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Speaker 2: in the world of sports that I might have missed?

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Speaker 2: You know, bad call or something. First of all, let's

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Speaker 2: congratulate both South Carolina and Iowa from moving on. They'll

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Speaker 2: teed up for all the marbles. Sunday at noon Pacific

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Speaker 2: gonna talk about it, not gonna do it. Twitter's on fire,

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Speaker 2: the world's on fire, whether it's a bad call or not.

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Speaker 2: Where the timing was there? That the conspiracy wait, I

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Speaker 2: forget it. I'm not talking about it. The only thing

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Speaker 2: I will say what we're looking forward, not backward. The

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Speaker 2: only thing I will say about that whole ordeal is

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Speaker 2: that it merely serves to underscore how truly difficult it

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Speaker 2: is to win a championship period in any sport, on

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Speaker 2: any level. If you've won one, you have truly earned it.

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Speaker 2: A whim, a call, a bounce of the ball, an injury,

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Speaker 2: whatever the case may be. It is very hard to do.

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Speaker 2: That is why I am so much looking forward to

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Speaker 2: sixteen hours from now in the Final four, as we

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Speaker 2: have some very interesting storylines surrounding the men's Final four,

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Speaker 2: not the least of which, and I'm going to talk

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Speaker 2: about this in one of my commentaries at the bottom

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Speaker 2: of the hour. I truly believe that Danny Hurley is

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Speaker 2: in his question for greatness, not fame greatness, he is

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Speaker 2: truly building something sustainable. I will eat crow and drink

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Speaker 2: it down with whatever you want me to swallow it

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Speaker 2: if Yukon doesn't win the title. Saturday afternoon, you're going

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Speaker 2: to see a master class in focus focus on business,

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Speaker 2: all about business. And I know most people would like

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Speaker 2: to think they focus on their business, and maybe you do,

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Speaker 2: but some people focus on a level that is in

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Speaker 2: the stratosphere. There's a story about the world's most famous

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Speaker 2: cab driver New York. He pulled up to a stop

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Speaker 2: He turns around to greet her and she's completely naked.

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Speaker 2: He stares at her for a minute, and she barks

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Speaker 2: ou up and says, what you've never seen a naked

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Speaker 2: woman before? The Cabby said, of course I have, but

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Speaker 2: I don't see a purse or a wallt on you.

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Speaker 2: So how are you gonna pay me? That is what

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Speaker 2: you call focusing on your business. And the question as

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Speaker 2: to whether or not anybody focuses more than Danny early,

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Speaker 2: We'll just look at the just look at the results.

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Speaker 2: The results don't lie. Let's face it. Forget whether or

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Speaker 2: not Yukon figures to be a tough out this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Can anybody beat him or come within double digits? I'm

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Speaker 2: not sure. We'll find out. Hey, I'll be back. Hell

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Speaker 2: I'm even I'm hosting Ben Mallory Wednesday night, so you

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Speaker 2: don't have to wait till next week. And if I'm wrong,

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Speaker 2: I don't think i'm wrong. A year ago, you come

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Speaker 2: storm through the NCAA tournament. They won all six games

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Speaker 2: by at least thirteen points, and then only three of

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Speaker 2: the huskies top eight players from that team return this year.

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Speaker 2: And yet I don't think you could deny the fact

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Speaker 2: they're better this year. They're thirty five and three. Yukon

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Speaker 2: has lost only once since Christmas. They've led by thirty

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Speaker 2: points or more each of their first four NCAA Tournament games.

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Speaker 2: They fooled Illinois into believe they had a chance for

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Speaker 2: about twenty minutes last Saturday night, only to completely pull

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Speaker 2: acts them with a jaw dropping thirty zero run thirty

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Speaker 2: champion with plenty of offensive talent by twenty nine points.

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Speaker 2: Greatness is Danny Hurley's mission, and I believe Yukon might

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Speaker 2: be building a dynasty. I'm not being hyperbolic. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: get to that at the bottom of the hour. But

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Speaker 2: here are some other standout stats from Yukon's latest dominant run.

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Speaker 2: From this recent season. Dating back to last year, Yukon

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Speaker 2: has won a record ten straight NCAA Tournament games by

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Speaker 2: double digits. The smallest margin of victory was the thirteen

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Speaker 2: point win over Miami in the Final four. In Miami,

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Speaker 2: No small feet. Jim Lairnega's team was tough, Yukon polaxed them.

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Speaker 2: It's been seventeen years since the defending champion reached the

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Speaker 2: Elite eight. Before this season, Duke was the last Ragining

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Speaker 2: sixteen and twenty sixteen. It's hard to repeat success anytime,

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Speaker 2: but especially in this day and age. Dan Hurley squad

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Speaker 2: by an average of twenty four point nine points. Are

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Speaker 2: you kidding me? Yukon trailed for the first twenty eight

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Speaker 2: It was the only time the Huskies have faced a

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Speaker 2: deficit this entire tournament. By the way, Yukon's thirty point

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Speaker 2: the most lopsided victory in the regional semi final since

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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen. Finally, Yukon won its first three games in

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Speaker 2: the tournament this year by combined eighty six points. That's

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Speaker 2: the largest margin of victory through the Sweet sixteen since

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Speaker 2: winning games, they are just completely destroying teams. I have

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Speaker 2: nothing but respect for Alabama and what nato its has done.

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Speaker 2: And you've got I think a matchup of the two

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Speaker 2: and according to Ken Palm, Yukon's or checked that Alabama's

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Speaker 2: adjusted offensive efficiency is three. Yukon's is won. But put

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Speaker 2: this in your pipe and smoke it. When it comes

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Speaker 2: to adjusted defensive efficiency, Yukon ranks at number four. Alabama

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Speaker 2: to most points per game of any team in Division

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Speaker 2: one this season eighty two points a game. That's the

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Speaker 2: second most by an NCAA tournament team, any tournament team

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Speaker 2: period in the last twenty five years. And when you

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Speaker 2: the last eleven games, Alabama is giving up nearly ninety

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Speaker 2: one points per contest. Good luck against yukon Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: We'll see what happens. We'll all be watching. It is

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Speaker 2: really hard to win a championship. If you don't believe me,

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Speaker 2: ask Oriema's Yukon team, the women's team this season. You

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Speaker 2: saw what happen Friday night. I am tipping my hat

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Speaker 2: But if things go according to Oils and Yukon is

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Speaker 2: make this stuff up, It's all based on sophisticated numbers

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Speaker 2: gonna play perdue. Let's just play along with me. I

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Speaker 2: believe you'll see Yukon five and a half six point favorite.

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Speaker 2: That'll be the open. And what do you make the line?

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Speaker 2: am Pacific fidy Mester. Just you to start it. It's

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Speaker 2: welcome in a legend and gentlemen, you hear them all

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Speaker 2: over these airwaves, particularly Sunday morning on Comtown. Do you

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Speaker 2: Bill Crackman Krackenberger, how you doing, Buddy Bernie.

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Speaker 6: I'm out and about maneuvering, trying to go under the

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Speaker 6: cover of darkness like Art Bodell when of that Sleeveland

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Speaker 6: I don't mean to be getting into games already with you.

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Speaker 6: eleven fifteen Vegas times. I'm not circumventing limits because I'm

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Speaker 2: Maybe they can throw you a free steak for Sulvio

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Speaker 6: And that's I love Caesars no matter what, So I go.

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Speaker 6: Peter Lover is my favorite steak out in town. I

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Speaker 6: always loved Caesars. There was a guy there, Eric Fizio,

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Speaker 6: the to me not betting you know, under my name,

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Speaker 6: and have to figure out who Bill Krackenberger is. That's

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Speaker 6: what I hate about these places when they throw people out.

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Speaker 6: You have to find out who Bill Krackenberger is, why

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Speaker 6: this person's betting instead of just taking a nickel or

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Speaker 6: on the other side, giving me a bonus, by the way,

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Speaker 6: Listen, I hate to bet against Connecticut, but there's some

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Speaker 6: But the win is excellent for me. Doug Over there

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Speaker 6: There was a couple of twelve and a half. I

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Speaker 6: There's some half juice places by the way in town too.

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Speaker 6: just because this Connecticut team, like you said, what was

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Speaker 2: Here's my problem with Alabama. They're adjusted defensive efficiency ranks

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Speaker 6: That's a sick number you just said. I mean, what

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Speaker 6: And and Bama's not going to play like they did

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Speaker 6: that game played perfectly for them. I understand that. That's why.

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Speaker 10: My god, you're.

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Speaker 2: Talking about you. You fired on Yukon.

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Speaker 6: No no, no, no, I thought.

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Speaker 2: Okay, hold on, we'll get to that game in a second.

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Speaker 2: I want to share one more thing with you, ironically,

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Speaker 6: Wow. Wow, wow, it really is.

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Speaker 11: It's it's in listen.

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Speaker 6: I never even bet games this we week. It's very

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Speaker 6: eight and Final four, there's so many eyeballs on these

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Speaker 6: I wouldn't go crazy on anything here, Guys, anyone that's

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Speaker 6: Like you said, defensive, I may look at the under

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Speaker 6: if I don't, I don't. It's not a big deal. Normally,

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Speaker 6: like I said, I wouldn't even bet a game like this.

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Speaker 6: You know, my average bet size is much bigger than

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Speaker 6: I bet on even for do now or even tomorrow tomorrow.

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Speaker 6: I may throw just like a little nickel, not even

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Speaker 2: Also, so anything is possible. I just yeah, I had

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Speaker 2: to get in front of a speeding train. Let's take

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Speaker 2: Now that's a game, and I'm not involved in either game,

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Speaker 2: full disclosure at this point, sure, I feel inc State

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Speaker 2: could hang that number. Is it eight and a half?

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Speaker 12: Now?

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Speaker 2: It was nine and a half? Now nine?

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Speaker 6: It's nine almost everywhere nine and a half at at MGM,

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Speaker 2: Talk about that game from your standpoint, Yeah.

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Speaker 6: You know, for Due, I put a morsel on for

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Speaker 6: Do when I've seen him at seven and a half

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Speaker 6: But yet I don't ever head, so I don't think about, hey,

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Speaker 6: because I'm actually double dipping. I'm betting for Do anyway,

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Speaker 6: and she has NC state to win at all ten

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Speaker 6: And really it wasn't a fair buyout, but about double that,

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Speaker 6: about one hundred and seventy hundred and sixty bucks was

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Speaker 6: The only time you ever want to hedge, Bernie is

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Speaker 6: if circumstances have changed, main players being out, are they

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Speaker 6: it's a big giant amount coming back. Let's say you

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Speaker 6: you know, one hundred bucks, and now you're gonna get

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Speaker 10: Well, the ten.

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Speaker 6: Thousand probably means a lot to you, where the hundred

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Speaker 6: average sized bet. You probably should have hedged in that

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Speaker 6: But for me, Purdue, I'm that hedge and I do

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Speaker 6: I just think they really lay over them, and I

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Speaker 6: There any kind of a Cinderella story, I surely I

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Speaker 6: definitely understand. I went down earlier betting against NC State

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Speaker 6: we'll see that happen tomorrow again. You know, a medium

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Speaker 2: Last question, Craig, so irrespective of the doubleheader Saturday and

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Speaker 2: Yukon is prohibitive two to one produced plus two two

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Speaker 2: feel like that's good value on Yukonner's the number bought

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Speaker 6: You know, the juice it's it's not what it should

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Speaker 6: like one fifty. You know, it's just to lay two

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Speaker 2: To two to one to win it all. The final

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Speaker 6: Yeah yeah, yeah, Jukon minus two hundred, right yeah yeah, sorry, yeah,

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Speaker 6: I got I just I can't bet those kind of

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Speaker 6: Having a lot of outs, a lot of different places

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Speaker 6: forty fifty percent down that, you know, even single digits.

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Speaker 6: I don't like to bet any future pools, but I

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Speaker 6: I understand the reason why that, and maybe that'll curb

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Speaker 2: Crack great stiff till the works for they can find

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Speaker 2: you on Sunday morning.

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Speaker 6: Sunday morning, it's going to be on the Fox Sports

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Speaker 6: Radio of course, countdown to Kickboff. It's going to be

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Speaker 6: countdown to tipfoff now six am to nine am. I'll

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Speaker 6: at Twitter at Bill Crackman with a K and look

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Speaker 6: forward to talk to you guys.

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Speaker 2: Seeing you guys, Joey weekend, big fellow, We'll talk soon.

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Speaker 6: Thank you, Bernie.

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Speaker 2: That is Bill Crackman, Krakenberger, the legend. You know him.

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Speaker 2: guys here in Vegas. Great guy coming up. As I mentioned,

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Speaker 2: I want to share with you the extremely strong feeling

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Speaker 2: sustainable I hesitate to use the word dynasty, but don't

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Speaker 2: be surprised if Yukon turns into something ridiculous beyond what

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Speaker 2: they already are. But first, let's go to my guy,

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Speaker 2: Kevin Figures with the latest.

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Speaker 13: All right, Bernie in the men's final four will step

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Speaker 13: off on Saturday afternoon or Friday night. It was time

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Speaker 13: nightcap saw Kaitlin Clark scored twenty one points with nine

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Speaker 13: boards and seven assists, leading Iowa over Yukon seventy one

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Speaker 13: to sixty nine and a second straight trip to the

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Speaker 13: National Championship Game. Earlier in the night South Carolina improved

433
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Speaker 13: to thirty seven and zero on the season. They picked

434
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Speaker 13: up a convincing seventy eight to fifty nine victory over

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Speaker 13: n C State as they returned to the National Title

436
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Speaker 13: Game after a one year hiatus in the NBA. On Friday,

437
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Speaker 13: the Sun's got twenty two points from Kevin Durant in

438
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Speaker 13: a ninety seven to eighty seven win over Minnesota, Clippers,

439
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Speaker 13: steamrolling Utah one thirty one to one oh two. Dallas

440
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Speaker 13: defeated Golden State one away to one oh six, despite

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Speaker 13: Luka Dancik missing the game with ay sore knee Spurs

442
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Speaker 13: defeating New Orleans, who have lost four straight Milwaukee now

443
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Speaker 13: just fifteen and sixteen under Doc Rivers. They suffer a

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Speaker 13: one seventeen to one to eleven home lost Toronto wins

445
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Speaker 13: from Miami, Indiana and Boston, who held off a late

446
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 13: King surge for a one oh one to one hundred victory.

447
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 13: In the NFL, the Panthers signed Pro Bowl defensive tackle

448
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Speaker 13: Derek Brown's a four year, ninety six million dollar contract

449
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Speaker 13: extension back to Bernie Frito.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thanks a lot, Kevin, by the way, top of

451
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Speaker 2: the hour, midnight hour, dial them up eight seven seven

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Speaker 2: nine ninety six sixty three six nine. I'm I suspecting

453
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Speaker 2: a've especially spirited midnight hour to night. The callers have

454
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Speaker 2: been great. We are going to have a bit of

455
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Speaker 2: a premer on the fan relationship with professional sports. You

456
00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:42,919
Speaker 2: have no doubt by now heard what happened with the

457
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,639
Speaker 2: Dodgers at the Dodger game the other night when Chohot

458
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Speaker 2: Johnny hit his first home run in the home run

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Speaker 2: Ball and that nice couple at the Covenium Enrich had

460
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Speaker 2: him on their Hilder Day. Sound like really neat people.

461
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 2: I really enjoyed that interview. The guys did a great

462
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Speaker 2: job with that, and I want to get your thoughts

463
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Speaker 2: on how you feel the Dodgers handled that, and I'll

464
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 2: get back on it about ten minutes and set everything up.

465
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,120
Speaker 2: But also there's another side of this too fan behavior.

466
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 2: Russell Westbrook had a heated confrontation with a Hornets fan

467
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:14,320
Speaker 2: last week. They called them Westbrook again, and it brought

468
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 2: up to the situation where his kids in school. At

469
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Speaker 2: what point is too much? Is it too much? You

470
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 2: buy your ticket, you walk in, but are you ruining

471
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Speaker 2: the fan experience for other people. On the other hand,

472
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Speaker 2: some people might say, hey, you can say what you

473
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Speaker 2: want as long as you don't physically it costs anybody. Again,

474
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Speaker 2: the most boring conversations are when people agree on everything.

475
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Speaker 2: So I very much want to get your take on

476
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,919
Speaker 2: the Dodger situation and what I would consider to be

477
00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 2: a little bit of melodrama. Dodgers could not avoid this

478
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 2: drama with shoey Otani in the first home run of

479
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 2: the home run ball in the way that the whole

480
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 2: thing was handled and worst stands right now, I think

481
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Speaker 2: people have significant reactions about that. You can all relate

482
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Speaker 2: to being at a game and seeing a fallball come

483
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 2: into the stands. This is a ball allegedly worth a

484
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Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars because Joey Ojowny's first home run

485
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 2: as a Dodger. We're gonna get into that, but I

486
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 2: want to talk about Danny Hurley. You know, when Danny

487
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: Hurley took over Yukon back in twenty eighteen, the roster

488
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 2: were a bunch of nobodies and they'd had a terrible

489
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,439
Speaker 2: year of the year before. In his first year, he

490
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 2: was sixteen and seventeen. Then he jumped in nineteen and twelve,

491
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Speaker 2: and then since then he's like one oh four and

492
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Speaker 2: twenty eight. This is a gentleman that has been gearing

493
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Speaker 2: his work towards greatness. He is not worried about stardom.

494
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,879
Speaker 2: He does not have a pension for stardom. He is

495
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Speaker 2: building something sustainable. History is our best witness when it

496
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 2: comes to building greatness and the theory that if you

497
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Speaker 2: strive for greatness, which most people think they do, but

498
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 2: they're really striving for fame, that is sustainable. You know,

499
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,720
Speaker 2: Michaelangelo before he turned thirty, when he completed two of

500
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Speaker 2: his greatest works, and they were so good it compelled

501
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,480
Speaker 2: Pope Julius to commission him. They want to paint the

502
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Speaker 2: ceiling of the Sistine Champele. That then you heard of

503
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 2: michael Angelo. After that, you know. J. D. Salinger wrote

504
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 2: a book, Catcher in the Rye. But he did it

505
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: during World War Two. He would carry the manuscript in

506
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Speaker 2: his backpack. He was on the beach in Normandy, in

507
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Speaker 2: the forest, but whenever he had off time, he would

508
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Speaker 2: just put his pen to paper and do what God

509
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Speaker 2: gave him the gift to do. And the novel The

510
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 2: Catcher in the Rye continues to sell today. You know,

511
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,000
Speaker 2: there was a little known singer back in nineteen fifty

512
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Speaker 2: seventy one named Don McLean. He performed as an opening

513
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,600
Speaker 2: act for Laura Niro because someone else canceled, and played

514
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 2: this song for eight minutes and forty two seconds, called

515
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Speaker 2: American Pie. It became an instant classic. Before that, he

516
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 2: was a complete unknown. And during the sixties and seventies

517
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,920
Speaker 2: there was a little actor, very unknown Broadway actor who

518
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 2: was struggling big time to find work, and all of

519
00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 2: a sudden he got this rolled, Michael Corleoni and the Godfather.

520
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 2: Of course, I'm talking to Al Pacino. You want to

521
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 2: talk about the sports world, Well, Tom Brady was one

522
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,639
Speaker 2: hundred and ninety ninth pick in the two thousand NFL draft.

523
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 2: Didn't play it all as rookie. One game at the

524
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Speaker 2: Silver Dome. I was there through one pass. You know

525
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Speaker 2: what happened after that? You know, I play a lot

526
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:24,360
Speaker 2: of motown on my as bumper music. On my show.

527
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 2: It's all I play. And there's a reason. You know,

528
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Speaker 2: when Columbia Records dropped Aretha Franklin, they actually dropped her

529
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Speaker 2: from their label in nineteen sixty six. She was struggling.

530
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Speaker 2: She was in massive debt, but she wouldn't give up.

531
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Speaker 2: She kept her nose to the grindstone. She ends up

532
00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: signing with Atlantic Records and she had a seven year

533
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 2: run where she produced hit after hit. She was always

534
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 2: a great singer, but it took time for her to

535
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,000
Speaker 2: become a famous one. But that wasn't her goal. She

536
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 2: focused on greatness. As a matter of fact, the six

537
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Speaker 2: people had just mentioned that are all historical figures have

538
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Speaker 2: something in common, even though they occurred through different parts

539
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 2: of our history in different fields, each person was focused

540
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Speaker 2: on greatness. They weren't worried about coming famous. See, even

541
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,440
Speaker 2: in today's society, being famous doesn't even require GREATNSS because

542
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 2: because of social media and reality TV, you can be

543
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 2: a household name or an influencer. That doesn't necessarily require

544
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 2: that you have in any outstanding skill or any specific talent.

545
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: It just means you've been able to go viral and

546
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 2: then all of a sudden you're famous. But when you

547
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 2: focus on being elite, when you gear your work towards greatness,

548
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 2: forget the pension for stardom. You build something sustainable. And

549
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 2: here's the situation. Greatness is really a journey. It's not

550
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 2: the destination because you are constantly grinding and struggling for improvement,

551
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 2: constantly trying to grow. Most importantly, you really have to

552
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 2: enjoy that journey and you have to celebrate what it

553
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,320
Speaker 2: is you're doing. That is why I'm giving tremendous props

554
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 2: to Danny Hurley. I believe Danny Hurley is presiding over

555
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 2: a master class yes and how to strive for greatness,

556
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 2: and the results show he's striving for greatness, not fame.

557
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 2: Now it may sound simplistic. But Danny, in spite of

558
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 2: his success as a player, he had more. He scored

559
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 2: a thousand points while he was at Seaton Home, played

560
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 2: in two NCAA tournaments, but it didn't in the way

561
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 2: it wanted him to. And he was in Bobby's shadow,

562
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Speaker 2: his brother, and his father's shadow. And I think, deep

563
00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 2: down inside, Danny Hurley is still striving for that victory.

564
00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 2: From within. He's never really gotten there, but he has

565
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 2: a huge hunger for success and greatness. Like I said

566
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 2: sixty six years ago, check that twenty eighteen, Danny Hurley

567
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 2: inherited a team at Connecticut with very little talent. But

568
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 2: he didn't tell anybody to transfer. It didn't kick anybody

569
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 2: off the team. He refused to give up on him,

570
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 2: run him off for better show ponies. His father, Bob

571
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 2: Hurley said, what he believes makes Danny a great coach

572
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 2: or an even better coach, is what he went through

573
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 2: as a player because he grew up with empathy. Danny

574
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 2: Hurley was born into the right family for sure. His

575
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 2: father built a high school powerhouse. There weren't exactly a

576
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: big time resources there at Saint Anthony and Jersey City,

577
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: and his brother Bobby was a star, dupe, And you

578
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 2: know Bobby was a star. But every time Danny would

579
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 2: take the floor, crowds would ride him like a rented mule.

580
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 2: Bobby's better et said, or the pressure got to him.

581
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 2: He failed to live up to his brother. So he

582
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 2: saw where his father had built a basketball dynasty and

583
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 2: his brother had become a great player. It led it

584
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 2: to about with depression. I think he drank, he spiraled downward,

585
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 2: he took a leave of absence. Look, he was a

586
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 2: good college player, not a great one, but he was

587
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 2: a decent one. But when you've had hard times in

588
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 2: your playing career and you struggled, Danny Hurley said, he

589
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 2: admitted it toughened him up. You deal with a lot

590
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: of adversity. You know how to handle failure, and you

591
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 2: know how to relate to players who struggle as well.

592
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 2: And if you can't handle adversity, your failure, you're not

593
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 2: gonna have success, You're not gonna have greatness. You're gonna

594
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 2: have a very hard time. And Danny Hurley once said,

595
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 2: you know what, it turns out that bricking all those

596
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 2: shots when I was a seat in hall is really

597
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 2: paid off. In my view, Danny Hurley is building possibly

598
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 2: the next great desk dynasty in college football. Try that

599
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:37,520
Speaker 2: again in college basketball, one brick at a time. As

600
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 2: it were coming up, I want to talk about the

601
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 2: midnight hour subject matter will be diving into and set

602
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 2: you folks up with the details. By now I am

603
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 2: quite sure you are fa mayor with what happened at

604
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium. There was a little bit of drama. Obviously,

605
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: there's an established process when a fan catches a milestone

606
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 2: home run, and well, I guess Shohil Tani's first homer

607
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers was a mile stone home run. See,

608
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 2: the ball legally belongs to the fan, but they typically

609
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,720
Speaker 2: escort you from your seat so team officials can speak

610
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 2: to you and work out what it'll take for the

611
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 2: fan to part with the ball. Sometimes they want a

612
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 2: little signed memorabilia, sometimes they want cash, but believe it

613
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 2: or not, it's within the fans right to just take

614
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 2: the ball and go home. The fan who bought who

615
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 2: caught Shohil Tani's ball is married. She's a lifelong Dodgers fan.

616
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 2: Her name is Amber Roman, and her husband, well, apparently

617
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 2: there's some real questions how they were treated by the

618
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 2: Dodgers after the home run ball ended up in their hands.

619
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Speaker 2: As she tells the story, they were escorted, they were

620
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 2: separated and feeling pressure to give up the ball for

621
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 2: what they considered not to be a lot. So I

622
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 2: want to talk. I want I want everybody to win,

623
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 2: And how do you feel about how they were treated?

624
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 2: And then to make things clunkier, to make things clunkier,

625
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 2: we have another ambiguous situation. It's my understanding Amber Roman

626
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 2: and her husband were not able to meet Shohio Tani,

627
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,760
Speaker 2: but somehow in the postgame press conference through the interpreter,

628
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:27,000
Speaker 2: And again, how do you really know? Because he didn't

629
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 2: he wasn't speaking English that night. He allegedly said something

630
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 2: to the effect, well, at least I was able to

631
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 2: meet with the fans and work it out, but he

632
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 2: didn't meet with them. And then there's this, there's a

633
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 2: there's an allegation that if they would have left the ball,

634
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 2: the Dodgers would have refused to authenticate the ball, which

635
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 2: would have made the ball effectively worthless and taken their

636
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 2: ability to sell it later. And you know, he would

637
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 2: have created even more issues I think for the Dodgers

638
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 2: explaining how this billion dollar organization under seven hundred million

639
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 2: dollar player couldn't find some agreement, and then there was

640
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 2: an allegation that if they kept the ball or tiny

641
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 2: would not be willing to sign it. I don't know

642
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 2: how much of this is true or not. What I

643
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 2: do know is how the story is shaping as to

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Speaker 2: how they were treated and how would you feel if

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Speaker 2: you were treated that way? What should the Dodgers have done?

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Speaker 2: Or are you on the Dodger side? That's your right

647
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Speaker 2: to be on the Dodger side? Are you? And we're

648
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Speaker 2: back to the Russell Westbrook situation. Can fans just say

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Speaker 2: whatever they want? Or did Russell Westbrook go too far

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Speaker 2: by barking back? Sports don't exist without fans, and neither

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Speaker 2: does this show. We want to hear from you. Eight seven,

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Speaker 2: seven nine, nine six six three sixty nine The Midnight

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Speaker 2: Hour coming up at twelve pm midnight. I'm Bernie Fradderwer

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Speaker 2: comes to your line from the Las Vegas Fox Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio Tirock dot Com Studios. Keep it locked. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: All right, back on the Bernie Fraddle Show. Fox Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio coming to you live from the Tirek dot Com

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Speaker 2: studios here in the Las Vegas Come up ten minutes

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Speaker 2: the midnight hour. The callers have been sensational since we

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00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 2: launched this at the beginning of the year. We have

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Speaker 2: a kind of a dual subject matter tonight with a

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Speaker 2: recurring theme fans relationships with professional sports. I'll revisit again

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Speaker 2: Dodgers otani first home run ball. The Dodgers are embroiled in.

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Speaker 2: We can call it controversy. We'll just call it that

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Speaker 2: Odannie hits a four hundred and thirty foot home run

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Speaker 2: into the right field bleachers for his first ever as

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Speaker 2: a Dodger Wednesday night. The ball was recovered by a

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Speaker 2: lifelong Dodgers fan by the name of Amber Roman. Now.

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Speaker 2: According to her reports, Roman said she'd been pressured by

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Speaker 2: Dodger Stadium to give the ball back. She also added

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Speaker 2: she'd not really gotten an opportunity to at least meet

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Speaker 2: Otani after returning to the baseball, which has been valued

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Speaker 2: at an estimated one hundred thousand dollars. However, to make

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Speaker 2: matters more, we're confusing Otani's postgame comments claimed otherwise. According

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00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 2: to one interpretation, quote, I was able to talk to

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Speaker 2: the fan and it was able to get it back.

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Speaker 2: Otani said, through an interpreter, Obviously, it's a very special ball,

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Speaker 2: a lot of feelings toward it. I'm very grateful that

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Speaker 2: it's back. Unquote. Okay, I don't know. I don't speak Japanese. Well, Ichiban,

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Speaker 2: that's all I know. That's all I know. This is

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Speaker 2: an important element to the story because via the interpreter,

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Speaker 2: whose name I guess is will Ireton, Shohyo Tani said

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Speaker 2: that he actually met with the fan who caught the ball,

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Speaker 2: but the fan said that's not true, with something lost

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Speaker 2: in translation. Maybe we need to get Bill Murray and

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Speaker 2: Scarlett Johansson on the case, but we need This is

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Speaker 2: not a good look. This is twice now in two weeks,

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Speaker 2: all right, And I'm not blaming anybody or anything here.

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Speaker 2: What I'm trying to figure out is as a fan,

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Speaker 2: as a consumer, how do you feel about the way

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Speaker 2: this whole ordeal has played out? The Dodgers are now

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Speaker 2: reportedly to opening a further conversation. It's my understanding. Next

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Speaker 2: Friday is Amber Roman's birthday. I think if I got

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Speaker 2: this right, she's be invited back to the Dodger Stadium

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Speaker 2: to have a pregame ceremony or something like that, or

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Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't want to screw this up,

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Speaker 2: but go out on the field and watch batting practice.

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Speaker 2: Whooped the damn do? Come on, man, they really could

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Speaker 2: have done better than that. Meanwhile, Russell Westbrook has had

702
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Speaker 2: another heated confrontation just this last week. About a week

703
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 2: was Sunday with a Hornets fan. He was confronting the

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Speaker 2: fan during halftime, using f bombs that don't disrespect my

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Speaker 2: family's name. They were calling him Westbrook west Brick again,

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Speaker 2: and people are saying I don't have thin skin, and

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm not really taking sides on this either.

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Speaker 2: I guess it's bothering Russell quite a bit because his

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Speaker 2: kids at school are being called Westbrook, So that takes

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Speaker 2: you to a different level. By the way, January Westbrook

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00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 2: got into it with a minute sort of Timberwolves fan

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Speaker 2: and and then I think he also had a heated

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Speaker 2: exchange with a Denver Nuggets fan. And by the way,

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Speaker 2: he's not the only one. Kevin Durant got into it

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Speaker 2: with a fan recently when a fan called him a bach.

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Speaker 2: So we've got two sides of the coin here. Fans

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Speaker 2: are what make the sports world go around. Let's make

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Speaker 2: no mistake about that. They listen to the show, they

719
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Speaker 2: buy tickets, they watch games on TV. There's a reason

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Speaker 2: Otani makes the money he makes because he puts butts

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Speaker 2: in seats and it costs money. So you catch a

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Speaker 2: file ball, check that you catch your home run ball.

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Speaker 2: And the way that things transpired from there raises a

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Speaker 2: lot of questions and this should be a great discussion.

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Speaker 2: Eight seven seven nine A nine on Fox eight seven

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Speaker 2: seven nine nine six six three six nine. It's time

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Speaker 2: for the midnight hour. What are your thoughts on the

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Speaker 2: show he otani home run ball ordeal and the Russell

729
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Speaker 2: Westbrook situation as well. I definitely want to hear from you.

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Speaker 2: This is a highly charged situation and I think it's

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Speaker 2: something that can everybody can relate to the midnight hour.

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Speaker 2: Come it up, keep it locked. You're listening to the

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Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: That's right, you heard the man. The Bernie Fraddle Show

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Speaker 2: keeps rolling right along. My name is Bernie Fraddle. We're

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Speaker 2: should be a very spirited next hour. And that is

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Speaker 2: why every Friday night on the Bernie Frattle Show, Win

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Speaker 2: twelve pm rolls around. We simply call it the midnight hour.

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Speaker 2: Eight seven seven nine nine six sixty three six nine.

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Speaker 2: You want to hear from you. You're at a Dodger game,

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Speaker 2: you're a loyal fan, You've caught Hotani's first ever home

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Speaker 2: run ball. You're immediately a swept away. You're separated from

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Speaker 2: your spouse. You are seemingly in harrogated. Maybe that's not

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00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 2: the correct terminology, but it sounds like it. You're pressure

751
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 2: to settle for something less. It's all happening so fast.

752
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 2: You don't want to do the wrong thing. You want

753
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 2: to do the right thing. But then cooler heads for

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Speaker 2: vail later and it leaves a lot of us asking questions.

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Speaker 2: Let's go to the piece. This is the best part.

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Speaker 2: Jim for Massachusetts, start us off. I'm sure you're familiar

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Speaker 2: with the Dodger or a deal this week?

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Speaker 8: Uh, Bernie, it's unbelievable what you separate them like they

759
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 8: like they just rob the bank or something like their

760
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 8: cosmic criminals or something. I mean, what is that all about?

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Speaker 8: And to stop even to stop before that, wouldn't you

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Speaker 8: think your management of a major organization like that, Well,

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Speaker 8: when o TOI hits his first home home run ball,

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Speaker 8: how were we going to do and how we're gonna get

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Speaker 8: from the fan this and that? Instead of doing it

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Speaker 8: and help the skelter the way they did it. You know,

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Speaker 8: you you figured they would have pre planned before treating

768
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Speaker 8: the folks like that, you know, And it's you know,

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Speaker 8: it's always it's not the actual event, it's always what

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Speaker 8: happens afterwards.

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Speaker 2: You know, one million percent, you would have seemingly structured

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Speaker 2: not only the chronology of how you would execute engaging

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Speaker 2: the fan, but you would have seemingly come up with

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Speaker 2: a pre arranged package and say, here's what we're going,

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Speaker 2: here's what we're prepared to offer you for the ball,

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Speaker 2: and it would seemingly be a hell of a lot

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Speaker 2: more generous than what we're hearing.

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Speaker 8: I know, it's just It's just it's just amazing that

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Speaker 8: you know people like that, just that you know, smart

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Speaker 8: enough to own organizations and work in them do stupid things,

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Speaker 8: you know, to irritate the public.

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Speaker 2: That's all last thing. Real quickly, Do you have any

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00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:45,879
Speaker 2: thoughts on the fan engaging Russell Westbrook and how much

784
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Speaker 2: is too much?

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Speaker 8: All right? Well, you know russ has got to realize that.

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Speaker 8: You know, most fans are jealous that they didn't get

787
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Speaker 8: to that level. It doesn't matter the sport, and most

788
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 8: fans got the IQ of a house plant anyway when

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Speaker 8: it comes to stuff like that. But when I think

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Speaker 8: of things like that that happened Bernie, all I can

791
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Speaker 8: think of is remember the guy that got to the

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Speaker 8: Hall of Fame to spit the umpire's face and then

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Speaker 8: and then yeah, and then he tried to double down

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Speaker 8: and say, oh, well, you know the reason he's acted

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Speaker 8: the way he does because his kids were handicapped and

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Speaker 8: stuff like that. I can't believe they let him go

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Speaker 8: get to the Hall of Fame. When they talk about

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Speaker 8: steroids and they talk about gambling. That was the worst

799
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Speaker 8: thing I watched that live on TV. I was losing

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Speaker 8: my mind. I was wishing God would put me in

801
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Speaker 8: as head catcher behind the plate. With that happened, I

802
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Speaker 8: would have taken him apart. But you know that's the way.

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Speaker 8: That's the way it is. You know, that's the way

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Speaker 8: what you're going to live with in today's society.

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Speaker 2: You know, all right, good stuff. You appreciate you checking in,

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Speaker 2: and I think you know emotions get involved on both sides,

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Speaker 2: sir scratch Off in Arkansas? What are your thoughts tonight?

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Speaker 11: I'll be here, Bernie out pulling a shoulder up here,

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00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,280
Speaker 11: real quick, pull over. Yeah, I will tell you something, buddy.

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Speaker 11: You know my name, Sirs crash Off, not because I

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Speaker 11: picked one those Okay. I've been gambling and having fun

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00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 11: with this stuff for years and years, and I am

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Speaker 11: not gonna put up a batch about when somebody's gonna

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Speaker 11: take a baseball away from me. I've had bats so

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Speaker 11: behind me and before me, you know, coming out this

816
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Speaker 11: out of a plate, and it's just one of things

817
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 11: being a cardal fan forever. You never know what's gonna

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Speaker 11: come in and stands. And when that baseball comes to

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Speaker 11: me and it's mine, I said on bit matter last night,

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Speaker 11: it's mine.

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Speaker 7: Don't come over here and make me a price unless

822
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Speaker 7: you got.

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Speaker 14: Some cash a lot of bills that's mine.

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Speaker 11: Then we ain't gonna cut no deals.

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Speaker 10: I don't want your hats, I don't want your shirt.

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Speaker 8: I don't even want to be with your family for

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Speaker 8: a month.

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Speaker 11: Just give them a baseball or give my money.

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Speaker 2: So the bottom line is you feel the Dodgers gave

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Speaker 2: these folks short shrift. Is that what I'm getting from you?

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Speaker 11: Yes, so they did, because one hundred thousand dollars is

832
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 11: a big bunch of money these days in time, and

833
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 11: it's being dollar of power ball right now. It's mine.

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Speaker 6: I'm like, when I get it, I'm going to keep it.

835
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Speaker 7: I'm not going to give.

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Speaker 9: Back to y'all at longerhouse.

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Speaker 11: But that baseball is like I'm saying, that baseball is

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Speaker 11: going to be mine.

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Speaker 6: I'm not going to give it away if.

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Speaker 12: It's worth that kind of money.

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Speaker 11: Hello, folks, We've done those for a lot of little kids,

842
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Speaker 11: because that's how I am.

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Speaker 1: I give I do that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean fair enough, my man, and drive safely

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Speaker 2: out there. Thanks for checking in. When you're a billion

846
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Speaker 2: dollar organization, one of the most iconic franchises in all

847
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:28,959
Speaker 2: of sports, and you've got a player who just signed

848
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 2: a seven hundred million dollar contract. What are we doing here?

849
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Speaker 2: Don't go cheap with people, man, don't don't go cheap

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Speaker 2: with people. You know, do you ever want to be

851
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 2: known as someone who's cheap? Anyway, let's keep moving. James

852
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 2: in Minnesota, what are your thoughts in this whole or deal?

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00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 2: All right, let's move on. Andrew in Bakersfield, let's hear

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00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 2: from you.

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Speaker 15: How's it going tonight?

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Speaker 2: Good man?

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00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,759
Speaker 15: All right? I'm a Dodgers fan, and so when I

858
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:01,280
Speaker 15: first heard what the Dodgers did that the secure people first,

859
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 15: like right away went and got them and took them away.

860
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 15: I thought, man, that's awesome planning. I was like totally proud.

861
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:14,720
Speaker 15: But hearing about how they dealt with the people doesn't

862
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 15: sound very good. But they still have a chance to

863
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:20,240
Speaker 15: make it up to them.

864
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 2: They do. But should we have gotten to this point? Well,

865
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 2: all I'm hearing is they're invited to come back next

866
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 2: Friday and go on the field during batting practice. Whoop

867
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 2: thee Dan do.

868
00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:29,600
Speaker 10: Well?

869
00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 15: Because of all of this media coverage. Maybe they'll change

870
00:46:32,640 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 15: their mind.

871
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:37,239
Speaker 2: And maybe they will, we'll see, But I would just

872
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:39,240
Speaker 2: say this, why does it have to get to this point,

873
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:44,839
Speaker 2: it shouldn't. All right, anything quickly on. Well, so let's

874
00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 2: go and fan and abuse of fans go ahead.

875
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 15: Okay, as long as it's not violent speech, As long

876
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:56,279
Speaker 15: as he's not cussing, I have no problem with it.

877
00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,720
Speaker 15: The way they that Westbrook can change the guy's mind

878
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 15: is by making shots.

879
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that ship may have sealed on that one here.

880
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 2: All right, Andrew, I appreciate you man, moving right along

881
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:16,520
Speaker 2: Stephen in Kansas City. Uh, what have you got for

882
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 2: us tonight?

883
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 16: Many Bernie of the best people's champion than sir. You

884
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 16: know the thing about the Dodgers have they don't really

885
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:27,280
Speaker 16: care what.

886
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 8: The what you you fans think. I mean, let's just

887
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 8: be real.

888
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 16: My my, my, My offer to the Dodgers if I

889
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:40,320
Speaker 16: got the ball is if they if they got rid

890
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 16: of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception Band group, that

891
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 16: I'll give them the ball.

892
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 14: I'll give them the ball for free.

893
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 10: But I don't I.

894
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 16: Don't think the Dodgers would would bo fabulous sisters from

895
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 16: from marching and marching into the stadium on their special day.

896
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 6: But that's a topic for another another day.

897
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 2: Well, it's another one of this long line of weird

898
00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 2: stuff with the Dodgers. I mean, you know, we still

899
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:14,520
Speaker 2: haven't really gotten resolution. We may never run the allegations

900
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 2: and the you know, the the money to.

901
00:48:16,520 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 16: The My comment on Russell Westbrook.

902
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 17: Is that, you know, I think.

903
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,240
Speaker 16: It's sort of Kevin Durant the disease as he gets older,

904
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,520
Speaker 16: you know, he's he's sort.

905
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 17: Of got you know.

906
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:33,279
Speaker 14: The way to diffuse this is just.

907
00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 16: To make line of it. I mean, it's a funny name.

908
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:41,040
Speaker 16: West west Brook is. I mean, Skip Bayless probably coined

909
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:44,280
Speaker 16: that thing. You know, you got to give him credit.

910
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:48,399
Speaker 16: It's catchy, and you know it's working because that's why

911
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 16: you're getting your reaction out of.

912
00:48:50,200 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 2: Us well, and that's why it continues. David Stanle life

913
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 2: for a second. Have you excuse me, Steven? The uh

914
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 2: it's affected his kids is school? Is you know some

915
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,480
Speaker 2: of the kids classmates, you're apparently calling them Westbrook And

916
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:06,880
Speaker 2: I think that's where it really struck home with them.

917
00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:10,839
Speaker 16: Let the effect okay, I mean, if you're a cry

918
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 16: river for them, these guys are billionaires, get another school.

919
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:19,279
Speaker 16: I mean, come on, let's rest. He's called cup you know,

920
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 16: the cold cupcakes for a reason, and the snowflakes and

921
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 16: this is this is this is example example one A.

922
00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 16: You know, get some skin, get some thin skin. Your

923
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:33,840
Speaker 16: kids will get over it being called Westbrook.

924
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:36,120
Speaker 9: Maybe maybe the kids will maybe the kids.

925
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 7: Will play ball and play better.

926
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,919
Speaker 16: I mean, come on, let's just so many other great

927
00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:44,319
Speaker 16: problems in the world. Let's let's let's not cry for

928
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 16: Russell Westbrook.

929
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,000
Speaker 2: All right, good, good stuff, Steven, appreciate you checking in. Uh,

930
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 2: David and Kentucky. You're up next to a couple of

931
00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 2: juicy subjects here. The Dodger thing. The more I think

932
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 2: about it, go ahead.

933
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 17: The next thing that I would do next time that

934
00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 17: Westbrook would play somewhere, I'd be playing the remix of

935
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:04,320
Speaker 17: brick House, Little lionho Richie.

936
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 2: Yuh. So back to the Dodgers. Now, what are your

937
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 2: thoughts that you caught the wall. You're a Dodgers fan.

938
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 2: All of a sudden they swoop down on you and

939
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,240
Speaker 2: they treat you like you just robbed a bank or something.

940
00:50:17,480 --> 00:50:19,759
Speaker 17: Yeah, I just invite them down to Kentucky, said, would

941
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 17: you come out? Says all the game? Put our exhibition

942
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 17: game and I'll give you a couple of series buffet passes.

943
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 17: That's the same thing.

944
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 6: I'm sure George Jumper.

945
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,600
Speaker 16: Robbery is diad the carpter.

946
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 2: But how do you know these are How do you

947
00:50:32,320 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 2: feel when you heard what happened here? Did you have

948
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:36,240
Speaker 2: any reaction?

949
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean because I thought, you know, a fan.

950
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 17: I'm sure these people were a fan right before they

951
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:41,520
Speaker 17: caught the ball.

952
00:50:41,600 --> 00:50:43,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, they go to about fifteen games a year. They

953
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 2: saw like really good people. You can hear their interview

954
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,080
Speaker 2: on Covino and Rich It was a very good interview,

955
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:49,760
Speaker 2: very thoughtful.

956
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:52,560
Speaker 17: Go ahead, Well, I mean they have the opportunities they

957
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 17: type of seat to have, like changing money brought to

958
00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:56,240
Speaker 17: them that everybody else.

959
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:57,120
Speaker 6: Holds out for.

960
00:50:57,200 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 17: I'm not I wouldn't think they were greaty to try

961
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Speaker 17: to get the money at all.

962
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,600
Speaker 2: No, they seem very reasonable. I think between the process

963
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 2: and what they're offered, left the back taste in their

964
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 2: mouth by their own words. All right, appreciate you, David.

965
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 2: We are going to continue on with this. Skeeter, Jack, Fernando,

966
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,960
Speaker 2: you're all coming up. We're gonna get to everybody tonight.

967
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 2: No one gets shut out. We're gonna talk about this Dodger.

968
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 2: I think it's a bit of a debacle. What should

969
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:25,000
Speaker 2: have been a glorious celebratory event has turned into I

970
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:27,479
Speaker 2: think a little bit of drama they didn't really need.

971
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,279
Speaker 2: We'll continue with the midnight Hour. I'm Bernie fraddlewer come

972
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 2: to your life from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, tire

973
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 2: Act dot Com Studios. Don't go away. You're listening to

974
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,040
Speaker 2: the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. You're back

975
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:41,880
Speaker 2: on the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio. Coming to

976
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:43,960
Speaker 2: live from the tire Ac dot Com studios. Here in

977
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 2: Las Vegas. We are thick in the middle of the

978
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 2: midnight hour, choping it up. Dodger Shohei o Tani first

979
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 2: home run, two loyal fans catch the ball. What transpired

980
00:51:55,719 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 2: next feels very uncomfortable. Let's continue on Skeeter in Massachusetts.

981
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:04,000
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on this ordeal?

982
00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:06,120
Speaker 7: We listen.

983
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 18: First of all, as much as I appreciate everybody's opinions,

984
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:12,479
Speaker 18: there's one thing that's' forgetting. There's this number one show

985
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:16,480
Speaker 18: on Hulu right now. Her name is Miraco and she's

986
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,960
Speaker 18: a translator. So first and foremost, that's the first thing

987
00:52:20,120 --> 00:52:22,400
Speaker 18: I would do was get a real translator to do this.

988
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:26,439
Speaker 18: Second of all, getting out from Massachusetts and we won

989
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 18: the twenty eighteen World Series. I put that ball in

990
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 18: my pocket and I was shipping to Boston and I'm

991
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:33,440
Speaker 18: not taking any money.

992
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,280
Speaker 2: All right? Are you still there?

993
00:52:40,239 --> 00:52:40,439
Speaker 11: Yeah?

994
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:40,839
Speaker 18: I'm here.

995
00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:45,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, So but again, your thoughts about what took place

996
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:47,840
Speaker 2: at the stadium? If you put yourself in their shoes,

997
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 2: do you have any any thoughts about that? You're a

998
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 2: paying fan and you catch the ball and you're not

999
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 2: really sure what to expect. But what transpired next felt

1000
00:52:56,560 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 2: like a very uncomfortable ordeal.

1001
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 9: Yeah, I know.

1002
00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,319
Speaker 18: I mean maybe their security should be better. I don't know.

1003
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 18: I mean I'm used to that way, where like locked

1004
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:10,600
Speaker 18: and knees together. I mean, Dodger Stadium is a little looser.

1005
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:11,480
Speaker 18: I don't know.

1006
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:14,760
Speaker 2: All right, buddy, appreciate you calling in the night. Skeeter

1007
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,880
Speaker 2: Jack in Texas. You're up next. What are your thoughts?

1008
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 9: I'm not there with my man scratch off, Okay. I mean,

1009
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,600
Speaker 9: it's hard to make a living out here these days.

1010
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 9: And if I fake that ticket, as a matter of fact,

1011
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:35,279
Speaker 9: I'm not even I'm not even making a decision that not.

1012
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:40,520
Speaker 9: You validate the ball and we'll negotiations will be ongoing tomorrow.

1013
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:44,319
Speaker 2: Okay, hold that thought, because that was one of the

1014
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:48,440
Speaker 2: issues they scared them. Don't leave with the ball. We

1015
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:51,200
Speaker 2: will not allow it to be authenticated. The ball won't

1016
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,640
Speaker 2: be worth anything. And in the heat of the moment,

1017
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:57,560
Speaker 2: I think they caved due to the gravity of the situation.

1018
00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 2: So they thought about leaving with the ball, Jack, and

1019
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 2: they elected against it because I think they were intimidated.

1020
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:08,560
Speaker 9: We'll sit here till the owner of this franchise comes

1021
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 9: down and talks to me.

1022
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,400
Speaker 2: Fair enough. Again, it's I think what we've all had it.

1023
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 9: It doesn't sound like the couple was prepared for the situation.

1024
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:23,480
Speaker 2: No, No, they've admitted that. Listened to the interview on

1025
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:26,719
Speaker 2: the Covino and Rich show that it was really an

1026
00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,960
Speaker 2: interesting interview. They're very down to earth people, and I

1027
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 2: think they recognize that they got caught up in a

1028
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:37,880
Speaker 2: situation that who could ever prepare for, right. But Yeah,

1029
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,840
Speaker 2: the larger issue to me is it just feels like

1030
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,919
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are coming off is cheap in this whole deal.

1031
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:44,440
Speaker 17: Yeah.

1032
00:54:44,560 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 9: Yeah, they need to get out in front of this

1033
00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:49,120
Speaker 9: and do the right thing, because they are the jerks

1034
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 9: in this situation.

1035
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:54,360
Speaker 2: All right, Jack, appreciate you calling in Fernando here in

1036
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,320
Speaker 2: Las Vegas. Sure you've got some thoughts on the matter.

1037
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:05,440
Speaker 12: Yes, the Dodgers are yes sui, meaning the Dodgers are cheap.

1038
00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,560
Speaker 2: So when you heard the story, what was going through

1039
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:11,359
Speaker 2: your mind?

1040
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 12: It was so ridiculous. A multi billion dollar franchise gives

1041
00:55:17,640 --> 00:55:26,160
Speaker 12: them two halfs all, that's so ridiculous. The ds or

1042
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:30,360
Speaker 12: said that they were surrounding the seven security guards in

1043
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 12: the room and like you said, intimidated. But I would

1044
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,560
Speaker 12: have walked out of the room with the ball instead.

1045
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:39,960
Speaker 12: I got fifty thousand witnesses that.

1046
00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:44,120
Speaker 2: I thought about that. Could you take a yeah? Right?

1047
00:55:44,680 --> 00:55:47,160
Speaker 2: And could we would we if we're honest with ourselves,

1048
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:49,680
Speaker 2: would we have the wherewithal to say, all right, let's

1049
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 2: whip out our cell phone. That's video, this, it's time data.

1050
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,280
Speaker 2: You've got metadata. Here, here's the date, Here are the witnesses,

1051
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 2: et cetera, and call their bluff. But now that we've

1052
00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:02,480
Speaker 2: all had I'm to regroup three days later, it sounds easier.

1053
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:07,720
Speaker 12: Yeah, exactly, exactly. So, Yeah, the Dodgers really blew this one.

1054
00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:12,520
Speaker 12: And with mister Westbrook, Yes, I wish fans would just

1055
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:15,960
Speaker 12: cheer and boo or say you suck and move on.

1056
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:17,799
Speaker 12: Have a good eye Bernie face.

1057
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Fernando, Gilberto and San Diego. Now, I'm guessing,

1058
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:24,920
Speaker 2: being that you are a San Diego resident, you're not

1059
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:26,719
Speaker 2: particularly a Dodger fan to begin with.

1060
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:30,400
Speaker 14: Right, of course, I am a Dodger fan. I was

1061
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:32,320
Speaker 14: born into the Dodgers, Bernie.

1062
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,640
Speaker 2: Like I said, Gilberto, I'm just here a big time

1063
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 2: Dodger fan. Even though you well, let's say what you

1064
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:42,200
Speaker 2: got to say, because no one's defended the Dodgers, but

1065
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:45,399
Speaker 2: I'm willing to hear. I'm willing to hear what. Let's

1066
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 2: hear your thoughts.

1067
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 14: Well, first of all, the first thing that I need

1068
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,239
Speaker 14: to know is have you seen the fight?

1069
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 2: I can't find it, man, But one of these days

1070
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:58,640
Speaker 2: I am. I found the batch up. Yes, it was

1071
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty two. So there's a lot of things on

1072
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 2: YouTube I have been able to find that I see it.

1073
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 14: I see it often in YouTube. But anyway, there's a

1074
00:57:08,239 --> 00:57:12,080
Speaker 14: couple of things here. The Dodgers did have a protocol

1075
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:16,080
Speaker 14: and they follow it, okay, and the protocol was to do.

1076
00:57:16,120 --> 00:57:16,720
Speaker 11: What they did.

1077
00:57:17,800 --> 00:57:22,480
Speaker 14: Now, as a fan, myself and many of us maybe

1078
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:26,960
Speaker 14: know the memorabilia about it, that things have value, especially

1079
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:28,760
Speaker 14: in the last couple of years when the big thing

1080
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 14: about Aaron Judge. These people are not involving that they

1081
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 14: like the game. The Dodger organization followed protocol, and I

1082
00:57:37,760 --> 00:57:41,240
Speaker 14: have a feeling that when this couple went back to

1083
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:44,880
Speaker 14: their seats, they told them how much money you got,

1084
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:48,760
Speaker 14: and that's when they realized that they could have gotten more.

1085
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:53,520
Speaker 14: I myself, had I cut the ball, I would have

1086
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 14: not given it back. I would have asked to talk

1087
00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 14: to somebody and have Autaney wire me a hundred thousand

1088
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:03,280
Speaker 14: dollars and I can send them the ball because he

1089
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 14: knows how to wire money.

1090
00:58:04,400 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 7: Right.

1091
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:09,360
Speaker 2: I wonder if Tony has seen the fight.

1092
00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:11,080
Speaker 18: Here.

1093
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:16,160
Speaker 2: Here's the situation, Gilberto. I think the issue is everything

1094
00:58:16,200 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 2: everybody's saying is coaching. But the problem is in the

1095
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 2: heat of the moment, when it's all happening so fast

1096
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 2: and you're aware that the gravity of the situation, you

1097
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:28,640
Speaker 2: eed the Dodgers were just more prepared for this. Or

1098
00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:30,840
Speaker 2: my concern is why they were so cheap in the

1099
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:31,360
Speaker 2: first place.

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00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,480
Speaker 14: Well, we don't know. We don't know what happened, but

1101
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:36,640
Speaker 14: if they make it up. But I think at the

1102
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:39,520
Speaker 14: end of the day, the couple realized that they let

1103
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 14: a lot of money go because they could have gotten

1104
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:44,640
Speaker 14: a lot of money. And we and it come to

1105
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 14: that in all sports, if you get something that is

1106
00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:52,520
Speaker 14: worth something for a player or for an organization, you

1107
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:54,520
Speaker 14: want to you want to get the money because they

1108
00:58:54,600 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 14: charged so much for tickets and for anything in the stadium.

1109
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:00,360
Speaker 14: But that like, you know, a hundred thousand dollars, he's

1110
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 14: about one hundred games. I are you stay them? Baby?

1111
00:59:05,080 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 2: Well, anyway anyway you slice it, this is probably not

1112
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:11,520
Speaker 2: over with yet. And Gilbert, you know and stand with

1113
00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 2: my guy. And he's a good guy. Give me the

1114
00:59:15,040 --> 00:59:17,880
Speaker 2: correct spelling. I know it's his first loss. I'm gonna

1115
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:19,360
Speaker 2: eventually see that fight, but I got to get to

1116
00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 2: the next caller. Thanks Gilbert, though appreciated. Van in Alabama

1117
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:26,120
Speaker 2: hearing from you tonight. What are your thoughts in the situation?

1118
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 8: Hello, Bernie, Hello, I got it.

1119
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 18: Okay.

1120
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:38,200
Speaker 8: Story July twenty first, nineteen seventy three. Then left hit

1121
00:59:38,240 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 8: your air and hit his seven hundred home run.

1122
00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,760
Speaker 2: Okay, my dad caught the ball.

1123
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:47,960
Speaker 8: It bounced off somebody's hands and landed in his lap.

1124
00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:52,240
Speaker 8: Oh grab, you know everybody was going for the ball.

1125
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:58,800
Speaker 8: Knocked my poor dad down. Blooded his nose, broke his glasses,

1126
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:02,280
Speaker 8: but I fell on the ball. I was thirteen years old.

1127
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:08,720
Speaker 8: So we after they got everybody off, some some kid,

1128
01:00:09,040 --> 01:00:11,240
Speaker 8: long haired kid jumped on top of me and a

1129
01:00:11,440 --> 01:00:15,760
Speaker 8: big birdy guy drabbed him off of me. We left

1130
01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:17,600
Speaker 8: because my dad was hurt and.

1131
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:18,240
Speaker 7: They hurt it.

1132
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:21,760
Speaker 8: I was there, my buddy and his father. They hurt

1133
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 8: the adult. They slammed him into the glachers and hurt

1134
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:30,960
Speaker 8: his knees. So we left. All that came down, they

1135
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 8: didn't have you know, security and you know like they

1136
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 8: do now. Wasn't it's crazy back then? That was a

1137
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:41,800
Speaker 8: crazy moment. So we left the stadium and drove back

1138
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:44,760
Speaker 8: to Alabama and all came down with a couple of

1139
01:00:44,840 --> 01:00:50,720
Speaker 8: ushers and one Atlanta police officer. They helped my dad,

1140
01:00:50,840 --> 01:00:55,400
Speaker 8: you know, got him some medical attention, got his nose stopped.

1141
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,200
Speaker 8: He was the only angry because they broke his glasses.

1142
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:02,000
Speaker 8: But he was a good guy. So we go home

1143
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:05,280
Speaker 8: and we talked about it all the way home, and

1144
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 8: my dad said, you want to give that ball back

1145
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:14,320
Speaker 8: to mister Aaron, And I said, well, yeah, I guess,

1146
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 8: I guess that'd be the right thing to do. So

1147
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 8: the next it was a Saturday, so like on Monday

1148
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:24,520
Speaker 8: or Tuesday. He called, uh the praise and told him

1149
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 8: we had the ball and he said, but he's pretty

1150
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 8: good negotiator, he said, but you know, they broke my glasses,

1151
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,920
Speaker 8: and uh, we'd like to come to a game and

1152
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 8: meet mister Aaron. And we don't want, you know, a

1153
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:42,200
Speaker 8: bunch of cameras and publicity and stuff. We just won't

1154
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 8: give him the ball back. So we did, and they

1155
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:48,960
Speaker 8: gave us tickets to the game and get my dad

1156
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,760
Speaker 8: fifty bucks for his glasses and put us up in

1157
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:54,640
Speaker 8: the hotel room. And I gave him the ball back

1158
01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:58,800
Speaker 8: and he gave me a bat, which I later on

1159
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:01,040
Speaker 8: used when I got old in the high school.

1160
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 2: So the bottom line is Van, and I'll moved along.

1161
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 2: The bottom line is, obviously we're very different times in

1162
01:02:09,640 --> 01:02:11,440
Speaker 2: but you felt like you were treated fairly and by

1163
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:13,680
Speaker 2: the way, not for noth of This Monday, April eighth

1164
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:18,960
Speaker 2: is the fiftieth anniversary of Hank Aaron hitting home run

1165
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:21,760
Speaker 2: number seven fifteen off the Dodgers al downing that night.

1166
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:24,640
Speaker 2: Monday will be fifty years all right, Van, thanks for

1167
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,720
Speaker 2: checking in, don't be a stranger, and we're going to

1168
01:02:27,760 --> 01:02:31,040
Speaker 2: continue on eight seven, seven, nine, ninety six, six, three

1169
01:02:31,120 --> 01:02:34,600
Speaker 2: sixt nine. I want to hear a little bit more

1170
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:38,000
Speaker 2: about how do you feel these people were treated, Not

1171
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:40,640
Speaker 2: what maybe should have happened or what you would have

1172
01:02:40,640 --> 01:02:42,600
Speaker 2: done if you were there, but when you heard how

1173
01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 2: they were treated, what was really your your response? But first,

1174
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:49,840
Speaker 2: le's go back to our guy, Kevin figures with the latest.

1175
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:51,480
Speaker 13: All right, Barnie, you were going to have an IOWA

1176
01:02:51,600 --> 01:02:54,240
Speaker 13: South Carolina championship game with women's basketball.

1177
01:02:54,560 --> 01:02:57,120
Speaker 5: That matchup will be on Sunday at three Eastern.

1178
01:02:57,360 --> 01:02:59,920
Speaker 13: The Hall guys overcame a twelve point deficit and defeated

1179
01:03:00,120 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 13: Yukon seventy one to sixty nine on Friday Night behind

1180
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:06,440
Speaker 13: twenty one points and nine rebounds from Caitlin Clark. Earlier

1181
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:08,640
Speaker 13: in the night, it was South Carolina pulling away from

1182
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,480
Speaker 13: NC State seventy eight to fifty nine. They are thirty

1183
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:15,400
Speaker 13: seven and oh looking for the undefeated season. On Sunday,

1184
01:03:15,640 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 13: in the NBA, the Sun's defeated at Minnesota ninety seven

1185
01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:20,320
Speaker 13: to eighty seven, while Dallas be Golden State won away

1186
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:24,040
Speaker 13: to one oh six. Has PJ Washington scored thirty two points,

1187
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:25,920
Speaker 13: so the MAVs maintained a game and a half lead

1188
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,640
Speaker 13: over the Suns for the six seat out West. Miami

1189
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:31,480
Speaker 13: has won four of their last five. They defeated Houston

1190
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:34,840
Speaker 13: one nineteen to one. Oh four victories for the Clippers, Celtics,

1191
01:03:34,920 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 13: and the Pacers.

1192
01:03:35,560 --> 01:03:36,800
Speaker 5: Who beat Oklahoma City.

1193
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:39,240
Speaker 13: In Major League Baseball, the Red Sox defeated the Angels

1194
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,360
Speaker 13: eight to six, Christian Yellich and Willia Domas with home

1195
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:44,960
Speaker 13: runs from Milwaukee. They defeated Seattle six to five. Victories

1196
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:49,600
Speaker 13: for Texas, Atlanta and Philadelphia. Back to Bernie Fretto, Kevin, let's.

1197
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:52,840
Speaker 2: Keep it right here. I'm sure you've taken in a

1198
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:56,280
Speaker 2: Dodger game in your day when you witnessed what happened.

1199
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,840
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts? You're right there in Los Angeles.

1200
01:03:59,280 --> 01:04:01,520
Speaker 5: Well, it's an unfre fortunate story. And I will say

1201
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:02,520
Speaker 5: there's two fronts on this.

1202
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:05,360
Speaker 13: So for the people, you know, beating up the Dodgers

1203
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 13: for not wanting to authenticate the baseball, this is not

1204
01:04:07,800 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 13: necessarily a Dodger problem.

1205
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 5: This is a Major League Baseball problem.

1206
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 13: There was a good article in Newsweek that was released

1207
01:04:13,120 --> 01:04:16,400
Speaker 13: yesterday that talks about when these situations do happen a

1208
01:04:16,440 --> 01:04:19,160
Speaker 13: lot of Major league franchises threaten people and say we're

1209
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,120
Speaker 13: not going to authenticate that ball if you decide to

1210
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,600
Speaker 13: keep it. There's someone who was interviewed who called Albert

1211
01:04:23,600 --> 01:04:26,120
Speaker 13: Poolos's seven hundred and third home run, So they offered

1212
01:04:26,200 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 13: him a couple of hats and autographed bat, but they

1213
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:30,160
Speaker 13: said they would not authenticate the ball if he kept it.

1214
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:33,320
Speaker 13: Same thing for when Aaron Judge had his record breaking

1215
01:04:33,360 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 13: season a couple of years ago, he had his fifty

1216
01:04:35,840 --> 01:04:37,880
Speaker 13: ninth or fifty eighth home run, whatever it was, I

1217
01:04:37,920 --> 01:04:39,880
Speaker 13: forget what it was, but the person that caught it was.

1218
01:04:39,840 --> 01:04:40,960
Speaker 5: Told the exact same thing.

1219
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:43,040
Speaker 13: Will give you a couple of things, but we're not

1220
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:45,480
Speaker 13: authenticating the ball if he keep it. So that's not

1221
01:04:45,520 --> 01:04:48,520
Speaker 13: necessarily a Dodger problem. That's a major League Baseball problem. Now,

1222
01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:51,360
Speaker 13: I will say the Dodgers, admittedly so by the way,

1223
01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:54,920
Speaker 13: did not handle this properly, basically strong arming someone, cornering

1224
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:58,040
Speaker 13: them and intimidating them and to getting what you want

1225
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:00,600
Speaker 13: out of the situation. Said that they were going to

1226
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:02,880
Speaker 13: invite them down to the field during batting practice to

1227
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 13: meet with Dave Roberts and Otani and players and put

1228
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:08,440
Speaker 13: them in the stadium club in a game next week.

1229
01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:10,480
Speaker 13: So they're trying to find a way to make it right.

1230
01:05:10,560 --> 01:05:13,000
Speaker 13: But a couple of callers points, you know, this is

1231
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:14,840
Speaker 13: something they should have addressed early on. You shouldn't have

1232
01:05:14,880 --> 01:05:17,320
Speaker 13: to do damage control after the fact. I don't think

1233
01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:19,440
Speaker 13: it's too much to ask to be able to have

1234
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:21,480
Speaker 13: to go down in the tunnel meet the player, have

1235
01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,560
Speaker 13: Shoeyotani stand there and sign things and take a picture

1236
01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:26,880
Speaker 13: with him in the tunnel or in the clubhouse after

1237
01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:29,120
Speaker 13: the game. It's really not that much to ask. So

1238
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:31,400
Speaker 13: I do think that they definitely had a misstep in

1239
01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:32,000
Speaker 13: the situation.

1240
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:36,560
Speaker 2: Well, and there are a couple of other things too. Allegedly,

1241
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:39,640
Speaker 2: if they kept the ball, they were told Otani would

1242
01:05:39,640 --> 01:05:41,280
Speaker 2: not be willing to sign it. That was part of

1243
01:05:41,320 --> 01:05:45,920
Speaker 2: the story Otani in the postgame press conference. Again this

1244
01:05:46,040 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 2: is through an interpreter, so we don't know what they

1245
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:50,480
Speaker 2: hell to think. Said he met the people and they

1246
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:52,200
Speaker 2: worked it out, and they said no, he didn't meet it.

1247
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:55,360
Speaker 13: Well, I would have something on that ahead, yeah, because

1248
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:58,320
Speaker 13: and talking to people that I know who are there

1249
01:05:58,360 --> 01:06:01,040
Speaker 13: and people who actually do speak Jatjapanese, it was very

1250
01:06:01,040 --> 01:06:05,040
Speaker 13: ambiguous and Basically what it translated to saying was, you know,

1251
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:07,280
Speaker 13: we met with them and they decided to give us

1252
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,280
Speaker 13: the ball because it's important to me. So shoey Otani know,

1253
01:06:10,360 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 13: maybe it's semantics, Bernie, but again and maybe it's part

1254
01:06:12,920 --> 01:06:16,080
Speaker 13: of the language barrier. Shoey Otani never said I went

1255
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:17,840
Speaker 13: down there and I met with them and I got

1256
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:20,720
Speaker 13: the ball from them. He basically said a collective WI

1257
01:06:20,840 --> 01:06:23,280
Speaker 13: we could be the Dodgers organization other people.

1258
01:06:23,640 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 5: So it was very ambiguous.

1259
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:26,919
Speaker 13: He made it seem as if, and this is where

1260
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:28,920
Speaker 13: people kind of felt like it was, you know, it

1261
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:32,520
Speaker 13: was thrown off a little bit that he individually went

1262
01:06:32,560 --> 01:06:35,160
Speaker 13: and met with them, but he never explicitly said that

1263
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:38,280
Speaker 13: he did. He basically said we which we as the organization,

1264
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:41,480
Speaker 13: we as the team, somebody on his behalf. So that's

1265
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:43,920
Speaker 13: where so if he's not, he's being painted as a

1266
01:06:43,960 --> 01:06:46,120
Speaker 13: liar by a lot of people. I do think it's

1267
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:49,360
Speaker 13: probably a language barrier situation there. But it was certainly

1268
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:52,520
Speaker 13: presented by many people, thought of by many people that

1269
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:54,720
Speaker 13: he did it himself, which obviously was not the case.

1270
01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:57,960
Speaker 2: There was enough ambiguity there though, in coming on the

1271
01:06:57,960 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 2: heels of what happened two weeks ago that it again

1272
01:07:00,640 --> 01:07:03,320
Speaker 2: raised question, sure, no doubt, and it's the optics are

1273
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,760
Speaker 2: not great. The other part of the equation, and I'm

1274
01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,360
Speaker 2: very familiar with the authentication process. We got the Nationalist

1275
01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:11,280
Speaker 2: Sports Collector's Convention coming up here in Cleveland and July,

1276
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,520
Speaker 2: and my former business partner, Mike Perkers and I were

1277
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:16,080
Speaker 2: involved in many of those. Mike's the founder, God rest

1278
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:21,320
Speaker 2: his soul. The Dodgers can say that, but they didn't

1279
01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:23,840
Speaker 2: need to say that because that was a scare tactic.

1280
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:25,880
Speaker 2: I believe that if you don't take what we got,

1281
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:27,280
Speaker 2: you're gonna end up with nothing. If you leave with

1282
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:29,240
Speaker 2: the ball, you're gonna end up with nothing. It feels

1283
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:31,000
Speaker 2: like there's a scare tactic. And so it leads to

1284
01:07:31,040 --> 01:07:35,440
Speaker 2: my sort of my final thought on this aspect of

1285
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Speaker 2: the ordeal. What they offered him to me, you know,

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Speaker 2: it feels like a pittance. You know, it was like

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Speaker 2: the scene in Caddyshack when Judge Smails goes and he

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Speaker 2: gives a kid, Danny a quarter, you know, as a

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Speaker 2: tal and thinks he's doing him a favor. It just

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Speaker 2: felt cheap to me.

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Speaker 5: It is, yes, you're right, but again this is not

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Speaker 5: exclusive to them.

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Speaker 13: I use the example of the Albert Pool seven hundred

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Speaker 13: and third ball, the literal exact same thing happened. They

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Speaker 13: offered him an autograph ball, he said no, and they

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Speaker 13: said go ahead and take it, but nobody's authenticating it

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Speaker 13: and he's not signing it. Same thing happened with the

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Speaker 13: Aaron Judge ball. So this is not an exclusive Dodgers situation.

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Speaker 13: This seemingly is, and maybe it's a league wide issue

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Speaker 13: that should be address Bernie, you know, and they should

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Speaker 13: handle it differently across the board. But the Dodgers in

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Speaker 13: this situation did not do anything any differently than many

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01:08:19,560 --> 01:08:21,480
Speaker 13: other teams have done in similar situations.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Ian Roddy, fair enough, it's a fair objective, pragmatic response.

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Speaker 2: Ian Roddy, What are your thoughts in a situation?

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Speaker 19: Yeah, I mean, you guys touched on it that the

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01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:37,280
Speaker 19: timing's weird, like just so soon after the whole betting

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Speaker 19: scandal thing. That's what makes it fishy to me. But

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Speaker 19: I don't know that info that Kevin sort of brought

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Speaker 19: to the table there with like the the actual you know,

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01:08:45,439 --> 01:08:48,160
Speaker 19: people who actually speak Japanese saying it was a little

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01:08:48,240 --> 01:08:52,240
Speaker 19: ambiguous what he said that, you know, and even if

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Speaker 19: if it translated roughly to we met with her and

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01:08:55,120 --> 01:08:57,760
Speaker 19: stuff like that, that to me makes sense. That's how

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Speaker 19: you would logically phrase it if you're talking about the team,

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01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:03,839
Speaker 19: because you're on the team. I don't know, but uh,

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Speaker 19: just as a sports fan in general, it's a little

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Speaker 19: disheartening to hear that an organization would treat loyal fans

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01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:14,360
Speaker 19: like that, because you know, at the end of the day,

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01:09:15,080 --> 01:09:17,599
Speaker 19: they spent money to they took time out of their

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Speaker 19: day to come watch the Dodgers play and support them,

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Speaker 19: and they every fan theoretically had the same odds of

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Speaker 19: catching that ball. You know, obviously you know you're they

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01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,400
Speaker 19: happen to be sitting where it landed. But in theory,

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01:09:30,439 --> 01:09:33,240
Speaker 19: no one knows where show Heyo Tani's first home run

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Speaker 19: is going to land.

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Speaker 5: They don't even know when it's going to happen.

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Speaker 19: That is like a one in a million shot there,

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Speaker 19: And for the team that you're rooting for that you

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Speaker 19: devote all this time and money and all that too,

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Speaker 19: It's just it's it's disheartening to hear that they don't

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Speaker 19: value they value more.

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Speaker 2: I guess they get away. You slice it. What should

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01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,400
Speaker 2: have been a glorious event has turned into a sour situation.

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Speaker 5: And that's what's said, is that you're.

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Speaker 2: Overtone here, even though there are justifications and perhaps he

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01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:05,639
Speaker 2: didn't handle it any differently, but this is a marquee

1338
01:10:05,680 --> 01:10:08,439
Speaker 2: franchise with an international star with the highest contract of

1339
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:11,800
Speaker 2: all time. Mark Ramsey, I'm sure you got some thoughts

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Speaker 2: on this.

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Speaker 20: I'm just hearing this other part for the first time,

1342
01:10:15,880 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 20: but just the overall first thought, it's bad that the

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01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:25,439
Speaker 20: people who caught the ball aren't and weren't going to

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01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:29,559
Speaker 20: be prepared to have to negotiate for a ball, because

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01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:33,640
Speaker 20: the people from the Dodgers are we were prepared for

1346
01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:36,000
Speaker 20: the situation to come about, like what are we going

1347
01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:38,320
Speaker 20: to do when somebody when he hits a home run?

1348
01:10:38,720 --> 01:10:41,720
Speaker 20: How are we going to handle it? And obviously the

1349
01:10:41,800 --> 01:10:45,240
Speaker 20: people in the stands aren't prepared or know what to

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01:10:45,320 --> 01:10:46,160
Speaker 20: say or how to feel.

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Speaker 5: They're so excited that they caught the.

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Speaker 20: Ball and everything that could happen in the next couple

1353
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:56,879
Speaker 20: of hours, versus them seemingly having to deal with the

1354
01:10:56,920 --> 01:11:01,880
Speaker 20: basic attack of management dealing with them in a certain

1355
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,720
Speaker 20: way and all their dreams just you know, kind of

1356
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:07,760
Speaker 20: floating away because they weren't prepared for what was going

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01:11:07,840 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 20: to happen to them. It's just very unfortunate that on

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01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:14,640
Speaker 20: the outside it makes the Dodgers look bad on this

1359
01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:19,360
Speaker 20: particular thing. When it comes to the Westbrook thing, fans

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01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:22,559
Speaker 20: are fans and other than like one of the one

1361
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:26,480
Speaker 20: of the callers says, unless you're cursing at somebody. Unfortunately,

1362
01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:29,599
Speaker 20: people go to a game so that they can yell,

1363
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:31,920
Speaker 20: but they do take it a little far.

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Speaker 5: But that's what fans do.

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Speaker 20: Fans are mean when they want to beat up on

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Speaker 20: a player that they don't like.

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Speaker 2: All right, fair enough. Fan is of course short for fanatic,

1368
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:45,479
Speaker 2: and I know that using swear words is sort of

1369
01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:48,599
Speaker 2: the benchmark, but I still think things can be offensive

1370
01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:52,160
Speaker 2: and perhaps ruined the fan experience around you, even if

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01:11:52,200 --> 01:11:55,679
Speaker 2: you are not and you know, Westbrook has probably got

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01:11:56,240 --> 01:12:01,000
Speaker 2: thin skin. But it does raise the issue because when

1373
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:04,400
Speaker 2: people get in crowds, they become less they feel less

1374
01:12:04,400 --> 01:12:07,200
Speaker 2: responsible for their actions. It's a crowd psychology, and you

1375
01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:10,960
Speaker 2: wonder if spontaneous combustion could lead to something else.

1376
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:13,960
Speaker 20: Remember if my dad, here's what their kids are being

1377
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:16,400
Speaker 20: picked on, They're going to react because it's their.

1378
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Speaker 2: Kids, sure, and I think that's part of the equation

1379
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:21,400
Speaker 2: I do, and because the family's kind of off limits.

1380
01:12:21,680 --> 01:12:23,639
Speaker 2: But where I was going with that is we're coming

1381
01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:26,240
Speaker 2: up on November nineteenth, twenty twenty four, which is the

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01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:31,160
Speaker 2: twentieth anniversary of the Malice at the Palace. And I

1383
01:12:31,240 --> 01:12:32,920
Speaker 2: was there that night the Mouse at the Palace. We

1384
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,240
Speaker 2: were doing a remote from the lobby and I walked

1385
01:12:35,240 --> 01:12:38,840
Speaker 2: in just in time to see Ben Wallace, followed by

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01:12:38,920 --> 01:12:41,960
Speaker 2: Ron our test and you know what happened from there,

1387
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:44,800
Speaker 2: And so no one ever saw that coming, although there's

1388
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:46,439
Speaker 2: a bit of a backstory. But the point of the

1389
01:12:46,439 --> 01:12:48,519
Speaker 2: matter is there is a line coming up. I want

1390
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:50,640
Speaker 2: to bring the crew, the rest of the crew and

1391
01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:53,920
Speaker 2: on on the wrestle the Westbrook situation, and we'll have

1392
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Speaker 2: our final thoughts on the Dodgers and Anne ber Roman

1393
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:00,800
Speaker 2: and her husband, and we're this may go from here

1394
01:13:00,840 --> 01:13:04,040
Speaker 2: to rectify the situation. And of course still time for

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Speaker 2: your calls at eight seven, seven nine nine, six six

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Speaker 2: three sixty nine eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox.

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Speaker 2: By the way, shortly after the show, our podcast will

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1403
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01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:33,439
Speaker 2: off the year. I'm Bernie Fradderhor come to you live

1405
01:13:33,479 --> 01:13:36,240
Speaker 2: from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio, Tirec dot Com Studios.

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01:13:36,479 --> 01:13:38,800
Speaker 2: Keep it locked. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show

1407
01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:42,120
Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio. All right, back on the Bernie

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01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 2: Frattle Show, we're wrapping it up. Final thoughts on the

1409
01:13:45,200 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 2: situation at Dodger Stadium in this last week. A couple

1410
01:13:48,520 --> 01:13:50,679
Speaker 2: of loyal fans catch a home run ball from Choio

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01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:54,040
Speaker 2: Atani and what ensues next has created a bit of

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01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:57,400
Speaker 2: a sure Steven in Los Angeles. There, you're there in

1413
01:13:57,439 --> 01:14:03,519
Speaker 2: the belly of the beast. What are your thoughts, Berniello, Yeah,

1414
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:04,839
Speaker 2: you're on the here, go ahead, Steven.

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01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:09,599
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm the guy just spoke to you a few

1416
01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:14,760
Speaker 10: weeks ago that my cousin is Eddie machen, that the

1417
01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:20,760
Speaker 10: heavyweight that fought Muhammad Ali. But I'm calling right now

1418
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:25,760
Speaker 10: because of the Otani issue. I'm an old guy.

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01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:26,800
Speaker 6: I was.

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01:14:28,439 --> 01:14:33,400
Speaker 10: Witnessed to and favorite players of Sandy Colfax, morri Will's

1421
01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:38,240
Speaker 10: Dodge Drysdale in the sixties, the seventies infields of the

1422
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:45,880
Speaker 10: Dodgers and the and Fernando's era and Artheiser era and

1423
01:14:46,880 --> 01:14:52,960
Speaker 10: all Dodgers my whole life. The whole issue to me

1424
01:14:53,840 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 10: is that I've always thought of the Dodgers as a

1425
01:14:56,520 --> 01:15:01,600
Speaker 10: class organization. Dodgers have done a lot of things historically,

1426
01:15:02,439 --> 01:15:08,760
Speaker 10: they got involved in international.

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01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:11,360
Speaker 2: All that stuff. That's kind of fast forward my friend too,

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01:15:11,400 --> 01:15:12,519
Speaker 2: what happened this week?

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01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:17,400
Speaker 10: Yeah, I just think that in this in the remembrance

1430
01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:23,120
Speaker 10: of somebody like branch Ricky who stepped out of uh

1431
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:27,240
Speaker 10: the you know, out of form or out of line

1432
01:15:27,800 --> 01:15:31,200
Speaker 10: to do something that had to do with class and

1433
01:15:31,320 --> 01:15:37,360
Speaker 10: had to do with seeing the situation and handling it

1434
01:15:37,720 --> 01:15:40,360
Speaker 10: with you know, a level of integrity.

1435
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:44,280
Speaker 2: So the bottom line is, if I understand you, the

1436
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:47,759
Speaker 2: bottom line is, this is unbecoming of the Dodgers given

1437
01:15:47,800 --> 01:15:48,400
Speaker 2: their history.

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01:15:48,680 --> 01:15:49,960
Speaker 10: Totally disappointing.

1439
01:15:51,160 --> 01:15:53,439
Speaker 2: All right, I appreciate you waiting, Steven, and we'll catch

1440
01:15:53,479 --> 01:15:54,880
Speaker 2: you next time. I'm trying to get to all the

1441
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:59,040
Speaker 2: callers here, but thanks for calling. Mole in Idaho. You're

1442
01:15:59,160 --> 01:15:59,599
Speaker 2: up next.

1443
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:02,519
Speaker 7: Hey, thanks for taking my call. Bird. He enjoyed the show.

1444
01:16:02,920 --> 01:16:03,519
Speaker 2: Thank you, sir.

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01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:10,400
Speaker 7: Here's my idea on a baseball deal. If O TOWNI

1446
01:16:10,520 --> 01:16:13,559
Speaker 7: met with him, it seemed like somewhere along the line,

1447
01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:17,679
Speaker 7: somebody would have taken pictures the fan with the cell phone,

1448
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:21,320
Speaker 7: the Dodgers with a professional photographer. I mean, something that

1449
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:23,200
Speaker 7: big of a deal. You would think you would, Hey,

1450
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:26,040
Speaker 7: I want a picture with Otani here, and the Dodgers

1451
01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:30,000
Speaker 7: would probably want one too. And as far as Westbrook

1452
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:34,320
Speaker 7: watched the game, I think it's kind of funny. I

1453
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:37,160
Speaker 7: think fans shouldn't be crude and rude. But to me,

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01:16:37,280 --> 01:16:39,880
Speaker 7: that's not I watched the Clippers game tonight as a

1455
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:42,040
Speaker 7: matter of fact, and he shooting twenty six percent from

1456
01:16:42,080 --> 01:16:45,640
Speaker 7: the three point line, so that's kind of accurate. But

1457
01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:47,960
Speaker 7: that photo thing, again, I think that's a big deal

1458
01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:48,760
Speaker 7: to me.

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01:16:49,640 --> 01:16:52,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's one aspect of this moment. How about the

1460
01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:55,040
Speaker 2: larger issue, just in terms of how the whole or

1461
01:16:55,080 --> 01:16:57,960
Speaker 2: a deal played out with respect from the minute they

1462
01:16:58,040 --> 01:17:00,799
Speaker 2: received the ball to the minute they were by dozens

1463
01:17:00,840 --> 01:17:05,120
Speaker 2: of security guards, separated, talked to, and seemingly in a

1464
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:08,000
Speaker 2: situation where I think they felt intimidated.

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01:17:08,720 --> 01:17:12,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I tend to believe the fan. I've always thought

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01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:15,840
Speaker 7: the Dodgers have had class, but in this instance, again

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01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:18,160
Speaker 7: I believe that the am I think they showed no

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01:17:18,360 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 7: class whatsoever. Uh, all right, step in among the little people.

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01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:26,800
Speaker 2: All right, well, hold it down there, and I to

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01:17:26,840 --> 01:17:29,960
Speaker 2: hole buddy, great state real quickly, Kevin. I want to

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01:17:29,960 --> 01:17:32,719
Speaker 2: ask you one more question. This isn't over. They're coming

1472
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Speaker 2: back to the stadium. Do you expect the Dodgers to

1473
01:17:35,320 --> 01:17:37,439
Speaker 2: up their offer and the story to go away or

1474
01:17:37,479 --> 01:17:39,760
Speaker 2: is it just one of those gots darned things that's

1475
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:42,840
Speaker 2: gonna just kind of linger, you know, not have flatcherlet's

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Speaker 2: on an elevator.

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Speaker 13: God, that's the worst, especially when they you know, they

1478
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:49,280
Speaker 13: walk out and there's a crowd of people. Anyway, Yes, no,

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01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:51,800
Speaker 13: I do think they're probably gonna up the offer and

1480
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:53,960
Speaker 13: give them a little bit more. I mentioned they're going

1481
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,439
Speaker 13: to give them some pretty quality seats. They're gonna let

1482
01:17:56,439 --> 01:17:58,000
Speaker 13: them on the field. Y're in batting practice to meet

1483
01:17:58,040 --> 01:17:59,320
Speaker 13: some dignitaries from the club.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:01,960
Speaker 13: I haven't confirmed whether or not they're going to get

1486
01:18:02,000 --> 01:18:04,040
Speaker 13: some extra out of it. I assume they will it'll

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01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:06,479
Speaker 13: probably include some sort of photo with Otani that he'll

1488
01:18:06,479 --> 01:18:09,040
Speaker 13: probably autograph in front of them, so authenticated that way,

1489
01:18:09,080 --> 01:18:10,599
Speaker 13: so they know they actually have his autograph.

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Speaker 5: So they're going to try to make it right.

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01:18:12,080 --> 01:18:14,120
Speaker 13: And they made a public statement saying that they are

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01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:17,480
Speaker 13: going to quote unquote reevaluate how they handle these situations

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Speaker 13: in the future, so they're certainly aware of all the

1494
01:18:20,479 --> 01:18:23,800
Speaker 13: negative backlash they've received. You know, what they do moving forward,

1495
01:18:23,880 --> 01:18:26,559
Speaker 13: we'll have to see. But in this particular situation, yeah,

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Speaker 13: I do think I'm gonna try to do as much

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Speaker 13: as they can to make this right with these particular fans.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's fair. I think maybe you get

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01:18:33,920 --> 01:18:35,360
Speaker 2: them in a room and say, look, we're not going

1500
01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:37,280
Speaker 2: to give you a hundred grand, We're not going to

1501
01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:40,720
Speaker 2: offend Kate to baseball. However, what will it take to

1502
01:18:40,720 --> 01:18:42,760
Speaker 2: make you happy? Let's and they may say we want

1503
01:18:42,800 --> 01:18:44,680
Speaker 2: season tickets for the whole year next year. I think

1504
01:18:44,680 --> 01:18:48,000
Speaker 2: you do it right, You do something right along those lines.

1505
01:18:48,680 --> 01:18:51,640
Speaker 2: Thanks Kevin. Any quick thought, Ian? Do you think the

1506
01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:52,800
Speaker 2: Dodgers will up their offer?

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01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:55,920
Speaker 19: Yeah, I mean, just because it's gotten so public, I

1508
01:18:55,920 --> 01:18:57,920
Speaker 19: think I think they're going to. But also I just

1509
01:18:57,920 --> 01:19:00,599
Speaker 19: have a question like what if what if the couple

1510
01:19:00,640 --> 01:19:02,200
Speaker 19: And obviously, you know, in the heat of the moment,

1511
01:19:02,240 --> 01:19:04,200
Speaker 19: you don't really think this quickly like this, but but

1512
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:07,040
Speaker 19: what if the couple had just said, like, yeah, right,

1513
01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:09,400
Speaker 19: you're not going to authenticate it, you know, like they

1514
01:19:09,439 --> 01:19:10,599
Speaker 19: could have doubt.

1515
01:19:10,600 --> 01:19:12,120
Speaker 2: People don't know how these things work.

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01:19:12,040 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 19: And it yeah, of course is like in the heat

1517
01:19:14,200 --> 01:19:16,720
Speaker 19: of that moment, you don't really know know the tin account.

1518
01:19:16,439 --> 01:19:19,240
Speaker 2: In the heat of the moment. I recommend that everybody

1519
01:19:19,360 --> 01:19:23,519
Speaker 2: listened to the interview that Covino and Rich conducted with

1520
01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:27,320
Speaker 2: those folks today. They're interesting people, very thoughtful people, and

1521
01:19:27,360 --> 01:19:29,240
Speaker 2: it's not like they were greedy or out to try

1522
01:19:29,240 --> 01:19:31,799
Speaker 2: to break the bank. It was just an odd ball situation.

1523
01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:35,720
Speaker 2: And you go to a game, you're driving to the game,

1524
01:19:35,760 --> 01:19:37,240
Speaker 2: you got your hot dog, you're watching the game. In

1525
01:19:37,320 --> 01:19:40,160
Speaker 2: ten seconds later, you're a national story. Who knew coming up?

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Speaker 2: Speaking of a national story, the Final four preview coming up?

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Speaker 2: all right, it's Final four time, and I will tell

1538
01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:25,000
Speaker 2: you I think there are more interesting storylines between these

1539
01:20:25,040 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 2: four teams then we've had from quite some time. We've

1540
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:32,040
Speaker 2: had a couple of chaotic weekends. We've had I think

1541
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:37,440
Speaker 2: four fairly memorable rounds, nothing major. But here's the situation.

1542
01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:40,760
Speaker 2: I think all eyes are somewhat focused on Yukon and

1543
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:44,200
Speaker 2: Purdue because they've been the class of the sport throughout

1544
01:20:44,240 --> 01:20:47,400
Speaker 2: the season. They got a chance to finish strong and

1545
01:20:47,479 --> 01:20:50,760
Speaker 2: a title for either of them would be historically significant.

1546
01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:55,000
Speaker 2: Here's why, because if Yukon gets it done, which I

1547
01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:57,840
Speaker 2: believe they will, it'll be the first reigning champ to

1548
01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:01,360
Speaker 2: repeat since Billy Donovan and Florida back in six and seven,

1549
01:21:01,880 --> 01:21:03,960
Speaker 2: and they will complete one of the most I think

1550
01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:07,840
Speaker 2: the most dominant two year tournament run in history. And

1551
01:21:07,880 --> 01:21:10,000
Speaker 2: I gave all the numbers earlier, and I can give

1552
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:16,320
Speaker 2: them again later. But if Purdue wins, it's the redemption

1553
01:21:16,479 --> 01:21:20,040
Speaker 2: is good for the Soul Tour. Remember, much like what

1554
01:21:20,160 --> 01:21:22,679
Speaker 2: happened to Virginia a few years back, losing to Maryland

1555
01:21:22,680 --> 01:21:26,320
Speaker 2: Baltimore County as a number one seed to a sixteen seed.

1556
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:29,639
Speaker 2: They come back the following year win the tournament. Purdue,

1557
01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:34,000
Speaker 2: after multiple years of going out early, is that ed

1558
01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:37,120
Speaker 2: team was supposed to be their savior. In twenty twenty three,

1559
01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:41,280
Speaker 2: they lose to Fairleigh Dickinson, a number sixteen seed in

1560
01:21:41,320 --> 01:21:45,120
Speaker 2: the first round. But you've got a couple of quality

1561
01:21:45,160 --> 01:21:49,799
Speaker 2: teams that deserve to be there regardless of your position.

1562
01:21:51,280 --> 01:21:54,240
Speaker 2: Alabama has never been to a Final four, so that's

1563
01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:57,320
Speaker 2: a historical situation for them should they advance to the

1564
01:21:57,360 --> 01:22:00,200
Speaker 2: title game and North Carolina State their back for the

1565
01:22:00,240 --> 01:22:03,160
Speaker 2: first time since beating five Islama jam in nineteen eighty three,

1566
01:22:03,439 --> 01:22:06,720
Speaker 2: the legendary Jim Valvano and the Cardiac Pack. If you

1567
01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:10,320
Speaker 2: don't think that was a historical tournament, well, they made

1568
01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:12,479
Speaker 2: a thirty for thirty on it called Survive in Advance

1569
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:16,640
Speaker 2: because it was highly improbable that North Carolina got to

1570
01:22:16,680 --> 01:22:18,680
Speaker 2: the final game in the first place, and it took

1571
01:22:18,720 --> 01:22:20,400
Speaker 2: to the final second to win. It looked like it

1572
01:22:20,439 --> 01:22:23,960
Speaker 2: was going overtime. But you set aside the history, the

1573
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:30,360
Speaker 2: regular season records, the pre final four arguments, setting the stage. Ultimately,

1574
01:22:31,000 --> 01:22:33,559
Speaker 2: you know it's going to come down to players, coaches,

1575
01:22:34,200 --> 01:22:37,519
Speaker 2: Batt'll decide the outcomes. So you look at the strengths,

1576
01:22:37,600 --> 01:22:40,599
Speaker 2: you look at the weaknesses. What can you expect from

1577
01:22:40,640 --> 01:22:43,160
Speaker 2: all four of these teams. Let's take a look at it.

1578
01:22:44,640 --> 01:22:46,280
Speaker 2: And I want to start with you, U Kona, before

1579
01:22:46,280 --> 01:22:50,160
Speaker 2: I dive into this, Let's bring in the crew real quickly. Kevin,

1580
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:52,559
Speaker 2: I'm veheman about the fact no one's beating Yukon.

1581
01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:56,360
Speaker 5: Your thoughts, oh one thousand percent. I mean Yukon.

1582
01:22:56,400 --> 01:22:58,360
Speaker 13: There's been times they haven't even played their A game

1583
01:22:58,360 --> 01:23:00,160
Speaker 13: and they're still winning by an average of twenty some

1584
01:23:00,200 --> 01:23:01,160
Speaker 13: odd points per game.

1585
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:02,400
Speaker 5: It's insane.

1586
01:23:02,560 --> 01:23:05,200
Speaker 13: And the way that they can just absolutely avalanche you,

1587
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:07,840
Speaker 13: to go on a thirty to nothing run in the

1588
01:23:07,880 --> 01:23:11,880
Speaker 13: elite eight of an NCAA tournament is absolutely insane. I

1589
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:14,919
Speaker 13: just don't see, and even based just on a matchup standpoint,

1590
01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:16,920
Speaker 13: with the remaining teams, I don't see how any team

1591
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:18,639
Speaker 13: could be able to stick with them. To be honest,

1592
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:20,599
Speaker 13: I don't know what is the overrunder for their game

1593
01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 13: against Alabama.

1594
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:25,080
Speaker 5: It's got to be in the twenties. I'd imagine, do

1595
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:26,360
Speaker 5: you over under total?

1596
01:23:26,760 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 13: No, the over as far as excuse me, I should

1597
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:31,120
Speaker 13: say the line, the line as far as Alabama.

1598
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:34,560
Speaker 2: Alabama is catching eleven and a half oh points.

1599
01:23:34,200 --> 01:23:36,759
Speaker 5: And I'm taking you com honest the eleven easily.

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01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 9: Yeah.

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01:23:37,200 --> 01:23:39,000
Speaker 2: I can't get in front of a speeding train and

1602
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:41,599
Speaker 2: think about what you just said. Where they haven't necessarily

1603
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:44,840
Speaker 2: always played well cumulatively in the tournament. You know that

1604
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:49,080
Speaker 2: you kind of shooting twenty eight percent from behind the arm, Yes,

1605
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:53,320
Speaker 2: talking about Westbrook shooting twenty six percent, They're shooting twenty eight.

1606
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:57,240
Speaker 2: They were three of seventeen from three point land against

1607
01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:59,280
Speaker 2: Illinois and still won by twenty nine.

1608
01:23:59,520 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 13: Right, and held down the best individual player in this

1609
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,800
Speaker 13: tournament and had had the worst shooting performance of the

1610
01:24:04,880 --> 01:24:07,960
Speaker 13: last three months. I mean, it's absolutely insane that the

1611
01:24:08,040 --> 01:24:10,160
Speaker 13: dominant run that they're on at this point in time.

1612
01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:13,600
Speaker 13: So no, I cannot barring some sort of injury or

1613
01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:16,960
Speaker 13: someone just having some sort of historic shooting night. You know,

1614
01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:19,680
Speaker 13: I'll love Villanova Georgetown from eighty five. I believe it was.

1615
01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:20,920
Speaker 13: I don't see it happening.

1616
01:24:21,800 --> 01:24:24,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Dwayne McLain, that was the legendary game boy. That

1617
01:24:24,479 --> 01:24:28,400
Speaker 2: was something. And the other thing too is you know

1618
01:24:28,600 --> 01:24:32,000
Speaker 2: the reason I raised the issue. Stranger things have happened.

1619
01:24:32,040 --> 01:24:33,840
Speaker 2: I do not expect it to happen. Look, I'll be

1620
01:24:33,920 --> 01:24:36,519
Speaker 2: back on the air, you know, tomorrow if they get

1621
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 2: beat and I'll be back posting Ben Maller Wednesday. I'll

1622
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,040
Speaker 2: take my medicine. I don't think it's going to happen.

1623
01:24:42,280 --> 01:24:45,600
Speaker 2: People are drawing comparisons. Well, remember UNLV nineteen ninety one,

1624
01:24:45,680 --> 01:24:47,800
Speaker 2: they were thirty three and zero, and you know Duke

1625
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:51,439
Speaker 2: got the revenge from the year before. But this is

1626
01:24:51,479 --> 01:24:55,400
Speaker 2: a different situation. This Yukon team is well, I just

1627
01:24:55,439 --> 01:24:56,880
Speaker 2: described what they did at the top of the show.

1628
01:24:56,880 --> 01:25:00,720
Speaker 2: All right, real quickly, Ian, I'm veheman about Yukon. You

1629
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:03,120
Speaker 2: might you might not agree, is could someone sneak up

1630
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:03,439
Speaker 2: on him?

1631
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:06,120
Speaker 19: No, I'm sorry to keep the conversation boring here, but

1632
01:25:06,160 --> 01:25:08,439
Speaker 19: I don't see anyone beating Yukon. It's just like, not

1633
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:11,599
Speaker 19: only are they the better team, the best team by

1634
01:25:11,640 --> 01:25:14,920
Speaker 19: far remaining, they've also been here before and like just

1635
01:25:14,960 --> 01:25:18,120
Speaker 19: those two yeah, fine, it just means like, how can

1636
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:20,160
Speaker 19: anyone even stand a chance? Is kind of the way

1637
01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:23,080
Speaker 19: I look at it. But obviously, you know, like Kevin said,

1638
01:25:23,080 --> 01:25:25,479
Speaker 19: maybe someone goes on a crazy shooting streak. Maybe there's

1639
01:25:25,479 --> 01:25:29,799
Speaker 19: another Jack Goalky situation, you know, So we'll see.

1640
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:31,559
Speaker 5: We'll see, is the thing for.

1641
01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:34,320
Speaker 2: Me if you look just a Saturday, like I said earlier,

1642
01:25:34,720 --> 01:25:39,120
Speaker 2: in the ken Pom Defensive Efficiency, Alabama is ranked one

1643
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:42,160
Speaker 2: hundred and fifth and Yukon is fourth. Now, there is

1644
01:25:42,200 --> 01:25:46,280
Speaker 2: one thing. Alabama did have the number one tough schedule

1645
01:25:46,280 --> 01:25:48,960
Speaker 2: in the country, but I can't get past what I saw,

1646
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:52,360
Speaker 2: what Kentucky did to them. So so I'm of the

1647
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:55,760
Speaker 2: belief that no team in this entire tournament has looked

1648
01:25:55,800 --> 01:26:00,559
Speaker 2: more invincible than Yukon. Again, consecutive record for double digit

1649
01:26:00,600 --> 01:26:03,400
Speaker 2: wins to ten. They had a twenty five point runaway

1650
01:26:03,400 --> 01:26:06,439
Speaker 2: against Illinois, and Illinois was not some chop liver. They

1651
01:26:06,439 --> 01:26:09,360
Speaker 2: were a Big ten champion, right And I realized this

1652
01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:11,320
Speaker 2: group is different than a year ago, but the level

1653
01:26:11,360 --> 01:26:16,240
Speaker 2: of dominance that Yukon is bringing is the same. Their

1654
01:26:16,280 --> 01:26:18,880
Speaker 2: margin of victory is twenty seven point eight points per game.

1655
01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:21,479
Speaker 2: Those are the four wins that got them back to

1656
01:26:21,520 --> 01:26:24,000
Speaker 2: the final four. I guess it's you know, you've got

1657
01:26:24,040 --> 01:26:28,080
Speaker 2: different names, but it's the same program that's dominated non

1658
01:26:28,080 --> 01:26:32,599
Speaker 2: conference competition for two full seasons, and they're extremely well rounded.

1659
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:36,400
Speaker 2: And I don't know what advantage you find against the Huskies. Now.

1660
01:26:36,920 --> 01:26:39,879
Speaker 2: You can look at Purdue and they've been essentially Yukon's

1661
01:26:39,920 --> 01:26:43,360
Speaker 2: equal in terms of regular season success the last couple

1662
01:26:43,360 --> 01:26:46,960
Speaker 2: of seasons. But Purdue's lack of success in the Big

1663
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,360
Speaker 2: Dance has kind of shaped the conversation that this is

1664
01:26:50,400 --> 01:26:54,080
Speaker 2: really Yukon's tournament to lose. Basically, the only way that

1665
01:26:54,200 --> 01:26:57,000
Speaker 2: Yukon does not cut down the nets for the second

1666
01:26:57,160 --> 01:26:59,880
Speaker 2: straight season is some kind of odd aberration that we

1667
01:27:00,080 --> 01:27:03,640
Speaker 2: really can't think of right now, But you know, and

1668
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:06,680
Speaker 2: so look, Dan Hurley. I think he's the favorite to

1669
01:27:06,720 --> 01:27:10,080
Speaker 2: win CBS Sports Coach of the Year. He's showed him

1670
01:27:10,400 --> 01:27:14,280
Speaker 2: an ability to maintain a national championship standard, even though

1671
01:27:14,280 --> 01:27:18,120
Speaker 2: he lost three of his top six scorers from last year.

1672
01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:21,280
Speaker 2: He brings on Cam Spencer and the transfer portal then

1673
01:27:21,320 --> 01:27:28,200
Speaker 2: a true freshman and Stefan Castle right, and yes, Tristan

1674
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:32,840
Speaker 2: Newton and Donovan Klingen has certainly evolved and been developed

1675
01:27:33,240 --> 01:27:36,080
Speaker 2: into bigger roles as well as the rest of the rotation.

1676
01:27:36,640 --> 01:27:41,800
Speaker 2: But that's where Danny Hurley comes in. I think his

1677
01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:46,000
Speaker 2: commitment to greatness shows and the way that team is prepared.

1678
01:27:46,640 --> 01:27:49,200
Speaker 2: And let's not forget it's not just that Ukon player

1679
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:51,880
Speaker 2: is extremely hard. And then they've got a culture, and

1680
01:27:51,920 --> 01:27:54,400
Speaker 2: they've got a championship on their belt, and they've got

1681
01:27:54,439 --> 01:27:57,960
Speaker 2: pedigree and they're extremely well coached. Have you seen these guys.

1682
01:27:58,080 --> 01:28:02,200
Speaker 2: They got NBA players, they got Yukon's got athleticism, they've

1683
01:28:02,240 --> 01:28:06,160
Speaker 2: got all kinds of versatility. One of Danny Hurley, his

1684
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:11,600
Speaker 2: father's tenets was make things opponent and make things difficult

1685
01:28:12,080 --> 01:28:16,719
Speaker 2: and uncomfortable for your opponent. Yukon does that on both

1686
01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:19,919
Speaker 2: ends of the floor. They make it difficult for both teams.

1687
01:28:19,960 --> 01:28:24,480
Speaker 2: And they have played teams, they've met their match athletically,

1688
01:28:25,280 --> 01:28:28,519
Speaker 2: but Yukon is able to rise up to a next

1689
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,799
Speaker 2: level and take it to a different gear. Why because

1690
01:28:31,840 --> 01:28:35,599
Speaker 2: of their connectivity on offense and defense. They play as

1691
01:28:35,600 --> 01:28:38,080
Speaker 2: a unit. They play as a whole. The whole is

1692
01:28:38,120 --> 01:28:42,160
Speaker 2: greater than the some of their parts. Offensively, they're constantly

1693
01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:46,360
Speaker 2: in motion, they constantly test the opponent and Danny Hurley

1694
01:28:46,439 --> 01:28:50,720
Speaker 2: is brilliant and exploiting matchup weaknesses. Defensively, they've got the

1695
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:53,400
Speaker 2: link to be disruptive on the perimeter and if you

1696
01:28:53,439 --> 01:28:55,960
Speaker 2: funnel the action down to their center. That stud Klingon

1697
01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,960
Speaker 2: in another world against Illinois the other night. The student's

1698
01:29:00,000 --> 01:29:02,120
Speaker 2: he seven foot two. He's one of the best shot

1699
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,360
Speaker 2: balkers and rim protectors that I've seen in college basketball

1700
01:29:05,720 --> 01:29:09,120
Speaker 2: for a long time. Does Yukon have a weakness? Well,

1701
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:11,519
Speaker 2: I just mentioned it. They're not great from behind the arc.

1702
01:29:11,880 --> 01:29:14,840
Speaker 2: But they were three to seventeen against Illinois. I's still

1703
01:29:14,840 --> 01:29:18,400
Speaker 2: won by twenty nine. So look when you look at

1704
01:29:18,439 --> 01:29:22,760
Speaker 2: their margin of victory over it over the past two

1705
01:29:22,840 --> 01:29:25,800
Speaker 2: years is twenty three points. Now, I've talked about those

1706
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 2: great UCLA teams in the late sixties with wal Hazard

1707
01:29:30,600 --> 01:29:33,040
Speaker 2: and lou El Sinder before he was Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

1708
01:29:33,439 --> 01:29:35,680
Speaker 2: Those are the best teams in history and college basketball.

1709
01:29:36,040 --> 01:29:38,679
Speaker 2: Their margin of victory was twenty three twenty two points

1710
01:29:38,720 --> 01:29:42,479
Speaker 2: per game. Yukon's is twenty three and this is over

1711
01:29:42,520 --> 01:29:46,800
Speaker 2: a two year span period period. They trailed twenty eight

1712
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:50,240
Speaker 2: seconds during the entire tournament. All right, for the young

1713
01:29:50,320 --> 01:29:52,200
Speaker 2: there's got to be a yang. Give it up to

1714
01:29:52,240 --> 01:29:54,960
Speaker 2: the Purdue Boilermakers. You've got my respect, and so does

1715
01:29:55,040 --> 01:29:57,920
Speaker 2: Zach Edie. We don't need to ask questions about whether

1716
01:29:58,000 --> 01:29:59,839
Speaker 2: or not he's going to play in the NBA. Okay,

1717
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:05,240
Speaker 2: that doesn't matter right now. If I'm being honest, do

1718
01:30:05,320 --> 01:30:07,840
Speaker 2: I think he may have some issues in terms of

1719
01:30:07,880 --> 01:30:12,400
Speaker 2: his lateral movement and his foot quickness, et cetera. Maybe,

1720
01:30:12,600 --> 01:30:15,799
Speaker 2: but let's just get through his college career. Don't diminish

1721
01:30:15,800 --> 01:30:18,479
Speaker 2: what he's doing now at this level by protecting whether

1722
01:30:18,600 --> 01:30:20,840
Speaker 2: or not he's going to be an NFL player or

1723
01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:24,519
Speaker 2: NBA player. Purdue has been locked in since the start

1724
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:27,320
Speaker 2: of the season. They won thirty three games, They won

1725
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:29,160
Speaker 2: the Big Ten out right in the regular season for

1726
01:30:29,200 --> 01:30:31,120
Speaker 2: the second year in a row, and they started to

1727
01:30:31,120 --> 01:30:32,680
Speaker 2: make it look a little easy, started to look a

1728
01:30:32,720 --> 01:30:35,679
Speaker 2: little routine, and so Purdue started to get a little

1729
01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:38,040
Speaker 2: overlooked and take it for granted. That's part of their

1730
01:30:38,080 --> 01:30:40,519
Speaker 2: history as well. Hand been to a Final Four since

1731
01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:44,760
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty. Perhaps their most notoriety of their most notable coach,

1732
01:30:44,840 --> 01:30:48,040
Speaker 2: Gene Catie, who was their coach from the fall in

1733
01:30:48,120 --> 01:30:50,439
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty to I believe two thousand and six, never

1734
01:30:50,479 --> 01:30:51,920
Speaker 2: went to a Final four, and yet he's got a

1735
01:30:51,920 --> 01:30:55,400
Speaker 2: court named after him. Very accomplished man was even drafted

1736
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:58,360
Speaker 2: in the NFL by the Pittsburgh Steelers. So that was

1737
01:30:58,439 --> 01:31:03,400
Speaker 2: Produe's modus operande. Great regular season tournament rolls around. Well

1738
01:31:03,439 --> 01:31:07,200
Speaker 2: you know what happens, zach Edy unlocked the key to

1739
01:31:07,240 --> 01:31:10,720
Speaker 2: their success. He's likely to become the first back to

1740
01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:13,240
Speaker 2: back National Player of the Year since Rolph Thampson did

1741
01:31:13,280 --> 01:31:15,680
Speaker 2: it forty years ago. And the dudes leveled up his

1742
01:31:15,760 --> 01:31:18,920
Speaker 2: game against the best competition. And so the truth of

1743
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:22,120
Speaker 2: the matter is zach Edy is the kind of outrageous

1744
01:31:22,360 --> 01:31:27,240
Speaker 2: statistical knucklehead since Larry Bird to notch nine hundred points

1745
01:31:27,280 --> 01:31:30,040
Speaker 2: in four hundred and fifty rebounds in a season. He's

1746
01:31:30,080 --> 01:31:32,360
Speaker 2: also been compared to you and V He's Larry Johnson

1747
01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:36,440
Speaker 2: because he hit sixteen hundred points and eight hundred rebounds

1748
01:31:36,600 --> 01:31:40,960
Speaker 2: over a two year span. He has been compared over

1749
01:31:40,960 --> 01:31:43,080
Speaker 2: the last seventy years. He's only a fourth player in

1750
01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:46,439
Speaker 2: seven years to average thirty points a game and fifteen

1751
01:31:46,479 --> 01:31:49,720
Speaker 2: rebounds per game during the tournament. Do you know who

1752
01:31:49,720 --> 01:31:53,160
Speaker 2: else has done that? Alvin Hayes, Jerry West, Will Chamberlain.

1753
01:31:53,680 --> 01:31:58,320
Speaker 2: Don't question whether or not Zach Edy is the real deal.

1754
01:31:58,760 --> 01:32:00,760
Speaker 2: He is and I really like and I've grown to

1755
01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:03,519
Speaker 2: really like him and like your story. Purdue has got

1756
01:32:03,520 --> 01:32:05,719
Speaker 2: one of the best half court offensive teams in the country.

1757
01:32:06,160 --> 01:32:08,519
Speaker 2: And when you get any commanding a ton of attention

1758
01:32:08,640 --> 01:32:12,040
Speaker 2: in the post, well, guess what you got four capable

1759
01:32:12,080 --> 01:32:16,240
Speaker 2: players who can shoot the three. They're outstanding, and heat

1760
01:32:16,280 --> 01:32:18,600
Speaker 2: he can get in the ball. Now, do they have

1761
01:32:18,640 --> 01:32:22,040
Speaker 2: a weakness, Well, sometimes they've turned the ball over, not often,

1762
01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:25,559
Speaker 2: but when they do, that's been their bugaboo. So those

1763
01:32:25,600 --> 01:32:27,799
Speaker 2: are your front runners. Those are the two number one seeds.

1764
01:32:28,080 --> 01:32:31,280
Speaker 2: But let's take a look at the opponents. They aren't

1765
01:32:31,320 --> 01:32:35,679
Speaker 2: there by accident. Alabama and North Carolina State are there

1766
01:32:35,960 --> 01:32:38,720
Speaker 2: because they deserve to be there. We'll talk about them

1767
01:32:38,760 --> 01:32:41,240
Speaker 2: coming up. By the way, the Fox Sports Radio Challenge

1768
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Speaker 2: is live. See the standings, get rules now at Fox

1769
01:32:44,800 --> 01:32:47,360
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1770
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1772
01:32:56,280 --> 01:32:59,599
Speaker 2: fans stay. Coming up, we chop it up. We talk

1773
01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:03,880
Speaker 2: about the Alabama Crimson tide in the North Carolina State Wolfpack.

1774
01:33:04,120 --> 01:33:07,360
Speaker 2: They're part of the dance too. You can't ignore them.

1775
01:33:07,720 --> 01:33:10,519
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie Fraddlewick Comedy line from Las Vegas, Fox Sports Radio,

1776
01:33:10,600 --> 01:33:13,160
Speaker 2: Tireck dot Com Studios. Keep it locked. You're listening to

1777
01:33:13,160 --> 01:33:16,040
Speaker 2: the Bernie Fraddle Show on Fox Sports Radio. All right,

1778
01:33:16,080 --> 01:33:19,599
Speaker 2: back on the Bernie Fraddle Show, Fox Sports Radio. Company

1779
01:33:19,640 --> 01:33:23,160
Speaker 2: line from the Tirec dot Com studios here in Las Vegas.

1780
01:33:23,240 --> 01:33:26,679
Speaker 2: Take him to two am Pacific, five am Eastern. We've

1781
01:33:26,680 --> 01:33:29,479
Speaker 2: talked about Yukon, We've talked about Purdue, the two number

1782
01:33:29,520 --> 01:33:34,160
Speaker 2: one seeds. They all bring their own storylines. Well, SODA's Alabama.

1783
01:33:35,240 --> 01:33:38,080
Speaker 2: When you consider it's their first ever appearance in the

1784
01:33:38,120 --> 01:33:41,760
Speaker 2: Final four, this is a deep run. They had one

1785
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:45,840
Speaker 2: Elite Eight appearance prior to this year before Nate oates arrival.

1786
01:33:45,920 --> 01:33:50,880
Speaker 2: The only Alabama coach with multiple Sweet sixteen appearances was

1787
01:33:50,920 --> 01:33:56,760
Speaker 2: Wimp Sanderson. This year's Alabama group is not necessarily heralded,

1788
01:33:57,439 --> 01:33:59,960
Speaker 2: but it does have one of the best offensive ratings

1789
01:34:00,720 --> 01:34:05,240
Speaker 2: in the country. There's an interesting dynamic here. Natoates was

1790
01:34:05,280 --> 01:34:09,080
Speaker 2: a former assistant coach under Bobby Hurley at Buffalo. Natoats

1791
01:34:09,120 --> 01:34:11,719
Speaker 2: also spent a dozen years at Robulus High School in Michigan.

1792
01:34:12,040 --> 01:34:16,559
Speaker 2: This guy has paid his dues. Now Alabama is on

1793
01:34:16,680 --> 01:34:19,400
Speaker 2: page for one of the highest scoring seasons in the

1794
01:34:19,439 --> 01:34:23,360
Speaker 2: history of Alabama basketball. In terms of a player by

1795
01:34:23,360 --> 01:34:25,680
Speaker 2: the name of Mark Sears who's averaging about twenty two

1796
01:34:25,720 --> 01:34:28,680
Speaker 2: points a game. This dude is an elite shooter, and

1797
01:34:28,680 --> 01:34:33,000
Speaker 2: he's a very dynamic scoring guard. But moreover, he's really

1798
01:34:33,040 --> 01:34:35,200
Speaker 2: answered the call and made a lot of key shots

1799
01:34:35,240 --> 01:34:37,640
Speaker 2: throughout the tournament. He's one of two players in the

1800
01:34:37,680 --> 01:34:40,040
Speaker 2: country to average at least twenty points a game, and

1801
01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:43,960
Speaker 2: he's shooting fifty percent from the field. You've also got

1802
01:34:44,000 --> 01:34:47,679
Speaker 2: to give Grant Nelson and Jared Stevenson their props, big

1803
01:34:47,680 --> 01:34:51,760
Speaker 2: breakout stars, especially during the North Carolina game they got

1804
01:34:51,760 --> 01:34:53,720
Speaker 2: to the final four. I don't think a lot of

1805
01:34:53,720 --> 01:34:56,120
Speaker 2: people had Alabama going to the Final four. Thought they

1806
01:34:56,200 --> 01:35:01,280
Speaker 2: might be capable. But defensively they're lacking all right, their strength.

1807
01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:04,160
Speaker 2: They play fast, they shoot a lot of three pointers.

1808
01:35:04,479 --> 01:35:08,240
Speaker 2: That's a style choice. They're excellent at doing that. It

1809
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:11,880
Speaker 2: becomes a strength, it becomes their identity. Alabama is number

1810
01:35:11,880 --> 01:35:14,679
Speaker 2: one among all Division one teams. It's scoring this year

1811
01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:17,759
Speaker 2: ninety one points a game. And they make over eleven

1812
01:35:18,280 --> 01:35:21,719
Speaker 2: three pointers per game. That's second only to North Florida.

1813
01:35:22,439 --> 01:35:25,160
Speaker 2: Bama has actually had ten games this year where they

1814
01:35:25,160 --> 01:35:28,040
Speaker 2: scored one hundred and more points. That's the most for

1815
01:35:28,080 --> 01:35:29,840
Speaker 2: any LSU team. You got to go back to the

1816
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:33,240
Speaker 2: Shaquille o'nial days. Alabama was also the first D one

1817
01:35:33,280 --> 01:35:36,920
Speaker 2: team since twenty oh one since Duke. They hit four

1818
01:35:37,000 --> 01:35:40,200
Speaker 2: hundred three pointers in a season. That's saying something. But

1819
01:35:40,280 --> 01:35:43,920
Speaker 2: here comes to Big Bud Peewee by creating all those

1820
01:35:43,960 --> 01:35:48,240
Speaker 2: extra possessions in a game with their pace. Unfortunately, Alabama

1821
01:35:48,360 --> 01:35:51,519
Speaker 2: is not nearly as efficient at getting stops on the

1822
01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:55,080
Speaker 2: defensive end. So I mentioned earlier, Alabama gave up the

1823
01:35:55,160 --> 01:35:58,639
Speaker 2: sixth most points per game of any team in Division

1824
01:35:58,720 --> 01:36:02,120
Speaker 2: one this season eighty two points a game. That's the

1825
01:36:02,200 --> 01:36:05,599
Speaker 2: second most by any NCAA tournament team in the past

1826
01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:09,160
Speaker 2: twenty five years. So when you factor out some of

1827
01:36:09,160 --> 01:36:13,400
Speaker 2: the stronger defensive performances against lesser opponents earlier in the year,

1828
01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:16,599
Speaker 2: the averages get worse. As a matter of fact, in

1829
01:36:16,640 --> 01:36:22,080
Speaker 2: the past eleven games, Alabama's giving up nearly ninety one

1830
01:36:22,080 --> 01:36:25,160
Speaker 2: points per game. The key number of the three hundred

1831
01:36:25,160 --> 01:36:28,639
Speaker 2: and fifty nine points that Alabama scored in the NCAA Tournament,

1832
01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:31,840
Speaker 2: two hundred and eighty two of them two hundred and

1833
01:36:31,880 --> 01:36:34,880
Speaker 2: eighty two have come on made three pointers or in

1834
01:36:34,920 --> 01:36:38,519
Speaker 2: the paint. That means basically eighty percent of Alabama scoring

1835
01:36:38,600 --> 01:36:40,800
Speaker 2: is either done for behind the arc or at the

1836
01:36:40,880 --> 01:36:43,800
Speaker 2: rim that leaves the free throw line. Here's the deal.

1837
01:36:43,840 --> 01:36:47,360
Speaker 2: The challenge for Alabama is going to be maintaining the

1838
01:36:47,400 --> 01:36:50,519
Speaker 2: same success rate. I've menst the Yukon team that has

1839
01:36:50,680 --> 01:36:55,719
Speaker 2: tremendous perimeter lengked on defense, and as we talked about

1840
01:36:55,720 --> 01:36:58,439
Speaker 2: with the crazy Klingon, one of the best rim protectors

1841
01:36:58,479 --> 01:37:04,080
Speaker 2: in the game, Nato It's and his staff. They're confident

1842
01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:06,719
Speaker 2: and you have to give him a lot of credit

1843
01:37:07,360 --> 01:37:09,599
Speaker 2: because they're able to carve out wins against the likes

1844
01:37:09,640 --> 01:37:15,120
Speaker 2: of North Carolina and Clemson when they were challenged. This

1845
01:37:15,160 --> 01:37:16,640
Speaker 2: is a whole different animal, and they're eleven and a

1846
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,200
Speaker 2: half point underdog. They got to play the game. But

1847
01:37:19,720 --> 01:37:23,080
Speaker 2: I think Alabama, you got to applaud them for their season.

1848
01:37:23,479 --> 01:37:26,400
Speaker 2: But I think it ends Saturday night. We'll see. I'll

1849
01:37:26,400 --> 01:37:28,800
Speaker 2: be on the air Saturday night. That leaves the North

1850
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:33,519
Speaker 2: Carolina State wolf Pack there's something special going on with

1851
01:37:33,560 --> 01:37:35,960
Speaker 2: his team that I don't know if I can explain.

1852
01:37:36,640 --> 01:37:41,320
Speaker 2: They lost. North Carolina State lost ten of your final

1853
01:37:41,520 --> 01:37:44,880
Speaker 2: fourteen regular season games. How do you explain that? And

1854
01:37:44,920 --> 01:37:48,240
Speaker 2: they go on this postseason heater. Their coach, Kevin keats

1855
01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:51,160
Speaker 2: is Well. I think's a good guy. I lobbied for

1856
01:37:51,240 --> 01:37:53,320
Speaker 2: him to be hired here at UNLV back seven eight

1857
01:37:53,360 --> 01:37:55,880
Speaker 2: years ago he got the nc State job. I heard

1858
01:37:55,920 --> 01:37:57,559
Speaker 2: he was on the hot seat. I don't know if

1859
01:37:57,600 --> 01:38:01,759
Speaker 2: it's true. But the bottom line is North Carolina State

1860
01:38:02,240 --> 01:38:05,000
Speaker 2: gets five wins in five days. The only other program

1861
01:38:05,000 --> 01:38:07,559
Speaker 2: to do that was twenty eleven Connecticut, and of course

1862
01:38:07,600 --> 01:38:09,160
Speaker 2: that was the kemball Walker team that went on to

1863
01:38:09,160 --> 01:38:11,960
Speaker 2: win the whole darn thing. And you'd say to yourself, wow,

1864
01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:15,479
Speaker 2: that's quite a strong finish. But then it kept being

1865
01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:19,439
Speaker 2: survived in advance. And now we're talking about a team

1866
01:38:19,680 --> 01:38:22,760
Speaker 2: that's won seven games in twelve days all in all,

1867
01:38:23,320 --> 01:38:26,240
Speaker 2: nine wins in then nineteen days from the first round

1868
01:38:26,280 --> 01:38:29,120
Speaker 2: of the ACC tournament and now in the Elite eight

1869
01:38:29,200 --> 01:38:33,000
Speaker 2: they beat Duke for the second time in what two weeks.

1870
01:38:33,840 --> 01:38:36,679
Speaker 2: Seven of those nine wins were against NCAA tournament teams,

1871
01:38:36,680 --> 01:38:39,120
Speaker 2: and four were against the top four seeds. Two have

1872
01:38:39,200 --> 01:38:43,760
Speaker 2: been against Duke. So it's not a fluke because they're

1873
01:38:43,840 --> 01:38:48,040
Speaker 2: here and they earned it. Now, look, there have been

1874
01:38:48,120 --> 01:38:51,839
Speaker 2: nine national championships that have been won by tobacco road teams.

1875
01:38:51,880 --> 01:38:56,000
Speaker 2: As it were, NC State North Carolina are due right,

1876
01:38:56,080 --> 01:39:00,680
Speaker 2: but in advancing to the national semifinals, here's the interesting

1877
01:39:00,760 --> 01:39:04,639
Speaker 2: storyline here. North Carolina State is in a six way

1878
01:39:04,760 --> 01:39:08,360
Speaker 2: tie for the lowest seed to make a Final four

1879
01:39:08,760 --> 01:39:13,200
Speaker 2: since nineteen seventy nine. Now the question is can North

1880
01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:17,240
Speaker 2: Carolina State do when none of the other previous five

1881
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:19,680
Speaker 2: teams were able to do? And that means advanced to

1882
01:39:19,720 --> 01:39:23,320
Speaker 2: the National Championship game. Now, the wolf Pack may be

1883
01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:27,639
Speaker 2: a program with the National Championship Trophy Albeads nineteen eighty

1884
01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:30,920
Speaker 2: three that Purdue at Alabama don't have, but given their

1885
01:39:30,960 --> 01:39:34,360
Speaker 2: fairy tale journey to this point, if you're looking for

1886
01:39:34,400 --> 01:39:37,240
Speaker 2: a Cinderella story, I guess you're hard pressed talking an

1887
01:39:37,240 --> 01:39:41,120
Speaker 2: acc team be a Cinderella story, but maybe they are. Okay.

1888
01:39:41,200 --> 01:39:45,160
Speaker 2: The truth of the matter is, I don't think you'll

1889
01:39:45,200 --> 01:39:47,559
Speaker 2: ever see a story or I can't ever recall a

1890
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:53,000
Speaker 2: story about a coach who basically flipped his fortunes inside

1891
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:56,360
Speaker 2: of three weeks like Kevin Keats did. He'd actually had

1892
01:39:56,360 --> 01:39:58,800
Speaker 2: been zero to four in NCAA tournament games prior to

1893
01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:01,880
Speaker 2: this run. Now one of the guys we keep an

1894
01:40:01,880 --> 01:40:03,960
Speaker 2: eye on who have really become a huge fan of

1895
01:40:04,800 --> 01:40:07,679
Speaker 2: the outstanding player of the South Regional DJ Burns Junior,

1896
01:40:07,720 --> 01:40:09,880
Speaker 2: He's become one of the stars of the tournament. He's

1897
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:13,240
Speaker 2: clearly the face of North Carolina State's run. Burns averaged

1898
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:15,960
Speaker 2: about twelve points a game in the regular season, but

1899
01:40:16,040 --> 01:40:19,320
Speaker 2: now he's averaging nineteen points per game in the tournament,

1900
01:40:19,400 --> 01:40:23,040
Speaker 2: shooting sixty eight percent from the field. He's being compared

1901
01:40:23,080 --> 01:40:25,960
Speaker 2: to Corlus Williamson in Arkansas what they did back in

1902
01:40:26,040 --> 01:40:28,680
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety four, remember the forty minutes of hell with

1903
01:40:28,800 --> 01:40:32,200
Speaker 2: Nolan Richardson. So what does NC State do well their strengths.

1904
01:40:32,760 --> 01:40:35,479
Speaker 2: They do an excellent job of using every inch of

1905
01:40:35,479 --> 01:40:38,599
Speaker 2: the court, and they put the right pieces in place

1906
01:40:39,080 --> 01:40:42,080
Speaker 2: to execute on both ends. And then the rotation is

1907
01:40:42,160 --> 01:40:44,200
Speaker 2: basically and this is one other part of the story.

1908
01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:46,320
Speaker 2: He is made up of a bunch of guys who

1909
01:40:46,360 --> 01:40:49,960
Speaker 2: started their college careers elsewhere. But Kevin Keats has molded

1910
01:40:50,000 --> 01:40:52,840
Speaker 2: them into a group. They space the floor well. Burns

1911
01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:55,680
Speaker 2: does a great inside out job. He gets out of transition,

1912
01:40:55,720 --> 01:40:59,519
Speaker 2: gets easy buckets, and the wolf Pack probably the best

1913
01:40:59,520 --> 01:41:02,800
Speaker 2: full court pressure left. It doesn't always force turnovers, but

1914
01:41:02,800 --> 01:41:05,000
Speaker 2: it keeps opponents from getting into a rhythm on offense.

1915
01:41:05,479 --> 01:41:09,519
Speaker 2: The weakness if you isolate North Carolina State's performances in

1916
01:41:09,520 --> 01:41:13,800
Speaker 2: this tournament from the rest of the sample, the obvious weaknesses.

1917
01:41:13,920 --> 01:41:17,360
Speaker 2: Obviously they lack some matchup edges against the other final

1918
01:41:17,439 --> 01:41:19,559
Speaker 2: four team, So if they were to revert to some

1919
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:22,519
Speaker 2: of the regular season habits, there is a chance North

1920
01:41:22,560 --> 01:41:25,400
Speaker 2: Carolina State's in big trouble against Purdue. My feeling is

1921
01:41:26,120 --> 01:41:29,679
Speaker 2: they will compete, they will hang around. I believe Purdue

1922
01:41:29,720 --> 01:41:31,760
Speaker 2: will win, but I feel like that's a seven to

1923
01:41:31,880 --> 01:41:35,719
Speaker 2: nine point game, not a blowout. North Carolina States defense

1924
01:41:35,880 --> 01:41:39,160
Speaker 2: is improved. It's a huge piece in their tournament's success.

1925
01:41:39,600 --> 01:41:43,000
Speaker 2: And this is this is not a small feat. North

1926
01:41:43,040 --> 01:41:45,840
Speaker 2: Carolina State has held each of their last six opponents

1927
01:41:46,360 --> 01:41:49,840
Speaker 2: below forty percent from the field, and their field goal

1928
01:41:49,880 --> 01:41:52,280
Speaker 2: defense since the start of the AC Tournament we're talking

1929
01:41:52,360 --> 01:41:55,400
Speaker 2: nine games, is right around forty percent. Who if they

1930
01:41:55,439 --> 01:41:58,800
Speaker 2: played Duke North Carolina, a very hot shooting Oakland team,

1931
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:02,280
Speaker 2: Marquette and Duke again. So could they keep that for

1932
01:42:02,360 --> 01:42:06,320
Speaker 2: them up against Purdue. Well, we'll see. I think it's

1933
01:42:06,360 --> 01:42:09,360
Speaker 2: a tall order, but there you have it. There's your

1934
01:42:09,360 --> 01:42:13,479
Speaker 2: final four and we're about fourteen hours away from NC

1935
01:42:13,680 --> 01:42:17,439
Speaker 2: State and Purdue tip it off coming up. People have

1936
01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:23,000
Speaker 2: surmised should they expand the nc Tournament. Well, someone's come

1937
01:42:23,080 --> 01:42:25,000
Speaker 2: up with another idea that's going to have a whole

1938
01:42:25,040 --> 01:42:28,840
Speaker 2: new meeting to march madness. Yeah, it's gonna happen, and

1939
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:31,120
Speaker 2: it's even got a Las Vegas angle. I'll tell you

1940
01:42:31,120 --> 01:42:33,479
Speaker 2: all about it coming up. First, let's go back to

1941
01:42:33,560 --> 01:42:34,960
Speaker 2: our guy, Kevin Figures.

1942
01:42:34,640 --> 01:42:37,519
Speaker 13: With the latest Okay Bernie in women's college shoots. The

1943
01:42:37,560 --> 01:42:41,599
Speaker 13: undefeated season continues for South Carolina. Game Cocks thirty seven

1944
01:42:41,640 --> 01:42:44,320
Speaker 13: and zero went onto the National Championship Game after they

1945
01:42:44,360 --> 01:42:48,040
Speaker 13: defeated ENC State on Friday night seventy eight to fifty nine.

1946
01:42:48,400 --> 01:42:51,120
Speaker 13: Iowa is back in the championship game as well. They

1947
01:42:51,120 --> 01:42:54,280
Speaker 13: overcame a double digit deficit to be yukon seventy one

1948
01:42:54,320 --> 01:42:57,160
Speaker 13: to sixty nine as Kaitlan Clark scored twenty one points

1949
01:42:57,200 --> 01:42:59,880
Speaker 13: with nine rebounds. The Man's Final four tips off today

1950
01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:02,720
Speaker 13: six pm Eastern, with NC State facing Purdue, followed by

1951
01:43:02,720 --> 01:43:06,280
Speaker 13: Alabama and Yukon. Boiler Maker center Zach Eedy won AP

1952
01:43:06,439 --> 01:43:08,960
Speaker 13: Player of the Year for the second season in a row.

1953
01:43:09,200 --> 01:43:11,960
Speaker 13: In the NBA, No Lukadancik, no problem for Dallas. They

1954
01:43:11,960 --> 01:43:14,639
Speaker 13: defeated the Warriors one away to one oh six. Miami

1955
01:43:14,680 --> 01:43:17,240
Speaker 13: defeated Houston one nineteen to one oh four. So the

1956
01:43:17,320 --> 01:43:19,400
Speaker 13: Rockets need to win out and have the Warriors lose

1957
01:43:19,439 --> 01:43:21,919
Speaker 13: out in order to qualify for the play in Orlando.

1958
01:43:21,960 --> 01:43:23,640
Speaker 13: On The Knicks are tied for the four seat in

1959
01:43:23,640 --> 01:43:26,720
Speaker 13: the East after losses to Charlotte and Chicago, respectively. You

1960
01:43:26,760 --> 01:43:29,559
Speaker 13: had baseball victories for the Orioles, Braves and Red Sox.

1961
01:43:29,760 --> 01:43:32,120
Speaker 13: In the NFL, the Panthers signed Pro Bowl defensive tackle

1962
01:43:32,240 --> 01:43:35,280
Speaker 13: Derek Brown to a four year contract extension worth about

1963
01:43:35,320 --> 01:43:38,360
Speaker 13: ninety six million dollars. Back to Bernie Frado.

1964
01:43:38,800 --> 01:43:41,559
Speaker 2: All right, Kevin, by the way, have you ever given

1965
01:43:41,600 --> 01:43:45,040
Speaker 2: any thought to whether or not the tournament should expand?

1966
01:43:45,040 --> 01:43:47,720
Speaker 2: Because I'm told there may expand to seventy two, maybe

1967
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:49,000
Speaker 2: even eighty, but it's gonna.

1968
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:50,799
Speaker 5: Happen generally speaking.

1969
01:43:50,920 --> 01:43:53,920
Speaker 13: No, But if the NCAA has any designs on continuing

1970
01:43:53,960 --> 01:43:56,320
Speaker 13: to matter in some way, shape or form, they're going

1971
01:43:56,360 --> 01:43:58,720
Speaker 13: to have to, especially considering the news of the new

1972
01:43:58,760 --> 01:44:02,000
Speaker 13: Fox AEG tournament that's starting next year, and this is

1973
01:44:02,040 --> 01:44:04,120
Speaker 13: only going to ramp up more and more. And there

1974
01:44:04,120 --> 01:44:06,320
Speaker 13: were rumors floating around about a month or so ago, Bernie,

1975
01:44:06,360 --> 01:44:09,719
Speaker 13: I'm sure you remember of similar to the college football Playoff,

1976
01:44:09,920 --> 01:44:12,240
Speaker 13: a lot of these major conferences breaking off and making

1977
01:44:12,320 --> 01:44:15,040
Speaker 13: their own tournament independent of the NCAA. So I think

1978
01:44:15,080 --> 01:44:17,639
Speaker 13: it would behoove them to expand to try to get

1979
01:44:17,680 --> 01:44:20,559
Speaker 13: more of these major conference teams inside the tournament as

1980
01:44:20,560 --> 01:44:21,360
Speaker 13: they possibly can.

1981
01:44:22,560 --> 01:44:26,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what's been talked about. But here's what's interesting.

1982
01:44:27,680 --> 01:44:29,880
Speaker 2: This might get a little confusing. We're going to have

1983
01:44:29,920 --> 01:44:33,080
Speaker 2: to get used to it, and we will March Madness

1984
01:44:33,240 --> 01:44:36,479
Speaker 2: next year at this time might look a little different.

1985
01:44:36,520 --> 01:44:42,240
Speaker 2: Well why do I say that, because yes, postseason college

1986
01:44:42,280 --> 01:44:47,439
Speaker 2: basketball is getting a new entrant, a new tournament. By

1987
01:44:47,439 --> 01:44:49,400
Speaker 2: the way, if the what I don't even know if

1988
01:44:49,400 --> 01:44:53,559
Speaker 2: they do this. Over the years, we've had the of course,

1989
01:44:53,600 --> 01:44:56,639
Speaker 2: the NCAA Tournament, the n IT, the CBI, the CIT,

1990
01:44:58,200 --> 01:45:01,759
Speaker 2: the Fox Sports in a now finalized plans to introduce

1991
01:45:01,800 --> 01:45:07,360
Speaker 2: what's called the College Basketball Crown. This is a brand

1992
01:45:07,400 --> 01:45:11,240
Speaker 2: new sixteen team tournament that's going to begin next year

1993
01:45:11,600 --> 01:45:16,240
Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. Now, I guess under the radar,

1994
01:45:16,400 --> 01:45:20,599
Speaker 2: maybe I just haven't paid attention. This has been active

1995
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:23,960
Speaker 2: many months in discussions and obviously it's only going to

1996
01:45:24,000 --> 01:45:27,920
Speaker 2: feature teams that do not qualify for March Madness. However,

1997
01:45:27,960 --> 01:45:31,320
Speaker 2: there's a wrinkle here. The Big Ten, the Big Twelve,

1998
01:45:31,360 --> 01:45:35,639
Speaker 2: and the Big East will each have two guaranteed slots

1999
01:45:35,640 --> 01:45:38,320
Speaker 2: for their member schools. Then the rest of the back

2000
01:45:38,479 --> 01:45:45,800
Speaker 2: bracket will be filled out with other quote at large participants. Now,

2001
01:45:46,240 --> 01:45:48,720
Speaker 2: it'll only be a seven day tournament. The games will

2002
01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:53,400
Speaker 2: be played between March thirty first and April sixth at

2003
01:45:53,439 --> 01:45:57,519
Speaker 2: the MGM Grand Garden Arena where the Pac twelve tournament

2004
01:45:57,600 --> 01:45:59,920
Speaker 2: is well it used to be, and the Team Mobilery

2005
01:46:00,080 --> 01:46:02,040
Speaker 2: where the Golden Knights play, and we had a regional

2006
01:46:02,040 --> 01:46:05,240
Speaker 2: here last year. Yukon't played here last year, and they'll

2007
01:46:05,240 --> 01:46:08,120
Speaker 2: be aired exclusively on Fox and FS one. Now, the

2008
01:46:08,160 --> 01:46:12,080
Speaker 2: timing of this tournament is essentially between the Elite Eight

2009
01:46:12,920 --> 01:46:16,479
Speaker 2: and the championship game with the men's March Madness. So

2010
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:20,679
Speaker 2: what this effort, does it sort of is a vehicle

2011
01:46:21,479 --> 01:46:24,960
Speaker 2: to extend the Fox network relationship with the Big Ten

2012
01:46:25,479 --> 01:46:27,120
Speaker 2: and now the Big Twelve and Big East. These are

2013
01:46:27,160 --> 01:46:31,240
Speaker 2: three conferences Fox already holds multi year rights deals. It

2014
01:46:31,360 --> 01:46:36,080
Speaker 2: also gives Fox an opportunity to be involved in postseason

2015
01:46:36,120 --> 01:46:41,680
Speaker 2: college basketball because Men's March Madness rights are basically held

2016
01:46:41,720 --> 01:46:44,840
Speaker 2: by CBS and Warner Brothers and of course Discovery through

2017
01:46:44,840 --> 01:46:48,320
Speaker 2: twenty thirty two. Well, ESPN recently renewed their rights for

2018
01:46:48,360 --> 01:46:52,559
Speaker 2: the Women's March Madness through the same season twenty thirty two.

2019
01:46:53,200 --> 01:46:56,360
Speaker 2: So Fox Sports branded the new tournament as a quote,

2020
01:46:56,640 --> 01:47:01,439
Speaker 2: we want to evolve and elevate the sport. Now the tournament. Obviously,

2021
01:47:01,479 --> 01:47:03,000
Speaker 2: I know what you're thinking, because I was thinking the

2022
01:47:03,040 --> 01:47:06,240
Speaker 2: same thing. How is this not a major blow to

2023
01:47:06,280 --> 01:47:10,479
Speaker 2: the NIT, which has basically existed since nineteen thirty eight

2024
01:47:10,840 --> 01:47:14,080
Speaker 2: and historians will tell you it was at one time

2025
01:47:14,120 --> 01:47:19,040
Speaker 2: considered a more prestigious tournament than the NCAA. Al McGuire

2026
01:47:19,080 --> 01:47:20,760
Speaker 2: once turned down a bid to the NCAA to go

2027
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:23,240
Speaker 2: to the NIT. Can't make it up. Used to play

2028
01:47:23,280 --> 01:47:25,400
Speaker 2: at Madison Square Garden. Well they don't even do that anymore.

2029
01:47:25,960 --> 01:47:28,639
Speaker 2: I played in Indianapolis this year and see Hall won at all.

2030
01:47:29,160 --> 01:47:31,760
Speaker 2: So that's a tournament that's existed since nineteen thirty eight.

2031
01:47:31,800 --> 01:47:35,280
Speaker 2: It's operated by the NCAA, it's aired by ESPN. But

2032
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:39,280
Speaker 2: the NIT is arguably now and probably the weakest state

2033
01:47:39,360 --> 01:47:42,920
Speaker 2: it's ever been in its entire what eighty six year history.

2034
01:47:44,600 --> 01:47:47,720
Speaker 2: Not only does the NIT have a lot less prestige

2035
01:47:48,479 --> 01:47:51,320
Speaker 2: in fairness, it has a lot less prestige than the

2036
01:47:51,360 --> 01:47:55,120
Speaker 2: March Madness, but the event also conflicted with the opening

2037
01:47:55,200 --> 01:47:59,880
Speaker 2: of the transfer portal, and some schools choose to focus

2038
01:47:59,880 --> 01:48:03,000
Speaker 2: on developing the rosters for next season. So there were

2039
01:48:03,080 --> 01:48:09,400
Speaker 2: actually some very good schools that turned down a chance

2040
01:48:09,439 --> 01:48:11,799
Speaker 2: to go to the NIT. I know that Rick Petina

2041
01:48:11,840 --> 01:48:14,479
Speaker 2: was one of those schools, right Saint John's I mean,

2042
01:48:14,720 --> 01:48:17,240
Speaker 2: and they gave you count everything NIC could handle. Now,

2043
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:19,160
Speaker 2: Indiana State elected to go. They made it to the

2044
01:48:19,160 --> 01:48:21,640
Speaker 2: final game, but there were two or three schools that

2045
01:48:21,800 --> 01:48:25,080
Speaker 2: turned down a chance to go to the NIT because

2046
01:48:25,160 --> 01:48:28,960
Speaker 2: I believe the prestige factor and that it conflicted with

2047
01:48:29,000 --> 01:48:33,240
Speaker 2: the opening of the transfer portal, and again a lot

2048
01:48:33,240 --> 01:48:35,919
Speaker 2: of schools they want to start to focus on developing

2049
01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:40,000
Speaker 2: their rosters for next season. So now you have this situation.

2050
01:48:41,160 --> 01:48:43,960
Speaker 2: You don't have the lineage of the NIT, you don't

2051
01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:50,040
Speaker 2: have the obvious sensational allurea March madness. The College Basketball Crown,

2052
01:48:50,120 --> 01:48:53,160
Speaker 2: to me, is going to base a challenge to find

2053
01:48:53,200 --> 01:48:57,280
Speaker 2: a foothold among fans. I don't know that many people

2054
01:48:57,320 --> 01:49:00,479
Speaker 2: even know about it. You're going to also have other

2055
01:49:00,520 --> 01:49:04,400
Speaker 2: competing events like the CBI, and yes, those whole far

2056
01:49:04,479 --> 01:49:07,880
Speaker 2: less status against fans and schools. And the CBI also

2057
01:49:07,960 --> 01:49:10,920
Speaker 2: requires an entry fee to participate. So just when you

2058
01:49:10,960 --> 01:49:14,360
Speaker 2: thought it couldn't get any more convoluted, it is. Ladies

2059
01:49:14,400 --> 01:49:19,240
Speaker 2: and gentlemen, we introduce you to the College Football Crown

2060
01:49:19,600 --> 01:49:21,360
Speaker 2: coming to a town New Year, as long as you

2061
01:49:21,400 --> 01:49:24,080
Speaker 2: live in Las Vegas. That's the way it's gonna work.

2062
01:49:24,400 --> 01:49:28,559
Speaker 2: Sixteen teams, two automatic bids from the Big Ten, Big

2063
01:49:28,600 --> 01:49:30,600
Speaker 2: twelve in Big East, and then the rest will be

2064
01:49:30,680 --> 01:49:33,439
Speaker 2: at large bids. The entire tournament to be played out

2065
01:49:33,439 --> 01:49:36,400
Speaker 2: over seven days, and it'll be aired on Fox. And yeah,

2066
01:49:36,439 --> 01:49:38,160
Speaker 2: you'll be able to bet it, and I'm sure we'll

2067
01:49:38,160 --> 01:49:43,640
Speaker 2: watch it. Now, if you combine that with obviously you

2068
01:49:43,680 --> 01:49:47,120
Speaker 2: know the tournaments that already exist in the potential of

2069
01:49:47,960 --> 01:49:54,479
Speaker 2: March Madness, given an extension, meaning perhaps they invite seventy

2070
01:49:54,520 --> 01:49:58,280
Speaker 2: two teams instead of the sixty eight, or it's been

2071
01:49:58,320 --> 01:50:00,760
Speaker 2: banned about that there could be eighty. I don't think

2072
01:50:00,760 --> 01:50:03,960
Speaker 2: they're gout to ninety six. That's silly. I don't know

2073
01:50:04,200 --> 01:50:06,920
Speaker 2: it starts. It feels a little water down to me.

2074
01:50:07,280 --> 01:50:09,280
Speaker 2: But be that as I may. It is a postseason

2075
01:50:09,680 --> 01:50:11,800
Speaker 2: and there are what three hundred and thirty one teams

2076
01:50:11,800 --> 01:50:14,880
Speaker 2: who played Division one college basketball. That still leaves a

2077
01:50:14,960 --> 01:50:17,680
Speaker 2: vast majority sitting home watching, and you'll still have to

2078
01:50:17,720 --> 01:50:19,840
Speaker 2: earn your way in on some form of fashion. So

2079
01:50:19,920 --> 01:50:23,720
Speaker 2: there you have it, more product, more sports, more opportunity,

2080
01:50:24,240 --> 01:50:29,280
Speaker 2: and yet another sporting event here in Las Vegas. Coming up.

2081
01:50:29,439 --> 01:50:32,920
Speaker 2: We revisited one last time. We've been talking about this

2082
01:50:33,000 --> 01:50:37,440
Speaker 2: since before the tournament. Yes, there was actually a formula

2083
01:50:37,720 --> 01:50:43,160
Speaker 2: that has predicted nineteen of the last twenty one tournament champions.

2084
01:50:43,920 --> 01:50:48,600
Speaker 2: Here's the interesting thing. Two of those tournament champions, or

2085
01:50:48,600 --> 01:50:53,559
Speaker 2: two of those teams are still alive coming up, will

2086
01:50:53,600 --> 01:50:56,639
Speaker 2: share who they are and what the criteria was, and

2087
01:50:56,680 --> 01:50:59,800
Speaker 2: maybe you can remember this for next year. I'm an

2088
01:51:00,040 --> 01:51:01,720
Speaker 2: out of We're coming toy line from Las Vegas Fox

2089
01:51:01,720 --> 01:51:04,400
Speaker 2: Sports Radio tirack dot Com studios, keep it locked and

2090
01:51:04,520 --> 01:51:06,639
Speaker 2: listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio.

2091
01:51:07,600 --> 01:51:10,599
Speaker 2: All we are wrapping it up on the Bernie Frattle Show,

2092
01:51:11,400 --> 01:51:13,679
Speaker 2: coming to you live from the tyrack dot Com studios

2093
01:51:13,720 --> 01:51:16,320
Speaker 2: here in Las Vegas. Before we go any further, I

2094
01:51:16,360 --> 01:51:18,559
Speaker 2: want to thank my broadcast team, my crew. They've been

2095
01:51:18,560 --> 01:51:21,080
Speaker 2: with me. They're back in Los Angeles. They've been with

2096
01:51:21,080 --> 01:51:24,719
Speaker 2: me since eleven pm Pacific on Friday night. Of course,

2097
01:51:24,760 --> 01:51:27,840
Speaker 2: Mark Ramsey, our technical producer, turning old downas keeping the

2098
01:51:27,840 --> 01:51:31,719
Speaker 2: plane in the air, keeping us glued together. Kevin Figures

2099
01:51:32,320 --> 01:51:38,519
Speaker 2: on our updates, and Ian Roddy are executive producer. Great job, guys,

2100
01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:41,600
Speaker 2: appreciate it as always. I wasn't gonna do this, but

2101
01:51:41,680 --> 01:51:46,320
Speaker 2: what the hell, let's do it. Sunday at noon, South

2102
01:51:46,320 --> 01:51:49,080
Speaker 2: Carolina will play Iowa. South Carolina is a six and

2103
01:51:49,160 --> 01:51:52,160
Speaker 2: a half point favorite. They look pretty unbeatable to me,

2104
01:51:53,200 --> 01:51:56,479
Speaker 2: but you never know. Kevin Figures, who wins on Sunday.

2105
01:51:58,200 --> 01:52:00,439
Speaker 13: I gotta go with South Carolina. There have been jugging

2106
01:52:00,479 --> 01:52:02,600
Speaker 13: out all season long, and it's a revenge game for them.

2107
01:52:02,640 --> 01:52:04,839
Speaker 13: They lost to Iowa last year in the semi finals,

2108
01:52:04,840 --> 01:52:06,919
Speaker 13: so it is I gotta go with South Carolina.

2109
01:52:07,479 --> 01:52:13,200
Speaker 2: Yes, and I expect them to plaster Caitlin Clark because

2110
01:52:13,240 --> 01:52:15,559
Speaker 2: she torched them last year. And I think there was

2111
01:52:15,560 --> 01:52:18,240
Speaker 2: some Yeah, you nailed it. This is a revenge game,

2112
01:52:18,240 --> 01:52:19,599
Speaker 2: and not a lot of people are talking about it.

2113
01:52:20,360 --> 01:52:21,839
Speaker 5: Yeah, a lot of people are not aware.

2114
01:52:22,080 --> 01:52:24,200
Speaker 13: But it's it's insane and how much you know headlines

2115
01:52:24,200 --> 01:52:26,240
Speaker 13: and rightfully sold to an agree that Kaitlyn Clark has

2116
01:52:26,280 --> 01:52:28,280
Speaker 13: you know, stole this year. But the fact that you

2117
01:52:28,320 --> 01:52:30,439
Speaker 13: had a team that's undefeated all season long and they've

2118
01:52:30,439 --> 01:52:32,719
Speaker 13: flown under the radar for the last month is pretty wild.

2119
01:52:33,760 --> 01:52:36,840
Speaker 2: They've flown under the radar, but everybody knows how good

2120
01:52:36,880 --> 01:52:39,040
Speaker 2: they are, and they had Caitlin Clark not broken the

2121
01:52:39,040 --> 01:52:41,120
Speaker 2: scoring record, she wouldn't have got the same kind of

2122
01:52:41,120 --> 01:52:43,920
Speaker 2: pub But I think that we have a tendency, all right,

2123
01:52:43,920 --> 01:52:46,120
Speaker 2: But you are right. I am in agreement with the prediction.

2124
01:52:46,479 --> 01:52:48,839
Speaker 2: I am in agreement with the prediction. I think Iowa

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Speaker 2: their run comes to an end on Sunday. Ian Orrod,

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Speaker 2: do you have any thoughts it's going to be a

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01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:53,920
Speaker 2: heavily watched game.

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Speaker 19: Yeah, Look, it's it's hard to predict a thirty seven

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01:52:59,160 --> 01:53:02,200
Speaker 19: and oh team to lose. But I will say that

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01:53:02,280 --> 01:53:04,320
Speaker 19: if any team is going to do it, it would

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01:53:04,320 --> 01:53:08,080
Speaker 19: it not be Caitlin Clark in Iowa. Like this this

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01:53:08,240 --> 01:53:11,640
Speaker 19: legend who is chasing goat's status, and this would be

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01:53:11,680 --> 01:53:15,040
Speaker 19: the ultimate nail in that coffin to kind of crown

2134
01:53:15,160 --> 01:53:18,280
Speaker 19: Caitlin Clark as the goat of college basketball. I'm like,

2135
01:53:18,360 --> 01:53:20,599
Speaker 19: obviously it's a long shot to happen, and it's not

2136
01:53:20,680 --> 01:53:23,479
Speaker 19: like if she doesn't get this, she's you know, obviously

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01:53:23,520 --> 01:53:25,280
Speaker 19: not in that conversation or something.

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01:53:25,320 --> 01:53:27,600
Speaker 5: But I don't know. I just in.

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01:53:27,920 --> 01:53:31,720
Speaker 19: Sports, these storybook things tend to work out sometimes, and

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01:53:32,240 --> 01:53:34,439
Speaker 19: you know, just for for South Carolina to really close

2141
01:53:34,479 --> 01:53:36,479
Speaker 19: it out, that'd be a big deal, you know, to

2142
01:53:36,600 --> 01:53:41,400
Speaker 19: fully go undefeated, and obviously it's it's likely, but but

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01:53:41,920 --> 01:53:44,840
Speaker 19: I don't know. There was that Patriots season where they

2144
01:53:44,960 --> 01:53:47,040
Speaker 19: went undefeated the whole year and then lost in the

2145
01:53:47,040 --> 01:53:47,559
Speaker 19: Super Bowl.

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying, never say never.

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01:53:50,080 --> 01:53:53,599
Speaker 2: Well, it's fair, that's it's going to be a competitive game,

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01:53:53,640 --> 01:53:55,400
Speaker 2: I believe, But I would say I would say this,

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01:53:56,200 --> 01:54:00,120
Speaker 2: Iowa cannot come out and play the in the first quarters,

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01:54:00,160 --> 01:54:05,080
Speaker 2: notably the first half like they did against Yukon Yukon

2151
01:54:05,160 --> 01:54:07,559
Speaker 2: had a very short bench, and I think they got

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01:54:07,560 --> 01:54:12,800
Speaker 2: tired and and I think Blueter coach Bluter does a

2153
01:54:12,800 --> 01:54:14,880
Speaker 2: pretty good job at her end game adjustments, but I

2154
01:54:14,880 --> 01:54:17,800
Speaker 2: think she out coached Kim Moulk. Yeah, we'll see, though,

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01:54:17,800 --> 01:54:20,080
Speaker 2: I think this this might have the making zough of

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01:54:20,920 --> 01:54:23,519
Speaker 2: I always got to be mentally fatigued with everything they've

2157
01:54:23,560 --> 01:54:25,280
Speaker 2: gone through, and I don't know how much. I really

2158
01:54:25,280 --> 01:54:26,960
Speaker 2: don't know how much either team would have had the

2159
01:54:27,000 --> 01:54:29,679
Speaker 2: tank after the night's game heading into Sunday at noon.

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01:54:30,280 --> 01:54:30,679
Speaker 2: We'll see.

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Speaker 19: It is fully just a ViBe's prediction there, but you know,

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01:54:35,040 --> 01:54:37,160
Speaker 19: I'm definitely pulling for Caitlin Clark and Iowa.

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01:54:37,280 --> 01:54:40,360
Speaker 2: So you all right, that's that's been the story this year,

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01:54:40,680 --> 01:54:43,000
Speaker 2: all right, So there's been a formula. Mark, Did you

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01:54:43,000 --> 01:54:44,000
Speaker 2: want to make a quick prediction?

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01:54:44,320 --> 01:54:48,160
Speaker 20: Ramsey, Oh, I just think you can't. We don't have

2167
01:54:48,240 --> 01:54:50,400
Speaker 20: to talk both teams and then knowing it's a big,

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01:54:50,440 --> 01:54:54,360
Speaker 20: big game, but I'm just gonna guess every given any

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01:54:54,400 --> 01:54:58,560
Speaker 20: given Sunday, like the movie said, I think I'm going

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01:54:58,640 --> 01:55:02,080
Speaker 20: to give the edge to I what does somehow find

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01:55:02,120 --> 01:55:05,160
Speaker 20: a way to make it close and win.

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01:55:06,920 --> 01:55:08,760
Speaker 2: Fair enough? And currently there are six and a half

2173
01:55:08,760 --> 01:55:12,760
Speaker 2: point underdog. All Right, we've talked about this, but long

2174
01:55:12,760 --> 01:55:16,440
Speaker 2: and behold, here we go. There's been a formula that's

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01:55:16,520 --> 01:55:19,520
Speaker 2: predicted the March Madness Winter nineteen in the last twenty

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01:55:19,520 --> 01:55:27,160
Speaker 2: one years, and I'll give you a spoiler alert. Purdue

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01:55:27,520 --> 01:55:33,120
Speaker 2: and Yukon are in that class. There are several qualifying

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01:55:33,160 --> 01:55:40,200
Speaker 2: teams this year Arizona, Baylor, Creighton, Iowa State, Marquette, and

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01:55:40,280 --> 01:55:45,360
Speaker 2: North Carolina. They all lost. They qualified though, as part

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01:55:45,400 --> 01:55:48,000
Speaker 2: of this formula that would predict the March Madness Winter

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01:55:48,040 --> 01:55:51,360
Speaker 2: the last nineteen in the last twenty one years, you

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01:55:51,520 --> 01:55:55,160
Speaker 2: kind of Purdue the only two that remain, and if

2183
01:55:55,200 --> 01:55:58,000
Speaker 2: they play each other, one's got to win. That would

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01:55:58,000 --> 01:56:00,600
Speaker 2: mean next year when we talk about this, it'll be

2185
01:56:00,640 --> 01:56:03,360
Speaker 2: the formula that's predicted the March Bandess winner twenty of

2186
01:56:03,400 --> 01:56:06,520
Speaker 2: the last twenty two years, and I do think it's

2187
01:56:06,520 --> 01:56:12,160
Speaker 2: going to be Yukon. But here's what it entails. First,

2188
01:56:12,560 --> 01:56:15,920
Speaker 2: the team has come, you know, from a major conference,

2189
01:56:15,960 --> 01:56:18,960
Speaker 2: a power conference, as a number one, number two or

2190
01:56:19,040 --> 01:56:23,800
Speaker 2: number three seed, no lower than that number two. The

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01:56:23,880 --> 01:56:27,600
Speaker 2: team that has you know, this formula that has predicted

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01:56:27,960 --> 01:56:30,280
Speaker 2: the March Bandess winner nineteen to the last twenty one

2193
01:56:30,360 --> 01:56:37,560
Speaker 2: years averaged more than seventy four points a game. Three.

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01:56:37,800 --> 01:56:41,440
Speaker 2: The team part of this formula was predicted nineteen to

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01:56:41,440 --> 01:56:46,000
Speaker 2: the last twenty one allowed less than seventy three points

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Speaker 2: per game four. They owned an average scoring margin of

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01:56:50,400 --> 01:56:53,720
Speaker 2: greater than seven points per game. My goodness, Yukon's got

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01:56:53,720 --> 01:56:57,360
Speaker 2: that four times over five they faced a top five

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01:56:57,400 --> 01:57:01,600
Speaker 2: A seventy five schedule, they had a coach with six

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01:57:01,760 --> 01:57:05,880
Speaker 2: or more NCAA tournament appearances, and coached at least one

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01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:09,600
Speaker 2: at leaste at least one at least one Elite eight game,

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01:57:10,840 --> 01:57:16,360
Speaker 2: and the final criteria the seventh category, the team was

2203
01:57:16,400 --> 01:57:20,200
Speaker 2: either in the tournament the year before or they have

2204
01:57:20,240 --> 01:57:23,880
Speaker 2: at least one All American player. Now, the reason it

2205
01:57:23,920 --> 01:57:27,040
Speaker 2: didn't predict all twenty one is because the two losses

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01:57:28,480 --> 01:57:33,360
Speaker 2: coincidentally and ironically were Yukon in twenty fourteen and twenty

2207
01:57:33,400 --> 01:57:36,800
Speaker 2: twenty three. Obviously, if you're looking at Bobby Hurley last year,

2208
01:57:36,840 --> 01:57:41,320
Speaker 2: well he wouldn't have qualified for that, right because you

2209
01:57:41,400 --> 01:57:43,920
Speaker 2: got a situation where he hadn't been, you know, to

2210
01:57:43,960 --> 01:57:47,200
Speaker 2: an Elite eight game, he hadn't had six tournament appearances,

2211
01:57:46,640 --> 01:57:49,840
Speaker 2: as all those things Bobby not Hurley not qualifies or

2212
01:57:49,960 --> 01:57:53,680
Speaker 2: Danny Hurley excuse me, Kevinalie didn't either back in twenty fourteen.

2213
01:57:53,720 --> 01:57:57,360
Speaker 2: So the bottom line is Arizona, Baylor, Yukon, Create and

2214
01:57:57,400 --> 01:58:01,520
Speaker 2: Iowa State, Marquette, un C, and Purdue all had that

2215
01:58:01,640 --> 01:58:06,960
Speaker 2: qualifying criteria of what I just mentioned. So we will

2216
01:58:06,960 --> 01:58:10,200
Speaker 2: see what we shall see. And unless both North North

2217
01:58:10,200 --> 01:58:15,560
Speaker 2: Carolina State are and Alabama win on Saturday, this has

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01:58:15,600 --> 01:58:19,600
Speaker 2: a chance to stay alive. I do believe honestly that

2219
01:58:19,800 --> 01:58:24,640
Speaker 2: North Carolina They've won nine straight games, They've beaten North Carolina,

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01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:30,160
Speaker 2: NC State has beaten Ency Duke twice, Marquette in Texas Tech.

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01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:32,560
Speaker 2: It's a great march run. And I really like what

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01:58:32,640 --> 01:58:37,280
Speaker 2: DJ Burns has done, so I wish them well. We'll see,

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01:58:37,280 --> 01:58:40,080
Speaker 2: but it's probably gonna be purduing Yukon. We'll talk Saturday

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Speaker 2: night back on these airwaves eleven PM again Saturday night

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01:58:42,880 --> 01:58:45,880
Speaker 2: for the Bernie Frattle Show. A lot to unpack, but

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01:58:45,920 --> 01:58:48,720
Speaker 2: in the meantime, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here.

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Speaker 2: Up next The Fellas on Fox Sports Radio,