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Speaker 1: we are going to give you our NBA playoff preview.
Speaker 1: You know we're talking about we've been talking about, you know,
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrooken, James Harden and Lebron James and Kawuahi Leonard
Speaker 1: and these teams and the rest. Interesting though that as
Speaker 1: soon as they get to the playoffs, you know, there's
Speaker 1: no back to back nights. You know, there's in fact
Speaker 1: too much rest almost games like a game on a
Speaker 1: Wednesday not again until Saturday, a Sunday. Part of that's
Speaker 1: the TV schedule. Part of it is because we can't
Speaker 1: have these guys like Lebron and Steph carry rest thing, right,
Speaker 1: So they certainly changed the schedule. Donnie Burns and Speeds,
Speaker 1: We're gonna do a little playoff preview, a little bit
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Speaker 1: you're in density over the last couple of shows. Hey Donnie,
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Speaker 1: poll questions. First one, what is the biggest threat to
Speaker 1: a Warrior's calves? Repeat like a finals tiebreaker? Over the
Speaker 1: last two years, we've seen it, you know, the Dubs
Speaker 1: get one Lebron and the Cavs answer back in Game
Speaker 1: seven last year. Here are the four options. We're gonna
Speaker 1: get into this with my boy Donnie Burns a little
Speaker 1: bit later. Is it option A? The calves defensive struggles.
Speaker 1: Remember last week they gave up like a twenty six
Speaker 1: point lead in the fourth quarter to the Atlanta to
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Hawks. I'm gonna said, Atlanta Falcons. Isn't that
Speaker 1: crazy Speeds? Is mind always on football? The second option,
Speaker 1: is it like heroic efforts from one of these m
Speaker 1: VP candidate, a guy like Russell Westbrook or James Harden.
Speaker 1: We're gonna profile what that That series is gonna be
Speaker 1: bananas as a first round series. Is it team play?
Speaker 1: You know from some of these new teams is it
Speaker 1: a teams like you know, the San Antonio Spurs that
Speaker 1: play the right way, the Boston Celtics that know the data.
Speaker 1: Is that those kind of teams that are gonna, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe upset the apple cart here in the NBA playoffs
Speaker 1: or nothing. It's just locked up, loaded, it's signed, sealed, delivered.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a three pet for the NBA Finals.
Speaker 1: Let us know on that pole question. Here's the other
Speaker 1: pole because Donnie and I know, man, you thought it
Speaker 1: was crazy at first. Yesterday I am on a mission
Speaker 1: to convert you, my friend. We talked about how the
Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants are monitoring to monitoring you know, your
Speaker 1: in density as a you know thing for hydration. Well,
Speaker 1: I got another story about it. We're gonna talk about
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Speaker 1: speeds is starting lineup right now, and started off with
Speaker 1: news and notes around Major League Baseball. First of all,
Speaker 1: Todd Fraser, he's got the flu. Remember he was going
Speaker 1: around in Boston with the Red Sox as well. Well,
Speaker 1: Todd Fraser is gonna be out today in the White
Speaker 1: Sox game. The Tribe sent Tyler Naquin down to Triple A.
Speaker 1: Columbus Listen, he had an incredible second half last year
Speaker 1: as a rookie, but a lot of people knew that
Speaker 1: that was unsustainable. I told you if you looked a
Speaker 1: little bit deeper, he was a fool. Gazzy forgot about him,
Speaker 1: and now he's down in Triple A. Hector run done,
Speaker 1: relief pitcher for the Cubs. He's going to have an
Speaker 1: m r I in his left knee. He got banged
Speaker 1: up in yesterday's game. I think he's actually gonna miss
Speaker 1: a significant amount of time. And this is interesting in
Speaker 1: some fantasy leagues, fantasy leagues where maybe holds are important.
Speaker 1: This is the eighth inning spot for the world champion
Speaker 1: Chicago Cubs. They're gonna be some interesting hold options right
Speaker 1: behind Wade Davison. That one keep an eye on that
Speaker 1: and Giovanni Soto catchup for the White Sox is headed
Speaker 1: to the ten d d L with a right elbow injury.
Speaker 1: Let's keep it moving though here on the Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: as usual, I hold myself accountable. I want to tell
Speaker 1: you how I did last night. I had a good
Speaker 1: night last night. Oh boy, last night, I gave you
Speaker 1: some starters. It worked out pretty well. In my own lineup.
Speaker 1: I had guys like Michael Confordo who went off, David
Speaker 1: Freeze who went off. I also last night I told
Speaker 1: you that I was fading Yovanni Guillardo thrown for this
Speaker 1: Seattle Mariners against the Houston Astros. I told you to
Speaker 1: start Jose Altuve, that it was gonna be the cheapest
Speaker 1: you would ever get him at thirty one hundred, and
Speaker 1: that he was starting to get hot. All he did
Speaker 1: was go three for three and walked twice, got on
Speaker 1: base five times. I hope you were listening to speedz
Speaker 1: of spitting statistician, because if you had how To in
Speaker 1: your lineup, Confordo in your lineup, freezing your lineup, you
Speaker 1: probably won that cash. But because I always say you
Speaker 1: start with the starting pitching right, and I told you
Speaker 1: last night, why pay eight eight hundred for Stephen Wright,
Speaker 1: that knuckleballer when the weather is not right right just yet?
Speaker 1: Remember I told you how things in April are not
Speaker 1: necessarily normal, and I didn't like him. Last night against
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Orioles. What happened if you spend eighty eight
Speaker 1: hundred dollars? He went one and a third innings, gave
Speaker 1: up eight runs. I told you, I hope you listen
Speaker 1: to speed and spitting statistician and dead. I told you
Speaker 1: to go with Marcus Stroman at eighties six hundred. I
Speaker 1: said that he had some k upside. I said that
Speaker 1: he was still riding high off his you know, World
Speaker 1: Baseball Classic and fresh start. What do you do? He
Speaker 1: pitched a complete game. He went all nine innings for
Speaker 1: the Toronto Blue Jays, gave up only two runs. Tough
Speaker 1: luck loser, though, as the Blue Jays lost two to nothing.
Speaker 1: He did get a quality start. So that was pretty
Speaker 1: good for you, right, So now let's keep it moving
Speaker 1: and look forward to tonight. If you look forward to tonight,
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Speaker 1: can get it for free. That's what we're trying to do.
Speaker 1: With's like a public service almost. But everybody was saying
Speaker 1: it comes down to that game the Giants and the
Speaker 1: Rockies with Madison bum Gardener. I am not spending up
Speaker 1: for Madison bum Gardener tonight. I'm looking to beat Madison
Speaker 1: bum Gardener because he's costing eleven thousand dollars on FanDuel
Speaker 1: and I don't think that's I think that's not worth it.
Speaker 1: Especially don't get a twisted don't forget Buster Posey is
Speaker 1: on the seven Day Concussion DL, So mad bum is
Speaker 1: gonna be working with a different catcher. I don't know
Speaker 1: how much of a big difference that makes, but I'm
Speaker 1: looking for reasons to beat Madison bum Gardener tonight. I'm
Speaker 1: looking in that same game, I'm looking at John Gray
Speaker 1: at seventy eight hundred. I like that, um, I like
Speaker 1: the big ballpark difference. Remember we talked about ballparks a
Speaker 1: little bit the other day in terms of the foul
Speaker 1: territory that's in places like Wrigley Verse, places like Oakland. Well,
Speaker 1: this San Francisco park is cavernous, Benny McCarty said last hour.
Speaker 1: Unless you're Barry Bonds, you're not hitting it out into
Speaker 1: the water. It is a big ballpark. I like John
Speaker 1: Gray tonight, you know, I mean that's a game where
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be low scoring. It is the
Speaker 1: lowest total on the board as well, if you like
Speaker 1: one other one other person. And it's hard though today
Speaker 1: because there's games in Cincinnati, which is a crazy ballpark
Speaker 1: in Yankee Stadium, and in terms in terms of the
Speaker 1: rotation and today's day where it's like a lot of
Speaker 1: starting pitcher four's and fives going the other guy. I
Speaker 1: would look at and I know you're gonna say it's crazy,
Speaker 1: but think about Francisco Liriano. Francisco Liriano, he of the
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty five e r A because of
Speaker 1: that crazy first start to a season. But I think
Speaker 1: he might bounce back. He's back at home against Baltimore.
Speaker 1: And remember in the spring spring training, his strikeout to
Speaker 1: walk ratio was out of control. So if you have
Speaker 1: a nice stomach and you're if if you're thinking about
Speaker 1: ways to try and beat Madison bum Gardner, I got
Speaker 1: to four year. It's Francisco Liriano at seven eight hundred
Speaker 1: and John Gray at also seventy hundred. One thing I
Speaker 1: want to mention to you guys, remember yesterday one of
Speaker 1: the polls I had up was like who would you
Speaker 1: want to see in the whole run contest? And one
Speaker 1: of the options was gian Carlos Stanton. The winning option
Speaker 1: was Giancarlos Stanton. Was like, fifty eight of you guys
Speaker 1: picked gian Carlos Stanton. Well, he hit two home runs
Speaker 1: last night, and I think this is very very interesting.
Speaker 1: I want to get into this because, um, both of
Speaker 1: his home runs went exactly three hundred feet I believe,
Speaker 1: same distance, but they had very different launch angles and
Speaker 1: exit velocities. And these are stats that we're telling you all,
Speaker 1: these like next Gens stats that we're talking about. His
Speaker 1: first home run went out at a hundred ten miles
Speaker 1: an hour, but at a thirty six degree angle. Okay,
Speaker 1: so it got all the way up to like hundred
Speaker 1: ft high. It was like one of these towering shots,
Speaker 1: but it wound up traveling the same distance. His second
Speaker 1: home run went off his bat six miles an hour faster, right,
Speaker 1: and but his launch angle was nineteen degrees, So it
Speaker 1: was like the proverbial frozen rope. If you ever hear that,
Speaker 1: it only went forty eight feet high at its max.
Speaker 1: He crushed it. It It went the same distance. But that's
Speaker 1: what we're talking about when we give you numbers and
Speaker 1: rates like hard hit contact and launch angle. That is
Speaker 1: part of the statistical revolution that is happening right now
Speaker 1: in baseball. I told you about leadoff hitters that are
Speaker 1: hitting home runs now. It's because people are understanding this
Speaker 1: launch angle idea, okay, and that's what that's what really
Speaker 1: is all about. High school physics teachers, high school math teachers,
Speaker 1: why are you not using this in like in your class.
Speaker 1: The idea of launching parabolas over the fence is really true,
Speaker 1: and now we're analyzing it to try and square it
Speaker 1: up and think about how it is helping major league teams.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you Josh Donaldson is doing this. Jay Bruce
Speaker 1: for the New York Mets, who's off to a fast start.
Speaker 1: He's adjusting his approach to this. Everybody is trying to
Speaker 1: get it in the air. I'm gonna tell you something,
Speaker 1: even Benny Riccardi, who I hear, is trying to coach
Speaker 1: up his kid on how to do this. I'll tell
Speaker 1: you about that not a little bit more when we
Speaker 1: come back. But here it is Fantasy Freestyle. Let me
Speaker 1: boy Dame Martinez on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Where
Speaker 1: we come back, I'm gonna bring him up, boy Donnie Burns.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk NBA playoffs as well, So stick around.
Speaker 1: It'll be fun. Come on back. You know what it is,
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Speaker 1: get into the cipher here real quick. I got some
Speaker 1: news and notes from the NFL to share with you.
Speaker 1: This Marshawn Lynch thing is definitely going to happen. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you. It sounds like there's a trade to the
Speaker 1: Raiders in place, and now the Raiders and Marshawn Lynch
Speaker 1: are almost just working out the details of a new
Speaker 1: contract and that is expected to be. What they're saying
Speaker 1: is quote unquote incentive based. I'm telling you this is
Speaker 1: going to happen. And remember, like my boy jack Chel,
Speaker 1: it's should be incentives based. Remember he missed out on
Speaker 1: two million dollars because the point oh five points per
Speaker 1: game in the NHL. I think there's an incredible option
Speaker 1: if Marshawn Lynch goes there. Okay, a great offensive line
Speaker 1: to replace Latavius Murray and what was already a three
Speaker 1: headed monster with Jalen Richard and DeAndre Washington. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: Lynch is not a three down back, but that's what
Speaker 1: they need, a goal line smash mouth. I think this
Speaker 1: would be a great fit, and Marshawn Lynch would only
Speaker 1: be there when they're still in Oakland trying to help
Speaker 1: his hometown win a super Bowl before they moved to
Speaker 1: Las Vegas or maybe San Antonio. Jay Cutler is apparently
Speaker 1: contemplating retirement. I say why not. He's on the beach
Speaker 1: naked with his famous and rich Why he's got all
Speaker 1: the money he needs. Remember the Jets were maybe thinking
Speaker 1: about them, but he said he wanted to be playing
Speaker 1: for a contender. What contender right now? M what contender
Speaker 1: right now could use a quarterback still, I'd say it's
Speaker 1: Houston Texans or bust now from my man, Jay Cutler.
Speaker 1: Speaking of which, Tony Romo has yet to file formal
Speaker 1: paperwork to retire to the NFL, and I think that's
Speaker 1: a smart move. You know, whether he's on the Dallas
Speaker 1: Mavericks or not. I think this is a smart move
Speaker 1: because you never know what happens. Football is very interesting game.
Speaker 1: Injuries do happen. I think it behooves him to stay
Speaker 1: in shape, not only because other teams may come calling
Speaker 1: come August. Remember last year, Teddy Bridgewater's injury at the
Speaker 1: very end of preseason. But what if, what if something
Speaker 1: happened to Dak Prescott. You don't think then Jerry Jones
Speaker 1: would come calling. I think that's very interesting. Also signing
Speaker 1: that I think is interesting here I want to let
Speaker 1: you guys know about on the Fantasy freestyle, Jonathan Hankins
Speaker 1: signed with the Indianapolis Colts. That's a three year, thirty
Speaker 1: million dollar deal that looks good along that defensive line
Speaker 1: for Indianapolis. You know, the Colts defense has struggled in
Speaker 1: years past. I like that move. And that's also a
Speaker 1: loss for the New York Football Giants. That Giants defense
Speaker 1: last year was stout a top five run defense. Yes,
Speaker 1: they still have snacks Damon Harrison, but that might be
Speaker 1: a loss that the Giants feel. And it is a
Speaker 1: nice start. Remember the Colts have a new GM, Chris Ballard.
Speaker 1: I think that's a nice start from really trying to
Speaker 1: shore up that defensive line because uh, well basically because
Speaker 1: the Colts need to. Let's keep it moving though here
Speaker 1: in the cipher, one of the poll questions I mentioned
Speaker 1: to you is, uh, you know what would upset the
Speaker 1: apple cart in terms of yet another Warriors Cavaliers final
Speaker 1: or will it be Warriors come out and play. Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you right now, right now. On the poll,
Speaker 1: it's kind of interesting, it's kind of close. We have
Speaker 1: thirty three percent saying nothing, it's gonna be Warriors Cavaliers again,
Speaker 1: but thirty three percent of you say the Cavaliers defensive struggles.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna bringing my boy Donnie Burns here, producer extraordinaire
Speaker 1: here on the Fantasy Freestyle and also serving as my
Speaker 1: NBA correspondent here on the Fantasy Freestyle right now, Donnie.
Speaker 1: We got thirty three percent saying the Calves defensive struggles,
Speaker 1: saying team play from a team like San Antonio or Boston,
Speaker 1: and ten percent play saying it's gonna be like hero
Speaker 1: Ball out of a guy like Russell Westbrook or James
Speaker 1: Harden that could prevent the Warriors or the Calves. I
Speaker 1: don't want to do a spoiler. From the very beginning,
Speaker 1: I would be in this thirty three percent that says nothing,
Speaker 1: that say it will ultimately be Calves and the Warriors again.
Speaker 1: But maybe this is just wishful thinking for me. What
Speaker 1: do you um? Generally speaking, and we'll get into some
Speaker 1: of these details here. But um, do we just know
Speaker 1: how the story is gonna end already? Doney, I want
Speaker 1: to say we do. But here's the thing. The first
Speaker 1: round matchup between the Calves and the Pacers, we got
Speaker 1: the two in the seven and this kind of coincides
Speaker 1: with the pole because you kind of have some of
Speaker 1: those options there, Cleveland versus Indian Indiana. Right, So, Paul George,
Speaker 1: at the end of this month, I believe the media
Speaker 1: will be voting for all NBA teams, and if Paul
Speaker 1: George makes that all NBA team, he's in the line
Speaker 1: for a two d million dollar contract extensions. Therefore, his
Speaker 1: play has been unbelievable. I don't know. Try harder, and
Speaker 1: that's big Miles Turner. They'll be tough. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of teams out there that can be so if the
Speaker 1: Calves are not right and a lot of people do
Speaker 1: not get the Catspacers, let me let me tell you
Speaker 1: something something I think is very interesting is in both
Speaker 1: conferences here, in these first rounds, I am very intrigued
Speaker 1: by the three six matchups in both conferences. Okay, first
Speaker 1: of all, in the East, that's the Toronto Raptors and
Speaker 1: the Milwaukee Bucks. Okay, when you have the Toronto Raptors.
Speaker 1: Ever since Kyle Lowry has been back, the Raptors have
Speaker 1: looked good. And this is a team unlike say the
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics. This Raptors team, they have been there before.
Speaker 1: They have been to the Eastern Conference finals, they have
Speaker 1: battled Lebron before, they have You know, the NBA is
Speaker 1: really a league where you kind of make that little
Speaker 1: progression and each year you go a little bit further.
Speaker 1: Are the Toronto Raptors may be ready, That's one question.
Speaker 1: But I could kind of see people picking the upset
Speaker 1: in the first round. You talk about it all around
Speaker 1: stud like Paul George in Indiana. What about the stud honest?
Speaker 1: Then a gumpo who is in the top twenty in
Speaker 1: every major category this regular season in the NBA, if
Speaker 1: I think that could be an upset. But I could
Speaker 1: also see Toronto going real far here as an experienced
Speaker 1: team now that Kyle Lowry's back in the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 1: Do you see any other series that might be primed
Speaker 1: for an upset? Yeah, well, you mentioned the Toronto Milwaukee
Speaker 1: and if you kind of look at the status you got,
Speaker 1: Milwaukee had a hundred and three point six per game.
Speaker 1: Toronto went a hundred six nine. There. The statue are
Speaker 1: pretty similar. It's whether or not who's all stars gonna
Speaker 1: go off? They got DeMar the Rose and averaging were
Speaker 1: almost thirty points and then you got your Honest in
Speaker 1: the top twenty for everything. Right, So if you were
Speaker 1: to pick an upset in the Eastern Conference, I'd probably
Speaker 1: go with this one. Uh, don't sleep on the Bulls either.
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler is playing at a really really high rate
Speaker 1: right now, but he does have to go against Isaiah
Speaker 1: Thomas for sure. For sure. All right, let's look at
Speaker 1: this Western Conference and this time, well we're talking three
Speaker 1: verse six. Oh my goodness, get you popcorn? You know
Speaker 1: you know what I heard? That's interesting. They are not
Speaker 1: going to announce the m v P award until late June, right, okay,
Speaker 1: and that might be rightfully so. But we got the
Speaker 1: one in two candidates for the m v P going
Speaker 1: together in this series, Rockets Verse Thunder in the first round,
Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook James Harden like might both of them average
Speaker 1: a triple double in this series? I think the over
Speaker 1: under on these games are gonna be something like two
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty. What do you how do you see
Speaker 1: this one breaking out? So we've talked about this actually
Speaker 1: and pass shows. Uh. The thing that Golden Stage struggles
Speaker 1: with most is the big man combination, like Stephen Adds
Speaker 1: is Cantor. If the Thunder could get far enough, they
Speaker 1: pose a lot of problems because they have their point
Speaker 1: guard Avenue averaging a triple double. And there's sixth man
Speaker 1: who averages pretty much a double double with very menial minutes.
Speaker 1: So and also you got Brody on a mission, wouldn't
Speaker 1: he like nothing better than to win the m v
Speaker 1: P Award average a triple double and then come and
Speaker 1: then in the Western Conference finals, and that that's how
Speaker 1: it would have to happen in the seeding. Be the
Speaker 1: guy like you said, and be the team that did
Speaker 1: in fact upset the apple Cart and take out the Warriors.
Speaker 1: And like you mentioned, man enis Canther, Steven Adams. You
Speaker 1: know this is remember like New Orleans was thinking that
Speaker 1: this was gonna be the way to try and be
Speaker 1: Golden State with Cousins and Davis the two big men.
Speaker 1: Will you know, will they be able to do it?
Speaker 1: Cavaliers were thinking that when they got Bogan and then
Speaker 1: he got hurt right away. So I think this is
Speaker 1: gonna be very very interesting. But um, you see the
Speaker 1: Trailblazers Warriors game and listen, listen. I'm glad you brought
Speaker 1: this up because you know I'm going to pick Golden
Speaker 1: State to win that series clearly, right. But but you know,
Speaker 1: Portland is that same kind of team with guys like
Speaker 1: McCullum and Lillard that can absolutely go off and try
Speaker 1: to score with them. I think that could be interesting
Speaker 1: as steal one from a home Golden State. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think they can got at Golden State. Can they take one?
Speaker 1: I think they can take a game. I do. But
Speaker 1: ultimately I think what I would love to see, first
Speaker 1: of all, in the Western Conference. I would love to
Speaker 1: see you know, Golden State. I don't want to see
Speaker 1: them against San Antonio though in the Western Conference finals, Okay.
Speaker 1: I want to see them up against whoever comes out
Speaker 1: of this uh Houston, Okay, see matchup. Okay. I want
Speaker 1: to see them either against seven seconds or less than
Speaker 1: D'Antoni and the Rockets, who I think are legitimate challenge
Speaker 1: and have been awesome all season long, or this complete
Speaker 1: narrative against of Russell Westbrook and the big men trying
Speaker 1: to beat down the elite Silver Spoon Golden State Warriors
Speaker 1: in the Western Conference Finals. And you mentioned the Trailblazers,
Speaker 1: and you mentioned the fantastic guard play from mc column
Speaker 1: and Lillard. But my trump card on the Trailblazers is
Speaker 1: Nurkic acquiring him in the middle of the season. He's
Speaker 1: been able to do things for them. He's a great passing.
Speaker 1: People say he's a poor man's jokish, but he's really not.
Speaker 1: He just happened to be in the same system as joking.
Speaker 1: He's pretty much the same guy. He's been playing great
Speaker 1: for them, no doubt. And then we go we look
Speaker 1: at the Eastern Conference Finals. You know, you gotta figure
Speaker 1: Lebron gets there. I'm gonna say, I think it's gonna
Speaker 1: be against the Toronto Raptors. Okay, I think Boston is
Speaker 1: on the on the on um, excuse me, that's impossible,
Speaker 1: because Boston did, in fact take that one seed. I apologize.
Speaker 1: I think it is going to be Cleveland. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna get past it, and unfortunately, I think it's
Speaker 1: gonna wind up being either Boston or potentially don't sleep
Speaker 1: on the Washington Wizards, that backcourt of Wall and Beal.
Speaker 1: But I'm looking for reasons to try to beat Lebron.
Speaker 1: It's gonna wind up being Lebron and the Golden State
Speaker 1: Warriors were in for Round three, and I'm gonna be
Speaker 1: very excited about it. We're gonna be talking about it
Speaker 1: though for the next two months because of so much rest.
Speaker 1: The schedule apparently opens up real big when it comes
Speaker 1: to the playoffs and it comes to the TV schedule.
Speaker 1: When we come back here on the Fantasy Freestyle, We're
Speaker 1: gonna put the fun and functional sports Radio. I'm your boy,
Speaker 1: Dame Martinez Speeds the spitting statistician. You're listening to the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You know
Speaker 1: what it is, boy, Dame Martinez. You're listening to the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Of course,
Speaker 1: big shout out to all our sports Byline affiliates around
Speaker 1: the country and with the American Forces Radio Network around
Speaker 1: the world. I got my boy Donnie Burns with me
Speaker 1: on the ones and tools. We're keeping it so hot
Speaker 1: that we sweat steam here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: I want to give you a quick update Marcelo Zuna
Speaker 1: has hit his fourth home run of the year. Marlin's
Speaker 1: all over the metch early on for nothing. In the
Speaker 1: second inning, their Reds up on the Brewers one nothing
Speaker 1: and the Raisin Yankees tied at one in Yankee Stadium
Speaker 1: game that was going on in the afternoon. In the
Speaker 1: fourth inning, we have the White Sox all over the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Indians in Cleveland, White Sox up seven to one
Speaker 1: in that one. Uh, let's keep it moving there here
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Freestyle, what we do is we put
Speaker 1: the fun in Functional Sports Radio. We uh, I put
Speaker 1: up a poll question, Donnie. You know we already talked
Speaker 1: about the NBA play off pole question. We got up
Speaker 1: and thanks to everybody that's following us there on that
Speaker 1: f n T s Y radio Twitter handle and voting
Speaker 1: there the other pole question I put up. And if
Speaker 1: you if you don't listen to the Fantasy Freestyle that regularly,
Speaker 1: you may not know. But Donnie burns my man, my
Speaker 1: man with the plan over there, so hot that we
Speaker 1: sweat steam keep blowing up like a Samsung seven. Maybe
Speaker 1: we should say, Donnie, it's so hot that we pissed steam.
Speaker 1: Because the question has been uh, you know, we're seeing
Speaker 1: teams actually analyze players urine. The San Francisco Giants, we
Speaker 1: talked about this yesterday to see if they were they
Speaker 1: were properly hydrated and you know, can perform at peak performance.
Speaker 1: So we put up a poll question and the question is,
Speaker 1: do you think you know kind of this extended analysis
Speaker 1: of biomechanics and bio rhythms and sleep and diet and
Speaker 1: urine is actually an invasion of privacy? Okay, And we
Speaker 1: got great results right now, thanks to everybody who's voting
Speaker 1: right now in that fn T s Y radio Twitter
Speaker 1: handle or you can do it at spitting speeds with
Speaker 1: me speeds and spitting statistician. Three seven percent of you say, no,
Speaker 1: it is not an invasion of privacy, that it's all
Speaker 1: good for, you know, teams to go into this level
Speaker 1: of bio analysis. Thirty two of you are saying, yeah,
Speaker 1: this is And then I find this interesting of you
Speaker 1: were saying not in the pros because you know, hey,
Speaker 1: if they're paying you and signing your check, then uh,
Speaker 1: you know, they could do whatever they want. But thirty
Speaker 1: one percent of you say it's not a violidation in
Speaker 1: the pros of privacy, but in the amateurs. It is.
Speaker 1: So that brings me, Donny to another story I got
Speaker 1: for you. Are you ready for this one? Don alright? Great? Uh?
Speaker 1: The University of Texas football team is also measuring player urine. Okay, Donny,
Speaker 1: you thought it was crazy that the San Francisco Giants
Speaker 1: were doing this. Apparently it's sweeping the nation. Okay, University
Speaker 1: of Texas football is doing this, and check this out.
Speaker 1: Have it on my Twitter timeline. Um, they put up
Speaker 1: these charts in their locker rooms showing you the different
Speaker 1: color of urination. Right, and apparently like the lighter it is,
Speaker 1: the better hydrated you are, right, And they they're correlating
Speaker 1: it interestingly enough to how good of a teammate you are,
Speaker 1: because they're saying, if you're not properly hydrated, you're actually
Speaker 1: doing a disservice to your teammates. And they're saying that
Speaker 1: if you have, you know, the good urine, dad, Um,
Speaker 1: you're being a great teammate all the way down. If
Speaker 1: your urine is and I'm learning about this. I'm learning
Speaker 1: about this, um. If it's you know, I guess darker
Speaker 1: than you are in the University of Texas mind being
Speaker 1: a bad teammate and being a bad guy, and they
Speaker 1: have these color charts in their locker room. Don this
Speaker 1: is a real thing. What do you think? I got
Speaker 1: a few takes on this, all right, fire away for
Speaker 1: the first one. For the first poll we had ye
Speaker 1: to these people, I would ask if they're not telling
Speaker 1: the results to the population. I mean no, it's data
Speaker 1: used for so it's like going to a doctor. It's
Speaker 1: like being any kind of athlete and being in the cup.
Speaker 1: But don come on, man, Like when you fifteen years ago,
Speaker 1: when you were like a a college you know, football player,
Speaker 1: you did not think you'd be submitting to this level
Speaker 1: of Well that's where I have the problem with the
Speaker 1: second story, because I have I'm okay with the measuring
Speaker 1: the density of the pitch or whatever. I don't like
Speaker 1: how they have this in the locker room. How if
Speaker 1: you're a peace lighter that correlates to a bad teammate.
Speaker 1: You don't like your pressure. Don't like that. It should
Speaker 1: be behind closed doors. It should be how it was
Speaker 1: meant to be. They're gonna it's not gonna be telling
Speaker 1: people these the Yeah, but don't don't they have like
Speaker 1: you know, don't they have like in the weight room
Speaker 1: of other colleges, like you know this guy Ben Sivent,
Speaker 1: same thing, like yo, this guy's p is mad like yo.
Speaker 1: That's like that's like you that's releasing like doctor like statement.
Speaker 1: Okay you can't. It's just interesting, okay, right? What is that?
Speaker 1: You know, if you're a nurse, if you're a doctor,
Speaker 1: you can't see us. What is that? Like the hip
Speaker 1: hop hippo laws, the kind of you know, it's like, uh,
Speaker 1: what is it? Confidentiality? The hippo laws out there? That's
Speaker 1: an interesting point, don you know what? Like I told you, Donnie,
Speaker 1: we're gonna have licensed athletic trainer Thomas Lowe on the
Speaker 1: show next week. On the Fantasy Freestyle. He came in,
Speaker 1: if you remember during the during the football season and
Speaker 1: were talking about concussions and the pain medications. We're gonna
Speaker 1: have to ask him about we gotta keep running list here.
Speaker 1: We're gonna ask him about your in density. We're gonna
Speaker 1: ask him about these hamstrings, and I want to ask
Speaker 1: him about the blood spinning. But here's my real question
Speaker 1: when it comes to this, Donnie, do you think we
Speaker 1: can put up one of these urine color charts in
Speaker 1: the production room here at the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: I'm sure we could. Why don't we do? What do
Speaker 1: you think would be the best teammate? Who do you
Speaker 1: think would be the best teammate? How does that? What
Speaker 1: does if you're hydrated? If you're hydrated, and if you're
Speaker 1: really well hydrated, Dane, I'm looking down here. We have
Speaker 1: a lot of water bottles. I think we got a
Speaker 1: lot of interesting interesting So I don't know, Donnie, I
Speaker 1: think we may have to do that. I think we
Speaker 1: may have to ask our fearless leader, if that's my
Speaker 1: it's a creative guy. I think, Okay, I think we
Speaker 1: need to do this. I think we need to do this.
Speaker 1: If you uh, you know, because you've got nothing else
Speaker 1: to do? Write downs? Actually ninety different things we're getting,
Speaker 1: can we Yeah, we need to print out one of
Speaker 1: these charts. I'm gonna send you. I saw it in
Speaker 1: uh it's on my Twitter. I think it's on my
Speaker 1: Twitter timeline at spitting Speeds. We're gonna print one of
Speaker 1: these bad boys out. We're gonna slap it up study
Speaker 1: and maybe yeah, yeah, maybe somewhere here in Studio thirty four,
Speaker 1: we can get that done. Here in rock and Riley's.
Speaker 1: You know that sounds good with a million different things.
Speaker 1: Let's get that peach Art right on the way. That's
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Priorities, my friend, priorities. As we say,
Speaker 1: we put the fun in functional sports radio. Here on
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Freestyle, I'm your boy, Dave Martinez Speeds, the
Speaker 1: spitting Statistician. I got Donnie Burns with me on the
Speaker 1: ones into so hot that we sweat steam or Donnie
Speaker 1: so hot that we piss steam. I may have to
Speaker 1: change it hot to death like Corey Springer. If you
Speaker 1: want to get at me, hollow might four four eight, four,
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Speaker 1: T s Y Radio. You can follow me Dan Martinez
Speaker 1: at Spitting Speeds. You know, check this out, Anny. It
Speaker 1: was the NHL playoffs started last night. Remember we were
Speaker 1: talking about Icle missing out on his bonus, things of
Speaker 1: that nature. But check this out. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you saw the Edmonton Oilers. They in their first home
Speaker 1: playoff games since two thousand and six. Bro. They lost
Speaker 1: it over time to the Sharks three to two. But
Speaker 1: the environment there, because you know, this is Canada's game,
Speaker 1: right and they're up in Edmonton. The Oilers haven't played
Speaker 1: you haven't been in the playoffs for a long time. Um,
Speaker 1: they're finally there, you know, on the come up with
Speaker 1: with with the youngsters. And it was a great atmosphere. Okay,
Speaker 1: it was a great atmosphere. They they were sold out.
Speaker 1: They even sold eighty dollar seats just to be able
Speaker 1: to walk around in the concourse, just to be in
Speaker 1: the building like standing room only. But here's what I
Speaker 1: want to tell you. I don't know if you saw this, Donny,
Speaker 1: but they do apparently they do a fifty fifty raffle
Speaker 1: every Edmonton Oilers game. Are you familiar with this? I'm not, Okay,
Speaker 1: So they do a fifty fifty raffle. You buy raffle tickets, right,
Speaker 1: and then it's fifty fifty, which means half of the
Speaker 1: pot you get and half the pot goes to you
Speaker 1: know some charity, Okay, a different charity that they do.
Speaker 1: It's a really nice thing, you know, talk about sports gambling.
Speaker 1: I wonder if this is sports betting. We'll talk about
Speaker 1: in a second, but check this out. It apparently like
Speaker 1: rolled over for the last few regular season games in Edmonton.
Speaker 1: So the winners of this uh fifty Raffle at game
Speaker 1: one of the first round of the playoffs. There it
Speaker 1: was three hundred and thirty six thousand dollars don the pot,
Speaker 1: yeah the pot, and yeah yeah and season ticket holders
Speaker 1: David and Tanya is then they won this. Okay, they
Speaker 1: won three hundred and thirty six thousand dollars. Okay, Actually,
Speaker 1: truth be told, they won three hundred and thirty six
Speaker 1: thousand Canadian dollars. That apparently translates here in the good
Speaker 1: old United States of America. Big shout out to all
Speaker 1: my American Forces radio network people. Um, that translates to
Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty four thousand, six hundred and damn right.
Speaker 1: And here's the best part. Are you ready for this?
Speaker 1: Are you ready for this? Because somehow you know, I
Speaker 1: don't know, man, you know our president and taxes who knows,
Speaker 1: but you know what the Canadian tax laws are when
Speaker 1: you win something like this. Apparently it was tax free.
Speaker 1: I'm saying that they won three thirty six k Canadian
Speaker 1: money and it was tax free, so they don't have
Speaker 1: to hide it. Yo, where are we going? Then we
Speaker 1: got to get tickets the game too, the game to listen.
Speaker 1: You gotta keep this list Donnie Burns, because now I'm
Speaker 1: so happy that you're producing, you know, Monday through Thursday
Speaker 1: at least here on the Fantasy Freestyle. We gotta keep
Speaker 1: this running list. We got bets on Ted gin Jr.
Speaker 1: Remember we're also, uh, you know, we're going to the
Speaker 1: opening day of the Big Three three on three ice
Speaker 1: Cube League. Remember we gotta get tickets for that, and
Speaker 1: we gotta go to some Edmonton Oilers games because we
Speaker 1: could win that tax free cash. And you know that's
Speaker 1: what all that's what speed the spitting Statistician is about.
Speaker 1: But check this out. These guys, this couple, they were
Speaker 1: they were season ticket holders, Donnie. They entered the Raffle
Speaker 1: every game for the last seven years. They said they
Speaker 1: spent in total over the last seven years, they spent
Speaker 1: eleven thousand dollars on these Raffle tickets. So I think
Speaker 1: it's a good thing that they finally won, right, I mean,
Speaker 1: come on, and that's still that's still big money. So
Speaker 1: shout out to David and Tanya is then, and I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, like I think the NHL is at the
Speaker 1: forefront here. Remember they already have the Vegas Golden Nights
Speaker 1: starting next season in the NHL. This is basically sports betting, Like,
Speaker 1: how is this different than sports betting? You go there
Speaker 1: and you're putting in forty dollars for a raffle ticket
Speaker 1: for a chance to win three hundred and thirty six thousands.
Speaker 1: You know what it is, your boy, Dane Martinez, you're
Speaker 1: listening to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Want to make a quick update. I told you to
Speaker 1: Marlins draw all over the Mets where the Mets have
Speaker 1: answered back with their own four run inning. It is
Speaker 1: now four four in the second name and the Milwaukee
Speaker 1: Brewers have also answered back there now up for one
Speaker 1: on on the Cincinnati Reds that is in Cincinnati. Um, Donnie,
Speaker 1: we had a nice little show man. I want to
Speaker 1: check in on the polls a little bit. Thanks Donnie
Speaker 1: for giving us all that perspective on the NBA playoffs,
Speaker 1: which are about to kick off, and by kickoff, I
Speaker 1: mean tip off this weekend, and you know we checking
Speaker 1: it on these polls. We have a new leader in
Speaker 1: the clubhouse on that poll about what if anything could
Speaker 1: upset the Apple cart with a repeat of or three
Speaker 1: peat of the Cavaliers and the Warriors. Right now thirty
Speaker 1: four percent are saying the Calves defensive struggles, which is
Speaker 1: now the leading answer. Donnie Burns, I know you said
Speaker 1: that even their first round matchup against the Pacers could
Speaker 1: be intriguing, so we'll keep an eye out on that
Speaker 1: as the playoffs get going. Of us think the rematch
Speaker 1: yet again is inevitable, say team play from the Spurs
Speaker 1: or the Celtics or the Raptors. Nine say that someone
Speaker 1: like Harden or Westbrook will go absolutely bonkers and take
Speaker 1: out either the Calves or UH or the Warriors. And also,
Speaker 1: you know, we keep on talking about this, analyzing the
Speaker 1: sleep and the diet and everything, including the urinety seven
Speaker 1: percent of you right now say it is not an
Speaker 1: invasion of privacy even at the amateur college levelent of
Speaker 1: you say that, yes, for college they agree with you,
Speaker 1: Donnie Burns that in fact, uh, you know, it is
Speaker 1: an invasion of privacy for amateurs or college students. I
Speaker 1: don't know how I would feel about it. Of you
Speaker 1: saying that it is um you know that it is
Speaker 1: regardless that you know we shouldn't have to do that,
Speaker 1: I don't know how I feel. I do think it's
Speaker 1: very interesting. Last thing I want to tell you guys
Speaker 1: before we get out of here. Uh. You know, at
Speaker 1: the end of the regular season, you also have uh
Speaker 1: top five jersey sales Donnie Burns, Donnie Burns, if you
Speaker 1: can guess them, it'll be you know, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook,
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, Lebron James, and of course Stephen Curry. Those
Speaker 1: are your top five selling jerseys. So here's we're gonna
Speaker 1: do tomorrow. Tomorrow when we're here, it's gonna be my boy,
Speaker 1: Chris Bavona in your seat, Donnie burn So we're gonna
Speaker 1: be talking about all sorts of good things. I want
Speaker 1: to see what he's got going on on that show.
Speaker 1: The producers. I hope you have a great holiday weekend. Uh,
Speaker 1: I'll see you again on Monday. We'll talk about you know,
Speaker 1: the NBA playoffs has have been gone at that point.
Speaker 1: I'm your boy. Dave Martinez speeds and spitting statistician fig
Speaker 1: Shout out to our Sports Byline and the American Forces
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