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Four of the most unbelievable stories you could 11 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: possibly imagine. United States loses in the World Baseball Classic 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,839 Speaker 1: to Italy. Ben at a Bio scores eighty three points, 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Gino Smith is a Jet, and the Max Crosby trade 14 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: to the Ravens gets rescinded. 15 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 3: All things at the beginning of the day, if you said. 16 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: All four of these things are gonna happen that I 17 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: always said, yeah right, And huge Boner ice hockey in 18 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: Hell starts Friday. 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, that's all gonna happen. Nope, they all happened. 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 4: That would be one of those Hey, Todd Ferner, what 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 4: kind of odds would you give me to these four 22 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 4: things happened? Then you had a standing ovation by the 23 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 4: Japanese crowd for a check electrician who had struck out 24 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 4: show hand Honey and pitched Form plus. So you got 25 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 4: craziness all over these sporting universe. 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: So we'll have John Paul Morosi, MLB Network insider joining 27 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: us in a few minutes to break down what's next 28 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: for Team USA after losing. You no longer control their 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: own destiny to make the next round in the World 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: Baseball Classic. But uh, two big stories out of the 31 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 1: NFL today that I mentioned. You got Max Crosby trade 32 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: gets rescinded and Gino Smith is a Jet. Let's deal 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: with Max Crosby first. 34 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 3: Here. 35 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: So the Ravens had won the off season making a 36 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: trade for an all pro player who still has three 37 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: or four all pro years left in Max Crowsby, phenomenal 38 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 1: move like why would have given three first round picks? Well, 39 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: now you don't have to after he failed his physical 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: today the trade was rescinded. So now the Ravens get 41 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: their first round picks back and Max Crosby goes back 42 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: to the Raiders. The Raiders get screwed because they went 43 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: on started planning their teams, giving out money contracts to 44 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 1: people knowing that, Okay, we moved on from Max Crosby. 45 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: We have draft picks to fill our the rest of 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: our holes. Now, nope, you got Max Crosby back fit 47 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: him in with his money because you signed him to 48 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: a contract a year ago. And oh, by the way, 49 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: now try to trade him after he's coming off a 50 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: situation where he is no longer the healthy Max Crosby. 51 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: You're not gonna get two first four or now maybe 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: now you get a first and a third. It's a 53 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: really big deal. So when this broke today and the 54 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: statement that was out by the Raiders, you just put 55 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: a statement on social media that just said the Ravens 56 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: have backed out of the Max Crosby trade. We will 57 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: have no further comment on this matter. They put up 58 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: this big message on social media just said that It's 59 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: kind of like when you walk up to a when 60 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: you walk up to a business or or a restaurant, 61 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: you go to it once a month or so, and 62 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: you go and you just see a sign on the 63 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: door it's not open. It says this location is now 64 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 1: closed permanently, thank you for your patronage. 65 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 3: Like, but what happened? 66 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 4: You talk? 67 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 3: What do you mean death? I just came here three 68 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 3: weeks ago. Now you're closed. Wait months ago? How is this? 69 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: How does this happen? But and I'm just I'm just 70 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: saying this because something isn't right here. Usually, when there 71 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: is a situation where there's a medical issue with a trade, 72 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't just get rescinded. There's usually a way that 73 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: it is worked on where Okay, Max Crosby failed. This 74 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's not gonna play, doesn't mean he's not healthy. 75 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: But usually there's a way where, Okay, we're still gonna 76 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: do the trade, but maybe instead of giving us a 77 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: first round pick, you give us a second round pick 78 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: or a third round pick, and the Ravens keep Max 79 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: Crosby and the Raiders still get one first round pick 80 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: of third. Usually, you see that, right. The only time 81 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: I can remember it being really rescinted right away was 82 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: was a Lakers trade last year when uh, hey, we're 83 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: gonna go get that big to go with Luca. No no, no, 84 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: no no no, we don't like the deal, we don't 85 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: like to don't like his medicals. 86 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: Wow, that's kind of weird. 87 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 4: And then he went out and started scoring and playing. 88 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: It was crazy, so which which tells me that okay, 89 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:19,320 Speaker 1: Why did you do that? 90 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 5: Right? 91 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: Because they backed out of that deal for Mark one, 92 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: they backed out of that deal and then he played 93 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: okay and everything was fine. So did you back out 94 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 1: because you had cold feet? Did you back out because 95 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: you heard something? Did you back out because you thought 96 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: something else was going to come up? And the fact 97 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: that this is how the Max Crosby deal went, that 98 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: he failed as physical well, hang on a second, why 99 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: couldn't you figure out some sort of compensation. Why if 100 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: you're the raven saying hey, here's Max Crosby, If you're 101 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: not gonna have any more comment on this situation, all 102 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: that does is make me think there's something else at 103 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: play here, because you would say, hey, we we you know, 104 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: because we don't want to look bad. Right, The Ravens 105 00:04:58,160 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: don't want to look bad because here's the Ravens that 106 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: are rec sending a trade. They look bad. It screws 107 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: the Raiders and they want teams to trade with them. 108 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: The fact it was just hey, yeah, we're going back, 109 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: well tell us why, and you would get something from 110 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: the Ravens that would say, hey, look we looked at 111 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: his knee. 112 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,679 Speaker 3: It's X, Y and Z. This is what's happening. 113 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:14,080 Speaker 1: Carlos Correa was like that a few years ago, and 114 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,919 Speaker 1: a couple of teams were gonna sign him, and the 115 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Mets and the Giants had to sit here and say, 116 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: wait a minute, this is what we saw in his ankle. 117 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: It was gonna be this kind of injury. But we 118 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: didn't get anything like that from the Ravens. Now, if 119 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: they're smart, they do something tomorrow to try to get 120 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: on the other side of this. But the fact that 121 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: all we're getting is the trades rescinded. I wonder if 122 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: it's something else where. It could be, Hey, we could 123 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 1: get a different defensive end Trey Hendrickson for less than 124 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: we're paying here and we don't have to give the 125 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:48,440 Speaker 1: first round first round picks, or hey, we just feel 126 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,679 Speaker 1: like we want to spend the money someplace else. Or 127 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 1: maybe I don't know how thrilled we are after making 128 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: this trade with what's going for. Something happened after we 129 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: made the deal where maybe Max Crosby isn't gonna be 130 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: welcome to the team for whatever reason. There's an issue 131 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: with him. I'm just saying. I'm not saying there is, 132 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is that I feel like there's 133 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 1: something else, is another shoe to drop something we're not 134 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: being told, because I haven't a hard time believing that 135 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: it's just, oh, failed as physical, that's it. WHOA, why 136 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: wouldn't you put out that he failed as physical? Right, 137 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 1: if the Raiders want to put out they backed out 138 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: of the trade. We're not going to comment on this. 139 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna find out that he failed as physical at 140 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: some point, right, We're gonna find that out. So why 141 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 1: wasn't that put out there. It's a little too there's 142 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: there's a little too much cloak and dag or stuff 143 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: with this story to make me think that it's strictly 144 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,159 Speaker 1: he failed as physical and they readd the trade. I 145 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: want to watch and see just suddenly Trey Hendrickson now 146 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: coming off the edge for the Ravens because it's a 147 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: couple of year deal and they're paying him sixty million 148 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: and they don't have to trade first round picks, and hey, 149 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: we got the guy we wanted all along. Who knows, 150 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: But I feel like there's something else we're not being told. 151 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 4: Yeah, not the same player, clearly injuries of his own, 152 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 4: and certainly, you know Crosby a better player against the run, 153 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 4: and all that stuff. But you know, to your point 154 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 4: on this, I don't think anybody anticipated he was going 155 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 4: to pass a physical at this point, this early in 156 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 4: his rehabilitation, So there became some questions of all, right, 157 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 4: how far along is he. Is he going to project 158 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,239 Speaker 4: to be available once camp opens, or are we looking 159 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 4: at something that's going to drag into the season. I 160 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 4: think the other part that you bring up related to 161 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 4: free agency and how it's gone for the Ravens. 162 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 3: It's not been good. 163 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 4: Right, they might have gotten Crosby and that would have 164 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 4: been all finding good and fantastic. He solves the pass 165 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 4: rush issue that they sorely missed last year. We talked 166 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 4: about it with Jason Cole and locking for you yesterday. 167 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 4: The only teams with fewer sacks and pressures last year 168 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 4: with the Jets and forty nine Ers, that's how bad 169 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 4: they were. They were tied with the Cardinals and one 170 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 4: other team that's escaping me at the moment. But either way, 171 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 4: that was a long standing issue, which was exacerbated by 172 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 4: the fact that all of a sudd and Oway, who 173 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 4: left Baltimore to come to the Chargers, was suddenly becoming 174 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 4: a sack monster. He eventually got himself a massive deal 175 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 4: in Washington. But for the next iteration of this, like, 176 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 4: you've lost pretty high leverage players on both sides of 177 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: the ball if you're the Ravens, including Linderbaum, right, if 178 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 4: you knew this was ma and so that's the thing going, Wow, 179 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 4: did we cut too deep? And we don't have a 180 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 4: lot of room? So we need to go and be 181 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 4: judicies and get back and aggressive in the marketplace to 182 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 4: fill this hole that old your center position all of 183 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 4: that or was there more to the medical right? Is 184 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,960 Speaker 4: there something else going on beyond just the meniscus tear 185 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 4: that got repaired and that they were they were scared off? Now, 186 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 4: Baltimore does have a history of this, and it's actually 187 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 4: pretty extensive in terms of canceling trades, latest of which 188 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 4: happened to a guy named Ryan Grant back in twenty eighteen. 189 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 4: So like it's happened and they've done it before. But 190 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 4: this is certain something that a lot of gms, if 191 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 4: you go through the NFL insiders have characterized as to 192 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 4: be nice for our radio audience. 193 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: BS exit out about a Fresca exit swelling dome. Jason Smith, 194 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon, Now, when this story broke. I was like, Okay, 195 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,280 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna have to spend four hours talking Smith. 196 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: But then Ben out of Bioscore eighty three United States lost. 197 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 3: US lost World Baseball Classic. But no, but you still 198 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 3: hide from it. Now the Jets go out and they 199 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 3: get Geno Smith. 200 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 4: Okay, can I can I read something from Instagram that 201 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 4: we got to kind of describe for you. Go ahead, 202 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 4: let me bring it up. Our guy Nester reached out 203 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 4: to us, you know what we'd call the priority one 204 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 4: listener out here in our universe, and he said, this 205 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 4: is a result directly of you never apologizing to Saander. 206 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 4: It's a result of the fact that I should have 207 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: picked the Giants when I was picking football teams forty 208 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 4: five years ago. Look, this is why this is. This 209 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 4: is so it's just embarrassing. It's awful, and it's it's 210 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 4: so bad because I understand the Jets. They could have 211 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 4: gone out and gotten anybody and still may get Carson Wentz, 212 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 4: right because Frank Reraik wantson right. Well, of course we're 213 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 4: gonna get wind up with Gino Smith and Carson Wentz. Sure, 214 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 4: two quarterbacks combined age is gonna be ninety seven. They 215 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 4: could have gone out and gotten anybody, and I would 216 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 4: have understood to a Kyler Murray, guys, you're not paying 217 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 4: anything for Kirk Cousins, whatever it was. And I would 218 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 4: understand because your quarterback of the future isn't there. You'll 219 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 4: draft somebody this year. I would get that. But you 220 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 4: go and get Gino Smith. How do you do that 221 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 4: to the fan base? How do you do that to 222 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 4: us and say, hey, we're going to get a guy 223 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 4: who brings nothing but bad memories back to the fan 224 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 4: base because of how he left in twenty fifteen when 225 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 4: he got an argument with a teammate in the locker 226 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 4: room and the teammate punched him in the jaw, broke 227 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 4: his jaw. He was out beginning of the season, never 228 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 4: really got a starting job back. Geno Smith stands for 229 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 4: all the embarrassment that's gone on with the Jets since 230 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 4: the twenty twelve Right, we're talking about sixteen years that 231 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 4: they're gonna go through, no playoff drop, longest drought in 232 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 4: North American history. I don't understand how they think going 233 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 4: to get Geno Smith is going to ignite the team, 234 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 4: ignite the fan base. All it does is upset everything 235 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 4: I'm now going into the season with the cloud over 236 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 4: head going great. We got Geno Smith back. My only 237 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,679 Speaker 4: hope is that the Jets stink and we can pick 238 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,719 Speaker 4: first or second and get Arch Manning or Dante Moore 239 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 4: or whatever quarterback rises up and plays great in twenty 240 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 4: twenty seven. I'm already into twenty twenty seven. We're at 241 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 4: the beginning of the twenty twenty six offseason, right. It 242 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: makes absolutely no sense. You go out and say, hey, 243 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 4: we want to bring a guy with this kind of 244 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 4: baggage back to New York and I can't believe Geno 245 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 4: Smith wants to come back. 246 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,000 Speaker 3: The fact that he was in Flora Park physical yeah, ready, 247 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: I'm a Jet. 248 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: And he put out a statement excited to come back 249 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,679 Speaker 1: to where it all started, Like, why are you excited 250 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: to be back here? 251 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 3: Everybody couldn't wait for you to go. What do you 252 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,320 Speaker 3: think is gonna happen? 253 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: This is gonna be an awful experience for the Jets 254 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: across the board. I don't get how you think this 255 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: is a good idea. And the other part of you, 256 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: I know is that, Okay, after this year, even though 257 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: Darren Moodie's done a decent John bringing in bringing in 258 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: talent and players seem to love Aaron Glenn. We're gonna 259 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 1: have a new GM and a new head coach next 260 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: year because this is just awful. It's just an absolutely 261 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: awful result of how bad they were a year ago. 262 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 1: Because this is the other part of the Geno Smith 263 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:38,959 Speaker 1: thing that doesn't make any sense. You go out and 264 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: get a guy who healthy enough, maybe they win five 265 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: ish games, whatever it is, You go spend a ton 266 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: of money to make the defense better when your short 267 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: and long term goals aren't aligned. The short term goal 268 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:54,320 Speaker 1: would be the tank this year so you can get 269 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: that great pick next year, because that's how you're gonna compete. Finally, 270 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: But no, no, no, because last year was such a disaster, 271 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: and Aaron Glenn knows and Darren mouginos, if I don't 272 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: win this year, we're gonna get fired. So let's go 273 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 1: out and get band aid guys and guys in their 274 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: late thirties, and let's go throw. 275 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 3: Them out there. 276 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: If they go out and got a young quarterback and 277 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: through them, and if they traded for Spencer Rattler, if 278 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 1: they went and took a chance with two, okay, I 279 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: get it. 280 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: But they go out and get some vets. You're gonna 281 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: help them win. 282 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: So we'll win five or six games next year, which 283 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 1: is gonna help them hopefully they want to keep their jobs. 284 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: And what does that mean? The Jets are drafting twelfth 285 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 1: to thirteenth or fourteenth and they're not getting a quarterback, 286 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: so neither the short term and long term goals don't mix. 287 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 1: No matter what metric used for Gino last year, Oh, 288 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: the Raiders offense was bad. 289 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 3: No, he was bad. 290 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: Every metric Gino was bad. This is this is so embarrassing. 291 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,199 Speaker 1: This is I feel like I'm reliving the Geno broken jaw. 292 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 3: All over again. 293 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, he just wants to reboot and have a new opportunity. 294 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 4: He saw Sam win a Super Bowl. Now it's his turn. 295 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 4: Go back to the Jets and be the greatness like 296 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,880 Speaker 4: he'll be. He'll screw around with lack of a conscience 297 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 4: and throwing the ball around to where with that defense 298 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 4: you'll win too many games. But I give you the 299 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 4: great quote from a legal mind and one of our heroes. 300 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,560 Speaker 4: The night is dark is just before the dawn, And 301 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 4: I promise you the dawn is coming. 302 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: It's been dark for like fifteen years. Man it's like 303 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: the Dark Ages, Like it's really dark. It's like Aaron 304 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: Rodgers's bedroom. 305 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 4: This is and if you live long enough, you see 306 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 4: yourself become the village. 307 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 3: It's just really really dark. 308 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 5: Man. 309 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm telling you there's no light coming or the light 310 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: coming is a train, right, that's a big line. Jason 311 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Smith and Mike Harmon live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. 312 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: Got John Palmerrosi coming up live from the World Baseball Classic. 313 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: What's next for Team USA? What happened tonight? You'll find 314 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: out Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 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Joining us now from the WBC MLB Network 364 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 1: Insider Extraordinaire A man who just spent two weeks in Italy, 365 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: John Paul Morosi, John Paul, how are you man? 366 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 5: Well? I have to tell you I did not depart 367 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 5: Italy expecting that in the middle of the night I 368 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 5: would be speaking to you after an eight to six 369 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,479 Speaker 5: fit Italy over the United States. I thought it was 370 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,360 Speaker 5: possible this morning, thought that Italy had been underestimated by 371 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 5: a lot of people. I did not see the game 372 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 5: unfolding quite as it did. We tend to shock. We 373 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 5: tend to toss the word shocking around a little too cavalierly. 374 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,199 Speaker 5: This is a shocking knight, and it's not. If you 375 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 5: look at the rosters, it becomes less shocking. Michael Lorenzen 376 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 5: started for Team Italy. He's been a Major League All Star. 377 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 5: He's thrown a no hitter in the Major League. He's 378 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 5: a really good pitcher tomorrow. By the way, Italy's got 379 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 5: Aeronola on the mount. So this is a very good 380 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,240 Speaker 5: baseball team. Jack hackleil is the top prospect. Bam Mantonaci's 381 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 5: a really good young player. There are a lot of 382 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 5: good players on Team Italy. Team USA has the best 383 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 5: lineup that some have said was ever constructed, and they 384 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 5: lost to a nation that candidly is not always in 385 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 5: the top twelve or fifteen nations in the world ranking. 386 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 5: This is a This is a good sixteen seed beating 387 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 5: away one, but it's still a sixteen seed beating of 388 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 5: one in terms of the NCAA tournament parlance. So this 389 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 5: is a monumental night in the history of this tournament. 390 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 5: And now Team USA has a very uneasy twenty four 391 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 5: hours to see if they're going to be playing in 392 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 5: Miami at all. 393 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: Now, when we joined, when you joined us after the 394 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: first game, we talked about this, and we talked about 395 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: get it. Yeah, we're ready for the United States versus 396 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: Japan in the in the in the final, and you said, yes, 397 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: outside of the randomness of baseball, which the best team 398 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 1: doesn't always win, Yeah, what. 399 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 3: Did you see? 400 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: Was it random tonight? Was it just a bad night 401 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: for the two United States pictures? Was it something where 402 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: Italy was sharper? 403 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 3: What? What did you see tonight? Was the reason why 404 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,120 Speaker 3: a couple. 405 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 5: Of those things. So I'll say this and I just 406 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,880 Speaker 5: I just shared this on X A moment ago. Team 407 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 5: tem Usa in this situation drew exactly one walk. They 408 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 5: drew one walk. Okay, Italians pitchers attacked them. It started 409 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 5: with Lorenzo. He was in the zone, wasn't afraid. And 410 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 5: I think in this kind of a game. When you 411 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 5: have a pitcher who's not afraid, it opens up that 412 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 5: confidence level for the rest of the staff. And again, 413 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 5: Alex Jacobs is a major league believer. Greg Weiser, it's 414 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,679 Speaker 5: a major league believer. He's pitching Red zoct Yankees games. 415 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 5: Barnacchio's pitching Red zoc Yankees game. This environment, while raucus 416 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 5: and intimidating, was not entirely unfamiliar to them, and so 417 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 5: I think the Italians performed really well. The Americans committed 418 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 5: two errors, had some misplays, and just did not play 419 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:38,239 Speaker 5: a clean game. They were really dialed in last night 420 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:41,399 Speaker 5: against Mexico. They were not as balid in in the 421 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 5: first half of this game. They woke up but ended 422 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 5: up being too late. And it's not a criticism, that's 423 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 5: just human nature. You have a very emotional game that 424 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 5: felt like you won Game seven of the World Series 425 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 5: last night. But here's the thing. It wasn't Game seven 426 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 5: of the World Series. The game eight was today. Okay, 427 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 5: Game eight was and they didn't win it. And uh 428 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 5: so were they a little bit off their game where 429 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 5: they're not quite as focused. I think that's for for 430 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 5: the US players to to say or to sit with 431 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 5: on their own. But I saw a team Italy that 432 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 5: was really ready to play. And I saw a team 433 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 5: USA that had played their best game the night before. 434 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 5: And if we're being fair, the lineup they scored the 435 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 5: five run verse last night, they were quiet for the 436 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 5: rest of the night. They were quiet for the first 437 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 5: half of tonight. I mean, you fall bound, you fall 438 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 5: down eight nothing to Italy. I mean that honestly, that 439 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 5: if you had told me that that Italy would win 440 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 5: by two runs, it wouldn't have shocked me. At the outset. 441 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 5: If you had told me the team that team US 442 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 5: they would be looking at eight nothing deficit against the 443 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: Italians have been that that that's the shocking part. But this, 444 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 5: but this Italy team was ready to play Pasada uh 445 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 5: in the dugout with Survelli as the manager. They've got 446 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 5: an excellent coaching staff, that they were prepared. They're a 447 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 5: good group of ball players and and I think tonight 448 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 5: proves that this I think was less about the Americans 449 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 5: stumbling and more about the Italians having a really good roster, 450 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 5: a really good game plan and executing. 451 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 4: Yeah, we saw defensively uh Antonacci with that big play 452 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 4: at first, But I come vented to Jason when we 453 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 4: were watching the game. JP Savelli went out for one 454 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 4: of his pitching changes, and it looked like he was 455 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 4: kind of bopping along to some music. 456 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 3: He had his head. 457 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 4: That was a guy that felt like he had a 458 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 4: squad that was finishing the job in that moment, like 459 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 4: I'm worried now and it hadn't gotten the explosion at 460 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 4: that point exactly. 461 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 5: And and and that tracks with exactly what Cervelli told 462 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 5: me after the game. They were confident. I mean, he wasn't. 463 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 5: He was not jumping around Gideon surprised. I mean, I've 464 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 5: he was an upbeat, happy confidence manager. But he expected 465 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 5: his team to win. I interviewed Sam Mantonacci after the game. 466 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 5: He expected his team to win. So it was a 467 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 5: it was a pretty remarkable display. And and yet, you know, outwardly, 468 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 5: it is surprising. Outwardly people are gonna wake up in 469 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 5: Italy today and say we just beat the United States 470 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:16,440 Speaker 5: and baseball and and uh, there are probably people all 471 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 5: across the US that are that are really valing into 472 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,439 Speaker 5: the WBC now, especially after the US Mexico game last night. 473 00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 5: They are now saying what happened? Now? What's going on? Here, 474 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 5: And I think the answer is baseball happened. A pretty 475 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 5: good team, a pretty good team beat a great team 476 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,199 Speaker 5: that had a bad night. And to those of us 477 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 5: who love baseball and watch it a lot, that happens 478 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,919 Speaker 5: pretty often all year long, and and it just so 479 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 5: happened tonight on the biggest stage that we've got outside 480 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,840 Speaker 5: of the World Series, and we're gonna be talking about 481 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 5: this game for a long. 482 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: Time, John Paul, what what do you make of Mark 483 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: de Rosa doing the interview Manager Team USA doing an 484 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: interview MLB Network saying, yeah, you know, we want to 485 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: win tonight. You know, we know we've clinched our way in. 486 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: You know, Italy still another to play. What do you 487 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: make of him not knowing that they needed to win 488 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: to clinch to make the next round. 489 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 5: I was a little surprised, to be honest with you, 490 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,439 Speaker 5: to see that. But I don't know if there was 491 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,800 Speaker 5: the miscommunication. I know, I know how much Dero cares, 492 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 5: and obviously I work with him all the time at 493 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 5: the network, So whether there was not something that was 494 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 5: conveyed properly, or whether it was it was something erroneous 495 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 5: that he said, but he had known it in the 496 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 5: back of his mind already. I'm not sure it does. 497 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 5: I didn't think it does speak to the difficulty of 498 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 5: a tournament and the tournament legalities and regulations when you're 499 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 5: not used to playing tournament baseball. If TMUS they played 500 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 5: one sixty two, they'd win handle, not one sixty two. 501 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 5: Tournament baseball is a totally different mentality. And I'm not 502 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 5: sure what the interruption was in the chain. Uh. I 503 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 5: think it caught a lot of people by surprise. But 504 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 5: I also know how much Mark cares about about this team, 505 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 5: about USA baseball, about his country, So I uh, it's 506 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,600 Speaker 5: it's it hurts me to see that he's taken a 507 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,439 Speaker 5: little bit of criticism for it. But I don't think 508 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 5: his statement earlier today had any bearing on the results 509 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 5: of the game. I think the US just wasn't sharp 510 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 5: and I and I'm and I know by the time 511 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 5: the game started he knew the importance of the game. 512 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 5: There were subsequent conversations that indicated as much that he 513 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,359 Speaker 5: was aware of the situation. But so I think the 514 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 5: team USA now, unfortunately there's there's no more game to 515 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 5: play tomorrow for them, they just have to wait hope, 516 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 5: and hoping is not often the strategy. But that's where 517 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 5: they find themselves right now, just cheering for the team 518 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,320 Speaker 5: that just beats them, which is just a surreal set 519 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,479 Speaker 5: of circumstances. But again, that is what makes tournament baseball. 520 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 5: It's different from the sixth to seven months journey that 521 00:25:58,280 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 5: we're about to begin. What's what's the tournament? 522 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 4: So you think they all show up in Italian garb, 523 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 4: sip of espressos and behind or what I mean? 524 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 5: I know that the Armani suits of the Italians are 525 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 5: are something to behold. They really are. They've been business 526 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 5: like the whole time and they've they've taken that approach 527 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,760 Speaker 5: and perhaps perhaps we now have the newest set of 528 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,120 Speaker 5: Italian fans, including the Italian American. 529 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: Mark rosa MLB network inside of John Paul Morossi our guest. 530 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: All right now, you talked about the United States not 531 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: drawing walks, and I want to take you back to 532 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: the eighth and ninth innings where look, you had Gunner 533 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 1: Henderson and Aaron Judge both waving at pitches outside the 534 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: strike zone. In the ninth inning, Bryce Harper reaching for 535 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: ball four with runners at the corners and two outs. 536 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: In the eighth and you know, there's so much attention 537 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: on him, you know, Dave Dombrowski saying, I don't know 538 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: if Bryce Harper is still elite, and he took that 539 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: to heart. But I'll tell you what, John Paul. I 540 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: know it's early in the season. Bryce Harper still doing 541 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 1: things I've seen him do the last five years, opening 542 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: up his swing too earlyving it, pitches out of the 543 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 1: strike zone. And I hope there's a way back for him, 544 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: but boy, it hasn't looked good so far. 545 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 5: You're right, And and he didn't start this game. And 546 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:12,959 Speaker 5: and it's interesting that when you look at Harper's performance, 547 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 5: it was actually Goldschmidt, who had started the first base 548 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 5: in place of him, that got the rally going that 549 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 5: brought the US back into the game that preceded the 550 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 5: PCA home run. It was interesting. Mark Rosa did say 551 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 5: today that he wanted to get Goldschmid a start for 552 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,240 Speaker 5: the for the context of the tournament, to get his 553 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 5: bat in there. He was actually one of their better 554 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 5: at bats tonight. And and then Harper comes up in 555 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 5: a big spot and isn't able to come through. You're right, 556 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 5: I mean he obviously Harper has had some great postseason 557 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 5: moments he helped the Phillies get to the World Series. 558 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 5: But you're right that there have at times been been 559 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 5: instances where he has expanded the zone a little bit. 560 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 5: Happened tonight, and now he has to hope that that 561 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 5: this narrative flips around because and the performance, to your point, 562 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 5: flips around. He's He's not. To me, he is not 563 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,239 Speaker 5: on the back nine of his career. That's not what 564 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 5: I'm seeing with him. I do think that that his 565 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 5: swing at times to your to your point, he was 566 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 5: chasing a little bit and he maybe got a little 567 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 5: over anxious, and that's that's not a mechanical thing. That's 568 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,160 Speaker 5: not a a diminishment of his skill in my estimation, 569 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 5: But that was a spot where you saw Harper with 570 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 5: the chance to to prove something, to burnish his legacy, 571 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 5: and it didn't happen. And obviously judge of the last 572 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 5: out too, So it was a difficult night I think 573 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 5: for some of the big names on tm USA last. 574 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,680 Speaker 4: One JP I we talked about the United States and 575 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 4: now a lot of wishing and hoping what else Japan 576 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 4: moves on, But anything else from the tournament you want 577 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 4: to spotlight in your World Baseball Classic with your hat on. 578 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 5: How about this Canada winning today against Puerto Rico, and 579 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 5: now if Canada wins tomorrow, they win their group and 580 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,239 Speaker 5: they earn a spot here in the quarterfinals. So if 581 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 5: you had this on your bingo card, Canada plays in 582 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 5: the quarterfinals in Houston and Team USA doesn't, that's a 583 00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 5: possibility by this time tomorrow that could come true. Now, 584 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 5: other scenarios could also come into play, but we have 585 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 5: got a lot of different scenarios that are out there still, 586 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,800 Speaker 5: and it's pretty interesting to me to see how well 587 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 5: Canada's played the way the Italians have played. I think 588 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 5: the group that's in Miami is mostly proceeding on schedule, 589 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 5: but we've got I think some pretty intriguing storylines involved. 590 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 5: And in Korea Korea making it out too for the 591 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 5: first time in two thousand and nine, So Korea making 592 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 5: it out, maybe Canada making it out of the potential 593 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 5: of payoffs tomorrow, we have got a lot of storylines 594 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 5: to play here in Houston. 595 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 4: Does Canada winning if they get in, does that make 596 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 4: up for the gold medal loss? 597 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 5: Trust me, that'll be question one. If they make in 598 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 5: your name in the US, does it I'm sure that'll be. 599 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 5: One of the first questions already. 600 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: Within is that he's on Twitter at John Morosi, That 601 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: is at John Morosi from the World Baseball Classic. John 602 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: Paul is always appreciated. We'll talk to you later on 603 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 1: this week. We'll keep our famous best. 604 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 5: You bet that. I think there's a lot of good 605 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 5: talk to have still about this WBC. My goodness, what 606 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 5: a night tomorrow is gonna be. 607 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 3: You're the best. 608 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: There goes John Paul Morosi, Jason Smith, Mike Harmon live 609 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 1: from the Fox Sports Radio studios. 610 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 611 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 612 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 2: pm Pacific