Do they ever say anything

1223
01:00:18,520 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 2: to you like that.

1224
01:00:20,640 --> 01:00:23,080
Speaker 4: Any touch phrases? No, but I hear about Cincy three

1225
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 4: sixty all the time. One of my favorite stories of

1226
01:00:25,520 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 4: all time was and Tony remembers this was I was

1227
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:31,040
Speaker 4: talking to Tony to U see saying, and some random

1228
01:00:31,120 --> 01:00:33,360
Speaker 4: lady walked up and talked about how much he liked

1229
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,360
Speaker 4: when I was on the show, having no idea that

1230
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,040
Speaker 4: I was literally standing right there. That was a very

1231
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 4: funny moment.

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Speaker 18: Good and there he is, Hey and he's right here.

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01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 2: That's AWESO.

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01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite I know, just being able

1235
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:47,800
Speaker 1: to kind of see everyone they're in the same building.

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01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 3: Is there a.

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01:00:48,480 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 1: Favorite part of Redsfest for you that that you gravitate towards.

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01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 4: I always like seeing kind of the prospects interact with

1239
01:00:57,960 --> 01:01:00,320
Speaker 4: the old guys for the first time, and I always

1240
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 4: like seeing the new guys on the team. It's kind

1241
01:01:02,360 --> 01:01:04,800
Speaker 4: of first coming all in the same room a lot

1242
01:01:04,880 --> 01:01:07,440
Speaker 4: of them, especially you know, the prospection of obviously the

1243
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:10,400
Speaker 4: new guys as well, so kind of seeing me in

1244
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:12,400
Speaker 4: or and then just personally catching up with some of

1245
01:01:12,440 --> 01:01:15,080
Speaker 4: these guys as well, especially some of the prospects. And

1246
01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:17,680
Speaker 4: maybe I see it spring training but then didn't see

1247
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,440
Speaker 4: during the season, or you know, different people in the

1248
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,360
Speaker 4: front office who aren't around at the big league level

1249
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:24,320
Speaker 4: as much every day. So I enjoy seeing things like that.

1250
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 1: Charlie, You're the best man. Enjoy Redsfest, Enjoy the weekend,

1251
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:31,080
Speaker 1: look forward to talking again next week. What's the easiest

1252
01:01:31,120 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 1: way with a very busy Reds off season now continuing

1253
01:01:35,600 --> 01:01:37,760
Speaker 1: on the Bengals off season, and so much more to

1254
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 1: follow along with everything you got.

1255
01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:43,640
Speaker 4: And we got Charlie shockboard on substack and you can

1256
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,560
Speaker 4: find it on Fox nineteen. It's an exciting time. And

1257
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,040
Speaker 4: then spring trainings right around the corner. I booked my

1258
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,320
Speaker 4: booked my stay the other day, so I'm ready to

1259
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 4: go for that as well.

1260
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:56,360
Speaker 1: Cannot wait. Charlie, thanks so much, man, have a great weekend.

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01:01:57,640 --> 01:02:02,040
Speaker 1: Hey guys, there he is Charlie Goldsmith. Fantastic as always.

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01:02:02,560 --> 01:02:05,520
Speaker 1: We'll take a break. We'll welcome in you next with

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01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: the talkbacks on this the Home of the Bengals, ESPN

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01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,160
Speaker 1: fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 17: It's that time for talkbacks. Press the microphone and record

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01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:17,920
Speaker 17: your message for Austin and Tone.

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01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:22,280
Speaker 2: Please keep them clean and don't be mean at.

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01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:24,400
Speaker 17: A sprinkle Sprinkle chrip trip.

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Speaker 1: It's that time for talkbacks.

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Speaker 17: It's our favorite part of since three sixty. So Austin, buddy,

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01:02:33,760 --> 01:02:36,160
Speaker 17: play those talkbacks on your screen and please try not

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01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:38,080
Speaker 17: to sabotage.

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Speaker 1: The Friday The Friday, the Friday Edition Talkbacks, ESPN fifteen

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Speaker 1: thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. Here we go.

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Speaker 6: Three different schools have won the NC DOUBLEA Basketball Championship

1276
01:02:55,280 --> 01:03:02,560
Speaker 6: and also Crown Football champions They are Ohio, Michigan, and

1277
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:09,400
Speaker 6: Florida in Indigana. Join that trio next Monday. Everyone, have

1278
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:10,360
Speaker 6: a good weekend.

1279
01:03:11,480 --> 01:03:14,600
Speaker 1: Crank them up. Love it some big ten power there.

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01:03:14,680 --> 01:03:16,520
Speaker 2: If you get an opportunity, Tone or are you gonna

1281
01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:17,040
Speaker 2: crank them up?

1282
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:19,120
Speaker 1: Crank him up? I plan to crank them up. You know.

1283
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:20,880
Speaker 20: I think everybody in this town should just sit back

1284
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,080
Speaker 20: and just take a moment to realize how lucky we

1285
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:26,280
Speaker 20: are to have Tito Francona managing a team in this city.

1286
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:30,520
Speaker 20: I mean, this guy has championship caliber pedigree, He's got

1287
01:03:30,560 --> 01:03:34,280
Speaker 20: a track record. We've got guys like Zach Taylor, West Miller,

1288
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:37,520
Speaker 20: Saderfield coaching teams in this town. Any coach can step

1289
01:03:37,560 --> 01:03:39,920
Speaker 20: into their roles and get the same results. Anyone could

1290
01:03:39,920 --> 01:03:42,920
Speaker 20: win with Joe Burrow, and anybody can lose like Saderfield

1291
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:43,640
Speaker 20: and west Miller.

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01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:46,840
Speaker 5: So I am just very happy to have Tito, and

1293
01:03:46,840 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 5: I'm excited to see what year two looks like.

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01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 1: Okay, year two, And remind everyone.

1295
01:03:53,200 --> 01:03:57,040
Speaker 20: That Tito Francona is the only manager to ever take

1296
01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,120
Speaker 20: the rest of the playoffs in his first year managing.

1297
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:02,520
Speaker 20: And he also did it with the Boston Red Sox

1298
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:03,520
Speaker 20: and with Cleveland in.

1299
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:04,200
Speaker 1: His first year.

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Speaker 5: So all that, dude is wins, wins, wins, no matter what.

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Speaker 1: Okay, is that true? You know it's hard because as

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01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: fact checkers, we put a lot of trust in what

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01:04:16,320 --> 01:04:17,360
Speaker 1: our talkbackers tell us.

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01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:21,080
Speaker 2: Hold on, a second, hold on, let me look at

1305
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:24,360
Speaker 2: this up. Okay, Uh, Lou Penella won the World Series

1306
01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:25,680
Speaker 2: his first year managing the Rets.

1307
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,040
Speaker 1: Well, that's different than dead.

1308
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:30,320
Speaker 21: Horse, Mule and every other animal on the farm here,

1309
01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 21: but Live Nation and Ticketmaster must have the most powerful

1310
01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:38,480
Speaker 21: lobbying operation in front of Capitol Hill possible. The service

1311
01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 21: fees for the Stapleton concert tickets were outrageous.

1312
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:45,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can imagine paid a little bit more than

1313
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:49,480
Speaker 2: I wanted to in the service fees. The tickets itself,

1314
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:50,640
Speaker 2: they weren't that bad, not.

1315
01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:53,000
Speaker 1: Till they get you. But the service fee, the lower

1316
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:55,040
Speaker 1: the prices not feel good and like it was the

1317
01:04:55,120 --> 01:04:57,360
Speaker 1: same price as the ticket. You feel good about the ticket,

1318
01:04:57,360 --> 01:04:58,800
Speaker 1: and then you got to check out and you're like, wait,

1319
01:04:58,840 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: why is it double?

1320
01:05:01,600 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 18: Hey guys, Marcus from the grove, Marcus sixty nine, uh

1321
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:05,720
Speaker 18: for your all.

1322
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:07,120
Speaker 7: This conversation yesterday.

1323
01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:10,680
Speaker 15: I think what would be a great idea is that

1324
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:16,240
Speaker 15: for every new food Tony tries, Austin has to watch

1325
01:05:16,280 --> 01:05:16,720
Speaker 15: a movie.

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01:05:16,920 --> 01:05:20,760
Speaker 2: No they no, No, I don't have that kind of time.

1327
01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 1: I don't interesting.

1328
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 2: I get it, Marcus. I get where you're coming from.

1329
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:30,960
Speaker 2: Maybe for every five items Tony tries, watch WHOA. I

1330
01:05:31,040 --> 01:05:34,200
Speaker 2: don't have that kind of time. I would never watch

1331
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,040
Speaker 2: another Bengals game the rest of my life.

1332
01:05:36,520 --> 01:05:37,880
Speaker 1: Well, you got three.

1333
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:40,920
Speaker 19: This is Peggy Hill, hey, and I think normally on

1334
01:05:41,040 --> 01:05:43,960
Speaker 19: these airwaves like my husband Hank is, but I just

1335
01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:46,000
Speaker 19: wanted to wish him a happy birthday.

1336
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:56,320
Speaker 22: Woh, that's my talk box, get off of the talk box, drama.

1337
01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:59,440
Speaker 1: Well, happy birthday, Happy birthday, Happy birthday.

1338
01:06:00,080 --> 01:06:01,400
Speaker 2: Hey guys, Happy Friday.

1339
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:03,880
Speaker 1: Guess what what chicken butt.

1340
01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:08,040
Speaker 2: Man he got?

1341
01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:10,560
Speaker 1: You walked right into that boy.

1342
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:12,600
Speaker 2: Hey, Tony and Moe.

1343
01:06:12,920 --> 01:06:16,040
Speaker 23: As a new listener to your show, what I have

1344
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:19,320
Speaker 23: a question concerning Cincinnati vernacular.

1345
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:25,640
Speaker 1: Is it Bengals or Bengals? Bengals, It's Bengals, not Bengals.

1346
01:06:26,440 --> 01:06:26,920
Speaker 1: Who does that?

1347
01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:31,080
Speaker 17: Hello? This is former President Ronald Reagan and wail. This

1348
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:34,480
Speaker 17: latest signing by the Dodgers really makes me long for

1349
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 17: the days of old. You know, back when I was

1350
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:40,560
Speaker 17: a budding young actor in Hollywood. You see, back then

1351
01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:44,360
Speaker 17: there was parody that wall. Wait a minute, and now

1352
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:46,200
Speaker 17: that I think about it, I seem to remember the

1353
01:06:46,280 --> 01:06:49,959
Speaker 17: Yankees winning eight out of every ten World Series championships.

1354
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 1: Never mind, Yeah, they were the evil Empire and that

1355
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:55,360
Speaker 1: is now the Dodgers.

1356
01:06:57,160 --> 01:07:00,200
Speaker 24: What's up, boys, kraiging the creek. I'm certainly not can

1357
01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:02,840
Speaker 24: a fault the Dodgers for doing what they can within

1358
01:07:02,920 --> 01:07:06,120
Speaker 24: the rules, but this could actually wind up being a

1359
01:07:06,200 --> 01:07:09,200
Speaker 24: good thing for the Reds. Oh, they're getting so brazen now.

1360
01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:14,240
Speaker 24: They're just throwing money at at fringe and mid tier players,

1361
01:07:14,560 --> 01:07:16,800
Speaker 24: and it's getting to the point to where there's nothing

1362
01:07:16,920 --> 01:07:20,280
Speaker 24: left for ninety five percent of the franchises. So with

1363
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:22,880
Speaker 24: it coming up on a contract year, I'm hoping for

1364
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:25,720
Speaker 24: a long, lengthy holdout and I will take a year

1365
01:07:25,800 --> 01:07:26,640
Speaker 24: off for a salary.

1366
01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:30,120
Speaker 2: So he's saying that the market will crash.

1367
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:33,120
Speaker 1: I'll say that. Can I say something about it? I

1368
01:07:34,120 --> 01:07:37,560
Speaker 1: respect everything Charlie has to say. Yeah, bringing back Austin

1369
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:41,640
Speaker 1: Hayes wouldn't excite me. No, like that, who wouldn't. Just

1370
01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,480
Speaker 1: did that didn't pan out?

1371
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:47,680
Speaker 2: And as much as I love Charlie too, it's like,

1372
01:07:47,960 --> 01:07:50,240
Speaker 2: you know, he's getting get better after he had the

1373
01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,280
Speaker 2: kidney infection. Yeah, we have no reason to believe that.

1374
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:57,240
Speaker 1: Like, I'm out. I'm out on that.

1375
01:07:58,560 --> 01:08:01,480
Speaker 19: It's obvious the Dodgers had to scramble last night and

1376
01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,240
Speaker 19: pivot to sign Kyle Tucker after they missed out on

1377
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:10,200
Speaker 19: their top target of the off season. JJ Laede, Yep, Yeah,

1378
01:08:10,440 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 19: that's right.

1379
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:11,200
Speaker 1: I agree.

1380
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:11,800
Speaker 3: I'm coping.

1381
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:14,120
Speaker 2: I heard they tried to get Lux back, but the

1382
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:17,080
Speaker 2: asking price was too high. Yep, the Reds wanted Otani

1383
01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:20,000
Speaker 2: in return, so they had to pivot to get uh,

1384
01:08:20,320 --> 01:08:21,000
Speaker 2: what's his face?

1385
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:21,880
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker?

1386
01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:26,240
Speaker 14: Hey, thanks Austin for making me aware that my Hyundai

1387
01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:29,720
Speaker 14: Sonata with over one hundred thousand miles might just come

1388
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:32,280
Speaker 14: bust and blow up at any moment. I had no idea.

1389
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:35,720
Speaker 14: I didn't have enough to worry about. Now I'll be

1390
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:39,760
Speaker 14: constantly worrying about that. And your guys show yesterday was

1391
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:45,000
Speaker 14: absolutely hilarious. I listened to it this morning, Tony, You're

1392
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:48,080
Speaker 14: so funny. Anyway, Thanks guys, have a great weekend.

1393
01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:50,599
Speaker 2: Sorry Patty, but yeah, your engine's going to give out.

1394
01:08:50,520 --> 01:08:53,000
Speaker 1: In a minute. Yep. Just start planning now.

1395
01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:57,000
Speaker 8: Hey, fellows, since we're talking Reds today, here's a question

1396
01:08:57,200 --> 01:09:00,560
Speaker 8: for you. Do you think that they're Reds should have

1397
01:09:00,760 --> 01:09:03,839
Speaker 8: given up on Christian and Carnaz Young Strand?

1398
01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:07,439
Speaker 22: Yeah, I mean he hasn't done anything.

1399
01:09:07,640 --> 01:09:10,759
Speaker 8: Should we just pencil in Spencer Steer at first base

1400
01:09:11,240 --> 01:09:16,719
Speaker 8: and maybe experiment with some Tyler Stevenson in the spring training?

1401
01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:20,559
Speaker 8: What what's your guys thoughts on players like ces I.

1402
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:22,439
Speaker 1: Don't even know at this point. If you if the

1403
01:09:22,760 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 1: if the Reds view cees as part of the plan.

1404
01:09:26,160 --> 01:09:28,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if I would say they gave up

1405
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:32,519
Speaker 1: on him as much as he was terrible, right and

1406
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 1: even Triple A was pretty bad. But we saw a

1407
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:41,680
Speaker 1: few people kind of take a step backwards last year,

1408
01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:43,400
Speaker 1: and I think that's where a lot of the heat

1409
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:47,000
Speaker 1: towards Chris Valaika came. And maybe it's just another year

1410
01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:49,759
Speaker 1: in that system and being taught that in the whole offseason.

1411
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:50,120
Speaker 1: I don't know.

1412
01:09:50,200 --> 01:09:52,439
Speaker 2: Maybe it'll help him. I don't know that I would

1413
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:54,800
Speaker 2: say they've given up on him, but it didn't feel

1414
01:09:54,840 --> 01:09:56,599
Speaker 2: like they rushed him back to the big leagues at

1415
01:09:56,600 --> 01:09:57,040
Speaker 2: any point.

1416
01:09:58,439 --> 01:10:00,559
Speaker 1: I like this year two in the system him, that's

1417
01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:01,040
Speaker 1: where we're at.

1418
01:10:01,160 --> 01:10:02,960
Speaker 2: I like this, it's January, yep.

1419
01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 1: I can get behind this.

1420
01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:07,839
Speaker 16: Why is it that every time Tony says bo Boschett

1421
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:10,400
Speaker 16: sounds like he's saying Boba fette.

1422
01:10:11,479 --> 01:10:14,840
Speaker 1: Tony, it's bo Bishett bo Baschett. Let me ask you

1423
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:15,960
Speaker 1: a question, Tony.

1424
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:17,360
Speaker 3: What's the capital of Waq?

1425
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:18,960
Speaker 1: Is it honoliu?

1426
01:10:20,720 --> 01:10:20,880
Speaker 3: Hey?

1427
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:24,559
Speaker 16: Hearing Terry Francona talks reminds me of my first wife.

1428
01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:28,400
Speaker 16: She was talking about don't worry about what you don't have,

1429
01:10:28,600 --> 01:10:31,040
Speaker 16: worry about what you got next thing. I know she

1430
01:10:31,200 --> 01:10:32,400
Speaker 16: enters the transfer.

1431
01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:36,120
Speaker 2: Portal and she was gone, Oh, no, portal's everywhere now

1432
01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:40,280
Speaker 2: you do so have I've always said the suff Suffix

1433
01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:46,400
Speaker 2: bshett are a struggle for Honolulu. Nca Tournament, NCAA tournament.

1434
01:10:48,240 --> 01:10:51,280
Speaker 25: Major League Baseball has become nothing but a farm system

1435
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:54,920
Speaker 25: for me. Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and.

1436
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:58,519
Speaker 1: Mess Red soxod what have they done.

1437
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:02,960
Speaker 25: Is even remotelyative when it comes to winning championships, and

1438
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:06,439
Speaker 25: they never will be under the current system. As far

1439
01:11:06,479 --> 01:11:11,120
Speaker 25: as I'm concerned, baseball's broken, It's boring, and it needs change.

1440
01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:14,679
Speaker 2: I will say this, Imagine we were in a city

1441
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:19,439
Speaker 2: like Boston and we had owners and a franchise as

1442
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:22,200
Speaker 2: rich as any in baseball, like the Red Sox are,

1443
01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:25,040
Speaker 2: and a group that didn't spend.

1444
01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:30,320
Speaker 1: Didn't do anything, hasn't done anything that would be miserable.

1445
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:33,040
Speaker 2: Cubs kind of dealt with us a little bit, and

1446
01:11:33,040 --> 01:11:34,519
Speaker 2: they've gotten better in recent years.

1447
01:11:35,600 --> 01:11:38,360
Speaker 1: But I mean there's already enoughing the Red Sox. The

1448
01:11:38,439 --> 01:11:39,000
Speaker 1: Reds don't do.

1449
01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:41,839
Speaker 2: The Red Sox are as rich as anybody in baseball,

1450
01:11:42,479 --> 01:11:46,400
Speaker 2: and they don't spend their money. That would send me.

1451
01:11:47,640 --> 01:11:48,320
Speaker 1: Get under your skin.

1452
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 2: I probably would would have to leave the profession. Either

1453
01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:54,639
Speaker 2: I would get told to leave the profession or something else.

1454
01:11:55,320 --> 01:12:07,480
Speaker 5: Up Friday, you fifteen well shut out, Angle would be okay, beautiful.

1455
01:12:08,720 --> 01:12:12,439
Speaker 2: Sonny, Jilly Flaw Happy Friday.

1456
01:12:15,680 --> 01:12:19,320
Speaker 1: Angle Wood beats listening in today on a stand up.

1457
01:12:19,479 --> 01:12:21,679
Speaker 1: I wonder what's going on a long boat key today?

1458
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:24,080
Speaker 1: Kevin Luck's gonna learn about long boat key.

1459
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:28,560
Speaker 26: Hey, Tony, it's the Lord. You have my permission to

1460
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:32,640
Speaker 26: eat whatever you want. Wow, your body, your choice.

1461
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:36,000
Speaker 1: Wow, congratulations to thank you God, Thank you Lord.

1462
01:12:36,479 --> 01:12:36,879
Speaker 17: Bugs.

1463
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:43,120
Speaker 27: We're talking about bugs on a windshield. We go from

1464
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:48,160
Speaker 27: Tony's horrible diet the bugs on a windshield. You guys

1465
01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:51,519
Speaker 27: know how to be entertaining. I'm a good one.

1466
01:12:52,160 --> 01:12:53,240
Speaker 1: I finding this.

1467
01:12:53,479 --> 01:12:55,280
Speaker 2: I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not.

1468
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,599
Speaker 1: Welcome to sinsy these at three sixty pile.

1469
01:12:57,760 --> 01:12:59,080
Speaker 2: I think it's sarcasm.

1470
01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:03,160
Speaker 1: No, he's a Johnny Annie I ice man.

1471
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:05,439
Speaker 11: Just got back from sunny Florida.

1472
01:13:05,760 --> 01:13:07,479
Speaker 1: Gosh, everyone's in free vacation.

1473
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:09,920
Speaker 15: But I'm back. Baby.

1474
01:13:11,200 --> 01:13:13,559
Speaker 11: Head on down to reds Vest tonight as.

1475
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:15,360
Speaker 28: Years ago.

1476
01:13:15,439 --> 01:13:16,840
Speaker 4: Maybe run into again tonight.

1477
01:13:17,080 --> 01:13:17,280
Speaker 13: Yeah.

1478
01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:21,479
Speaker 4: Anyway, do you think the Reds will do anything with.

1479
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:25,120
Speaker 9: This extra money that gots from trading away Gavin the lots.

1480
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:31,040
Speaker 1: What's your thoughts potential washing machine dryer combo for the clubhouse?

1481
01:13:31,960 --> 01:13:32,360
Speaker 1: I don't know.

1482
01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:37,200
Speaker 2: Charlie seems to think GLUXI Mississippi. Charlie is fully convinced.

1483
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:39,600
Speaker 2: Now we'll talk to Jeff Carr and we'll see what

1484
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:42,800
Speaker 2: he thinks of the same way. I love Jeff to death,

1485
01:13:42,880 --> 01:13:45,800
Speaker 2: but I mean his cup runneth over with optimism. So

1486
01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:49,040
Speaker 2: if those two guys believe firmly in their heart of

1487
01:13:49,120 --> 01:13:50,640
Speaker 2: hearts that the Reds are gonna do something, I have

1488
01:13:50,720 --> 01:13:53,040
Speaker 2: no reason to believe that they would be wrong. But

1489
01:13:53,200 --> 01:13:56,640
Speaker 2: the cynical Reds fan in me feels like, even if

1490
01:13:56,680 --> 01:13:59,040
Speaker 2: you get Austin Hayes, that's the equivalent of doing nothing.

1491
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:02,640
Speaker 4: May so come on, have a.

1492
01:14:02,680 --> 01:14:05,320
Speaker 14: Sense of humor. Miami was just having a little fun,

1493
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:07,680
Speaker 14: Maso light mold a lot of U. See fans had

1494
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:10,160
Speaker 14: a really good attitude and sense of.

1495
01:14:10,200 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 8: Humor about it.

1496
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:13,680
Speaker 15: And they're eighteen and oh hopefully.

1497
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:15,920
Speaker 14: Having a good season.

1498
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 2: Let them have some fun.

1499
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,599
Speaker 14: And the students aren't even around, and it's an hour

1500
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:25,120
Speaker 14: away from anywhere civilized, so hopefully students are back soon

1501
01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:26,720
Speaker 14: and they'll get a lot more people there.

1502
01:14:27,520 --> 01:14:29,439
Speaker 1: You ain't explain yourself to us, that's maso.

1503
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:34,280
Speaker 26: Yeah, Happy Friday, everybody, guys. The other day you were

1504
01:14:34,320 --> 01:14:37,080
Speaker 26: talking about car cursey driving etiquette. You know, people that

1505
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:40,040
Speaker 26: don't use turn signals, things like that. Here's one for

1506
01:14:40,160 --> 01:14:42,640
Speaker 26: you have people that cut you off and didn't go

1507
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:45,680
Speaker 26: like ten to fifteen miles below the speedlman, I mean

1508
01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:48,040
Speaker 26: that one makes me just really mad. I mean almost

1509
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:50,080
Speaker 26: as mad as Tony Pike at a restaurant with that kids,

1510
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:53,679
Speaker 26: mean you option now, seriously, just tease a Tony. Hey, guys,

1511
01:14:53,800 --> 01:14:56,280
Speaker 26: enjoy the football this weekend and be saved out there today.

1512
01:14:56,479 --> 01:14:58,920
Speaker 1: You mean to tell me you don't have chicken tenders?

1513
01:15:00,439 --> 01:15:02,439
Speaker 2: I had chicken nuggets for dinner last night.

1514
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:07,479
Speaker 17: Okay, double dipper gipper will. For years and years and years,

1515
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:10,400
Speaker 17: I've been looking up and down the radio dial for

1516
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:15,000
Speaker 17: a show about cooking bugs. Today's show was the closest

1517
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:15,679
Speaker 17: I've ever come.

1518
01:15:16,880 --> 01:15:21,639
Speaker 1: Thank you, appreciate you, Hey, Audie.

1519
01:15:21,720 --> 01:15:24,000
Speaker 2: I heard you on Sloaney this morning.

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01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:25,760
Speaker 28: I enjoy you on Fridays on the air.

1521
01:15:25,840 --> 01:15:26,080
Speaker 1: Thank you.

1522
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:29,479
Speaker 28: That's actually how I heard about your Guys show and

1523
01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:32,120
Speaker 28: a few years ago, and I haven't been I haven't

1524
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:36,439
Speaker 28: stopped listening. Can you tell me how the hell Scott

1525
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:40,360
Speaker 28: Sloane says WLW so fast, he's like Cincinnati.

1526
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:45,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's pretty much nailed it right there. You want

1527
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:48,479
Speaker 2: to talk about rolling it off the tongue. Sloaney is

1528
01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:51,800
Speaker 2: as sharp and smooth as any person on the air

1529
01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,760
Speaker 2: I've ever been around, So I don't know how he

1530
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:56,479
Speaker 2: does it, but he's the best at it.

1531
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:59,680
Speaker 29: I always enjoy when John calls in gives us a

1532
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:03,240
Speaker 29: tape of a little Boston accent. You know, he said

1533
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:07,080
Speaker 29: he shares the same names as Siggs with the last

1534
01:16:07,160 --> 01:16:10,880
Speaker 29: four letters. I'm gonna go John spaghetti, which you know

1535
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:15,679
Speaker 29: already makes me hungry. Here's the key to cooking pizza roles.

1536
01:16:16,080 --> 01:16:18,599
Speaker 29: You cook them about halfway through, and then you take

1537
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:21,320
Speaker 29: them out of the microwave. You put shredded cheese on there,

1538
01:16:21,880 --> 01:16:24,400
Speaker 29: finish cooking them, take them out, and then top a

1539
01:16:24,560 --> 01:16:26,320
Speaker 29: tillo hot sauce all over.

1540
01:16:27,120 --> 01:16:30,040
Speaker 1: Top of tia hot sauce. Now I could. I'm on

1541
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:33,120
Speaker 1: board with everything leading up to throwing the hot sauce

1542
01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:33,439
Speaker 1: in there.

1543
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:34,320
Speaker 3: Now.

1544
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:37,479
Speaker 2: I used to exclusively make pizza rolls in the microwave

1545
01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:41,280
Speaker 2: you cheese on them? No, but I know that I

1546
01:16:41,360 --> 01:16:43,960
Speaker 2: think they're better nowadays in the air fryer or if

1547
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:47,640
Speaker 2: you like, actually put them in the oven and like

1548
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:48,360
Speaker 2: put them on a.

1549
01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:50,080
Speaker 1: Sheet, you mean, like better for you.

1550
01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:55,120
Speaker 2: No, like the it's not as squishy, Okay, but I

1551
01:16:55,360 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 2: just like to go Texas pete hot sauce and ranch.

1552
01:16:59,200 --> 01:17:01,920
Speaker 2: Mix that together and what do you got? And that's

1553
01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:02,599
Speaker 2: a dipping sauce.

1554
01:17:02,720 --> 01:17:03,000
Speaker 1: Okay.

1555
01:17:04,720 --> 01:17:06,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, grape Sharon Dog.

1556
01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:10,760
Speaker 23: You know I'm kind of paraphrasing something that Austin said. Basically,

1557
01:17:11,200 --> 01:17:14,680
Speaker 23: he had said that in his lifetime, the Reds had not,

1558
01:17:15,439 --> 01:17:17,720
Speaker 23: you know, been very good. And let me tell you

1559
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:21,599
Speaker 23: when you have to move a decent player like Lucks,

1560
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:24,360
Speaker 23: just the idea that we have to get a little

1561
01:17:24,400 --> 01:17:30,080
Speaker 23: more room salary room that will continue just a just

1562
01:17:30,200 --> 01:17:32,160
Speaker 23: an average team period.

1563
01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:35,760
Speaker 1: But Greg exclamation point, wait till you see what's coming

1564
01:17:35,800 --> 01:17:36,560
Speaker 1: in return.

1565
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:42,400
Speaker 13: Early Wordsmith Goldsmith. I mean he's chopping it up. Romayne

1566
01:17:42,479 --> 01:17:45,800
Speaker 13: led us on a Caesar salary. I was gonna leave

1567
01:17:45,880 --> 01:17:50,360
Speaker 13: a phenomenal talk back, Yesterdavid. The Road to Hell's paid

1568
01:17:50,439 --> 01:17:55,639
Speaker 13: with good intentions. Yeah, Gavin Lucks, he puts, he puts

1569
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:59,519
Speaker 13: the U and utility. Yep, he did everything but clean

1570
01:17:59,600 --> 01:17:59,920
Speaker 13: the doug.

1571
01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:08,479
Speaker 30: But I love that guy, Austin. Tony Sleeve rolling down

1572
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:11,800
Speaker 30: here and foulment. Oh, I'll tell you what. I've been

1573
01:18:11,840 --> 01:18:15,679
Speaker 30: around these hogs up all day and high. I'm exhausted. Yeah,

1574
01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:20,960
Speaker 30: but I think our bear cats tomorrow are gonna roll

1575
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:24,600
Speaker 30: Iowa State. I know what sounds crazy, I know what

1576
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:28,840
Speaker 30: sounds ludicris call it. He'll billy intuition. It's gonna happen.

1577
01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:31,560
Speaker 30: We're gonna be living high in the cotton, have a

1578
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:32,080
Speaker 30: good day.

1579
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:34,000
Speaker 1: High on the hog, down in the holler.

1580
01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:35,519
Speaker 2: Shut up to foulmouth man.

1581
01:18:35,720 --> 01:18:39,519
Speaker 31: Man, Hey, it's Mike an Independence Tony Austin, how you doing.

1582
01:18:40,040 --> 01:18:42,679
Speaker 31: I think Tony has been expanding his palate starting pot

1583
01:18:42,760 --> 01:18:45,439
Speaker 31: roast now at Twin Peaks, Yes, moving on up in

1584
01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:49,040
Speaker 31: the world. I think I got an idea for a

1585
01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:52,840
Speaker 31: new seasoning line from Tony Pike's pick. There's some salt

1586
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:57,080
Speaker 31: and pepper, a nice bottle, nice logo should work out. Well,

1587
01:18:57,560 --> 01:18:59,480
Speaker 31: you guys, have a good day, go catch.

1588
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:02,720
Speaker 2: To trick some people into thinking that's that's actually something

1589
01:19:02,760 --> 01:19:07,000
Speaker 2: else legitimate you so you had some all the pot roast?

1590
01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:10,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Yes, I have you.

1591
01:19:10,920 --> 01:19:13,200
Speaker 2: How about eating some crow with Zach Taylor? Is that

1592
01:19:13,360 --> 01:19:14,120
Speaker 2: on the menu at all?

1593
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:17,760
Speaker 1: No, I don't plan to have any crow quick double dip.

1594
01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:20,040
Speaker 21: Buddy of mine's down in Saint Bart's with his wife

1595
01:19:20,080 --> 01:19:21,960
Speaker 21: and they just went on a hike with Dax Hill

1596
01:19:22,040 --> 01:19:24,240
Speaker 21: and his wife. Wow, my buddy Dan said he was

1597
01:19:24,360 --> 01:19:25,639
Speaker 21: super super nice guy.

1598
01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:26,479
Speaker 1: Very cool.

1599
01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:30,080
Speaker 2: It's a little surprising for a Michigan man, but that

1600
01:19:30,240 --> 01:19:31,519
Speaker 2: seems like a stand up dude.

1601
01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:35,640
Speaker 32: I got some world changing advice. Oh, they make this

1602
01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:39,560
Speaker 32: one windshield wipe or fluid solvent thing that has like

1603
01:19:39,680 --> 01:19:45,479
Speaker 32: a bug remover chempbical winne works really well, especially driving

1604
01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:49,640
Speaker 32: at night, and you get the big splat, you know,

1605
01:19:50,720 --> 01:19:53,599
Speaker 32: three or four swipes and windshield it's cleaned off.

1606
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:54,360
Speaker 15: So there you go.

1607
01:19:54,600 --> 01:19:56,120
Speaker 1: I don't need to worry about that because I got

1608
01:19:56,280 --> 01:20:01,240
Speaker 1: aerodynamic windshields, do you I think so? I ain't seen

1609
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:01,920
Speaker 1: a bug in a while.

1610
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:06,040
Speaker 29: Is Tony giving pronunciation advice to the guy who thinks

1611
01:20:06,120 --> 01:20:09,839
Speaker 29: the toil toilet is a good place to escape?

1612
01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:16,280
Speaker 1: What huh? Now? See, I'm lost and I don't know

1613
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:18,880
Speaker 1: was that a shot at me? I don't tell you

1614
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,720
Speaker 1: this escape. I don't give any escape I don't give

1615
01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:25,800
Speaker 1: any pronunciation X escape escape is this I'm are you

1616
01:20:25,880 --> 01:20:26,400
Speaker 1: saying X?

1617
01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:27,679
Speaker 2: I don't know that's what he says?

1618
01:20:27,800 --> 01:20:28,120
Speaker 1: Escape?

1619
01:20:28,800 --> 01:20:32,759
Speaker 2: I think is this something I say? I'm open to critics?

1620
01:20:32,880 --> 01:20:35,200
Speaker 1: Uh to what do they call? You do it all

1621
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:41,439
Speaker 1: the time. You're terrible at it. Constructive criticism one O

1622
01:20:41,600 --> 01:20:44,840
Speaker 1: one drives me nuts.

1623
01:20:45,400 --> 01:20:50,800
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I'm lightheaded. Any oxygen to my brain

1624
01:20:50,920 --> 01:20:53,320
Speaker 2: right there? It was our last one.

1625
01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:55,160
Speaker 1: Well, the oxygen can't escape.

1626
01:20:55,680 --> 01:20:58,920
Speaker 2: Probably, Hey, I'm not perfect.

1627
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:02,200
Speaker 1: We uh, we're gonna take a break, and we do

1628
01:21:02,360 --> 01:21:05,000
Speaker 1: have Jeff Carr, We do have Bob Manjeen in our three.

1629
01:21:05,080 --> 01:21:07,200
Speaker 1: So we we'll use the rest of the time in

1630
01:21:07,240 --> 01:21:09,639
Speaker 1: hour number two to make some picks. With some games

1631
01:21:09,680 --> 01:21:11,439
Speaker 1: coming up this weekend. We'll dive into that next on

1632
01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:13,679
Speaker 1: ESPN fifteen to thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

1633
01:21:14,000 --> 01:21:15,200
Speaker 5: From the schmid Heating.

1634
01:21:15,080 --> 01:21:20,680
Speaker 2: Talk about.

1635
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:27,280
Speaker 1: Pay since he three sixty ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

1636
01:21:29,360 --> 01:21:31,120
Speaker 1: Let's do this, Austin. We've got a few minutes here.

1637
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:33,640
Speaker 1: We've talked about the divisional games, but we have not

1638
01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:37,280
Speaker 1: given our official pick for these divisional games yet that

1639
01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:40,000
Speaker 1: are going to be happening tomorrow and Sunday across the

1640
01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:43,320
Speaker 1: National Football League. Let's do it now. Bill's on the

1641
01:21:43,439 --> 01:21:46,479
Speaker 1: road in Denver. It's actually going to be forty degrees

1642
01:21:47,040 --> 01:21:50,360
Speaker 1: for this one, So whether shouldn't be a factor, No wins,

1643
01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:53,439
Speaker 1: no precipitation. Denver is a point and a half favorite.

1644
01:21:54,120 --> 01:21:55,840
Speaker 1: Do you like the team that's had to layoff here

1645
01:21:55,960 --> 01:21:59,639
Speaker 1: with maybe not as much experience, or are you banking

1646
01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:02,439
Speaker 1: on ash Allen is the best player remaining in the

1647
01:22:02,439 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 1: playoffs and winning this game.

1648
01:22:04,040 --> 01:22:07,720
Speaker 2: It's getting harder to justify picking the Bills, especially as

1649
01:22:07,800 --> 01:22:11,760
Speaker 2: the injuries continue for them. They just lost Shavers to

1650
01:22:11,920 --> 01:22:12,759
Speaker 2: a torn acl.

1651
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:14,880
Speaker 1: I believe Denver got somebody back.

1652
01:22:15,400 --> 01:22:21,920
Speaker 2: Denver got Dre Greenlaw back. I think it It's hard

1653
01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:25,200
Speaker 2: for me to convince myself that buffalo can win this game.

1654
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:29,240
Speaker 2: But Josh Allen's the best quarterback left in the playoffs

1655
01:22:29,439 --> 01:22:32,200
Speaker 2: in the AFC, and so for that reason, I'm just

1656
01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:34,160
Speaker 2: going to pick them. I'm going to ride with that guy.

1657
01:22:35,160 --> 01:22:37,439
Speaker 2: The experience and having played I don't know if you

1658
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:38,960
Speaker 2: know this or not, and Tony Romo is going to

1659
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:41,280
Speaker 2: remind you one hundred and forty thousand times when they

1660
01:22:41,360 --> 01:22:44,800
Speaker 2: play that Josh Allen has playoff experience. I do think

1661
01:22:44,840 --> 01:22:48,040
Speaker 2: it matters. They only had one game these two teams

1662
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:49,880
Speaker 2: played each other in the wild Card around last year.

1663
01:22:50,439 --> 01:22:53,720
Speaker 2: Buffalo dominated it. I don't know it'll be that lopsided

1664
01:22:53,800 --> 01:22:55,960
Speaker 2: this year, but I do think Buffalo wins the game.

1665
01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:59,040
Speaker 1: I don't think it's lopsided, but I do think that

1666
01:22:59,240 --> 01:23:02,880
Speaker 1: this is a a Buffalo win. I think that there

1667
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:06,479
Speaker 1: is a significant advantage for the Denver Broncos with Sean Payton,

1668
01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:09,760
Speaker 1: but I think the best player on the field on

1669
01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:12,600
Speaker 1: either side of the ball is Josh Allen, and I

1670
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:15,280
Speaker 1: think that is enough to carry over what they were

1671
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:18,439
Speaker 1: able to do last week against the Jacksonville Jaguars. I

1672
01:23:18,479 --> 01:23:21,120
Speaker 1: think they do it against Denver as well. Sam Donald

1673
01:23:21,160 --> 01:23:24,840
Speaker 1: popped up on the injured list with an oblique injury

1674
01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:29,080
Speaker 1: for the Seattle Seahawks. They are coming off a break.

1675
01:23:29,560 --> 01:23:32,559
Speaker 1: The forty nine ers don't. I don't know if you're

1676
01:23:32,600 --> 01:23:34,880
Speaker 1: gonna expect anything from Fred Warner, although I've seen him

1677
01:23:34,880 --> 01:23:38,920
Speaker 1: practice in this week. No George Kittle. I wonder with

1678
01:23:39,080 --> 01:23:42,599
Speaker 1: Mike McDonald being able to prepare a full week knowing

1679
01:23:42,640 --> 01:23:44,320
Speaker 1: that George Kittle is not going to be playing in

1680
01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:47,760
Speaker 1: this game, how that changes, how they'll defend Christian McCaffrey.

1681
01:23:48,360 --> 01:23:52,080
Speaker 1: They absolutely shut down the forty nine ers a few

1682
01:23:52,080 --> 01:23:53,880
Speaker 1: weeks ago in that game that was essentially for the

1683
01:23:53,960 --> 01:23:57,080
Speaker 1: number one seed in the playoffs. I think I think

1684
01:23:57,200 --> 01:24:01,639
Speaker 1: this number is too high. Take the Niners against the spread,

1685
01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:04,880
Speaker 1: but I actually think Seattle wins this game. But I

1686
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:05,679
Speaker 1: do think it's close.

1687
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:10,760
Speaker 2: When it comes to two really good football minds, Mike

1688
01:24:10,880 --> 01:24:14,200
Speaker 2: McDonald and Kyle Shanahan, this is like when an unstoppable

1689
01:24:14,240 --> 01:24:17,960
Speaker 2: force meets an immovable object. And I don't expect Kyle

1690
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:20,360
Speaker 2: Shanahan to get embarrassed like that the way they did

1691
01:24:20,439 --> 01:24:23,320
Speaker 2: the other game that ended up the regular season, the

1692
01:24:23,360 --> 01:24:26,680
Speaker 2: way Mike McDonald's defense played. And I do think even

1693
01:24:26,720 --> 01:24:29,040
Speaker 2: though it's on a short week, Kyle will come up

1694
01:24:29,080 --> 01:24:33,400
Speaker 2: with some stuff to or some things that maybe Mike

1695
01:24:33,479 --> 01:24:37,439
Speaker 2: McDonald hasn't seen or hadn't been prepared for whatever, just

1696
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,599
Speaker 2: because that's what Kyle Shanahan does. Like he's that good

1697
01:24:40,640 --> 01:24:44,040
Speaker 2: of a play caller at an offensive mind. But I

1698
01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:45,880
Speaker 2: still think this will be too much. Now, the Sam

1699
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:48,920
Speaker 2: Donald thing makes me nervous. And Clint Kubiak said yesterday

1700
01:24:49,000 --> 01:24:51,760
Speaker 2: Drew Locke took took first team reps that don't I

1701
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:54,439
Speaker 2: don't like, but with the amount of injuries that San

1702
01:24:54,479 --> 01:24:57,439
Speaker 2: Francisco has, playing on another short week on the road

1703
01:24:57,640 --> 01:25:00,880
Speaker 2: in that environment, I do think will get it done.

1704
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:02,840
Speaker 2: They've been my Super Bowl pick. I'm gonna stick with.

1705
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:05,559
Speaker 1: Them for everything you just described. If San Francisco does

1706
01:25:05,640 --> 01:25:09,160
Speaker 1: win that game, it's Shanahan's most impressive win, everything that

1707
01:25:09,160 --> 01:25:16,000
Speaker 1: they're going up against. Sunday, NFL Action Texans Patriots. Man,

1708
01:25:16,280 --> 01:25:20,839
Speaker 1: this one, to me is potential game of the weekend

1709
01:25:21,680 --> 01:25:25,160
Speaker 1: because you get a Patriots team that defensively were great

1710
01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:28,720
Speaker 1: last week. Offensively they struggled a little bit, and the

1711
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:32,240
Speaker 1: Chargers defense is good. They're not Houston Texans defense. Though

1712
01:25:32,760 --> 01:25:35,200
Speaker 1: Texans are arguably the hottest team in football right now,

1713
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:39,479
Speaker 1: winners of ten games in a row. I question if CJ.

1714
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:42,120
Speaker 1: Stroud can do enough in this game because I think

1715
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:44,240
Speaker 1: the Texans defense will give them plenty of chances to

1716
01:25:44,320 --> 01:25:46,479
Speaker 1: win it. This is actually my upset of the weekend.

1717
01:25:46,479 --> 01:25:49,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Texans to end the Patriots season.

1718
01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:54,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if I'm there yet. Like the

1719
01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:57,599
Speaker 2: way that CJ. Stroud played last week just makes me nervous,

1720
01:25:57,880 --> 01:25:58,120
Speaker 2: and it.

1721
01:25:58,160 --> 01:25:59,840
Speaker 1: Does make it look what they did when how bad he.

1722
01:26:00,360 --> 01:26:02,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, it does make you think, okay, well, if he

1723
01:26:02,520 --> 01:26:04,519
Speaker 2: plays just a little bit better, it's not gonna be

1724
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:04,920
Speaker 2: a problem.

1725
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:05,120
Speaker 4: Though.

1726
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:09,240
Speaker 2: They could cruise and certainly he won't play that bad again.

1727
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:11,240
Speaker 2: I get it, I get where you come from. I'm

1728
01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:14,240
Speaker 2: just I'm not fully sold on Houston. There have been

1729
01:26:14,280 --> 01:26:17,240
Speaker 2: some times where there's been some inconsistencies. I do think

1730
01:26:17,320 --> 01:26:20,400
Speaker 2: Josh McDaniels and Drake may are a good marriage, and

1731
01:26:20,520 --> 01:26:24,240
Speaker 2: they do have a balanced offensive attack, and playing at home,

1732
01:26:24,720 --> 01:26:27,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna give it to New England in a close one,

1733
01:26:27,680 --> 01:26:29,160
Speaker 2: maybe a field goal at the end of the.

1734
01:26:29,160 --> 01:26:33,639
Speaker 1: Game, the final game of the weekend, twenty one degrees,

1735
01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:37,519
Speaker 1: it's gonna feel like it's about five degrees. This, to me,

1736
01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:41,360
Speaker 1: this was why it was so important for the Rams

1737
01:26:41,400 --> 01:26:44,360
Speaker 1: to get home field advantage. They just don't play well

1738
01:26:44,400 --> 01:26:49,479
Speaker 1: in the cold. And I still think the Rams, if

1739
01:26:49,520 --> 01:26:52,040
Speaker 1: they've got by the Bears, have the best chance to

1740
01:26:52,080 --> 01:26:54,599
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl, especially from the NFC, but they've

1741
01:26:54,680 --> 01:26:57,200
Speaker 1: not played their best down the stretch. This to me

1742
01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:00,240
Speaker 1: comes down to Kayleb Williams versus the secondary who's not

1743
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:03,240
Speaker 1: been very good against the Rams. Everything about this, Austin

1744
01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:06,880
Speaker 1: tells me Rams, But at the end of the day,

1745
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:10,320
Speaker 1: I have to take in this matchup the quarterback I'll

1746
01:27:10,360 --> 01:27:13,559
Speaker 1: trust the most. That is Matthew Stafford over Caleb Williams

1747
01:27:13,600 --> 01:27:16,120
Speaker 1: at this point, and it's still Sean McVeigh over Ben Johnson,

1748
01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:18,519
Speaker 1: but not by a wide margin. I think the Rams

1749
01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:21,360
Speaker 1: go on and win as the road team on Sunday Night.

1750
01:27:22,360 --> 01:27:24,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, I have a hard time, you know, if I'm

1751
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:26,920
Speaker 2: gonna use that logic on Josh Allen in the AFC,

1752
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:29,760
Speaker 2: how could I not use it on Matthew Stafford in

1753
01:27:29,840 --> 01:27:33,280
Speaker 2: the NFC. I think the Bears defense just not quite

1754
01:27:33,360 --> 01:27:36,120
Speaker 2: good enough to hang with Los Angeles. I think maybe

1755
01:27:36,160 --> 01:27:40,519
Speaker 2: the cold is being overblown a little bit. And I

1756
01:27:40,680 --> 01:27:44,680
Speaker 2: think defensively, what Chris Shula has been able to do

1757
01:27:44,760 --> 01:27:46,599
Speaker 2: and it's getting him a lot of head coach attention

1758
01:27:46,680 --> 01:27:50,400
Speaker 2: across the NFL. I almost wonder if it's best to

1759
01:27:50,560 --> 01:27:53,280
Speaker 2: just let Chicago operate in their base offense, you know,

1760
01:27:53,800 --> 01:27:56,760
Speaker 2: don't get Caleb Williams off his mark, keep him in

1761
01:27:56,920 --> 01:27:59,799
Speaker 2: the pocket, force him to make decisions from inside the pocket,

1762
01:28:00,240 --> 01:28:03,040
Speaker 2: and try to make those throws instead of letting him

1763
01:28:03,080 --> 01:28:05,640
Speaker 2: gets outside the structure. Of the offense and try to

1764
01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:08,599
Speaker 2: beat you that way. I just think the Rams are

1765
01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:12,479
Speaker 2: the better team, and I think you know, they have

1766
01:28:13,160 --> 01:28:16,120
Speaker 2: more weapons on offense to take advantage of the issues

1767
01:28:16,160 --> 01:28:19,000
Speaker 2: that Chicago has defensively than Chicago has on that side

1768
01:28:19,000 --> 01:28:21,160
Speaker 2: of the ball. So I'm gonna go with the Rams.

1769
01:28:22,720 --> 01:28:24,960
Speaker 1: One other thing, I'm not in. You're in on Monday,

1770
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:26,479
Speaker 1: I'm not in, So we won't have a chance to

1771
01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:30,240
Speaker 1: talk about this till Tuesday. The National Championship College Football

1772
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:37,479
Speaker 1: National Championship. Is the number too big for you? What

1773
01:28:37,720 --> 01:28:41,200
Speaker 1: is the number right now? It is eight and a

1774
01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:45,080
Speaker 1: half Indiana essentially a road game, although Indiana will travel

1775
01:28:45,160 --> 01:28:50,240
Speaker 1: really well. It's at hard Rock Stadium, that's Miami's home stadium. Miami.

1776
01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:53,479
Speaker 1: You talk about what the road would be like if

1777
01:28:53,520 --> 01:28:55,720
Speaker 1: they win it, all the path they had to take

1778
01:28:55,920 --> 01:28:58,680
Speaker 1: to get to the championship and the teams that they

1779
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:01,559
Speaker 1: had to beat. You're talking about one of the most

1780
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:04,960
Speaker 1: remarkable runs you've seen. Texas A and m Ohio State,

1781
01:29:05,040 --> 01:29:08,920
Speaker 1: Ole Miss now the prohibitive favorite. The Indiana Hoosiers, who

1782
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,800
Speaker 1: I feel like Austin. Everyone has just kept waiting for

1783
01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:15,440
Speaker 1: them to stumble. Eventually, they're gonna get caught up to Eventually,

1784
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:18,360
Speaker 1: the shine's gonna come off. Teams are gonna figure it out.

1785
01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:22,680
Speaker 1: No one has figured it out with Kurtzignetti and Fernando Mendoza.

1786
01:29:23,000 --> 01:29:25,840
Speaker 1: I don't think Miami figures it out, but I think

1787
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:29,839
Speaker 1: their front causes this game to be a little bit closer.

1788
01:29:30,360 --> 01:29:32,679
Speaker 1: Miami is not gonna try to throw the ball all around.

1789
01:29:32,680 --> 01:29:34,599
Speaker 1: They're gonna possess the ball. They're gonna run it. They're

1790
01:29:34,600 --> 01:29:37,000
Speaker 1: gonna use the short passing game as an extension of

1791
01:29:37,040 --> 01:29:38,840
Speaker 1: the run game and get the ball to their playmakers.

1792
01:29:39,439 --> 01:29:42,840
Speaker 1: I think Miami keeps this close enough. Indiana wins, Miami covers.

1793
01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:45,519
Speaker 2: I'm done doubting the Hoosiers. As much as I would

1794
01:29:45,640 --> 01:29:47,760
Speaker 2: like for them to get beat, they have proven me

1795
01:29:47,880 --> 01:29:51,160
Speaker 2: wrong time and time again. So for that reason, I'm

1796
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:55,320
Speaker 2: gonna pick them to win the national championship and do

1797
01:29:55,520 --> 01:29:58,799
Speaker 2: so in a comfortable fashion. I think they're gonna bludge

1798
01:29:58,840 --> 01:30:02,200
Speaker 2: in Miami, just like they've bludgeon anyone else everyone else.

1799
01:30:02,800 --> 01:30:05,040
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be one of the best sports stories,

1800
01:30:05,160 --> 01:30:07,200
Speaker 2: and I think they'll make a movie about it. They'll

1801
01:30:07,240 --> 01:30:10,360
Speaker 2: make thirty for thirties about it, and Kurt Signetti is

1802
01:30:10,479 --> 01:30:14,519
Speaker 2: unfortunately going to continue his reign of terror across college football.

1803
01:30:15,160 --> 01:30:16,599
Speaker 2: I got the Hoosiers to win.

1804
01:30:16,840 --> 01:30:21,200
Speaker 1: In a route. Hoosiers win thirty for thirty booked. That's

1805
01:30:21,240 --> 01:30:21,960
Speaker 1: what we got right here.

1806
01:30:22,040 --> 01:30:24,120
Speaker 2: Remember when I used to make thirty for thirty commercials?

1807
01:30:24,280 --> 01:30:27,160
Speaker 1: I do, Yeah, I remember I missed those. Those were fun.

1808
01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:30,680
Speaker 1: It's back when I was inspired. I remember Mo's the Cupsnake.

1809
01:30:31,200 --> 01:30:32,400
Speaker 1: You know, I wasn't one of my favorites.

1810
01:30:32,439 --> 01:30:34,759
Speaker 2: I wonder if I have that somewhere, one of my favorites.

1811
01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:38,200
Speaker 2: Maybe we since you know it's Red's Fests and everything,

1812
01:30:39,040 --> 01:30:42,880
Speaker 2: maybe I can bring that back. After Jeff Carr.

1813
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:45,680
Speaker 1: Okay, well, Jeff Carr will join us next to kick

1814
01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:47,640
Speaker 1: off the third and final hour the Friday edition of

1815
01:30:47,680 --> 01:30:50,320
Speaker 1: Since He Three to sixty. It'll happen next on ESPN

1816
01:30:50,360 --> 01:30:53,839
Speaker 1: fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station, NFL Playoffs Look.

1817
01:30:53,880 --> 01:30:57,680
Speaker 30: Three sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati.

1818
01:30:57,960 --> 01:31:02,599
Speaker 17: This is ESPN fifteen Cincinnati Sports Station.

1819
01:31:03,800 --> 01:31:06,800
Speaker 1: Welcome back our number three of Since He three p

1820
01:31:06,920 --> 01:31:10,679
Speaker 1: sixty on this Friday afternoon. Major League Baseball has stolen

1821
01:31:10,760 --> 01:31:14,040
Speaker 1: the show and the Reds were part of a three

1822
01:31:14,080 --> 01:31:17,080
Speaker 1: team deal last night Big Night in Major League Baseball,

1823
01:31:17,160 --> 01:31:20,280
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker signs a deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1824
01:31:20,320 --> 01:31:22,880
Speaker 1: Today Bob Bashett has signed a deal with the New

1825
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:25,560
Speaker 1: York Mets. There's just a lot to sift through. And

1826
01:31:25,680 --> 01:31:28,559
Speaker 1: on top of all of it, it's Reds Fest tonight

1827
01:31:28,880 --> 01:31:32,280
Speaker 1: tomorrow at the Convention Center. Reds Fest is happening. So

1828
01:31:32,400 --> 01:31:35,000
Speaker 1: we've got to get our baseball fix, and we're going

1829
01:31:35,080 --> 01:31:36,559
Speaker 1: to do so. To kick off the hour here from

1830
01:31:36,600 --> 01:31:39,680
Speaker 1: the Lockdown Reds podcast, our good friend joining us right now,

1831
01:31:40,360 --> 01:31:41,599
Speaker 1: Jeff Carr. What's up, Jeff?

1832
01:31:42,840 --> 01:31:44,880
Speaker 3: Only it's one of the best weekends of the year.

1833
01:31:44,920 --> 01:31:46,760
Speaker 3: I tell you what I do want to respond You

1834
01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:50,479
Speaker 3: guys had a really interesting topic earlier on and I

1835
01:31:50,600 --> 01:31:52,160
Speaker 3: just wanted to let you know that, Like when it

1836
01:31:52,240 --> 01:31:55,000
Speaker 3: comes to the bugs, I really feel like if you

1837
01:31:55,040 --> 01:31:57,840
Speaker 3: were to ask Duke Tobin about the bugs in the windshields,

1838
01:31:57,880 --> 01:31:59,920
Speaker 3: he said, well, the bugs have been here before.

1839
01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:03,240
Speaker 1: They're gonna be bad. They're gonna be very well. Said

1840
01:32:04,720 --> 01:32:08,519
Speaker 1: damn it, what a What where do you staying? When

1841
01:32:08,520 --> 01:32:10,920
Speaker 1: it comes to food as well, Jeff, but it's been

1842
01:32:11,000 --> 01:32:13,479
Speaker 1: three two days of food talk. Now, how would you

1843
01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:15,360
Speaker 1: describe your palette when it comes to food.

1844
01:32:16,560 --> 01:32:19,800
Speaker 3: Give me the spicy stuff. Love the spicy stuff, kind

1845
01:32:19,840 --> 01:32:22,680
Speaker 3: of kind of punt sweet a little bit. I'm not

1846
01:32:22,720 --> 01:32:26,479
Speaker 3: gonna lie. I'm not a huge dessert guy. I'm more salty, spicy, tight,

1847
01:32:27,600 --> 01:32:30,240
Speaker 3: but especially I mean all the meats. You know, those

1848
01:32:30,240 --> 01:32:31,760
Speaker 3: are these commercials. They really get to me.

1849
01:32:32,880 --> 01:32:34,920
Speaker 2: Jeff, if your life dependent on it, who would you

1850
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:37,120
Speaker 2: trust more? Duke Tobin or Nick Krawl.

1851
01:32:37,240 --> 01:32:41,320
Speaker 22: Oh, I gotta go with Nick Krawl.

1852
01:32:41,600 --> 01:32:44,400
Speaker 3: And he's been getting a lot of flat this offseason,

1853
01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:48,760
Speaker 3: but I still believe that he's operating perfectly within the

1854
01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:52,120
Speaker 3: brute the blueprint that he has been given from those

1855
01:32:52,280 --> 01:32:55,000
Speaker 3: that give him his evaluation every single year. They're giving

1856
01:32:55,080 --> 01:32:56,840
Speaker 3: him a budget and he's just doing what he can

1857
01:32:56,920 --> 01:32:58,960
Speaker 3: do within that budget.

1858
01:32:59,800 --> 01:33:02,280
Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts on the Reds. Let

1859
01:33:02,320 --> 01:33:05,080
Speaker 1: me talk major League Baseball standpoint real quick, your opinion,

1860
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:07,679
Speaker 1: because so many people when the news broke about Kyle Tucker,

1861
01:33:07,720 --> 01:33:10,960
Speaker 1: it's all the Dodgers. I hate the Dodgers. My stance is,

1862
01:33:11,040 --> 01:33:13,920
Speaker 1: I plead and I beg that the organization I root

1863
01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:16,519
Speaker 1: for spends more money. So I'm not going to criticize

1864
01:33:16,520 --> 01:33:19,000
Speaker 1: an organization for inside that confine to the rule book

1865
01:33:19,400 --> 01:33:21,439
Speaker 1: to spend money. I'm not going to blame the Dodgers.

1866
01:33:21,479 --> 01:33:21,599
Speaker 23: Now.

1867
01:33:21,640 --> 01:33:24,360
Speaker 1: It might be a major League baseball point of problem.

1868
01:33:24,439 --> 01:33:27,639
Speaker 1: But when you hear that narrative of all the Dodgers

1869
01:33:27,680 --> 01:33:30,240
Speaker 1: are ruining baseball or this and that, how do you

1870
01:33:30,360 --> 01:33:31,960
Speaker 1: view that when you see what happened last night with

1871
01:33:32,040 --> 01:33:32,559
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker.

1872
01:33:33,560 --> 01:33:35,880
Speaker 3: No, I don't think the Dodgers are ruining baseball. I

1873
01:33:35,960 --> 01:33:40,120
Speaker 3: think the I wouldn't say twenty nine other teams or

1874
01:33:40,200 --> 01:33:42,719
Speaker 3: you know, I don't think it's a total league problem.

1875
01:33:42,760 --> 01:33:46,439
Speaker 3: But there's definitely fifteen teams that are doing far more

1876
01:33:46,520 --> 01:33:48,800
Speaker 3: to ruin baseball than the Dodgers are. The Dodgers are

1877
01:33:48,840 --> 01:33:51,840
Speaker 3: taking advantage of an inequity, and they're taking advantage of

1878
01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:54,640
Speaker 3: a strategy that other teams just seem to completely punt on.

1879
01:33:55,200 --> 01:33:59,519
Speaker 3: Because if we heard a report tomorrow, but yeah, the

1880
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:02,720
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Reds ponied up twenty five million dollars a year

1881
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:05,000
Speaker 3: for the next couple of years to Kyle Tucker in

1882
01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:07,920
Speaker 3: an offer. I don't think it would surprise any of

1883
01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:09,760
Speaker 3: us to hear that they were in on it, but

1884
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:13,040
Speaker 3: that twenty five million dollars would have been laughably lower

1885
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:16,400
Speaker 3: than what the Blue Jays with the Mets, and definitely,

1886
01:34:16,439 --> 01:34:18,320
Speaker 3: of course what he ended up getting from the Dodgers

1887
01:34:18,840 --> 01:34:22,080
Speaker 3: would yet, because there are teams that are like the Reds,

1888
01:34:22,439 --> 01:34:25,640
Speaker 3: that approach free agency and approach the open market with

1889
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:31,360
Speaker 3: their own philosophy that is somehow irrespective of what other

1890
01:34:31,520 --> 01:34:34,639
Speaker 3: teams will do, and so they put values on guys

1891
01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:37,120
Speaker 3: and they're like, this is the maximum value that we

1892
01:34:37,240 --> 01:34:39,600
Speaker 3: want to approach this guy with. And then you have

1893
01:34:39,680 --> 01:34:41,880
Speaker 3: teams like the Dodgers who are just like, yeah, no,

1894
01:34:41,960 --> 01:34:44,280
Speaker 3: we're gonna beat that, and it's not even gonna be close.

1895
01:34:44,520 --> 01:34:47,120
Speaker 3: And so you've got to figure out a way. And

1896
01:34:47,200 --> 01:34:49,519
Speaker 3: I don't think that a salary cap or salary floor

1897
01:34:49,640 --> 01:34:54,160
Speaker 3: necessarily solves the problem. I think it's a mentality shift

1898
01:34:54,479 --> 01:34:55,920
Speaker 3: and I don't know how you fix that.

1899
01:34:57,280 --> 01:34:59,679
Speaker 1: Let's let's go to the Reds because as the news

1900
01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:02,559
Speaker 1: brought and the Reds have moved on from Gavin Lux.

1901
01:35:03,479 --> 01:35:06,320
Speaker 1: Let me first ask you about the importance of losing

1902
01:35:06,360 --> 01:35:09,200
Speaker 1: to Gavin Lux, because I mentioned this earlier in the show.

1903
01:35:09,800 --> 01:35:11,439
Speaker 1: He had the fifth most at bats of any read

1904
01:35:11,520 --> 01:35:14,200
Speaker 1: last year, the highest batting average. In fact, he was

1905
01:35:14,240 --> 01:35:16,840
Speaker 1: actually three three points higher than Kyle Tucker last year.

1906
01:35:16,880 --> 01:35:19,280
Speaker 1: Who had two sixty six. Gavin Lux hit two sixty nine,

1907
01:35:19,760 --> 01:35:22,400
Speaker 1: second on the team in doubles, fourth highest on base percentage,

1908
01:35:22,680 --> 01:35:24,479
Speaker 1: and in the final game of the year in the playoffs,

1909
01:35:24,520 --> 01:35:26,360
Speaker 1: in a must win game against the Dodgers that they

1910
01:35:26,439 --> 01:35:29,519
Speaker 1: ultimately didn't win, Terry Francono relied on him as the

1911
01:35:29,880 --> 01:35:34,400
Speaker 1: three hole hitter. So the loss of Gavin Lux, are

1912
01:35:34,520 --> 01:35:37,080
Speaker 1: we undervaluing that at all in your opinion?

1913
01:35:38,120 --> 01:35:40,240
Speaker 3: I don't think so, because I think he was miscast

1914
01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:42,240
Speaker 3: last year. I don't think he should have gotten five

1915
01:35:42,360 --> 01:35:46,080
Speaker 3: hundred at bats because he's a perfect you know, I

1916
01:35:46,200 --> 01:35:49,080
Speaker 3: called him last year multiple different times the King of

1917
01:35:49,439 --> 01:35:51,800
Speaker 3: the great piece of hitty, because he's going to give

1918
01:35:51,800 --> 01:35:53,559
Speaker 3: you a nice line drive in the gap that's worth

1919
01:35:53,600 --> 01:35:56,479
Speaker 3: a good single just about every time up. And that's

1920
01:35:56,520 --> 01:35:58,439
Speaker 3: why his on base percentage was so I that's why

1921
01:35:58,479 --> 01:36:02,080
Speaker 3: he's betting average. In year where batting average across the

1922
01:36:02,200 --> 01:36:05,120
Speaker 3: league was down the board, he was I think twenty

1923
01:36:05,240 --> 01:36:08,439
Speaker 3: five points higher than league average when it came to

1924
01:36:08,560 --> 01:36:12,760
Speaker 3: that statistic. So there's definitely something to his game, But

1925
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:15,240
Speaker 3: I don't think his game fits for what the Reds need.

1926
01:36:15,360 --> 01:36:18,400
Speaker 3: Matt McLean's their second basement and they are going to

1927
01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:21,360
Speaker 3: run into twenty twenty six with that philosophy, come hell

1928
01:36:21,439 --> 01:36:25,160
Speaker 3: or high water until he proves them right or wrong.

1929
01:36:25,880 --> 01:36:28,479
Speaker 3: And that's the best defensive position for Gavin Luck. So

1930
01:36:28,560 --> 01:36:30,519
Speaker 3: then you're talking about, all right, well, he's probably going

1931
01:36:30,600 --> 01:36:33,920
Speaker 3: to be the DH, but there's just not enough power

1932
01:36:34,120 --> 01:36:38,000
Speaker 3: at other positions to then also say the DH is

1933
01:36:38,080 --> 01:36:40,720
Speaker 3: going to be a power vacuum as well, and the

1934
01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:43,000
Speaker 3: Reds need to figure out a way to supplement that.

1935
01:36:43,200 --> 01:36:46,160
Speaker 3: So I kind of feel like as he was played

1936
01:36:46,200 --> 01:36:49,000
Speaker 3: last year, he was miscast, so coming into this year

1937
01:36:49,400 --> 01:36:51,400
Speaker 3: he didn't really have a spot on this team.

1938
01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:56,519
Speaker 1: I watched your video today on X and you are

1939
01:36:57,160 --> 01:37:00,519
Speaker 1: as Charlie Goldsmith was earlier today very optim mystic that

1940
01:37:00,920 --> 01:37:04,240
Speaker 1: the move made last night while showing up the bullpen

1941
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:07,519
Speaker 1: is a smaller step to a bigger move that this

1942
01:37:07,720 --> 01:37:10,880
Speaker 1: team and Nick Krawl is set to make. We often

1943
01:37:10,960 --> 01:37:13,920
Speaker 1: talk about equity on this show, and teams that okay,

1944
01:37:13,920 --> 01:37:16,559
Speaker 1: they've got build in equity because of how they've operated before.

1945
01:37:17,200 --> 01:37:21,120
Speaker 1: Why are you so confident that this is a smaller

1946
01:37:21,200 --> 01:37:23,599
Speaker 1: step in the bigger plan for Nick Krawl adding a bat.

1947
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:27,280
Speaker 3: I think it's more so dollars and cents than it is,

1948
01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:29,960
Speaker 3: knowing who we're dealing with here, because I think they

1949
01:37:30,120 --> 01:37:34,000
Speaker 3: saved roughly it was just a little bit under three million,

1950
01:37:34,080 --> 01:37:36,960
Speaker 3: what in quite three million dollars training Gavin Lux for

1951
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:39,880
Speaker 3: brock Burke, And so you add that into the pool

1952
01:37:39,920 --> 01:37:41,960
Speaker 3: where I kind of feel like they had somewhere between

1953
01:37:42,560 --> 01:37:45,760
Speaker 3: two and four million dollars left in the you know,

1954
01:37:45,960 --> 01:37:49,680
Speaker 3: proverbial budget that they've set for themselves, not necessarily in

1955
01:37:49,800 --> 01:37:51,720
Speaker 3: some sort of salary cap or anything like that, but

1956
01:37:51,800 --> 01:37:54,040
Speaker 3: the make believe budget that has exists in the make

1957
01:37:54,080 --> 01:37:57,479
Speaker 3: believe financial world of Major League Baseball. And so when

1958
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:00,679
Speaker 3: you add that all together, it would seem to believe,

1959
01:38:01,560 --> 01:38:03,560
Speaker 3: It would make me believe that they are not just

1960
01:38:03,640 --> 01:38:06,320
Speaker 3: going to sit on that money, because if they were

1961
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:08,639
Speaker 3: just gonna sit, then they were gonna keep Gavin Lux

1962
01:38:08,920 --> 01:38:10,760
Speaker 3: and they were gonna roll into the year with him

1963
01:38:11,320 --> 01:38:14,840
Speaker 3: being their primary DH or being some sort of rotational

1964
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,760
Speaker 3: piece on the infield. And then that's fine, because we

1965
01:38:17,880 --> 01:38:20,880
Speaker 3: already heard that Nikral said that he wasn't going to

1966
01:38:20,920 --> 01:38:22,840
Speaker 3: be part of the outfield equation. He was just gonna

1967
01:38:22,840 --> 01:38:24,960
Speaker 3: be part of the infield equation. So then when they

1968
01:38:25,040 --> 01:38:28,000
Speaker 3: looked at that again, they like south Stewart Moore as

1969
01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:30,200
Speaker 3: a guy who can move around, They like Spencer Steer

1970
01:38:30,320 --> 01:38:32,920
Speaker 3: Moore as a guy who can move around, and they

1971
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:36,320
Speaker 3: have a lot of faith in Matt McLain. So I

1972
01:38:36,520 --> 01:38:40,280
Speaker 3: feel like, knowing that they're taking Gavin Lucks off of

1973
01:38:40,400 --> 01:38:44,640
Speaker 3: the roster, they opened up a spot on either the

1974
01:38:44,760 --> 01:38:48,679
Speaker 3: bench or preferably the starting spot here in the lineup

1975
01:38:48,760 --> 01:38:51,720
Speaker 3: for DH or something like that, to go get a guy.

1976
01:38:52,160 --> 01:38:54,320
Speaker 3: And I think that they've just opened themselves up financially

1977
01:38:54,439 --> 01:38:56,479
Speaker 3: to do that. And so if they roll into opening

1978
01:38:56,600 --> 01:38:59,840
Speaker 3: day now without doing another thing, it's going to look

1979
01:39:00,840 --> 01:39:04,200
Speaker 3: almost like they made the team worse year over year,

1980
01:39:04,400 --> 01:39:06,080
Speaker 3: rather than even just staying put.

1981
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:11,120
Speaker 2: What do you make of the Tyler Stevenson situation. Obviously

1982
01:39:11,320 --> 01:39:14,880
Speaker 2: no contract extension for him. I don't know if there's

1983
01:39:15,000 --> 01:39:18,160
Speaker 2: been many talks about it between the two sides at all.

1984
01:39:18,320 --> 01:39:21,400
Speaker 2: He's no longer appearing at Redsfest. Don't know if those

1985
01:39:21,439 --> 01:39:24,040
Speaker 2: two things are related. They didn't file at a close number.

1986
01:39:24,120 --> 01:39:27,080
Speaker 2: What do you make of that situation with Tyler Stevenson.

1987
01:39:28,120 --> 01:39:31,640
Speaker 3: I'd be shocked if this isn't his last year in Cincinnati.

1988
01:39:32,880 --> 01:39:34,920
Speaker 3: Based on the reports that we heard from last season

1989
01:39:34,960 --> 01:39:39,080
Speaker 3: whenever he was initially appreciate, he didn't even provide them

1990
01:39:39,120 --> 01:39:41,559
Speaker 3: with a counter offer. He thought so little of their

1991
01:39:41,600 --> 01:39:45,800
Speaker 3: initial attempt. And so when you look at the fact

1992
01:39:45,800 --> 01:39:47,760
Speaker 3: that they're going to arbitration over two hundred and fifty K,

1993
01:39:48,479 --> 01:39:52,920
Speaker 3: and he is not appearing at the premier event for

1994
01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:56,599
Speaker 3: Reds fans to revel in whatever part of the team

1995
01:39:56,600 --> 01:39:59,400
Speaker 3: they want to revel in. He is not opening himself

1996
01:39:59,479 --> 01:40:02,240
Speaker 3: up to the fan, He's not opening himself up to

1997
01:40:02,320 --> 01:40:04,600
Speaker 3: the team. I expect a good year from him. I

1998
01:40:04,720 --> 01:40:07,120
Speaker 3: expect him to go out and perform really hard because

1999
01:40:07,120 --> 01:40:08,920
Speaker 3: he knows when he does that, he's going to get

2000
01:40:08,920 --> 01:40:10,040
Speaker 3: a bigger contract next year.

2001
01:40:10,080 --> 01:40:13,800
Speaker 1: In free agency, you mentioned, you know, going and getting

2002
01:40:13,840 --> 01:40:18,360
Speaker 1: a bat that the plan here. I'm curious what type

2003
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:21,000
Speaker 1: of level bat they could find, whether it's a trader,

2004
01:40:21,080 --> 01:40:23,519
Speaker 1: whether it's free agency, because that to me, if the

2005
01:40:23,640 --> 01:40:26,560
Speaker 1: lux move happens and they've shared up the bullpen and

2006
01:40:26,640 --> 01:40:28,519
Speaker 1: you go make a splash, then you're like, oh man,

2007
01:40:28,600 --> 01:40:30,479
Speaker 1: this worked out great. But if we're talking about the

2008
01:40:30,560 --> 01:40:33,760
Speaker 1: ceiling of and Austin Hayes coming back to the team,

2009
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:36,880
Speaker 1: then that really doesn't to me make the team better.

2010
01:40:37,160 --> 01:40:39,320
Speaker 1: Than what they were last year. So what player are

2011
01:40:39,400 --> 01:40:42,880
Speaker 1: you hoping or expecting can get done and brought into

2012
01:40:42,920 --> 01:40:43,479
Speaker 1: this lineup?

2013
01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:44,640
Speaker 11: Now?

2014
01:40:44,680 --> 01:40:45,320
Speaker 2: I agree with that.

2015
01:40:45,640 --> 01:40:48,720
Speaker 3: I have seen some folks talking about Austin Hayes, and

2016
01:40:49,240 --> 01:40:52,320
Speaker 3: I'm not super enthused by that because I think we

2017
01:40:52,439 --> 01:40:54,720
Speaker 3: kind of know who he is. I would doubt that

2018
01:40:54,840 --> 01:40:57,479
Speaker 3: he would come in and have a much better season

2019
01:40:57,560 --> 01:40:59,960
Speaker 3: than what we saw. Albeit he could be more help,

2020
01:41:00,439 --> 01:41:03,240
Speaker 3: but even then you're just talking about his counting stats

2021
01:41:03,320 --> 01:41:05,160
Speaker 3: raising a little bit. I don't think his slash line

2022
01:41:05,200 --> 01:41:07,840
Speaker 3: gets much better. So I would rather than look at

2023
01:41:08,200 --> 01:41:10,720
Speaker 3: a guy like Reese Hoskins, a guy who had a

2024
01:41:10,760 --> 01:41:13,360
Speaker 3: couple of years where he was a bit injury prone

2025
01:41:13,439 --> 01:41:18,639
Speaker 3: in Milwaukee, but before that point in Philadelphia didn't deal

2026
01:41:18,680 --> 01:41:21,919
Speaker 3: with injuries all that much. And he's got some outfield experience,

2027
01:41:21,960 --> 01:41:24,800
Speaker 3: though I would expect defensively, he's much more valuable at

2028
01:41:24,840 --> 01:41:27,680
Speaker 3: first base, So he could be a DH sometimes he

2029
01:41:27,720 --> 01:41:30,559
Speaker 3: could be a first baseman. Sometimes that opens up more

2030
01:41:30,600 --> 01:41:32,920
Speaker 3: of a possibility for Spencer Steeer to spend more time

2031
01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:35,840
Speaker 3: in left field, and then South Stewart can also be

2032
01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:38,400
Speaker 3: kind of part of that rotation. But he's also a

2033
01:41:38,479 --> 01:41:41,360
Speaker 3: big power guy. Reece Hopkins profiles as a guy that

2034
01:41:41,479 --> 01:41:43,200
Speaker 3: over one hundred and sixty two games, if he were

2035
01:41:43,240 --> 01:41:45,840
Speaker 3: to play every game, he would hit over thirty home runs.

2036
01:41:46,320 --> 01:41:50,479
Speaker 3: And that's with his career experience being mostly in Philadelphia Milwaukee,

2037
01:41:51,160 --> 01:41:53,120
Speaker 3: so you can imagine thirty home runs would be a

2038
01:41:53,160 --> 01:41:55,720
Speaker 3: possibility at Great American Ballpark. So he would be a

2039
01:41:55,760 --> 01:41:58,040
Speaker 3: guy that I would think is looking for a proven deal,

2040
01:41:58,400 --> 01:42:01,160
Speaker 3: which is exactly in the wheelhouse else of this front office.

2041
01:42:01,600 --> 01:42:04,960
Speaker 3: That would be low risk with a really high upside

2042
01:42:05,080 --> 01:42:07,760
Speaker 3: kind of thing. But you could also actually pencil him

2043
01:42:07,760 --> 01:42:09,640
Speaker 3: into the lineup, and I feel much better about that

2044
01:42:10,120 --> 01:42:12,200
Speaker 3: than a JJ Bladet or a Dan Myers.

2045
01:42:12,479 --> 01:42:16,160
Speaker 2: As far as a splash and maybe a trade, would

2046
01:42:16,200 --> 01:42:18,839
Speaker 2: you be open to trading what are the starting pitchers

2047
01:42:19,080 --> 01:42:19,880
Speaker 2: to get that beat?

2048
01:42:21,360 --> 01:42:23,400
Speaker 3: There'd be a few guys that I'd be interested that

2049
01:42:23,800 --> 01:42:26,760
Speaker 3: we've at least heard their names, although I know Nick

2050
01:42:26,840 --> 01:42:31,519
Speaker 3: Crawl's mo when it comes to trades, are the deal

2051
01:42:31,600 --> 01:42:33,800
Speaker 3: he makes is the deal that you've not heard about yet?

2052
01:42:35,439 --> 01:42:37,320
Speaker 3: But I would think that if they're offering up one

2053
01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:38,960
Speaker 3: of their starting pictures and we're thinking of the Big

2054
01:42:39,040 --> 01:42:43,400
Speaker 3: four between you know, Hunter Green, Nicolodolo, Andrew Rabbit or

2055
01:42:43,479 --> 01:42:46,599
Speaker 3: Brady Singer. Then I would really hope that we're talking

2056
01:42:46,640 --> 01:42:50,280
Speaker 3: about a guy like Jared Duran from Boston, or we're

2057
01:42:50,280 --> 01:42:53,640
Speaker 3: talking about a guy that Cautel Marte from Arizona. But

2058
01:42:53,720 --> 01:42:57,920
Speaker 3: we've heard multiple reports on both guys that both teams

2059
01:42:57,920 --> 01:43:01,200
Speaker 3: have taken those players off the trade blow. So I'm

2060
01:43:01,240 --> 01:43:04,439
Speaker 3: not necessarily sure as to how they would be able

2061
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:06,680
Speaker 3: to pull off a deal that would make sense for

2062
01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:09,799
Speaker 3: one of those four, unless it was to trade Brady

2063
01:43:09,920 --> 01:43:12,920
Speaker 3: Singer for maybe a couple of prospects, free up that

2064
01:43:13,080 --> 01:43:16,839
Speaker 3: money and go get au Hanio Suarez. But again, Nickkral

2065
01:43:16,880 --> 01:43:19,519
Speaker 3: had some comments today after DeLux trade where he said

2066
01:43:19,520 --> 01:43:24,360
Speaker 3: that he's not really sure that the guy that will

2067
01:43:24,439 --> 01:43:27,800
Speaker 3: be their DH will be their everyday DH. I still

2068
01:43:27,880 --> 01:43:30,360
Speaker 3: think they look at that position as a rotational spot,

2069
01:43:30,920 --> 01:43:32,880
Speaker 3: and so I doubt that they would go get Gino

2070
01:43:33,000 --> 01:43:36,679
Speaker 3: because his glove doesn't profile good at any position.

2071
01:43:38,160 --> 01:43:41,479
Speaker 1: The team that finished the regular season and fell short

2072
01:43:41,520 --> 01:43:44,799
Speaker 1: in the playoffs in a two game series against the Dodgers.

2073
01:43:45,240 --> 01:43:48,439
Speaker 1: Is that team better or worse than what team will

2074
01:43:48,680 --> 01:43:50,639
Speaker 1: will be assembled as we get into reds Fast weekend.

2075
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:55,200
Speaker 3: They're worse by virtue of not being better. I don't

2076
01:43:55,240 --> 01:43:57,720
Speaker 3: think they've done a lot to really make themselves a

2077
01:43:57,840 --> 01:43:59,640
Speaker 3: better team from where they were last season. I think

2078
01:43:59,640 --> 01:44:02,000
Speaker 3: you could argue that the pitching might actually be better,

2079
01:44:02,520 --> 01:44:04,719
Speaker 3: but you can definitely argue that the hitting is worse,

2080
01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:07,639
Speaker 3: and so that cancels each other out. And I think

2081
01:44:07,680 --> 01:44:10,439
Speaker 3: that if you're not getting better, you're getting worse. So

2082
01:44:10,680 --> 01:44:15,759
Speaker 3: they've got to make a move for a I struggle

2083
01:44:15,800 --> 01:44:18,840
Speaker 3: to say bonafidecause it kind of feels like where they

2084
01:44:19,000 --> 01:44:23,439
Speaker 3: are financially doesn't necessarily mean that they can go crazy

2085
01:44:23,520 --> 01:44:26,439
Speaker 3: bonafide with this next move, but somebody who at least

2086
01:44:26,520 --> 01:44:29,160
Speaker 3: makes us go, oh, this guy could really do something

2087
01:44:29,240 --> 01:44:34,280
Speaker 3: here with this team, and not just another JJ Bliday

2088
01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:36,479
Speaker 3: type move. And I don't even know that mcgualle Andrew

2089
01:44:36,560 --> 01:44:38,680
Speaker 3: horror moves that needle for me as well, because he's

2090
01:44:38,720 --> 01:44:40,840
Speaker 3: a guy that I've thought about it points this offseason.

2091
01:44:41,600 --> 01:44:44,559
Speaker 3: But if you're only getting one more guy, you need

2092
01:44:44,680 --> 01:44:45,960
Speaker 3: somebody better than mcgual and.

2093
01:44:47,120 --> 01:44:50,240
Speaker 1: Could not say it any better ourselves. Jeff, you mentioned

2094
01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:53,799
Speaker 1: Reds Fest and this weekend. Do you have a favorite

2095
01:44:53,880 --> 01:44:56,479
Speaker 1: part of Reds Fest that you do look forward to

2096
01:44:56,600 --> 01:44:57,280
Speaker 1: getting down there?

2097
01:44:58,320 --> 01:45:00,160
Speaker 3: It's just the people that I mean, I've had had

2098
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:02,960
Speaker 3: chances to meet, you know, all kinds of different fans

2099
01:45:03,000 --> 01:45:05,599
Speaker 3: and all kinds of different broadcasters, and you know, run

2100
01:45:05,680 --> 01:45:09,120
Speaker 3: ins with players and things like that. It's so much

2101
01:45:09,240 --> 01:45:12,200
Speaker 3: fun to just kind of see some people. Because my

2102
01:45:12,280 --> 01:45:14,360
Speaker 3: two favorite stories that I always tell people are that,

2103
01:45:14,720 --> 01:45:16,439
Speaker 3: you know, I met Brett Tomko one time and he

2104
01:45:16,520 --> 01:45:19,880
Speaker 3: was just walking in between places. And it's not necessarily

2105
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:22,559
Speaker 3: a real life situation because most people remember Brett Tomko

2106
01:45:22,640 --> 01:45:24,800
Speaker 3: is a pretty mid pitcher, but I played with him

2107
01:45:24,840 --> 01:45:28,960
Speaker 3: a lot I Kinger sixty four, and so that was

2108
01:45:29,080 --> 01:45:31,760
Speaker 3: really more so just for me. And then of course

2109
01:45:31,800 --> 01:45:33,639
Speaker 3: there was the time that I got an Odyssey two

2110
01:45:33,680 --> 01:45:35,720
Speaker 3: ball putter with a Red's logo on the face of

2111
01:45:35,800 --> 01:45:40,120
Speaker 3: it off the merch stand for fifty bucks. It's way

2112
01:45:40,400 --> 01:45:42,240
Speaker 3: better of a deal than you'll ever get on an

2113
01:45:42,240 --> 01:45:45,040
Speaker 3: Odyssey two ball putter. So you just never know what's

2114
01:45:45,080 --> 01:45:48,320
Speaker 3: gonna happen when you go down to the Cincinnati conventions.

2115
01:45:48,520 --> 01:45:50,640
Speaker 2: And of course you know Brett Tomko was in the

2116
01:45:50,960 --> 01:45:54,719
Speaker 2: Reds the Ken Griffy Junior trade. It's a historic player

2117
01:45:54,760 --> 01:45:56,800
Speaker 2: in that trade exactly.

2118
01:45:57,240 --> 01:45:59,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, And and the last autograph I got Dan stra

2119
01:46:00,640 --> 01:46:05,160
Speaker 3: he brought in Luis Castill. I meet people when it

2120
01:46:05,200 --> 01:46:07,200
Speaker 3: comes to Jeff.

2121
01:46:07,560 --> 01:46:09,200
Speaker 2: Jeff is the first domino to fall.

2122
01:46:09,360 --> 01:46:11,400
Speaker 1: Jeff's gonna be He's gonna be at the bar tonight

2123
01:46:11,479 --> 01:46:13,160
Speaker 1: and and just be sitting there next to so much

2124
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:15,160
Speaker 1: gonna be jj Budet and no one even knows who

2125
01:46:15,200 --> 01:46:15,439
Speaker 1: he is.

2126
01:46:15,680 --> 01:46:18,160
Speaker 2: If you if you see Jeff talking to Nicolo.

2127
01:46:21,360 --> 01:46:21,800
Speaker 1: On the move.

2128
01:46:22,720 --> 01:46:24,800
Speaker 3: But I don't get any more autographs any more. I

2129
01:46:24,840 --> 01:46:25,640
Speaker 3: don't want to curse that.

2130
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,080
Speaker 1: Jeff, thanks so much for making time for us today.

2131
01:46:29,360 --> 01:46:31,960
Speaker 1: How can how can listeners follow along with everything going

2132
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:34,479
Speaker 1: on in a very uh busy and and uh and

2133
01:46:34,600 --> 01:46:35,639
Speaker 1: big Reds off season.

2134
01:46:36,640 --> 01:46:38,800
Speaker 3: Appreciate you guys. We're gonna be all over the Reds

2135
01:46:38,920 --> 01:46:40,840
Speaker 3: the rest of the way, every single day over at

2136
01:46:40,920 --> 01:46:43,200
Speaker 3: Lockdown Reds. You can follow us on everywhere you get

2137
01:46:43,200 --> 01:46:46,240
Speaker 3: your podcasts, including the iHeartRadio app, and you can watch

2138
01:46:46,320 --> 01:46:48,479
Speaker 3: us on YouTube. You can also follow me on social

2139
01:46:48,520 --> 01:46:51,320
Speaker 3: media at Jeff Carr with three f's and that's on

2140
01:46:51,479 --> 01:46:54,760
Speaker 3: Twitter and on TikTok and just flip that around for

2141
01:46:54,920 --> 01:46:56,360
Speaker 3: my Instagram user name as well.

2142
01:46:56,479 --> 01:46:58,040
Speaker 2: Say hi to Steve for us as well.

2143
01:46:58,160 --> 01:47:01,240
Speaker 3: Yes, well do And you can yourselves if you come

2144
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:03,679
Speaker 3: on down the convention days.

2145
01:47:03,880 --> 01:47:07,040
Speaker 1: I love it. Jeff, thanks so much for your time. Man, alright,

2146
01:47:07,120 --> 01:47:10,320
Speaker 1: we'll see you guys. He is that is Jeff Carr.

2147
01:47:10,920 --> 01:47:13,360
Speaker 1: Do we feel better now? We feel good where the

2148
01:47:13,439 --> 01:47:15,599
Speaker 1: Reds are uneasy?

2149
01:47:15,760 --> 01:47:15,800
Speaker 11: No?

2150
01:47:16,160 --> 01:47:17,360
Speaker 2: No, I I can't say that.

2151
01:47:17,439 --> 01:47:17,680
Speaker 23: I do.

2152
01:47:19,600 --> 01:47:20,280
Speaker 11: Know I was.

2153
01:47:20,479 --> 01:47:20,720
Speaker 15: I was.

2154
01:47:21,160 --> 01:47:25,080
Speaker 2: I'm so glad that that worked out, because, uh, you would.

2155
01:47:25,200 --> 01:47:27,600
Speaker 2: You had texted me this morning about getting Jeff on

2156
01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:29,920
Speaker 2: the show, and I said, do you want to reach

2157
01:47:29,960 --> 01:47:31,960
Speaker 2: out to him or do you want me to do it?

2158
01:47:32,920 --> 01:47:35,960
Speaker 2: And your text back really wasn't specific. You just said

2159
01:47:36,000 --> 01:47:39,760
Speaker 2: two pm. And so I thought you were asking me

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Speaker 2: what time? I said, yeah, so I thought you reached

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Speaker 2: out to Jeff.

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Speaker 1: Yeah I had. I was in a big conversation here

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Speaker 1: at work and then thankfully going on.

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Speaker 2: Thankfully I double checked with him and hey, did Pike

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Speaker 2: reach out to you? He said, no yet he said,

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Speaker 2: well what about two o'clock? Thankfully was to make it,

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Speaker 2: love it the thing. He's like Spencer Steer Man. You

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Speaker 2: can put him anywhere you really can. My dream for

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Speaker 2: Spencer Steer is to be Chris Bryant from ten years ago.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're doing the whole twenty sixteen trend.

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Speaker 17: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Twenty sixteen, Chris Bryant played left field, right field, first base,

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Speaker 2: third base. He raked in the Cubs won the World Series.

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Speaker 2: Spencer Steer twenty twenty six n L MVP.

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Speaker 1: Oh boy, well that'd go right up there with your

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Speaker 1: Matt McLean Bett from last year. So I'm just a

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Speaker 1: big Spencer Steer guy. Why don't you go make that

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Speaker 1: worried about him? And when we come back, we'll get

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Speaker 1: Bob man Gene on the phone and we'll talk to

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Speaker 1: him as well. Next on this the home of the

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Speaker 1: Bengals ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 5: Now, here's your chick.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. Rolled along our number three ESBN fifteen thirty

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Sports Station. Let's let's go to the University of Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: Let's head to Clifton. Our guy, Bob man Jean with

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Speaker 1: the University of Cincinnati and novacare standing by as we

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Speaker 1: get to talk to Bob each and every week. Bob

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Speaker 1: man Gen, what's going on all buddy.

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Speaker 15: Tony, how are you doing? You and Austin having a

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01:49:03,960 --> 01:49:04,320
Speaker 15: good week.

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Speaker 1: It's a good week, been great, it was it was

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Speaker 1: made even better Bob because University of Cincinnati, they got

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01:49:11,280 --> 01:49:13,400
Speaker 1: off the schneid, they get their first big twelve win

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Speaker 1: and now maybe get a little bit of confidence and

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Speaker 1: get the ball rolling into Iowa State tomorrow.

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Speaker 15: Oh yeah, we kids played really well and everybody's pretty

2197
01:49:23,840 --> 01:49:25,960
Speaker 15: excited about getting that win. Now we just kind of

2198
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Speaker 15: put them together.

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Speaker 1: I thought about you very early in the week, Bob

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01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:34,919
Speaker 1: and Mike Tomlin deciding to step down with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Where do you go from there? Nineteen winning seasons, never

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01:49:40,280 --> 01:49:42,880
Speaker 1: had a losing season, did Mike Tomlin? Where do you

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01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:45,439
Speaker 1: turn now? If you're the Pittsburgh Steelers in the head

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Speaker 1: coaching search, Well, I.

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Speaker 15: Think you're looking for somebody with experience in the playoffs,

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01:49:52,280 --> 01:49:54,040
Speaker 15: you know what I mean. It's like, you know, you've

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01:49:54,080 --> 01:49:56,599
Speaker 15: got to be able to win playoff games. It's one

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Speaker 15: thing to have nineteen winning seasons, and that's all well

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Speaker 15: and good, but you know, it's just like college sports.

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Speaker 15: You know, it's not just about making the playoffs. It's

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Speaker 15: winning some games in the playoffs. And you know again

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Speaker 15: now that you have what is going to be next year,

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Speaker 15: sixteen teams in college football playoffs next year from twelve,

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01:50:17,880 --> 01:50:20,040
Speaker 15: and it's not just going to be the coaches who

2215
01:50:20,200 --> 01:50:23,080
Speaker 15: can you know, get their team into the playoffs. It's

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Speaker 15: going to be coaches you can put some games together,

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01:50:25,800 --> 01:50:27,760
Speaker 15: just like the NCAA tournament where you've got to put

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01:50:27,840 --> 01:50:31,519
Speaker 15: six games together in order to you know, to win

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01:50:31,640 --> 01:50:35,639
Speaker 15: it all. So yeah, there's winning seasons and then there's

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Speaker 15: tournament seasons or bowl seasons. But at the same time,

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Speaker 15: at some point, you know, coaches are judged based on,

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Speaker 15: you know, what they do once you get them in

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Speaker 15: a position to get in the playoffs. And you know,

2224
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Speaker 15: in today's world of you know, revenue sharing in IL,

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01:50:54,000 --> 01:50:57,479
Speaker 15: I think the pressure has gotten even more sown to

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01:50:57,600 --> 01:51:00,720
Speaker 15: college level. But certainly, being from Pitt Spur, I was

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Speaker 15: not and I'll say this probably I'm not overly upset

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01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:06,400
Speaker 15: that Mike Tomlin is not there anymore.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious because I was listening to Wes Miller's post

2230
01:51:11,680 --> 01:51:15,040
Speaker 1: game and he was just talking about the grind that

2231
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:18,479
Speaker 1: is the Big twelve slate, not only the amount of

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01:51:18,520 --> 01:51:22,000
Speaker 1: games you're playing and how often you're playing in multiple

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01:51:22,080 --> 01:51:24,519
Speaker 1: games per week, but just the competition alone. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you look at UC right now, getting ready to go

2235
01:51:27,120 --> 01:51:28,720
Speaker 1: through a set of games where you're playing the number

2236
01:51:28,760 --> 01:51:32,360
Speaker 1: one and number two team in the country, respectively. So

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Speaker 1: to me, we often talk about rest, we often talk

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01:51:36,760 --> 01:51:39,639
Speaker 1: about recovery. We've not really shined a light yet though

2239
01:51:39,760 --> 01:51:44,360
Speaker 1: on the advancements in recovery and treatments. And I think

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Speaker 1: back to when I was at the University of Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: It was stem ice heat and you kind of made

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01:51:51,120 --> 01:51:54,800
Speaker 1: that rotation as we were working through different injuries. And

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01:51:55,000 --> 01:51:57,920
Speaker 1: I know you guys still utilize that, but there have

2244
01:51:58,040 --> 01:52:00,479
Speaker 1: been so many advancements and you guys have now so

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01:52:00,640 --> 01:52:04,080
Speaker 1: much more equipment that is at these athletes disposal. Go

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01:52:04,200 --> 01:52:07,280
Speaker 1: into a little bit about the variation of what these

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01:52:07,360 --> 01:52:10,360
Speaker 1: athletes have at their disposal when you talk about rest

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01:52:10,439 --> 01:52:11,519
Speaker 1: and recovery and treatment.

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Speaker 15: When you look at the field of physical therapy and

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Speaker 15: the field of athletic training, so much has evolved in

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Speaker 15: the last ten years fifteen years. Technologically, yeah, we still

2252
01:52:23,960 --> 01:52:27,160
Speaker 15: have our basic electrical stem and that now you turn

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01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:30,639
Speaker 15: on an electrical stem machine and you've got ten different

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01:52:30,760 --> 01:52:32,960
Speaker 15: options for what kind of current you want to use,

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Speaker 15: from a high volt to electrical muscle stem to what

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Speaker 15: we call premodulating current. So it's not like even when

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Speaker 15: you played, when hey, you turn the machine on and

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01:52:42,479 --> 01:52:44,479
Speaker 15: you could adjust this, and you could just that a

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01:52:44,520 --> 01:52:48,200
Speaker 15: little bit. Nowadays we have different parameters based on am

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01:52:48,240 --> 01:52:52,679
Speaker 15: I in pregame, am I in postgame, my pre injury,

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Speaker 15: and my post surgery, so that physical therapy now has

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Speaker 15: quite a number of options. When you look at even

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Speaker 15: is something as simple as basic electrical stimulation units, but

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Speaker 15: you also still have things like ultrasound units. In today's world.

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Speaker 15: In athletics, one of the things we've shifted to is

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Speaker 15: what we call shockwave machines. These machines provide a little

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Speaker 15: pulsing shock through the soft tissue. So if you have

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Speaker 15: like chronic planner fasciatis, if you have chronic patellar tendinopathy,

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Speaker 15: if you have chronic tennis elbow. The Europeans years ago

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Speaker 15: have been used in shockwaven it's finally caught on in

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Speaker 15: this country and even in athletic here we have three

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Speaker 15: shockwave machines because we use them with good result in

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Speaker 15: chronic pathology or even in some cases where you know

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Speaker 15: you have a bone issue, a stress fracture, you can

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Speaker 15: use some general shockwave you Like I said, you still

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Speaker 15: have the option for ultrasound, which has been a staple

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01:53:56,560 --> 01:54:00,360
Speaker 15: within the physiotherapy market. But when you start talking recovery

2278
01:54:00,760 --> 01:54:03,519
Speaker 15: and like, for example, I had an athlete who had

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Speaker 15: a back injury, back problems, you know, we immediately started

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01:54:07,640 --> 01:54:10,920
Speaker 15: putting him in the float tank. The float tank in

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01:54:11,120 --> 01:54:13,799
Speaker 15: the city of Cincinnati, there's like three or four float

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01:54:13,920 --> 01:54:19,439
Speaker 15: salons now. The float tank is a water based program

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01:54:19,920 --> 01:54:24,200
Speaker 15: with a thousand pounds of salt Ebsen salt and basically

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01:54:24,320 --> 01:54:28,120
Speaker 15: you literally, like it sounds, you float and it's like

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01:54:28,280 --> 01:54:31,960
Speaker 15: being floating in the dead sea. One hour sleep in

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01:54:32,080 --> 01:54:36,280
Speaker 15: a float tank equals four hours of rem sleep. So

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Speaker 15: if you want to talk about a recovery modality, it's

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01:54:39,680 --> 01:54:43,600
Speaker 15: a great recovery modality after injury. And right now, for example,

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Speaker 15: I've got two guys specifically that that float pretty frequently

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01:54:48,440 --> 01:54:51,920
Speaker 15: because it calms them down, It calms muscle tissue down.

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Speaker 15: And then in the last five years we've worked really hard.

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Speaker 15: About eight years ago, we started into a research project

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Speaker 15: with the military effort Rightpad Air Force Base in josh

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Speaker 15: Hagen using red light therapy and now red light is

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01:55:08,040 --> 01:55:11,240
Speaker 15: big in basketball. We got a red light sono machine

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01:55:11,400 --> 01:55:13,440
Speaker 15: down in the main training room. We got a four

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01:55:13,560 --> 01:55:17,680
Speaker 15: bed which is literally like it sounds a bad, it

2298
01:55:17,760 --> 01:55:20,760
Speaker 15: looks like a suntanning bad. That's all red light, and

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01:55:20,920 --> 01:55:26,120
Speaker 15: red light is shown to improve mitochondrial reaction within soft tissue.

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Speaker 15: And the Navy CEOs uism US Track and Field WWE

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01:55:31,840 --> 01:55:35,240
Speaker 15: has ten of Mountain their one training facility in which

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Speaker 15: you can use the red light pre practice and then

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01:55:37,760 --> 01:55:40,320
Speaker 15: you can use the red light post practice and it

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01:55:40,560 --> 01:55:45,640
Speaker 15: helps reduce the effect of the effect on the muscle.

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01:55:46,200 --> 01:55:51,000
Speaker 15: So you're getting more and more options within our field

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Speaker 15: for recovery but also injury management. And we're seeing like

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Speaker 15: right now, we went out and I now have a

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01:55:59,480 --> 01:56:03,520
Speaker 15: hyperbar chamber. So everybody remembers years ago, I think it

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01:56:03,680 --> 01:56:08,680
Speaker 15: was Terrell Owens after his ACL preached and preached about

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01:56:08,880 --> 01:56:15,080
Speaker 15: hyperbar chambers. And this past summer, after looking at some data, well, no,

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01:56:15,240 --> 01:56:17,600
Speaker 15: two summers ago, I'm sorry, after looking at some data,

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01:56:18,120 --> 01:56:21,360
Speaker 15: we decided to try hyperbarer chamber. And now I've got

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Speaker 15: three guys who used the hyperbaric chamber probably every you know,

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01:56:25,440 --> 01:56:27,960
Speaker 15: three or four weeks, and if I have an injury,

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01:56:28,120 --> 01:56:32,480
Speaker 15: they're automatically in the hyperbaric chamber for every other day

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01:56:32,600 --> 01:56:36,640
Speaker 15: for thirty to forty five minutes. So there are different

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Speaker 15: modalities out there that have established themselves as really assisting

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01:56:42,600 --> 01:56:46,600
Speaker 15: you know, patients with recovery, athletes who are trying to

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01:56:46,680 --> 01:56:49,680
Speaker 15: recover from the next game. And like I said, the

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Speaker 15: fear of physical therapy has really evolved, and that's one

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Speaker 15: of the reasons in a select medical slash novacare system

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01:56:59,000 --> 01:57:02,320
Speaker 15: we have started to look it's centers. They're specifically designed

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01:57:02,440 --> 01:57:05,760
Speaker 15: for sports and athletes, so that you know, we have

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01:57:05,920 --> 01:57:10,960
Speaker 15: certified clinics now that you know predominantly do a lot

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Speaker 15: of the athletes around town or they come down here

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Speaker 15: to the university and you know the staff here, you know,

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01:57:17,960 --> 01:57:21,880
Speaker 15: Abby and Jason and Jim just do a great job.

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01:57:22,920 --> 01:57:24,880
Speaker 15: You know, Danny does a great job down on the

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01:57:24,960 --> 01:57:28,000
Speaker 15: second floor. So there's a lot of options, but I

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Speaker 15: really like Shockwave that it's been a big game changer

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01:57:30,800 --> 01:57:36,000
Speaker 15: for us. And then lastly there's laser Hot Laser high

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01:57:36,080 --> 01:57:41,080
Speaker 15: level laser, again another European product that we've evolved over

2333
01:57:41,200 --> 01:57:43,480
Speaker 15: here over the last I think the first lasers I

2334
01:57:43,560 --> 01:57:46,400
Speaker 15: bought were when Brian Kelly was here and you were

2335
01:57:46,560 --> 01:57:49,440
Speaker 15: using the lasers pray don't remember it, but you know,

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01:57:49,520 --> 01:57:52,040
Speaker 15: the bottom line is lasers have found have been very,

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01:57:52,200 --> 01:57:55,560
Speaker 15: very beneficial when it comes to soft tissue healing. They

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01:57:55,600 --> 01:58:00,560
Speaker 15: were initially designed for wound healing after surgery, burned patients,

2339
01:58:00,920 --> 01:58:04,520
Speaker 15: things like that, and we've discovered over the years that

2340
01:58:05,280 --> 01:58:08,640
Speaker 15: they also will help with like and you know, ligament injuries,

2341
01:58:08,760 --> 01:58:13,680
Speaker 15: tendon injuries, for recovery. So we have it's so much

2342
01:58:13,760 --> 01:58:16,520
Speaker 15: different with so many options in the timing of when

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01:58:16,560 --> 01:58:20,240
Speaker 15: you do them, but the fewer. Physio therapy has really

2344
01:58:20,480 --> 01:58:23,280
Speaker 15: really evolved in the last ten years, especially, I.

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Speaker 1: Know cryotherapy is popping up everywhere right now the intense cold,

2346
01:58:27,640 --> 01:58:30,680
Speaker 1: But for those Bob that don't have access at the

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01:58:30,720 --> 01:58:34,560
Speaker 1: collegiate level or the facility level, I don't think you know,

2348
01:58:34,680 --> 01:58:37,920
Speaker 1: for the high school athlete, you can't go wrong either

2349
01:58:38,000 --> 01:58:41,160
Speaker 1: with just heat and ice. I mean, I know that

2350
01:58:41,600 --> 01:58:44,760
Speaker 1: it's old school, but at the same time, the benefits

2351
01:58:44,960 --> 01:58:47,920
Speaker 1: of high school athletes going through the rigors of a

2352
01:58:48,000 --> 01:58:51,440
Speaker 1: season and quick turnarounds, heat and ice still provide a

2353
01:58:51,560 --> 01:58:53,520
Speaker 1: lot for an athlete that may not be able to

2354
01:58:53,560 --> 01:58:56,440
Speaker 1: get all the bells and whistles that you just spoke of.

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Speaker 15: Well, that's just it is some of the basics we

2356
01:59:00,680 --> 01:59:03,440
Speaker 15: still do, Tony, I mean, after practice the kids still

2357
01:59:03,480 --> 01:59:06,800
Speaker 15: contrast hot tub, cold tub, hot tub cold tub. You know,

2358
01:59:07,120 --> 01:59:09,360
Speaker 15: I'm a high school kid, and my legs were getting sore.

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01:59:09,840 --> 01:59:12,560
Speaker 15: You know, go home, fill the bathroom, bathtub up with

2360
01:59:13,600 --> 01:59:16,600
Speaker 15: you know, with some ice, water and just soap for

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01:59:17,000 --> 01:59:20,360
Speaker 15: eight three to eight minutes, take that water out, and

2362
01:59:20,400 --> 01:59:23,280
Speaker 15: then put some hot water with some salt in, and

2363
01:59:23,400 --> 01:59:26,640
Speaker 15: then when you're done, stretch. So the biggest thing the

2364
01:59:26,760 --> 01:59:30,440
Speaker 15: kids don't do is stretch. So you know, if I

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01:59:30,520 --> 01:59:32,720
Speaker 15: had a high school kid right now, you know, they

2366
01:59:32,760 --> 01:59:35,040
Speaker 15: got home from practice, they'd be in the cold tub

2367
01:59:35,520 --> 01:59:37,760
Speaker 15: for about three minutes, get the bathtub filled up with

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01:59:37,880 --> 01:59:41,040
Speaker 15: some ice, drain that out, and then convert it over

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01:59:41,240 --> 01:59:45,000
Speaker 15: to absent salt for about eight minutes, and then get

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Speaker 15: out and you get And here's what everybody can buy,

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Speaker 15: but they won't do it because it's work. Everybody can

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Speaker 15: buy a rubber band for stretching, a stretch band. You

2373
01:59:53,440 --> 01:59:56,000
Speaker 15: can buy them in Amazon. You can buy a foam

2374
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Speaker 15: roller for nineteen ninety five on Amazon. A good foam roller.

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Speaker 15: Get your butt down on the floor and pham roll

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Speaker 15: and stretch after you do the Epsen salt. So people

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Speaker 15: don't want to do that, you know, now, they open

2378
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Speaker 15: up stretch labs. And that's how lazy the American society

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Speaker 15: has gotten. Is get your butt on the floor and

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Speaker 15: stretch and roll. But do the do the Eppsen salt

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Speaker 15: so first, or you know, do the cold tub buy

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Speaker 15: a high school kid. That's what they be doing every

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Speaker 15: day after after practice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Bob man Jean from the University of Cincinnati and Novacare.

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Speaker 1: Awesome stuff, Bob, as always, thank you for your time

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Speaker 1: and uh, good luck tomorrow. Get a win against the cyclones.

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Speaker 15: Hey, we're we're getting ramped up here at CROWLP thirty

2388
02:00:38,440 --> 02:00:41,000
Speaker 15: and get ready to you know, game plan and get

2389
02:00:42,040 --> 02:00:45,840
Speaker 15: get our strategies in. So Coach Miller is really in

2390
02:00:45,960 --> 02:00:47,920
Speaker 15: his staff. I've done a great job in the last

2391
02:00:48,280 --> 02:00:50,800
Speaker 15: you know, the last couple of years, and we're we're

2392
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Speaker 15: we're gonna give it a shot. Tony.

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Speaker 1: I love it.

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Speaker 10: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Bob.

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Speaker 10: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk next week.

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Speaker 15: Keta mar TONI good weekend, Austin.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Bob.

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Speaker 15: And I'm still not a Mike Tomlin.

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Speaker 1: Sand That is Bob Manjean the University of Cincinnati and Novacare.

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Speaker 1: to go. We're an hour number three since e three

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Speaker 1: sixty on the Home of the Bengals ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Tony, do you think it's a little weird that the

2412
02:01:40,760 --> 02:01:45,080
Speaker 2: John Harball deal is not yet done with the New

2413
02:01:45,160 --> 02:01:45,800
Speaker 2: York Giants?

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02:01:46,840 --> 02:01:49,280
Speaker 1: I thought a little bit maybe, because then you saw

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02:01:49,320 --> 02:01:51,320
Speaker 1: the reports that kind of immediately came out that that

2416
02:01:51,400 --> 02:01:54,440
Speaker 1: Harball is going to bring Todd Mounkin, Like there is

2417
02:01:54,520 --> 02:01:58,880
Speaker 1: a there has to be something there like Harball that

2418
02:01:59,120 --> 02:02:00,560
Speaker 1: was I think one of the sticks points in the

2419
02:02:00,600 --> 02:02:02,680
Speaker 1: original report from Baltimore is they wanted to move on

2420
02:02:02,760 --> 02:02:04,720
Speaker 1: from Monkin and hardballs, like now we're not doing that,

2421
02:02:05,760 --> 02:02:08,320
Speaker 1: and now he's adamant apparently that he wants to bring

2422
02:02:08,400 --> 02:02:11,000
Speaker 1: Todd Mounkin to the Giants as well. I wonder if

2423
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Speaker 1: that type of power, those types of decisions are something

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02:02:15,040 --> 02:02:17,680
Speaker 1: that that is maybe non negotiable for him.

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Speaker 2: Do you think that maybe the Los Angeles Dodgers have

2426
02:02:20,400 --> 02:02:22,360
Speaker 2: come in at the last minute with an offer.

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02:02:22,560 --> 02:02:25,000
Speaker 1: I could see something like that as well. Maybe the

2428
02:02:25,120 --> 02:02:26,160
Speaker 1: Dodgers have swooped in.

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Speaker 2: I feel like LA could be in play there just

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02:02:29,880 --> 02:02:30,600
Speaker 2: an interest of.

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02:02:33,120 --> 02:02:37,680
Speaker 1: The number two ranked Iowa state Cyclones are coming into

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02:02:37,760 --> 02:02:41,120
Speaker 1: fifth third tomorrow. Any guess what the line has been

2433
02:02:41,120 --> 02:02:45,400
Speaker 1: said at I have no idea six and a half,

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02:02:48,120 --> 02:02:51,400
Speaker 1: six and a half. I don't trust anything anymore with

2435
02:02:51,480 --> 02:02:56,920
Speaker 1: this point shaven stuff. M It's just a little odd

2436
02:02:57,040 --> 02:02:57,200
Speaker 1: to me.

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02:02:58,240 --> 02:03:00,360
Speaker 2: Now, that's what you said about Colorado.

2438
02:03:00,240 --> 02:03:01,880
Speaker 1: I did. I said that about Houston as well, and

2439
02:03:01,960 --> 02:03:03,720
Speaker 1: that was a sixty to sixty game with the under

2440
02:03:03,760 --> 02:03:07,440
Speaker 1: four minute mark. So it's gonna be interesting tomorrow. I

2441
02:03:07,680 --> 02:03:10,640
Speaker 1: think there is something to be said about the idea

2442
02:03:10,640 --> 02:03:13,160
Speaker 1: of kind of getting the monkey off your back and

2443
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:17,400
Speaker 1: getting a win down the stretch and not having to

2444
02:03:17,440 --> 02:03:19,640
Speaker 1: worry about when's the when's the first big twelve win

2445
02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:22,000
Speaker 1: gonna happen? Blah blah blah. I think there is something

2446
02:03:22,080 --> 02:03:23,920
Speaker 1: to maybe playing a little bit more looser, maybe a

2447
02:03:23,960 --> 02:03:28,320
Speaker 1: little more free. But uh, certainly I think has spread

2448
02:03:28,360 --> 02:03:29,640
Speaker 1: that a lot of people are going to take note of.

2449
02:03:31,080 --> 02:03:32,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't I don't see this. I don't

2450
02:03:32,640 --> 02:03:34,240
Speaker 1: think the numbers out yet for the Norse, but I

2451
02:03:34,280 --> 02:03:37,320
Speaker 1: would I would imagine the Norse. If the point shaving

2452
02:03:37,400 --> 02:03:39,040
Speaker 1: has gone, the Norse are going to be big favorites.

2453
02:03:39,240 --> 02:03:42,960
Speaker 1: You would think there's comfortable favorites. Yeah, comfort comfort in

2454
02:03:43,360 --> 02:03:45,680
Speaker 1: where the Norse will be. Have they played Robert Morris

2455
02:03:45,760 --> 02:03:46,240
Speaker 1: yet this year?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what was one of those games.

2457
02:03:48,560 --> 02:03:52,320
Speaker 1: I was already, Yes, that was a game. They beat

2458
02:03:52,440 --> 02:03:55,640
Speaker 1: Robert Morris, beat him like a drum. No, they didn't.

2459
02:03:55,800 --> 02:03:56,800
Speaker 1: They beat him by two.

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Speaker 2: Like a Grand Canyon mule. They beat him in the

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02:03:59,320 --> 02:04:01,240
Speaker 2: first half because they were shaving points.

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Speaker 1: That's right. Where are things out in the horizon right now?

2463
02:04:04,880 --> 02:04:05,840
Speaker 1: Right States on top?

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02:04:05,960 --> 02:04:06,120
Speaker 3: Yeah?

2465
02:04:06,200 --> 02:04:08,440
Speaker 2: Right State always plays well at this time of the year.

2466
02:04:09,080 --> 02:04:11,480
Speaker 1: And how about Green Bay? How about Doug Gottlib.

2467
02:04:11,560 --> 02:04:15,080
Speaker 2: I know, knocked off NKU he started focusing on basketball

2468
02:04:15,120 --> 02:04:16,800
Speaker 2: instead of doing a radio show. I think that just

2469
02:04:16,880 --> 02:04:18,400
Speaker 2: goes to show how difficult.

2470
02:04:18,040 --> 02:04:20,360
Speaker 1: It is to do radio. It's a it's hard to do.

2471
02:04:21,680 --> 02:04:24,440
Speaker 2: How much work and effort really goes.

2472
02:04:24,640 --> 02:04:28,800
Speaker 1: On a daily bay I mean nighttime, daytime, morning, evening.

2473
02:04:29,400 --> 02:04:32,400
Speaker 1: I mean it's always work, yeah, always putting it together.

2474
02:04:33,760 --> 02:04:37,360
Speaker 1: Our work is coming to a close for this week.

2475
02:04:38,040 --> 02:04:41,600
Speaker 1: Mowegger's work is just getting ready to get started. Mowager

2476
02:04:41,600 --> 02:04:44,760
Speaker 1: will join us for quick hits. I'm a when we return,

2477
02:04:45,040 --> 02:04:47,480
Speaker 1: as we passed the baton to the Mowegger Show, coming

2478
02:04:47,560 --> 02:04:52,000
Speaker 1: up next on ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station. Right now, Mo,

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02:04:52,200 --> 02:04:52,720
Speaker 1: what's going on?

2480
02:04:53,920 --> 02:04:54,200
Speaker 2: Tony?

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02:04:54,240 --> 02:04:55,760
Speaker 5: How are we doing? Austin, how are we doing? What's

2482
02:04:55,760 --> 02:04:56,040
Speaker 5: going on?

2483
02:04:56,280 --> 02:04:59,000
Speaker 2: Fantastic, wonderful. I miss Gavin Lux already.

2484
02:05:00,520 --> 02:05:01,480
Speaker 5: What do you miss about him?

2485
02:05:01,640 --> 02:05:03,840
Speaker 2: I just missed like making fun of his name. And

2486
02:05:04,080 --> 02:05:06,400
Speaker 2: you know I always used to walk around the apartment saying,

2487
02:05:06,560 --> 02:05:07,360
Speaker 2: Gavin Lucks.

2488
02:05:08,360 --> 02:05:10,240
Speaker 1: How about you missed the three hole hitter from the

2489
02:05:10,640 --> 02:05:12,200
Speaker 1: final game of the season for the Reds.

2490
02:05:13,120 --> 02:05:15,120
Speaker 5: I miss hearing about how you know he won a

2491
02:05:15,160 --> 02:05:16,400
Speaker 5: World Series with the Dodgers.

2492
02:05:16,800 --> 02:05:17,880
Speaker 2: I brought that up earlier.

2493
02:05:18,920 --> 02:05:21,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, a lot about how he you know he

2494
02:05:22,280 --> 02:05:24,520
Speaker 5: he won a World Series with the Dodgers. So did

2495
02:05:24,640 --> 02:05:26,560
Speaker 5: Ben Wurtvett, the catching.

2496
02:05:28,080 --> 02:05:31,360
Speaker 1: Now, obviously the move has made Gavin Lux is gone.

2497
02:05:31,920 --> 02:05:36,440
Speaker 1: They have they've bolstered the bullpen, their staff top to

2498
02:05:36,520 --> 02:05:39,840
Speaker 1: bottom starter's relievers should be very very good top end

2499
02:05:39,920 --> 02:05:44,520
Speaker 1: in baseball. That being said, this movement has to signify

2500
02:05:44,600 --> 02:05:46,680
Speaker 1: that they are going to make another move for a bat.

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02:05:47,880 --> 02:05:51,800
Speaker 5: Feels like it, right? I mean it, They tried to

2502
02:05:51,840 --> 02:05:53,720
Speaker 5: make a move for a bat. They didn't get it,

2503
02:05:53,920 --> 02:05:56,040
Speaker 5: so that would tell you they will probably try to

2504
02:05:56,120 --> 02:05:57,880
Speaker 5: keep making a move for a bat. Maybe now they

2505
02:05:58,000 --> 02:05:59,520
Speaker 5: freed up some coin to go make a move for

2506
02:05:59,560 --> 02:06:02,240
Speaker 5: a beat. By the way, here's my question. Is the

2507
02:06:02,400 --> 02:06:06,280
Speaker 5: only time the word bolstered is used when we're talking

2508
02:06:06,280 --> 02:06:07,000
Speaker 5: about bullpens.

2509
02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:09,000
Speaker 1: I've never used it before.

2510
02:06:10,000 --> 02:06:13,320
Speaker 5: Nobody ever says like I bolstered my food supply by

2511
02:06:13,400 --> 02:06:14,440
Speaker 5: going to the grocery store.

2512
02:06:15,880 --> 02:06:18,080
Speaker 2: Do we hear it a little bit of pass rush,

2513
02:06:18,160 --> 02:06:19,680
Speaker 2: don't we? You bolster the pass rus?

2514
02:06:19,800 --> 02:06:22,280
Speaker 5: Well, you do bolster a pass rush? That is true?

2515
02:06:22,840 --> 02:06:24,440
Speaker 1: Can you both in real life?

2516
02:06:24,520 --> 02:06:24,560
Speaker 17: No?

2517
02:06:24,800 --> 02:06:25,800
Speaker 1: Can you bolster the bench?

2518
02:06:27,160 --> 02:06:27,280
Speaker 28: Well?

2519
02:06:27,520 --> 02:06:29,600
Speaker 5: I guess you can, but I I feel like that

2520
02:06:29,800 --> 02:06:32,200
Speaker 5: the times you're right, Austin, I think the two times

2521
02:06:32,280 --> 02:06:36,920
Speaker 5: we only use the word bolstered is if we're talking

2522
02:06:36,960 --> 02:06:40,640
Speaker 5: about a bullpen or a pass rush. In real life,

2523
02:06:40,720 --> 02:06:44,480
Speaker 5: the word bolstered is never used. Like nobody says, Hey,

2524
02:06:44,480 --> 02:06:46,840
Speaker 5: I'm gonna go make a beer run so I can

2525
02:06:46,920 --> 02:06:48,080
Speaker 5: bolster up for the party.

2526
02:06:49,680 --> 02:06:53,600
Speaker 1: What were would word? Would whoa? What word I might

2527
02:06:53,640 --> 02:06:56,040
Speaker 1: have a hold on, Give me a second. What word

2528
02:06:56,120 --> 02:06:59,240
Speaker 1: would you use to describe the lineup for the Los

2529
02:06:59,280 --> 02:07:00,000
Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers?

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Speaker 5: Incredible? Insane, and I, I say bolstered.

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02:07:05,480 --> 02:07:08,760
Speaker 1: I think we're in agreement with this, mon't. I don't

2532
02:07:08,760 --> 02:07:11,720
Speaker 1: blame the Dodgers for this. Like I said today, I

2533
02:07:12,800 --> 02:07:15,880
Speaker 1: on a weekly basis, at least implore the teams that

2534
02:07:15,920 --> 02:07:17,640
Speaker 1: I root for to spend more money and be more

2535
02:07:17,680 --> 02:07:20,400
Speaker 1: aggressive pursuing a championship. So how could I yell at

2536
02:07:20,400 --> 02:07:24,120
Speaker 1: a team that's doing so elsewhere within the confines the rules.

2537
02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:27,160
Speaker 5: They're playing by the rules that everybody agreed to. They're

2538
02:07:27,160 --> 02:07:28,960
Speaker 5: playing by the rules that everybody had a chance to

2539
02:07:29,040 --> 02:07:31,480
Speaker 5: rewrite a couple of years ago and will try to rewrite.

2540
02:07:31,480 --> 02:07:31,600
Speaker 3: Now.

2541
02:07:31,680 --> 02:07:34,160
Speaker 5: See, we're going to talk about this today because here's

2542
02:07:34,200 --> 02:07:39,200
Speaker 5: Baseball's problem. In order for things to change, it's going

2543
02:07:39,240 --> 02:07:42,360
Speaker 5: to have to go away, probably for a very very

2544
02:07:42,440 --> 02:07:45,440
Speaker 5: long time. That's the only solution. Like we're going to

2545
02:07:45,600 --> 02:07:50,040
Speaker 5: have a lockout now, you know, maybe the lockout doesn't

2546
02:07:50,120 --> 02:07:52,560
Speaker 5: keep the season next year from starting on time. But

2547
02:07:53,040 --> 02:07:56,000
Speaker 5: it feels like if things are we've had lockouts, we've

2548
02:07:56,040 --> 02:07:59,880
Speaker 5: had strikes, we've had work stoppages that have canceled the

2549
02:08:00,000 --> 02:08:03,640
Speaker 5: World Series, We've had work stoppages that didn't impact any games,

2550
02:08:04,480 --> 02:08:10,280
Speaker 5: and yet baseball's economic issues aren't fixed. And this is

2551
02:08:10,440 --> 02:08:14,040
Speaker 5: hard for me to admit because I don't like salary caps.

2552
02:08:14,480 --> 02:08:16,880
Speaker 5: I'm a free market guy. I think everybody should be

2553
02:08:16,880 --> 02:08:19,360
Speaker 5: able to go get every dime they can. But you

2554
02:08:19,480 --> 02:08:22,400
Speaker 5: have to listen to your customers, and there are a

2555
02:08:22,520 --> 02:08:25,640
Speaker 5: lot of customers of the sport who feel like my

2556
02:08:25,800 --> 02:08:28,960
Speaker 5: team has no chance, and thus my level of interest

2557
02:08:29,000 --> 02:08:32,240
Speaker 5: in the sport is compromised. The one thing the NFL

2558
02:08:32,320 --> 02:08:35,000
Speaker 5: has going for it more than anything else, and the

2559
02:08:35,160 --> 02:08:38,080
Speaker 5: NFL has a lot going for it. Football does an

2560
02:08:38,080 --> 02:08:40,600
Speaker 5: amazing job of making you feel like your team has

2561
02:08:40,680 --> 02:08:47,480
Speaker 5: a shot. Yep, it's awesome in that regard Baseball. Unfortunately,

2562
02:08:47,560 --> 02:08:51,240
Speaker 5: there are legions of fans, generations of fans who feel

2563
02:08:51,280 --> 02:08:53,200
Speaker 5: like my team doesn't have a chance, and if we

2564
02:08:53,400 --> 02:08:57,680
Speaker 5: do have a chance, it's almost an outlier. And so

2565
02:08:58,280 --> 02:09:02,880
Speaker 5: that's a problem. That perception may not reflect truth, but

2566
02:09:03,000 --> 02:09:06,240
Speaker 5: As long as people are operating under that perception, baseball

2567
02:09:06,320 --> 02:09:09,480
Speaker 5: has an issue. And then the other issue is what

2568
02:09:09,560 --> 02:09:12,360
Speaker 5: we just talked about, which is for there to be changed,

2569
02:09:13,040 --> 02:09:15,360
Speaker 5: the sport's gonna have to go away. And I hate

2570
02:09:15,400 --> 02:09:17,680
Speaker 5: to say that, like, that's not good. Trust me, it's

2571
02:09:17,680 --> 02:09:19,800
Speaker 5: not good for anybody. No, it's not good for people

2572
02:09:19,800 --> 02:09:22,640
Speaker 5: who work for baseball teams, it's not good for sports

2573
02:09:22,720 --> 02:09:25,720
Speaker 5: talk radio hosts. It's it's it's not good for anybody.

2574
02:09:26,240 --> 02:09:28,920
Speaker 5: But in the absence of that, how do how do

2575
02:09:29,040 --> 02:09:32,600
Speaker 5: things change? And I think that's the central question that

2576
02:09:32,760 --> 02:09:34,480
Speaker 5: this sport is wrestling with. But to get back to

2577
02:09:34,520 --> 02:09:37,640
Speaker 5: your earlier premise, the Dodgers are playing by the agreed

2578
02:09:37,680 --> 02:09:40,080
Speaker 5: upon rules. I have no issue with anybody playing by

2579
02:09:40,120 --> 02:09:41,040
Speaker 5: the agreed upon rules.

2580
02:09:42,080 --> 02:09:44,240
Speaker 1: What else do you have coming up on the show today?

2581
02:09:45,080 --> 02:09:46,040
Speaker 5: I think I just gave it to you.

2582
02:09:47,440 --> 02:09:48,080
Speaker 1: All right, Thanks Mo.

2583
02:09:49,960 --> 02:09:51,760
Speaker 5: Travis Steel is going to be on the show. I

2584
02:09:51,960 --> 02:09:56,400
Speaker 5: believe at four thirty five that may move, But we're

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Speaker 5: going to talk with the men's basketball coach at Miami University,

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02:09:59,680 --> 02:10:03,160
Speaker 5: one of three undefeated teams in the sport. I am

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Speaker 5: I'm looking forward looking forward to that. We'll look ahead

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Speaker 5: to the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs. We'll try

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02:10:10,520 --> 02:10:13,040
Speaker 5: to come up with a solution. I think last night

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02:10:13,120 --> 02:10:17,320
Speaker 5: the Kyle Tucker news was a tipping point. I think

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02:10:17,640 --> 02:10:20,720
Speaker 5: I think last night was a tipping point for people's

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02:10:20,760 --> 02:10:24,240
Speaker 5: relationship with this sport. And so it's gonna be interesting

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02:10:24,320 --> 02:10:28,080
Speaker 5: to me to see how this sport as an institution responds.

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02:10:28,600 --> 02:10:31,040
Speaker 5: I've got a few Bengals odds and ends, look ahead

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02:10:31,040 --> 02:10:33,560
Speaker 5: to the weekend in college basketball, and so much more.

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Speaker 1: How do you feel about six and a half tomorrow

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Speaker 1: for the Bearcats?

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02:10:38,400 --> 02:10:38,960
Speaker 5: Not awesome?

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Speaker 3: Not great?

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Speaker 5: It is applying Iowa State coming off a loss.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, is there a path and if so, what is

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02:10:45,720 --> 02:10:48,680
Speaker 1: it for them to shock the number two team in

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02:10:48,680 --> 02:10:50,800
Speaker 1: the country tomorrow? I mean they haven't. They haven't. They're

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02:10:50,800 --> 02:10:52,640
Speaker 1: gonna have to, Yeah, I mean this would be Wes

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02:10:52,720 --> 02:10:54,400
Speaker 1: Miller still looking for really the marquee win.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, this would be the signature win. They're gonna have

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02:10:57,880 --> 02:11:01,120
Speaker 5: to go crazy from behind the arc. I think they're

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02:11:01,160 --> 02:11:04,560
Speaker 5: gonna have to find ways to win in transition. And then,

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Speaker 5: let's face it, if they if they beat Iowa State,

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Speaker 5: it's gonna be because they execute in the final three

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Speaker 5: to four minutes, Like, Okay, Cincinnati's gonna beat Iowa State.

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Speaker 5: Are they gonna blow them out? Probably not, So they

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Speaker 5: have to win a close upset. If you do that,

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Speaker 5: that tells me if you have executed in the final

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Speaker 5: three to four minutes and if maybe found somebody who

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02:11:25,200 --> 02:11:26,880
Speaker 5: can go and get you buckets. Like the other night

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Speaker 5: it was Dayde Thomas. Is he that guy? Two point game,

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Speaker 5: three minutes to go against the number two team in

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Speaker 5: the country. Is dayd A Thomas the guy? If not,

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Speaker 5: who is? But I think they're gonna have to just

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Speaker 5: go crazy offensively. Look, this is a really good defensive

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02:11:40,560 --> 02:11:44,280
Speaker 5: team Cincinnati, Like your eyeballs tell you that, and the

2623
02:11:44,360 --> 02:11:47,280
Speaker 5: metrics tell you that. Now maybe some don't want to

2624
02:11:47,360 --> 02:11:50,160
Speaker 5: acknowledge that, and many will say, well, it doesn't matter

2625
02:11:50,200 --> 02:11:53,520
Speaker 5: if you're not winning, but they do play good defense.

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02:11:53,960 --> 02:11:58,200
Speaker 5: Their issues are on the offensive end. Suddenly against Iowa State,

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02:11:58,280 --> 02:12:00,840
Speaker 5: their offensive issues have to basicly go away, and they've

2628
02:12:00,880 --> 02:12:02,760
Speaker 5: got to figure out a way to execute down the stretch.

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Speaker 5: But I think it's gonna be a fun atmosphere tomorrow.

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Speaker 5: And you know, West has been in a lot of

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Speaker 5: these games. If he's in this one late, do they

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02:12:12,200 --> 02:12:13,920
Speaker 5: make the plays down the stretch they need, and.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned a team that struggles offensively. It's a good

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Speaker 1: defense in Iowa state as well. I spent just under

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Speaker 1: ten minutes yesterday afternoon watching your video of Reds Fest

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Speaker 1: from years ago on YouTube because I wanted to just

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Speaker 1: see what it was about. Knowing that and know an

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Speaker 1: awesome season and knowing your visits to Reds Fest, what's

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Speaker 1: your favorite part about being able to head down.

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Speaker 5: There watching kids get their autographs?

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's the best part.

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Speaker 5: I mean, that's you know. I was talking with somebody

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Speaker 5: on Twitter about this who said, like, if an adult

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02:12:49,840 --> 02:12:52,360
Speaker 5: goes to Redsfest by themselves, they need therapy. And you

2645
02:12:52,440 --> 02:12:53,720
Speaker 5: know my take on that it is going to be.

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Speaker 5: If you've got to Redsfest without a kid, fine, I

2647
02:12:55,720 --> 02:12:58,640
Speaker 5: don't care. We have a good time. You people should

2648
02:12:58,680 --> 02:13:02,240
Speaker 5: do themselves go watch professional wrestling. And I don't get it,

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02:13:02,320 --> 02:13:04,840
Speaker 5: but if that's their thing, that's their thing. But at

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Speaker 5: the end of the day, I do think it's an

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02:13:06,680 --> 02:13:10,520
Speaker 5: event that's best for kids and I enjoy I think

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02:13:10,560 --> 02:13:12,240
Speaker 5: the Reds do a really good job with this, and

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Speaker 5: I think the players, year after year after year are

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Speaker 5: giving of themselves two children. There is nothing worse than

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Speaker 5: some adult who's got it like a Little League equipment

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Speaker 5: bags full of stuff. Yeah, and you know, just getting

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Speaker 5: in it like a kid's waiting behind him, like man,

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Speaker 5: I just want Matt McLean's autograph, and like this guy

2659
02:13:29,880 --> 02:13:32,760
Speaker 5: is getting all sorts of gear sign like come on, dude.

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Speaker 5: But at the end, that's what I like most about it.

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Speaker 5: I like watching I like watching the kids get get autographs,

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Speaker 5: and it just I like it placed where it is

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Speaker 5: in the calendar because we're gonna go from reds Fest

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Speaker 5: right to spring training, right to the season, right to

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Speaker 5: the lockout.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yep. I think it would be funny if like

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Speaker 1: JJ Bledah just wore like a normal outfit and just

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Speaker 1: kind of like hung out, had a beer, walked around

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Speaker 1: reds Fest. Like how many people there would be able

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Speaker 1: to pick JJ Blude out if he was just wondering.

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Speaker 5: Around, or or Caleb Ferguson or probably a lot of

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Speaker 5: people on this roster, Rockburke b Yeah, Rockbrook. Do you think,

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Speaker 5: like did Gavin Lux come to town for Reds Fest?

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Speaker 5: That's a great quest here, Yeah, I would love ready

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02:14:18,920 --> 02:14:23,000
Speaker 5: to answer that, Like there have been reds Fest trades

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Speaker 5: before famously, we had Drew Stubbs. You know, the Reds

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Speaker 5: bring players around to talk about Reds Fest every year.

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Speaker 5: One year it was Drew Stubbs and then I think

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02:14:30,360 --> 02:14:33,800
Speaker 5: he got traded like the Monday after Reds Fest. So

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Speaker 5: was like Gavin Lux ready to go. All right, I'm

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02:14:36,600 --> 02:14:38,320
Speaker 5: here for Reds Fest. I'll do what I gotta do.

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02:14:38,360 --> 02:14:40,440
Speaker 5: And then he got traded. Like is that how it worked?

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Speaker 1: I think So that's what I'm trying.

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Speaker 2: I think that's possible.

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Speaker 1: Uh Mo, have a great show, have a great weekend. Man,

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Speaker 1: you guys do the same. Thank you. That is Moleger.

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Speaker 1: His show is next, The Moweger Show. It all happens

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02:14:51,680 --> 02:14:54,040
Speaker 1: here on the ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Where can you commit to trying a new food?

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Speaker 4: You have.

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Speaker 2: Today, Saturday, Sunday and Monday between now and Tuesday, will

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Speaker 2: you try something new and document it for us?

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02:15:06,680 --> 02:15:09,400
Speaker 1: I will document myself trying a new food between now

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Speaker 1: and Tuesday. I will also document our guy Meso at

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Speaker 1: the UC game.

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Speaker 2: Tome Okay at Tony Underscore Pike fifteen.

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Speaker 1: This all comes up. We're done, can't wait, have a

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Speaker 1: great weekend. Thanks so much for listening to a man

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Speaker 1: of your word or not. Mowegger's Next on ESPN fifteen

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Speaker 1: thirty Cincinnati sports station