1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Welcome to the program. It's our one on 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: this Tuesday, Dan and the Dan n S Stan Patrick Show. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: Glad to have you on board. Stay a while if 5 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: you can. Kareem Abdul Jabbar will join us. Coming up 6 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: a little bit later on, we'll talk about the baseball situation. 7 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 1: Are the owners telling the truth that they're going to 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: lose so much money if we have this reduced schedule 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: or we don't have baseball. We'll get to the bottom 10 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: of that. That'll be a little bit later on as well. 11 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 1: If you're a smart baseball fan, you probably have ignored 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: all the headlines about the battles between the union in 13 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: the league. They're arguing over money and they're trying to 14 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: put together some sort of season. The differences in the 15 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,200 Speaker 1: last two proposals are pretty stark. Let me make you laugh. 16 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: Players want one hundred and fourteen games. The owners reportedly 17 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: won about fifty. That's a big difference here. Maybe you 18 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: split in the middle, maybe you get to eighty eighty 19 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: two games, but you're also going to have the debate 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: on the legitimacy of the season. McLevin brought this up yesterday. 21 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: And if Jacob deGrom somehow wins another cy Young and 22 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: has three in a row historically, that puts him in 23 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: some rarefied air and people might have a problem with that. 24 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,680 Speaker 1: And knowing the Mets and Jacob deGrom, he might win 25 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: the cy Young by winning seven games. I'm okay with that. 26 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm all right. This is an asterisk. The entire sports 27 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: season has an asterisk next to it. The NBA has 28 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: already played sixty five out of eighty two games, and 29 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: some people say, well, that's not enough. Imagine fifty out 30 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: of one sixty two. Now, maybe they settle, they find 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: a common ground here, which is usually what happens during negotiations. 32 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: But I just want to watch baseball, make sure that 33 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: everybody's safe. But the numbers sometimes mean a lot more 34 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: in baseball. We look at stats. We love to look 35 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: at stats in baseball. That's how we evaluate guys from 36 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: this generation to a prior generation. And that'll be tough 37 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: to do with fifty games this year. Although I think 38 00:01:56,400 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: even skeptical baseball fans can agree the number of games, 39 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: any number of games is better than the number zero. 40 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: Baseball wants to expand the playoffs fourteen teams, and then 41 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: they're going to let certain teams pick their opponents. This 42 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: according to the New York Post on Monday, the playoffs 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: would grow from ten to fourteen teams. Under the new plan. 44 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: There would be four wildcard teams in each league. That's 45 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: up from two. So here's an idea I think of 46 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: what is going to happen. Could happen. Only the division 47 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 1: winner with the best regular season record would advance directly 48 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 1: to the divisional series. Under the new plan, the two 49 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: other division winners in wildcard teams would start in a 50 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: best of three round. The division winner with the second 51 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: best record gets to choose its opponent among the three 52 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: lowest seated wildcard teams. The division winner with the third 53 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: best record then would get to pick among the remaining two. 54 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 1: The selections would be made on a Team V show. 55 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,519 Speaker 1: All right, I like it, expand the playoffs. I'm okay 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: with it. I think we've gotten to the point where, 57 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: you know, baseball is a little bit behind trailing the 58 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: other sports when it comes to expanding the playoffs with 59 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: hockey basketball, if you have sixteen teams and then you 60 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: start to go, well, are you watering it down? I 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 1: think in today's sports world, certainly this year expanding the playoffs. 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: The problem sometimes is when you do something like this, 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: then you rarely go back, you rarely regress. And if 64 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: you want to have fourteen teams, I'm fine with that. 65 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: My problem with baseball has always been they're way too 66 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: many games, and at the end of the season, there's 67 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: so many games that don't matter because there's so many 68 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: teams that are so far out of it. There's such 69 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: a have and have not in Major League Baseball. You know, 70 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 1: the Orioles. You know, it always feels like they're twenty 71 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: five games out and we just started July. And that's 72 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: just not good for baseball if you can't have a 73 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: truncated season because of all the money that's paid, and 74 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: these owners are expecting their billion dollars now. They want 75 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: their money, the players want their money, and fans. Is 76 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: the thirst still there to show up for one hundred 77 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: and sixty two games, whether in person or watching on 78 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: TV or listening on radio. And I just don't know. 79 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: I don't know if that would help baseball if we 80 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: knew that the games meant more, so you place a 81 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: premium on the number of games, and therefore you're watching 82 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: games that are truly going to matter. Instead of one 83 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 1: sixty two, you put in fourteen teams, so the regular 84 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: season is kind of meaningless. You don't want to have 85 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: a gimmicky postseason, though, because now you've defeated the purpose 86 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: of one hundred and sixty two games. You go that 87 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: far those that many games, and then you're going to 88 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: do a best of three, and that's not always fair 89 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: to these teams that are great from start to finish. 90 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,800 Speaker 1: Some teams get hot at the very end, get in 91 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 1: and those are usually the most dangerous ones. But that's 92 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: being propo by Major League Baseball right now, and I 93 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: do think there'll be a common ground that they can 94 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: land on as far as the number of games. Baseball 95 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: players wont at least one hundred games here, and I 96 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: think the owners would probably compromise to get to eighty. 97 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: But I'd like to get to the bottom line here, 98 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: the amount of money that the owners say they're going 99 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: to be losing, because I do think that we have 100 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: ostracized the players. We're putting blame on them that all 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: they're greedy. All you know, you guys, agree to something, 102 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: now you want something else here they're the ones They're 103 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: they're going out into battle here. They're the gladiators. The 104 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: owners are going to sit back, they don't have to 105 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: go to the game. Players are going to be out there. 106 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 1: Pay them what you think that you know that they 107 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: deserve for each of those games that they play. I 108 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: think you got to be fair to the players. But 109 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: I do think there are going to be some players 110 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,839 Speaker 1: who are going to say I'm not coming back for 111 00:05:54,920 --> 00:06:00,599 Speaker 1: fifty games. And there are whispers. Now I can't confirm anything, 112 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: but they're whispers. There's some big names saying if it 113 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: ain't one hundred games, I'm not coming back. So there's 114 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: a little bit there, a little bit unrest with Major 115 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: League Baseball with what's happening. But maybe some progress as 116 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:16,320 Speaker 1: we expand the playoffs and maybe we get to a 117 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: nice round number of eighty, maybe we get to one 118 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: hundred games. But that's going on in Major League Baseball 119 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: right now. This program brought to you by Treger joined 120 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: the tregger Hood, Taste the wood Fire, Difference, contacting your 121 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: local dealer or visiting tregger Grills dot com slash DP 122 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: Show Today, McLevin, what kind of poll question do you have? Okay, 123 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:38,559 Speaker 1: I'm putting it together a pole question about which sport 124 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: has the best number of playoff teams. But I hate 125 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: to bring this up. Did you promise us more NFL 126 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: playoff teams or whatever happened to that is that happening. 127 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: I completely forget where we left the out off. I 128 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 1: thought I promised that to you four years ago, five 129 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: years ago. And you know my theory that they saw 130 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: you break that story, which is absolutely true, and didn't 131 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: want to give you the credit. The fact that somebody 132 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: in the NFL home office told me that, among other things, 133 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 1: that they were expanding the playoffs, and I remember coming 134 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: in probably that was that Friday or Monday that I 135 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: came back in. Yeah, Paully, Dan, you're not gonna believe this. 136 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 1: It's uh, it's six years ago tomorrow. Six ye, what's 137 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: the day today? Sorry? Six years ago Friday, you reported 138 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: that the league is looking at expanding the playoff system, 139 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 1: and the next day the NFL did an official denial 140 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 1: to Jason Lackham FORFCB Sports. Yep, Yeah, that one hurt 141 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: a little bit. For the first time it was Dan 142 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: Patrick reporting, oh you got full credit. That's being debunked. Yeah, 143 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: ESPN game me full credit on that one at six 144 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: years ago Friday, Wow, good times. Yes, mcglove. I had 145 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 1: totally forgotten we have a seventeen game schedule coming. It 146 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: got lost in the shuffle. So they are going to 147 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: expand them now, right, I mean I think they have 148 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: to if they go yes. But that was part of 149 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: this that there was always the way we want to 150 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: get to eighteen games, want to get to eighteen games. 151 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: And I said, well, that means you're gonna go to 152 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: seventeen games, and the way I like to kind of 153 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,400 Speaker 1: turn this in my favor. I wasn't wrong. I was 154 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: just being delayed and being right there you go, yeah, 155 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: something like that. You can't be wrong if you never 156 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: admit it down well, trust me, I realized that, yeah, 157 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: I was. I kept saying, wait a minute. I just 158 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: had somebody that i'll read his name in the papers 159 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: sometimes telling me what was going on. And then all 160 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,079 Speaker 1: of a sudden it was like I said, hey, man, 161 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: I got a good authority here. What's going on. They're 162 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:47,959 Speaker 1: gonna expand the playoffs and Paul goes. NFL just issued 163 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: a statement and I went, okay, they're basically saying that 164 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: we're not expanding the playoffs and I went, alrighty, I 165 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: don't know if I got played there, but I don't. 166 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 1: I can't understand why that would have happened that way. 167 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,319 Speaker 1: But maybe he's somebody said, oh, you know, I'm talking 168 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: out of school a little bit. And on further thought, 169 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: we're not going to expand the playoffs, but we got 170 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: seventeen games and we are going to be expanding the 171 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,439 Speaker 1: playoffs in the NFL. Yes, Paul, checking my records, you 172 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: reported this in twenty fourteen. The last time we had 173 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: Roger Goodell on this show is twenty thirteen. Coincidence, coincident. 174 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: That's it. It's a coincidence there, Maybe maybe not. What 175 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: else do you have? Mclovin, soo, The question is are 176 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: you okay with MLB expanding to fourteen out of thirty games? 177 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: MLB being the sport that traditionally had the fourteen out 178 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: of thirteen fourteen out of thirty teams, it's always been 179 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: the lowest percentage of all the leagues. NFL has twelve 180 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: out of thirty two, NBA and NHL have sixteen out 181 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 1: of thirty and sixteen out of thirty one. MLB is 182 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: currently ten out of thirty. Yeah, I'm okay. With it. 183 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: You know, I'm in such a relaxed mood as far 184 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: as what is really important when it comes to sports. 185 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: So when you brought up, oh, Jacob de Graham wins 186 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: his third consecutive Si Young, you know the history books, 187 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:11,719 Speaker 1: and I go, I don't care at this point. I mean, 188 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: I will care, but now I don't. I just I 189 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: would love to have some positivity here, just just like 190 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: a morsel where you go, yeah, okay. And if it's 191 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: talking about baseball coming back and they got a plan 192 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: or the NBA's coming back, that's why when somebody goes, 193 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 1: should all the teams be able to come back in 194 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:36,079 Speaker 1: the NBA? If you want to and you have the safeguards, 195 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 1: then great, But no, you don't need all the teams. 196 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 1: Twenty would be fine. You don't even need twenty teams here, yeah, McLevin. 197 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 1: So if they play fifty games, would you hand out awards? 198 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: I mean maybe just skip the site up. A fifty 199 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,320 Speaker 1: game seems like an award is really a little bit 200 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: too much. They're not going to play fifty games. Okay, 201 00:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,560 Speaker 1: let's say it's eighty eighty two games? Is half a 202 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: season enough? I mean, we have, you know, shows all 203 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: the time or columns all the time? First half MVP, 204 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: first half cy Young? Do we do that basically calling 205 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: it a half a season? But this is the MVP. 206 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: People can consume this however they want to. You know, 207 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: That's why when somebody says, oh, Barry Bonds never get 208 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame, Well, if you think he's 209 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer, then who cares if he has 210 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 1: a ceremony and a plaque if he's all a famer, Okay, fine, 211 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: But it's the same thing when it comes to stats. 212 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: Do I look at the stats of the steroid era 213 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: differently than I do the dead ball era? Do I 214 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: look at Babe Ruth because he didn't have integration differently? 215 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: It's up to the individual to kind of parse this 216 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: out and say, all right, oh, that's right. They only 217 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: had played eighty games that season. Okay. We've had a 218 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: lot of these instances where you have a season that 219 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: you know it strikes shortened or a lockout, work stoppage. 220 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 1: You know, we will crown a champ. If you don't 221 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: want to crown him a champ, then that's up to 222 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: you individually. But I'm in a benevolent mood when it 223 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 1: comes to you want to hand it out an award, 224 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: great Greek freak. Give him the MVP this year. No, 225 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: don't have a full season. I don't care. Give it 226 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: to the Greek freak. Give him Defensive Player of the 227 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 1: Year as well. I don't care NBA champion whoever wins. 228 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: You want to put an asterism, not go ahead for me. 229 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm just I just want to enjoy it again. That's it. 230 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 1: What else do you have in loving? This is probably 231 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: an obvious question, but do you think there will be 232 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: a baseball season? Yes or no? Yes? And actually, what 233 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: do you think the audience thinks? Do you think people 234 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: are taking these headlines seriously? Well? I don't take it 235 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: seriously because I know how this works. But I think 236 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: that the average fan who hasn't covered a work stoppage 237 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: or a strike or these kind of negotiations, certainly with 238 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, might be a little more pessimistic. I 239 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: choose to be optimistic because I do think that there's 240 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: a lot of money at stake, and I do think 241 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: that both sides want to come to some kind of agreement. 242 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: The problem has been Major League Baseball has leaked all 243 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: this information and that has hurt the process here and 244 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: made the players look bad. I've said that all along. 245 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're trying to break the union. 246 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're trying to get a salary 247 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: cap like. These are things, These are real issues with 248 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: players and the big salary guys look at this because 249 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: their agent is Scott Boris and saying are they trying 250 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: to cap us here? Are they trying to break us here? 251 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: And I would be skeptical of the owners as well 252 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: with their motives here because I don't believe that they're 253 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: going to be losing the money that they say they're 254 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 1: going to be losing. Just don't believe it. But they 255 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: don't open their books. We know how much players make, 256 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: every single player, we know how much they make. We 257 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 1: don't know how much these teams are making. What do 258 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: their books look like? And I think if there's total 259 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:08,000 Speaker 1: transparency there, you know, this is where baseball has always 260 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: had this. There's a conflict between the players and the owners. 261 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 1: Whereas the NBA it feels like they work in unison here. 262 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,880 Speaker 1: The NHL feels like they're working in unison here. Football 263 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: is a little bit better, a little bit better, but 264 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: it has to be a little bit better because before 265 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: it wasn't good at all. But baseball there's always been 266 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: this friction and it probably stems from Marvin Miller. When 267 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: Marvin Miller, one of the smartest people that baseball has 268 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: ever had, said wait a minute here, free agency. They 269 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: should be able to go where they want to go, 270 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: make what they want to make. And that change baseball. 271 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: One person changed baseball, and I think that's when you 272 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: had this union that became so powerful that the owners 273 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: couldn't compete because Marvin Miller was smarter than everybody else. Yeah. Point, 274 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: You know, baseball players, when they can't reach a deal 275 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 1: with a team, they go to an arbitrator and they're 276 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 1: presented like three different options, and the arbitrator, based off 277 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: you know, state of the team and the state of 278 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:13,440 Speaker 1: the player's ability, picks and they let the arbitrator pick it. 279 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: You almost wish they could have an arbitrator, a neutral 280 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: party who looks at this as a business deal and says, 281 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: can we arbitrate a deal that's fair to all sides 282 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: and it's a binding decision. Seventy five games at this 283 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: rate for this player and blah blah blah blah blah. 284 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: It's impossible because the two sides wouldn't agree to it, 285 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: But that would be perfect. Also, don't forget that a 286 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: lot of players have incentive clauses tied to where they 287 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: finish in the MVP and the cy Young The players 288 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: would not stand for this if you're not going to 289 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 1: have any awards. Players would not stand for it because 290 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: they have incentive laden contracts. Here. If you finished in 291 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: the top five, if you win the MVP, you know, 292 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if you could go. Hey, but this year, 293 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: we're not going to do that. Yeah, McLevin. And that 294 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 1: gets back to the year of service too, Like, does 295 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: Mookie got his year here? And he does? Right, isn't 296 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: that part of the proposal Milky bets? Yeah, yeah, the 297 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: year service to push them towards free agency. And it's 298 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: a big payday. But I've been reading a lot. Are 299 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: those big paydays going to be there next offseason? Well, 300 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 1: that's another thing that the owners are gonna you know, 301 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: they're gonna cry poverty here, Hey, we lost all this 302 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: money here and now here we go again. Collusion. Oh, 303 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: we just don't have them any money to spend on 304 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: anybody here. Yeah, time money will be the overriding factor 305 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: in whether they have a season or not. But how 306 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: much conversation do you think that's going on behind closed 307 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: doors about guys, we gotta get something going here. We've 308 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: already lost fans in recent years and we're slipping in 309 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: the rundown of what the top pro sports are as 310 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: far as interest. We've got to do something. Is that 311 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: a big concern or's strictly about money? I hope it's 312 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: a big concern, But I don't know. Like trying to 313 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: figure out the rationale a Major League Baseball right now. 314 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: Are they trying to break the union? Are they trying 315 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,720 Speaker 1: to embarrass the players? Are they really altruistic and they 316 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: want to get the game back for the good of 317 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: the game. I don't know. You'd think they would because 318 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: we can survive without baseball because of the time frame 319 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 1: of these other sports coming back. If hockey's coming back, 320 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: the NBA's coming back, and they're going right into the postseason. 321 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: When that is done, we go right into NFL, we 322 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: go into college football, and baseball will be an afterthought. 323 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,919 Speaker 1: It will. It'll be strange, but baseball will be an afterthought. 324 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: We'll take a break, We'll settle on a pull question 325 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: phone calls are always welcome. H seven seven three D 326 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: P show email address DP at dan Patrick dot com, 327 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: Twitter handle a TP show. We got chat row Salo 328 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 1: to chat row Tyler the moderator taking care of the 329 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: people in the chat row. 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Poll questions, tweets, 340 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,479 Speaker 1: emails McLevin. Let's do side on a pull question? I 341 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: actually already put out, Oh, are you okay with MLB 342 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: expanding to fourteen playoff teams permanently? I have a feeling 343 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: most people will say yes, but I don't know if 344 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 1: it's permanently. Wow. They had to propose that hard before 345 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: before COVID. The owners are desperate to do this apparently, 346 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: and the CBA is out next year. Well it feels 347 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: like it's inevitable, But I know that it makes sense 348 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: if you're going to have a shortened season and you 349 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: have more playoff games, more playoff teams. The owners want 350 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: to make their money and if you have the playoffs, 351 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 1: they're going to make their money. That's why they want 352 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: to expand this. But you know, the players want to 353 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: get the red season money. They want to get one 354 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: hundred games if they can. Yeah. See, it feels like 355 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: the more time goes on, the more sports is losing 356 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: touch with what actually should mean most in that you know, 357 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: winning the most games over the longer period of time 358 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: should be what determines the best team, not just win 359 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: enough games to get to this extra special bonus period 360 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: and then you really just have to win three out 361 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 1: of five or you know, four out of seven. It 362 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: doesn't if you're one hundred and ten win team, you 363 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: should be the best team that year. In baseball, you know, 364 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: if you win the most games, you should be the 365 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,479 Speaker 1: best team. But now, because of the playoff system, and 366 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,199 Speaker 1: especially expanding the playoff system even more, that huge stretch 367 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:53,360 Speaker 1: of games becomes more and more meaningless baseball's regular season. 368 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: In the last twenty years, only five times has the 369 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 1: team of the best regular season record gone on to 370 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: win the World Series. Red Sox in eighteen, Cubs in sixteen, 371 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,000 Speaker 1: Red Sox in thirteen, Yankees, oh nine, Red Sox, you 372 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:12,399 Speaker 1: know seven. Yeah, I think what Seaton's saying is like, So, 373 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: let's say the NBA they decide to let in San 374 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: Antonio Spurs, who is twenty seven and thirty six. Spurs 375 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,159 Speaker 1: historically are a great franchise, but this year not. What 376 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: if the Spurs somehow, some way knocked the Los Angeles 377 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: Lakers out of the playoffs, a team that shouldn't be 378 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: there over a team that earned a one seat. Now 379 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: they will have earned that win. But everyone's saying, now, 380 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: let's include all these teams. Let's inclue all these teams this. 381 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: We do a show the day after the Lakers get 382 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: knocked out early. Everyone's back, what did the NBA do 383 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 1: putting the Lakers in a position to get knocked out early? 384 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 1: And big teams like that? But if you're going to 385 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: have play in games, so the Spurs have to win 386 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: to even get in, or win a couple of series 387 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: to get in to face the Lakers. Let's say it's 388 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: not just it's going to be you know, Lehigh taking 389 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: on Duke. Can they knock them off in the NCAA tournament. 390 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: It's not going to be that way. You have to 391 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: and they're not going to be designated as playoff teams. 392 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 1: You have to get into I think the final sixteen 393 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: teams to be designated a playoff team. These are play 394 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: in games, just like, yeah, March madness. If you don't 395 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 1: make the tournament with the play in games, you make 396 00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: the play in games to get into the tournament. Yes, 397 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: but wasn't there a whole season just ahead of that 398 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: that was essentially play in games? Like I don't understand 399 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: why you should be rewarded for not doing well over 400 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,200 Speaker 1: a longer stretch of time, like you lost, you lost 401 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: more than most other people, but but you still get in. 402 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: I don't understand the point of that. Oh, I don't 403 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: want the Spurs to get in or some of these 404 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: other teams. There's no like I America is not going God, 405 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: I can't wait to see the Wizards or San Antonio Spirit. 406 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: Why don't you just make the season one long playoff 407 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: then and then that's how you determine the winner. I 408 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: get like the whatever, the best team from last was 409 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 1: there one seed, and whoever the worst team from the 410 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: year before was the worst team, and then just do 411 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 1: it that way. Small market teams are urging the NBA 412 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: to include the entire league and the restart. NBA has 413 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: a plan of inviting twenty two teams to restart the 414 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: season in late July. Can you safely bring all thirty 415 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: teams back? I guess if you're looking at the impact 416 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: on money, sponsorships, tickets, developing your younger players, you want 417 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 1: these franchises down on the totem pole to get a chance. 418 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: I think that's what these small market teams are saying. 419 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: Their owners are saying teams left out of the playoffs. 420 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 1: There's already been dialogue about the possibility of mandatory summer 421 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: training camps, regional fall leagues, four or five teams that 422 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: could bridge the lengthy gap between the seasons, because I 423 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: don't think we're gonna have basketball next season until probably 424 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: around Christmas. But the message that the bigger market teams 425 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: we're going to bring them back, that's not the case. 426 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: They're bigger market teams that aren't making the playoffs. I mean, 427 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: the Knicks aren't making the playoffs yearly. It's not necessarily 428 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: Memphis is making the playoffs. That's a small market team. Either. 429 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: You want to bring everybody back. Why are you bringing 430 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: everybody back? I don't want everybody in the playoffs or 431 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 1: the possibility of getting into the playoffs. I would just 432 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: have twenty teams at the most. Come back, you want 433 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: to get Zion in there, Okay, I get it. And 434 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,400 Speaker 1: if we do twenty then it doesn't really look like 435 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 1: it's the Zion clause here. If we do eighteen, then 436 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: we get Zion in here. We do twenty, and then 437 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: it's like, no, this isn't about Zion Williamson. It certainly 438 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: feels like it is. But I don't need that many teams. 439 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 1: It's okay, I think this will be so fascinating. We 440 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: don't have the travel part of this, the equation and 441 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: the length of time in between games in a series. 442 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: Now you could play three games in a day where 443 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:18,400 Speaker 1: you could start a game at four o'clock, seven o'clock 444 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: and nine thirty or ten o'clock if you wanted to 445 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: still have the West Coast teams be able to play 446 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: for their time zone. And their fans. You could still 447 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: do this, but you would get that feel of March madness. 448 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: The NBA could do this and just have games after games. 449 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,680 Speaker 1: There's no travel, give you a day day off in between. 450 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: You play two games, and then you get a day off. 451 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: I think it could be great, but I don't need 452 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: every team in the NBA. I understand there's money at 453 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 1: stake here, but you've had sixty five games here. That's enough. 454 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: I don't think this is a participatory moment for the NBA. 455 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: Have the teams if you want to have twenty teams 456 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: and four teams are playing each other to get in, Okay, 457 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm fine with that, but I don't 458 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 1: think that every team should be involved in this because 459 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 1: the less teams maybe the easier it is to have, 460 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: you know, the precautions and safeguards in place. Now I 461 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: got thirty. Do the math. You go from twenty to 462 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: thirty and now it's a couple of hundred people there 463 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 1: than the members of the media. How many members of 464 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: the media get to come in, friends, family, front office, coaches, 465 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: It's a lot of people. Yeah, p can we take 466 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: all the NBA teams that didn't make the playoffs and 467 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: put them in an NSA taught style one and done tournament. 468 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: They all face each other, you know, bracket style, and 469 00:25:57,760 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: the winner that tournament gets the number one pick of 470 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 1: the draft. Do that to ramp up to the regular 471 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: season seven days seven, you know, seven days of games 472 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: back to back to back to back, and then think 473 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: about the team that finishes last place in that tournament 474 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: they end up with like the eighteenth pick. Oh brutal. 475 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 1: That's good. That's like a relegation reverse relegation situation. But 476 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: then does Clay Thompson come back? Yes, one leg Clay, 477 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna need you. It's might bee career ending, but 478 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,000 Speaker 1: we need you to come back here. Yeah. Time. But 479 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:33,640 Speaker 1: if the best team of that group wins the number 480 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 1: one pick, even though that'll be exciting to watch, you know, 481 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: where's the parody, then they're the team that least would 482 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,880 Speaker 1: need of all those crummy teams to have the number 483 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: one pick. I've always maintained though, that once you're eliminated 484 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: from the postseason, then what you do after you're eliminated. 485 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: The best record among those who are eliminated, or has 486 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 1: the most wins is the team that gets the number 487 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: one pick because I don't want tanking here and I 488 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: want you to continue to play hard and try to 489 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: win after you've been eliminated from the postseason. But the 490 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 1: NBA is It feels like the NBA's pretty close here 491 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: and what they want to do format still to be determined, 492 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: but they're talking about when they could get there. How 493 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 1: long do they need to get ready to come in 494 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,639 Speaker 1: and start playing meaningful games? Can you start with The 495 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,199 Speaker 1: NHL is starting with the playoffs, and that's aggressive. I 496 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,760 Speaker 1: think the NBA is trying to ease into this a 497 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: little bit more if they possibly can. But that's coming 498 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:33,719 Speaker 1: from their stars. Because this commissioner listens to the stars, 499 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: and Chris Paul has a large voice in this, a 500 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,960 Speaker 1: loud voice in all of this. Lebron has a loud 501 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: voice in all of this. What's it going to take 502 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: for you guys to get ready? Because you're selling stars here, 503 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: other sports selling teams, you're selling stars. How long is 504 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: it going to take for you guys to get ready? 505 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: Two weeks, three weeks? How many games can we have scrimmages? 506 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 1: These are all things that are probably on the table 507 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: for the NBA, But it feels like this commissioner has 508 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: an idea. These are things that are just leaked out. 509 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: There's other things that haven't been leaked out that might 510 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: crystallize here in the next couple of days where we 511 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: really figured this out. If can we get into July, 512 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: we can have a month to ramp up to get 513 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,400 Speaker 1: into July. And it feels like July is a magical 514 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: month for baseball. Hockey is going to be at the 515 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: end of June. It feels like golf is coming back 516 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: in a week. We're close. What else do you have today? McClellan. 517 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: I was gonna ask which of the small market teams 518 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: are the teams that are just outside do you most 519 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: want to watch? Is it too obvious that there's one 520 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: team that everyone wants to see who's on right now 521 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: on the outside looking in the Pelicans? Are there any 522 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: other teams that are people are interested in, like the 523 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: Spurs or maybe the Warriors. Would people want to see 524 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: the Warriors try and play? Yeah, Kings, the Suns have 525 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 1: a lot of young talent. They might be interesting in 526 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: this tournament. Portland Portland. Yeah, I'd like to see Damian 527 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: lillar Ce. J McCollum, I like to see Portland if 528 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: they're at full strength, then Portland's dangerous. This could be 529 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:16,760 Speaker 1: a great tournament if they do this. I saw this 530 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: email that was leaked and this was James Dolan. Now, 531 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,880 Speaker 1: the Knicks did not make a statement on the murder 532 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: of George Floyd. Almost all the teams did. The San 533 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: Antonio Spurs did not, but Greg Popobitch did an interview 534 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: with the Nation and he certainly had things to say 535 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: about the president and George Floyd. In the handling of 536 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: all these protests, James Dolan sent out an email, an 537 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 1: internal email. Now this was leaked, but he says, we 538 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: know that some of you have asked about whether we're 539 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: going to make a public statement about the killing of 540 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer. I want you to 541 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: know that we realized the importance of the Therefore, I 542 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: want you to understand our internal position here. And you know, 543 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: he goes on to say that basically they're not going 544 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: to make a statement because they don't think they're in 545 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: a position to be able to comment on this. And 546 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: James Dolan says, the internal email is basically saying what's 547 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 1: important is how we operate and as a company, we 548 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: can we are committed to upholding our values, how we 549 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: treat people, how we treat others matter. We stand by 550 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 1: our values respectful, peaceful workplace. We always will not saying 551 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: anything about George Floyd. This is really small, probably, but 552 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: if I'm a member of the New York Knicks and 553 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: my owner sends out this email internally, or if I'm 554 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: a free agent, this is I mean, when the Knicks 555 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: signed a free agent, nobody wants to go play with 556 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: the greatest basketball arena in the world. It's amazing that 557 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: the Knicks get less likable by not doing anything. They 558 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 1: become less likable. And maybe maybe these players, maybe there 559 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,960 Speaker 1: is no significance to this. If I'm an African American, 560 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: I play for the New York Knicks and I see 561 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: that my owner is really tone deaf and offers nothing 562 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: and really didn't offer anything. Whereas we've seen some teams 563 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:38,160 Speaker 1: who have had you know, the Washington Wizards in bold 564 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: type talking about we will not stand for this racial inequality, 565 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: police brutality. Bold print is what they put out. And 566 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 1: then you have this with James Dolan. It's a bad 567 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 1: look for him, it really is. I understand you want 568 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: to make sure that you take care of your workplace. 569 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: This is different than just taking care of your workplace. 570 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,960 Speaker 1: The values and making sure we have a good environment 571 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: and a good company is this is something bigger than that. 572 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: And it really feels tone deaf by that owner. And 573 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: if you're a player, I'd have a problem with my owner. 574 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: And if you're a free agent, I mean, when's the 575 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: last time the Knicks got a great free agent? Because 576 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: I was under the false impression Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, 577 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,239 Speaker 1: We're going to go into New York and if they 578 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 1: got Zion Williamson, they were going to change the landscape 579 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: of basketball. And Kevin Durant said he never considered the 580 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: New York Knicks. This used to be one of the 581 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 1: places like if you went to New York, you played 582 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: for the Knicks. But when's the last time they signed 583 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 1: a free agent? When as somebody said, I want to 584 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,480 Speaker 1: go to New York, you almost get the feeling I 585 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 1: have to go to New York. I'll go there for 586 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: a little while and then I'll get out. That's a 587 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: tone deaf owner, and not just on this, on a 588 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: variety of things. It's almost a tutorial on how to 589 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 1: ruin a franchise and he's got some competition, but James 590 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: Dolan's a leader in the clubhouse. They just don't get 591 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: it right. Take a break. Play of the Day coming 592 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: up next year, Dan Patrick Show. Thanks for listening to 593 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us 594 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to 595 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find 596 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us 597 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 1: live every day at YouTube dot com slash The Dan 598 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 1: Patrick Show. I mentioned the New York Knicks and they 599 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: didn't have a statement about the murder of George Floyd. 600 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: The Washington Wizards issued his statement from its players, saying 601 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:02,240 Speaker 1: in capital letters, no longer tolerate the assassination of people 602 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,560 Speaker 1: of color in this country, adding we will no longer 603 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: accept the abuse of power from law enforcement, and we 604 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:12,480 Speaker 1: will no longer shut up and dribble. Minnesota timberwol have 605 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,880 Speaker 1: shared a video showing multiple players going to demonstrations. The 606 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: Knicks representatives didn't respond to a request for comment on this. 607 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 1: The Knicks crosstown rival, the Nets, released a statement on 608 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:27,400 Speaker 1: the same day talking about and condemning what happened to 609 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: George Floyd and others. The Toronto Raptors had a statement. 610 00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: I mean it goes on and on. Michael Jordan had 611 00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 1: a statement with the Charlotte Hornets, but the Knicks did 612 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: not have a statement there. And I was looking at 613 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: you know, this is a once great, proud franchise is 614 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,879 Speaker 1: nowhere near that. And I was wondering about their free 615 00:34:46,880 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: agency because Kevin Durant had an opportunity with Kyrie Irving 616 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: to go in there and bring the Knicks back, and 617 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: they chose not to. I don't know how much that 618 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: had to do with that ownership. It would to have 619 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: an impact on me if I was signing with them, 620 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,399 Speaker 1: no matter what I'm getting paid. But you go back 621 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: to nineteen ninety six, Chris Childs and Alan Houston, those 622 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: were good signings. Kurt Thomas was a good signing. Jason Kidd, 623 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: they had him, he was forty years of age. J R. 624 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: Smith all right, he was okay. But they've signed Larry 625 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: Brown the coach, five years, fifty million dollars. That's not good. 626 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: Clarence Weatherspoon, Jerome James, Jared Jeffries, Amari Stodemeyer five years, 627 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollars. Robin Lopez three for sixty Joe 628 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,680 Speaker 1: Kim Noah four for seventy two million, Tim Hardaway Junior 629 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: the third four verse seventy one million. Yeah, there's the 630 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: reason why they're not very good. It starts at the 631 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:58,200 Speaker 1: top and works its way down. Seaton O'Connor has a 632 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 1: big grin on his face, seg yes from well make 633 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,319 Speaker 1: your own segue there for me, going from the nixtu siton. Uh, 634 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: just four years ago today, an absolutely classic, iconic moment 635 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: and show see if we can guess, if we can 636 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: guess four years ago today, June of sixteen, correct? Classic? 637 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 1: Well do you have anything more than that? Oh? Man? Uh, 638 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,720 Speaker 1: it changed the course of show history forever we were, 639 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: We were pre this moment and then we were posted. 640 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: This moment at least in my life. Doesn't have much 641 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: to do with me. Andrew, you gotta guess is that mclovin. Uh, 642 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,319 Speaker 1: it was June second, twenty sixteen. Mclovin didn't fall off 643 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,719 Speaker 1: his chair that day. Today he may have, but that's 644 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: not the moment that I'm referring to. Can you tell 645 00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: me which dan An? I can't? Okay, all right, tell 646 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,719 Speaker 1: me Andrew you want to guess no I have. I 647 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 1: thought you might be talking about the sausage race, but 648 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: I'm way off. It's really really good. That's called a chocolf. 649 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: The running back there would have a falk off. I'd 650 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:21,439 Speaker 1: be careful here, I don't cawk and falk Yeah, no, Fritz. 651 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,640 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, if we're having a contracts who 652 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:29,279 Speaker 1: beat the most sausages, that would be a sausage off. 653 00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,120 Speaker 1: The judges were looking for pork off. Pork off work. 654 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 1: If you come to a spot in the road and 655 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 1: you pick the right road to go down, that would 656 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,600 Speaker 1: be a fark off. There you go, you realize that 657 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: none of those are. I'm with the jokes that we've 658 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: been made. You just had to get the conversation. I 659 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: thought you were going with walk off, talk off, and 660 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: that's why I did palk off and off. That's the 661 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: key moment, hawk off, pawk off. And that's where you 662 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: just don't take your losses, do you. You try to 663 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: talk yourself in or out of song. I really did. 664 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:09,400 Speaker 1: I refuse to aget that those don't exactly rhyme parkoff, pacoff. 665 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,040 Speaker 1: What it was just like the question mark last week 666 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: when you in you inserted a question mark into a headline. 667 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,360 Speaker 1: You changed an article, and then I said, you can't 668 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,560 Speaker 1: send that to me without telling me you put the 669 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,799 Speaker 1: question mark in there. Yeah, journalism, Thank you, Todd. The 670 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,440 Speaker 1: best part though, is Paul has two great moments, and 671 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,719 Speaker 1: there one obviously he's the person who actually says sausage 672 00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:39,399 Speaker 1: off now, and then just to clarify that, I knew 673 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 1: what Fritzi was getting at, but I couldn't believe he 674 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,440 Speaker 1: was going there. I was like, oh, the sausage. I 675 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,279 Speaker 1: was gonna say um, and then Todd says it and 676 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:52,360 Speaker 1: they oh, And then my voice got all higher pitched, 677 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:57,879 Speaker 1: like I was just gonna give him my opinion. You 678 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,879 Speaker 1: you tried to talk yourself out of it, very out, 679 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,879 Speaker 1: and I thought I had something there. And at least 680 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,280 Speaker 1: it's show history contexts. Who could eat the most sausages 681 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:11,200 Speaker 1: that would be a sausage off. The judges were looking 682 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: for pork off pork If you come to a spot, 683 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,520 Speaker 1: I sound like David Spade. There, Spade does that whatever, 684 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: Like you make a joke, he just goes punk fuck. 685 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,279 Speaker 1: It's the best fuck off. I'll never forget. And then 686 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:33,359 Speaker 1: if they you come to what the fork in the road, 687 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,400 Speaker 1: f what'd you call that? Falk off? That a like 688 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: a Marshall falk Off faulk fuck off. But in retrospect, 689 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 1: I sure him. Glad he spoke up, and from a 690 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: content standpoint as a producer, Todd never stopped forgot to say, 691 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,240 Speaker 1: and then we came up with sausage off t shirts. 692 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 1: There good time hawk off. You know how M and 693 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:58,920 Speaker 1: M will take a word and then he'll kind of 694 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,280 Speaker 1: make it into what he wanted to be so at rhymes. 695 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: But he's a professional doing Yeah, you're you're not even 696 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,360 Speaker 1: an amateur steps several steps away from just an amateur. 697 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:16,239 Speaker 1: St Oh, that was good fun pluck pluck off. But 698 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,200 Speaker 1: depending on the accent around the country, there may be 699 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: some Todd that's where you just take it twenty let 700 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:27,320 Speaker 1: regionalism next time. Actually there is, you know in New Orleans. 701 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,919 Speaker 1: But you guys have to stop next time. I feel 702 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,480 Speaker 1: there's just say I was gonna say, that's when you 703 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,960 Speaker 1: guys have to jump in and go No, you're not 704 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,799 Speaker 1: gonna say, it's really on you, it's not us. Oh 705 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,839 Speaker 1: you're poor editing by you guys. Now you're blaming us. 706 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,719 Speaker 1: How about I just turn off your microphone? That yeah, 707 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: one hour in the books. Kareem Abdul Jabbar will join 708 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 1: us in about twenty minutes from now here on the 709 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show.