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We got no life, we got no life. 41 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: We got you covered. So, since we last chatted behind 42 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: these powerful booming microphones of Fox Sports Radio, Micah Parsons. 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: We know he had publicly requested a departure. He wanted 44 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: a one way ticket out of town. He requested a 45 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: trade Cowboy legends over the weekend, taking positions backing Micah 46 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: Parsons publicly, there was much angst directed at Jerry Jones. 47 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones advised the cowboy fan to not lose any sleep, 48 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: and don't do that. Now. We never lose any sleep. 49 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: We're up all night anyway, so it doesn't matter. We 50 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: don't lose any sleep. So let us discuss the question 51 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: for the esteem panel. The question is this, how do 52 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 1: you process the weekend events around Micah Parsons and the 53 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: issues with the Dallas Cowboys. So I've got my thoughts 54 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: on this. I've got coupon book, crypto scam, and catapulted, 55 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: and we'll combine all these things together and we're gonna 56 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: make some cinnamon roll cookies, is what we're gonna make. 57 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna bake those up and we'll put those in 58 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: the oven. Then we'll take them out, we'll eat them 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: and they'll be wonderful, all right. So A my first 60 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: thought on this is it continues what I call the 61 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: paint by numbers formula. Do you understand what I'm saying, 62 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: the paint by numbers formula. So, Jerry Jones loves turning 63 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: the routine contract neutiation on into a full blown circus 64 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 1: under the big top. Right, there's elephants over there's clowns 65 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,839 Speaker 1: over there. We've got for some reason, there's some kind 66 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: of rhino. I don't know what that's all about. He 67 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 1: can't help himself, and I'm there for it. Listen, my 68 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: talk show host, I'm there for it. He literally said, 69 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: right when it gets slow around here. In the past, 70 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: Jerry has said, I'll stir it up. It's all about 71 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: the spotlight. It's all about the spot It's like his 72 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: personal hobby. Some people go to hobby lobby and they 73 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: build stuff. Now now Jerry Jones, this is his hobby 74 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: and he's good at it. It's the game. What's in 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: the gate, it's the game now. Michael Parsons trade request 76 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:39,599 Speaker 1: is not authenticated, it's not legitimate. It's not a serious, 77 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: serious trade request. It's more frustration. Annoyance is what it is. 78 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: And it's all part of the theater. Not that kind 79 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: of theater. It's leverage theater is what I call leverage theater. 80 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: So Michael Parsons is mad at the way this is 81 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: getting drawn out. At least that's the perception out there 82 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: that he's things have installed and they thought they had 83 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: something worked out back in March, and here we are 84 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: in August and nothing has gotten done. And so he 85 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: took some shots. He took some shots at the cowboys 86 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 1: and whatnot. But let's be clearer, just between me and you, 87 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: Michaeh Parsons does not actually want out. He doesn't. Every man, 88 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 1: woman and child knows this. He does not actually want 89 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: to leave the Dallas Cowboys. He just doesn't want to 90 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: be used by Jerry Jones behind closeddars doesn't want it 91 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:37,159 Speaker 1: right now. This is the classic rule of drama. We've 92 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: often talked about this over my time behind these microphones. 93 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: It's right out of also the Anchorman playbook What Happened 94 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,479 Speaker 1: over the Weekend Boy? That escalated quickly, as Ron Burger 95 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: he taught me years ago in that old movie. But 96 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: Michaeh Parsons goes from I love the fans, I love 97 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: the fans, I love them, I love them, I love them. 98 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: I want to be here, I want to be here 99 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,920 Speaker 1: to I want out earns on a dime. All right, 100 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. You know what that is? That is 101 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: professional wrestling, That is WWE. Heel turned. So what happened? 102 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: All right? So did Jerry Jones. I'm trying to think 103 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: what CODEB did? Jerry Jones at some point say, hey, Micah, 104 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: here's the latest offer, just between me and you. I'm 105 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: going to offer you a coupon book of some discount 106 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: codes to the Cowboy Team Shop instead of money. So 107 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: I'll give you the coupon book. You can go in 108 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: there and get a Cowboy souvenir koozie, you can get 109 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: pajamas with my face on it. It'd be just really cool. 110 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: Everyone loves that stuff. We sell it the Cowboy Team Shop. 111 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,359 Speaker 1: What's not the like mark? Come on? You kidding me? 112 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 1: So and Jerry Jones he also knows at this point 113 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,840 Speaker 1: in the story that Micah Parsons isn't going anywhere. He 114 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: isn't going anywhere. And he said, he said it himself, right, 115 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: he said it himself. He said, don't lose sleep over. 116 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: This is what the quote going around from Jerry Jones 117 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: over the weekend. Now, that is code. That's a dog 118 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: whistle or dog whistle code for it. We've got him. 119 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: He's not going to actually do anything that's going to 120 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: hurt the team here. He's too valuable to walk. He'll 121 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: cave in eventually. We just got to stay strong. So 122 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: Jerry's out there playing some poker and his best card 123 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: in the house there, Michah Parsons is just bluffing, just 124 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: like that. He's bluffing, and Jerry knows now, Jerry Jones 125 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: knows it. However, you've got the low information fan passionately 126 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: screaming pay Micah pay, michaeh a training camp there, An Oxnard. 127 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: You've got legendary cowboy players of years gone by who 128 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: are publicly taking sides, and so it's creating this chaotic 129 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: cloud over the cowboys, this chaotic cloud. And regardless though 130 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: Jerry does love it, he loves the chaos cloud. It's 131 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: a really good cloud for the Dallas Cowboys. There, and 132 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: you think he's stressed. You think Jerry Jones is sitting 133 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: there and he's really stressed. Oh man, I'm just putting 134 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: an actor. No, no way. In fact, I'll bet you 135 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: dollars to nonuts that Jerry Jones is sipping some Johnny 136 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: Walker blue on his yacht off the Pacific from Oxnard there, 137 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: and he's watching all these talking heads discuss and debate 138 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys and Michael Parson he's got it on 139 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 1: mute and he's got subtitles on. He's watching it in 140 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: the background. He's like, oh man, we nailed it. We 141 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: absolutely nailed it. Look at this coverage. Oh man, I'm 142 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: getting the chubby. He's all excited. Right, this is great coverage. Right, 143 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: it's noise, it's drama, It's Dallas. That's what they do 144 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: in Jerry Jones until his last breath in this mortal coil. 145 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones is the director, the producer, and the lead 146 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: actor of the longest running soap opera in the NFL. 147 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys are always always about the Dallas Cowboys. And 148 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what year the Simpsons started. I know 149 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 1: Jerry took ownership, I think in eighty nine, and so 150 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: the cowboy drama has been on since eighty nine. The 151 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: Simpsons about that time, give or take, I think around 152 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: at exact time, maybe even earlier than that, and the 153 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: Simpsons the longest running show on television. But the Dallas 154 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: Cowboys for what they do in terms of soap oper boom, 155 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: all right now, page two. By the way, I'm told 156 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,079 Speaker 1: they voice in my head tells me that the Simpsons 157 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: started in nineteen eighty nine. So that does mean that 158 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: the Cowboys and the Simpsons. You have the longest soap 159 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: opera sports soap oper the Cowboys, and you have the Simpsons, 160 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: the longest running cartoon anyway. So turning the pace, So 161 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: what are the now, I'm of the position that there 162 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: will be no trade. There is going to be a deal. 163 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: I maintain my position that this week worked out. There'll 164 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,319 Speaker 1: be a Jay Glazer story that pops up on the 165 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: NFL on Fox pregame show right before the start of 166 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: the season saying they've worked out a deal at the 167 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: eleventh hour. Micah Parson is going to sign a record 168 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: setting contract with the Dallas Cowboys. However, for the purposes 169 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: of talk radio, what are the odds that Jerry Jones 170 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: ends up eventually doing a one pint eighty on Micah 171 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: Parsons and that I'm wrong and you're wrong, and the 172 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,839 Speaker 1: person over there is wrong, and Michah Parsons ends up 173 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: being packaged somewhere else. So the Mallard of Sports Book 174 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: odds as you know, these are the odds of record, 175 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: the malor of sports book odds plus two thousand that 176 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons eventually gets traded. Now, that is not zero, 177 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: That is not zero. That implies a less than five 178 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 1: percent chances, slightly less than five percent chance that Michael 179 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: Parsons is repackaged somewhere else. Now, how would that work? 180 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: How would that work? So Michael Parsons was someone that 181 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: was singing Kumbaya with Jerry Jones for the first couple 182 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: of years of his career. Now they're talking about money, 183 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: so they're fighting all that. But the way it would work, 184 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: Parsons has, in the eyes of Jerry Jones, the wrong agent, 185 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,560 Speaker 1: which is any agent, and Jerry hates agents. He especially 186 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 1: appears to have a strong distaste for David mulla Getta, 187 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 1: the agent for Micah Parson. So Jerry, here's the name Mullaghetta, right, 188 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: that's Michael Parson's agent. And he thinks that's gotta be 189 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: some kind of crypto scheme or something like that. You know, 190 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: he's an old guy. I don't know what this is. 191 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: And so mulla Getta thinks he's reinvented how agents do business, right, 192 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: he's the smartest guy in the room. And maybe he is. 193 00:11:27,559 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. I never heard of the guy a 194 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: couple of years ago, and all of a sudden he 195 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: got that sleezeball Deshaun Watson all that money. Well everyone 196 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: knew he was a sleezeball, and Mullagetta was able to 197 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: convince the dummies in Cleveland to set a record amount 198 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: of guaranteed money. So who knows this guy, David Mullageda 199 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: might be the smartest guy in the room anyway, So 200 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: Jerry Mullageda thinks he's cracked the system, and Jerry just says, 201 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: there is no cracking of the system. I am the 202 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 1: system and that's it. And so you have this urinating match, 203 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: flexing muscles and all that stuff. And Jerry's of course 204 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: got a mind. You whose name is on the deed 205 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 1: to the Dallas Cowboys and all that stuff. So what 206 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: would the return be in that hypothetical demension where Micah 207 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: Parsons were to be relocated? So you're not just flipping, 208 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: You're not flip flopping the guy for a couple of 209 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: second round picks and journeyman defensive back. That's not how 210 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 1: this would work. And under that scenario, Jerry Jones will 211 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: stand up with his megaphone, as Jerry is known to 212 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: do at a news conference, and he will first of 213 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: all say I did not want to trade Micah, but 214 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: Micah left me no choice. He wanted out. We got 215 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: some value in return for Micah, and we're excited about 216 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: these picks. We think there'll be good players. We love 217 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: young defensive players. And we don't know who we're going 218 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: to pick, but some guy from East North Southwest University. 219 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: We think very exciting, very very exciting. But the only 220 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: way to make the trade is for Micah Parsons to 221 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: fully burn the house down. So what he did with 222 00:13:01,559 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: that opening salvo did not burn the house down, Like 223 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: I'm talking a full blown, right, full blown social media 224 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: sports terrorism. The more than just cryptic posts on Instagram 225 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: liking comments about the Philadelphia Eagles and wanting to play 226 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Eagles unfollowing the team. Of course, the 227 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: nuclear option. There's a couple of ways to go about this. 228 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: But guess what he might might you Micah already asked 229 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 1: for a trade, So he already asked for a trade, 230 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: So he just cracked the door open a little bit. 231 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 1: It seems like a faux ask at this particular point 232 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: in time, and Jerry just has to walk through it. 233 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: I'm not going to do it now, and doesn't have 234 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: to do it now. There's no reason to do it. 235 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,880 Speaker 1: The season starts in a month, and at that point, 236 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: that's when it gets real. In terms of what would 237 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: actually come back to the Dallas Cowboys. He's saying you start, 238 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: the starting point would be at least not one, but 239 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: two first round draft picks, which would make a lot 240 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: of sense for a team that is likely going to 241 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: be picking near the bottom. If you're in Kansas City, 242 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: for example, under this hypothetical multiverse, if you're a team 243 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: like the Chiefs, and you know for the next concept 244 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: couple of years, because of Mahomes and Andy Reid, you're 245 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: going to be one of the better teams in the NFL. 246 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: Even if you go down a little bit, you're still 247 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: gonna be one of the better teams in the NFL. 248 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: So why would you not trade two first round picks 249 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: to get a twenty six year old, Yeah, pay him, 250 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: but to get a guy who's in his twenties who's good, 251 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: but who knows if he plays well in big games? 252 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: He hasn't done that yet. So a team like that 253 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: would make sense. A team like that would make sense. 254 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: And so you know, it's not so much about the 255 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: picks or whatever in this case, it would be about 256 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: the power for Jerry Jones. And if you cross Jerry Jones, 257 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: if you get on the bad side of Jerry Jones, 258 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: if you do that, you pay the price. And Jerry's 259 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: not gonna let some agent, some Weasley agent with a 260 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: weird last name, dictate terms in his building because he's 261 00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: the Dallas cowboy, you know, same old cowboys, always chasing 262 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: the shadows, the ghosts, the Poulter guys to the nineteen 263 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: nineties cowboys. And it's not the multiverse in this case, 264 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: it's the Jerry Verse. It's the Jerry Verse there and 265 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: a trade is not likely. Again not likely, but it 266 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: is not impossible either, And we're going less than five 267 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: percent in the multiverse. There's always a dimension in the 268 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: multiverse which is a spin off of the Jerry Verse. 269 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: There's always a dimension where Micah Parsons is repackaged, and 270 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: he's repackaged for some berries, some apples, some strawberries, apples, 271 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: and then you're throw in like maybe I don't know 272 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: what else could you throw in there? A cantelope, like 273 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: a nice cantilope? Shere whenna all right? Now, last word? 274 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: Here we go to Miami, Miami, Miami, Miami. The sound 275 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: of the day. We have audio. Here's Mike McDaniel, I mean, 276 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill the other day broke down why he thought 277 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: the Dolphins should not feature the there running back there 278 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: they're they're generally they're starting running back in the short 279 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: yardede situation. Well, here's the head coach commenting on the 280 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: defensive or the lack of defense of the mouth of 281 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: Tyreek Killis. 282 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 3: I thought it was a genius reporting by Tyreek, seeing 283 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: how we had a short yardage period that very day 284 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 3: that you guys, you guys were in attendance for, and 285 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 3: his suggestion was, I guess, uh congruent with coach Studentsville. 286 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 3: That's exactly how he we wrapped the backs in that 287 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 3: shortyard period that very day. 288 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: But we thought it was funny that. 289 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 3: He reported the news that wasn't news on that practice 290 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 3: day in that shortyards period that you guys were all 291 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 3: there too for. 292 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So that's that's Mike McDaniel. It's sund 293 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: of little lot to me. Mike McDaniel, the Dolphin head coach, 294 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: not pleased with Tyreek Hill and the public critique of 295 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: the Dolphin short yardage package, saying, as you heard there, 296 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: he reported news that wasn't news. So what does this 297 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: signify to you? What does it signify to you? So 298 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: translation from the coach who sounded like he just put 299 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: his long down. Shut up Tyreek. That's what he wanted 300 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 1: to say. He didn't say that, but that's what he 301 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: wanted to say. You don't get just get speed when 302 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: you have Tyreek Hill. You don't just get the speed. 303 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: You don't do that. It's the all inclusive Tyreek experience, 304 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: the all inclusive Tyreek experience, which is not just speed. 305 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: You get the drama, you get the sound bites, you 306 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: get controversy on Asle five. There's a spell on Aisle five, 307 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:53,120 Speaker 1: there's some controversy. It's like a hard rock hotel meets TMZ, 308 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: I have a child, and it's Tyreek Hill right over there. 309 00:17:56,640 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: One minute he's torching a defensive back for a touchdown 310 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 1: and dancing and prancing and having a fine time, and 311 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: the next he's torching his own team. The fact that 312 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: he's still there I continue to be fascinated the fact 313 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: that he is still hanging out at good old Miami 314 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: front office, the coaching staff. Tyreek wanted out. He's at 315 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: a point in his career where this is likely going 316 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 1: to go real bad, and the Dolphins kept him around. 317 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: It's wild, right, and so it continues to be a 318 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 1: tinder box of a situation for the Dolphins. And we've 319 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: seen this movie hundreds of times in the last twenty 320 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 1: years in the NFL. The moment Tyreek hills forty times, 321 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:41,560 Speaker 1: the moment it drops just a little bit a tenth 322 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: of a second, The moment goes down about a tenth 323 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: of a second. He's getting catapulted out of Miami like 324 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: an ejector's seat on a fighter jet in the Air Force. 325 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: It's just hit the ejack button and see you later. 326 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: Bye bye, bye bye. And Mike McDaniel knows it. Everyone 327 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: knows it. Right. You're done, You're gone, see you later. 328 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: They're not keeping you around for sentimental value. That's not 329 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: out of words. It's Bill Parcells one oh one, old 330 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: school NFL. When the production outweighs the aggravation, you keep him. 331 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: When the aggregation outweighs the production you say bye bye, 332 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,919 Speaker 1: and you get rid of him just like that. And 333 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: it's a simple malar math, simple malar math, and Tyreek 334 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:28,439 Speaker 1: working on a deficit. Right now at this moment, you 335 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 1: can tell McDaniel's annoyed, although he always seems like he's 336 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: medicating himself, so he's not too annoyed. He's got that 337 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: passive aggressive nerd rage bubbling up as much as it 338 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: can trying to get through the weed haze under the 339 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: service and all that stuff. But that bottom line here, 340 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill is great until he's not and and then 341 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,439 Speaker 1: that's it. And if he's not, then the Dolphins are 342 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: going to throw him, throw him overboard, and throw him out, 343 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: much like you would throw rotten milk out of your refrigerator, 344 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: because it's to smell up everything they're in said refrigerator. 345 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Mallor 346 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 347 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,119 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 348 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: Put out the caution flag welcome in the beginning of 349 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: another hour of The Ben Mahlor Show. 350 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:28,920 Speaker 4: We are in the air, EveryWare incoats as we are 351 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 4: loafing and trying not to choke coast to coast, border 352 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 4: to border and beyond on. 353 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: The mast and roudly powerful microphones of fsre am monating 354 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: live from the point that's right, the sailor's vantage point 355 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: as we swim around the waters at sea. 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Now someone named Eli White. 368 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: Eli White, Apparently that's a player for the Atlanta baseball team. 369 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: Eli White hit a three run homer, also had a 370 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: solo shot, and the Atlanta Bros betea Cincinnati Reds forty 371 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: two the game on Sunday, the rain delade, the rain 372 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 1: to laid. Major League Baseball Speedway Classic played at the 373 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: iconic Bristol Motor speed the first ever Major League Baseball 374 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: game played in Tennessee. It was supposed to be played 375 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:10,959 Speaker 1: on Saturday. Now they say that ninety one thousand brave 376 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: souls were in attendance. They showed up men, women, and 377 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: children to that game on Sunday. However, that's not the story, 378 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: all right, That is not the story here. If you 379 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,119 Speaker 1: were watching the mess happen in real time, you'll likely 380 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:31,199 Speaker 1: know what took place on Saturday. If not, if you 381 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 1: missed it because you were out doing stuff, maybe you 382 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: didn't hear what happened. Possibly not. So the game itself, 383 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: which was the showcase for baseball, the vehicle to showcase 384 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: the Bristol Motor Speedway. Major League Baseball is crossover, this 385 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,400 Speaker 1: confab all that. So the game itself took a back 386 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 1: seat to what happened on Saturday. So if you were there, 387 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you to either validate what 388 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: I'm hearing or to dismiss what I'm hearing. So the 389 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: Majorly Baseball Speedway Classic was promoted as a spectacle. Oh, 390 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: you had to be there. But they had this massive 391 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: rain delay that did not subside on Saturday. It was 392 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: supposed to be nationally broadcast on Fox, so the game 393 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: was put on hold. But that was just the tip 394 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 1: of the spear. You also had a logistical nightmare for 395 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: fans in attendance at the game on Saturday. Now, issues 396 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: with just about everything from a customer relations standpoint. So 397 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: let us discuss the question is this, how do you 398 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: sum up Rob Manford's Major League Baseball showcase in Tennessee 399 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 1: there and the game at Bristol Motors Speedway. So I've 400 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: got bonfire, mumbo and Egyptian linens and we will combine 401 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: all of these things together and we will go bugget 402 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: and mugging and mugging and mugging and mugging. Let's race, 403 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,760 Speaker 1: all right? So first of all, be careful what you 404 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: ask for, right, be careful what you ask for. That's 405 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: my first life major League Baseball. As we said, they 406 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: wanted a spectacle, they wanted a spectacle, and oh did 407 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 1: they get a spectacle? Man? Did they get a spectacle? Uh? 408 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: And just not the kind they had anticipated they were 409 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: going to get. They didn't anticipate this. Major League Baseball 410 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: was pumping its chest out. They were all hyped up. 411 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,160 Speaker 1: Another great moment, storybook moment for Major League Baseball. Bristol 412 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 1: Motor Speedway, first ever Major League Baseball game build as 413 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: this grand you know, genre building moment, and it was 414 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: a novelty event, but it was something you'd pass on. 415 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: So I was there, and for many people it turned 416 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: into a very soggy, stomach turning circus, if you will. 417 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: On Saturday, and if you squinted hard enough, very briefly, 418 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: they tried to play through the monsoon there in Tennessee 419 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: and the Appalachian downpour. They tried to play through. It 420 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 1: didn't really work, and the pouring down it seemed like 421 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 1: there was some fog out there, and you might have 422 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: seen baseball briefly on Saturday, just a little glimpse of baseball, 423 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: or at least the ghost of a baseball game before 424 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 1: they pulled the plug and said that's it. And heck, 425 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 1: the Fox broadcast team didn't even know that the game 426 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: had been called for the night. They thought they were 427 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,960 Speaker 1: still waiting around to play baseball. So that is part 428 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: of it. But what the fan got, the fan got 429 00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: the burd is what the fan got right. What the 430 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: fan got was Major League Baseball's version of the Fire Festival. 431 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: And that is the point of demarcation, right that music 432 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: event where they didn't have any food and people were 433 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: sweating and profusely and then they travel accommodations that were 434 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: promised were not There was a disaster. So this was 435 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: being compared to Major League Baseball's version of the Fire Festival. 436 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: From the standpoint to be fair, I don't think Jah 437 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: Rule was involved in this, so he was not there. 438 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: He didn't promise anything. So instead of sandwiches with no meat, 439 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,400 Speaker 1: they had nachos with no cheese. What do you call 440 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 1: nachos with no cheese? Chips is what you call it. 441 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,440 Speaker 1: They had hot dogs without a bun. They didn't have 442 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: they ran out of buns apparently for the hot dogs. 443 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: And the rain, see like the rain part of it 444 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: that happens, you can't really say, well, that's Baseball's fault. 445 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,000 Speaker 1: I as much as I love to pick and prod 446 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: and poke major League Baseball, you can't really say, hey, 447 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, this is the issue here the rain, because 448 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:37,959 Speaker 1: that you know, you can't predict one hundred percent it's 449 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: going to rain or it's not gonna rain in all 450 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 1: that stuff. Two hour delay, zero contingency plan on Saturday. 451 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: That will make that a strike. It's not an out, 452 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: it's a strike. So that strike one, no contingency plan 453 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: on Saturday. People waiting around you had empty concessions. These 454 00:26:55,720 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: are boots on the ground reporting empty concessions before first pitch, 455 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: running out of food before first pitch. Strike two. And 456 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 1: the kicker of kickers. And this is from people who 457 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 1: are in attendance. They said the infrastructure designed to get 458 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 1: people into Bristol Motor Speedway for the baseball game revolved 459 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: around multiple shuttles to get in. There was no explanation 460 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: from anyone wearing those dopey Major League Baseball polos on 461 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: how exactly to do it. So that is strike three. 462 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: You're out, see you later, goodbye. Right now. The fans 463 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: were certainly out of luck, there's no question about that. 464 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 1: They're also out of food, and many of them, based 465 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,879 Speaker 1: on the commentary, very very upset and out of patience 466 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: with what happened. So listen, it takes a special kind 467 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:51,919 Speaker 1: of hubris from Rob Manford and all the underlings in 468 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 1: the mafioso of Major League Baseball, the Organized Baseball Committee 469 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: to cram tens of thousands of humanity fans into a 470 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: NASCAR stadium turned ballpark as Frankenstein set up there for 471 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:13,200 Speaker 1: baseball and not consider, hey, maybe we should go through 472 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: the logistics on how these people are gonna get in 473 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: here and get out of here, or you know, what 474 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: to do if there is a weather situation, or the 475 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 1: bathrooms or the food. And it looks like either they 476 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: didn't consider any of those things or they just didn't care. 477 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 1: They just didn't care. So but hey, they apparently had 478 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: a lot of beer and they had peanuts. So that's 479 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: what they had beer and peanuts, and that's all you need. 480 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 1: And so that to me is like nineteen eighties style 481 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: high school football hospitality. Beer might have beer, nineteen eighties 482 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: high school football, they had peanuts, get your peanuts now, 483 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: but twenty twenty five, so it doesn't really work. And 484 00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 1: now the biggest insult though Major League Baseball, the ham 485 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: fisted attempt by Major League Baseball to brand this as 486 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: a social media spectacle. Now, that is where this goes 487 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: next level, That is where this becomes the fire Festival. 488 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,680 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball saying, hey, this is going to be 489 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: a social media spectacle. So they handed the fan, They 490 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: handed the fan the right the cameras. Everyone's got cameras 491 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 1: these days. Forgetting that the phone points both ways, if 492 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, The phone points both the way. 493 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: So what Major League Baseball in the marketing meeting in 494 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: Manhattan thought was going to be in their head, this 495 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: glitzy day of trending topics baseball would dominate the weekend 496 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: on the socials, And it turned out to be a 497 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: digital bonfire for Major League Baseball, with photos documenting mile 498 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: long shuttle lines to get to the stadium. Fans had 499 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 1: the receipts, right, they had the receipts from the entire event. 500 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: It was a a disaster, and many people pointing out 501 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 1: the way that this sums up Major League Baseball's operation. 502 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: People in ankle deep puddles in the stadium, the nachos 503 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,479 Speaker 1: without cheese, the hot dogs without buns, all of that, 504 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:21,800 Speaker 1: everything documented for posterity's sake and saved for time. And 505 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: so everything's getting frozen in images and video of the 506 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:32,520 Speaker 1: logistical failure, the spectacular debacle of Rob Manford and Major 507 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: League Baseball in real time. And this is not just 508 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 1: a one off. Mind you, this is not just one 509 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 1: off because the priority is never the fan. They don't 510 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: care about the fans. There's seventeen million streaming services to 511 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,160 Speaker 1: watch major League Baseball. They're asking you to pirate major 512 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: League Baseball because otherwise you gotta pay for the Hulu 513 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: game of the week. You gotta get to the you know, 514 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: the Peacock game of the week, this game, that game, 515 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 1: all that stuff, and it's not about the actual fan. 516 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: They you know, it must like a lot of these 517 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: places that used to give you something and make you 518 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: feel like you were getting a lot more than that. 519 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: They've cut back on that. But major League Baseball they 520 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: want the headlines. They thought they were gonna get the 521 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: hashtags and not have to do the heavy lifting and 522 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: all that, and surprise, surprise, surprise. H fans there, as 523 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: we said, were documenting all of the logistical failures one 524 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: after another. Right, and you go back and you talk 525 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 1: about Baseball some of the events they've done. This is 526 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: the new strategy to have these one off events. You 527 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 1: remember the Field of Dreams game in Iowa. For a 528 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: lot of people was Field of screams. Who attended that 529 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,080 Speaker 1: game and Baseball we guarantee they're going to spin this. 530 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: They said, well, I was a learning opportunity and acclaim 531 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: there was just overwhelming interest and exceeded expectations until the 532 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: next Baseball one off event, which turns out to be 533 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: Burning Man, uh, the reenactment of Burning Man with fire 534 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:02,320 Speaker 1: and included so Stagium. But if you were there, I'd 535 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,800 Speaker 1: love to hear from you. If you were in attendance, 536 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: And I'm guessing the amount of people that were there 537 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: in ninety one thousand, there's at least one or two 538 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: that are listening to me right now in real time. 539 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: They can give us some real time feedback on what 540 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,479 Speaker 1: your experience was like. Does it coincide with all that 541 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: took place on the social media channels and all the 542 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: reports and the photos and the video and all that. Now, meanwhile, 543 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: keeping up with the Speedway classic theme that we began 544 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,080 Speaker 1: this hour with, over the weekend, you had a heated 545 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: conversation in rain Delay filler about Big Poppy and Derek Jeter, 546 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 1: the man that could not attend the Yankee Old Timer 547 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: game later this month because his daughter has a birthday party. Anyway, 548 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: Big Poppy and El Kapatan Derek Jeter were crying on 549 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: Fox crying on Fox about La Dela Cruz being buried 550 00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: in Cincinnati, bummed he's not in a big market, and 551 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,520 Speaker 1: essentially claim that it's a shame we don't get to 552 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: see him and all this stuff. So what is your position? 553 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: What is your position on this? So this is with 554 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: a capital L, capital L a loser take. This is 555 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: just a classic example of Major League Baseball not knowing 556 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 1: how to promote the product, is what this one is. 557 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: And these old players Big Poppy and Derek Jeter complaining 558 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: and all that. They think you've got to be in 559 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:33,320 Speaker 1: New York, LA or Boston to be relevant. Meanwhile, I 560 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: would argue it has never been easier in the history 561 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: of marketing. It has never been easier to get a 562 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: guy out in front of the public and to market them. 563 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: You've got all the social media, which again I'm down 564 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: on I think it's the matrix, but you have it 565 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 1: as a tool with TikTok, Instagram, x YouTube. It's not 566 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: nineteen eighty nine anymore. And even that, Oh, by the way, 567 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: if you want to go down that rabbit hole and 568 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: marketing and all this stuff, if you go back to 569 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: the nineties in Major League Baseball, the biggest star by 570 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: far played in a small market. Ken Griffy Junior in Seattle, 571 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 1: and he was in the air everywhere in terms of marketing. 572 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: Cal Ripkin in the eighties played in sleepy Baltimore and 573 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: was a huge deal. Tony Gwinn, mister Padre was beloved 574 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: in San Diego. There was no social media when those 575 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,960 Speaker 1: guys were playing, and none of them played in media meccas, 576 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 1: and yet they were able to get it done. Hell Cincinnati, 577 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: and they had a guy named Barry Larkin who was 578 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: a very popular player for the Cincinnati Red small market Cincinnati. 579 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:45,280 Speaker 1: The problem is not Cincinnati, it's major League Baseball being 580 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 1: stuck in the stone age, and Baseball, just in the 581 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: last couple of years is realized, well, maybe we should 582 00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 1: embrace having our content out there and not send cease 583 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: and desist letters to anyone that uses Major League Baseball content. 584 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 1: And so Baseball essentially is blaming the zip code, if 585 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: you will, when the reality is they don't know how 586 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 1: to sell the stars of the game. They don't. And 587 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,720 Speaker 1: La de la Cruz of the Reds, he is tailor 588 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: made for viral highlights. He's a switch hitter, he's got 589 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:25,240 Speaker 1: electric speed, a bazooka for an arm. He's got some swag, 590 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: he's got that aura what you're looking for, and he 591 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,400 Speaker 1: should be everywhere, should be a household name, but he's 592 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 1: stuck doing the mambo and the mediocrity mumbo in Cincinnati. 593 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: That's where you take a step forward, take a step back, 594 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: and shake it all about. That's the Reds. That's the 595 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Reds. That's what they doubt. That's what the Reds do. 596 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: So it is inevitable. It is inevitable that he's eventually 597 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,520 Speaker 1: going to leave Cincinnati. Why is that not because of 598 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,799 Speaker 1: the marketing. It's gonna be because of the the way 599 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,839 Speaker 1: the franchises run, the lack of commitment to success by 600 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: the ownership there. You think the Reds are going to 601 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,479 Speaker 1: pony up and put a good roster together to win. 602 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,080 Speaker 1: They figured out a way to do it in Milwaukee. 603 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,240 Speaker 1: They figured out how to do it in Tampa most 604 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: of the time, where they put a competitive team on 605 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: the field. But Cincinnati, no, So yeah, Eventually, Big Poppy 606 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: and Derek Jeter will get their way and Cruise will 607 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 1: end up in La or New York or Boston or 608 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:26,239 Speaker 1: San Francisco somewhere like that, and you can blame Major 609 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,400 Speaker 1: League Baseball. You blame Rob Man for blame the owners 610 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,439 Speaker 1: who won't spend in Cincinnati, and play the blame game 611 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,439 Speaker 1: all you want. The league office that still operates often 612 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 1: like it's the nineteen seventy five season and not the 613 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:44,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season. So it's not a market size issue. 614 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: I maintain that it is a marketing issue. And there 615 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: was a point when baseball marketed itself as a national pastime. 616 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: It is a regional sport, but as a national pastime, 617 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 1: they would have stars everywhere and you'd want to hear 618 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 1: about them. Now you have regional You care about the 619 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: hometown team and all that. And here's an example. You 620 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:07,280 Speaker 1: have one of the most electrifying players in baseball and 621 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: many people know about him, but they don't know that 622 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: much about him, and he's in the league. But that's 623 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: a failure by the league, is what that is? All right? Now? 624 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 1: Final fun to Minnesota we go follow up to the 625 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,840 Speaker 1: follow up. Follow up to the follow up. The Minnesota 626 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:26,439 Speaker 1: Twins who decided to get out of the Major League 627 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,240 Speaker 1: Baseball business. They're now a bush league, minor league outfit. 628 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 1: The Minnesota Twins trading away almost fifty percent of their 629 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: roster at the trade deadline, So Bryan Byron Buxton, the outfielder, 630 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,200 Speaker 1: one of the guys that was not traded away. He 631 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: was asked whether or not he is looking to relocate. 632 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: He said, quote, he is not planning on leaving after 633 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:50,560 Speaker 1: the Twins traded almost half the team. Is he serious? 634 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: Byron Buxton, So Buckston. The way I will answer this question, 635 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: Buckston is either in denial or he's lying to himself 636 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 1: that that Minnesota clubhouse probably sounds like I would think 637 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 1: an echo chamber here at this point, I wasn't fifty percent, 638 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 1: it was like forty percent of the roster. Gonzo see 639 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:13,759 Speaker 1: you later. That is not a retool. That is a 640 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,760 Speaker 1: straight up liquidation sale, is what that is. They waved 641 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 1: the white flag with both ants and said that's it, 642 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:27,760 Speaker 1: We're done. And don't I don't buy Buxton for a second. 643 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 1: I don't you don't come out and say I'm gone, 644 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: because then everyone is boo you the rest of the year, 645 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 1: all the seven people that show up the Twins games 646 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,440 Speaker 1: the rest of the year, and he's saying like, hey, 647 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: I'm not leaving and all that stuff, and yeah, he'll 648 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,560 Speaker 1: be playing for the rest of this year and likely 649 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:47,239 Speaker 1: for years to come, surrounded by Triple A, Double A players. 650 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: But the only reason that you would stay in Minnesota 651 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 1: is because you got the bag. What's in back? Seven years? 652 00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:03,880 Speaker 1: One hundred million dollars. Hello, that's a big bag guaranteed 653 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,760 Speaker 1: money for an outfield. And we're not talking about Juan 654 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: Soto or No, we're talking about a guy in Bustin 655 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,839 Speaker 1: who's good but not great, and guaranteed Mulah and all 656 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: that stuff. That's a lot of coin. That's a lot 657 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: of money for a guy who typically spends a good 658 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: chunk of every Major League Baseball season in the injury tent, 659 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,640 Speaker 1: and he's been that way for some time. But you 660 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: throw Egyptian linens and a hot tub in your Minneapolis 661 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,240 Speaker 1: mansion and you can deal with a lot of crappy 662 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:37,040 Speaker 1: decisions by the boss. Suddenly that rebuild doesn't feel so bad. 663 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 1: But ultimately, Egyptian linens aside, you can have those any 664 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: place anywhere because you've got the money. The losing sucks, 665 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,359 Speaker 1: check clears, direct deposit, all that stuff, and so you're 666 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 1: essentially sleeping in a sleeping bag filled with cash money. Right, 667 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,640 Speaker 1: And we have a feeling we have a feeling that 668 00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: Buxton's gonna reath think things right, rethink things, and either 669 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,799 Speaker 1: he's gonna ask out or they will ship him out 670 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:10,480 Speaker 1: against his will there and he will not be back. 671 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,360 Speaker 1: But obviously can't trade him now because the trade deadline 672 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: has passed. But that's the story in Minnesota. 673 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,319 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Meler 674 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. 675 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go, Here we go. How 676 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: about that? 677 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:30,560 Speaker 2: To the third degree? This is one big Ben gets great. 678 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,000 Speaker 5: Last week, he mentioned these Saints as one of the 679 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,480 Speaker 5: teams that could go into tank mode this season. Vegas 680 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 5: has their over under win total set at six and 681 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,760 Speaker 5: a half games. 682 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,839 Speaker 1: Ben, is that too many? Well, if everything breaks right 683 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,839 Speaker 1: for the Saints, if they stay relatively healthy and one 684 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 1: of these quarterbacks turns out to be halfway decent, they 685 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,879 Speaker 1: can win six games. Spider Alert, that ain't happening, Coop. 686 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: They're not winning six games. The injury rate is one 687 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: hundred percent in the NFL. Unless they've got some New 688 00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: Orleans voodoo bugoloo, the Saints are going to be worse 689 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 1: than six and a half. Bet the under next. 690 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,040 Speaker 5: ESPN and NFL reached a massive deal over the weekend 691 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,880 Speaker 5: that gives ESPN control over NFL media, and the NFL 692 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 5: has ten percent ownership of ESPN. The deal will need 693 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,879 Speaker 5: federal regulatory approval before it is finalized. 694 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,759 Speaker 1: Ben, do you think Trump could hold this up? Well, yes, 695 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,720 Speaker 1: he has a beef with the NFL, and you know, Camo, 696 00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,239 Speaker 1: he would never become president if he had gotten the 697 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,760 Speaker 1: bills ownership shops. All you people at hey Trump, because 698 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 1: you would let him own the bills. He would have 699 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: just owned the Buffalo Bills. But it's a bad deal 700 00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: for fans, Coop. They're gonna put commercials on the NFL 701 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: Red zone. Like ESPN and the NFL already in bed 702 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,920 Speaker 1: with each other, but this is next level. It is 703 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 1: a bad deal for the customer and it should be 704 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,279 Speaker 1: tied up in court. I hope it does get tied 705 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:45,600 Speaker 1: up in the in the legal system. 706 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:48,200 Speaker 5: Next, the New York Knicks and Michael Bridges agreed to 707 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 5: a four year, one hundred and fifty million dollars extension 708 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,480 Speaker 5: over the weekend. Sources said the deal happened because the 709 00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:56,000 Speaker 5: Knicks have intel that Giannis won't be requesting a trade 710 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,480 Speaker 5: from the Bucks. Do you think Giannis is staying in Milwaukee. 711 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 1: Well, it's it's a Michale. But listen, Yannis, I don't 712 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,799 Speaker 1: think he's staying in Milwaukee. I think he doesn't want 713 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:05,440 Speaker 1: to play for the Knicks. That's what this is about. 714 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,520 Speaker 1: How did we do you pass up? That's a wed 715 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,040 Speaker 1: I won for Will. I did it for Will. I 716 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:13,240 Speaker 1: won the game. I won. I'm a winner. 717 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,480 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 718 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:19,920 Speaker 2: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 719 00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 2: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 720 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 2: listen live. Hey you sports figure, guy or girl? 721 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:31,600 Speaker 1: Who here? Was you talking to? 722 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 5: Sons? 723 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,560 Speaker 1: Here some incident advice? Hold that thought. No one's paid 724 00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 1: attention to me for ten whole seconds, and if you 725 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,080 Speaker 1: don't like it, you get away. We go. It's the 726 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:44,359 Speaker 1: institi ice line. Who needs our advice? From the great 727 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 1: Onwash the Hoy PELOI and the Mala of Militia at 728 00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:50,640 Speaker 1: eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. Well, how about 729 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:54,080 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees who got spanked over the weekend 730 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 1: by the Lowi Miami Marlins and Aaron Mooning. Knowledge that 731 00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:02,240 Speaker 1: it's getting late in the season, the Yankees are falling apart. 732 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Boone says it's gut check time for the Yankees 733 00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:10,200 Speaker 1: after getting swept by the Marlins. And any advice, any 734 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:14,040 Speaker 1: advice you have to the Yankees, who are falling apart, 735 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,239 Speaker 1: one of the worst teams in baseball since June. Advice 736 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,920 Speaker 1: to the Yankees at eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox, 737 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:23,399 Speaker 1: and we'll start out with you. On line one. You're 738 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,759 Speaker 1: on the airline one. Advice to the Yankees. Line one, 739 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,520 Speaker 1: David Vase always looks like you just say a bage 740 00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,480 Speaker 1: with extra cream cheese. Okay, thank you for that. There's 741 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:35,759 Speaker 1: our friend Tony, Tony in the Bay Area. Yeah a 742 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,520 Speaker 1: line Line three, you're on the airline three. 743 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,800 Speaker 2: Hello, you the least stopped the bust in Maryland. 744 00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,560 Speaker 1: Man, come on, well, that's right. We got to pick 745 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,960 Speaker 1: up Rick forgot Rick and Maryland. Come on, man, we 746 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:49,000 Speaker 1: gotta get Rick on the bus. Moves on the bus. 747 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: Line five, you're on the airline five. Hello, that's right. 748 00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:56,840 Speaker 1: Never to never to go when line six, you're on 749 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:01,840 Speaker 1: the airline Sex. Hello to be liberty. Okay, it sounds 750 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,719 Speaker 1: like you're picking death. Let's go to uh. Line one. 751 00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:11,240 Speaker 1: You're on the airline one. Hello. Okay, coughing up, caving 752 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,480 Speaker 1: up along online one. Line two you're on the airline too, 753 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:19,520 Speaker 1: Hello nine two are not paying attention? Line three Hello, 754 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: line three, okay, thank you for rooting the show yet again, James. 755 00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:32,920 Speaker 1: Line four, you're on the Airline four. Hello, rah, get it, 756 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:37,399 Speaker 1: that's it. They'll see you before you see them, those 757 00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,759 Speaker 1: glorious PSA's back to the day. Line five, you're on 758 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,319 Speaker 1: the air line five. Hello. Line five's not there, We'll 759 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:49,439 Speaker 1: go to you. Mystery line Hello, mystery line my oh okay, well, 760 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,080 Speaker 1: thank god, what a mystery. Line six. You're on the 761 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,160 Speaker 1: air at eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. Hello, 762 00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:59,680 Speaker 1: line six, Oh, heads are going to roll in the bronx. 763 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:03,160 Speaker 1: It's from Sean the hood Guy. Line number three Hello, 764 00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:06,439 Speaker 1: line three, always right from front to back. 765 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:08,200 Speaker 2: Don't forget the second. 766 00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,120 Speaker 1: That's right, Hulkelemania. 767 00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:11,439 Speaker 5: Man. 768 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,759 Speaker 1: I would do one more, only one more of it's good. 769 00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:15,840 Speaker 1: I'll take credit. If not, I'll blame the Cooper Loop instant. 770 00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,319 Speaker 1: The vice line for the Yankees got swept by the 771 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,560 Speaker 1: Marlins over the weekend. Line five. Line five, you're on 772 00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:27,600 Speaker 1: the airline five. Go you picked him? You picked James? 773 00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:33,280 Speaker 1: Line six, Line six, not paying attention should pick line seven, 774 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:34,760 Speaker 1: but we don't have a line seven.