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Speaker 1: Jackie Robinson Day, April fifteenth. And it was nineteen forty
Speaker 1: seven on this date that Jackie Robinson broke the color
Speaker 1: barrier and changed this country forever, the first black man
Speaker 1: to play Major League baseball. And it's still resonates to
Speaker 1: this day and I love that Major League Baseball honors
Speaker 1: Jackie Robinson for what he went through, what he did,
Speaker 1: what he had to endure in order to allow black
Speaker 1: and brown players to play Major League baseball, which was
Speaker 1: a huge, huge step back in nineteen forty seven. And
Speaker 1: today Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson today and tomorrow, which is great.
Speaker 1: It's actually today and tomorrow, all players, all on field
Speaker 1: people will wear the number forty two, which is the
Speaker 1: number that Jackie Robinson wore. And people will read a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff about Jackie Robinson today. And Chris, I
Speaker 1: have a new website out called mlbbro dot com. Please
Speaker 1: go there check out some of the stuff about Jackie Robinson.
Speaker 1: And Chris, what are your thoughts on Jackie Robinson in
Speaker 1: this day? And I think he's a hero to a
Speaker 1: lot of people. Man, he's he is a great American hero.
Speaker 1: It's as simple as that. Not just to African Americans,
Speaker 1: but he should be a hero to all Americans. He
Speaker 1: is the athletic embodiment of what America has always said
Speaker 1: it's still for on paper right, America hasn't, hadn't stood
Speaker 1: for those things all the time, but it liberate freedom, liberty,
Speaker 1: and justice for all. That wasn't the case before Jackie
Speaker 1: Robinson in sports even I mean it's still got issues obviously,
Speaker 1: but even in sports, that was not the case. And
Speaker 1: so he is not only a great African American hero,
Speaker 1: he is an American hero. And one thing I like
Speaker 1: to see rob is a sport that, let's face it,
Speaker 1: at this point, doesn't have a lot a lot of
Speaker 1: African Americans about eight percent African American. But yet seeing
Speaker 1: them honor Jackie Robinson the way they are and most
Speaker 1: of the players aren't African American, I think that that
Speaker 1: just kind of highlights how he was such a hero
Speaker 1: not just for blacks, but he's a he should be
Speaker 1: viewed as a hero for all Americans, regardless of your race.
Speaker 1: And it's interesting, right because we wanted to talk about,
Speaker 1: you know, what other athletes have kind of had the
Speaker 1: type of impact that Jackie Robinson has had. And I
Speaker 1: think when you look at some of the great, you know,
Speaker 1: African American athletes, it's it's interesting as I was thinking
Speaker 1: about it, because a lot of them really embody a
Speaker 1: certain aspect of black culture that they kind of bring
Speaker 1: into the mainstream, you know, and Jackie Robinson, I would
Speaker 1: say he was like the embodiment of the civil rights
Speaker 1: movement in sports, right, you know he was. He was
Speaker 1: like the Martin Luther King of sports. I think Mohammed
Speaker 1: Ali was like the Malcolm X of sports. Jackie Robinson
Speaker 1: got more done tangibly then Ali. I was gonna say, Chris,
Speaker 1: did you did you see the movie forty two, the
Speaker 1: recent one that was done about Jackie Robins Chadwick, the
Speaker 1: late Chad Boseman, who was great in that movie, right,
Speaker 1: absolutely great. But Chris I was almost in tears. You
Speaker 1: know what scene I'm talking about where he's playing in
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and the manager is calling them all kinds of names,
Speaker 1: and you know he knew he couldn't lash back out.
Speaker 1: He couldn't fight Chris, you know what I mean, like
Speaker 1: like the way he was treated and he understood, like
Speaker 1: you were just talking about him being closer to Martin
Speaker 1: Luther King and non violent and that's why he was
Speaker 1: picked to be that guy. He wasn't the best player
Speaker 1: in the negro Leagues. He wasn't the best about the
Speaker 1: negro Leagues league, right because Jackie Robinson And let's not
Speaker 1: forget Chris and I bring this up on our show
Speaker 1: all the time because writers get bashed all the time
Speaker 1: that that you know, we're about picking people Chris and awards.
Speaker 1: Let's just be honest. Jackie Robinson was the Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year in nineteen forty seven and Chris. Back then,
Speaker 1: there wasn't an al Rookie of the Year in an NL,
Speaker 1: just one for the entire league. Jackie Robinson won that award.
Speaker 1: And remember every baseball writer in the BBWAA back then
Speaker 1: was white, Every player was white, every owner was white,
Speaker 1: every umpire was white. And who was the Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year Jackie Robinson? Why Chris because he could play,
Speaker 1: because he was great. I think that speaks to in
Speaker 1: the point you're making is the objectivity of reporters and
Speaker 1: writers who vote. Now, look, and I'm sure you agree
Speaker 1: with this, rob I'm sure a lot of those white
Speaker 1: writers were racist, but yet they were like, look, when
Speaker 1: it comes to my job, I got integrity and this
Speaker 1: was the best player, so I'm voting for him. And
Speaker 1: so you're right. Because we catch flak all the time,
Speaker 1: whether it's All Star Games or MVP awards, they got
Speaker 1: to ask the grind all better be happy that the
Speaker 1: players don't pick the MVP. Yes, real talk. Yes, I
Speaker 1: mean we rob You bring it up all the time.
Speaker 1: When they first let the players vote for All Star
Speaker 1: what one hundred and thirty like that didn't vote for
Speaker 1: Lebron the Hunt even more didn't vote for Durant or something.
Speaker 1: It was ridiculous, right, So stop it. I mean, we're
Speaker 1: we're the ones. We're not tooting our own horn, but
Speaker 1: let us vote because we don't have a horse in
Speaker 1: the race. Really, we don't think that Jackie Robinson voting
Speaker 1: tells you all you need to know. Seriously, I think
Speaker 1: for that time. But Chris, when you think about great
Speaker 1: players who have made an impact in this country, I
Speaker 1: don't know if there's anybody bigger than Jackie Robinson, but
Speaker 1: we would love to hear from people and their thoughts
Speaker 1: eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. Muhammad Ali is
Speaker 1: right up there, Chris as well. I don't Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: different ways in which things were there. As I said,
Speaker 1: I would equate Jackie Robinson to the Martin Luther King
Speaker 1: of sports. Like you said, non violent or any other
Speaker 1: cheek you know, took all the slights and insults and
Speaker 1: you know, just just still excelled through it, right, And
Speaker 1: still excelled. Mohammed Ali was more like a Malcolm X
Speaker 1: and Muhammad Ali. You can't point to a ton of
Speaker 1: tangible things necessary laws changed and things like that, but
Speaker 1: psychologically he had such a great impact on the African
Speaker 1: American community and really in turn America as a whole.
Speaker 1: That's what Malcolm X was. Malcolm X stood up to
Speaker 1: the system, said what he wanted to say, called out
Speaker 1: wrongdoing by whites anytime he wanted to. And that's what
Speaker 1: Muhammed al leeded. Malcolm X didn't change laws and things
Speaker 1: like that, but he stood up like a man, and
Speaker 1: that's what people look, that's what people loved about Muhammed Ali.
Speaker 1: He was unashamedly black. And the thing, the thing that
Speaker 1: I always think of Muhammad Ali is black pride. Like
Speaker 1: he was a prideful man and and he made it
Speaker 1: like it was good to be black, do you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? And I think that's what he that's
Speaker 1: what he uh was able to hum relay to the
Speaker 1: to the masses and the black people that you know,
Speaker 1: black pride, Black hour like that's what the embodiment of
Speaker 1: that in sports? Absolutely yep, you're right. And and to
Speaker 1: drive the point Home about certain athletes embodying a portion
Speaker 1: of black culture and pushing it into the mainstream. Now,
Speaker 1: this guy is not on the level of Jackie Robinson
Speaker 1: and Ali buying stretches for as far as his impact, Well,
Speaker 1: I was gonna bring up I think you might think
Speaker 1: I'm bring up somebody else. I was gonna say iverson
Speaker 1: Alan Iverson in terms of the hip hop culture, like
Speaker 1: the Lebron I will, yeah, So I was just gonna
Speaker 1: say that. That's another example of the embodiment of a
Speaker 1: part of black culture is Alan Iverson with the corn
Speaker 1: rolls and bringing that into mainstream society. Let me get
Speaker 1: to Lebron because rob Lebron man, he has done so much.
Speaker 1: Now obviously, I mean somebody broke the color line. That
Speaker 1: was Jackie Robinson. Nobody can compare to that, um Ali,
Speaker 1: like you said, just the courage and the black pride
Speaker 1: he displayed. But Lebron, I think rob Lebron is setting
Speaker 1: a blueprint. And a lot of people think of the
Speaker 1: more than a vote, which was great. A lot of
Speaker 1: people think of the tray ViOn Martin you know post
Speaker 1: with him in the Miami Heat with the hoodies. Great.
Speaker 1: He's been outspoken about it. That's great, but and that's
Speaker 1: good not salute him for that, And I'm proud of
Speaker 1: him for that and happy he does it. But it
Speaker 1: doesn't take as much courage to do that today as
Speaker 1: it took when Muhammad Ali was doing it. No, I
Speaker 1: agree with that, you know what I'm saying, Like, yeah,
Speaker 1: it grageous for me and you to do it right
Speaker 1: as it took Ali. We could do it too, but
Speaker 1: it's just a different time. But I'm sorry, go ahead. No,
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, Muhammad Ali didn't know if he'd
Speaker 1: ever box again or make a living. He didn't know.
Speaker 1: You know, lebron is a gazillionaire, has plenty of money
Speaker 1: no matter what, and they can't really heard not play
Speaker 1: another game for the rest of his life and his
Speaker 1: generations upon generations are set. But you brought up a
Speaker 1: great point robe that people lose when they think about Ali.
Speaker 1: People think of him as all he had to take
Speaker 1: three years off because he didn't go to Vietnam, and
Speaker 1: they we talk about it like he knew he was
Speaker 1: coming back right for all, he knew everything he had
Speaker 1: worked for since he was twelve years old and started boxing.
Speaker 1: He threw it away, not for it because he was
Speaker 1: acting up before legitimate cause. He was willing to walk
Speaker 1: away from his individual dream for what he felt was
Speaker 1: the higher moral principle and for the great good. Not
Speaker 1: too many people are willing to do that, Chris. That's
Speaker 1: why Colin Kaepernick, when you think about where he was
Speaker 1: in his career and what he did, Chris, the mistry
Speaker 1: meant and the brutality by police that didn't happen to
Speaker 1: him or to his family member or anything. These were
Speaker 1: people he didn't even know, right, think about that, right,
Speaker 1: and he didn't even grow up like that. He grew
Speaker 1: up my family exactly. So he for him to take
Speaker 1: that kind of responsibility, to step out there and give
Speaker 1: up all that he had worked for as an NFL
Speaker 1: quarterback speaks volume. So Kaepernick is another guy we can
Speaker 1: include in the conversation, which we got something. A lot
Speaker 1: of people won't want to include him in there, but
Speaker 1: I was he gave up, He gave up his career,
Speaker 1: and I think rob a lot of people talk about,
Speaker 1: you know, well he did. Some people say, oh, he
Speaker 1: did it for publicity or what. No, not me if
Speaker 1: he was a star, if he was still a star,
Speaker 1: because remember he was a star for about two or
Speaker 1: three years. If he was still a superstar, it would
Speaker 1: have been easier to do it because he would have
Speaker 1: he was so good, they would have kept him in
Speaker 1: the league. But he was a dude player at that up.
Speaker 1: He was a backup. To do that as a backup,
Speaker 1: it's huge and shows that it really means something for you.
Speaker 1: Let me throw this out though, before we go to
Speaker 1: the callers. Rob Lebron James, I don't want it to
Speaker 1: be lost what he's doing when I say, I really
Speaker 1: believe Rob, that Lebron James is setting the blueprint for
Speaker 1: what African American athletes should be doing today. And by
Speaker 1: what I'm saying is you, Rob, you and I remember
Speaker 1: we were covering the league when kind of entourages became big. Right,
Speaker 1: you know got brothers, you know, make it to the league,
Speaker 1: and they got three or four of their best friends
Speaker 1: that they grew up with just hanging around them. They
Speaker 1: kicking it, traveling with them all that fine, right, right,
Speaker 1: I mean and and and they your boys. So they
Speaker 1: didn't mean to do it, and you certainly didn't mean
Speaker 1: to do it. But in a lot of cases, they
Speaker 1: end up just sucking your money, right, hangers on her
Speaker 1: rights because they just you, you pay if everything for
Speaker 1: and they're not developing themselves in the career or anything.
Speaker 1: Lebron said, look, I got my boys. I'm gonna put
Speaker 1: you guys in position. I'm gonna use my position to
Speaker 1: put you in position to become moguls in your own right.
Speaker 1: And Rich Paul has become the most right now, he's
Speaker 1: arguably the most powerful agent in the NBA. You got
Speaker 1: Maverick Carter who is now a media mogul with Springhill
Speaker 1: Entertainment and all of that. And they just there were
Speaker 1: just some news that oh they're gonna you know, you
Speaker 1: got Space Jam coming out. But now they're gonna do
Speaker 1: House Party, which I think would be great because I
Speaker 1: thought that was a great movie. So they're doing a
Speaker 1: remake of House Party. But my point is, I would
Speaker 1: like to see these brothers instead of just having your
Speaker 1: boys hang out and kick it with you. You You can
Speaker 1: do that too, but put them in position to empower themselves.
Speaker 1: When Lebron retires, Rich Paul still be powerful, Maverick Carter
Speaker 1: still be power, and then people they've brought up under them.
Speaker 1: I would like to see more guys do that. Send
Speaker 1: your boy to college. Yeah, I mean seriously tell you
Speaker 1: you gotta get years to graduate. My man, when you
Speaker 1: come out, you can be my business manager or whatever.
Speaker 1: But use your your connection to Nike to get them
Speaker 1: a job with Nike. You Rob, you know that, that's
Speaker 1: how this business works. You you know, or this this
Speaker 1: this corporate world. So Lebron, I don't want to to
Speaker 1: be lost. What he's done, he's taking it to a
Speaker 1: new level. So I put him in that group. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's fair. Eight seven seven ninety nine. On Fox. Let's
Speaker 1: go to Eddie and Seattle. You're on the Damn Patrick Show,
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. What's up Eddie? Hey, guys, uh. I'd
Speaker 1: like to say you all breath of fresh air, and
Speaker 1: I like to commen you before I do my comment
Speaker 1: on how you try to always keep things positive even
Speaker 1: on serious subjects. Damn Patrick and Amy Adams does that
Speaker 1: as well. Thank you very appreciated. You're not selling Wolf
Speaker 1: tickets or things like that. It's really appreciated. I have
Speaker 1: too to add. I would add Michael Jordan's money wise,
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's gonna ever give Lebron credit. It'll
Speaker 1: be years. It's like he's one of those people that
Speaker 1: people hate so much that I can't even enjoy him,
Speaker 1: uh sometimes when he plays, But I would love him
Speaker 1: or hate him. Oh, I love him, okay, because I
Speaker 1: think he's I think a lot of people love Lebron,
Speaker 1: but he's polarizing. He's parized. Yeah, I feel like too,
Speaker 1: but he's polarizing. Yeah, yeah, I think it's a media polarization.
Speaker 1: And then I would add Jack Johnson, So mine would
Speaker 1: be I'm not when I saw uh when he ran
Speaker 1: around on the basis when he broke bays Ruth record,
Speaker 1: I thought the guy that ran out there was gonna
Speaker 1: kill him. Perfect, So I'm with you on them. He
Speaker 1: number one. I like that, you know, punched the dude
Speaker 1: or something. Thanks for the call, man, We appreciate it.
Speaker 1: How about Susan and Florida. You're on the Dan Patrick's
Speaker 1: show Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Susan? Yeah, Hi, thank
Speaker 1: you for checking my call. Um. You know, I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about with Jackie Robinson and how brave Branch Rookie was
Speaker 1: to um have Jackie Robinson play, because you can almost
Speaker 1: anticipate the hatred that was going to come from the
Speaker 1: stands and some other players and maybe the opposing manager.
Speaker 1: So it was good to see that. I mean, I
Speaker 1: wasn't born yet, but I heard the story of that.
Speaker 1: And while I'm at it, I don't know if you
Speaker 1: are aware, but in the American League there was also
Speaker 1: a black player that was one of the very first
Speaker 1: to break a black but I don't remember his name
Speaker 1: or whatever. Play for a couple of weeks later or like, yeah,
Speaker 1: and he played for the Cleveland Indians, and a great man.
Speaker 1: Thanks Susan for the call, because you remember when he
Speaker 1: was with the Nuts, right, he was a Nuts front
Speaker 1: office guy, Larry Dobe. And I got to meet him
Speaker 1: and get to know him, and what a great man
Speaker 1: Larry Dobe. And you're right, he does get lost in history.
Speaker 1: I'm glad he brought him up because it was only
Speaker 1: two weeks later after Jackie ed in Wisconsin. You're on
Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick Show, Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Ed?
Speaker 1: Hey man? What's up? Thank you for all you do?
Speaker 1: Your previous color, your previous color stole a little bit
Speaker 1: of my thunder. But to expand upon her thought, mister
Speaker 1: branch Ricky if for you guys may or may not know,
Speaker 1: he consulted Joe Lewis because Jackie Robinson actually when he
Speaker 1: was in the military punched the superior officer and knocked
Speaker 1: him out. And branch Rickey was thinking twice, but he
Speaker 1: consulted with Joe Lewis because Joe Lewis knew him very well,
Speaker 1: and Joe Lewis vouch for him, and and and you
Speaker 1: know what I love and that if you saw the
Speaker 1: movie forty two and you know branch Ricky's full story,
Speaker 1: it wasn't like he was just a saint and wanted
Speaker 1: to do right. Like he was a businessman branch rick correct.
Speaker 1: And the reason he did this was he had a
Speaker 1: team in Brooklyn that was selling tickets and he sees
Speaker 1: all these black people walking around the streets of Brooklyn
Speaker 1: and he's like, how can I get those people in
Speaker 1: my ballpark? That's really what am I right? I mean correct,
Speaker 1: I'm getting stamped exactly. But but thank thank you for
Speaker 1: the call, Thank you for the call. We got Robert
Speaker 1: Woods la Rams wide receiver. Man got a new quarterback.
Speaker 1: See if he's excited, he'll join us shortly. Keep it
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Speaker 1: Radio Studios. Our next guest is Los Angeles Rams wide
Speaker 1: receiver Robert Woods. He's here on behalf of castro who
Speaker 1: is partnering with Robert and the LA Rams this season.
Speaker 1: Robert's bringing awareness to the importance of sustainability and is
Speaker 1: partnering with castroll to demonstrate how everyone can take small
Speaker 1: steps to help create a more sustainable future. And he'll
Speaker 1: be joining us momentarily. But Rob, that was an interesting,
Speaker 1: really good topic on Jackie Robinson, and I thought some
Speaker 1: callers brought up some really interesting points about that. No
Speaker 1: doubt about it, I mean no doubt. And it's a
Speaker 1: great day to reflect, Chris, and also for people, it's
Speaker 1: it's still inspiring that you can make change. People can
Speaker 1: make changes in this world, Chris, no doubt you can
Speaker 1: make changes. Yes, it can be done when all things
Speaker 1: look bleak and it looks like things can't happen, or
Speaker 1: you know it's unfair or whatever. You know, if people
Speaker 1: good people are willing to band together and do what's right,
Speaker 1: and allowing Blackie Jackie Robinson to play Major League baseball, Chris,
Speaker 1: change this country and how black people were viewed. And
Speaker 1: you think about nineteen forty seven, that's twenty years before
Speaker 1: the Civil Rights movement. You know, it had to be
Speaker 1: bleak in this country in nineteen forty seven, it was
Speaker 1: definitely bleak, and like you said, he had the courage
Speaker 1: to go out there and do it. And I've said
Speaker 1: it before, Rob to you, and I hate to say
Speaker 1: this because it's not I don't think it's a compliment
Speaker 1: to our country, But if African Americans weren't so good
Speaker 1: in sports, I don't think we'd be as accepted as
Speaker 1: we are today. And we still got problems today. I
Speaker 1: really don't if we were just Hardbridge Rebrokay, we had
Speaker 1: a few guys here there. I really don't. I hate
Speaker 1: to say it because it shouldn't be based on how
Speaker 1: fast you are, how high you can jump, how great
Speaker 1: you are at baseball or basketball or whatever. It should
Speaker 1: be based on your humanity. So I don't disagree. I
Speaker 1: don't disagree with you. I think that in this country
Speaker 1: because how important athletics and sports is woven to our society, Chris, Like,
Speaker 1: for us, there's all these great thinking people and ideas
Speaker 1: and smart people and whatnot, but they don't get the
Speaker 1: politicians whatever. They don't get nearly the praise or the
Speaker 1: love that black athletes get right after. That's why those
Speaker 1: guys often are looked too. You know, people say, oh,
Speaker 1: I don't want sports to be mixed in with my
Speaker 1: politics or you know, these things to be mixed in
Speaker 1: with my sports. But that's I'm sorry, that's the entryway,
Speaker 1: and those are the people get rid of the athletes
Speaker 1: bring up. Right, we don't want to bring it up either,
Speaker 1: but we got to because we keep having these problems.
Speaker 1: So all right or not, No, let's get to Robert Woods,
Speaker 1: la Rams wide receiver. As I said, he's here on
Speaker 1: behalf of Castro, which is partnering with Robert and the
Speaker 1: Rams and they're bringing awareness to the importance of sustainability
Speaker 1: and partnering to demonstrate how everyone can take small steps
Speaker 1: to help create a more sustainable future. Robert, welcome to
Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick Show and can you can expound on
Speaker 1: what you're doing with Castro. Yeah, thank you as for
Speaker 1: having me. Yeah, partnering up with castrow um. We we're
Speaker 1: raising awareness locally and across the United States. We're traveling
Speaker 1: and trying to reduce our impact on our environment anyway
Speaker 1: we can. Two weeks ago, we were just in Los
Speaker 1: Angeles cleaning up the park. We have volunteers come out
Speaker 1: and with Keep America Beautiful they came out as well.
Speaker 1: We were able to have a good group of people
Speaker 1: to come out and clean up the streets, pick up
Speaker 1: waste and trash in our in our communities and even
Speaker 1: for away games. This year, we'll be every city we visit,
Speaker 1: we'll be doing the same, asking volunteers to come out
Speaker 1: and be a part of it. And if they can't,
Speaker 1: really just trying to have an impact anyway they can,
Speaker 1: whether it's in their own home, limiting electricity, electricity use, recycling,
Speaker 1: using less classic public transportation. Really any any way can help,
Speaker 1: and they could they could join the team like that
Speaker 1: anyway possible, Robert, how do you get people to understand?
Speaker 1: Because the biggest thing is I think most people don't
Speaker 1: think even their little bit means anything or or you
Speaker 1: know what I mean, is changing things. But if you
Speaker 1: could get people to understand that every little bit actually
Speaker 1: does count, you know what I mean, the little stuff
Speaker 1: that you do at your house, recycling and things like
Speaker 1: that does make a difference. How hard is it to
Speaker 1: get that point across to people? Yeah, I was listening
Speaker 1: to you guys tern Satan a little bit earlier as
Speaker 1: just having an impact inspiring um we as the leader
Speaker 1: then and athletes were able to put a spotlight on
Speaker 1: this and be able to encourage other other players to
Speaker 1: come out, telling a France to come out. And really,
Speaker 1: once you know, get going, it's kind of inevitable. You
Speaker 1: want to keep it going and keep the change going.
Speaker 1: And that's why the Driving for Change program is there.
Speaker 1: Um this is that's to start a kickstart encouraging fans
Speaker 1: to be a part of it. And I think once
Speaker 1: you inspire others how important this is to our environment
Speaker 1: into our communities. I think it'll it'll, it will transition
Speaker 1: into that right now. It is inspirational bringing people aboard
Speaker 1: and showing them the small steps they can take. All right, Robert,
Speaker 1: you you've been with the Rams four years and it's
Speaker 1: been a great I mean, it's been a really good
Speaker 1: four years. Three times in the playoffs, once to the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I'm sure. I mean, we can just look
Speaker 1: at your numbers and see did you had a good connection,
Speaker 1: a great connection with Jared Goff. What were your thoughts
Speaker 1: when they traded him away for mattch Yeah, great connection
Speaker 1: with them. I always tell you know, that's best quarterback
Speaker 1: I had, Jared, that's quarterback I had. But m really
Speaker 1: just just coming a part of that offense and being
Speaker 1: able to um showcase my game and showcase my talents
Speaker 1: as not only as a blocker but as a true receiver.
Speaker 1: My credit after this offense and Jared being able to
Speaker 1: um place the ball on the right spot at the
Speaker 1: right time, you know, guts to the Super Bowl, had
Speaker 1: many playoff runs and really I was I was shocked
Speaker 1: when when the trade happened, because you know, it's like,
Speaker 1: oh man, this is our this is our quarterback is
Speaker 1: our franchise quarterback, and just that the trade was the
Speaker 1: shocking and then also exciting at the same time. To
Speaker 1: get a guy like Matthew Stafford, a guy who was
Speaker 1: accomplished so much in the NFL um always one of
Speaker 1: the top leaders and passing yards um and as a receiver,
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta appreciate that, always having a quarterback
Speaker 1: who can place the ball in the receiver his hands.
Speaker 1: And he had Calvin Johnson, a first ballot Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame receiver. But are you surprised though that Stafford never
Speaker 1: won a playoff game in Detroit in twelve years. Like
Speaker 1: he has a lot of individual stats, but the Lions
Speaker 1: didn't win a lot. Yeah, I would say that's why
Speaker 1: it's a perfect combination for our team. You see with
Speaker 1: our offense and actually our whole team, the success we
Speaker 1: have been able to make the playoffs. I want to
Speaker 1: say three out of the four years had a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl run. And then to get a guy like Stafford
Speaker 1: who has all the personal stats, who did have Nate
Speaker 1: Burlison on his other side, he had Calvin Johnson also
Speaker 1: with golden take um. He's always had good receivers. So
Speaker 1: I think really just to get him a part of
Speaker 1: our winning coacher on our team would be really good
Speaker 1: for him and his career to finally put it together.
Speaker 1: Let's bring our our winning culture with his winning personality
Speaker 1: together and let's accomplish some great things. The Rams, they
Speaker 1: obviously think this is an upgrade. Do you feel that way?
Speaker 1: We gotta see, Um, you know, I would say, you
Speaker 1: gotta see it's it's different. You know, this is a
Speaker 1: whole new environment for Stafford to come leaving Detroit. He's
Speaker 1: been in one place his whole career. Um, you know
Speaker 1: I would I would love for it to be an upgrade. Uh,
Speaker 1: because this are the things that we accomplished with Jared Goff.
Speaker 1: I think if we do have an upgraded quarterback, I
Speaker 1: think that's huge for our team. Um, been in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: I think this could get us over the hump. If so,
Speaker 1: get us get us into that Super Bowl and finally
Speaker 1: win it. We got there with Jared. But let's see
Speaker 1: with with Matthew Stafford and bringing to this offense. Uh.
Speaker 1: He does, he does have some stuff to prove. Like
Speaker 1: you said, he hasn't won any playoff games. He has
Speaker 1: the individual stats, but I mean, where where as teammates
Speaker 1: now where are the guys and we're going to help
Speaker 1: him accomplish these things. Robert, We've heard from a lot
Speaker 1: of baseball players years and uh NBA players now that
Speaker 1: they're allowing fans in the ballpark. UH. As a football player,
Speaker 1: what was it like a year ago, you know, with
Speaker 1: no fans and and the you know at the beautiful
Speaker 1: new home of stadium for you guys here in Los Angeles,
Speaker 1: and then the idea of maybe the commissioner said, maybe
Speaker 1: there's full stands come football season. Is that something that
Speaker 1: was different playing not playing in front of fans. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Last year was like, you know, you're going to the stadiums,
Speaker 1: it's quiet. You hear the air conditioning running. It's like
Speaker 1: it's like glorified. You're able to you can hear for
Speaker 1: guy did eat his stomach was growling, right or something. Seriously.
Speaker 1: So I look forward to you know, having fans um
Speaker 1: come come back into the stadium, uh, and really being
Speaker 1: able to see our stadium for the first time. UM.
Speaker 1: It's really a great apt sphere. Can't wait for so
Speaker 1: far stadium to be filled, the affinity for affinity board
Speaker 1: to be seen. UM. I think we have the best
Speaker 1: stadium in the NFL, and it needs to be filled
Speaker 1: with fans, screaming rams fans, and from a player's perspective,
Speaker 1: just feeling that energy again. You know, it makes the
Speaker 1: moments even bigger, It makes the winds more enjoyable. And
Speaker 1: being able to interact with the fans when you score touchdowns,
Speaker 1: it's very, very minmable. Can't wait for these things to
Speaker 1: get back into play and pack pack out our new
Speaker 1: stadium as possible. Robert I talk a lot about quarterbacks
Speaker 1: and intangibles. Um, you look at Tom Brady, Joe Montana,
Speaker 1: like what made them so great was not just was
Speaker 1: really not their arm strength or anything like that, their athleticism.
Speaker 1: I think a big part of it is their intangibles.
Speaker 1: Their ability to lead the locker room, to get everybody
Speaker 1: to follow them, to get everybody to believe in them.
Speaker 1: You're a receiver, so that you can clearly see that
Speaker 1: either lacking or that as a strength of a quarterback.
Speaker 1: Can you kind of for those the layman out there
Speaker 1: that don't really understand that or pooh poo intangiles, can
Speaker 1: you kind of talk about the importance of that and
Speaker 1: even describe it, like, how do you know if a
Speaker 1: guy has it? What is it about a guy that
Speaker 1: can make the team want to follow him and believe
Speaker 1: in him and all that. Yeah, I would say first
Speaker 1: it comes with your your your your work ethic, your attitude,
Speaker 1: how you approach the game in the weight room, film,
Speaker 1: film study, and on the practice field. I think all
Speaker 1: these things have an impact. And of course your your
Speaker 1: play has to back it up. And especially at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position or either on you. You are the leader
Speaker 1: of the team, regardless of a and how many years experience. UM.
Speaker 1: So really I would think, um, the quarterback position is
Speaker 1: one of the key positions that make a team. And
Speaker 1: with our team having a lot of leadership president, UM,
Speaker 1: it's very key because we're able to um just have
Speaker 1: our our quarterback have the confidence because we have them
Speaker 1: the confidence as well in him. But even just our play,
Speaker 1: our defensive play. We have great guys on the defensive side.
Speaker 1: And really I always credit uh success to the confidence
Speaker 1: in this league. As long as you're able to keep
Speaker 1: your your quarterback confident, UM have them believing in itself.
Speaker 1: Being a leader. H. We always do do self talk
Speaker 1: and and talking to our teammates, hyping them up before
Speaker 1: the games, because really, when you believe it, and um, like,
Speaker 1: oh thing you if you believe you can achieve it's
Speaker 1: really true at this level. Let me ask you one
Speaker 1: last thing. And and I know you know you were
Speaker 1: happy with Jared Goff. Guys had a connection. But when
Speaker 1: you look around the NFL and you see some of
Speaker 1: these other quarterbacks and you see, uh, Aaron Rodgers or
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady, look at those guys and go,
Speaker 1: you know, like, what it would be like to be
Speaker 1: a receiver for one of those guys? Is that hard
Speaker 1: not to think about? Now? I don't obviously, I mean
Speaker 1: obviously you will. Let me take that back. You do
Speaker 1: obviously think about playing with Tom Brady. I think every
Speaker 1: receiver's dream would be to play with Tom Brady and
Speaker 1: just experienced, Um, would it like to play with one
Speaker 1: of the greatest players and greatest quarterbacks of all time?
Speaker 1: But the others, No, obviously they're good and uh we're
Speaker 1: good at what they do. Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, there
Speaker 1: some of the best in the game. But I'd rather
Speaker 1: I'd rather rock with with my quarterback who I've grinded
Speaker 1: it with and and put in the sweat and the tears,
Speaker 1: and I have total confidence and and and our quarterbacks
Speaker 1: played when we had Jared. Now that we have Stafford
Speaker 1: as well. Um, I'd rather rock with with our guy.
Speaker 1: And Robert is a smart man. You are smart man.
Speaker 1: He's like I probably go through the football. All right,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say nothing that's gonna stop me from getting
Speaker 1: to football because I want to play with Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: or Patrick Vols. Right hey, and even like you said,
Speaker 1: it's the tandem. It's Aaron Rodgers and another receiver. I'll
Speaker 1: take myself and our quarterback over anybody else. All right. Well, wait,
Speaker 1: y'all got close last year, so we will be watching
Speaker 1: and looking for some big things from you guys this year.
Speaker 1: That's Robert Woods, thanks a lot, Rams wide receiver, Thanks
Speaker 1: a lot man. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1: Thanks Chris. Thanks, Yeah, all right, it is the couple.
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Speaker 1: Rob Carlos Rodones, Chicago White Sox, he was so close
Speaker 1: to the perfect game. Now he did get the no no,
Speaker 1: the no hitter, and so that's certainly accomplishment. I was
Speaker 1: gonna say, not too many people pictures in baseball get
Speaker 1: the picture no hitter, right, yeah, and so that yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that that's awesome. But the perfect game. It
Speaker 1: was a little controversial because he with one out left
Speaker 1: in the I believe it was he hit an Indian's
Speaker 1: batter on the back foot, all right, and a lot
Speaker 1: of people, Roberto Perez is who it was, a lot
Speaker 1: of people, you know, were feeling like Perez should have
Speaker 1: got out of the way. He maybe didn't follow baseball
Speaker 1: etiquette because he knew the no no was there and
Speaker 1: it was ado. Rob. It wasn't even like it was
Speaker 1: one like trying to get on base, to be like,
Speaker 1: you know, it's one nothing where you're trying to get
Speaker 1: on base, right, but where do you look? I saw it,
Speaker 1: and I just I don't think he really had much
Speaker 1: of a chance to get out of the way. Like
Speaker 1: you can tell when a batter either leans into a
Speaker 1: pitch to get hit or just clearly doesn't make the
Speaker 1: effort when he could have to get out of the way.
Speaker 1: I don't think that was the case with Perez. I
Speaker 1: think he just got hit and it was unfortunate, and
Speaker 1: he was, you know, you could see him after the play,
Speaker 1: was hurt to some degree. So I have no problem
Speaker 1: with what Perez did what soever. I'm with you. I
Speaker 1: think people were saying he should have got out of way. Nothing, no, no,
Speaker 1: he got hit. There was nothing that he could do.
Speaker 1: He didn't lean into the ball, Chris trying to get
Speaker 1: on base, trying to get hit or something, you know.
Speaker 1: So it's unfortunate that, uh, you know, the no no,
Speaker 1: the perfect game wasn't completed. But a no hitter is
Speaker 1: pretty sweet. And this is the only thing, Chris that's
Speaker 1: really strange to me. Remember Baseball wanted to kind of
Speaker 1: limit the home runs and whatnot. They kind of played
Speaker 1: with the ball the kind of telling them, yeah, I
Speaker 1: don't think they want to limit home runs. Well, they
Speaker 1: want to, they wanted to, be right, But there've been
Speaker 1: two no hitters already this season. The season is only
Speaker 1: two weeks old. Well, Rob, I look I'm glad you
Speaker 1: brought it up, because we talked about it last night
Speaker 1: on our show, The Our Couple. How in the in
Speaker 1: the Atlantic League they're gonna experiment with moving the plate
Speaker 1: back or rubber, Yeah, mound back twelve inches from home
Speaker 1: plate to help hitters. They think put the ball in
Speaker 1: play more. Not so much home runs, but singles, groundouts, fly,
Speaker 1: But you know, just action. So we see action. What
Speaker 1: do you think, Because here's the stat I'm gonna throw
Speaker 1: at you. They were saying a decade ago, twenty nine
Speaker 1: percent of plate appearances ended in either a strikeout, a walk,
Speaker 1: or a home run, so obviously not a lot of
Speaker 1: action outside of the home run. Today, Rob, it's up
Speaker 1: to thirty seven percent of at bats end in one
Speaker 1: of those three ways. Do you think that we're going
Speaker 1: to see more no hitters this year or at least
Speaker 1: until they straighten out whatever they're doing with the ball,
Speaker 1: Like you think that's gonna happen. Something's going on. Two
Speaker 1: no hitters in the first two weeks is pretty impressive.
Speaker 1: I mean, Chris, you know there's not that many period,
Speaker 1: and you got two and two weeks. But but I
Speaker 1: think I don't want the mound all to the chain.
Speaker 1: You know, we had that before where the mound was
Speaker 1: higher in the sixties, Chris, when Sandy Kofax and Bob
Speaker 1: Gibson and those guys were unhittable right then they had
Speaker 1: to lower the mound because it was too high. It
Speaker 1: gave the pictures an advantage over the hitters. And now
Speaker 1: in this case, I just think we need to get
Speaker 1: back to not allowing hitters to just swing for the fences.
Speaker 1: And what I mean is, if you strike out one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty times, you're going back to the minor leagues.
Speaker 1: Shorten up to swing, Chris, try to make contact, hit
Speaker 1: the ball to the opposite field, bunked to get on base, like,
Speaker 1: there's all kinds of other things that you can do.
Speaker 1: The shift is no good. But but I'm with you.
Speaker 1: I don't want to just see home runs and walk
Speaker 1: I mean home runs and strikeouts. I don't want to
Speaker 1: see that's not baseball, it's not I agree with you.
Speaker 1: But the problem is the analytics show. That's why they're
Speaker 1: doing this. Robe We know it because the analytics show. Hey,
Speaker 1: if I can get too home runs and a couple
Speaker 1: walks in a game, you know what I mean? Forget
Speaker 1: the singles and and and things like that, but it's
Speaker 1: not good for the game. It's not good for the product.
Speaker 1: So um yeah, I'm with you. Uh, there needs to
Speaker 1: be a change of philosophy is really what we need.
Speaker 1: We shouldn't We shouldn't accept strike out anymore, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean, Like, we shouldn't accept it. At one point, Chris,
Speaker 1: it wasn't acceptable, a source of shame. Yeah, tell me,
Speaker 1: I'm overstated, but you know what I mean, to strike out,
Speaker 1: that was like the worst thing. I want to strike out.
Speaker 1: Nobody wanted to strike out. All right, it's the couple
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