1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm 2 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with Alana Rizzo. Alana, we're through the 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: All Star Game, We're about to hit the trade deadline, 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: and we start the show with a little bit of news. 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: Chase Burns and the Cincinnati Reds in agreement on a 6 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: seven year, one hundred and five million dollar extension. It 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: starts next year. You can see right there the terms 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 1: no options, no deferrals, largest guarantee to a picture with 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: less than four years of service. This obviously is good 10 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: news for the Reds. They have wanted to sign Elie 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 1: Dela Cruz long term as well. That is not happening. 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: And Dela Cruz is represented, not by the people who 13 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,880 Speaker 1: negotiated this deal, that was Greginsky and Eric Castro of 14 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: Vayner Sports, but Scott Boris, that is, Elie Delacruz is representative. 15 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: And Scott Boris rarely extensions with players that he represents 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: unless the player absolutely says he wants to. It happens, 17 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: but it doesn't happen very often. What Boris prefers as 18 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 1: his clients to establish their market value and as free agents. 19 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: So Chase Burns in the Reds. That's locked up. We 20 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: go forward, and there's a lot going on in the 21 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: sport right now, a lot of talk about deadline, Alana, 22 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:26,639 Speaker 1: So let's get right. 23 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 2: To it, all right, let's get to it. 24 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,040 Speaker 3: Always good to be with you, Ken, really quickly before 25 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 3: we get to the deadline stuff. Just your quick assessment 26 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 3: of the All Star Game. 27 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: Well, the game itself wasn't the most captivating, right, but 28 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: still the city of Philadelphia is shown pretty brightly in 29 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: my opinion. And I went to school here and I 30 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: worked outside the city for a while, so I'm quite 31 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: familiar with it. Citizens Bank Park has been a revelation 32 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia's sports because it changed the environment for the Phillies, 33 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: the dull environment and Veterans Stadium into an election one. 34 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: So I love the whole experience, the cave itself, Eh, it's. 35 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 2: Just okay, all right. 36 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 3: I love the fact the collaboration between Major League Baseball 37 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 3: and Fox Sports. MLB on Fox an unbelievable homage to 38 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 3: the Sandlot and the fourth of July. What a beautiful 39 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 3: presentation and display. Good job on that, all right, all 40 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: eyes now, Ken, our attention is turned to the trade deadline. 41 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 2: Less than three weeks away. How do you think the 42 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 2: trade deadline has evolved? 43 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: Well, it's interesting, Alana. We wrote a story in The 44 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: Athletic Today, myself, Patrick Mooney, Will Salmon, and Katie Wu 45 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: about the deadline, and you can see the headline right there, 46 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: Blockbuster Summer. Why buying and selling at MLB's trade deadline 47 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: is more complicated than ever And really some changes have 48 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: taken place in recent years to alter the dynamics of 49 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: the deadline what we once knew starting in twenty nineteen. 50 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: That was when Major League Baseball eliminated the August waiver period. 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: So the deadline now is the true deadline. It's August 52 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: third this year, and after that no trades of consequence 53 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: can take place. So there's motivation certainly to make deals. 54 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: As we describe it in the lead of our story, 55 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: this is like a last chance to learn. Now. Come 56 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, the playoffs expanded, and that has changed 57 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: the deadline too because there are more teams involved in 58 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: the mix less definition. We're definitely seeing that this year, 59 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: and what we're seeing right now are twenty three of 60 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: the thirty teams within four games of a playoff spot. 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: It's incredible. So the buyers the sellers. Teams aren't quite 62 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: sure where they are in many cases, and that has 63 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: changed the dynamic. Two. And then the final thing and 64 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: the thrust of this story that we wrote today is 65 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: how gms today heads of baseball operations are looking at 66 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: the same data. They kind of have the same mindsets 67 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: as Billy being described in our story. They kind of 68 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: function like actuaries. And what do actuaries for insurance companies do? 69 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: They seek to mitigate risk. Here's the quote from Billy Bean. 70 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: This is not a criticism, but by its nature, analytics 71 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,839 Speaker 1: generally are very conservative. We sort of saw ourselves as actuaries, right, 72 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: actuaries from insurance companies in a very crude way. That's 73 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: what we were doing. Now they're doing it in an 74 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: even more sophisticated way. And what do actuaries do, as 75 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 1: I said before, they mitigate risk. So it's a different dynamic. 76 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: Then you might say, Okay, if no one's willing to 77 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: take a risk, then why do we have a record 78 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: number of trades on deadline day last year? Thirty six trades? 79 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: We have trades. We'll have a lot of trade this 80 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: season as well. The question is do we see the 81 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: big impact trades that we once did occasionally, Yes, and 82 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: maybe Trek Schooble, if the Tigers decide to move him, 83 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: is that guy. But as we kind of describe in 84 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: the story, even if Schooble moves, what team is going 85 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: to be willing to meet the Tigers price in terms 86 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: of both prospects and be willing to take on the 87 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: nearly ten million dollars salary as well. 88 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 3: Ken That's a perfect segue because everybody wants to know 89 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 3: what is the market for Trek Schooble. It's the question 90 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 3: that keeps getting asked, will the Tigers move him? 91 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 2: And if so, where do you think he's going? 92 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 1: Well, that's the big question. The first one alta what 93 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: you just said, will the Tigers move him? I would 94 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 1: say the odds right now are considerably less than they 95 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: were on June first. Remember, on June first, and I 96 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: wrote about this, and I basically consider the trade was 97 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: going to happen at that point, And it looks now 98 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: that I might have been wrong. On June first, the 99 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: Tigers were twenty two and thirty eight, worst record in 100 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: the Major leagues. Since June first, they're twenty two and fourteen, 101 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: tied for the best record in the American League. So 102 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: if you're the Tigers, yeah, you're games for under five hundred, 103 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 1: but you're three and a half out in the wildcard race, 104 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: only six and a half out in a week division. 105 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: You see the division standings right there, you certainly have 106 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: a chance. You've got a chance because Schooble is healthy, 107 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: other players are healthy as well, and you're in a 108 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: week division in a week league. So a lot depends 109 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: not just for the Tigers but for all teams on 110 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: what happens in the next two and a half weeks. 111 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: It's almost going to be like a Pennant race of 112 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: its own, because we're gonna see teams trying to define themselves. 113 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: And it just seems to me, unless the Tigers outright 114 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,239 Speaker 1: collapse Alana, that they're gonna be inclined to keep Schooble 115 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: and go for it. And why not. They're in a 116 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: league in which, if they get hot and maybe add pieces, 117 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: they can be the league champion and maybe even the 118 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: World Series champion. 119 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,159 Speaker 3: Ken how much does the looming CBA and potential lockout 120 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 3: kind of creep over in terms of a dark cloud 121 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: on any sort of trades or movement going forward, It will. 122 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: Have something of an effect, I believe, but I don't know, Alana, 123 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: if it's going to have that big an effect. The 124 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: group of players that would be most affected here would 125 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: be the ones that are free agents after the twenty 126 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: twenty seven season. So if you're in that position, what 127 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: do you do with a player like that? If you're 128 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: a team knowing that next season we may miss part 129 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: of it, we might miss all of it, and essentially 130 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: that player will be lost to you. Do you trade 131 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: him now? Or do you wait and have confidence that 132 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: this will all work out and you'll still have that 133 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: player under control for twenty twenty seven? Do you try 134 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: to extend that player now? There are all kinds of 135 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: possibilities with those particular players, and yeah, that could have 136 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: an effect. But I do believe most teams are simply 137 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: going to try to win, and that's been the motivation 138 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: at the deadline forever. That's why the deadline is so exciting. 139 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: These teams are trying to make moves to better position themselves. 140 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: I still see that happening. 141 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 3: All right, so many moving parts, as so many teams 142 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 3: are certainly in that wildcard mix in the American League. 143 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 3: Speaking of the American League, can what are the Red 144 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 3: Sox going to do. They finished the first half of 145 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 3: the season winning nine straight games, forcing the issue, of course, 146 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 3: for Craig Breslow and Sam Kennedy in that front office. 147 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 2: Are they making moves? What do they do? 148 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 1: Alana, you're putting it to me too directly. What they're 149 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: going to do and what they do, like I just 150 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: described with other teams, depends a lot on what's going 151 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: to happen over the next two to three weeks. Now 152 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: Here the Red Sox, they just had to end the 153 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: first half a nine game road winning streak against two 154 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: week opponents the Angels and Mets, and a better one. 155 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: The White Sox now comes to a different kind of test, 156 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: a ten game homestand and remember they haven't been as 157 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: good as whole at home as they have been on 158 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: the road home stand against Ale East opponents. It's Tampa 159 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: Bay four games in three days, It's Baltimore, a team 160 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 1: that's right in the middle of the wildcard race as well, 161 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: and then another team in the middle of the wildcard race, Toronto. 162 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: These ten games could go a long way toward defining 163 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: who the Red Sox are and what their direction might be, 164 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: or maybe not. 165 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 2: We'll see all right, same boat for the Orioles. 166 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 3: I seem like we talk about them a lot, but 167 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 3: they don't seem to have any sort of traction. 168 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: Are they in the same type of boat. 169 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: It's so interesting you put it that way, Alta, because yes, 170 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: they have not seemed to have any kind of traction. 171 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: But like the Red Sox, they benefited from a soft schedule. 172 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: At the end of the first half. They had the 173 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: Royals in town in Baltimore and they beat them three 174 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: straight games, had their first four game winning streak of 175 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: the season. The problem was they lost Blaize Alexander. They're 176 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: surging third basement to a broken hand in the final game. 177 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: But yes, they have played. Are they playing well enough? 178 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: I don't really think so. But there are only two 179 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: games out in the race of the Turtles American League 180 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: wildcard race. Yes they have a chance. I love that. 181 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: The race of the Turtles. 182 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 3: All right, National League much tighter, much more serious of 183 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 3: a league. This seeds in ken the Milwaukee Brewers. They 184 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: have added already Lance mccullors junior over from the Astros. 185 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 3: Are they done? 186 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: What do they need to do? 187 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: Well? Lance mccullor's junior, all due respect, is not nearly enough. 188 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: Is a guy who missed twenty three and twenty four 189 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: has a six and a half ERA since returning last 190 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: season and this season combined, so hopefully he's going to 191 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: be healthy and hopefully he's going to pitch well for them. 192 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 1: Lance McCullers junior has accomplished a lot and been through 193 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: a lot, but the Brewers need more. And the question 194 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: with them right now, and it's so interesting because this 195 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: was the strength of their team in the early part 196 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: of the season. The question with them is their rotation. 197 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: Randon Wood he's out until at least September, Kyle Harrison 198 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 1: on the injured list with a left forearm strain that's 199 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: always ominous. And then Jacob Mizeraski as great as he 200 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: has been, and he has been amazing. He ended the 201 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,199 Speaker 1: first half miss the starter, was scratched from his last 202 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 1: start with arm fatigue, and then he didn't pitch in 203 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 1: the All Star gave him no big deal there, But 204 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: is miss healthy? Is he going to be what he 205 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: was in the first half? Is Hale Harrison' going to 206 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: come back? The Brewers have these questions and maybe it 207 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: persuades them to be more aggressive with starting pitching or maybe, 208 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: and this to me is perhaps the more likely scenario. 209 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: They say, you know what, with all these pitching questions, 210 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: maybe it's not a year to go all in for 211 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,440 Speaker 1: a terroek school. We maybe we do our usual thing, 212 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: work around the edges, do the best we can, but 213 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: we can't count on this being a World Series type year. 214 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: It would be kind of I'm trying to think of 215 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: the right words here, kind of a retreat, I guess. 216 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: But I'm not sure they're going to push really hard 217 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: and push forward in an aggressive way when they have 218 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: these questions looming over them. 219 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 3: Right now, the Milwaukee Brewers can fifty nine and thirty seven, 220 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 3: a five game advantage in the NL es Central. As 221 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: we look at our focus in terms of the AL Central, 222 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 3: if you will, the White Sox, let's start there, and 223 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 3: then we'll also talk about the Cards and the Nats, 224 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 3: both in the National League. Of course, you're saying they 225 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 3: don't want to buy, why not let's start with the 226 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: White Sox. 227 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: Well, in an ideal world, actually I shouldn't put it 228 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: that way. It's not an ideal world. The ideal world 229 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: is to win, right, but these teams enter the season 230 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: not thinking they were going to win, probably anticipating that 231 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: they would be sellers, and now, in varying degrees, they 232 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 1: are all quite competitive. Now the Nationals to me, are 233 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: the most likely sellers in this group. They have a 234 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: great offense, terrible bullpen, blue three straight late inning leads 235 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,000 Speaker 1: to the Yankees entering the break one game below five hundred. 236 00:12:58,040 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: Now the Cardinals, on the other hand, or one game 237 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,920 Speaker 1: out in the wildcard race in the National League, they 238 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: are five games over five hundred. I don't know that 239 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: they have enough pitching to one make the playoffs and 240 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: two win a playoff series. But it's not as if 241 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: they can sell here. They need to at least try 242 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: to supplement what they have. And then there are the 243 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: White Sox, who, of course are tied for the American 244 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: League Central League same record as the Cardinals fifty and 245 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: forty five. And the White Sox they're gonna try. Yes, 246 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna be aggressive. Now, They're not gonna go crazy 247 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: on rentals, but for controllable players, and they need pitching. 248 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: But for controllable players. Yeah, maybe they'll do something interesting 249 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: and I can see them being more aggressive than the 250 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: other two teams there. 251 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 3: Ken When you think about the San Diego Padres, You 252 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 3: automatically think aj Peler, you know that they're going to 253 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 3: be making moves for better or for worse. What direction 254 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 3: do you think San Diego goes in. 255 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 1: They're another team Alana where it seemingly depends on the 256 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 1: next few and they have not been inspired at all 257 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: this season, last in the major leagues in runs per game, 258 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: twenty seventh in rotation era. They are a five hundred club. 259 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: They haven't played well really the whole year. And they've 260 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: got perhaps Nick Pavetta and Joe Musgrove coming back in August. 261 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 1: At least that's the expectation, and then you have to 262 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: wonder what they will be and the Padres have to 263 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: figure out, Okay, do we expect that these guys will 264 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: be actual contributors or can we just not count on 265 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: them that much? Really, there's no way to know. So 266 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: AJ Peler's instinct always is to put the best possible 267 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: team on the field, but in this case, if they 268 00:14:41,440 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: don't play well over the next two weeks two and 269 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: a half weeks, he's going to have to listen at 270 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: least two offers for closer Mason Miller. Now, maybe he 271 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: doesn't get what he wants. Maybe he prefers to take 272 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: it into the offseason, when, of course there's going to 273 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: be a lockout. I don't know, but they're kind of 274 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: hanging on a thread here and it's kind of left 275 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: open the possibility of them going either way. 276 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, the San Diego patter is very uninspired. Baseball Ken 277 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 3: twelve and a half games out of the Division, three 278 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 3: and a half out of the last wild card spot, 279 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 3: sitting at forty eight and forty eight at an even 280 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,000 Speaker 3: five hundred. All right, we're gonna wrap up this first segment. 281 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 3: Don't forget to get those questions in Grill and Ken 282 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 3: is on deck right after this. 283 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 4: Many people have this problem. 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Ken hopefully not if 309 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 3: they can get things together. But we'll try with this 310 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,440 Speaker 3: first question anyway, as much as let's see, are we 311 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 3: we're putting the question up there? 312 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 2: All right, here we go. 313 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 3: Are we any closer to harmony between the two sides? 314 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:00,800 Speaker 2: Harmony? 315 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: We are so not closer to harmony. And both the 316 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: head of the Union, Bruce Meyer and the Commissioner of 317 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: Baseball Rob Mamford spoke to reporters at our annual BBWA 318 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: meeting at the All Star Game, and if you had 319 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: one takeaway, the one takeaway would be these two guys 320 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: are not even talking the same language. Of course, Major 321 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,639 Speaker 1: League Baseball wants a salary cap and salary floor. The 322 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 1: Union wants nothing of the sort. The Union has always 323 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: been interested more in a free market flexibility. So that 324 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: is the essence of the problem. We could talk all 325 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: day about the different questions and things that came up, 326 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: but that's where we are, and I don't see it 327 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,919 Speaker 1: getting any better anytime soon. I don't have any reason 328 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: to believe that a lockout will not take a place, 329 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: a take effect on June. I'm sorry on December first, 330 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: I'm mixing up to my dates here. There's going to 331 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: be a lockout, and the question is going to be 332 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: how long it's going to go. 333 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 3: Now, that's so unfortunate, considering baseball popularity is at an 334 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 3: all time high. It'd be nice that these guys on 335 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 3: both sides of the table can get it together. First question, 336 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,199 Speaker 3: in terms of the chat from Jim Jim Werdta. As 337 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 3: much as he wants to ask about the Sleeping Mariners, 338 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 3: the more juicy question is this. Do you see any 339 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 3: owner selling all or minority shares of their team the 340 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 3: minute a new CBA is agreed upon. 341 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,359 Speaker 1: It depends on a few things. What kind of CBA 342 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: are we looking at. If we're looking at one that 343 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: does include a salary cap and floor, the purpose of that, 344 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: despite what the owners might say about wanting to honor 345 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: the fans' desires, the purpose of a salary cap and 346 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: floor is for the owners to enhance their franchise values. 347 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: That's what a CAP would do. That's what they want. 348 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: So if they get a cap, I can see teams 349 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: being sold and being sold for great prices because at 350 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,360 Speaker 1: that point the owners will have the certainty that they 351 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,239 Speaker 1: want and that will make of course the franchise is 352 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: in some ways more attractive. Now you can make franchise 353 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: values more attractive even without a cap. We're not going 354 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: to get into all that right now, but again, yeah, 355 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: that's the motivation here in many ways, actually the prime 356 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: motivation salary cap enhanced franchise values. That's what the owners want. 357 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 3: Man, I wish in the next life that I was 358 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 3: the owner of a major League baseball team or the 359 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 3: Seattle Seahawks who just sold for gazillion dollars, all right, 360 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Speaker 3: Jim Jim Ward that Ken has another question here, are 361 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 3: we sleeping on the Twins or are they really a 362 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 3: sixth seed in the wildcard? 363 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: Well, I would say we've slept on them the whole season, 364 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: and we've slept on them for good reason. They ripped 365 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: up their entire team at last year's deadline, traded pretty 366 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: much their entire bullpen, and of course got rid of 367 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,200 Speaker 1: Carlos Korea as well. Now they've played really well and 368 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: they still need bullpen help and they're probably going to 369 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: try to get it. What's interesting about the Twins is 370 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: that they could be something of a surprise buyer. For 371 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: all the talk of Joe Ryan and Byron Buxton going 372 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 1: somewhere else, I don't see that happening, and they're not 373 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: signaling that that's going to happen. And of course Buxton 374 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: where there no trade to sing, he doesn't want it 375 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: to happen. What they should do is try to go 376 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: forward a little bit, and their new control person, Tompo 377 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: lad has basically said he wants to do some things 378 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: that will bring the franchise back to a better place 379 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,640 Speaker 1: within the community. Fans don't like that. Team right now. 380 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: They don't like them because of the way they've been run. 381 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 1: Not the players, it's the way that they've been run, 382 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: cutting payroll after making the playoffs all of that. So 383 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:43,639 Speaker 1: I can see the team or the Twins being a 384 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: bit aggressive here. 385 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 3: All right, just flow is our final question here, and 386 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 3: Grill and Ken wants to know who do you think 387 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 3: was the biggest winner of the draft obviously Major League 388 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: Baseball amateur draft just happening over the course of this 389 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 3: All Star Week. 390 00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 2: Anybody that stick out to you? 391 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: Honestly, Lean, I am not a draft expert, and I 392 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: do not follow the draft that closely, so I would 393 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: be going out of my lane if I started breaking 394 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: down the draft right here. I cover all thirty teams, 395 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,720 Speaker 1: but really at the major league level, So I'm going 396 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: to pass on this question out of ignorance. 397 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:18,119 Speaker 2: I love that. 398 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 3: See, that's what makes you good at what you do 399 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 3: because you do know when not to speak when you're uninformed, 400 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 3: and I love that about you, Ken Rosenthal, all right, 401 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 3: dude and dork is coming up, But first a word 402 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 3: about Sea Geek. 403 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 2: Guys. 404 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 3: This episode is sponsored by Seat Geek, second Half Tickets 405 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 3: and the Pennant Chase what would you want to see 406 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 3: Ken shohe O Tani always of course a must watch. 407 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 3: Hopefully he's going to pitch soon after getting his knee 408 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 3: drained from the inflammation, but we can enjoy him while 409 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 3: we can in person. 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Ken, who is your due 441 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 3: to the week Jordan Walker? 442 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,959 Speaker 1: And I encourage everyone to read the fabulous story by 443 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: Katie Woo today in The Athletic on the home run 444 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: derby champion a year ago. Jordan Walker was reworking his 445 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,639 Speaker 1: swing while on a double a rehabilitation assignment. And I 446 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: love it. You know this a lot because I talk 447 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 1: about it a lot. I love it when guys who 448 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: were down find a way to get up again, and 449 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 1: he certainly did that and terrific performance. Of course in 450 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,679 Speaker 1: the derby were the all star Jordan Walker due to 451 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: the week. 452 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:57,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, he was making one hundred eight hundred thousand dollars 453 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 3: this year, Ken, is his salary that one night, that 454 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 3: right swing a million. His mom and dad were there 455 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 3: cheering him on. His lovely girlfriend was walking down the 456 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 3: red carpet with them. So awesome opportunity for Jordan Walker. 457 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 2: Well done. 458 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 3: All right, my dude of the week are five kids, 459 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 3: and they are kids to me. But in twenty nineteen, Ken, 460 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 3: I took a photo. Happened to just snap a photo 461 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 3: of these five young men. The Dodgers were playing the 462 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 3: Phillies at Citizens Bank Park and you see in this 463 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 3: photo both of the Ebel boys, Trey and Brady Ebel, 464 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 3: and you also see Jacob Lombard as well as George 465 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:32,160 Speaker 3: Lombard Junior. And right in the middle is Cole Roberts 466 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 3: Dave and Trisha Robert's son. Well, these kids have basically 467 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 3: grown up at the ballpark. I snapped this photo of 468 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 3: these guys. All five of them have been drafted into 469 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 3: Major League Baseball at some level or another, or drafted 470 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 3: into pro ball. I should say both Ebel boys Dino 471 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 3: Ebel's son, the third base coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 472 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 3: They've been drafted by the Brewers organization. George Lombard Junior 473 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,199 Speaker 3: was drafted by the Yankees organization, and Jacob Lombard was 474 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 3: just drafted as the four fourteenth pick in the first 475 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 3: round to the Miami Marlins organization. That is his hometown team. 476 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 3: And now Cole Roberts is the bench coach for Single 477 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 3: A in the Tigers organization. 478 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: So it's just great to see these. 479 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 3: Young I mean, they were kids and now they've all 480 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 3: been drafted or have some level of you know, going 481 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 3: ons with with pro ball. So congratulations to all five 482 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 3: of those young men. All right, time now for the 483 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:35,400 Speaker 3: dork of the week. Okay, Ken, who's your dork? 484 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: All right, Alana, I'm going to start off with a qualifier, 485 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: and the qualifier is this, I have mispronounced names on 486 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,399 Speaker 1: national television. I have mispronounced names on this network's the 487 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: foul Territory Network. So I understand that that can happen, 488 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: and you have to give a little bit of grace. 489 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: I know people don't want to give grace at times 490 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: like that, but in general, I would say grace is 491 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: not a bad thing to do with mispronunciations. That said, 492 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: when Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, mispronounced the number 493 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: one pick in the Giraft's name on national television, it 494 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: was not a great look. And that's why Rob Manfred 495 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: is going to be the dork of the week. It's Rockchulowski, 496 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: it's not Rock Chaluski. And it's almost a situation where 497 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,360 Speaker 1: you've got one job as the commissioner. In that situation, 498 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: you've got one job instack at the names, right. It's 499 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: actually the one job we all have at all times, 500 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: and none of us really should ever get any name wrong, 501 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: but it does happen. That said, that was a bad 502 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: time for it to happen. I get it, it can happen. 503 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: But Rob Manfred dork of the week for that reason. 504 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I completely understand that that is your one job. 505 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 3: You are the commissioner of the league. He's been the 506 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 3: one to one for at least a year. We've known 507 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 3: about that. I've done it too, though. I remember calling 508 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 3: Mark to share a Mark Texi era. I remember calling 509 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,200 Speaker 3: Michael could die or Mike Kudgier. I mean, I've I've 510 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 3: done my fair share of mispronunciations as well. 511 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:03,840 Speaker 2: All Right, my. 512 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 3: Dork of the week is Mike Tyson, and I can't 513 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 3: even describe why. 514 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 2: I will let him describe. 515 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:17,600 Speaker 1: Why show he could not be here tonight. 516 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 5: He sends his gratitude and appreciation at ESPN and everyone 517 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 5: who voted for him. 518 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 3: Show Mike Tyson, please don't ever change show Hey Otani. Ken, 519 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 3: Mike Tyson did not know who Show Hey Otani was. 520 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 3: He called him Atani, which is fine again name mispronunciation. 521 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 3: But then he looked at uh was it John Paul 522 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 3: or Jake Paul or whatever, say, I don't know who 523 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: that guy is, and said, oh, Show he's a guy. 524 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 2: You didn't know that show Hey Otani was a man? Ken, 525 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: How do you not know show he's a man? I'm 526 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,400 Speaker 2: so confused. 527 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: Oh my god, we're delivered in your own world. 528 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 2: He's the guy. He's the guy. 529 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 3: All right, guys, that's it for us here at foul 530 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 3: Territory or fair territory rather with Ken Rosenthal. 531 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 2: Foul Territory is back. It is coming up next. 532 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 3: Eric Kratz, Kevin Polar, Scott Braund, Robert Murray and James 533 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,479 Speaker 3: began join and don't forget Ken is back on Monday. 534 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 3: Have a great weekend, everybody