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<v Speaker 1>You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox

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<v Speaker 2>To no one's surprised the Dodgers get Trek's Scuble. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the surprise might have been, are you giving up

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<v Speaker 2>big time talent to get him? And I think the

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<v Speaker 2>general consensus was could other teams have done this? Probably?

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<v Speaker 2>But here's the problem with that. Trek Scuble had the

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<v Speaker 2>leverage by saying he wanted to go to the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to go to the West Coast. Therefore, you took

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<v Speaker 2>away a lot of the leverage that maybe the Tigers

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<v Speaker 2>would have had of what they got in return. The

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<v Speaker 2>key will be moving forward, the kind of contract Trek

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<v Speaker 2>Scouble is going to want, And of course looming large

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<v Speaker 2>is is there going to be a lockout at some point?

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<v Speaker 2>Do we lose a baseball season? Do we look back

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<v Speaker 2>on trek Scuoble and go that's when we finally decided

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<v Speaker 2>we had to do something. Get a salary cap. I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to do a salary cap, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to have a floor that's raised as well, I

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<v Speaker 2>think you got to be fair to the amount of

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<v Speaker 2>money that the owners are making. The players Association is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be if you're having a salary cap, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to at least raise the floor so we know

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<v Speaker 2>that you're going to have salaries that are at least

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<v Speaker 2>commensurate to other teams in the league. Now, you can

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<v Speaker 2>spend money stupidly like the Mets did, it's not. The

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers know how to do this organizationally. That's what separates them.

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<v Speaker 2>You can have a really good minor league system. You

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<v Speaker 2>can also go out and spend for free agents, you know, trades.

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<v Speaker 2>They've done everything, and you've got a brilliant front office

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<v Speaker 2>who found a way to circumvent the salary cap and

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of the baseball hierarchy here. So I applaud

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<v Speaker 2>them for what they did. If I'm a Dodger fan,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I want my ownership to do. Now. Am

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<v Speaker 2>I worried about the rest of baseball? I guess if

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<v Speaker 2>you said, hey, you know what, because of this, the

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<v Speaker 2>way your team is, this is what's going to happen

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<v Speaker 2>in the meantime. Hey, I'm riding the merry go round.

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<v Speaker 2>This is great. I wonder if Sho heeo Tani's injuries

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<v Speaker 2>may have led to the Dodgers saying we have to

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<v Speaker 2>have trek skoubl. It's not a situation of hey, this

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<v Speaker 2>would be a luxury item. It might be something that

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<v Speaker 2>they truly need. And keep this in mind, for all

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<v Speaker 2>the spending the Dodgers had, how close did the Blue

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<v Speaker 2>Jays come to winning the World Series last year? When

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<v Speaker 2>you are in a seven game series and all it

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<v Speaker 2>takes is one pitcher or two pitchers to get hot,

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<v Speaker 2>or one bat or two bats to get hot, and

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden things change. So, yes, the Dodgers

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<v Speaker 2>prohibitive favorites even before the trade deadline. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>later today is the trade deadline. But if you're looking

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<v Speaker 2>at World Series odds, yes, the Dodgers are prohibitive favorites

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<v Speaker 2>at plus one fifty, the Yankees at plus six hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>that's really it. Then it goes down to the Brewers

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<v Speaker 2>at plus one thousand, the Braves plus one thousand, the

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<v Speaker 2>Rays plus fourteen hundred. So yes, is it top heavy

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<v Speaker 2>with the Yankees and the Dodgers, Yes, it is. But

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<v Speaker 2>I thought the Brewer is going to try to jump in.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you put trek Skouble with miss Rowski, look out,

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<v Speaker 2>because then you can take on anybody if you have

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<v Speaker 2>two hammers, like that. I always go back to Randy

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<v Speaker 2>Johnson and Kirk Shilling when the Diamondbacks had them. They

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<v Speaker 2>had hammers and you had to deal with them. But

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<v Speaker 2>back then, pitchers were going seven to eight, maybe even

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<v Speaker 2>nine innings. Obviously, the game has changed and the Dodgers.

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<v Speaker 2>The Dodgers did what I thought they were going to do.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm wondering if they're done at the trade deadline, but

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<v Speaker 2>we'll talk to Tim Kirchin. He'll join us coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Dylan, poll question for the first hour is

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<v Speaker 2>going to be, what, well, if you had.

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<v Speaker 3>To bet on the World Series winner today, are you

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<v Speaker 3>taking the Dodgers or the field.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take the field. I'll take the field. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>fully committed to that, but I for content purposes only,

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<v Speaker 2>I would take the field. I just I've been around

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<v Speaker 2>this too long where you just see something and you go,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't think that was going to happen. Now. Do

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<v Speaker 2>I expect the Dodgers to win, Yes, but can you

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<v Speaker 2>see where something happens? Yes, yeah, Paulie.

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<v Speaker 4>The fact that you had to pause before picking the field,

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<v Speaker 4>it's like the field should be the pick. But the

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<v Speaker 4>Dodgers of that threatening, they're they're removing any possibility for

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<v Speaker 4>an injury that messes them up. They could afford them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I think that's really the key that if

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<v Speaker 2>if Shoheyutani can't pitch again, or they're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>pitch him, Okay, problem solved. I bring in Trek Scouble.

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<v Speaker 2>They already got the line up there. They're outscoring the

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<v Speaker 2>opposition by what's the number now, PAULI.

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<v Speaker 4>The Dodgers have outscored their opponents by one hundred and

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<v Speaker 4>fifty runs this year. There's only two teams that are

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<v Speaker 4>over one hundred and five of They're always one of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Dylan Possible pull questions for hour one.

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<v Speaker 3>Um A simple one. Are you in favor of a

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<v Speaker 3>salary cap in baseball?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Or no?

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<v Speaker 3>And does this change the scooble to the Dodgers thing

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<v Speaker 3>influence you in that way.

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<v Speaker 2>I would think that everybody is going to be in

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<v Speaker 2>favor unless you're a Dodger fan for the salary cap.

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<v Speaker 2>The Players' Association wouldn't be in favor of it. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think as a sports fan, if you look at

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<v Speaker 2>the NBA and you've had eight different winners the last

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<v Speaker 2>eight years, if that's what you want instead of when

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<v Speaker 2>I was growing up, you always had that team. You

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<v Speaker 2>had to beat that team. There was always the dynasty,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it was the UCLA Bruins or you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>grew up with a big red machine. You know, there

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<v Speaker 2>was the Steel Curtain. You had that team you set

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<v Speaker 2>your sights on and say we got to be better

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<v Speaker 2>than them. You might be kind of parody. Everybody has

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<v Speaker 2>a chance. The NFL gives you that every single year.

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<v Speaker 2>So I would say most people outside of the player

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<v Speaker 2>Association and Dodger fans would be in favor of a

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<v Speaker 2>salary cap. Yeah, Paul, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, like you said that, the salary floor has got

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<v Speaker 4>to be more important because if you're a Pirates fan,

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<v Speaker 4>I just looked at the Pirate's history. They made the

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<v Speaker 4>postseason three times in the past thirty three years. That's

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<v Speaker 4>that's less than ten percent. You got to get a

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<v Speaker 4>chance to have a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the Dodgers, they are now paying one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>eighty million dollars in luxury text. That's more than twelve

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<v Speaker 2>total teams entire payroll. So there is a problem with that.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounded like a stat.

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<v Speaker 5>Of the day.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you were just letting it breathe Is that what

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<v Speaker 2>you were doing the anticipation there. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you were still going or not, but I was ready, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I made eye contact with you. I was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>like laser focused. Yeah, well yeah, oh yeah, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>so we'll come up with the pole question. Phone calls

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<v Speaker 2>is always with best and worst of the weekend. I

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<v Speaker 2>do have updated odds. By the way, Dylan will be

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<v Speaker 2>betting on the Hall of Fame game on the next

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<v Speaker 2>gambling podcast, right, yes, sir, okay, the Panthers are favored

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<v Speaker 2>by one and a half over the Cardinals and the

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<v Speaker 2>over unders thirty six and a half. Just let you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And yes, I used to bet on preseason football. I

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<v Speaker 2>used to bet on the Hall of Fame game. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>that was sad, that very sad. Yes, marmon, how how

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<v Speaker 2>low did you have to go preseason football. I know,

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<v Speaker 2>but you're so you're you're so energized for football, you're

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<v Speaker 2>waiting for it, and you're like, all right, preseason football,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, I've got depth charts. I'm thinking who's playing,

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<v Speaker 2>how long they're playing, starters aren't playing, how good's their

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<v Speaker 2>second string, you know, quarterback, running back, all of that stuff. No, sad,

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<v Speaker 2>really sad, Yes, Dylan, you could argue that that's the

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<v Speaker 2>sharp play.

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<v Speaker 3>Like the best run I ever went on betting was

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<v Speaker 3>I had a time where I was all over the

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<v Speaker 3>preseason hockey point totals.

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<v Speaker 2>Sad they weren't man all of a sudden, Brendan Sorosby

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't look that bad, yes, bol Which.

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<v Speaker 4>Is worse betting on the Hall of Fame game or

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<v Speaker 4>being I did that your team wins the Hall of

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<v Speaker 4>Fame game, like a fan base us like, if I'm

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<v Speaker 4>a Cardinal fan, you know we won that game fourteen thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm just saying, if I'm a Cardinal fan,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take any victory. I like a scrimmage. Hey, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, we beat the Commanders, Yes, yes, Mark, No,

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<v Speaker 2>don't do that because the Lions are on all four

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<v Speaker 2>of their preseason games and then went on to sixteen.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm not sure if they want to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of football, Sean McVay at his press conference was

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the possibility of Aaron Donald returning.

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<v Speaker 6>Hey, here's what I would tell you. There won't be

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<v Speaker 6>any news on that front until we get back to

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<v Speaker 6>Woodland Hills. You know, we have some different things, which

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<v Speaker 6>you know, I know, I totally understand. What I don't

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<v Speaker 6>want to do is put there's some conversations that we've had,

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<v Speaker 6>We've loosely had some different timelines that are kind of temporary.

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<v Speaker 6>I want to keep those between us, just you know,

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<v Speaker 6>if something unforeseen happens, out of respect for him in

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<v Speaker 6>the situation. But I know this, you know, the things

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<v Speaker 6>are going in the right direction, and if there's an arrow,

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<v Speaker 6>it's turning upwards.

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<v Speaker 5>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm even surprised that he's talking that much about this

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<v Speaker 2>because it feels like, now, do I think something's going

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<v Speaker 2>to happen? Yes, I do. I think that Aaron Donald

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<v Speaker 2>will play because he's saying it's trending upward. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you have an idea, a sense of this. If I'm

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron Donald, I don't want to go to camp any

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<v Speaker 2>sooner than I have to. But if I'm Sean McVay,

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<v Speaker 2>I would probably take the approach of, hey, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the players who were here, instead of

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<v Speaker 2>the hypothetical, because then people will you know, you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to write down his words, record his words, and then

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<v Speaker 2>play the words back to him and what happened. So

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<v Speaker 2>I think staying off the topic, even though he's excited

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<v Speaker 2>about the possibility, I would probably remove myself from the

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<v Speaker 2>hypothetical of Aaron Donald just say, you know, I got

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<v Speaker 2>to set a deadline at some point. I think when

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<v Speaker 2>they go back from training camp, then he's gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>something to say, and I think that it probably will

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<v Speaker 2>be that Aaron Donald is going to come back.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, PAULI, the deadline for Aaron Donald should be during

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<v Speaker 4>the national anthem in Week one, he walks on the

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<v Speaker 4>field shirtless. I put him in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think he's gonna play. It feels like there's

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't heard any setbacks. I haven't heard anything of

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, there's a chance that maybe he's not

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<v Speaker 2>coming back. But I do think that when you can

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<v Speaker 2>hear it in his voice, you can hear it in

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<v Speaker 2>his voice that he's having some fun with this. He's

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<v Speaker 2>excited about this, and rightfully so.

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<v Speaker 2>Best and worst to the weekend. Here's Dodger manager Dave

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<v Speaker 2>Roberts on criticism regarding the trade for Terry Skooble.

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<v Speaker 8>There's it just seems like there's always blowback with us.

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<v Speaker 8>People are passionate. We feel good about it. There's nothing

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<v Speaker 8>that we did that no one else couldn't have done.

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<v Speaker 8>You know, I just lot our front office or you know,

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<v Speaker 8>we have to have the players to be able to

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<v Speaker 8>pull something like this off. And you know we still

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<v Speaker 8>got you know, parkably one of the top two or

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<v Speaker 8>three or one or two or three farm systems in baseball,

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<v Speaker 8>you know, a day later. So it's a credit to

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<v Speaker 8>a lot of people in this organization.

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<v Speaker 2>He's right about that with the farm system to have

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<v Speaker 2>the pieces that you can trade away to get Trek's scouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Tim Kirkchin, Tim Kirkchin, ESPN Baseball Trade Deadline. They have

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<v Speaker 2>a special on the Mothership from four to six Eastern.

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<v Speaker 2>Tim will be there with Jeff Pass Andbuster only at

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<v Speaker 2>Bardo Perez and Kevin Conners the trade deadline six pm Eastern.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Timmy, where do you stand on what the

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<v Speaker 2>Dodgers pulled off here with Trek Scuble?

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<v Speaker 9>How a problem with this? I mean, is it healthy Dan,

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<v Speaker 9>that the payroll disparities is what it is in the

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<v Speaker 9>major leagues right now? No, it's not healthy, But that's

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<v Speaker 9>not the Dodgers fault. A lot of other teams are

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<v Speaker 9>spending a lot of money and people don't like to

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<v Speaker 9>hear this, but the Dodgers are an exceptionally run organization.

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<v Speaker 9>They draft and develop better than most teams, they teach

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<v Speaker 9>better than most teams, So they were in a position

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<v Speaker 9>to do this and a lot and Dave Roberts is right,

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<v Speaker 9>a lot of other teams could have gone out and

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<v Speaker 9>gotten trek Skuble with the understanding of course, they have

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<v Speaker 9>the resources and the money that other teams don't have.

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<v Speaker 9>But when it comes to the resources, they've built that

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<v Speaker 9>organization so well, that's how they have a really really

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<v Speaker 9>good farm system them are able to make a deal

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<v Speaker 9>like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Does getting schooball now give the Dodgers a luxury of

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<v Speaker 2>not having to pitch Otani at any time over the

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<v Speaker 2>next month or so.

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<v Speaker 9>Yes, I think it does, And I think they want him.

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<v Speaker 9>I know they want him to pitch in October. But

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<v Speaker 9>when you get Blake Snell back, and you have Snell

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<v Speaker 9>and Yamamoto and Scooble, and when they get Tyler glass

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<v Speaker 9>now back and they have Roki Sazaki, it's it's one

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<v Speaker 9>hundred miles an hour with a great split. That's already

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<v Speaker 9>five guys right there without Otani. Now they Otani to pitch.

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<v Speaker 9>I think Otani will pitch before the end of the season.

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<v Speaker 9>But this indeed gives them the opportunity to say, we

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<v Speaker 9>need him as a great offensive player, and if pitching

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<v Speaker 9>is in any way going to get in the way

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<v Speaker 9>of that, we don't have to pitch him because we

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<v Speaker 9>just acquired the best pitcher in the American League.

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<v Speaker 2>How do the Dodgers not win the World Series?

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<v Speaker 9>Well, Dan, you played both sports, and you recognize that

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<v Speaker 9>anything can happen in baseball, and you have the best

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<v Speaker 9>players on a basketball team, and they work really well together,

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<v Speaker 9>and Michael and Larry touch it on every possession. That's

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<v Speaker 9>different than in baseball because Show is only in about

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<v Speaker 9>four or five times a game, and they might not

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<v Speaker 9>pitch to him. But I think the Dodgers are the

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<v Speaker 9>clear favorites to win the World Series again, in part

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<v Speaker 9>because their roster is just so ridiculously deep, and now

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<v Speaker 9>they're pitch staff is equally deep.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get to the expensive elephant in the room about

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<v Speaker 2>what this is going to mean for baseball as we

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<v Speaker 2>move forward and the CBA and Players Association and all

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<v Speaker 2>that mess that we know is looming here.

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<v Speaker 9>Tim, Yeah, mess is a good word for it, Dan,

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<v Speaker 9>And I am worried like everyone else that there will

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<v Speaker 9>be a lockout there will be games lost next year,

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<v Speaker 9>we might lose the whole season. Let's hope none of

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<v Speaker 9>that is true. But this, this is where we are

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<v Speaker 9>right now. The two sides are really far apart. Wasn't

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<v Speaker 9>that long ago Someone who would know told me never

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<v Speaker 9>seen the side this far apart with a deadline looming

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<v Speaker 9>this close. So let's just hope that everyone recognizes there

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<v Speaker 9>is so much money to be lost in this game

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<v Speaker 9>if we don't play by the players, hand by the owners,

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<v Speaker 9>and maybe somehow someone will find a way to put

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<v Speaker 9>this together. But if the owners think they're going to

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<v Speaker 9>get a salary cap from the players, I just don't

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<v Speaker 9>think that's going to happen. And that's why I think

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<v Speaker 9>we're going to have a work stoppage at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you look at seventy percent of teams reinvest

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<v Speaker 2>less than fifty percent of their revenue back into their

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<v Speaker 2>own teams. The recent study had that. So is it

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<v Speaker 2>a salary floor that we need more than we need

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<v Speaker 2>a salary cap.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm not even sure a floor fixes fixes the situation

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<v Speaker 9>either day. Let's just say you have a ninety million

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<v Speaker 9>dollar payroll and you're not very good, and you're gonna lose.

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<v Speaker 9>You know you're going to win sixty eight games, and

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<v Speaker 9>then they make you spend one hundred and fifty million,

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<v Speaker 9>and then you win seventy two games and you only

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<v Speaker 9>finish four games higher, and you still don't make the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 9>Just because you have a floor doesn't mean you're going

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<v Speaker 9>to solve the problem. Is it worth a try? Yes,

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<v Speaker 9>it's worth to try. Am I in favor of it? Yes,

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<v Speaker 9>I am. But it's not going to solve all the problems.

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<v Speaker 9>The problems are too big to be solved just by

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<v Speaker 9>a salary floor.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought about this. I saw this the anniversary nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>sixty and I thought of you. The Tigers traded their

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<v Speaker 2>manager Jimmy Dike's to the Indians for their manager, Joe Gordon.

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<v Speaker 2>I figured you would have a story something to add

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<v Speaker 2>to this.

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<v Speaker 9>Knowing you, I'm not sure I have a manager for

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<v Speaker 9>manager story. I was only three years old at the time, Dan,

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<v Speaker 9>But it just goes to show you how beautiful this

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<v Speaker 9>game is that just when you think you've seen everything,

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<v Speaker 9>something else happened. It's just it's just the craziest, stupidest,

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<v Speaker 9>best game ever, and it's going to be proven again

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<v Speaker 9>today because something's going to happen at the trade deadline.

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<v Speaker 9>It's just going to make our us slap our foreheads

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<v Speaker 9>like we do all the time. But that's why baseball

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<v Speaker 9>is so great is it's so unpredictable and I never

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<v Speaker 9>know what's going to be around the corner. This year.

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<v Speaker 9>I've been wrong Dan so many times about so many things,

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<v Speaker 9>so many teams, and I'm not apologizing to anybody for it,

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<v Speaker 9>because it just proves dead. The game is so beautiful,

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<v Speaker 9>it's too good to be predicted. And Dan, it troubles

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<v Speaker 9>me a little bit that we're trying to predict what

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<v Speaker 9>a player is going to look like five years from now,

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<v Speaker 9>or a team is going to look like five years

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<v Speaker 9>from now, and we don't even know it's going to

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<v Speaker 9>look like five minutes from now. That's just how the

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<v Speaker 9>game operates.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you surprised like I am, that the mic cackage

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<v Speaker 2>Fritz Peterson swapping wives they were teammates hasn't been made

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<v Speaker 2>into a movie yet.

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<v Speaker 9>The children to Dan imagine doing that? I mean, I just.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, named children be named later. I think.

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<v Speaker 9>For a fifth grader to be named later. No, I'm

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<v Speaker 9>shocked that more wasn't made out of that At the time. Magine, Dan,

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<v Speaker 9>if something like that were to happen today, with Twitter

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<v Speaker 9>x whatever it's called, the Internet, all that stuff, it

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<v Speaker 9>would be total bedlam. Yes, I think at some point

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<v Speaker 9>someone needs to make a movie about that, because it

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<v Speaker 9>actually happened between Major League baseball players.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for squeezing us in. I know you're busy. Safe travels,

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Timmy.

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<v Speaker 9>All right, Dan, see it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's Tim Kirkchin of the mothership.

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<v Speaker 2>Larry Fitzgerald in the on deck circle for the Pro

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<v Speaker 2>Football Hall of Fame coming up this Saturday, seventeen seasons

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<v Speaker 2>as the Cardinals wide receiver, eleven time Pro Bowler and

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<v Speaker 2>second NFL receiving touchdown leader and part of the All

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<v Speaker 2>Decade team First ballid Hall of Fame. Running down the list.

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty good resume there, Larry. Congratulations on the honor. How

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<v Speaker 2>long would it take for you to get ready? If

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like we're waiting for Aaron Donald, how long

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<v Speaker 2>would it take for you to get ready for this season?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 10>I think that ship is sos No, there's no coming

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<v Speaker 10>back for me, you know. I you know, thinking about

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<v Speaker 10>what Aaron's you know, he's one of those guys.

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<v Speaker 5>He's a fitness freak though.

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<v Speaker 10>You know, he's a big guy, and you know he

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<v Speaker 10>just constantly stays in shape. That's kind of part of

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<v Speaker 10>his rituals. So I think his bounce back will be

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<v Speaker 10>a lot quicker. But to be out of the game

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<v Speaker 10>for a few years and get back into that the trenches,

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<v Speaker 10>the double teams and all of the things that he's

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<v Speaker 10>got to deal with, you know's that's quite impressive.

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<v Speaker 2>You think he's coming back. I think he's one of those.

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<v Speaker 10>Guys who loves the game, and he's going back to

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<v Speaker 10>a team who legitimately has a great chance to be

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<v Speaker 10>able to win a championship with the dishon the Miles Garrett.

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<v Speaker 10>You put those two and you know, Young and a

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<v Speaker 10>couple of other guys in that defensive front, you know,

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<v Speaker 10>they they present a formidable challenge for any offensive line

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<v Speaker 10>and scheme that they would play against. And he obviously

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<v Speaker 10>you know with Puka, Davonte Adams and you know Kurrn Williams,

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<v Speaker 10>you know Kirwin and I mean they're loaded over there.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it about pitt Guys? How did you end

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<v Speaker 2>up at pitt Dan?

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<v Speaker 10>It was actually a crazy story. Mobrins the coordinator guy Rest.

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<v Speaker 10>His soul's name was Ed Cole. He was taking me

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<v Speaker 10>in a couple of my teammates and unofficial visits. So

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<v Speaker 10>we went to University Illinois, we went to Notre Day

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<v Speaker 10>and we're Howe State and we were on our way

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<v Speaker 10>to Penn State. It was a really really bad, uh

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<v Speaker 10>you know, rainstorm or the turnpike, so actually shut the

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<v Speaker 10>turnpike down based on visiting and so stay trooper shut

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<v Speaker 10>it down. My coach said, hey, we can't get up there.

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<v Speaker 10>We call Penn State let them know what happened. They said,

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<v Speaker 10>can we can? We rescheduled for the following day. So

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<v Speaker 10>we had a full day in Pittsburgh and Coach Cole said, hey,

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<v Speaker 10>we're here in town, why don't we just go visit

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<v Speaker 10>University of Pittsburgh. You know Dan Marinos, Tonya Dur said

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<v Speaker 10>Curtis Martin. He started naming off all the great players,

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<v Speaker 10>and I said, yeah, let's let's let's go by.

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<v Speaker 5>Literally we go over, we meet Wildhare, Shady Brook, Hard,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, all the coaching staff there.

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<v Speaker 10>They had no idea who I was. We end up

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<v Speaker 10>leaving the next day, we're driving the Pennchtate. They called

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<v Speaker 10>my coach's cell phone. They offered me a scholarship, and

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<v Speaker 10>it just kind of started from there.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you don't have that rainstorm, you might not

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<v Speaker 2>have ended up at Pitt.

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<v Speaker 10>There's no chance I would have been there, because they

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<v Speaker 10>didn't really they don't.

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<v Speaker 5>They don't recruit Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 10>That's not some place they actually go, and so there's

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<v Speaker 10>zero zero percent chance I would have gone there.

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<v Speaker 2>When did you know you were good?

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<v Speaker 5>I would say when I was when I was young.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean I was always better than everybody I played against,

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<v Speaker 10>even at seven years old.

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<v Speaker 5>But everybody used to always say, you're from Minnesota.

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<v Speaker 10>You know you play you know you play three eight

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<v Speaker 10>three a high school football.

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<v Speaker 5>Your competition is horrible. And so I had that seate

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<v Speaker 5>of doubt in.

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<v Speaker 10>My mind a little bit that the competition was just

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<v Speaker 10>that bad. And then I got to college and about

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<v Speaker 10>week two I realized that I had what it to

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<v Speaker 10>not only just be there, but actually be a good player.

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<v Speaker 10>And if I continue to stay on that trajectory, I

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<v Speaker 10>might have a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course, your dad was a longtime sports writer.

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<v Speaker 2>You're up there in Minnesota covering the Vikings, you get

0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:46.640
<v Speaker 2>to be a ball boy. You've talked about that experience

0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:50.840
<v Speaker 2>many times, but the fact that Randy moss Is knocks

0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:52.520
<v Speaker 2>on your door to tell you you're going into the

0:24:52.560 --> 0:24:55.240
<v Speaker 2>Hall of Fame take us back to the first time

0:24:55.280 --> 0:24:56.640
<v Speaker 2>you met Randy Moss.

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<v Speaker 5>So my first memory of Randy is pretty vivid.

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<v Speaker 10>I was a ball boy, and me and a couple

0:25:01.640 --> 0:25:04.000
<v Speaker 10>of ball boys were actually in the gym at Mankato

0:25:04.119 --> 0:25:06.920
<v Speaker 10>State and it was they could walk through the gym

0:25:07.000 --> 0:25:08.800
<v Speaker 10>to head to the practice field, and we were in

0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:12.360
<v Speaker 10>there playing basketball, shooting horse and Randy had to walk

0:25:12.440 --> 0:25:13.000
<v Speaker 10>through out there.

0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:14.600
<v Speaker 5>So they were getting ready to walk through, and it

0:25:14.640 --> 0:25:15.360
<v Speaker 5>was his birthday.

0:25:15.480 --> 0:25:17.159
<v Speaker 10>I think he held out of camp for you know,

0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:18.720
<v Speaker 10>a day or two or so, I can't remember, but

0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:20.800
<v Speaker 10>it was his first day. So it was a huge anticipation,

0:25:20.960 --> 0:25:23.879
<v Speaker 10>and obviously, you know, we'd all followed this journey at

0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.840
<v Speaker 10>Marshall and he wanted to see him. And I remember

0:25:26.960 --> 0:25:28.919
<v Speaker 10>him like throws the ball and he hit like two

0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:31.920
<v Speaker 10>three pointers from like about two feet behind the three

0:25:31.960 --> 0:25:35.080
<v Speaker 10>point lines, and before he before he comes and the

0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:36.160
<v Speaker 10>dunks it outside.

0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:39.240
<v Speaker 5>You know, it's like, you know, the circle there, and.

0:25:39.200 --> 0:25:41.480
<v Speaker 10>He dunks it and he walks out, and I'm like,

0:25:41.800 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 10>oh my gosh, this.

0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:44.960
<v Speaker 5>Is so unbelievable.

0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:48.639
<v Speaker 10>I'm fourteen years old at the time and just so

0:25:48.800 --> 0:25:51.520
<v Speaker 10>enamored and like, that was my first experience of Moss.

0:25:52.760 --> 0:25:54.919
<v Speaker 2>What was your welcome to the NFL moment.

0:25:56.720 --> 0:26:00.560
<v Speaker 10>Happened Week two we my rookie year. We played the

0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:06.480
<v Speaker 10>New England Patriots, and I'll never forget. I was going

0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 10>to running across the route and William McGinnis like rearranged

0:26:10.800 --> 0:26:13.040
<v Speaker 10>my whole face masses back when they used to really

0:26:13.240 --> 0:26:16.320
<v Speaker 10>like collision you and he was dropping out in the

0:26:16.320 --> 0:26:20.240
<v Speaker 10>coverage and I wasn't paying attention and he decapitated me.

0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:22.560
<v Speaker 10>I got up and then my coach was like, you

0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:24.240
<v Speaker 10>gotta be more physical, you gotta be more physical.

0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:25.440
<v Speaker 5>So it's quarters.

0:26:25.560 --> 0:26:27.280
<v Speaker 10>I come up and I hit Rodney here because as

0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:30.480
<v Speaker 10>hard as I can drop them on the ground, and

0:26:30.520 --> 0:26:34.000
<v Speaker 10>to look in his eyes, he's chasing me back to

0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.040
<v Speaker 10>the huddle and I get back to the syl I'm like, coach,

0:26:36.080 --> 0:26:37.680
<v Speaker 10>why did you have me do to this man? It

0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:41.320
<v Speaker 10>is absolutely crazy? And he proceeded to chase me around

0:26:41.320 --> 0:26:43.040
<v Speaker 10>the rest of the game. I could not wait till

0:26:43.040 --> 0:26:45.080
<v Speaker 10>that game was over, and I realized, like, why the

0:26:45.119 --> 0:26:46.000
<v Speaker 10>Patriots defense.

0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:48.640
<v Speaker 5>You know, they had Teddy Bruski and Mike Brabel and.

0:26:48.640 --> 0:26:52.320
<v Speaker 10>Ted Johnson, and I mean, like, these dudes were Vince

0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:56.760
<v Speaker 10>will Fork. I mean these dudes were massive, physical, mean, aggressive.

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:59.560
<v Speaker 5>Angry men. And I learned that at twenty years old

0:26:59.640 --> 0:26:59.960
<v Speaker 5>very quick.

0:27:01.840 --> 0:27:04.520
<v Speaker 2>I could imagine Rodney Harrison was going to get you back,

0:27:04.520 --> 0:27:08.520
<v Speaker 2>because Rodney Rodney got everybody. I remember he told me

0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:13.280
<v Speaker 2>that he got fined or got suspended. He he had

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:16.040
<v Speaker 2>a shot on Jerry Rice across the middle. He said,

0:27:16.040 --> 0:27:18.440
<v Speaker 2>I took him out. That's what you're supposed to do.

0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:21.560
<v Speaker 2>Game's changed a little bit since that Larry.

0:27:22.040 --> 0:27:23.000
<v Speaker 5>It has, it has.

0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:26.360
<v Speaker 10>I think it's much better. Guys can play a lot longer,

0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:29.200
<v Speaker 10>and you know, I think we need we needed to

0:27:29.720 --> 0:27:31.920
<v Speaker 10>make the game a little bit safer. It's it's it's

0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:34.280
<v Speaker 10>not as nearly as violent going across that middle. You know,

0:27:34.280 --> 0:27:37.119
<v Speaker 10>the Steve at Waters and the Joey Browners and the

0:27:37.240 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 10>Jack Tatums of the world, you know, would be very

0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:40.920
<v Speaker 10>disappointed in a way we play game.

0:27:41.000 --> 0:27:45.439
<v Speaker 2>Now we're talking to Larry Fitzgerald got the big speech

0:27:45.480 --> 0:27:47.280
<v Speaker 2>coming up. How many times you practiced it?

0:27:48.680 --> 0:27:52.160
<v Speaker 10>I practiced it a ton of times, actually working very

0:27:52.160 --> 0:27:56.760
<v Speaker 10>closely with a former colleague of yours, Jerry Madaline, you know,

0:27:56.840 --> 0:28:00.439
<v Speaker 10>helping me kind of get trying to get prepared for it, so, uh,

0:28:00.760 --> 0:28:02.879
<v Speaker 10>you know, five or six times a day so to

0:28:02.920 --> 0:28:05.880
<v Speaker 10>make sure I have it, have it down pad on Saturday.

0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:09.080
<v Speaker 2>Okay, are tears in the script?

0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:12.600
<v Speaker 5>Tears are never in the script. You know, you know that,

0:28:12.840 --> 0:28:15.600
<v Speaker 5>But you never know how you're going to respond.

0:28:15.720 --> 0:28:18.320
<v Speaker 10>You know, you see family and friends and people who

0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:20.920
<v Speaker 10>have really played a massive role in your life shitting

0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:23.879
<v Speaker 10>in the front, and you know, I just don't know

0:28:23.920 --> 0:28:26.639
<v Speaker 10>how I'm going to respond to to them, you know,

0:28:26.640 --> 0:28:28.960
<v Speaker 10>if they're emotional, or one of my kids is emotional.

0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:31.440
<v Speaker 5>You know, things you can't really practice that.

0:28:32.600 --> 0:28:36.440
<v Speaker 2>And your son is going to induct you, Yes.

0:28:36.280 --> 0:28:39.240
<v Speaker 10>Sir, my oldest son, Devin, He's going to come out

0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:41.280
<v Speaker 10>and do it. I'm really really happy. I was going

0:28:41.360 --> 0:28:44.720
<v Speaker 10>to originally have my father do it before he passed

0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:47.360
<v Speaker 10>away a couple of months ago. But you know, to

0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:49.120
<v Speaker 10>be able to have my son do it, it's it's

0:28:49.120 --> 0:28:52.360
<v Speaker 10>a tremendous honor, and I'm so privileged to have that.

0:28:54.120 --> 0:28:56.320
<v Speaker 2>Well, it's going to be tough when you see your

0:28:56.320 --> 0:28:58.680
<v Speaker 2>son out there and he starts talking about dad.

0:28:59.360 --> 0:28:59.880
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

0:29:00.320 --> 0:29:03.040
<v Speaker 2>I got my daughter's wedding coming up in two weeks

0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:05.840
<v Speaker 2>and I got to give a speech and I'm already

0:29:05.880 --> 0:29:08.120
<v Speaker 2>a mess. I practice it every single day, and I'm

0:29:08.960 --> 0:29:11.400
<v Speaker 2>a mess when nobody is there listening to me. So

0:29:11.480 --> 0:29:12.960
<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine what that's going.

0:29:12.920 --> 0:29:13.240
<v Speaker 5>To be like.

0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna you're gonna see your life in front of

0:29:16.240 --> 0:29:20.040
<v Speaker 2>you with all teammates, former teammates and people from college

0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:23.720
<v Speaker 2>and high school, and you'll probably be a mess. And

0:29:23.760 --> 0:29:24.280
<v Speaker 2>that's okay.

0:29:24.880 --> 0:29:26.560
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I definitely will be. Dan.

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:27.920
<v Speaker 10>Let me ask you this, Are you going to be

0:29:27.960 --> 0:29:30.400
<v Speaker 10>crying because of the speech and emotions or are you

0:29:30.440 --> 0:29:32.040
<v Speaker 10>going to be thinking about how much it costs you

0:29:32.080 --> 0:29:32.920
<v Speaker 10>for your daughter's wedding?

0:29:33.120 --> 0:29:33.760
<v Speaker 5>What will be Well?

0:29:33.760 --> 0:29:38.760
<v Speaker 2>I already cried. I already cried about that. Yeah. Yeah,

0:29:38.960 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 2>as I told people, it takes a village to put

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:43.880
<v Speaker 2>on a wedding. It takes a bank account as well

0:29:43.960 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 2>to put on on a wedding. But yeah, I'm I'm

0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:49.320
<v Speaker 2>going to be a mess, and I don't know how

0:29:49.880 --> 0:29:53.880
<v Speaker 2>to prevent myself from crying. Has anybody told you if

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:56.080
<v Speaker 2>you do this, you might not cry, or this is

0:29:56.120 --> 0:29:58.080
<v Speaker 2>the best thing to do to not be too emotional.

0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:01.960
<v Speaker 10>No, I think that it will draw emotions. And people

0:30:02.120 --> 0:30:03.400
<v Speaker 10>told me it's going to be one of the most

0:30:03.440 --> 0:30:06.560
<v Speaker 10>emotional things you've ever done. You know you have, You've

0:30:06.600 --> 0:30:09.320
<v Speaker 10>been planned for thirty years and you know this is

0:30:09.360 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 10>the culmination of that, the greatest honor you could ever have,

0:30:12.320 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 10>and so it should it should be emotional.

0:30:14.040 --> 0:30:15.280
<v Speaker 5>It shouldn't mean something to you.

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:18.080
<v Speaker 10>But I think the more you practice and the more

0:30:17.880 --> 0:30:20.640
<v Speaker 10>you're prepared, you know, when you do have those emotions,

0:30:20.640 --> 0:30:22.240
<v Speaker 10>you can be able to work through it and get

0:30:22.240 --> 0:30:24.560
<v Speaker 10>back to the messages you're trying to deliver.

0:30:25.640 --> 0:30:27.920
<v Speaker 2>And acknowledging your father as well.

0:30:28.520 --> 0:30:30.520
<v Speaker 5>Absolutely, Yeah, Pops played a big role.

0:30:30.720 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 10>Just none of it would even be possible it wasn't

0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:35.680
<v Speaker 10>for his sacrifices. You know, he put me in these

0:30:35.680 --> 0:30:39.520
<v Speaker 10>positions around people that I could learn from and have

0:30:39.640 --> 0:30:43.600
<v Speaker 10>some wonderful mentors, and so you know, his presence and

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:48.120
<v Speaker 10>and his just breadth of knowledge and fingerprints are all

0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:48.800
<v Speaker 10>over my life.

0:30:50.480 --> 0:30:53.640
<v Speaker 2>Uh, go back to the Randy Moss loaning you as

0:30:53.760 --> 0:30:56.880
<v Speaker 2>car when you went to prom What what kind of

0:30:56.920 --> 0:30:59.040
<v Speaker 2>car was it that Randy Moss lent you?

0:30:59.160 --> 0:30:59.480
<v Speaker 5>It was?

0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:02.920
<v Speaker 10>It was a lou seven forty five l I I

0:31:02.920 --> 0:31:04.520
<v Speaker 10>still remember like it was yesterday.

0:31:04.560 --> 0:31:07.160
<v Speaker 5>It was. It was immaculine shape.

0:31:07.800 --> 0:31:10.080
<v Speaker 10>And you know, once a small detail I left out

0:31:10.080 --> 0:31:12.480
<v Speaker 10>when I asked him about it was, you know, I

0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 10>didn't I didn't know. I didn't tell him that I

0:31:14.320 --> 0:31:18.440
<v Speaker 10>didn't have my driver's license yet, and so, you know,

0:31:19.200 --> 0:31:19.400
<v Speaker 10>and I.

0:31:19.360 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 5>Don't know how. I don't know how your dad was.

0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:22.600
<v Speaker 10>But my dad when he was home, because he was

0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:25.360
<v Speaker 10>always traveling covering the twins in the summertime, he was

0:31:25.360 --> 0:31:29.280
<v Speaker 10>in Kansas City or Detroit or Cleveland or Chicago company

0:31:29.280 --> 0:31:31.040
<v Speaker 10>to White Sox. So when he got home, he really

0:31:31.080 --> 0:31:32.959
<v Speaker 10>didn't want to he was trying to be home, and

0:31:33.000 --> 0:31:34.880
<v Speaker 10>so he would have throw me the keys to the

0:31:34.880 --> 0:31:37.240
<v Speaker 10>Pontiac and I would just get to drive up to

0:31:37.520 --> 0:31:39.600
<v Speaker 10>the park and go practice and work out. And so

0:31:39.640 --> 0:31:41.440
<v Speaker 10>he would always just tell me to take the backstreet,

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:43.120
<v Speaker 10>so I felt like I could drive. I never went

0:31:43.160 --> 0:31:45.280
<v Speaker 10>on the freeway or anything like that to the side street,

0:31:45.440 --> 0:31:47.960
<v Speaker 10>so I felt like I was pretty I was pretty

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:50.719
<v Speaker 10>solid with the car. But I never really had anybody

0:31:50.760 --> 0:31:54.000
<v Speaker 10>else in the car with me, you know, so it

0:31:54.040 --> 0:31:55.560
<v Speaker 10>was a it was a memory. I got it back

0:31:55.600 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 10>to him, no issues. I didn't I didn't tell my dates,

0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:00.000
<v Speaker 10>Mom and dadd either.

0:32:00.000 --> 0:32:01.680
<v Speaker 5>I didn't have a license ed. We kept all those

0:32:01.680 --> 0:32:02.800
<v Speaker 5>things to ourselves.

0:32:03.280 --> 0:32:06.440
<v Speaker 2>That's pretty cool. Can you can you thank your hands

0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:10.520
<v Speaker 2>during your Hall of Fame speech for me? Just a

0:32:10.520 --> 0:32:12.120
<v Speaker 2>little comic relief up there?

0:32:12.720 --> 0:32:13.240
<v Speaker 5>Uh?

0:32:13.280 --> 0:32:17.680
<v Speaker 2>I think was it Freddie Mitchell who thanked his hands?

0:32:17.680 --> 0:32:21.240
<v Speaker 2>Remember the Eagles wide receiver? I think you thanked his hands.

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:23.560
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that was hilarious.

0:32:24.240 --> 0:32:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well you're not. You're not somebody who is.

0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:32.040
<v Speaker 10>That's not really much. That's not really much, jam And uh,

0:32:32.160 --> 0:32:33.800
<v Speaker 10>you know, I feel like I did. I did have

0:32:33.880 --> 0:32:35.520
<v Speaker 10>good hands, but I worked at it.

0:32:35.600 --> 0:32:37.680
<v Speaker 5>You know. It was thousands and thousands of.

0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:41.760
<v Speaker 10>Hours of you know, catching catching balls consistently to try

0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:43.480
<v Speaker 10>to get them to where they were.

0:32:44.280 --> 0:32:46.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but see, you didn't fall in line with the

0:32:46.280 --> 0:32:48.280
<v Speaker 2>diva wide receivers that.

0:32:49.480 --> 0:32:50.240
<v Speaker 5>I was just as big.

0:32:51.160 --> 0:32:53.120
<v Speaker 10>I was just as big of a diva as everyone else.

0:32:53.200 --> 0:32:55.640
<v Speaker 10>But I never I never did it in public. You know,

0:32:55.680 --> 0:32:57.800
<v Speaker 10>I'd always keep it to myself or you know, if

0:32:57.800 --> 0:33:01.200
<v Speaker 10>I had a question about targets things that maketure I

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:04.280
<v Speaker 10>would do it in a way where you know, it

0:33:04.360 --> 0:33:06.880
<v Speaker 10>wasn't showing up anybody or didn't put me in a

0:33:06.880 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 10>position where I would, you know, seem to be more

0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 10>more worried about my own personal you know, ask and

0:33:15.520 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 10>accomplishments than it was for my team. And so you know,

0:33:18.320 --> 0:33:20.960
<v Speaker 10>I wanted it just as bad as anybody else did,

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:23.200
<v Speaker 10>but I knew there was a way to do it,

0:33:23.000 --> 0:33:25.000
<v Speaker 10>in a way not to do it, in my opinion.

0:33:26.840 --> 0:33:31.800
<v Speaker 2>Congrats, been fun watching and uh, you know this is uh,

0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:34.120
<v Speaker 2>this is your moment. You've earned it, first Balance Hall

0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:36.080
<v Speaker 2>of Famer. Good luck this weekend.

0:33:36.600 --> 0:33:38.640
<v Speaker 10>Thank you, Thank you great seeing you out of Tahoe.

0:33:38.720 --> 0:33:41.720
<v Speaker 10>And congratulations to you and your family on your daughter's wedding.

0:33:41.720 --> 0:33:44.440
<v Speaker 10>And I hope you have an amazing time. Thank you,

0:33:44.520 --> 0:33:46.160
<v Speaker 10>Larry all Right, they have a great day.