WEBVTT - Not So Fast Episode 21 0:00:01.230 --> 0:00:05.189 Welcome to Not So Fast with Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz, 0:00:05.410 --> 0:00:08.690 where two longtime friends challenge each other on the biggest 0:00:08.730 --> 0:00:09.870 sports stories. 0:00:09.570 --> 0:00:12.610 Of the day. Here's Andrew Perloff and Paul Patz. 0:00:13.470 --> 0:00:14.590 Not so fast, my friends. 0:00:19.870 --> 0:00:22.850 Welcome to Not So Fast. I'm Andrew Perloff. He's Paul Paps. 0:00:23.150 --> 0:00:25.810 We're in the DP Show Man Cave in the baseball 0:00:25.870 --> 0:00:28.270 corner because it is wild card time. 0:00:28.370 --> 0:00:29.890 Yeah, it's a great day today. We've got a lot 0:00:29.930 --> 0:00:32.580 coming up on the show. Hit all the games, yesterday's games, 0:00:32.620 --> 0:00:36.000 today's games on NBC and Peacock. Bonus coverage, Florida Gators 0:00:36.060 --> 0:00:38.420 running back Jaden Ball. What a month he's had for 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:40.460 the Gators at 4-0. He'll join us in 20 minutes. 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:42.560 Awesome. All right, what do we got on tap today? 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.600 The MLB postseason continues on NBC and Peacock. First up, 0:00:46.740 --> 0:00:49.800 Phillies and the Braves, followed by the White Sox and Astros. 0:00:49.820 --> 0:00:52.600 I know you're tuned into that. Then, of course, in primetime, 0:00:52.640 --> 0:00:55.780 Game 2, Red Sox at the Yankees. Then, to tap 0:00:55.820 --> 0:00:59.230 it off, Cubs face the Padres. MLB Wild Card presented 0:00:59.270 --> 0:01:04.310 by Abbey begins this afternoon. NBC and Peacock. Paul, yesterday 0:01:04.370 --> 0:01:05.090 was awesome. 0:01:05.130 --> 0:01:07.150 It was a fun day here. All the bros got 0:01:07.190 --> 0:01:08.730 over there on the couches, and we were watching the 0:01:08.770 --> 0:01:11.010 games right off the jump. And what really stands out 0:01:11.030 --> 0:01:13.030 about the Wild Card now, since they changed it about 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.779 five years ago, three games on the road. Best of three. 0:01:17.100 --> 0:01:19.580 The urgency right off the bat. We were watching Philadelphia. 0:01:19.660 --> 0:01:22.220 Philadelphia got to Chris Sale early. And when they did that, 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:24.060 and we're going to talk about the Yankees in a second, 0:01:24.100 --> 0:01:27.280 but when they got to that game and they get 0:01:27.300 --> 0:01:30.440 a couple runs early, it's like, we're there. And vice versa. 0:01:30.459 --> 0:01:32.280 If your team's losing even in the first couple of 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.300 innings of the first game, it doesn't look good. 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:36.500 It was a little embarrassing for me. I'm a Phillies fan. 0:01:36.660 --> 0:01:39.040 And the whole crew, the whole Dan Patrick show crew, 0:01:39.060 --> 0:01:40.640 the Not So Fast crew, was sitting around on the 0:01:40.660 --> 0:01:43.179 couch watching the game. And I was pacing. You know 0:01:43.220 --> 0:01:44.360 how you get during a game. 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.580 Baseball pacing. You're like Leo Mazzoni going like this. 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.020 Yeah, everyone's like relaxed. It's only game one. But that's 0:01:49.060 --> 0:01:51.280 not the way the wild card works. They kept flashing 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:54.640 the stat that winners of game one have won 15 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:56.970 of 16 wild card series since they changed the format. 0:01:57.480 --> 0:01:59.410 I find the wild card round brutal. One of the 0:01:59.450 --> 0:02:01.970 most brutal things in sports. Because you work so hard 0:02:01.990 --> 0:02:03.450 to get there, then it's over like that. 0:02:03.550 --> 0:02:06.150 It's fair but brutal. It's like the NCAA tournaments. You're 0:02:06.210 --> 0:02:07.850 one and done. This is three and done. So at 0:02:07.870 --> 0:02:09.329 least you have a chance to kind of work with 0:02:09.370 --> 0:02:11.410 your pitching staff. Let's get right to the first game. 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.980 Yankees over the Red Sox 9-0. Now, when you see 9-0, 0:02:15.020 --> 0:02:16.860 if you didn't watch that game, the first few innings 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:19.540 felt like a great game. Peyton Tolley was playing well, 0:02:20.020 --> 0:02:21.730 and then he got away from them. And Ben Rice 0:02:21.790 --> 0:02:24.710 took over. Cam Schlittler took over. And those two guys, 0:02:24.750 --> 0:02:27.329 when you have two hammers, it's like having a great 0:02:27.370 --> 0:02:29.730 goaltender in hockey, but you also have a great scorer. 0:02:30.350 --> 0:02:32.050 They were able to shut down the Red Sox, and 0:02:32.070 --> 0:02:34.169 the Red Sox don't have an answer, not a bat 0:02:34.230 --> 0:02:35.630 that can keep up with, like, Ben Rice. 0:02:35.850 --> 0:02:37.910 Well, yeah. I mean, listen, you say they have two hammers. 0:02:37.940 --> 0:02:40.060 You would think one of those hammers would be Aaron Judge. 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.480 I don't think anyone saw Ben Rice having a record-breaking 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:44.959 game one, let alone the rest of the Yankees lineup, 0:02:44.980 --> 0:02:47.079 which hasn't done anything in a long time. All of 0:02:47.100 --> 0:02:47.940 a sudden, they all showed up. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:49.600 But if you go back to the Red Sox, they 0:02:49.660 --> 0:02:51.760 have a very good pitcher, a very good pitching staff. 0:02:51.780 --> 0:02:54.440 They were 12-12 down the stretch. They feel like a 0:02:54.460 --> 0:02:57.360 team that kind of eased into the playoffs. Roman Anthony's 0:02:57.380 --> 0:03:01.060 a good player. He's not available. He's hurt. The days 0:03:01.100 --> 0:03:04.079 of Mookie Betts are over. The days of David Ortiz 0:03:04.139 --> 0:03:06.370 are over. They don't have that guy in the lineup 0:03:06.410 --> 0:03:09.550 that you fear, and that really limits them. And Ben Rice, 0:03:09.570 --> 0:03:11.990 like you said, he's not a superstar, but he is 0:03:12.030 --> 0:03:13.250 a guy who could have a game like that, and 0:03:13.270 --> 0:03:13.490 he did. 0:03:13.710 --> 0:03:15.750 Wow, the Red Sox, the narrative was going to hammer 0:03:15.770 --> 0:03:18.070 them with left-handed pitching, all the left-handed batters, and the 0:03:18.110 --> 0:03:20.870 left-handed batters just got to them. It's not what you expect, 0:03:21.210 --> 0:03:23.649 but again, that's my problem with the wild card. It feels, 0:03:24.090 --> 0:03:25.990 and this is me, it feels done in a way. 0:03:26.230 --> 0:03:28.850 You watch that game, you watch how dominant Slater was 0:03:28.889 --> 0:03:31.630 against the The Red Sox, can the Red Sox come 0:03:31.669 --> 0:03:33.870 back from that? I find that it's a very tough assignment. 0:03:33.889 --> 0:03:36.470 Well, I find that fans, especially of a team on 0:03:36.490 --> 0:03:38.309 the downside, like if you're a Red Sox fan, we've 0:03:38.330 --> 0:03:39.950 got a couple of Red Sox fans in the building, 0:03:40.330 --> 0:03:41.570 and they are demoralized. 0:03:41.650 --> 0:03:41.870 Yes. 0:03:41.950 --> 0:03:43.710 And it's the runs that do it. If you lost 0:03:43.750 --> 0:03:46.150 that game 2-1, it's the same result. But if you 0:03:46.190 --> 0:03:49.110 lose 9-0, you feel inept. And it kind of puts 0:03:49.150 --> 0:03:52.280 like a big eraser on the entire season. Like, let's 0:03:52.290 --> 0:03:54.180 go to the Cubs. Let's go to the Padres over 0:03:54.220 --> 0:03:57.200 the Cubs, 8-0. I watched that game, and the Padres 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.900 fans were in it right off the jump. Tatis gets 0:03:59.920 --> 0:04:02.200 the home run in the bottom of the first. Machado 0:04:02.220 --> 0:04:03.360 gets a home run in the bottom of the first. 0:04:03.620 --> 0:04:05.540 It felt like that game was over before it started 0:04:05.580 --> 0:04:07.880 because the Cubs were getting eaten alive on Michael King, 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.270 the Padres starter. And they they felt like they had said, well, 0:04:11.410 --> 0:04:12.930 this is not going to work out for us today. 0:04:12.970 --> 0:04:16.210 Yeah. If you're somebody who believes stars win in the postseason, 0:04:16.610 --> 0:04:18.650 the Padres are your team. I mean, that that team 0:04:18.690 --> 0:04:21.810 has legit star power. And these guys, all of them 0:04:21.830 --> 0:04:23.529 have been in the playoffs for a while. I feel 0:04:23.550 --> 0:04:25.950 like I've been watching Tatis and Machado in the playoffs 0:04:25.990 --> 0:04:26.590 for a long time. 0:04:26.710 --> 0:04:28.450 And if you watch that play, I know one play 0:04:28.470 --> 0:04:30.040 doesn't make a ball game, but going back to that 0:04:30.070 --> 0:04:33.960 Tatis home run, PCA almost got it. He almost robbed that. 0:04:33.980 --> 0:04:36.820 Can you imagine if that inning ends 0-0 off a 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.520 Pete Crow Armstrong robbery of a home run? It wasn't. 0:04:39.940 --> 0:04:42.890 Machado goes yard there. The fans were already into it, 0:04:43.180 --> 0:04:44.560 and it was galactic after that. 0:04:44.740 --> 0:04:47.280 No, you could tell that was out of the four games. 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.020 I mean, there were some attendance problems at two of 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.600 the games. Yep. That was the game that was most bananas. 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.460 Yankee Stadium was also a little bit nuts. 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:55.780 And if you look at Tatis and Machado, those guys 0:04:55.820 --> 0:04:58.620 were superstars and have had their issues. They've cooled off 0:04:58.660 --> 0:05:00.900 in their careers. Tatis had the season where he was 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.240 hurt and was suspended, no offense. But they did it 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:05.900 last night. The other thing that really stood out to 0:05:05.940 --> 0:05:08.180 that game, going back to the Cubs kind of mailing 0:05:08.220 --> 0:05:11.000 it in at the end, seventh inning, Tatis goes to 0:05:11.020 --> 0:05:13.860 steal second base, right? And the ball goes off his foot, 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:17.400 careens into the outfield. The outfielders were lackadaisical. Tatis gets 0:05:17.460 --> 0:05:20.240 right back on his horse. starts hustling towards home plate, 0:05:20.620 --> 0:05:24.180 and gets another insurance run. And watch this play here. Bango, 0:05:24.860 --> 0:05:27.669 watch the outfield. Hey, guys, there's a loose ball here. 0:05:27.750 --> 0:05:30.089 Why don't we grab it before Tatis cruises into home plate? 0:05:30.470 --> 0:05:32.690 Yeah, and the play wasn't even close. I think this 0:05:32.770 --> 0:05:35.210 is the iconic moment right there of the entire series. 0:05:35.570 --> 0:05:37.469 It could be one of those moments for the whole playoffs. 0:05:37.490 --> 0:05:39.550 I'm not going to say it's Derek Jeter diving into 0:05:39.589 --> 0:05:40.690 the crowd, but that was cool. 0:05:40.750 --> 0:05:42.750 It did set the tone, and it set the tone that, like, 0:05:42.910 --> 0:05:45.330 we can score seven runs. And the Cubs are known 0:05:45.390 --> 0:05:47.790 for scoring runs and for winning in late innings. It 0:05:47.830 --> 0:05:49.710 felt like they didn't even engage that that could be 0:05:49.730 --> 0:05:51.070 a possibility at the end of the game. 0:05:51.270 --> 0:05:54.560 Yeah, it felt like a moral victory. Meanwhile, my Phils 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.000 had it, Paul. And this is a story of the 0:05:57.020 --> 0:06:00.460 Philadelphia Phillies for this era. I don't think Bryce Harper 0:06:00.580 --> 0:06:02.180 and Kyle Schwarber are ever going to win a World Series. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.440 I'll tell you exactly why. Any Phillies fans know this. 0:06:04.900 --> 0:06:07.810 The bullpen in the playoffs have been terrible. They have 0:06:07.870 --> 0:06:12.609 a 12.19 ERA when leading after the sixth inning loss. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:19.060 since 2024. So yesterday, they got to Atlanta early. The 0:06:19.260 --> 0:06:21.240 one pitcher that was going to beat them, Chris Sale 0:06:21.260 --> 0:06:23.669 of the Braves, they had a lead. He left, and 0:06:23.690 --> 0:06:25.560 they still could not come away with a W. 0:06:25.650 --> 0:06:27.330 It's, again, one of those games where you see that 0:06:27.390 --> 0:06:29.489 Chris Sale had a four-hitter. You're like, wow, he was dealing. 0:06:29.570 --> 0:06:31.250 They did get to him earlier. They had a chance 0:06:31.270 --> 0:06:33.130 to knock him out of the box, and they didn't 0:06:33.170 --> 0:06:35.310 do so. I don't think the Phillies are done. They 0:06:35.330 --> 0:06:37.670 have too much bat power to say done Like, they 0:06:37.710 --> 0:06:39.190 have those... Look at your face. 0:06:39.630 --> 0:06:41.289 They're done. Not only are they done. 0:06:41.450 --> 0:06:42.290 We don't do that on this show. 0:06:42.310 --> 0:06:44.810 We don't say done. They're done. I'll do it right now. 0:06:44.870 --> 0:06:47.310 Not only are they done, this era's done. Like, Bryce 0:06:47.350 --> 0:06:50.070 Harper in Philadelphia, I think the fans are going to 0:06:50.089 --> 0:06:52.530 be so upset after they lose this series. I mean, 0:06:52.570 --> 0:06:55.110 the stat, 15 out of 16 series, Paul, why would 0:06:55.130 --> 0:06:57.610 this series be any different? I know that Phillies have 0:06:57.650 --> 0:07:00.370 that strong starting pitching, but they unfortunately, because they were 0:07:00.390 --> 0:07:01.940 so bad at the end of last season, they screwed 0:07:01.950 --> 0:07:03.650 up their rotation. I'm saying done. 0:07:03.900 --> 0:07:06.490 So you're saying this is a team that is technically 0:07:06.500 --> 0:07:07.990 in the playoffs, but not a playoff contender. 0:07:08.770 --> 0:07:11.140 You know what? I have no faith. And this is, 0:07:11.170 --> 0:07:14.790 of course, a Philly thing. I might sound extreme. Listen 0:07:14.810 --> 0:07:17.250 to WIP in Philadelphia. Everybody's saying the same thing. 0:07:17.270 --> 0:07:18.910 I'm not going to listen to WIP in Philadelphia. I'm 0:07:18.930 --> 0:07:20.570 going to have to do it through you. I listen 0:07:20.610 --> 0:07:23.870 to Chicago radio sometimes. And Chicago radio was very split 0:07:23.910 --> 0:07:26.950 today because of the White Sox winning, even though nobody 0:07:26.990 --> 0:07:29.730 believes the White Sox are contenders. And the Cubs, which 0:07:29.770 --> 0:07:33.360 have this great offense, terrible bullpen. I think there's There 0:07:33.380 --> 0:07:36.420 was some resentment with Cubs fans yesterday, last night, and 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.030 this morning because it felt like a no-show game. Not 0:07:40.050 --> 0:07:42.750 just a game that you lost, but Michael King owned you. 0:07:43.030 --> 0:07:45.740 He completely owned you. Now, the Cubs, with their offense, 0:07:45.770 --> 0:07:47.420 can come back and do this. You're saying no with 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:47.800 the Phillies. 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.780 No, I think the Phillies, the defeat on their faces 0:07:51.820 --> 0:07:54.760 in the ninth inning... Yesterday, I really think the way 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:56.660 wild card works, that's the thing about wild card. It's 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:58.440 just over like that, Paul. And I think it's over. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:07:59.960 I got to keep your morale up. All right, let's 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.360 get about, we give out helmet stickers during the NFL season. 0:08:02.380 --> 0:08:04.780 We're giving out Jersey patches. Very exciting. I will go 0:08:04.860 --> 0:08:07.460 first while you regroup and get your head together. Michael 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:09.680 King of the Padres. This guy is not a household name, 0:08:09.700 --> 0:08:11.300 but he is a great pitcher. When he was on 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.180 the mound yesterday, they were talking about him and they 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.290 were comparing him to Tom Brady in his preparation. This 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.970 guy is a maniac with the iPad and all that stuff. 0:08:19.370 --> 0:08:21.060 And he was just dealing. He kind of has a 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.080 little bit of a Greg Maddux vibe to him where 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.500 he's just doing it without being a physically imposing person. 0:08:26.860 --> 0:08:29.420 Michael King is a great pitcher. Owned the Cubs yesterday. 0:08:29.820 --> 0:08:32.080 He had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning. You 0:08:32.100 --> 0:08:34.120 don't do that in a postseason against one of the best, 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.320 if not the best, offense in baseball. He shut them 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.520 down like a goaltender pitching a shutout. It was fantastic. 0:08:39.750 --> 0:08:41.810 Really great game. Michael King gets the jersey patch. 0:08:42.030 --> 0:08:44.309 Okay, I'm going to the Yankees and my guy Ben Rice. 0:08:44.750 --> 0:08:47.820 You know where he went to college? Dartmouth. Dartmouth College, 0:08:47.860 --> 0:08:51.240 my alma mater. Here's the stat on him. He became 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.860 the first player ever to have multiple homers, including a 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.420 grand slam. All of his team's extra base hits and 0:08:56.540 --> 0:09:00.180 out hit the entire opposing team in a single game. 0:09:00.540 --> 0:09:02.690 That's unbelievable. I mean, you can't do any more than 0:09:02.710 --> 0:09:03.290 he did yesterday. 0:09:03.309 --> 0:09:05.970 Bonus coverage on Ben Rice. Grew up in Massachusetts. Grew 0:09:06.010 --> 0:09:08.710 up a Yankees fan, a Jeter fan. So everyone thought, well, 0:09:08.850 --> 0:09:11.360 clearly he's from Mass. He went to Dartmouth. You know, 0:09:11.390 --> 0:09:13.660 he's definitely a Red Sox fan. No go. Schlittler is. 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.059 Nailed that name. Ben Rice, not so much. 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.840 Yeah. One thing, just people were curious. Ben Rice went 0:09:18.860 --> 0:09:21.199 there after. We were not there at the same time. Right. 0:09:21.220 --> 0:09:24.180 But I was there with Brad Alsmus, longtime manager and catcher. 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:28.140 You guys both played sports at Dartmouth. You, JV, basketball. 0:09:28.179 --> 0:09:28.480 Ben Rice. 0:09:28.500 --> 0:09:31.469 Yeah, we're a little different. But I'll be honest, Ben Rice... 0:09:31.730 --> 0:09:34.290 You would have thought coming into this season, Ben Rice, 0:09:34.330 --> 0:09:36.370 a nice story. This is going to be Aaron Judge 0:09:36.410 --> 0:09:38.229 or Giancarlo Stanton. And now all of a sudden we 0:09:38.250 --> 0:09:39.750 have a new slugger. Very interesting. 0:09:39.790 --> 0:09:41.520 Well, if they can keep that, if they could advance 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.959 on and give some rest to Judge, it could be 0:09:43.980 --> 0:09:44.860 a whole different series. 0:09:45.100 --> 0:09:47.280 I felt actually coming out of yesterday, the one team 0:09:47.340 --> 0:09:49.719 that I really felt good about was the Yankees. I 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.330 know Slitler owns the Red Sox in particular, but if 0:09:52.350 --> 0:09:54.589 he could pitch like that throughout the postseason, they're a 0:09:54.590 --> 0:09:55.250 very dangerous team. 0:09:55.270 --> 0:09:56.829 Yeah, I would say the same about the Padres. If 0:09:56.850 --> 0:09:58.750 they have a couple more home games, they're in great shape. 0:09:59.050 --> 0:10:00.260 All right, let's go to it. It's time for a 0:10:00.250 --> 0:10:03.920 little NFL week three in the books completely, wherever those 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.000 books are. That's in them. We're going to do our 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.540 September VP. We do this every month, and this is 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.360 the first month doing it, so we've never done it before. 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.970 This is the best player of the month in professional football. 0:10:14.030 --> 0:10:14.770 You're going first, Pearl. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.270 Okay, since you put VP most valuable player, it has 0:10:19.290 --> 0:10:21.250 to be Josh Allen, who you see number one in 0:10:21.270 --> 0:10:24.280 the actual MVP odds. Because without Josh Allen, the Bills 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:26.589 are one and two. You could see it on Sunday 0:10:26.630 --> 0:10:28.710 against the Chargers. They are not playing well in any 0:10:28.809 --> 0:10:31.809 aspect of the game. And then Josh Allen absolutely puts 0:10:31.850 --> 0:10:35.630 him on his shoulder with his legs. He's the most 0:10:35.830 --> 0:10:38.320 one-person team in the NFL. It's like basketball. You know 0:10:38.340 --> 0:10:41.000 how LeBron can carry a team? Josh Allen is doing 0:10:41.020 --> 0:10:42.860 that with the Bills. Usually you don't see that in football, 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:44.700 but to me he's the easy choice. 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:46.079 Okay, I'm going to go off the board just a 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:48.400 little bit because I can't believe he's not on the board. 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.089 Running back Kenneth Walker for the Chiefs, he's had a 0:10:52.130 --> 0:10:56.520 great season. 360 yards, 5.5 yards to carry, 11 catches 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.179 as a bonus. And the bigger picture with Kenneth Walker 0:10:59.260 --> 0:11:01.910 is what he does to the Chiefs offense. You can't 0:11:01.950 --> 0:11:04.490 focus on Mahomes. You can't just blitz all day. This 0:11:04.530 --> 0:11:06.610 guy is a power running back who has some sizzle, 0:11:06.710 --> 0:11:09.459 has some wiggle. He can do everything. He's in his prime. 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.920 He's got a contract. He's on a team where he's 0:11:11.980 --> 0:11:14.230 probably going to go back deep into the playoffs. This 0:11:14.290 --> 0:11:15.969 is the best edition of the year, and he is 0:11:16.010 --> 0:11:17.750 my September VP, Ken Walker. 0:11:17.830 --> 0:11:21.189 Let's play this out. Imagine that Ken Walker keeps doing 0:11:21.210 --> 0:11:23.560 this all year long. Do you think there's any chance 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.580 with Mahomes on your team that you could get some 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.839 MVP noise? Because you will always be overshadowed by your quarterback. 0:11:28.860 --> 0:11:29.239 You're right. 0:11:29.340 --> 0:11:31.380 He's not even on the top five odds of MVP. 0:11:31.420 --> 0:11:34.740 But Ken Walker right now is on pace for 1,900 yards. Now, 0:11:34.900 --> 0:11:36.329 there's a long way to go. But let's say he 0:11:36.350 --> 0:11:39.929 gets into that 1,800-yard marker. I think he should. There's 0:11:39.970 --> 0:11:41.970 that thing in the NFL that really bothers me. This 0:11:42.250 --> 0:11:45.880 really bothers me. Running backs and wide receivers get, oh, boy, 0:11:46.020 --> 0:11:47.720 they get the offensive player of the year because we 0:11:47.740 --> 0:11:50.459 can't put them at MVP. You ask Mahomes. I know 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.880 Mahomes is more valuable day to day, but who's his MVP? 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:55.300 I bet his vote is for Ken Walker. 0:11:55.420 --> 0:11:58.020 Oh, two years ago, Saquon Barkley should have won the MVP. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.280 And then he went into the playoffs and tore it up. 0:12:00.740 --> 0:12:02.780 I think that Lamar won it that year. Lamar's already 0:12:02.830 --> 0:12:05.350 got an MVP. He doesn't need more. Okay, coming up next, 0:12:06.210 --> 0:12:08.730 I have the most disappointing team in the NFL this 0:12:08.770 --> 0:12:12.750 year and maybe in many, many years. That's next. Not 0:12:12.770 --> 0:12:13.170 so fast. 0:12:15.300 --> 0:12:17.760 Okay, Pearl, this is the midday pick-me-up, Pabst and Perloff. 0:12:17.860 --> 0:12:19.380 I don't know if it's going to have that effect 0:12:19.460 --> 0:12:20.300 on you today. 0:12:21.110 --> 0:12:21.660 Oh, come on. 0:12:22.570 --> 0:12:26.510 That is Austin Riley of the Braves, three-run homer to 0:12:26.590 --> 0:12:30.310 take down your Phillies. It's not the midday pick-me-up for you. 0:12:30.450 --> 0:12:32.290 For Braves fans, yes. You, not so much. 0:12:32.990 --> 0:12:36.010 Oh, man. So, manager Don Mattingly is in trouble for 0:12:36.030 --> 0:12:38.530 his decision to go to the closer early. That was 0:12:38.570 --> 0:12:40.410 a bit of a meatball right there to Austin Riley, 0:12:40.429 --> 0:12:42.840 who hasn't been hitting at all. That was a terrible 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:44.900 way to lose this game for my Phillies. 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.300 Did you want to watch it again? Because they have 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:47.880 it ready. You can call for it any time. 0:12:48.090 --> 0:12:50.010 No, I'm good. For the rest of my life, I'm good. 0:12:50.030 --> 0:12:52.090 I mean, it's not Joe Carter bad, but it's not good. 0:12:52.210 --> 0:12:54.330 I like the celebration. He had like two scepters in 0:12:54.350 --> 0:12:56.490 the dugout. I don't know what that was. It was 0:12:56.510 --> 0:12:56.950 like a king. 0:12:57.150 --> 0:13:00.410 Oh, I love home run celebrations. Like a jacket. We 0:13:00.429 --> 0:13:01.980 should figure out something like that for Not So Fast. 0:13:02.020 --> 0:13:02.339 We should. 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:03.740 If we ever hit a home run on this show, 0:13:03.780 --> 0:13:05.860 we will celebrate that way. All right, it's time for, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.820 let's get back to it. Let's regroup Pearl. Let's get 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.280 our heads together. We're not losers, technically. It's time for 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:10.820 Warm Takes. 0:13:10.900 --> 0:13:11.250 Here we go. 0:13:11.690 --> 0:13:12.189 Warm takes. 0:13:12.390 --> 0:13:12.830 Here we go. 0:13:12.890 --> 0:13:15.870 I'm going to go first. The White Sox. If you've 0:13:15.910 --> 0:13:19.320 ever been in a city that has two teams, Jets 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:22.840 and Giants, Lakers and Clippers, one team soaks it all 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.600 up and one team is the little brother. Like Lakers 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:27.840 and Clippers, Clippers will never get the coverage. And when 0:13:27.860 --> 0:13:29.700 they get coverage, it's usually for some type of scandal. 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.060 The White Sox know all about this. In Chicago, the 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.400 Chicago Cubs soak up most of the coverage in that town. 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.920 They're America's team. They're a national team. They're on WGN 0:13:38.940 --> 0:13:39.480 for years. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:40.380 The Cubs. 0:13:41.179 --> 0:13:43.370 The stadium is the star. I mean, Wrigley Field is 0:13:43.390 --> 0:13:45.809 the star. People come in, and the Cubs, it's a 0:13:45.830 --> 0:13:47.610 tourist attraction. You want to go to a Cubs game. 0:13:48.270 --> 0:13:50.850 And it's always an uphill battle for the White Sox. Well, 0:13:51.210 --> 0:13:53.309 the White Sox have had a really interesting year. Two 0:13:53.350 --> 0:13:56.980 years ago, 121 losses. Everyone talked about that. Then it changed. 0:13:57.429 --> 0:13:58.980 The Pope is from the South Side, and they got 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:00.800 a little buzz for the Pope being a South Sider 0:14:00.820 --> 0:14:02.740 and being a White Sox fan. And then the White 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:06.400 Sox kind of inched up. Cute story. Beyond a cute story, too, 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.080 making the playoffs. Yeah. Are they a 100-win team? 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:09.280 No. 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.370 They're more like an 80-ish win team. Murakami is a 0:14:12.380 --> 0:14:14.350 good guy. He's a very interesting guy. People are jumping 0:14:14.390 --> 0:14:17.310 on that bandwagon. The White Sox can force the issue. 0:14:17.870 --> 0:14:19.510 All you have to do is win. You win one 0:14:19.550 --> 0:14:21.850 more game, and then it's almost like you're like one 0:14:21.870 --> 0:14:23.970 of those teams like George Mason in the NCAA tournament 0:14:23.990 --> 0:14:25.830 where if you win a game or two, you get 0:14:25.870 --> 0:14:27.750 a lot of coverage for two weeks. If you enter 0:14:27.770 --> 0:14:30.500 the Sweet 16 and you're St. Peter's, you get a 0:14:30.500 --> 0:14:33.120 lot of coverage. The White Sox have the opportunity to 0:14:33.180 --> 0:14:36.080 change the narrative. If the Cubs lose tonight, they're out, 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.320 and they'll talk about that in Chicago. But I'd rather 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.590 be talked about being a winner. If you could just 0:14:40.630 --> 0:14:43.550 get to the next round, you get all the coverage nationally, locally, 0:14:44.250 --> 0:14:44.530 all good. 0:14:44.980 --> 0:14:46.720 You know, it's kind of funny. You compare them to 0:14:46.780 --> 0:14:50.100 the NCAA tournament. Yeah. You know, you like those small 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:53.960 teams in the beginning, but then CBS or Turner want 0:14:53.980 --> 0:14:56.490 them out by the Final Four. What is the deal 0:14:56.500 --> 0:14:58.570 with the White Sox? Do you think MLB wants to 0:14:58.590 --> 0:14:59.990 see a Chicago World Series? 0:15:00.170 --> 0:15:03.850 No, if you ask MLB, they always want Yankees-Dodgers. There's 0:15:03.890 --> 0:15:05.730 other teams you'd want. You'd want the Cubs because that's 0:15:05.770 --> 0:15:06.070 a big. 0:15:06.170 --> 0:15:08.070 Isn't it funny? Well, the Cubs are a Chicago team. 0:15:08.090 --> 0:15:10.770 They would want that team, but they definitely don't want 0:15:10.810 --> 0:15:11.290 the White Sox. 0:15:11.430 --> 0:15:13.870 No, the White Sox were in an 0-5 versus the Astros, 0:15:13.910 --> 0:15:16.290 and I don't know how much ratings that got. Again, 0:15:16.350 --> 0:15:18.270 the Cubs are national, and they're like this. 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:18.980 Yes. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.700 They're a lovable team, but it's not the 2016 Cubs 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:23.830 that never won before. The White Sox are now in 0:15:23.850 --> 0:15:26.550 position to be the lovable team that has always struggled. 0:15:26.570 --> 0:15:29.420 So I think it's a, B-level story. I don't know 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:30.620 if Major League Baseball has signed him. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.460 Well, it's funny because I grew up with WGN and 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:34.980 the Cubs. I knew the Cubs and everyone knows Wrigley. 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:39.100 You said it very well. Nobody knows whatever Comiskey's called 0:15:39.140 --> 0:15:39.620 these days. 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:40.980 We call it Sox Park here. 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.680 All right, I'll try to get into it. You've got 0:15:42.710 --> 0:15:45.190 me a little bit into the White Sox. There we go. Okay, 0:15:45.250 --> 0:15:46.550 I'm going to go to the other end of the spectrum, 0:15:46.590 --> 0:15:50.070 a team that everybody knows, the Los Angeles Rams. Remember 0:15:50.110 --> 0:15:52.550 the Dream Team talk from this summer? Seems like a 0:15:52.670 --> 0:15:56.970 distant memory. I am issuing a warning, Paul. I call 0:15:57.010 --> 0:16:03.600 it The Ramspocalypse. Okay, the Rams have two tough games 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.380 coming up. At Philly at 1 p.m. Eastern. I'm not 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.620 sure why that game is at 1 p.m. Eastern, but 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.270