1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,559 Speaker 1: And just in case you missed it, it's the top 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: five spot Stagers of the day. Now it's time for 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: Dan Barrero's Top five and five brought to you by 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: Gutter Helmet of Minnesota, never clean your gutters again. Learn 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: more at Gutter Helmet mm dot com. 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: Let me make a correction if this is accurate, that 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 2: the Twins were not on Fox nine today, but it 8 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: was the Fox nine live pregame coverage. But they also 9 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 2: had postgame coverage, so I do know that, and Laurie Fisher, 10 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: I know, will have all this information that there are 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 2: going to be a number of Twins games on. 12 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 3: Fox nine as well, and I believe. 13 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 2: That includes the home opener against Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 2: which is coming up right. 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 3: And did I see the stats? 16 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 2: Somebody had pointed out that the Twins have seventeen home 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: games in April, which is ideal when you think about it, right, 18 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: given the weather, because April weather in the Twin Cities 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: is never volatile. It never goes from sixty eight degrees 20 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 2: to twenty eight with a windshiel of nine, does it? 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: Never? Never? I've never heard of that. No, for sure. 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: Time now for the obligatory Kevin Fawlness Minnesota Wild mention. 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 4: It's going to be like mid thirties tomorrow, when it 24 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 4: was seriously seventy. 25 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 3: A couple days ago. 26 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 4: I believe that's just great. They're in nice Weathertown. They're 27 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 4: in Sunrise, Florida to take on the Florida Panthers. The return, 28 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 4: the breaking news, the Moose, the Moose, The Moose is loose. 29 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 3: He's back. 30 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 4: He's being paired up with his brother on the fourth line, 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 4: and Trenyon wouldn't want to play against that line. Also, 32 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 4: Tarasenko gets moved up to the second line, a good 33 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 4: promotion in my point of view. Johanson moves back to 34 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 4: the third and the wild six o'clock start. You'll hear 35 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 4: it right here on the fan again. A game that 36 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 4: got away in Tampa. I thought a really good first 37 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 4: period and then just things start to whether it was, 38 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 4: you know, the Gustafson mistake, whether it was some calls 39 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 4: that Russo mentioned earlier in the show that kind of 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: went against the Wild. Things just didn't go their way. 41 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 4: I'm willing to let at least that one in a 42 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 4: vacuum slide. Maybe this whole trend, maybe not, But the 43 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 4: wild Panther should be a good game. Six o'clock will 44 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 4: here right here on the fan, right right when we're done. 45 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 2: Well, it's interesting, you know, we had russo on earlier 46 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 2: than usual today, and he believes that even though the 47 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 2: wild are kind of where they are without much to 48 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 2: play for at this point, that he thinks that that 49 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: Bill garn Well, fancy your title the general manager, but 50 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: I always think of him as general manager, is not pleased. 51 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 2: He does not have a good feeling in his gut 52 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 2: right now, and he wants them to play better, even 53 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 2: if allegedly there's not that much at stake. And this 54 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 2: is to me the challenge for him, for the head coach, 55 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: and even for the players, about how you approach the 56 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 2: last What did he say, now we're down to ten games, 57 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 2: Is it concerning enough that you act as if there's 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 2: something significant at stake like moving up in the in 59 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 2: the playoff birth birth positioning, Because that's the feeling I'm 60 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 2: getting from him. 61 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 3: I think. 62 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,919 Speaker 2: It's a it's a bit of a risky game because 63 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: the last thing you want right now is somebody to 64 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 2: get hurt. I'd like to think you could actually rest 65 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: people more than you ordinarily would, given how little is 66 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 2: at stake, But I guess you also do have to 67 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: take into consideration. Maybe maybe there'd be less of it 68 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 2: if we didn't have this stretch of home games that 69 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: we kept losing to the teams that weren't even in 70 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: the postseason. So I don't know how you thread the 71 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: needle on it. I do know I'll stick with what 72 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: I said earlier that if we're going to reach a 73 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: point sometime in the postseason or we're going to look 74 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 2: back on this discussion and laugh at it. If the 75 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: wild are getting out of the first round and showing 76 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: signs of maybe even getting out of the second round, 77 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 2: we're gonna go we worried about too much. 78 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: But you can't know where what's going to happen in 79 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: the future. 80 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: And as a result, if there's a bit of queasiness 81 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: and a bit of unease given this team's track record, 82 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: I you know, I understand that too, So I don't 83 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: know how you balance it out. That's why why they 84 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 2: get paid the big bucks. But it is a I 85 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 2: almost wish they had fewer games, don't you. It's like 86 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: ten games, that's a that's a lot where you're not 87 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: even sure what the hell you're playing for. 88 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 3: At this point. 89 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 2: Now, he did point out, if they didn't mess around 90 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 2: as much with the home schedule, maybe they could still. 91 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 3: Be playing to move up and even for home ice. 92 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's not necessarily a good look, even though 93 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 2: they still we still have one of the best records 94 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: in the league. So I can't wait for the postseason, 95 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: so we could stop talking about this nonsense and actually 96 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 2: evaluate on that basis. 97 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 3: But we are in the calendar where we. 98 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 4: Are well, and then it's a byproduct of this format 99 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 4: that is absurdly stupid, where if it's one through eight 100 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 4: in the Western Conference, you might be having a different 101 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 4: conversation and maybe you move up a couple spots. Are 102 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 4: similar to how the Wolves were about to talk about 103 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 4: they still something to play for the Wild really don't. 104 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 4: So we'll see how they played tonight in Florida. But 105 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 4: how about that game last night? 106 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 5: One point one, plenty of time for a catch and 107 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 5: shoots Anderson's on Duran. 108 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 3: They love it out deflected Jafari. Smith hasn't. 109 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: He doesn't even get a shut off. 110 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 3: The Wolves have done it. They rallied from. 111 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:28,919 Speaker 2: Thirteen down in over time to win it one away. 112 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 3: I'm fifteen, oh, run to end over time to win 113 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 3: by two. 114 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 4: I would like to know even the opposite we talked 115 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 4: about the people leaving Target Center early and then getting 116 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 4: the oh no, they won. I wonder how many people 117 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 4: just decided, you know, what time to turn. 118 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 3: Off the TV. 119 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: You're not in it. 120 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 3: It's probably you're. 121 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 4: Just going to hit the hay and you wake up 122 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 4: the next game and go, oh, they won. That's what 123 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:56,359 Speaker 4: it feels like. 124 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: What a game. 125 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:00,039 Speaker 4: I watched the whole thing start to finish. The the 126 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 4: you mentioned the possibly storm the court. Scott Foster needs 127 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 4: a security, you know, escort if people storm the court, 128 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 4: because he would be round. 129 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, that'd be a bit of a problem, right about that. 130 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 4: Just the ejections to me are just I don't know 131 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 4: that the NBA refs for the since I'm still learning 132 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 4: and still getting into it. Their their softness rivals. You know, 133 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 4: some MLB umpires when they toss managers like it is. 134 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 4: They are trigger happy when it comes to that. 135 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: Here's what I will say, And I know this is 136 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: not a popular opinion in this town. 137 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: It never is. 138 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 2: I want to know precisely what he said. I do, 139 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 2: you know, because it's easy to say, well, integrity, what 140 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: is he talking about it. It's a quick trigger, and 141 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 2: some of these refs do have a quick trigger. I 142 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 2: don't deny it, but I also would like to get 143 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: a little bit more information, more than the general sort 144 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,359 Speaker 2: of the generalized stuff we get. I know it's not 145 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,919 Speaker 2: a real healthy thing to do in any town to 146 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 2: defend the officials or not just go in full vilification 147 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 2: mode on all of them. But I don't know that 148 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: we're going to have all that information, and maybe people 149 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 2: who are there do I know exactly what was said. 150 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 2: I think I don't believe we are particularly good at 151 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 2: mastering the art of successfully manipulating officials, because I really 152 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: think that's what the best players, that's what the smartest 153 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 2: players do. I think they they know there's an art 154 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: to it, and even if they can't despot that they 155 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:31,239 Speaker 2: can't stand who they're looking at, they find a way. Okay, 156 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: what am I trying to get I'm trying to get 157 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 2: out of this with the least punishment possible, or maybe 158 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 2: even laying the groundwork for another call that might go 159 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 2: our way, so we'll never know. 160 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 4: The Twins are on pace to go oh and one 161 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 4: sixty two. They start out losing to the Orioles in 162 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 4: Baltimore two ones. Your final something called Cody Thunderbert gets 163 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: the L for the pitching. Yes, correct, both team's five hits, 164 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 4: but Baltimore gets one more over the line late. 165 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: It's nice the Twins. 166 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 4: For me, it's nice as something to put in top 167 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 4: five and five to mention. 168 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 3: And that's that's about as much as I'm going to 169 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 3: pay attention to. 170 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 2: Ryan pitched well, obviously, and then we turned it over 171 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 2: to the to the pen and they were not as successful. 172 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 2: The lineup had several opportunities to do damage. I think 173 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 2: they were one for twelve with runners in scoring position. 174 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: We also, i think grounded into three double plays. So 175 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 2: in a tight game where your Martin Ferrera is reduced, 176 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: all those things lead to a two to one loss 177 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 2: for the Twins on the road in the. 178 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 3: On opening day. 179 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 4: Lastly, it's back the Atturney March Madness. College men's basketball 180 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 4: is back. You've got four games today, Purdue Texas two 181 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:55,320 Speaker 4: and eleven, the big border battle Iowa Nebraska at six thirty, 182 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 4: Arkansas and Arizona will be a good matchup, and then 183 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 4: Houston versus Illinois a two versus a three. 184 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 3: All the action right after. 185 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 4: The wild Game concludes, will hop over to college basketball 186 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 4: on the fan. Where is your kind of interest level 187 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 4: going into the sweet sixteen? 188 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: High? 189 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: Very high, and I'm sure we'll cover in addition to 190 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 2: talking baseball with Rick Bosich, We're going to get back 191 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,359 Speaker 2: into the big dance. 192 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 3: We talked. 193 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: I alluded to this yesterday. Yes, we all love mid majors, 194 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: we all love what they represent. But I got to 195 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 2: tell you, man, you laid out some of these matchups. Now, 196 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: you could argue that several of the most intriguing are 197 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: tomorrow when you've got Duke and Saint John's. You've got 198 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 2: Michigan and Alabama, You've got Yukon and Michigan State. And 199 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 2: you've got some legendary coaches obviously in those matchups as well, 200 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 2: which is always a big part of the college conversation. 201 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 2: I'm intrigued to see how far Freddie Hoiberg can take 202 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 2: this thing, There's no doubt about that. But also have 203 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 2: some you know, good coach calv of course for Arkansas, 204 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 2: you got Houston in Illinois. 205 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 3: These are all even the eleven seed, right. 206 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: Texas is an eleven seed, which means they can't hardly 207 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,559 Speaker 2: be classified as a Cinderella because of the size of 208 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:16,239 Speaker 2: the university. 209 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 3: But I actually don't. 210 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 2: Mind now that I see what the actual matchups are 211 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 2: and the coaches are involved in it. I'm looking forward 212 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 2: to the next couple of days for sure. 213 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 3: There you have it. 214 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 2: We've got boz that's coming up at the bottom of 215 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 2: the hour, and when we get to a couple of 216 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 2: texts and other matters before that, six four six eighty 217 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 2: six at the Bradshawn Bryan cafean text line. 218 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: The fan Walk has some great shows to Grand Casina 219 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 4: Arena this year, including Vinyl Ritchie and Earth, Wind and Fire. 220 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 3: That's June twenty fourth. Tickets are on sale now. 221 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 4: We get all the details on all of our upcoming 222 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 4: shows on the concert page Cafe n dot. 223 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 3: Com keyword calendar. 224 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 5: Dan. 225 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 2: If you're going to bother to comment about twins performance 226 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 2: in the field, can you at least make a bit 227 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 2: out of it, something like dugout development watch or whether 228 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 2: or not the growth in the field would rival the 229 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 2: growth once famous outfield trees, or the drainage of the 230 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 2: field that's out and afton. That's not a bad idea 231 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 2: I might try to do. It might be fun to 232 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 2: might be comic relief. To do it that way, we'll 233 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 2: see where we get with that. You're of the two 234 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 2: of us, the better math mind, although I'm not sure 235 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 2: you're great. I'm gonna ask you to do a division problem. 236 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 3: Okay, you ready, yep. 237 00:11:52,400 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 2: Sixteen billion divided by thirty sixteen billion divided by thirty. 238 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 4: I have got five hundred and thirty three million repeating. 239 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 2: So five hundred and thirty three million in change is 240 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 2: what you're saying. Five hundred thirty three million, three hundred 241 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 2: thirty three thousand, und thirty three. If you put that 242 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: number in dollars, five hundred and thirty three million dollars, 243 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 2: is that a lot of money. I'd be interested half 244 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 2: a billion, Yeah, that would be right, which I think 245 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 2: would get the attention of even billionaires. I think it 246 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 2: would get the attention. It would certainly get the attention 247 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 2: of millionaires. I'd bring it up because we already know. 248 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 2: I think we learned the degree to which Glenn Taylor 249 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 2: regretted trading at a bargain price. Looking back on it, 250 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: his beloved Minnesota Timberwolves team to Alex Rodriguez and Mark 251 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 2: Louri correct and then he ended up losing the battle 252 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 2: in the it was turned into a a an arbitration 253 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 2: case and he ended up losing that. I gotta believe 254 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,680 Speaker 2: if he was devastated about that, he now has to 255 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: be even more devastated because the number I gave to you. 256 00:13:17,040 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 3: Is roughly the number of that will be on the check. 257 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: That is written to Mark Lori and Alex Rodriguez when 258 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,520 Speaker 2: two expansion franchises are added to the National Basketball Association. 259 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 3: That money. 260 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 2: Now, I'm playing with the numbers because none of them 261 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: are official. That would be suggesting that the entry price 262 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 2: to get into the NBA for each of those expansion 263 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,719 Speaker 2: teams would be eight billion. Now, some people think that's 264 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 2: a little high. Some people think that's a little low. 265 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 2: But if there's two teams, that's eight times two. I 266 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 2: can even do that map would be sixteen billion dollars 267 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 2: that then gets shared by the thirty existing franchises. 268 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 3: And remember this money. 269 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: The players don't act, don't get a part of this, 270 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 2: they don't get a percentage of this. This is all 271 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: money that goes to the owners. Now, I think if 272 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 2: the numbers are anything close to that, you know exactly 273 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 2: why most owners are gonna say, yeah, I think we 274 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 2: should expand there's enough talent, of course there is. 275 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 3: There's gotta be. 276 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: It's not gonna be too watered down because those numbers 277 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: are absurd if you think about them, even by billionaire standards. 278 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 2: And right there, if you're a Rod and Laurie said, well, 279 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: we've already I mean, we're already good on the basis 280 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: of what what was the price? Would look up the 281 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 2: price that they bought the Wolves for, double check the 282 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 2: price for me. But they got to believe right there, 283 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 2: we're we're. 284 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 3: Even, we're fine, we're ahead of the game. One point 285 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 3: five okay, one point. 286 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: Five billion, and you're gonna get a half a billion 287 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 2: right here, one check to do whatever you want to 288 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 2: with it. And you don't have to give this to 289 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:10,560 Speaker 2: the players at all. You can put this in your 290 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 2: back pocket. 291 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 4: I'm hearing the pollads are actually filing for the MLB 292 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 4: to expand, to have two more teams involved with that 293 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 4: as well. 294 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 3: Well, that wouldn't be surprising. And again I said eight 295 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 3: billion for each team. It could go to ten. Some 296 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 3: people are always estimating ten. No one knows. 297 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 2: And the other X factor is the commissioner has said 298 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,400 Speaker 2: we could not expand at all. We could expand by 299 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: one team or could expand by two. I think most 300 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 2: people expect it's going to be two because, especially if 301 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 2: those numbers are legit owners are I mean, they're not 302 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 2: going to be able to say no to themselves. You're 303 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 2: gonna raise your hand to receive a check that is 304 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 2: worth five hundred and thirty three million dollar a half 305 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 2: more than half a billion, and it might be higher. 306 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,880 Speaker 3: It could be twenty billion divided by thirty. 307 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: So again, if you're Glenn Taylor man, now he probably 308 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: could say he knew this was coming and it's part 309 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 2: of the deal, and we're not going to weep for him. 310 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 2: He is a billionaire, right, He's doing fine, He's okay. 311 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 2: But when you put those numbers, these absurd numbers, in 312 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 2: that context, it's it's pretty amazing the more you think 313 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 2: about it, it really really is. And I think that's 314 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 2: going to be determined here fairly soon. And the estimates 315 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 2: are that the teams would come into the league starting 316 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: with the twenty twenty eight twenty nine season, so a 317 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: couple of years off, which is pretty fast, actually, I 318 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 2: would think given all the infrastructure that has to be 319 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 2: built and sometimes arenas, et cetera, all I guess in 320 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: those two towns, maybe there's arenas you could play in 321 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 2: in the short run. 322 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 3: Seattle might have already. 323 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 2: Actually, that's and it's just because we're assuming it's gonna 324 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 2: be Seattle in Vegas, right, that's most likely, because who 325 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 2: do we have on yesterday that said, well, really, what 326 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 2: should happen is the Memphis franchise, either Memphis or New 327 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 2: Orleans should move to those two cities. And I said, 328 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,679 Speaker 2: not gonna work, because then the owners don't get that 329 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 2: big check. That's that has become the greatest lever to 330 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: what used to be the weapon that that teams used 331 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 2: against the market, right including here, we're gonna up and leave. 332 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 2: You don't give us what we want, We're gonna leave. 333 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 2: That lever is almost gone. That wedge is almost disappeared 334 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 2: because we now know how how how much, how lucrative 335 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 2: it will be for expansion and for the sizes of 336 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:53,280 Speaker 2: these checks, and so it may I think it's it's 337 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: taken away the ability to sort of hold hostage to 338 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 2: town you're current in as a motivating force to get 339 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: the branches of government involved in what you're trying to do. 340 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 2: I think those days might be just about over. 341 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 3: A long wild run would be a blast. 342 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 2: The twins will definitely finish last for Brett's for Brett's 343 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 2: almost time for cabin cast Wolves and five. 344 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 4: That's right, that's true this time of year, the captain 345 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 4: on fan outdoors, he just goes to the cabin. It's 346 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 4: over small price to pay for golf season though, that's true, 347 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 4: So we'll take it. Dan, when you brought that number up, 348 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 4: I figured it was the Dodgers pay wrong. 349 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 3: Well, you could. You can make that argument, There's no 350 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 3: question about it. 351 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 2: And that's one of the discussion things we're going to 352 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: get into with Bozich, the ongoing debate about whether the 353 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: one change baseball still has to make, and they've made 354 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 2: a number of pretty fruitful ones, would be a salary cap, 355 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 2: which is going to be very very difficult to sell 356 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 2: to the Union, of course, but we'll talk about that 357 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 2: if you have other base all questions for doctor Bow, 358 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 2: he's going to give us his prescription to save his 359 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,239 Speaker 2: favorite game, the national pastime, once upon a time, and 360 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 2: we'll get some big dance stuff in as well, including 361 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: this question. The theory has been advanced that Duke is 362 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 2: no longer as hateable as it has historically been when 363 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 2: it comes to men's basketball. 364 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: Does Bozich agree with that? 365 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 2: If he hated him in the beginning, does he agree 366 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 2: they're less hatable than they used to be? And if 367 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 2: they're not as hatable? Why is that? 368 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:36,199 Speaker 3: Stay tuned. It's the bumper to Bumper show rap and 369 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,120 Speaker 3: it is sponsored by American Pressure. 370 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:43,040 Speaker 2: It's you're hearing the rap music early because we're out 371 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:46,360 Speaker 2: at the top of the hour. Minnesota Wild Hockey tonight 372 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 2: will indeed follow, and as I mentioned, Guardsie will join 373 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 2: us again tomorrow. I hope Lavelle and perhaps been guessling. 374 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,240 Speaker 2: Rick Bosich is with us now via the Connecticot Water 375 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 2: Systems hotline. So congratulations to your club. Is it true 376 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 2: they struck out? Your team struck out twenty times today? 377 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 5: Yes, that's true. Now watched all twenty. 378 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 2: Well, some things you can't quite make up. Who are 379 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 2: you playing? I didn't even notice. 380 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 5: The Brewers, who actually have the best record in baseball. Right, 381 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 5: they're a good team, but you shouldn't lose fourteen to two? No? 382 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 3: Was that the final? 383 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 5: Yeah? 384 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: Fourteen to two? Twenty strikeouts? All right, let's go more 385 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 2: general here. There's no point in belaboring that point this early. 386 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 2: Especially but where are you on Because this is the 387 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:44,959 Speaker 2: time of year, either at the end of the season 388 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 2: or when a new one starts, that people break down to, Okay, 389 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 2: here's where baseball is, here's what's working, here's what isn't. 390 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 2: And a lot of what people say isn't is the 391 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: notion that although a lot of different teams have actually, 392 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 2: you know, made the postseason, there's this feeling now that 393 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 2: the Dodgers represent a bridge too far in the amount 394 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 2: of money they're spending, and that at some point there's 395 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 2: going to have to be some, if not a cap, 396 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 2: some sort of financial accommodation. Is that possible? Do you 397 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 2: think it's necessary? What's the doctor bow antidote to that 398 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 2: particular poison if you think it is poison. 399 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 5: Having never run a business, I'm not sure what the 400 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:33,400 Speaker 5: answer is, but I do think there's a problem in that, 401 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 5: definitely among sand perception, and I think in part not 402 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,879 Speaker 5: as great as sand perception, but in reality that the 403 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 5: feeling is that in baseball, more than other sports, there's 404 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 5: a certain group of teams that aren't able or are 405 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 5: unwilling to keep their best players. Once they get extensive, 406 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 5: they get rid of them, and the best biggest name 407 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 5: go the two or three or four of five different teams. 408 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 5: So there's the Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs, and Red Sox 409 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 5: or whoever you want to put in that group. And 410 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 5: I don't. I don't think that's good for baseball. There's 411 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,479 Speaker 5: no team in the NFL or in the NBA that 412 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 5: has the kind of team the Dodgers that I was 413 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 5: just out in spring training at Friday night. I watched 414 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 5: him in middle out the batting order with Otani followed 415 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:30,120 Speaker 5: by Kyle Tucker, who's what six hundred million or something. 416 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 5: I don't somebody to go's number, rookie bet Freddie Freeman, 417 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 5: cast Hernandez, Will Smith, back to monthly on and on 418 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 5: to joke. And you know, if you're a fan of 419 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 5: the Twins or the Indians or the the White Sox 420 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 5: because of our Penny pitching owner, and for the Rockies 421 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 5: or the A's, I mean, you're never going to have 422 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 5: a team like that. The Reds, the Pirates, you're always 423 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 5: worried about. You know, if you get good player, how 424 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,480 Speaker 5: many years can you keep them? Once they get expensive? 425 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 5: Your owner is not going to want to or be 426 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,719 Speaker 5: able to do it. And I think that's just been 427 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 5: damaging for the game. You know in a number of 428 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 5: ways that you've got fans of some teams that know 429 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 5: the Yankees have had a winning record for thirty three 430 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 5: straight years. I don't think you can find another professional 431 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 5: sports team that's close to that. Even though they don't 432 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 5: win it all anymore, they're always going to be in 433 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 5: the playoffs or right there. The Dodgers have been in 434 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 5: the postseason thirteen straight years. No NFL team that's done that, 435 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 5: And so it's lopsided and it's defeating I think for 436 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 5: the game overall, because I'm showing my age. But I 437 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 5: remember when the Reds and the Pirates and the Cardinals 438 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 5: and teams like that were for high level teams for 439 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 5: a lot of years, but now they're not. 440 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 2: Here's the way the Wall Street Journal puts it. Seven 441 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 2: different teams have won a title in the past ten seasons. 442 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 2: Thirteen have reached the World Series in eighteen of the 443 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 2: advanced the semifinals. They write that by those measures, MLB 444 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: is actually in line with or even surpasses the NFL, NBA, 445 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,359 Speaker 2: and ANHL, But they add the difference lies in where 446 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 2: those champions come from. No team from the bottom half 447 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 2: of MLB's markets have won the World Series since Kansas 448 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 2: City in twenty fifteen. Fifteen so called small market teams 449 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 2: including Kansas City Chiefs, Thunder and the Vegas Golden Knights 450 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 2: have won titles in the other three sports since then. 451 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 2: So that's another, I think effective argument, and yours is 452 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,360 Speaker 2: a hidden, sneaky good one too, that it isn't related 453 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 2: to winning titles, but is related to the ease with 454 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 2: which some teams are literally literally in every single season. 455 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 2: And I don't know, I mean, everybody assumes that the 456 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 2: players Union, the Baseball Players Union, is still easily the 457 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 2: strongest in sports, and that it would never agree to, 458 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 2: you know, to a so called salary cap, and I 459 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 2: don't even know. The come back to that has been, well, 460 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 2: you don't really need a cap so much as you 461 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 2: need a floor, but you kind of need both at 462 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: this point, don't you. Uh, you got to get teams 463 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 2: to stop, you know, basically refusing to spend money at all. 464 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,119 Speaker 2: But I'm not sure going to convince them to do 465 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 2: that if there's not a cap of some sort that 466 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 2: discourages for example, the Dodgers being the Dodgers. 467 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 5: The players pushed the narrative that a salary cap would 468 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 5: drive down Salvae's overall, not just for the top players. Yeah, 469 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 5: and the top players are going to push the hardest 470 00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 5: for that, and it might. But I don't know when 471 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:41,719 Speaker 5: I saw. I mean, Kyle Tucker is a nice player. 472 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 5: He's not roverto Clement. He he's not there. He's not 473 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 5: you know, Willie Mays, he's not. I don't even you 474 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 5: can name a bunch of other great players through the years. 475 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 5: But he's getting The Dodgers play paid him way beyond 476 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 5: what anybody else will pay him because they can. And 477 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 5: you know, we've talked about it. For the biggest problem 478 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 5: the baseball have compared to other sports is that, especially 479 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 5: the NFL, is that the local media rights revenue for 480 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 5: the big market teams is so much greater than the 481 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,040 Speaker 5: smaller market teams. Imagine, are the Twins one of those 482 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,240 Speaker 5: teams that, yes, now MLB is running their team network. 483 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 2: Probably, Yes, well we lost, We're down, we think probably. 484 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 2: You know, we were getting as much as fifty mil 485 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: and now that number is much much less now. The 486 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 2: Twins issues go beyond that. But to your point, that 487 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 2: is an issue. 488 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 5: Yeah, and you've got too many owners in baseball that 489 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 5: just they're okay with that. I mean the Twins last year, 490 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 5: I with the way they just gave up and jettisoned 491 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,159 Speaker 5: all those players. If I lived there and I was 492 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 5: a fan of the Twins and I saw what they did, 493 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,640 Speaker 5: and then coming into the season, I doubt they've done 494 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 5: much to rebuild it. Why would you get excited about 495 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,880 Speaker 5: the team and what a good games. Look at the 496 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 5: the outfield. The White Sox rolled out there today with 497 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 5: Austin Hayes niece on Hellacunia Round, Lacuna's little brother, and 498 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,360 Speaker 5: Everson Pereira. It's like, that's not a major league outfield. 499 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 5: I mean, it's it's a joke. I mean, it's frustrating 500 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 5: in a lot of different ways, and you have to 501 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,439 Speaker 5: find a way to have more equity in terms of 502 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 5: the talent between the teams. 503 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 3: The aesthetics of the game. 504 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 2: Itself, the I've looked at the the pitch clock as 505 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: a wild success. 506 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 3: I believed in it. I believed it was necessary. 507 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: And what I always said was if base if players 508 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 2: had what I think they used to have, which was 509 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 2: an internal clock that even in a game that was 510 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 2: not about a time piece, they weren't going to get 511 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 2: out in and out of the box fifteen times. Adjust 512 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: every jockstrap, adjust you know, every elbow pad, whatever. 513 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:01,720 Speaker 3: The case may be. 514 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 2: You wouldn't need it, but the fact is everybody was 515 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 2: abusing what it's sort of been part of the game 516 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:08,920 Speaker 2: to the point where you had to have a pitch clock. 517 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 2: I think that's worked swimmingly. What do you think I 518 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 2: in terms of the actual pacing of the game. I 519 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 2: believe it's one change that's actually worked very well. 520 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 3: What about you. 521 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 5: I enjoyed the pitch clock, and it's cut like what 522 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 5: twenty notes off the time of game. Yeah, you have 523 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 5: some pitchers who work deliberately normally and keep the getting 524 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 5: going that you had in addition to hitter stepping out 525 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 5: and justine their batting gloves, you had too many pitchers 526 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 5: that were tray to throw the ball and stood out 527 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 5: there and walked around the mount and rubbed it and 528 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 5: you know, called their mom or whatever else they need 529 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 5: to do between pitchers, and it dragged the game on. 530 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 5: I also liked the way they changed the shift rules. 531 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:55,040 Speaker 5: I think that helped put more old school baseball back 532 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 5: in the game, where guys are more willing to try 533 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 5: and hit the ball between the fielders instead of just 534 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 5: always I'm not a fan of the three outcome baseball, 535 00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 5: which is home run, strike, out of walk. I think 536 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 5: the most exciting players in baseball are like doubles and triples, 537 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 5: where you see if a outfielder can throw a guide 538 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,240 Speaker 5: at second or a relay throat and throw a guide 539 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 5: at third or out of the ball rattles around in 540 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,400 Speaker 5: the outfield. Those players are more exciting to me than 541 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 5: a home run. I'm not as much of a fan 542 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 5: of the runner on second base, but I'll live with that, 543 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 5: I guess, and as well as they take it away 544 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 5: in the postseason, and I'm not sure what else they 545 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 5: can do. I don't like. One thing I don't like 546 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 5: is the new scheduling where you play every team in baseball, 547 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 5: and you play the nationallygue teams three games. One year 548 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 5: it will be in your park, one year will be 549 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 5: in their park. And they've diminished the rivalries within the division, 550 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 5: which I kind of like, but they want to get 551 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 5: away from that, so the only playe sum in your 552 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 5: division twice at home and twice the road. 553 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 3: You mentioned doubles. 554 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,560 Speaker 2: You mentioned doubles and triples, and I just read a 555 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:12,120 Speaker 2: piece within the last week, basically suggesting that they are disappearing, 556 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 2: and it's not just because everybody's trying to hit you 557 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 2: launch angle, hit home runs, but that the defensive philosophy 558 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 2: has changed dramatically to the point where outfielders on average 559 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 2: are playing several feet deeper than they used to under 560 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 2: the belief that a single is not going to hurt 561 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,720 Speaker 2: us the way the game is played today, a double 562 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 2: and triple might. So therefore the numbers on doubles and 563 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 2: triples are way way down. So one of the suggestions 564 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 2: has been another rule change where you actually would have 565 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 2: some sort of a demarcation point where you would not 566 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 2: be allowed to play if you're an outfielder as deep 567 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 2: as the outfielders are now playing on a regular basis. 568 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 3: Does that interest you at all? Is that too complicated 569 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 3: or what do you think? 570 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 5: I don't like that one, and that seems like a 571 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 5: bridge too. Part of me of what you don't line 572 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 5: your fielders any way. You want to in the outfield, 573 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,000 Speaker 5: and you think you're going to get an advantage by 574 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 5: doing that, and good for you, but I think it's 575 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 5: more of a problem now that you have a lot 576 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 5: of guys who don't bust it out of the box. 577 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 5: They hit the ball and they think it's going to 578 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,040 Speaker 5: be out, they want to flip the bat or admire 579 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 5: what they've done instead of running hard out of the 580 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 5: box and getting to I believe that used to be 581 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 5: more guys grand hide first base, made a hard turn 582 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 5: at first base and pretty much challenge the outfielder to 583 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 5: get the ball in cleanly and on time to drive 584 00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 5: them back at first base. And when I see guys 585 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 5: that play that way now, I like those kinds of 586 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 5: players who like put the pressure on the defense. I'm 587 00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 5: going to go to second base unless you prove to 588 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 5: me that you're not gonna let me have it. 589 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 2: People want to believe that, well, this isn't just belief. 590 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 2: The numbers, the ratings for the World Baseball Classic were 591 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 2: very good, I think, very comparable. One could argue to 592 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 2: even some NBA, you know, playoffs series, and you had 593 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 2: World Series last year that caught a lot of attention 594 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 2: for all the obvious reasons. So there are folks who 595 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 2: believe that baseball has a chance to sort of capitalize 596 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 2: on a rebirth as well. 597 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 3: Did the WBC. Does that? 598 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 2: Does one thing have anything to do with the other 599 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 2: in terms of galvanizing fan interest translating it to a 600 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 2: Major League Baseball season. 601 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 5: I think the WBC help. I mean, it's gaining a 602 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 5: little tradition. Finally, it's been around that one for twenty years. 603 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 5: This year you got more buy in from the players, 604 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 5: although I'm not total buy in. I'm concerned that like 605 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 5: two or three of the pitchers that pitched to the 606 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 5: WBC were terrible and their first starts. So it was 607 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 5: yesterday with Logan Web got yeah, today's schemes got bombed. 608 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 5: I think the Cubs guy who was in the WBC 609 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 5: didn't pitch very well today. Excuse me. I'm afraid some 610 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 5: teams will push back letting guys participate, especially pitchers. But 611 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,479 Speaker 5: I think anytime you know, Mark Sheer only competing with 612 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 5: college basketball, anytime you can get more people talking about baseball, 613 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 5: I think it's a good thing. And I kind of 614 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,520 Speaker 5: like the idea of I've heard it talked about. The 615 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 5: next time they do it, maybe have like a ten 616 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 5: day pause in the middle of the season and put 617 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 5: the tournament then and give that a shot and see 618 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,040 Speaker 5: how that goes over. When guys are already be in 619 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 5: top shape and ready to play and there's definitely nothing 620 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 5: going on in the summer other than baseball in early July, 621 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 5: and see how that goes. 622 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 2: It is part of the challenge for baseball leadership that 623 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 2: you can make some changes that might help here and there, 624 00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 2: and perhaps in some cases in significant ways, like the 625 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,400 Speaker 2: the pitch clock and you lower, you know, the average 626 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:06,720 Speaker 2: length of the game significantly, as I think helps everybody. 627 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,479 Speaker 2: But that to a certain extent, there's only so much 628 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 2: messing with the game you can do the way the 629 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:18,600 Speaker 2: game is played in that there's just an attention span 630 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 2: issue for a lot of people. That a game that 631 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 2: slowly more slowly and deliberately tends to evolve. 632 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 3: It kind of is what it is. 633 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 2: And we're in a world in which there is obviously 634 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:32,560 Speaker 2: more interest and instant stuff for all the reasons that 635 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 2: we already know, and that there's only so much you 636 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,800 Speaker 2: can do. If if you mess with it too much, 637 00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 2: you're not going to get that much more progress anyway, 638 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 2: And that you've got to be careful that you aren't 639 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 2: really changing what the game is supposed to be about. 640 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:46,839 Speaker 3: What's the line there? 641 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 5: That's a great question. You know, you're right that there 642 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 5: is a line because Baseball more than the other sport 643 00:34:55,960 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 5: has a very strong contingent of fan through a tradition, 644 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:05,760 Speaker 5: and it's the history in terms of statistics in baseball, 645 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 5: and it's connection between fans and the game is stronger 646 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 5: than it is in other sports, and people use it 647 00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 5: as measuring stick to compare players of other era. So 648 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 5: if you make too many changes and if you're going 649 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,040 Speaker 5: to upset that group of fans, and I don't know 650 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 5: what costan it would be in terms of how many 651 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,400 Speaker 5: new fans are going to generate. As long as you 652 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 5: can keep games to two and a half hours of 653 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 5: two forty, that's not outrageous. I mean college football games 654 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:38,000 Speaker 5: are three hours and twenty minutes and games or three hours, 655 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 5: and I think people can hang in there for that. 656 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 5: And when you go to games now, it's not like 657 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 5: it was when we were kids. It's like any other 658 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:49,239 Speaker 5: professional sports where there's your senses are constantly being bombarded 659 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 5: by people throwing T shirts into the crowd or you know, 660 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 5: doing a a raffle or whatever whatever they do. They 661 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 5: have the three halfs on the school board. They run 662 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,440 Speaker 5: around circles and have you guess which one of the 663 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,799 Speaker 5: ball is under They don't never let you have a 664 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,040 Speaker 5: moment to actually will have a conversation with the post 665 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 5: next to you. 666 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 2: Lastly, well, I got a couple of minutes left, go 667 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:18,040 Speaker 2: right early today. Give me the Sweet sixteen men's basketball 668 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 2: tournament game either tonight or tomorrow night that intrigues you 669 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 2: the most. 670 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 5: For me, it's obviously Saint John's against the Duke. Patino 671 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 5: has a great history with Duke. He already brought up 672 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,480 Speaker 5: the lightner shot. Now he still owes him the last 673 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,440 Speaker 5: second shot. Yeah, victory. I think Shire has a lot 674 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 5: of pressure on him as the number one team to 675 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,839 Speaker 5: get to the final four. And Patino is known as 676 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 5: a great coach. Shires trying to be known as a 677 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 5: great coach. And that's that's the game. And in the 678 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 5: bottom half of that same bracket in Washington, DC tomorrow 679 00:36:56,280 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 5: is against Hurley. That's must team to see, you know, 680 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,399 Speaker 5: those guys folks walk the rests relentlessly. In Michigan State 681 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,759 Speaker 5: will play cyscical and I want to see that game. 682 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 5: And the other the other storyline remains the Big ten. 683 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,480 Speaker 5: I mean, well, they have sixteen, yeah, in the Final sixteen, 684 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,239 Speaker 5: and they haven't won that championship since two thousand. This 685 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,399 Speaker 5: is year they need to break through. Michigan's do one 686 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 5: seed Produe is two. What's the last of the four 687 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:33,520 Speaker 5: Illinois like Houston Snight, that's another really good game Illinois, 688 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,840 Speaker 5: the Balkan team from Mike part of the World, the 689 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,839 Speaker 5: balcon team Illinois against the Calvin Sampson's guys who are 690 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,440 Speaker 5: extremely physical. But it's a It's a good group of 691 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,880 Speaker 5: teams that are left. I'm looking forward to watching how 692 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 5: it's all in, folks. 693 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,799 Speaker 2: Uh, there's a theory that has been circulating the last 694 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,760 Speaker 2: few days that Duke is becoming less hateable for those 695 00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 2: who have made, you know, a cottage industry out of 696 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,520 Speaker 2: hating Duke. Do you buy that? I don't know if 697 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:01,239 Speaker 2: you're ever so we're a Duke cater, But do you 698 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 2: buy that theory? And if you do, what's what's allegedly 699 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,560 Speaker 2: different about not hating Duke as much as people have 700 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 2: felt obligated to over the years. 701 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 5: I've seen that mentioned. I don't agree with it. I mean, 702 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,160 Speaker 5: I don't hate Duke. I like them Moreland coach K 703 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 5: with the coach because I thought anytime you're around Coach 704 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,959 Speaker 5: K was interesting to talk to, you know, any coach 705 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 5: Olympic team and did a bunch of things for our country, 706 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 5: and but I'm sort of have fatigue. I mean, they 707 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,360 Speaker 5: get they're like the Dodgers. They get the best players 708 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 5: every year, and they've got the best freshman now every year. 709 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 5: And they's had it last year. They had flagged the 710 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 5: year before. They have philipous guys. And the other part 711 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 5: of Duke that I don't like is they also dominate 712 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:51,320 Speaker 5: the media. And they've got Jay Billis, They've got Jay Williams, 713 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 5: They've got Grant Hill. Uh, there's two anarchical. I mean 714 00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:00,359 Speaker 5: it's coach K. It's been pretty savvy. Yeah, he's kind 715 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,359 Speaker 5: of covered the market in terms of the media and 716 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 5: the thing. And if you look at Duke compared to 717 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,440 Speaker 5: the u c l A Replacing Wooden, or Indiana replacing Knight, 718 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:15,719 Speaker 5: or now Carolina replaces Roy Williams and initially the way 719 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 5: they replaced Dean, Duke's the only one that's got it 720 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,279 Speaker 5: right in Coach K. I'm sure it's very proud of that. 721 00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're probably right about that. 722 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,880 Speaker 2: Well, I hope it goes better for your socks club 723 00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 2: next time around. 724 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 3: Thanks for helping us out. Good luck with the allergies. 725 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,359 Speaker 2: Man, I'm sorry about the that's that doesn't sound fun, 726 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:35,919 Speaker 2: but we will We will talk soon. 727 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,920 Speaker 3: Thanks as always, Ricky, Thanks Daniel, much appreciated. 728 00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:44,320 Speaker 2: Rick Bosch, formerly Louisville Career Journal Covers, has covered college sports, 729 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 2: especially forever, but a huge hardcore baseball guy. I thought 730 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 2: today would be the day right to have him on 731 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:55,440 Speaker 2: again to talk more baseball than basketball for that reason alone, 732 00:39:56,239 --> 00:40:00,800 Speaker 2: because he does like the game, and and I'm curious 733 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,480 Speaker 2: to get from his perspective what's good about it, what 734 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 2: might be improved. And again, it's hard to ignore the 735 00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:10,920 Speaker 2: economic part of this thing. And again I don't think 736 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 2: he felt like he has an answer. I don't know 737 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 2: that I have an answer. I don't know if a 738 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 2: cap necessarily helps. A lot of people say it's simply 739 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 2: revenue sharing. But how you get the Dodgers to even 740 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,600 Speaker 2: share more than they that they than they do now? 741 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,520 Speaker 2: Is the age old question something I think kind of 742 00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 2: does have to have to change at some point. Interesting 743 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:35,320 Speaker 2: to hear he likes the pitch clock. I've endorsed the 744 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 2: pitchlock clock from the beginning, and I think I've been 745 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,360 Speaker 2: a lot of people have been vindicated. Remember it wasn't 746 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 2: popular then, and there are a lot of pitchers whining 747 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,960 Speaker 2: about it and you can't do that, and it's artificial. 748 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,719 Speaker 2: But guess what, everybody's adjusted and that has helped the 749 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 2: pacing in the game. Doesn't mean they're still like, you know, 750 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,799 Speaker 2: the game's got to end in a certain amount of time, 751 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 2: but it's meaning that the game tends to end more 752 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,719 Speaker 2: often in a certain amount of time as well. We're 753 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:07,080 Speaker 2: out early for Minnesota wild hockey. I want to thank 754 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,880 Speaker 2: Guardie who joined today. I want to thank Russo Radio 755 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 2: who joined today. Tomorrow a little bit more guards the 756 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 2: previewing Gopher game, which will be heard on the fan 757 00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,319 Speaker 2: tomorrow night. I'm hoping Lavelle I want to get on 758 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,200 Speaker 2: him about a couple of columns he's written recently, and 759 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 2: maybe Ben Gestling. 760 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,000 Speaker 3: We'll see if we want to give him perhaps the 761 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:25,439 Speaker 3: week off. 762 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 2: Thanks for watching, thank you for listening, and let's get 763 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:31,400 Speaker 2: ready for some wild puck action coming up next year. 764 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:37,200 Speaker 3: In the Fan