1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 3: Great eggs and welcome in our two of the program 10 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 3: we roll on here Fox Sports Radio. So much going 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: on two days to the Hall of Fame game. I 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 3: think it's like five days until that big Nickelback show 13 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: is part of the Hall of Fame experience. 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 4: Perfect. 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: It is a well choreographed machine we have rolling here 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 3: at Fox Sports Radio. Alex tyshert our technical producer, so 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 3: brilliantly bringing it back. But yeah, there's some estimates of 18 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 3: how much they're getting paid. Nice payday for Nickelback. Don't 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 3: tell me that people don't care. Mock them as you will. 20 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 3: At some point you bought the album and now you 21 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,440 Speaker 3: can find it at your local goodwill. But either way, 22 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 3: it's out there. It's out there. You had it at 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 3: Swollen Dome. At Ormberg, where you find us on Twitter, 24 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 3: of course, at Fox Sports Radio FORIDA plus affiliates nationwide. 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: Thanks for listen to us wherever you're at the iHeartRadio app. 26 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 3: We appreciate you being part of our extended family. We 27 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: always ask that you continue to evangelize. Send it along 28 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 3: to friends and family, tell them to listen in and rage, 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 3: and gage and look and entertain you along the way 30 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 3: and keep you informed of what's going on here in 31 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 3: our greater sporting universe. 32 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 2: But as we look. 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: Forward, here Rich one of the guys. You heard it 34 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 3: in Steve de Seger's update, Father time is not the 35 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: only thing trying to chase down Aaron Rodgers. No, Trey 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: Hendrickson is finally returned to camp. He took a little 37 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: time to heal, maybe mentally get away. That doesn't mean 38 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: that he has a deal in place. He and Mike 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 3: Brown and the team there, Tobin and all have to 40 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 3: still come to an agreement. But showing up we'll save 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 3: him at least well the fifty thousand dollars a day 42 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 3: that he can be fined under the CBA he's expected 43 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 3: to make currently what at fifteen point eight plus his 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 3: signing bonus whatever, get some to nearly eighteen point seven 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: or so in compensation this year before becoming an unrestricted 46 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,399 Speaker 3: free agent a year from now. But getting him back 47 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 3: on the defensive line after what was a horrid start 48 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 3: last year. Lunan Arumo ended up walking the plank because 49 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: they were just terrible. He was great, the rest of 50 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 3: that unit was awful, and Joe Burrow has his wide 51 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 3: receivers in tow as we talked about paying superstars. Got 52 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 3: it done and they finally get their first round pick, 53 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: and it looks like Hendrickson, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, 54 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,960 Speaker 3: but soon we'll give you under contract, so maybe the 55 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: defense can take a step forward so they don't give 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 3: away a month, even though that has been the norm 57 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 3: under the current coaching regime. 58 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, look, these these times in the preseason. 59 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 4: You know what, Mike, I have your question. I have 60 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 4: a question for you. 61 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 5: What do you think is the best team building exercise 62 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 5: for a preseason for a team in the preseason, I'm 63 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 5: talking about roster construction, I'm talking about negotiations. I'm talking 64 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 5: about like, if you're going to build the perfect team, 65 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 5: do you think that it matters whether or not you're 66 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 5: having banting or discussion about contracts leading into a season. 67 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 5: Do you want to completely quiet on those fronts or 68 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 5: do you think sometimes these things can actually help a franchise. 69 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 4: I think in any way, I. 70 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: Think stirred up a little bit. It can It can 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 3: be okay, is you know, there's always going to be 72 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 3: that push pull and as the owner, front office, whatever 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 3: you're trying to set, you know, online in the sand, 74 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 3: because everybody's watching what you do. Now, there's two schools 75 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 3: a thought to it, right, It's the how do you 76 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 3: treat your superstars? Because I'm not gonna get treated like 77 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 3: that if I'm one of the rank and file guys. Right, 78 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 3: So if you're not treating Hendrickson, and this goes back 79 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: to the Jerry Jones stuff as well, if I can't 80 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 3: get to an easy place without you assailing me in 81 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 3: the media and trying to eviscerate me. Even if it's 82 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 3: for show, it still becomes personal. Right, even if you know, 83 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: all right, this is part of the clown show. I 84 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 3: get it. I'm the latest guy that he's trotting up 85 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 3: on the stage. It's like a comedian doing crowd work. 86 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 3: It's like, all right, I see that guy. Maybe he's 87 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 3: a little goofy looking. Maybe he's he's gone a level above, 88 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 3: you know, like the classic sitcom pairings, you know, Kevin 89 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 3: James and Leah Remenie or whatever, Fred Flintstone and Wilma 90 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 3: that you know, she's the better looko on, he's the 91 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 3: slumpy guy. But that's the guy you're now going to 92 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 3: try to pick on at a comedy club. And it 93 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: just happens over the course of the night that's been 94 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: attempting with me. Guess what I do radio for a living, 95 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 3: So that usually doesn't work well for guys that are 96 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 3: trying to do you know, the crowd work it. They 97 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 3: pick on me. But it's very much that with Jerry Jones, Right, 98 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 3: all right, who's my next guy that I need to 99 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 3: talk about and try to see if I can get 100 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: some yucks from the room. Well, at some point you 101 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 3: get a little salty and you get a little tired 102 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 3: if your name keeps getting brought up. But that's just 103 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 3: the way Jerry Jones does business, and you deal with it. 104 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 3: Most of the other owners aren't doing that out in public, 105 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 3: but behind the scenes. The longer it drags on, the 106 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 3: more speculation. Depending how venomous the local media and local 107 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 3: talk shows may be because from a national perspective, as 108 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 3: much as folks can complain, hey, you know, they go 109 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 3: after and they talk about the Cowboys or the Steelers 110 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 3: like we'll do in a minute or three or four 111 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 3: of these teams a lot. That means you get to 112 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 3: fly under the radar. But guess what, it's still percolating 113 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 3: in your hometown to where it bubbles over. And that's 114 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 3: what you're gonna hear when you go to the grocery store, 115 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: to a restaurant, like it's there, the barber shop, all 116 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: the way down the line. So I think it's healthy 117 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: to a point, but you can't tell me it helped 118 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 3: the forty nine ers. Now, the injury bug and plague 119 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: that hit them certainly did the rest of the damage. 120 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 3: But going into camp fighting and trying to put out 121 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 3: fires on multiple fronts for multiple stars is not the 122 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 3: way to go. If it's one or two, I guess 123 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 3: it can drag out to a bit, but eventually, you know, 124 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 3: you got to make sure you do right because it 125 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 3: is an age where guys can have plenty of options 126 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,200 Speaker 3: and you can't restrict but one guy. When you look 127 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 3: at franchise tags, everybody else will have their opportunity to 128 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 3: look into the open marketplace. 129 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's no question about it. 130 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 5: I think that scuttle butts in the preseason oftentimes get 131 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 5: resolved for obvious reasons. 132 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 4: I think I think. 133 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 5: Both sides realize that after all is set up and done, 134 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 5: they need each other, right, you know, the owners need 135 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 5: the players, The players need the owners. The league in 136 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,559 Speaker 5: order for it to keep going, needs to have needs 137 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 5: to have a body of interested, hard working men who 138 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 5: are going to risk a lot to gain a lot. 139 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 5: And and that's that's that's the method to this madness, 140 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 5: so to speak. And you know, look again, that risk 141 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 5: is all around. It's omnipresent. Doesn't matter whether it's O, T, 142 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 5: A S. Or it's you know, preseason practices, preseason games, 143 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 5: or regular season toil. 144 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 4: Like it's there. 145 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 5: There are going to be guys who succumb, whether it's 146 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 5: too season ending injuries or it's two minor injuries, things 147 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 5: that they're gonna keep them off the field for a 148 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 5: little bit of time only practice time, but available for 149 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 5: game time, or or it could be something in between. 150 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 4: It's it's it's uh, it's it's haphazard. 151 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: Though, when you're one of those unfortunate teams that is 152 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:05,239 Speaker 5: going through through contract strife, negotiation issues, and or also 153 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 5: dealing with injuries in mass leading up to a season. 154 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: It can be it can be sometimes a harbinger of 155 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 5: things to come. Sometimes, you know, it's it's actually to 156 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:21,119 Speaker 5: your advantage to get through some of that strife, either 157 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,240 Speaker 5: in the preseason or the early season. And that's the 158 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 5: reason why I posed the question the way I did 159 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 5: to you is because I was curious if you were 160 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 5: on the side of you know, hey, you know, sometimes 161 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 5: you need to go through a little pain early. This way, 162 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 5: everything else seems a little bit easier as you roll 163 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 5: into the regular season, as you get going, get going 164 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 5: on with the games in the moments that really matter 165 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 5: for the twenty twenty five season. 166 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, some of it becomes the long term when you're 167 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 3: talking about contracts and how you handle your business. Right 168 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 3: you show, particularly if you have any level of continuity 169 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 3: in your squad, you know, this is how we're going 170 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 3: to handle things. And either you understand or you want 171 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: to and that's fine. Uh, but in the end, UH, 172 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: they'll make their The best decision. Where I think it 173 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 3: helps to a large degree, rich is if it drags 174 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 3: out a little bit and the guys not on the field. 175 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 3: Guess what other guys are getting reps? Yeah, other guys 176 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 3: are getting to look at you know, you know, but 177 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 3: in this case, the guys that are out there, and 178 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 3: that's not saying Hendrickson is necessarily going to go full 179 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: tilt at every workout whatever, but by him not being there, 180 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 3: other guys that may be called upon have to see 181 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 3: other looks. They've got to go against that, you know, 182 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 3: first unit of the Bengals, which is you know, formidable 183 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 3: in and of itself, that we know what that offense 184 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 3: is capable of. So not the offensive line necessarily, So 185 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 3: maybe not the right right example, but in this particular case, 186 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,200 Speaker 3: you know, because they don't grade out very well. Rich, 187 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 3: I think you you're well aware there that it really 188 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: comes under the the acumen the quick decision making getting 189 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 3: rid of the damn ball uh that Joe Burrow will 190 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 3: have to do. But it's it's to that point of 191 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 3: a little bit of stripe there does open up opportunity 192 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 3: right where you know, we watched in Cleveland, we talked 193 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: about them last hour. Canny Pickett not being available means 194 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 3: that Dylan Gabriel and Shade or Sanders are gonna get 195 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 3: more reps, They're gonna get more looks, more opportunities, more 196 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 3: coaching as opposed to sitting behind Pickett because Joe Flacco's 197 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 3: just there, like you know what he can do. But yeah, 198 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: Kenny Pickett still an approve it kind of situation coming 199 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 3: in on the cheap. You know, after riding high with 200 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 3: the Eagles that him missing time is significant for him, 201 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 3: but it also is for these rookies getting some reps, 202 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 3: and that trickles down through every other position when you 203 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 3: get into these stalemates or some of these these off 204 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 3: field kind of battles between the front office and the players. 205 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 5: Yeah, all that stuff really does matter, right, everything you 206 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 5: just mentioned, because everything affects everything the same way we're 207 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 5: talking about Micah Parsons earlier about how he has a 208 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 5: not just his his effect is global when we're talking 209 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 5: about the Dallas Cowboys because he's obviously a franchise shifting 210 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,959 Speaker 5: player and his talent is undeniable. 211 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,559 Speaker 4: His availability will. 212 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 5: Have an enormous impact on the whole roster, as will 213 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 5: Trey Hendrickson, as will any you know, main player, if 214 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 5: not you know, franchise player, and I mean significant player 215 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 5: on any team. But but yeah, when when a player 216 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 5: like that is going through contract strife or unavailable due 217 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 5: to injury or like in the case of the Rams, 218 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 5: Matthew Stafford, maybe it's a really bad back injury and 219 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 5: they're trying to hide it from us, or maybe they're 220 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 5: just being abundantly cautious with Matthew Stafford, which is smart 221 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 5: because he's an aging veteran or an age heed veteran 222 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 5: player who they're really leaning on this season. But what 223 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 5: does that mean. It means the rest of the roster 224 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 5: has to step up. So that means obviously at the 225 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,680 Speaker 5: position we're talking about, you know, in the terms of 226 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 5: the Cincinnati Bengals edge rusher, you know, Dallas Cowboys, if 227 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 5: there's limited reps for Micah Well, that's obviously a defensive 228 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,360 Speaker 5: end or a linebacker, you know, a quarterback in LA, 229 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,359 Speaker 5: these situations avail multitudes of opportunities for younger, hungry players 230 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 5: to prove themselves. 231 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 4: And so it's interesting. 232 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, contract strife can really harm a team at times, 233 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 5: but there can be a positive hangover or halo effect 234 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 5: because well, that guy's out, somebody else is working behind 235 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 5: the scenes, and that may fuel the fire of the 236 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 5: player who's coming back into the lineup after seeing a 237 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 5: young player maybe have some successes at practice, because there 238 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 5: is a competitiveness even inter squad. There's always competitiveness at 239 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 5: every position. It doesn't matter how well established the starter is. 240 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 5: You're always looking in the rearview mirror. And also if 241 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,520 Speaker 5: you're not on the field, technically speaking, you're getting worse 242 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 5: while everybody else is getting better. 243 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,640 Speaker 4: And so there's that aspect too. 244 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 5: It may help some of the younger guys on the 245 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 5: roster get the reps that they would be missing if 246 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 5: that superstar player who's in a contract negotiation wouldn't have 247 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 5: received if they were there. 248 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, to put it in perspective, go back to the 249 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,680 Speaker 3: Cowboys and the Micah Parsons CD lamp stuff right, go 250 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 3: back to pumping iron with Arnold Schwarzenegger says, you know, 251 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,960 Speaker 3: when you're on top of the mountain, the food it's 252 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:31,960 Speaker 3: always there. You're not hungry. These other guys are hungry. 253 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 3: That was my bad d and Arnold schwarzenegger quick impression. 254 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:41,199 Speaker 3: They're not hungry than not. But we continue on. We've 255 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: got our buddy Joff Palmerrosi joining us next. As we 256 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 3: talk Hall of Fame Ryan Sandberg, and we got forty 257 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 3: eight hours till the trade deadline. We had a guy 258 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 3: traded in the middle of a doubleheader today. Rich Hornberger, 259 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 3: we'll see if your squad down there in San Diego 260 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 3: has something in the offing. What are the Yankees doing? 261 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 3: The Dodgers doing they had to call up today so 262 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 3: much and more. John Paul Morosi joins us next rich 263 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 3: Orberg in for Jason Smith on Mike Harmon and This 264 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 3: is Fox Sports. 265 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 266 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 267 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 268 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 3: Welcome back in It's Fox Sport, It's Radio Jason Smith 269 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 3: Show with me Mike Harmon. No Jason Smith back tomorrow 270 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 3: in instead our buddy Rich Hornberger joins us again live 271 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 3: from San Diago. You hear him every morning down there. 272 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 3: You follow him on Twitter at Hornberger. 273 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 2: But Rich, we're. 274 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: Gonna stop our NFL talk for a minute. We're gonna 275 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 3: hit the brakes as if you got the red light, 276 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: you know, the red light green light drills, and now 277 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 3: you have to stop and just run in place for 278 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 3: a second. Ah, Now we're gonna go to our guy. 279 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 3: We're gonna go out to Major League Baseball. And you 280 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 3: hear this music, you know it can be only one 281 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 3: man MLB Network, longtime friend of the show, a legend 282 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: in his own right at John Morosi, j O N mrs. 283 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 3: I lead the Hut because Mom said so, as he's 284 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 3: confirmed on the show before. It's our buddy, John Paul 285 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: Morosi JP. Good to be with you. A big week 286 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 3: in Major League Baseball, starting with the Hall of Fame 287 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 3: induction and all the speeches, and we'll eventually get to 288 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 3: the trade deadline. 289 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 2: How you doing today, My friend doing. 290 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 6: Great, Mike and Rich one of my favorite weeks of 291 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 6: the year. Cooper's down over the weekend, and then of 292 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 6: course the trade deadline coming up. Each hero's speech is 293 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 6: one that we're going to remember forever. And Dave Parker 294 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 6: the second too. I thought his speech was especially poignant 295 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 6: in honor of his father, the rhymes at the end, 296 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 6: the back and forth with his words and his father's words. 297 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 6: Just an extraordinary day of speeches in a great weekend, 298 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 6: all the way around there in Cooper Soid of course 299 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 6: heavy hearts to the whole Baseball World on the passing 300 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 6: of Ryan Samberg, a legend of the game, a true gentleman, 301 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 6: someone whom I had the great pleasure to meet and 302 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 6: in the speak with on numerous occasions. So for all 303 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 6: of us that have had a chance to meet Ryan 304 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 6: Samberg and all of us has watched him play, I 305 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 6: know right now certainly heavy hearts all across the sports world. 306 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 3: Well, and that's it, right tweet you had, you know, 307 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 3: talking with Wade Boggs, and I saw this echoed with 308 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: a number of Hall of famers. Andre Dawson was delivering 309 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 3: a little bit of a speech at the National Sports 310 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 3: Collector's Convention going on in Rosemont, out there outside of Chicago, 311 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 3: and had to pause a couple of times as he 312 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 3: was recounting, you know what Ryan Sandberg meant to him 313 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 3: as a teammate and his eventual enshrinement in Cooperstown and 314 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 3: just so many not a dry eye thinking about it. 315 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 3: And me as a little southside Chicago boy, I hated 316 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 3: the Cubs, still do JP, but Samberg was one of 317 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 3: those guys you marveled at he. 318 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 6: Did, and and honestly, we saw a statement from President 319 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 6: Obama that echoes the same thing of course a White 320 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 6: Sox fan, and he shared in the solidarity for the 321 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 6: city of Chicago in the morning of a legend. And 322 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 6: you're right, Ryan Sandberg. I was actually just got a 323 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 6: text message from my brother today and the same statement 324 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 6: he made that we, of course grew up in Michigan, 325 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 6: but the Cubs were his national League team growing up 326 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 6: because of Sandberg and Dawson and Grace, And that was 327 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 6: not a unique statement to my brother, certainly because of 328 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 6: the appeal nationally of Sandberg on WGN. Of course, the 329 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 6: Braves are playing on TBS the time. And this just 330 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 6: kind of takes you back to the foundational elements of 331 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:42,239 Speaker 6: a lot of us as baseball fans. What drew us 332 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,160 Speaker 6: to the game. It's that everyday consistency and the chances 333 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 6: for brilliance, and Sandberg represented both. He represented the steadiness 334 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 6: at that position, the flawless defense for so many years, 335 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 6: and then the spectacular the two home runs off of 336 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 6: Brewce suitor and the way in which he became quickly 337 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 6: an icon of the game. Uh and and someone who 338 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 6: And then I'm glad you referenced the story that I 339 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 6: shared about Wade Box because I was interviewing Bogs we 340 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 6: had about an hour together, Wade and I, and we 341 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 6: talked about his career and the ups and downs of 342 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 6: his life, his career, and most importantly we talked about 343 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 6: friends and those that have supported him. And when he 344 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 6: talked about Ryan Samberg, he got very choked up and 345 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 6: it was hard for him to speak, and he looked 346 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 6: to the sky and said, take take care of my friend, Lord, 347 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,000 Speaker 6: because he knew, he knew how imminently this was likely 348 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,600 Speaker 6: going to happen, that conversation with Saturday, and here we 349 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 6: are just a couple of days later. So I with 350 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 6: heavy hearts and and certainly on the minds of everybody 351 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 6: that was in Cooperstown this weekend too. 352 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 4: Man. 353 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, sad said sad moment there for major League Baseball fans, 354 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 5: but as you mentioned, fans definitely looking forward to the 355 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 5: trade deadline. I would say there are a lot of 356 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 5: Major League Baseball cities. There are a couple that are 357 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 5: going to be more in the seller's seat instead of 358 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 5: the buyer's seat, the White Sox being one of them. 359 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 5: The Orioles potentially looking to deal position players, and you 360 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,000 Speaker 5: specifically mentioned in a tweet. I think this went out 361 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 5: about forty minutes Ago John that the Padres are looking 362 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 5: to deal Dylan Cees, but a rental starter wouldn't fit 363 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 5: for the White Sox the Orioles. So how would a 364 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 5: deal get done and the Padres get a backstop or 365 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 5: a position player that they so sorely need. 366 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:42,680 Speaker 6: Well, it's a great question. And here's basically what I've 367 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 6: been told in the last day or so that the Padres. 368 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 6: I think it's important to understand the context of why 369 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 6: Dylan Sees his name has been out there, and why 370 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 6: Robert swat as his name has been out there. It's 371 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 6: not that they're just trying to punt on the season, 372 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 6: that they're trying to deal within a budget. I think 373 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 6: their budget is not quite as flexible as it would 374 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 6: have been a couple of years ago when they were 375 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 6: very aggressive in making some signings, and so they have 376 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:13,679 Speaker 6: to stay within the budget. And if you're going to 377 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 6: be able to add a left fielder like Ramon Loreano, 378 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 6: for example, or Luis Robert Junior is another case, or 379 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 6: perhaps Stephen Kwan, the idea would be that you trade, 380 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 6: you would trade Cease, let's say, to a team that 381 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 6: needs a starting pitcher right now, perhaps the Chicago Cubs 382 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 6: for example, and then the Cubs would give you one 383 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 6: of their prospects, maybe Kevin Alcantra or others that are 384 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,159 Speaker 6: in the minor leagues there right now, and then you 385 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 6: would take that prospect again, let's say it's al Contra, 386 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 6: and then you would move that player along to Baltimore 387 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,960 Speaker 6: for Loreano, to the White Sox for Luis Robert Jr. 388 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 6: That's why you would involve that third team to say, 389 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 6: illitate a trade like this. And certainly Aj Preler, the 390 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:08,160 Speaker 6: Podres president of baseball operations, He's always been very imaginative. 391 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 6: He's not afraid to do uniquely structured deals, and so 392 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 6: in a lot of ways rich as you know from 393 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 6: following the Podreys carefully they're in the San Diego market 394 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 6: that they are, they're always interested in making creative trades. 395 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 6: And I think that Aj is buying and selling right 396 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 6: now for a very specific reason, which is that he 397 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,040 Speaker 6: has to maintain the budget. And you're almost thinking about 398 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 6: this like how an NBA team thinks about a trade, 399 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,479 Speaker 6: where at the deadline of the NBA is both you 400 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,960 Speaker 6: know better than me. You sometimes get contracts in, contracts 401 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 6: out because of the cap, and so you have to 402 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 6: be very creative. It's that same kind of a concept 403 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 6: right now, except we just have to do with the 404 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 6: Podres having a more fixed payroll number than typically they 405 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 6: have in recent years. 406 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 3: Got to make all those numbers match up in the NBA, 407 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 3: which is always fun, and then you get your apron 408 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 3: rules and whatever else. JP All that my usha the 409 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 3: inside baseball that we applied liberally to every other sport. 410 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 3: John Palmer Rossi our guest to Jason Smith schell with 411 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 3: me Mike carbon Rich Ornberger in for Jason Smith. Obviously, 412 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 3: I reside here in Los Angeles. Tough day at the 413 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 3: plate for Sho Hao Tani, but you've seen him back 414 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 3: on the mound. So it's one extra chip in the 415 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,840 Speaker 3: arms race, as it were. They have a call up 416 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 3: to the lineup. But what do we expect from the 417 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 3: from the Dodgers here as we get to the deadline, 418 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 3: Dustin May and others. Is it holding pat and just 419 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,640 Speaker 3: waiting for the for the cavalry to come back. 420 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 6: I don't think they're gonna wait, Mike. They are. They 421 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 6: are not the kind of team that waits, and so 422 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 6: I think that they will be aggressive. The focus more 423 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 6: than likely will be the bullpen. They need, I think 424 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 6: to address that part of their club. May going out 425 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 6: could be part of the thought process if if he 426 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 6: maybe ends up allowing them to to get more of 427 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 6: a true relief pitcher. I think May is someone who, yeah, 428 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 6: he's he's had some success with the starting pitcher in 429 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 6: this league, but by and large he's not been able 430 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 6: to be in every fifth day consistent starting pitcher. And 431 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 6: this team right now they need to figure out who 432 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,199 Speaker 6: their rotation is going to be going down the stretch. Now. 433 00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 6: You might do that by either potentially bringing in someone 434 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 6: that's a that's a high end starting pitcher, or you 435 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 6: do it by by perhaps protecting those starters by building 436 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 6: out your bullpen and handling the game from the back 437 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,959 Speaker 6: end forward. And I think that's probably the more expedient 438 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,159 Speaker 6: way to do things and the way in which the 439 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,719 Speaker 6: Dodgers are more than likely to proceed. So a lot 440 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 6: of those names you've been hearing, Ryan Helsley of the Cardinals, 441 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:50,200 Speaker 6: Peter Fairbanks of the Rays, Johann Duran of the Minnesota Twins, 442 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,680 Speaker 6: Harrison Bader could potentially be a fit for the Dodgers 443 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,239 Speaker 6: if there's a If there's a bigger deal there with 444 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 6: the Minnesota Twins, and you think about maybe Beata and 445 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 6: Durram together in the same deal. So right now the 446 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 6: name of the game for the Dodgers is going to 447 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 6: be pitching and certainly hoping that Mookie Betts has a 448 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 6: more Mooky like conclusion to the season than what he's 449 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 6: had to this point. 450 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah. 451 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 5: Let me ask you a more generalized question heading into 452 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 5: the second half of the season here trade deadline looming, 453 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 5: are there teams or a team in particular, that you've 454 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 5: been impressed with through the first half that maybe missing 455 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 5: some of the finishing work, Like, you know, if we're 456 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 5: going to compare it to a house, you know, the 457 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,840 Speaker 5: trim is in on, you know, all the windowsills aren't perfect. 458 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 5: You know, there might be some molding that still needs 459 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,199 Speaker 5: to be attached, but they are close to a finished product, 460 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 5: and you could see a great blossoming here as we 461 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,600 Speaker 5: head down the home stretch of the season. 462 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,439 Speaker 6: I'll give you two and they're both in the American League, 463 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 6: the Seattle Mariners and the Boston Red Sox. I think 464 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 6: the Mariners they probably I want to add a little 465 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 6: bit more bullpen, but I like the foundation of their team. 466 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 6: They were able to in my view, Rich very adeptly 467 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 6: manage the pitching injuries that they incurred earlier this year. 468 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 6: Logan Gilbert was out for a while, George Kirby was 469 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 6: out for a while. They called up a young native 470 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 6: of a great state of Michigan. By the way, Logan 471 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 6: Evans has pitched wonderfully. And I'm not just highlighting him 472 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 6: because it's from Michigan, but he's actually really he's a 473 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 6: really good pitcher. So Evans has been a godsend for them, 474 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 6: and they've already acquired Josh Naylor. But I look at 475 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 6: this team as maybe needing one more reliever, potentially two 476 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 6: more relievers. You can never have enough bullpen guys. Again, 477 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 6: the bullpen's the third of your team, so you got 478 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 6: to make sure that you fortify that part before you 479 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 6: begin the journey down the stretch. So I look at 480 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 6: the Mariners as maybe being a move or two away 481 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 6: from being a very dangerous team down the stretch. Now 482 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 6: the Boston Red Sox Bregman is back healthy. They reformulated 483 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 6: their team on the fly when they traded Roth Feldevers. 484 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 6: They're one of the best teams baseball since they made 485 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 6: that trade. Roman Anthony has been catalyzing the lineup from 486 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 6: the top. Again, I mentioned having a Bregman back in 487 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 6: healthy is really important. I think they may need one 488 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 6: more arm, and if they get one more arm, I 489 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 6: like the Boston Red Sox. I like them a lot. 490 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 6: The Blue Jays are in a really good position to 491 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 6: win the division, but I look at the Red Sox 492 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 6: as being poised to make a nice run, maybe claim 493 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 6: the first wild card, hosts a playoffs series at Senway, 494 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,679 Speaker 6: and be a team that no one wants to face 495 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 6: in the postseason because in Garrett Crochet, I think rich 496 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,199 Speaker 6: the Red Sox have one of the true aces in 497 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 6: the entire American League. Scooble is won, obviously, Crochet might 498 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 6: be when you look at the field of teams that 499 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 6: actually make the playoffs, Crochet is going to be one 500 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 6: of the top five starting pitchers in probably either side 501 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 6: of the bracket, including the National League. He's really that good, 502 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 6: and I look at him as being a true postseason eighth, 503 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 6: the kind of guy the Red Sox have not had 504 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 6: in a while, and I think it's going to be 505 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 6: a very very I think it's gonna be very very 506 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 6: good October for the Boston Red Sox. I like the 507 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 6: way that team is built, and I would love to 508 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 6: see them play in October. 509 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 3: Can't wait to see Garrett Croche and Carlos Rodin size 510 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 3: it up each other in the final stretches off for 511 00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 3: for a title, you know, and then as the White 512 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 3: Sox guy just point and go, I knew where there 513 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 3: they are. There they are the only the. 514 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 6: Only better thing would be if if the Red Sox 515 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 6: acquire or even let's say the Dodgers acquire Luis Roberts Jr. 516 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 6: And he goes off like Manny Ramirez circa two thousand 517 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 6: and eight. That's that's also a possibility, which you know 518 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 6: what's gonna happen. Look, and I wasn't even gonna mention 519 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 6: tonight in former Red Sox Exploits, But did you just 520 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 6: see who had a Grand Slam for the Milwaukee Brewers 521 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 6: and that. 522 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: In that NL Yeah down there, yeah. 523 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 6: The omer White Sox versus Baseman and the former Calbert. 524 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 3: Andrew vaughs, Yeah, get him out of Chicago. Suddenly he 525 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 3: remember not to hit all of that to say, And look, 526 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 3: you mentioned your in Seattle Mariners. It's a running bit 527 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 3: on the show of predicting. 528 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 4: Great. 529 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 3: Thanks Julio, Rodriguez now hitting for power once again. But 530 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 3: last thing for us JP is that you know, with 531 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,720 Speaker 3: and with Aaron Judge hitting the IL, cal Rally is 532 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 3: now your favorite to win at al MVP. 533 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 6: He is. And listen, I thought that even before Judge 534 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 6: went on the IL that there was a very real 535 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 6: chance that Ralli was going to win that award again. 536 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 6: Right now, it looks good for the Mariners to make 537 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 6: the playoffs. Even if they miss it, which I don't 538 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 6: think they will, it's going to be barely. And so 539 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 6: Raleigh would be the reason that his team is right there, 540 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 6: either in the playoffs or on the cuff of it. 541 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 6: And he's working on what we could objectively describe as 542 00:28:55,680 --> 00:29:01,959 Speaker 6: the single best offensive, power hitting, lugging season by a 543 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:05,120 Speaker 6: catcher in the history of the game. And we just 544 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 6: came came back from Cooperstown, where you're very used to 545 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 6: saying things like this had never happened before the first 546 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 6: time ever it had happened. And when you say that 547 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 6: about a player, typically that gets you, as Mad Dog 548 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 6: Russ would say, some black type next to your name 549 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 6: in a big time season, that gets you an award. 550 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 6: And that's exactly the kind of year that cal Rally 551 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 6: from the great state of North Carolina is working on 552 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,720 Speaker 6: there for the Seattle Mariners. 553 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 3: He's a legend Hall of Famer himself. It's John Paul 554 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 3: Morosi with us. Joins us each and every week MLB 555 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:44,800 Speaker 3: Network has been with us, a longtime friend of the show, 556 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 3: a Michigander loving his soccer and hockey talk as well. 557 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,719 Speaker 3: But coming off to the high of the Hall of 558 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 3: Fame induction weekend, JP, thanks for stopping by. I'm sure 559 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 3: we'll talk to you later on in the week as 560 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 3: all these trades get consummated and we see a reconcile 561 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 3: to Major League Baseball slate for the end of this season. 562 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 6: Love it. And by the way, just for the benefit 563 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 6: of factual accuracy, the only Hall of Fame that I'm 564 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 6: in is for the ethics Sollhampton Public Schools, which I 565 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 6: am very proud of, by the way, But that's the 566 00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 6: only hall of fame that I'm in, just so clear. 567 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 3: That's all right. I'm building my own hall of famers 568 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 3: there you go. Hey, it's kind of a big dam 569 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,640 Speaker 3: And look, I'm a very discerning kind of guy, you 570 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 3: know me. I hate everybody except you at John Morosi, 571 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 3: where you find well, I mean, he was the first 572 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 3: guy to accept the invitation. The rest of you let 573 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 3: it go to spam on me at John Morosi where 574 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 3: you find him on Twitter. 575 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 2: J O N j O N M O R O S. 576 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 3: I keep an eye on everything he's got popping circulating 577 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 3: across the rumor mill for Major League Baseball. And now 578 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 3: let's send it over to our guy, Steve de Seger. 579 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 3: He's going to tell me how far Kyle Schwarzer hit 580 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 3: that home run against the White Sox. 581 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 7: You know you're talking about Andrew Vaughn of Milwaukee. Sarah 582 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 7: Langstadt to pass along tonight. This guy, since he left 583 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 7: the White Sox for Milwaukee, has twenty one RBIs in 584 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 7: fifteen games with his new team. The record is twenty 585 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 7: four RBIs in your first fifteen games with a new franchise, 586 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,720 Speaker 7: and that mark was set one hundred years ago. Milwaukee 587 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 7: beat the Cubs nine to three. Vaughn was six runs 588 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 7: betted in, including a Grand Slam. The Brewers are first 589 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 7: in the NL Central, two games over the Cubs in 590 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 7: the NL East. The Mets started the day a game 591 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,280 Speaker 7: and a half up on the Phillies. Phils did win 592 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 7: six to three, at the White Sox Kyle Schwarber with 593 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 7: his thirty seventh home run. The Padres are leading the 594 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 7: Mets in San Diego two to one in the top 595 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,959 Speaker 7: of the seventh, and Juan Soto of the Mets has 596 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 7: left the game fouled the ball off his foot. The 597 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 7: injury is called a bruse. Pittsburgh at the Giants tied 598 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 7: one to one in the eighth, a six to one 599 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 7: over Seattle bottom of the fifth, and an Anaheim Angels 600 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 7: lead Texas three to two in the top of the sixth. 601 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 7: Wins for Miami and Houston, wins for Boston and Kansas. 602 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 7: The Royals today designated veteran pitcher Rich Hill for assignment. 603 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 7: Kansas City Tonight did win nine to six over Atlanta. 604 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 7: The Braves Ronald Acuna left with achilles tightness. He is 605 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 7: in a walking boot. The Dodgers with a run top 606 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 7: of the ninth one at Cincinnati five to four. 607 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 2: Cleveland beat Colorado ten to four. 608 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 7: The Rockies record now twenty eight and seventy nine. Baltimore's 609 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 7: won five straight after sweeping a doubleheader against bolt Against Toronto, 610 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 7: the first place team in the ALIS, the Yankees won 611 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 7: seven to five over Tampa Bay winning pitcher Max Freed 612 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 7: twelve to four. Detroit beat Arizona twelve two. Bengals defensive 613 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 7: end Trey Hendrickson will report to training camp on Wednesday. 614 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 7: He's been holding out for a new contract. The Jets 615 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 7: signed veteran kicker Nick Folk. Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely 616 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 7: will miss a few weeks after rolling his ankle at 617 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 7: practice in the WNBA, three games wins for Golden State, 618 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 7: Washington and maybe Las Vegas. Tonight, Vegas is leading at 619 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 7: LA seventy six fifty seven with only eight minutes to go. 620 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 7: Cameron did not start, but did return from the torn 621 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 7: acl of over a year ago for the Sparks. While 622 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,120 Speaker 7: they were down twenty six to nine by the time 623 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 7: she got in the game, she did hit her first 624 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 7: shot at three. She has three points in ten minutes 625 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 7: off the bench. In women's soccer, Copa America semifinal went 626 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 7: to Brazil tonight on FS one, five to one over Uruguay. 627 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 7: The final against Columbia is Saturday on FS one and 628 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 7: by the way, Fox TV had the Women's Euros and 629 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 7: the final was this past weekend, which England won. 630 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 3: That drew over one. 631 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,360 Speaker 7: Point three million viewers next final over the weekend. By 632 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 7: the way, the BBC announced for their audience overseas, over 633 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,640 Speaker 7: twelve million viewers for England's win. 634 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 3: Back to you, still marveling at how they were able 635 00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 3: to pull that off, Rich. They were the little engine 636 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,720 Speaker 3: that wouldn't stop. Yeah, they were a prohibitive favorite along 637 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 3: with Spain to win the thing, but it was not easy. 638 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 7: I think they lost their first game. It took two 639 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 7: late goals in the quarterfinals and then a penalty kicks win, 640 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 7: and then the semi final they were stopped on three 641 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 7: straight penalty kicks and. 642 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:09,560 Speaker 3: Still advanced, still advanced at Steve Desager at the News desk. 643 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 3: Rich Ormberger in for Jason Smith, I'm Mike Harmon. You 644 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 3: know that Andrew Vaughn home run highly profitable for one individual, 645 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,600 Speaker 3: as we found out on social media. We'll talk about that. 646 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 3: Oh and an x NBA player who tried to pull 647 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 3: a Danny Ocean, or so it would seem. What's that 648 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 3: all about. 649 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 650 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 651 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,080 Speaker 2: pm Pacific. 652 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 3: Nice, you're going out of his way of trying to 653 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 3: infuriate me. See if I'll start screaming at him on air, 654 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,279 Speaker 3: now you won't get that. I'll just kill you with 655 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 3: kindness exactly. Welcome back and Jason Smith Show with Me, 656 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,360 Speaker 3: Mike Harmon, rich Ormberger. 657 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 2: In for Jason tonight. 658 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 3: In theory, mister Smith will be back in the big 659 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:58,439 Speaker 3: chair with me tomorrow night. 660 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 2: He tuned. We'll see if he. 661 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,279 Speaker 3: Teases his return and what he brought us back as 662 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 3: gifts from his Michigan experience. Maybe hung out with job PALMROSI. 663 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 3: I don't know. I have no idea possible. You never can. 664 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 5: Recent inductee to the Harmon Institute Hall of Fame. 665 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 3: No, that's right, really nice, the South Harmon Institute of Technology. 666 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 3: Like in accepted. 667 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 8: Don't use the acrony no no, no, yeah, yeah. We 668 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,879 Speaker 8: smile and we just keep going as we do here 669 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,360 Speaker 8: at Fox Sports Radio, no question about it. Rich Oreenberger 670 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 8: in with me, and we're having a blast hanging out 671 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 8: with you all here across our Fox Sports Radio universe. 672 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 8: But one of the things that I wanted to pay 673 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,560 Speaker 8: off was there was a bet that was put out 674 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 8: and we saw it across social media. A guy placed 675 00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 8: a twenty six thousand dollars bet on a player to 676 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 8: record in any time Grand Slam today because you had 677 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 8: a big slate. 678 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,839 Speaker 3: Wow, minus one thirty were his odds. Well, it paid 679 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,840 Speaker 3: out forty six thousand dollars with that von Grand Slam 680 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 3: implied odds fifty six percent. Last year, there were one 681 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 3: hundred and forty six Grand Slams in the approximately one 682 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 3: hundred and eighty day Major League Baseball calendar. 683 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:22,960 Speaker 4: Wow. 684 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a that's a pretty crazy hit on that one. 685 00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 3: Pretty good payout too, And the fact that it's Andrew 686 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,760 Speaker 3: Vaughn just makes me smile. You know, there's just something, 687 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 3: I mean, he vanquishes the Cubs, but it's good to see, 688 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,400 Speaker 3: you know, a guy get away and perform well. And 689 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 3: it's not just pitchers that we can't get right and 690 00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 3: keep around the ballyard, as we talked about with Crochet 691 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 3: and Carlos Rodin with John Paul Morosi, now turning our 692 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 3: attention to the fun and exciting world of the NBA. 693 00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,959 Speaker 3: Marcus Morris arrested Sunday on a fraud charge. Now what 694 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,600 Speaker 3: was it? Apparently arrested at an airport due to a 695 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:09,800 Speaker 3: quote insufficient funds check and now there's the question of 696 00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 3: a large amount with a casino debt that had not 697 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 3: been paid to the tune of some two hundred and 698 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 3: fifty thousand dollars. So, just so everybody understands, there's zero 699 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,479 Speaker 3: fraud here or whatever crap outlets have said regarding fake 700 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 3: checks or whatever, this is due to an outstanding marker 701 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,480 Speaker 3: with a casino. Apparently, if you have over twelve hundred dollars, 702 00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 3: they can issue a warrant for your arrest. Absolute insanity. 703 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 3: But yeah, so it was starting to circulate over unpaid 704 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 3: credit by talking about fake checks and payments and trying 705 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:53,279 Speaker 3: to push this away. But boy, once the cat's out 706 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 3: of the bag, man, that is some next level stuff. 707 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:57,799 Speaker 4: Yeah. 708 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 5: I mean, look, you know, we are well aware that 709 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:09,640 Speaker 5: gambling culture is rife amongst especially NBA players, But but 710 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 5: I'm not just going to limit it limit it to 711 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 5: NBA players because we've heard of, you know, gambling scandals 712 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,359 Speaker 5: with baseball in the NFL as well. But it just 713 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,399 Speaker 5: feels like there's a culture in the NBA. You hear 714 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 5: it all the time. At the free throw line. Somebody 715 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 5: challenges somebody, Hey, you'll miss the shot, or you know, 716 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 5: ten thousand dollars on this next. 717 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 4: One, you know what I mean, or whatever it might be. 718 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:38,799 Speaker 5: No golf trips, you know, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley famous 719 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 5: for their their golf bets and things like that, you know, 720 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,880 Speaker 5: card playing on the planes. I mean, did I see 721 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 5: some of this in the NFL in terms of, you know, 722 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 5: a game of bou Ray in the back of the plane, 723 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:58,360 Speaker 5: you know, or Yuker on my way home from various travels. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 724 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 5: But like, but does it seem a little bit more 725 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,440 Speaker 5: prevalent in certain leagues than others? Yeah, it does, and 726 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 5: I think they're I think there may be a little 727 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,160 Speaker 5: bit of a more of a more of a culture 728 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 5: of it in the NBN. 729 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 4: I'm not sure why. Maybe it's honestly, it's. 730 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,080 Speaker 5: Probably because these guys are constantly on the plane together 731 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:25,319 Speaker 5: and they're they're a limited number of people in a 732 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,200 Speaker 5: very confined space. It almost it almost feels like you 733 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:31,319 Speaker 5: kind of need, you need to do something with each 734 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,560 Speaker 5: other other than just have conversations and catching about up 735 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:35,720 Speaker 5: about each other's lives. 736 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 4: You already know everything going on in everybody's life. 737 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, so you've been held in custody down in Broward County. 738 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 3: According to the New York Post via TMZ, a couple 739 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 3: of markers one hundred fifteen thousand from the MGM Grand 740 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,840 Speaker 3: and one hundred and fifty thousand at the Win Las Vegas. 741 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 3: So two sixty five total bad checks that he didn't 742 00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 3: pay back when they didn't cash. So we'll see how 743 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 3: this one plays. But you know, how'd you feel about 744 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 3: pulling a job with about five other guys? We do 745 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,719 Speaker 3: a full on reservoir dogs with it. Next, he's Rich 746 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,719 Speaker 3: Mornberger in for Jason Smith. As we continue here from 747 00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:15,759 Speaker 3: the Fox Sports Radio Studios, turn our attention back into 748 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,280 Speaker 3: the National Football League and answer the question about Aaron 749 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 3: Rodgers and