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Speaker 1: hot that we sweat steam. And uh, we got a
Speaker 1: lot of things to get to. We got a lot
Speaker 1: of things to get to today. We've been spotlighting every
Speaker 1: team in the major leagues as we had to opening Day. Today,
Speaker 1: we preview the Oakland Athletics with the Fantasy Freestyle Bay
Speaker 1: Area correspondent, that's Mike Rettberg. We have a huge matchup
Speaker 1: in the Drama region of our TV Greatest of All
Speaker 1: Time Tournament. A lot of people have been talking about
Speaker 1: the seedings in this Drama region. We're gonna get at that.
Speaker 1: We got a lot of news and notes as we
Speaker 1: head into Opening day of Major League Baseball, so let's
Speaker 1: get it started right now. Top five Dead or alive
Speaker 1: here on the Fantasy Freestyle, Blake Trinian has been named
Speaker 1: the Nationals closer. Going into this, we knew that Dusty
Speaker 1: Baker was gonna make a call this week. A lot
Speaker 1: of people thought it might have been code to Glover
Speaker 1: coming out of nowhere to be the closer. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: it is not code to Glover. No no, no, it
Speaker 1: is not Sean Kelly. It is this guy. He's been amazing.
Speaker 1: Go get him right now, Go pick him up right now.
Speaker 1: If there's like a waiver period in your league or
Speaker 1: something like this, this guy will be getting saves for
Speaker 1: a team that many people project to win ninety plus games.
Speaker 1: So if you like Saves, go get him. Gen Mark
Speaker 1: Gomez has been named the Phillies closer. This is far
Speaker 1: less surprising and far less exciting to me one because
Speaker 1: we kind of knew this already. Hector Nourice and Joakim
Speaker 1: ben Wah will be setting up in Philly. And also,
Speaker 1: Philadelphia is not gonna win as many games as Washington,
Speaker 1: not as many save opportunities. But if you're about to
Speaker 1: still have your draft or something like that, those are
Speaker 1: where the roles are going. John Gray is that to
Speaker 1: start opening day for the Colorado Rockies. I actually believe
Speaker 1: that John Gray is gonna be the first pitcher I
Speaker 1: don't know since maybe Mike Hampton to actually buck the
Speaker 1: trend and be a legitimate ace out there in Colorado.
Speaker 1: I think he can do that. I like him. This year,
Speaker 1: Rugnan Odor signs a six year, forty nine and a
Speaker 1: half million dollar extension with the Texas Rangers. I got
Speaker 1: my boy, Zack Segans from that Sports grew Up. I mean,
Speaker 1: tomorrow he's gonna be previewing the Texas Rangers with me
Speaker 1: along with Spece of spitting statistician. But yo, that is
Speaker 1: good money for a guy that when I was given
Speaker 1: a little diamonds and before I might be fading old door,
Speaker 1: I didn't like his on base percentage. Uh, the power
Speaker 1: is real. Texas must obviously see something in him to
Speaker 1: give him that kind of money. The Mets have announced
Speaker 1: a couple of things as it relates to their pitching staff. Uh.
Speaker 1: Stephen Matts has been shut down for three weeks because
Speaker 1: of that elbow injury his m R. I came back okay,
Speaker 1: but they're still gonna shut him down. He's probably gonna
Speaker 1: wind up missing all of April. So what does that
Speaker 1: mean for the Mets rotation. Well, the number four starter
Speaker 1: is going to be Zach Wheeler. He coming back from
Speaker 1: his own Tommy John had some setbacks over the courts
Speaker 1: of the last couple of years. He's gonna be in
Speaker 1: that fourth spot. Of Robert Gazelman is going to be
Speaker 1: the fifth starter for the New York Mets. Remember, if
Speaker 1: these stud young pitchers for the Mets can stay healthy,
Speaker 1: I show you a definite playoff caliber team. But Matts
Speaker 1: is already gonna be shut down, shut down in Boston
Speaker 1: and his Drew pal Moran he's going on the ten
Speaker 1: day deal with a flex or strain and I think
Speaker 1: something that's interesting. You're gonna be hearing it a lot
Speaker 1: this year. Everybody is used to hearing the fifteen day
Speaker 1: d L. It is now the ten day d L. Okay,
Speaker 1: So that has implications in fantasy depending on the format.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you right now, Rule number one of
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freestyle is no your league's settings. That is
Speaker 1: the way to win your leagues and win that cash.
Speaker 1: You have to know your settings. And the fact that
Speaker 1: now was it is in you know, weekly ads, daily ads.
Speaker 1: Are you making roster changes? How does that? How many
Speaker 1: DL spots do you have? Are you able to stash people? Listen?
Speaker 1: Sometimes at the back of my draft, depending on how
Speaker 1: many DL spots I have. Sometimes at the back of
Speaker 1: my draft. I actually like to draft people that I
Speaker 1: know are gonna wind up on the d L and
Speaker 1: have the potential to come back pretty good, you know,
Speaker 1: in a little while, in a month or so, Guys
Speaker 1: like the Carlos Rodan's of the world. I have him
Speaker 1: on my squad, I'm gonna be just moving him to
Speaker 1: my d L as soon as that designation, um, you know, happen.
Speaker 1: So that might happen with a guy like Stephen Matts
Speaker 1: might happen with a guy like Drew pal Morans as well.
Speaker 1: And in New York also, the New York Yankees have
Speaker 1: announced that Aaron Judge, the Judge eto will be uh
Speaker 1: the starting right fielder for the New York Yankees. Was
Speaker 1: between him and Aaron Hicks. We got some news and
Speaker 1: notes also in the NFL. I want to make this point. Okay,
Speaker 1: this is a guy that I'm telling you now and
Speaker 1: and and then when it starts to pop off and
Speaker 1: you hear everybody else talking about this literally five months
Speaker 1: from now, remember that your boy speeds. The spitting statistician
Speaker 1: was the first person to say it. I said it
Speaker 1: the day the New England Patriots signed Rex Burkhead. I
Speaker 1: said they have big plans for Rex Burkhead, and that
Speaker 1: is being reinforced yet again. Hugh Jackson, head coach of
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns, is saying that uh, Rex Burkhead is
Speaker 1: amazing and that he's gonna be a great fit in
Speaker 1: New England. Remember they were together in the on the
Speaker 1: offense with Cincinnati back with the Bengals when he was
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator over there. The other thing is and
Speaker 1: I've said this before. The New England Patriots paid three
Speaker 1: point one million dollars for Rex Burkhead. Okay, they have
Speaker 1: not invested this amount of money in a running back
Speaker 1: in a long, long time. Bill Belichick wanted to go
Speaker 1: out and get this guy. Keep an eye on Rex
Speaker 1: Birkehead as crazy as that mad sound going into training camp.
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians, like we said yesterday, wants to get d
Speaker 1: J two K thirty touches. He is absolutely going to
Speaker 1: be a workhorse. I believe he could be the number
Speaker 1: one overall pick. And remember Andre Ellington is moving to
Speaker 1: wide receiver for the Cardinals this year, even clearing the
Speaker 1: way for more opportunities and more touches for David Johnson
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. More coach talk, okay, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot of coach talk today with the
Speaker 1: meetings happening this week. Um, you know you heard about
Speaker 1: what Hugh Jackson had to say, what Bruce Arians has
Speaker 1: to say. Doug Peterson, the Eagles head coach, was talking
Speaker 1: a little bit today too, saying that he thinks al
Speaker 1: Shan Jeffrey will actually help the other Eagles wide receivers
Speaker 1: get better, which I guess I believe and that Jordan
Speaker 1: Matthews still has a big part of what they do
Speaker 1: in the Philadelphia Eagles offense. I don't think I believe that. Okay,
Speaker 1: check this out. I think, um, the Eagles have done
Speaker 1: a lot to support new uh you know, developing quarterback
Speaker 1: and going into a second year Carson Wentz. And I
Speaker 1: actually think that Philly is primed to make something of
Speaker 1: a little bit of a jump next year. But there's
Speaker 1: somebody who is going to lose targets um in Philadelphia. Okay, Um,
Speaker 1: there are now just simply too many mouths to feed.
Speaker 1: So here's the way I think targets are gonna wind
Speaker 1: up going in Philly next year. Also on Jeffrey will
Speaker 1: probably get the most looks, but don't don't sleep. I
Speaker 1: actually think Zach Ertz is primed in this Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: offense to do big things despite other additions. So I
Speaker 1: think it goes Jeffrey, then arts, then Torry Smith, then
Speaker 1: don't forget about Darren Sprawls, and then we get to
Speaker 1: Jordan Matthews. So uh, I'm sorry, despite what Doug Peterson says,
Speaker 1: I do not believe and I'm fading Jordan Matthews. I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a fantasy fool gaze, someone you
Speaker 1: need to forget about. Last note, I'll say in the
Speaker 1: NFL cam Newton today having surgery on that torn rotator cuff.
Speaker 1: We wish you well. We'll see if he's gonna be
Speaker 1: back in time for training camp with that right shoulder.
Speaker 1: But the only miss I think he's still gonna wind
Speaker 1: up getting hit in that right shoulder. Hashtag All quarterbacks matter.
Speaker 1: Let's keep it moving up top five that are live.
Speaker 1: We've got a couple of poll questions up on that
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Speaker 1: questions at Spitting Speeds, you can do that. Someone yesterday
Speaker 1: disagreed with our perspective on the polls, and that was
Speaker 1: all good. We talked about it on air. So today
Speaker 1: we got some polls up there for you. Got two
Speaker 1: questions for you. The first is about the Oakland Raiders.
Speaker 1: It's about the Oakland Raiders because a lot of people
Speaker 1: are talking about how this is really a lose lose
Speaker 1: for everybody. Okay, if you're the Oakland fans, you know
Speaker 1: your team is just about to get good and they
Speaker 1: rip it away from you. But the thing is they're
Speaker 1: not actually moving until So what do you do there
Speaker 1: for the next three years? What do you do? If
Speaker 1: you were in Oakland Raiders fan and you're in Oakland
Speaker 1: for the next three years, you know, like, do you
Speaker 1: go out and support the team? Do you go to
Speaker 1: the games? Do you tailgate? You get dressed up in
Speaker 1: those crazy like spiky shoulder pay at pads, paint your face,
Speaker 1: go out and rally for a team that you absolutely
Speaker 1: know has swiped left on you. Or do you protest right?
Speaker 1: Do you like, do you do protest that not renew
Speaker 1: your season tickets? Do protests outside the stadium on a
Speaker 1: Sunday morning? Why would you do that when all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, you love this team. You love this team,
Speaker 1: you love the up and coming uh Derek Carr at quarterback,
Speaker 1: you love you know, um what they're doing with Khalil Mack.
Speaker 1: You love that team that they're growing on you. So
Speaker 1: what do you do? I want to know? And you
Speaker 1: have the ability to vote on f N T S
Speaker 1: Y Radio. That Twitter handle right now, you can do that.
Speaker 1: We also have another poll question up there for you.
Speaker 1: Over the last couple of days, I've heard some astounding
Speaker 1: feats by athletes in their uh you know in there
Speaker 1: what I thought was the end of their career, but
Speaker 1: it turns out that it may not be. Um And
Speaker 1: the last couple of days, both Tom Brady, who we
Speaker 1: find out wants to play maybe another five to seven years,
Speaker 1: and each ch it all, each r Suzuki, who is
Speaker 1: I guess currently forty five, thinks that he can play
Speaker 1: until he's fifty, which would also be around five, you know,
Speaker 1: five six years. So I asked you, who do you
Speaker 1: think it's gonna actually live out those goals and play
Speaker 1: a little bit longer. Will it be Tom Brady or
Speaker 1: will it be each eye roll? Let me tell you
Speaker 1: what I think I think it's gonna be TV twelve.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be Tom Brady. And here's why. Listen.
Speaker 1: I love each Row and all, Okay, I love each Ero,
Speaker 1: but he's on his last stop. I know his wa
Speaker 1: his his clutch spirit. But I think Brady has long longer,
Speaker 1: you know, my leage in the tank. This guy is
Speaker 1: an athletic freak. Not to say that each Row is not.
Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Also, Tom, he hasn't even like
Speaker 1: hit that like last two years with another franchise part
Speaker 1: of his career, you know what I mean? Like, that's
Speaker 1: what That's what happens with everybody, you know. Think about
Speaker 1: thinking about Joe Montana with the Kansas City Chiefs, think
Speaker 1: about Joe Naimith with Rams, think about Brett Farve with
Speaker 1: a lot of teams, I guess when it comes to
Speaker 1: Brett Farve, right, but that hasn't even happened yet. Belichick
Speaker 1: hasn't even done him wrong and traded him like to
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Bucks or the Detroit Lions to finish
Speaker 1: his career, you know what I mean? Um, and then
Speaker 1: he's gonna still have another little while. But let me
Speaker 1: know what you think, because each year Oh obviously used
Speaker 1: that whah, I love me some each year. Oh but
Speaker 1: you know so, whether it's that Oakland Raiders conversation, or
Speaker 1: whether it's this conversation of which guy could actually play
Speaker 1: into their late forties or maybe even until he's fifty
Speaker 1: in each rose case, feel free to vote, all right,
Speaker 1: feel free to vote. Keeping it moving though here Top
Speaker 1: five that or live you're listening to Dane Martinez on
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freestyle and Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Next up
Speaker 1: is listen. Russell Westbrook is out of control. Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: is absolutely out of control. Last night he drops fifty
Speaker 1: seven points also as third, teen and eleven in Orlando
Speaker 1: UM with a crazy like clutch three while he's being
Speaker 1: double team to send a game into overtime. He's going
Speaker 1: absolutely crazy, and quite frankly, I think this was all
Speaker 1: in response to the fact that Russell Westbrook was probably
Speaker 1: listening to me last last night on the Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: when when we were talking about James Harden and how
Speaker 1: James Harden was talking about Hooper is Gonna Hoop and
Speaker 1: how he thinks the m v P should actually have
Speaker 1: to play all eighty two games. Hey, Donnie Burns, you
Speaker 1: were producing the show. It had Franks Standfeld with me
Speaker 1: all week and um we talked that was the pole. Yesterday,
Speaker 1: James Harden says that to be considered for the m
Speaker 1: v P, you should have to play all eighty two games.
Speaker 1: He's playing through a risk injury right now when all
Speaker 1: these other guys are resting. I think he's lobbying for
Speaker 1: the m v P award. I talked about it on
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle and then Russ just had his drop the
Speaker 1: mic moment. What do you think about that? Should uh
Speaker 1: NBA players actually have to you know, play in order
Speaker 1: to be it? Should that be one of the criteria
Speaker 1: for m v P. Yeah, of course. And you look
Speaker 1: at the two front runners from VPS, James Harden and
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook don't miss game at all. And not only
Speaker 1: did they not miss games, they're the most active in
Speaker 1: those games. So to kind of pull that away from
Speaker 1: them is is not you know, not smart at all.
Speaker 1: And I feel like Russell Westbrook just clamped on that
Speaker 1: m v P. I really thought James Harden had a chance,
Speaker 1: not even a chance. I really thought he was gonna
Speaker 1: win at one point. But I think Russell Westbrook man
Speaker 1: fifty seven, eleven, and thirteen. I don't know how you
Speaker 1: even have enough time to do that. In a game
Speaker 1: he was getting he was getting m v P chances.
Speaker 1: They were on the road and the nets too, he
Speaker 1: was getting MVP chance. That's absolutely crazy. You talked about
Speaker 1: their usage, Donnie Burns real quick is a status spitting
Speaker 1: statistician wants to give you. Alan Iverson's like biggest shot
Speaker 1: output of his career. And this is Alan Iverson we're
Speaker 1: talking about. Okay, one season, he had nineteen hundred and
Speaker 1: forty shots when he played forty two minutes a game. Okay,
Speaker 1: this year, Russell Westbrook has already got nineteen hundred and
Speaker 1: seventy seven shots more than that playing in eight less
Speaker 1: minutes thirty four minutes a game. He's basically actually a
Speaker 1: one man team. Yeah, watching these two players just it's
Speaker 1: absolutely out of control. But do you know about basketball? Though?
Speaker 1: You know about basketball? Thill Donny isn't like James Harden
Speaker 1: basically the perfect pick and roll kind of player though,
Speaker 1: and making an incredible value for his team, you know,
Speaker 1: because he's a little step and pop and like all
Speaker 1: the options, Like that's why he's leading the league and
Speaker 1: assist so when you talk about value, is it most
Speaker 1: valuable player and most like outstanding season. See, it's hard
Speaker 1: to judge because Westbrook is doing the same thing. He's
Speaker 1: not doing the assist at a high rate as much
Speaker 1: as James Harden is doing. But he's also got He's
Speaker 1: a point guard getting ten rebounds a game. Not even
Speaker 1: some centers can do that. So you're really picking and
Speaker 1: choosing with that. Until last night's Russell Westbrook you think,
Speaker 1: so you think I want to drop the mic moment,
Speaker 1: drop the mic, drop the mic moment, but hasn't hasn't hardened.
Speaker 1: Also had like two fifty point trouble doubles this year,
Speaker 1: So what do you mean? So what are we talking about?
Speaker 1: I saw the stat that, um, you know, like it
Speaker 1: hasn't been done in like fifty years, but then both
Speaker 1: of them have done it twice this year. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's out of control. What about this idea of co
Speaker 1: m vps. But here's the thing, it's really a math question. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's a math question. It's not like they can just
Speaker 1: the writers can just decide and be like, okay, we'll
Speaker 1: give it to both of them. You know, there's like
Speaker 1: it's a tiered system. Right when you got a first
Speaker 1: place vote, is this many points a second place vote?
Speaker 1: So if you really, if you really wanted to screw people,
Speaker 1: remember Kate Upton and Justin Verlander when the a L
Speaker 1: m v P came out and Kate Upton was like,
Speaker 1: how can people not leave my man off the ballot?
Speaker 1: If you really really really wanted, um, you know, like
Speaker 1: James Harden, Let's say to be the m v P.
Speaker 1: You could vote for James Harden as one, right, and
Speaker 1: then say vote like Kauahi Leonard to Lebron James three,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Thomas four, and then I vote Russell Westbrook until
Speaker 1: the fifth and you would actually be dramatically impacting the
Speaker 1: odds there, right, Yeah, well yeah, and to think you're
Speaker 1: kind of if you're picking most Valuable Player, you could
Speaker 1: lean more towards James Harden. But on the same note,
Speaker 1: what if the Thunder didn't have a restaurant, they wouldn't
Speaker 1: even be a five dred team. You know what we're
Speaker 1: gonna do, We're gonna have our own m v P vote.
Speaker 1: Um don I don't know, are you producing the show tomorrow?
Speaker 1: I won't be here him all right, Well tomorrow, maybe
Speaker 1: it's Chris Bavona. That's what's gonna be the poll question tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Who's your NBA n V p okay and and am
Speaker 1: I right? It'll be do you think we should go
Speaker 1: just Harden in Westbrook? Or should we include Lebron and Roastbrook?
Speaker 1: At this point, you don't want to include the Kauai
Speaker 1: and Lebron. I would include Kauai if we have to,
Speaker 1: but I don't. You're not gonna include Lebron. They're not
Speaker 1: gonna give it to him, but they really are. But
Speaker 1: maybe the voters will. I will find out. We'll find
Speaker 1: out tomorrow. I'll let you know that for sure. You'll
Speaker 1: check it out when we come back here. In the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle, I'm really excited. I got my boy Fantasy
Speaker 1: Freestyle correspondent Mike Repberg to help me preview the Oakland
Speaker 1: A's as Speeds does the spotlight on MLB teams as
Speaker 1: we had to opening day, and I also because he's
Speaker 1: out there in Oakland, I had to ask him a
Speaker 1: few other questions as it relates to the Raiders move,
Speaker 1: as it related to these Golden State Warriors that we're
Speaker 1: talking about um in the NBA's Western Conference, all that
Speaker 1: and more when we come back. I mean, boy, Dame Martinez,
Speaker 1: you're listening to the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning
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Speaker 1: network Speed Spotlight today as we go through all thirty
Speaker 1: teams in advance of opening day this weekend, we're going
Speaker 1: to the Oakland A's to the Bay Area and yo,
Speaker 1: now that we always freestyling over here, I'm bringing in
Speaker 1: my boy, longtime AI's fan, to join me on this segment. Uh.
Speaker 1: Mike Reptberg joins the show. Mike, how are you doing today?
Speaker 1: For sure? For sure? For sure? Now we go way back,
Speaker 1: and we have been talking about the aids back and
Speaker 1: forth for a long time. But I gotta tell you, man,
Speaker 1: the A's have the lowest over under in Vegas in
Speaker 1: the entire American League, sitting at a sixties six that
Speaker 1: half wind total. I mean, this is a sad day
Speaker 1: for Oakland. I remember back in a day when it
Speaker 1: was Hudson, Moulder and zero. How's it feel to be
Speaker 1: out there as an ace? Fan. Yeah, you know, every
Speaker 1: ever since we traded Josh Donaldson, that's been nothing but
Speaker 1: bad news and uh seven lasses since the Donaldson trade. Um,
Speaker 1: I suspect we're gonna add significantly to that total this year.
Speaker 1: Wow wow wow, so wow. Setting the tone, it does
Speaker 1: not sound optimistic. We'll get to our over run to
Speaker 1: a little bit later on, but let's look at this
Speaker 1: offense you talk about. Obviously, without Donaldson, there is um
Speaker 1: a couple of bright spots that I think could be
Speaker 1: some fantasy goodness. I want to talk a little bit
Speaker 1: first about the up and coming kid, Ryan Healy. Yes
Speaker 1: that is Ryan spelled our y o and this could
Speaker 1: broke out onto the scene in the second half of
Speaker 1: last year. Do you think that this is sustainable this year?
Speaker 1: Up and coming we'll see. I mean his goln surprise
Speaker 1: that Glee was better than advertised, His bat was good.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see what we can get out
Speaker 1: of Heally this year. I'm a little bit nervous about
Speaker 1: the age signing Trevor Pluke, who I think is gonna
Speaker 1: take at back away from him. Um, I'd rather than
Speaker 1: to see what we can get out of Heally, but
Speaker 1: he's a good player. We also have, um you have
Speaker 1: some pressure behind him in our number two protects Matt Chapman,
Speaker 1: who should be a played in this year and can
Speaker 1: also play third base, no doubt. I mean, I agree
Speaker 1: with you. Yo Speeds has been in statistician. I'm calling
Speaker 1: Ryan Healey actually a fantasy fool. Gazey. He's someone you
Speaker 1: need to forget about this year because I don't think
Speaker 1: it's sustainable. Check it out. He had a three fifty
Speaker 1: two Babbitt that's batting average on balls in play. I
Speaker 1: think that regresses for him. This is not like a
Speaker 1: speed guy who's gonna beat balls out or anything like that.
Speaker 1: And also, I gotta tell you, in his two three
Speaker 1: plate appearances last year he had a strikeout rate. I
Speaker 1: don't think and that's like before he has to adjust
Speaker 1: to the league. This year, I think pitchers can adjust
Speaker 1: to him. I do think that he's still gonna get
Speaker 1: at bats because he might be the old time d h.
Speaker 1: But Mike, when we moved to the arms of the
Speaker 1: Oakland A's for a hot second. Listen, man, what's happened
Speaker 1: to Sonny Gray over the last couple of years. This
Speaker 1: was a guy that was a stud, just a few
Speaker 1: years ago has completely spiled out of control. I want
Speaker 1: to completely stay away from him too. Yeah, I think, Um,
Speaker 1: he hasn't here dealing with a lack injury, and my
Speaker 1: hesitation is that those are notoriously slow to heal. So
Speaker 1: a lot to see where we get. Um, he wasn't
Speaker 1: healthy last year and that certainly affected death. You can
Speaker 1: get fully healthy. We know what he's capable of. But
Speaker 1: keep in mind, if he shows any promise, he's going
Speaker 1: to get traded immediately, which at this point it is
Speaker 1: what the a should do. We should commit Sully to
Speaker 1: a rebuild um and trying to really get topped all
Speaker 1: for someone like the Sunny Gray. Another place where that
Speaker 1: might happen is you guys. We were talking a little
Speaker 1: bit before this interview. You mentioned that the A's in
Speaker 1: the back end of their bullpen have four former closures
Speaker 1: on their roster. I think around the trade deadline, you're
Speaker 1: gonna be hearing about names like Doolittle and Axford and
Speaker 1: Cassia and Madison. Maybe contenders want them. Um, how do
Speaker 1: you project this bullpen to shake out? You know you
Speaker 1: did mention about how you like the way Melvin utilizes
Speaker 1: his assets. Yeah, so Bob Melvine that his manager has
Speaker 1: talked about having a fluid uh back of the bullpen situation.
Speaker 1: Not good news to nature fantasy owner. For me, though,
Speaker 1: I did draft Ryan Matson as my third closer, I
Speaker 1: say the smart money is on Matson and Doolittle to
Speaker 1: pick up the most saves. Um. Those are probably also
Speaker 1: the two that are most likely to be dealt, and
Speaker 1: I would assume that Actor and Cassia might pick up
Speaker 1: any other save opportunities. I will also say that our
Speaker 1: best bullpen picture, not the mantating guys, best bball pen
Speaker 1: picture is probably Ryan Dole, the groundball, grandball machine, hitting
Speaker 1: the eater. UM. So if you're looking for someone to
Speaker 1: feel like a late round draft pick, Ryan Dolls gonna
Speaker 1: have great re issues. Yo. This is my boy, Mike
Speaker 1: repperg here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Radio Network with your boys speed and spitting statistician.
Speaker 1: We're talking Oakland A's baseball. Listen, Chris Davis. I mean,
Speaker 1: come on, forty two home runs in this ballpark? I mean,
Speaker 1: do you think he can do that again? I mean
Speaker 1: this guy, you know, when he was in Milwaukee, we
Speaker 1: saw him have this potential. Another kid you talk about
Speaker 1: embraced the youth movement. He's gonna be around for a
Speaker 1: long time. Do you think he can continue to smash
Speaker 1: like he has been? I think a question will be
Speaker 1: a kind of the protection that's around me, and he's
Speaker 1: certainly he's not a big guy, so he's not like
Speaker 1: if if you see him, you wouldn't think he's capable
Speaker 1: of hitting for two home runs. He just has a
Speaker 1: nice compact strip and a lot of upper body power
Speaker 1: and really driving the ball. He even hit a lot
Speaker 1: of home in that night, which is not easy. Did
Speaker 1: during the call, damn? So yeah, the power is real.
Speaker 1: I think it's a question of whether you can keep
Speaker 1: his batting average up and whether pictures feel like they
Speaker 1: even need to challenge him depending on who's batting around him,
Speaker 1: No doubt, no doubt. And listen, So all right over
Speaker 1: under sixty six and a half is a low total, Mike,
Speaker 1: But uh, you don't sound who optimistic. Where are the
Speaker 1: bright spots on this team? Do you think even if
Speaker 1: they start off well I have a little spurt, they
Speaker 1: just can sell. So, uh, where are you going on
Speaker 1: this total? I think it's pretty likely the hundred games
Speaker 1: this year. Wow, kind of de kind on how terrible
Speaker 1: the Angels are, because the Angels are also terrible. But
Speaker 1: the rest of our division, whether Seattle or Houston or Texas,
Speaker 1: those are three contending teams in the American League, so
Speaker 1: I don't expect to win a lot of games against
Speaker 1: those squads. Baker bright spot for the AS is we
Speaker 1: have a lot of interesting young players both in the
Speaker 1: bull Friend we talked about Doll, Frankie montas Um is
Speaker 1: going to be back there as well, and then we
Speaker 1: have some good young starting pitching. So we'll see what
Speaker 1: Kendall Kendall Graveman is. I think he's probably a number
Speaker 1: three um Sean Mania, Darelle Cotton came up from pitched
Speaker 1: well for US, Andrew Trades has some promise. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: we got a lot of scout territory recently about we
Speaker 1: can win at home. All right, Well we'll see. But
Speaker 1: there you have it, yo, Mikey Repberg, this side entist
Speaker 1: over here still saying that they're gonna be under that total,
Speaker 1: which is an embarrassing thing at that. So listen, if
Speaker 1: we can't talk about this team, at least can we
Speaker 1: talk about Oakland and people moving out of Oakland, whether
Speaker 1: it be the Warriors or of course the Raiders. We
Speaker 1: were talking before, like, I think this gives the Oakland
Speaker 1: A's some leverage here and there, you know, ultimate pursuit
Speaker 1: to get a new stadium, maybe potentially furnished by Oakland,
Speaker 1: Alameda County or or something. Listen, I mean I've been
Speaker 1: in that stadium with you, Mike. We saw a game
Speaker 1: get delayed for about half an hour when the lights
Speaker 1: went out one night in the Yankees a's game. We
Speaker 1: saw the lone kind of repairman having to climb up
Speaker 1: the ladder. True or false. We sat there and waited
Speaker 1: in this decrepit building. Now, with everyone fleeing, don't you
Speaker 1: think maybe Oakland or someone's got to step up and
Speaker 1: get the aids a new stadium. You've been saying there's
Speaker 1: maybe a shift change going on there. Huh, Yeah, Some
Speaker 1: some good things did happen on the kind of age
Speaker 1: staying in Oakland. Front first is our former owner of
Speaker 1: the Wolf Soldiers, sharing the team um to our managing partner,
Speaker 1: John Fisher. John's from the Bay Area. I think he'll
Speaker 1: keep the team here and one of the smart things
Speaker 1: that he has really been did was the hired Gave
Speaker 1: Coval who used to be the general manager or president.
Speaker 1: I think of the Santos, the earthquakes from MLS, so
Speaker 1: the is kind of campaign this year is called ruted
Speaker 1: in Oakland. Uh literally the exact same moment that the
Speaker 1: Raiders were announcing that they're leaving for Vegas. The A's
Speaker 1: as part of their spirit week leading up to opening Day,
Speaker 1: we're raising an A's banner above city Hall. Did call
Speaker 1: has just been super accessful. He's holding office hours for fans.
Speaker 1: You can go meet him, um Tuesdays between three and
Speaker 1: five in his office at the Call of Sam. And
Speaker 1: one of the things that he's doing, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we may be watching some bad baseball, but it's gonna
Speaker 1: be cheaper to drink at the Call of Sam. This
Speaker 1: year beer going to go from announced last year to
Speaker 1: forty cents announced this year. Um, I want him happy
Speaker 1: about that change. Boy. Dame Martinezpe's has been in statistician
Speaker 1: How does it feel out there in Oakland? How do
Speaker 1: you feel if you're like Raiders fan, do you think
Speaker 1: your your your tendency is to like wax nostalgic and
Speaker 1: relish the chance you have there For the last two years,
Speaker 1: or do you think like you want to protest because
Speaker 1: like listen right on the precipice where this team was
Speaker 1: getting good, you know, unlike the Rams, unlike the Chargers,
Speaker 1: then it gets yanked away from you. I mean, what's
Speaker 1: the what's the sentiment like out there? Yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: full this culture. I am not a Raiders fan. I'm
Speaker 1: born in Denver and I'm Diard Bronckt fan. But I
Speaker 1: will say fans out here are diehard Raiders stands. They
Speaker 1: put up with a lot of losing football for a
Speaker 1: long time. So the timing of this really couldn't be worse.
Speaker 1: H It'll be interesting to see if anybody shows up.
Speaker 1: It's a lot of money to pay to go to
Speaker 1: a team that has basically lefts you on the dance
Speaker 1: floor by yourself. Um, But you know, I think the
Speaker 1: real story in the Barrier these days is the Gold
Speaker 1: Day Warriors. We're looking good. We're about to get Katie back,
Speaker 1: Katie back in a seven to ten days. Looking good. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we'll see if I could work out all the kinks.
Speaker 1: But I'll tell you something, whether it be the Spurs
Speaker 1: or the Rockets, it's legitimate threat to them in the
Speaker 1: Western Conference Finals. Uh, you know, confidence point are high.
Speaker 1: We cook it against both of those games, all right,
Speaker 1: no doubt. Thank you so much for getting down with us. Yoh,
Speaker 1: come on back on the show sometime. We could do
Speaker 1: it again. Fantasy Freestyle. How does that sound? All right?
Speaker 1: Thanks so much? Man. Yo there you haven't Mikey Redberg
Speaker 1: out there big time Oakland correspondent for the Fantasy Freestyle. Yo.
Speaker 1: When we come back, a lot of stuff to react to.
Speaker 1: Day Martinez speeeds it's bitting statistician. You're listening to the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Hey,
Speaker 1: Donnie Burns, Donnie Burns, we were talking about what should
Speaker 1: we do here? That was Mikey Redberg. We're previewing the
Speaker 1: Oakland A's, but we we go right back to this
Speaker 1: Oakland Raiders thing. It's such a hot topic, you know.
Speaker 1: He was saying, it would be really interesting to see
Speaker 1: if people actually go out there and pay tickets and
Speaker 1: go out there and supporting that aligned to the poll
Speaker 1: question that we have up right now on the f
Speaker 1: N T S Y radio Twitter handle. So you can
Speaker 1: go out there and vote, and people are voting and
Speaker 1: right now, you know, The options for Raiders fans on
Speaker 1: the poll are relish at all right now, and you know,
Speaker 1: wax nostalgic, be happy about it, you know, um or
Speaker 1: is it just appreciate the players, you know, still cheer
Speaker 1: for the cars and the Khalio Max, the Amari Coopers
Speaker 1: of the world that you've grown an attachment to. And
Speaker 1: the other option is protest anyway you possibly can, and
Speaker 1: right now seven percent of the vote is to protest
Speaker 1: absolutely any way you can. We also have um Ryan
Speaker 1: Eads at Hipster. Ryan has responded to the poll saying
Speaker 1: if they play in Oakland, the stadium needs to be
Speaker 1: empty for every game. Give the franchise a debt that
Speaker 1: will take them years to get back. So we got
Speaker 1: some vindictive people out there, some people that are think
Speaker 1: you really need to stick it to the Raiders for
Speaker 1: you know, basically like my boy and Mike Retberg said,
Speaker 1: leaving them on the dance floor alone. I know there
Speaker 1: are Chargers fans, there are Rams fans that seem to
Speaker 1: think the same thing, but these Raiders fans seem to
Speaker 1: be particularly um upset. You can keep voting on that
Speaker 1: f n T s Y radio Twitter handle right there
Speaker 1: right now, saying that they are gonna protest. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be very very interesting in the next couple of years
Speaker 1: in Oakland. Donnie, what do you think? Uh, what do
Speaker 1: you think? Like? Well, if you were a Raiders fan
Speaker 1: and you saw this team getting better, but you knew
Speaker 1: they were gonna leave, Like, how would you feel about this?
Speaker 1: It's a weird situation there. And I know you mentioned
Speaker 1: the Rams and the charges, but the black Hole fans
Speaker 1: are a little bit different and the charges in the
Speaker 1: Rams are not like on the precipice of being you know,
Speaker 1: and a conference champion. Yeah, And I get where both
Speaker 1: sides are coming from. I know, I read something where
Speaker 1: the thirty second and revenue like the Dallas Cowboys and
Speaker 1: making seven hundred million and the Raiders are making three
Speaker 1: twenty or something like that. I get where both sides
Speaker 1: are coming from. But you have to think of the
Speaker 1: fans as well. Like I said, they're not the same
Speaker 1: as Rams and Chargers fans. They're really very loyal fans
Speaker 1: and to see their team getting better playoff material wise,
Speaker 1: it's kind of hard to watch. I understand where both
Speaker 1: sides are coming from, but I'd be pretty vindictive as
Speaker 1: with that. Ryan kid from Twitter. I'd be as exactly
Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, no, I agree with you, but that
Speaker 1: was Mike Repberg joining speeds. This spot, like the Oakland
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Speaker 1: might be the biggest day of the television, greatest of
Speaker 1: all time tournament. Yo. We got the final four in
Speaker 1: the drama region. It has been a lot of drama.
Speaker 1: People think these, uh, these are like championship caliber matchups.
Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts on how the brackets
Speaker 1: stand because you haven't been in all week. So we
Speaker 1: got to talk about this all that and more on
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. There
Speaker 1: you go, there's the beat dropping right there. You know
Speaker 1: what it is. This is your boy, Dame Martinez speeds
Speaker 1: and spitting statistician. Um. We're here live on the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network Fantasy Freestyle. Yo. It's Studio thirty four,
Speaker 1: Donnie Burns with Studio thirty four here at Rock and Riley's.
Speaker 1: And I just had someone like barge into the studio thinking,
Speaker 1: I don't know, like trying to start a conversation with
Speaker 1: me right as I was coming in you know, it
Speaker 1: is live and wild here at Rock and Riley's Donnie Burns,
Speaker 1: You're lucky you're in the shelter of the production room.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. There's always someone coming in through that door,
Speaker 1: you know, and it's very clear that we're on radio.
Speaker 1: And then there's a red light on on the door.
Speaker 1: I'm talking. You have headphones and you're talking. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, like, come on now, we're trying to
Speaker 1: be professional over here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: But Donnie Burns, you haven't been with me all week
Speaker 1: and it's a Thursday. First of all. You know, uh,
Speaker 1: you know I'm doing this thing five days a week now.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I was here with you Monday. Alright. So
Speaker 1: so the TV tournament is getting real crazy. So on Monday,
Speaker 1: on Monday, I believe we did the sitcom uh you know,
Speaker 1: the final, the Street sixteen and the sitcoms, and we
Speaker 1: wound up getting to uh chalk right, there was one
Speaker 1: one seed Seinfeld that moved on and the two seed,
Speaker 1: the office moved on. Okay, this is as Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: looks to crown the greatest TV show of all time,
Speaker 1: along with obviously March Madness doing all sorts of brackets.
Speaker 1: My Tony Sankata last hour, we're talking about how we
Speaker 1: did the Greatest Rapper of All Time a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago. Uh, you know the Man's Oh boys on
Speaker 1: that on that untapped show that we do on the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Network, they were doing they were doing the
Speaker 1: what gets me mad brackets. Everybody loves brackets in March,
Speaker 1: you know, but species spitting statistic and we are doing
Speaker 1: it for real, and we are doing it over time,
Speaker 1: and we are letting you guys vote to decide the
Speaker 1: greatest TV show of all time? And and and Donnie people,
Speaker 1: you know how trolls be on Twitter, um and and
Speaker 1: and and be just like they just want to say
Speaker 1: something mean that, like you got the seeing you know
Speaker 1: that you get the seedings all wrong? And what about
Speaker 1: this show? What about this show? We'll check this out.
Speaker 1: I think the seedings have been pretty damn good. And
Speaker 1: let me explain why in the Sitcom region we're down
Speaker 1: to you know, we're in the Elite eight pretty much.
Speaker 1: We're getting too in the sitcom region. You know what's left.
Speaker 1: The number one seed Seinfeld, the number two seed the Office.
Speaker 1: So someone seeded them pretty good Yeah, that was me.
Speaker 1: On Tuesday, we had the animated region. You know what
Speaker 1: survived Donnie the number one seed, Simpsons, the number two seeds,
Speaker 1: South Park, someone had that right. Whoever seeded them did
Speaker 1: a pretty good job. We're in the drama region today.
Speaker 1: We're in the drama region today, which has been big.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of incredible shows that did not
Speaker 1: make the cut or that have already been bounced out.
Speaker 1: We're talking about shows like mad Men that have been
Speaker 1: bounced out, X Files that have been bounced out, Law
Speaker 1: and Order that have been bounced out. You know, a
Speaker 1: lot of a lot of shows that people really liked seeing,
Speaker 1: twenty four lost, you know, ny P people, all sorts
Speaker 1: of good shows and people are like, oh, how could
Speaker 1: these be facing off? You know, but we have big
Speaker 1: time matchups today. You know, big shout out first of
Speaker 1: all the Mike Blewett, big shout out to Benny Riccardi.
Speaker 1: They've been supporting and advocating for certain shows that are
Speaker 1: on right now. Um and right now you can get
Speaker 1: a matchup. But my thesis is the same. It's been
Speaker 1: the chalk, the one, the two, the three, and the
Speaker 1: four seeds are all still in action. So the seeding
Speaker 1: was just fine. What we have right now though, is uh,
Speaker 1: the Wire verse Sopranos and Don This is uh, you know,
Speaker 1: this is a little bit tighter than maybe some people thought.
Speaker 1: A lot of people actually thought that Sopranos were gonna
Speaker 1: pull this upset in big fashion. Sopranos has gotten over
Speaker 1: eighty percent of the vote in every round that it's
Speaker 1: been in so far. Okay, Sopranos, you know a lot
Speaker 1: of people are saying should have been seated higher. Sopranos
Speaker 1: got eighty percent of the vote in the first round
Speaker 1: against the Er again, got eighty percent of the vote
Speaker 1: in the second roundund against mad Men, and they're going
Speaker 1: up against the wire. And right now Sopranos is ahead
Speaker 1: in the voting. Okay, Sopranos is ahead in the voting.
Speaker 1: We have over a hundred votes already, still plenty of
Speaker 1: time left. But it is not this eighty percent margin
Speaker 1: that it's been with other shows. Right now, it is
Speaker 1: fifty seven tote Sopranos up on the wire, That's what
Speaker 1: it is. Okay, So that is one matchup. But then,
Speaker 1: as you know, trollers are gonna trol, right, hate isn't
Speaker 1: gonna hate and so I have people right away being
Speaker 1: like yo, but Breaking Bad is better than both of them, Donnie.
Speaker 1: These people are clearly not you know, following at Spitting
Speaker 1: Speeds on Twitter. They don't know that. Of course Breaking
Speaker 1: Bad is still involved. So we look at the other
Speaker 1: drama matchup right now in the TV Greatest of All
Speaker 1: Time tournament, and I think this is gonna be a
Speaker 1: big one. Benny Riccardi has been lobbying hard for Breaking
Speaker 1: Bad to take this whole tournament, and uh, right now
Speaker 1: they're up against Game of Thrones, which I think is
Speaker 1: a huge matchup. Okay, Breaking Bad versus Game of Thrones
Speaker 1: right now again, over a hundred votes and only a
Speaker 1: couple of hours so far. You'll have plenty more time
Speaker 1: to get your vote in if you want. At Smitten
Speaker 1: Speeds at Fantasy Radio, Breaking Bad is up fifty five
Speaker 1: percent of the vote to Game of Thrones. Fort Uh, Donny,
Speaker 1: I know these are all like epic shows, right, Where
Speaker 1: do you go on these matchups? Yeah? So for the
Speaker 1: Sopranos the Wire matchup, I really need to I'm gonna
Speaker 1: have to watch an episode of the Wire because I
Speaker 1: would have never seen the Wire. I would have thought
Speaker 1: the Sopranos would have been running away with this like
Speaker 1: most people thought. Yeah, but I really gonna have to
Speaker 1: see an episode. Now. You gotta watch The Wire, the
Speaker 1: Wires and Wires beating out some shows that I really
Speaker 1: thought we're gonna be, you know, the I mean, I
Speaker 1: think this is recently, but I know, I know you.
Speaker 1: I do love The Wire. The Wire is my personal
Speaker 1: greatest show of all time and my favorite show of
Speaker 1: all time. I'll watch it anytime you want to watch
Speaker 1: an episode. You just let me know, Donny. We could, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we could netflix. And and then the Lobby,
Speaker 1: the lobbying for the Game of Thrones. I'm doing that
Speaker 1: for the people. I feel like you're lobbying for Game
Speaker 1: of Throne. Benny Riccardi's lobbying for Breaking Bad. So you
Speaker 1: might have to uh get at Benny Riccarti, and then
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to fight, and I think so, but listen,
Speaker 1: check this out. Check this out, though, Donny, Benny Riccarti
Speaker 1: has told me maybe this will sway your opinion. Benny
Speaker 1: Riccardi told me that if Breaking Bad moves on and
Speaker 1: Sopranos move on, then next week when they face off
Speaker 1: again in what will be the Elite eight Um. He's
Speaker 1: gonna come into the studio dressed in like a like
Speaker 1: Heisenberg or with a hazmat with like a hazmat suit on,
Speaker 1: dressed as a character from Breaking Bad, And I just
Speaker 1: kind of want to see that. So I'm hoping for
Speaker 1: Breaking Bad up the route for that, but I don't
Speaker 1: think that one's gonna happen, but I'm definitely gonna want
Speaker 1: to see that. I'm saying, I'm saying I am right now,
Speaker 1: Breaking Bad is up fifty five to forty five, over
Speaker 1: a hundred votes already. You you're a Game of Thrones fan,
Speaker 1: though I'm not, but so many of my friends are
Speaker 1: that That's why I'm saying I'm lobbying for most of
Speaker 1: the people that I know at least, And I would
Speaker 1: have to say that the way they talk about that show,
Speaker 1: it has to be moving on all right. And then
Speaker 1: so you know what in these other regions, because you know,
Speaker 1: we're gonna reset the brackets tomorrow on tomorrow's last show
Speaker 1: of the week with Chris Bovona, well who who will
Speaker 1: be back? Who I know has been a huge fan
Speaker 1: and friend of the Fantasy Freestyle and that TV goat tournament.
Speaker 1: So we're gonna reset the brackets and see what happens
Speaker 1: on the producers with it. But where do you think?
Speaker 1: Who do you think is the final four? Um coming
Speaker 1: out of this? Do you think Seinfelder office takes it
Speaker 1: for the sitcoms? All right? So you like Seinfeld as
Speaker 1: the one seed? I I tend to agree with. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we we got all that with Ted Jr. And all
Speaker 1: sorts of other things. Um, So Seinfeld, do you think
Speaker 1: happens out of that? I agree with you. In the
Speaker 1: animated bracket, you think it's Simpsons or south Park? South Park?
Speaker 1: I also think because I don't want it to win,
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna win. And I also think that
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be south Park that's gonna upset
Speaker 1: the Simpsons. The Simpsons has not been winning by huge margin.
Speaker 1: And I go back to the recency bias. Um, who
Speaker 1: do you think comes out of this drama region? I
Speaker 1: want to say the Sopranos, But like I said, I
Speaker 1: don't know enough about the Wire. I know enough about
Speaker 1: everyone else. But the way the Sopranos has been blowing
Speaker 1: people out and it is not doing that right now,
Speaker 1: I don't know they could catch up in the tail end,
Speaker 1: we'll say, uh, Sopranos, I, I actually think Breaking Bad
Speaker 1: is going to come out of this region. I'm with
Speaker 1: I'm righting with Benny Richardi here on that. And then
Speaker 1: we get to the Reality Region and that's the one
Speaker 1: place where you know, I guess maybe the seating was
Speaker 1: a little bit messed up because if you go and
Speaker 1: by the way, I have the full bracket on my
Speaker 1: Twitter feed, you know you you could see the entire
Speaker 1: bracket every region. Um, I'll post him again as we
Speaker 1: get into the final four next week. But um, yesterday
Speaker 1: we had a great matchup of Real World road Rules
Speaker 1: versus The Amazing Race. I had my homegirl Arillan on
Speaker 1: from Real World Las Vegas. She did some lobbying and
Speaker 1: it helped. I think it helped. Real World moves on.
Speaker 1: With six of the vote, they beat the Amazing Race.
Speaker 1: They are in the Elite eight and they're gonna face
Speaker 1: another show that has come out of nowhere to just
Speaker 1: steamroll people. Donnie, I think you know what it is.
Speaker 1: It's um, it's cops. Cops in the Reality Region has
Speaker 1: just been killing everybody and did it to Jersey Shore
Speaker 1: in the round of sixteen. Despite the fact that we
Speaker 1: learned Frankie Standfull loves him some Jersey Shore, apparently because
Speaker 1: he used it as a drinking game when he was
Speaker 1: in college. But now we're gonna have real world road
Speaker 1: rules up against cops in the Reality TV regional final.
Speaker 1: Who do you think comes out of that? And before
Speaker 1: we even start this, as a disclaimer, most of those
Speaker 1: Jersey Shore cast members are not from Jersey because okay,
Speaker 1: we I don't we don't like fired a fellow Jersey guy.
Speaker 1: Uh that we didn't like how they represented us. So
Speaker 1: just a little disclaimer, none of them are from New Jersey.
Speaker 1: But the Cops. I love watching the Cops show Cops.
Speaker 1: I don't know what the Cops is gonna be in
Speaker 1: the final four, I think so. I think it's just
Speaker 1: purely on, Like you really want to see what happens
Speaker 1: next next on that show? Fair enough, fair enough, it's
Speaker 1: like a car accident, I think know. Listen, I think Cops.
Speaker 1: I want real World and my home on this. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, she was throwing shade of Tyra Bang.
Speaker 1: She was talking about giving props to the MSS going
Speaker 1: into WrestleMania. Great interview with Alan Big shoutouts and great
Speaker 1: views all week here. We had Tomic Toma girls come
Speaker 1: on talking about the sleep. Uh impact of sleep on
Speaker 1: the athletes. We had Mike Reppert today. We're gonna have
Speaker 1: another guest tomorrow talking about the Texas Rangers in our preview.
Speaker 1: But uh yo, just get out there all right there,
Speaker 1: F and T s Y Radio Twitter at Spitting Speeds Twitter.
Speaker 1: The polls are still up breaking Bad Verse, Game of Thrones,
Speaker 1: the Wire versus Sopranos. This is heavy duty matchups as
Speaker 1: we try and crown the greatest TV show of all time.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be real fun next week when the different
Speaker 1: genres are starting to battle. I know a lot of
Speaker 1: people are gonna be excited. Um when we come back,
Speaker 1: we got a little bit of time left. We're gonna
Speaker 1: put the fun and functional sports radio h Me and
Speaker 1: Donnie Burns on the Fantasy Freestyle and the Fantasy Sports
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Speaker 1: Dame Martinez Speeds of fitting Statistician. You're listening live to
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Speaker 1: I got more boy, Donnie Burns with me on the
Speaker 1: ones and twos for a little while longer. He's helping
Speaker 1: a blow up like a Samsung seven so hot that
Speaker 1: we sweat steam. Yo, Donnie, We we had to pull
Speaker 1: up there earlier. Also on that F and T s
Speaker 1: Y radio, Twitter had who has a better chance to
Speaker 1: actually play five more years. I don't want to get
Speaker 1: your thoughts on it right now. Over a hundred votes
Speaker 1: with the vote more people thinking tom Brady. What do
Speaker 1: you think about this one? Yeah? The only reason I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Tom Brady in this kick is because
Speaker 1: as a Dolphins fan, There's been a bunch of times
Speaker 1: where I've gone against Tom Brady, whether it be him
Speaker 1: losing in the Super Bowl, you know, not coming back
Speaker 1: after you know, the suspensions, blah blah blah. I'm never
Speaker 1: gonna go against Tom Brady again. So I'm gonna have
Speaker 1: to vote tom Brady on this one. Fair enough, fair enough,
Speaker 1: people who are agreeing with I'm going with Tom Brady
Speaker 1: as well. I will say this though. What I think
Speaker 1: is interesting is I think the Patriots are actually giving
Speaker 1: you clues to this question. If you if the Patriots
Speaker 1: thought that Tom Brady was gonna play for another five years,
Speaker 1: wouldn't they trade Jimmy Garoppolo, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: Like they're saying that, they're saying that, you know, it
Speaker 1: would take a king's ransom, and we'll see, because Cleveland
Speaker 1: Browns are trying to basically accumulate a king's ransom and
Speaker 1: maybe make a run at him. There's a there's there's
Speaker 1: word out there that they may try and make another
Speaker 1: run at him now that they're you know, there's the
Speaker 1: coach's meetings going on and stuff. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that if New England actually thought that Brady
Speaker 1: was gonna be around, they would actually move Jimmy Garoppolo
Speaker 1: because what are they gonna do sign him to another
Speaker 1: three or four year deal and have him just back
Speaker 1: up TV twelve some more. I don't think that's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: So I think the Patriots don't think that Tom Brady
Speaker 1: is gonna play five more years, at least not with them,
Speaker 1: because they are looking to heap Jimmy Garoppolo in my opinion.
Speaker 1: So that's that's that's where I think I think there's
Speaker 1: actually clues to be had from there. Donnie Burns, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Yes, Like I said, I'm never
Speaker 1: gonna go against Tom Brady. The only thing is it
Speaker 1: does look like he gets more healthy as the seasons
Speaker 1: go on. It's very weird, but it only takes that one.
Speaker 1: You know, Miles Garrett tackle this year to uh put
Speaker 1: him out for forever. And Donnie Burns now that I
Speaker 1: got you for the hot second I want to I'm
Speaker 1: gonna talk about a little bit of basketball, which you
Speaker 1: bro a couple of things. One, if you listen to
Speaker 1: Speeds and Spitting Statistician, you know, when Donnie Burns produces
Speaker 1: the show on Mondays, we gotta find out how is
Speaker 1: a AU team is doing? They made it all the
Speaker 1: way to Nationals? How the Lions doing? Donnie? Yeah, so
Speaker 1: we haven't flown out yet, but I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: be lie out what you guys probably who are you playing?
Speaker 1: It's gonna be in Tampa. I think we just have
Speaker 1: to get the money for it. What that sounds dope?
Speaker 1: Y know? Well, big shout out to the Lions. You know,
Speaker 1: you know Dan Martinez Speeds Spitting Statistician is uh, you know,
Speaker 1: supporting you guys. But also Donnie, you've been my college
Speaker 1: basketball kind of corresponded. We have the final four going, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, going in this week and two very interesting games.
Speaker 1: I kind of want to, you know, I want to
Speaker 1: take like the dark horse here. I kind of want
Speaker 1: to take the dark horse, which I think is my
Speaker 1: man who you who you drew a comp to Jimmy
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler earlier in the week. That's my man, Dylan Brooks.
Speaker 1: I think he can like take over and maybe get
Speaker 1: get hot at the right time. Could uh, could the
Speaker 1: Ducks quack quack and tear down the nets on Monday Night.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm gonna in this final form going
Speaker 1: with the chalk here. I'm going with Carolina. Yeah, but however, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'm going with the Chalk. However, I don't think Oregon
Speaker 1: really I don't want to say they don't have a
Speaker 1: chance because Tyler Dorsey has been playing twenty points, you know,
Speaker 1: twenty points and more every single game in the tournament.
Speaker 1: But the team I would like, if I'm not going
Speaker 1: chalk or they're fighting, Frank Martin's maybe playing defense, they
Speaker 1: be swarm defense game, they are swarming. I said it
Speaker 1: a little bit earlier in the week. It's like there's
Speaker 1: eight cocks out there on the court and they're big
Speaker 1: guys except for their freshman. They are big on the court.
Speaker 1: At one time. They are a huge guy. So you
Speaker 1: know the fighting Frank Martin's fo I got chalk though,
Speaker 1: all right, So there you have a Donnie Burns giving
Speaker 1: you his picks. Not that exciting. He's going chunk, That's okay.
Speaker 1: But Donnie Burns, we talked about your boys, the AU basketball.
Speaker 1: We talked about n C double A basketball, the last
Speaker 1: kind of basketball I want to talk with you about
Speaker 1: and get your take on. I don't know if you've
Speaker 1: seen any of this. Is that ice Cube three on
Speaker 1: three basketball league from you? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, I got
Speaker 1: more for you. That's what I do. You know, we
Speaker 1: put the fun and functional sports radio here on the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle. So in a few minutes that we have left,
Speaker 1: I want to tell you they've announced, um, some of
Speaker 1: the team names and some of the pairings for these teams.
Speaker 1: And yo, straight fire, bro, straight fired. Don You're gonna
Speaker 1: be excited about this, okay. Katino Mobley and Corey mcgetty. Wow,
Speaker 1: Corey mcgetty, he's only like thirty six. Corborghetti and cotinom
Speaker 1: Mobili are on Their team is called the Power okay,
Speaker 1: which I think is all right. Remember, first of all,
Speaker 1: this is a three on three league, right, so some
Speaker 1: of these names are sick. You ready for this? Allen
Speaker 1: Iverson and Damar Johnson. Their team is called Three's Company.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be that's you're ready for this? Are you
Speaker 1: ready for this? Jermaine O'Neill and bondsy Wells are together.
Speaker 1: They are they are the captain co captains of a
Speaker 1: team called Try State. I already this. This is incredible,
Speaker 1: right they're called try State. I mean Jermaine o'neils from
Speaker 1: South Carolina, bondsay Wells from Indiana. I don't care. It
Speaker 1: sounds amazing. I don't care it gets yo. We are
Speaker 1: not done. We are not done. Are you ready for
Speaker 1: Mike Bibby and Ricky Davis? Mike Bibby and Ricky Davis
Speaker 1: together they are co captaining a team called the ghost Ballers.
Speaker 1: It's incredible, right, all right, you're ready for this though,
Speaker 1: you're ready for this? The trilogy we'll be co captain
Speaker 1: by Al Harrington and Kenyan Martin. Jesus, what what? How?
Speaker 1: How angry? Is that seem gonna be angry? Is that team? All? Right?
Speaker 1: But check this out? I don't know I don't even
Speaker 1: know which one I like best. Bro Um, The Killer Rees,
Speaker 1: the Killer Threes? Are you ready for this? Chauncey Billups
Speaker 1: and Stephen Jackson. That one's not I don't even how old.
Speaker 1: I don't know he's I mean, aren't these guys both
Speaker 1: like on ESPN? Right, Yeah, I don't know. I feel
Speaker 1: like he's young enough to still are still young. I
Speaker 1: mean when I first saw Corey mcghetty, When I first
Speaker 1: saw Corey mcgetty, I was like, wait a second, I
Speaker 1: thought he's still in the end of somebody's bench, you know,
Speaker 1: was the last team was on there clips at one point? Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what I thought. All right, So the Killer Threes
Speaker 1: are Chauncey Billups and Stephen Jackson, which is amazing. Check
Speaker 1: this out? You ready for Richard Lewis and white Chocolate Jason.
Speaker 1: That that's the team. That team if they're called the
Speaker 1: Three Headed Monster a team, that one is the one
Speaker 1: that's winning. Just because it's white chocolate, no nods, fabric,
Speaker 1: because represent his people. Tony Sencata, if you're listening, man,
Speaker 1: you didn't want you. You wanted eminem in the Rap
Speaker 1: Tournament and you got white Chocolate here your team, Tony
Speaker 1: Sencada is the three Headed Monsters. Okay, we're gonna put
Speaker 1: it in a bracket. You three headed monsters all the way.
Speaker 1: They still have to announce a couple more. But Yo,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna want to watch some
Speaker 1: of these games. No, and like what we say before
Speaker 1: the uh what was the Chauncy Billicks and Stephen Jackson
Speaker 1: team like they're on ESPN either, I know, I know
Speaker 1: that is true. Good point, Donnie Burne, Joe, Um, and
Speaker 1: check this out. I also realized, remember we had that
Speaker 1: rest conversation. Um, listen what they're gonna do. They're just
Speaker 1: taking over one city every weekend and all the teams
Speaker 1: are descending and they're gonna play like four games. That's awesome.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. So unlike the NBA, when you buy a
Speaker 1: ticket and you don't know if you're gonna see Steph Curry,
Speaker 1: you don't know if you're gonna see Lebron James. When
Speaker 1: you buy a ticket to this, you're gonna see four
Speaker 1: of these games, and you're gonna see all of these cats.
Speaker 1: I think that's amazing. I love what they're doing. I
Speaker 1: think it's great. I'm gonna be ready to see them
Speaker 1: starting in the Barclays Center in late June. Catch me tomorrow.
Speaker 1: You know, we preview to Texas Rangers, we talk about it,
Speaker 1: we find out who the NBA m v P is
Speaker 1: gonna be, all that and more. I'm your boy, Day
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