1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: Ding dong. It's our numb bird two. Our number two 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: is ready for you. So here at our number two. 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: We celebrate the goat, the goaty goaty micgoat, the greatest 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: of all time. Now we're gonna have more on this 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: on the Fifth Hour podcast, and you're gonna want to 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: hear that. But here on the original recipe Ben Mathers Show, 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: what are your reflections on former Cub manager Lee Ilia's life? 8 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: He passed away this week at age eighty seven. Also 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: lots of social media chatter about bravestar Ronald Acuna Jr. 10 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: Being on the trading block? Is that fair or foul? 11 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: And the Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo, he thinks that baseball 12 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: should get rid of the rule that says every team 13 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: should have an all star representative, says it's broken. Are 14 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: you on board with that? We'll go there as well. 15 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: All of it coming your way right now. It's our 16 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: number two, the Goat of goats crossing the pearly gates. 17 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: Welcome in the beginning of yet another hour of the 18 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: Bend Malord Show. We are in the air everywhere, taking 19 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: up bandwidth as we are hotter than a waffle house grill. 20 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: At four in the morning. 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So it's a 37 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 1: baseball store, but we paused the standard Major League baseball 38 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: chatter for something a little bit different, and people talk 39 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 1: about legends of the game and who's the greatest. The 40 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: goat talk. But if you haven't heard what we're going 41 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: to play here in a couple of minutes, then you 42 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: really don't know who the goat of the tirade is. 43 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: You might not know what I'm talking about. But there's 44 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: a gentleman who managed the Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies 45 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 1: name Lee Ilia, and Lee Ilia died this week. He 46 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: was eighty seven. News came out, news came out yesterday. 47 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: And if you're of a certain age, you might not 48 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: know that name. You probably don't know that name. Maybe 49 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: you've heard it a little bit if you've been listening 50 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: to any sports radio. But Lee Ilia. We mentioned he 51 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 1: managed the Cubs very briefly, very briefly, over forty years ago. 52 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: He then got another job in Philadelphia in nineteen eighty seven, 53 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: and so he had a couple of jobs. He had 54 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: a losing record, he never made the playoffs as a manager. 55 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: And yet the day that he dies, everyone has a 56 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: story about Lee Ilia. Everyone wants to talk about Lee Ilia. 57 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: So why is everyone talking about this guy? Well, because 58 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: Lee Ilia gave the world a gift. He left the 59 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: world a gift that will live on long after Lee 60 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: passed away for many many years, and this is the standard. 61 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: This is the gold standard. So let's take you back 62 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: to April twenty ninth, nineteen eighty three, Wrigly Field, Chicago. 63 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:30,039 Speaker 1: The Cubs were playing the Dodgers, and the Dodgers won 64 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: the game. The Cubs were off to a terrible start, 65 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: miserable baseball. And in those days, it was a mom 66 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: and pop operation at Wrigley Field. So these ballparks were 67 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: all crap holes. And so the doug the clubhouse for 68 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: the Cubs, was in center field. It was down in 69 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: the outfield. So after you lost the game, you had 70 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: to leave the dugout at Wrigley and you had to 71 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: walk out to the clubhouse in center field. And the 72 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: bleacher bumps in Chicago started throwing trash at the Cub players. Well, 73 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: that led to then Cub manager Lee Iela letting the 74 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: world know what he thought of the Cub fans and 75 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: what he thought of people that go to Wrigley Field. 76 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: Take a listen, let's go to the audio tape. 77 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:18,280 Speaker 2: We got all these so called feaking fans that come 78 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: out there, Cub fans that are supposed to be behind it, 79 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 2: ripping every sacking thing you do. I'll tell you one 80 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 2: second thing I hope we get speaking hotter and get 81 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 2: it just to stuff it up them three thousand people 82 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 2: that show up every second day, because if they're the 83 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 2: real Chicago fans, they can kiss my seaking. 84 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 3: Ass right downtown and print it. 85 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: They're really really behind. 86 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:46,920 Speaker 4: You around here, my seeking ass. 87 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: And nobody's going with it because you guys are written good. 88 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 4: What the fuck am I supposed to do? 89 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 2: Go out there and let my fing players get destroyed 90 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: every day and be quiet about it for the nickel 91 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 2: dye people to show up. The motherfuckers do not even 92 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 2: work game, don't get a job and find out what 93 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 2: it's like to go out there and living working the 94 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: other fifteen come out here playground. The players got guys. 95 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 2: People poo And that's because. 96 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: My ass all right. He actually went on even longer 97 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: than that. But that is art. What you heard there 98 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: is art. That is magic, That is audio gold. So 99 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: let us discuss what are your reflections on the passing 100 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: of former Cub manager Lee. What are your reflections on 101 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: his life in baseball? So I've got Michael Angelo, taste 102 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: buds and cheerleading, and we'll combine all of these things 103 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: together and we'll have a deep dish Chicago pizza so a. 104 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Lee Ilia, while he wore a baseball uniform, was like 105 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,880 Speaker 1: Robin Williams or Dave Chappelle. He made people smile, he 106 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: made people laugh. Very rarely does one reach perfection in life. 107 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: People always strive for perfection. You often come up just 108 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: a little bit short. But on that day in nineteen 109 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: eighty three, in April of nineteen eighty three, Lee Elia 110 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: gave the world the magnum opus. It was his magnum opus, 111 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: and we all get to enjoy it. There have been 112 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: many great rants by coaches and people in sports over 113 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: the years, and I know later on on the Fifth 114 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: Hour podcast, I'll talk about some of my favorites. But 115 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: whether it's Tommy Lasorda or Dennis Green, or Bobby Knight 116 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: or so many others, all of them were good. None 117 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: of them. None of them can match what you heard 118 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: moments ago from Lee Ilia. What Lee Elia did is 119 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: the Michelangelo. He's the Michelangelo of the Meltdown. It wasn't 120 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: just a rant, It was more than that. It was 121 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: painting the Sistine Chapel with words, with audio. Every sentence 122 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: that I heard there was a brushstroke of greatness right 123 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: every syllable perfection. It was raw, it was unfiltered emotion. 124 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: Gotta remember, in those days, Wrigley Field did not have lights. 125 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: Every one of the Cub home games was a day game. 126 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: So he essentially said anyone that came to watch Cubs 127 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: baseball didn't have a job. He said the entire fan 128 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: base didn't have a job. He didn't just call out 129 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: the fans, he excommunicated the entire Chicago Cub fan base. 130 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:53,560 Speaker 1: He called them nickelin dime people. Eighty five percent of 131 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: the world's work. The other fifteen percent come out here. 132 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: It's a playground for the blank blanks. And he didn't 133 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: just defend his players, he canonized them. I mean, I 134 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: just can't tell you enough how great that was and 135 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,440 Speaker 1: how we'll likely never get that in our lifetime. Maybe 136 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: somewhere down the line, you know, time goes on forever. 137 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: Some generation will get someone that will top that. But 138 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,680 Speaker 1: I won't be around and you won't be around. Lee 139 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: Elia etched his name in the Book of Legends. He said, well, 140 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: who's the greatest quarterback? People say, well, Tom Brady, who's 141 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: the all time greatest NBA player? The real ones will 142 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 1: say Michael Jordan, Right, Michael Jordan, who's the greatest baseball player. 143 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: Most people say Babe Ruth Right who gave us the 144 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 1: greatest coaching meltdown, Lee Ilia. Period. Stop. That's it. Now 145 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: in cub history lee Ilia is somewhere like near bart 146 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: Man and Billy the Billy Goat Curse and all that stuff. 147 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: But it is one of the most endearing works of 148 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: art that here we are over forty years later, and 149 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: we still play it, we still smile. New generations are 150 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 1: introduced to this audio. I was lucky enough years ago 151 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: on my travels to meet Les Grobstein, who was the 152 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: one that recorded that. Was a radio man in Chicago, 153 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: actually did the overnights at the score for years. Lee yea. 154 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,199 Speaker 1: Les actually passed away a couple years back. But rest 155 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: in peace to the Goat, and make sure this weekend 156 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: you pour one out for our homie of the coaching tirade, 157 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: the greatest of all time, Lee Elia. And remember eighty 158 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,200 Speaker 1: five percent of the world's work. The other fifteen percent 159 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: come out to Wrigley Field. It's a playground for the 160 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: blank bikes, all right. Meanwhile, we go now to the 161 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: A t L. Why a lot of social media chatter, 162 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: a lot of social media chatter that the Bravos could 163 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: say bye bye to star Ronald Acuno Jr. So a 164 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 1: lot of chatter that he's on the trading block. Is 165 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 1: that fair or foul? Is it fair or foul? So 166 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 1: despite popular opinion by the people who are insiders, it's 167 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: a fair ball. Fair ball. Now some of the baseball 168 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: media elites have come out here, the guardians of the game, 169 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: and they are dismissing the very notion that Ronald Acuna Jr. 170 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: Could be available preposterous. It's just clickbait, right they talking. 171 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 1: I know better than you call me a sucker, but 172 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: I buy it. I do. I believe it's it's in play. 173 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,439 Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to be traded. I believe 174 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: there are conversations. If it's so laughable that the Braves 175 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: would trade Ronald Alcuna Jr. Why does the rumor persist. 176 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, because there's some truth to it, right, 177 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: And remember, taste buds change. You probably like stuff you 178 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: didn't like when you're eight years old, and if you're 179 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: eight years old, you shouldn't be listening. So who cares this? 180 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: This is his his stick, you know, his act Ronald 181 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 1: Lacuna juior is. It is an acquired taste, taste budge 182 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,319 Speaker 1: change right, And he's put up good numbers offensively there. 183 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: But there are factions in Atlanta. There are factions that 184 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: I ask guy, you know, the stopping and the bat 185 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: flipping and the check me out jogs around the bases. 186 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: He's got when he hits a home run. Now he's 187 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: got a different celebration for every ten feet around the base. 188 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: So that has a limited shelf life if you're always 189 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: getting hurt. And that's the that's the rub on this. 190 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 1: For all of the grand standing and all of the 191 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: swag walking, Kuna is made out of paper mache. Should 192 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: have been a basketball player. With all of the injuries 193 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: and since debuting in twenty eighteen, he has had not 194 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: one but two torn acls, one on each each knee. 195 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: He's had the following injuries. He's missed games because of 196 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: a groin injury, quad, hammy, wrist, back, foot, all of 197 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:13,120 Speaker 1: it in Atlanta. Having a tough time this week in 198 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: Oakland or not in Oakland. There's a Freudian slip in 199 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: Sacramento or not just Sacramento, West Sacramento. But the Braves 200 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: are a middling team, and it makes you wonder. I 201 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: like the whispers continue out there that they're listening. They're 202 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: not actively trying to get rid of the player, but 203 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: they're listening, and it's I think it's more than just 204 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: tabloid nonsense. And they also some smoke there a little smoke, 205 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: there's gas, there's smoke. There's probably some fire. And the 206 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: Braves will never admit it. If the Red Sox called 207 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 1: the Atlanta Braves up and said, we'll send you Jaron 208 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 1: Duran and a couple of our top minor league pitchers 209 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: and we'll throw some other stuff in there with the Brave, 210 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 1: make that deal the Angels. They need all kinds of help, 211 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: right with the Angels trade some players to Atlanta, and 212 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: the Angels and Braves, that's essentially all they do is 213 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: trade players to each other. How about a team like 214 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: the Tigers, who are the top team in baseball this year, 215 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: they want to make another big splash move before the 216 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: July thirty first trade deadline. Inquiring minds would like to 217 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: know all right now, last word, we go out to 218 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: New York where New York Metropolitan out through the Brandon Mimo. 219 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: Doesn't that sound like a Disney Ride. Brandon Nimo. He 220 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: thinks that Major League Baseball needs to change a rule. 221 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 1: That's right. Brandon Nimo believes that it's time to forget this. 222 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: Every team gets an All Star rep rule, says it's broken. 223 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: Brandon Nimo. Because we really care what Brandon Neimo has 224 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: to say. He says it should only be the best players, 225 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: not the best players on every team. So are you 226 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: all on board? Are you on board with this? So? 227 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: I am not? I am not. This is mostly Brandon 228 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: Nemo cheerleading for his homie Juan Soda. Now, as for 229 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 1: the meat of the matter on this one, we've gone 230 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: back and forth on this over the years and today 231 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: my position is that they should keep it the way 232 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: it is. The rule exists for a reason. You're supposed 233 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,800 Speaker 1: to grow the game. Baseball has continued to be for 234 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: probably thirty years now. It's been a regional sport. It's 235 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: been a regional sport, and there are so many teams 236 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: that blow, like the Pirates and the Rockies and the 237 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: White Sox, and you want people that like those teams 238 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: for some reason to watch, and if their team's got 239 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: nobody in the game either, they're not gonna watch or 240 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 1: they're flipping over to Netflix by the second inning. Now, 241 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: for me, it's nostalgia because I remember back in the day, 242 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: there was a time the Dodgers sucked, right, they were 243 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: a bad team. They didn't have good players. There was 244 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: one it was actually a couple of years they only 245 00:16:09,840 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: had one All Star. The most famous year in Dodger history, 246 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: though in modern times they there was. I think it 247 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: was the early nineties they had one All Star. It 248 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: was Mike Sharperson, the late Mike Sharperson. It's like, man, 249 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: that's things are not going well for the Dodgers. But 250 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: I remember watching I was like, I was hoping he 251 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: would get into the game and listen. I get the 252 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: fact that the Yankees and the Dodgers have all the 253 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: top players. If you said only the top players are 254 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: going to be and it'd be mostly Yankees and Dodgers, 255 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: a few Red Socks, and you know a couple of 256 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: other teams. The Tigers would obviously be in there. But 257 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 1: the players don't even like the All Star Game. It's 258 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: a nuisance. The All Star Game is a nuisance for 259 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: the players. They don't like it. They're not fans of it. 260 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 1: So anyway, those are my thoughts on the All Star Game. 261 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 1: It's just just an exhibition. It didn't matter for a 262 00:16:58,080 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: little bit. Now just an exhibition. Well, this is not 263 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 1: an exhibition. This is the real deal. 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Your comment, your comments, Candon will be used 307 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: against you in the court of sports radio, so please 308 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:54,600 Speaker 1: act accordingly. And now back to it. So I got 309 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 1: an email from Friy Daddy, a senior member of the 310 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: Malord Militia, the Pennsylvania Division, the Brigade in Pennsylvania, the 311 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 1: battalion over there, and he writes in says, can you 312 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: imagine been a manager making that same rant like Lee 313 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: Ilya today? They would want to put him in prison 314 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: for life? Said theF and best rant I ever heard. No, 315 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: the reason, fry Daddy David in Pennsylvania, the reason that 316 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: is the greatest rant you've ever heard is because that 317 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,120 Speaker 1: is the greatest rant ever done, ever recorded. There's nothing 318 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: that can match that. The one thing you're not supposed 319 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: to do in sports. I remember when I got hired 320 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: to do stuff with the Dodgers years ago, this long 321 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: time ago. The O'Malley family on the team, and one 322 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: of the executives for the team was like, listen, you 323 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,400 Speaker 1: know you can do it. You can you can rip. 324 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,160 Speaker 1: He was kind of give me the insights like, listen, 325 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: you can rip the players, you can rip the general manager, 326 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: you can rip the manager, you can rip the ownership, 327 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: but you're not allowed to rip the fans. You can't 328 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: rip the fan. That's like, you can't cross that line. 329 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: And Lee Ilia didn't just cross that line. He took 330 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: a nuclear warhead and dropped it on top of that. 331 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: Jason Jason writes in says the late chet Copic always 332 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: said he was in Lee IA's office for that rant, 333 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 1: and that his Chicago TV station had video of it, 334 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: which unfortunately was misplaced last shortly after the initial broadcast. Yeah, 335 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: don't I don't believe that. Also, fun fact, Jason, fun 336 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: factor that malor fun fact, chet Copic threatened to sue me. 337 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: I had a website and I had written something about chet. 338 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,960 Speaker 1: He didn't like it, and he fired off a very 339 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: angry letter and was going to sue me. He's he's 340 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: gone now, so I don't think I have to worry 341 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: about that. Jason says, serious question. Much like Fridad. He says, 342 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 1: would a manager get fired for that exact same rant today? 343 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: My guess is probably as even though the F word 344 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: is is ubiquitous in public conversation now, unlike in nineteen 345 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,520 Speaker 1: eighty three, ye fired well. Having spoken to the guy 346 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: that recorded that and talked to some people in Chicago 347 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: over the years in the media, they tell me that 348 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: lee Ilia was very close to being fired after that, 349 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: And that thing was before the Internet, and there was 350 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: no internet in nineteen eighty three. What used to happen 351 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,879 Speaker 1: is people would pass around copies, like black market copies 352 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:33,880 Speaker 1: of that audio, and that went everywhere. Within a week 353 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,239 Speaker 1: or two. People were mailing snail mail, because that's how 354 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: you do it. They were mailing that on cassette tapes 355 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: around to everybody, as I was told, And so whenever 356 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: in the Cubs almost fired me, lasted a couple more months. 357 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: But the amazing thing about that is so Lee Ilia 358 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: got fired a few months after that rant that we played. 359 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,959 Speaker 1: He passed away this week at age eighty seven. He 360 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: then got another job managing in the big leagues with 361 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Phillies. Jay Scoop writes in He's a multi 362 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: time platinum winner of the Mallard Palooza, which is coming 363 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,719 Speaker 1: up a week from Sunday to Monday. And he had 364 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: a great idea, Jay Scoop, Great minds thinking like I 365 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 1: will cover that. I will cover that in the fifth 366 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: Hour podcast later today, which will trigger Terry in England. 367 00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 1: We might have to do an intervention for Terry in England. 368 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: He'll be very upset. Malard prop Guy rights and says 369 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,399 Speaker 1: another eleven out of ten Mallard monologue, thank you for 370 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 1: sharing the classic Lee Ilia rant the material. He says, 371 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: he's praising me here that we come up with. Here says, 372 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: you don't need to play audio. You speak gold nightly 373 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: out of curiosity. Why don't you play more audio, says 374 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: Mallard prop Guy. Well, most of it's a timing issue. 375 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 1: Like I have to get all the audio myself. Nobody 376 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: else does it, so it takes a long time to 377 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: get it and to track it down, and so oftentimes 378 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: I just don't have time because I'm working on other things. 379 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 1: But the days I do, you know, I'll throw some 380 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: audio in there. But usually just I just don't have 381 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: the time to do it. Otherwise I would. So that's 382 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: just the reason we don't do it. Let's go to 383 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 1: the phones and we'll say hello to Eeny Meenie miney moe. 384 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: Let's see here. Let's say hello to Andre who's in 385 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: the Commonwealth. Hello Andre and his dog Willis. 386 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 3: What's going on? Ben Willis and I checking in for 387 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 3: this Thursday edition and the mallor Militia. Great show going on. 388 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 3: Let's sen this guy expresses his sentiments there. Of course, 389 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 3: it doesn't deserve to be fire particularly. You know that 390 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,000 Speaker 3: those type of things, you you deserved an accommodation. What 391 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 3: was that nineteen eighty three to auesome eighties? You know, 392 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 3: he's speaking from the heart, okay, giving you a little 393 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,879 Speaker 3: bit of that hooks buck. Okay, he's saying he sees 394 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 3: people out there, is what Rob Parker would say. You're 395 00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 3: a sugar though. Okay, you come you don't support the team, right, 396 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 3: and I am. I'm gonna tell you how I feel 397 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 3: about it. 398 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 7: Right. 399 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,639 Speaker 3: They are who we thought they were, Okay, And so 400 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 3: in my opinion, he deserves in a coma. He deserves 401 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 3: a race for that, for that, for that little bit. 402 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 3: He's firing the team up, you know, firing the people 403 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 3: in the city up. Now again, it's not the people 404 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 3: in the city's fault today. You know that the team 405 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 3: has been struggling. It's because you know everybody, you know, 406 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 3: he made some some slanderous comments. You know, just because 407 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 3: people go to the game, it doesn't mean they're underemployed 408 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 3: or unemployed. You know, it's just like baseball. So you 409 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,760 Speaker 3: don't need to, you know, cast his versions on folks. 410 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 3: But those type of things today in this cancel culture. 411 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 3: You know, you don't put a comment here or semi 412 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 3: cola there. You say one word at of place, and 413 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 3: all of a sudden you gotta be canceled. I don't 414 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 3: go for that. You make a mistake, an honest mistake. 415 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 3: First of all, apologize and you know you have your 416 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 3: due penalty. And then and then we move forward. Not 417 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 3: to fool me once. You know, shame on me for 418 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 3: me twice. Put me want shame on you for me twice. 419 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 3: Shame on me. If it continues, then you might have 420 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 3: to go. But the first mistake, you know, I don't. 421 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 3: But yeah, I like that awesome eighties reference, and I 422 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,280 Speaker 3: think we can learn from it. It's amazing, right, I'm 423 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 3: in the eighties, baby, so it's like forty some odd years. 424 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 3: You know, it's getting up there. 425 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 4: But we certainly can learn. Well, it's agree we certainly 426 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:57,719 Speaker 4: come not been. 427 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,199 Speaker 3: We talked about MLB. Let's get down to specific here. 428 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 3: There's two things that need to be discussed. First of all, 429 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 3: the third strike challenge awesome, long overdue. Tip my hat 430 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 3: to Major League Baseball. This is almost as beneficial as 431 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 3: the pitch clock. It's going to do the game well 432 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 3: because you go there, you see man, these third strikes 433 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 3: that these umpires are missing. And I'm a referee, I understand, 434 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 3: but dog want that affects the game. So this should 435 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 3: have been done a long time ago. Wimbledon shout out 436 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 3: to the Classics, the Grand Slam. They've incorporated this about 437 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 3: a decade ago. Or you can challenge plays, you know, 438 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 3: it's just awesome. 439 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 1: You can see undred timeout. Andrea though as a referee, right, 440 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,239 Speaker 1: you've talked about you do officiating in your area. But 441 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: what isn't that I grew up that was the human element, 442 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: that mistakes were part of the game. You're not. No 443 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: one's supposed to be perfect. Baseball players don't bat a 444 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 1: thousand right, Basketball players don't make every shot. Officials don't 445 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: get every call right. It's not supposed to be perfect, 446 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: So why are the officials supposed to be perfect? 447 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,040 Speaker 3: I don't get it, No, Ben, that's not my The 448 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,720 Speaker 3: officials aren't supposed to be perfect, but now having this challenge, 449 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 3: we get closer to getting it right. So the challenge, 450 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 3: incorporating the challenge, and it's just I chipped my head. 451 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 3: They should have done in a long time ago, and 452 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 3: it really does you know whether it's a ball, whether 453 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 3: it's a strike, just and the time won't even be 454 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 3: an issue. So that's the one thing that's awesome. Now, 455 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 3: a couple of things a baseball, these robot umpires, maybe 456 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 3: for the All Star Games. Get them the heck out 457 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 3: of here, Okay, don't even think about trying to automate 458 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 3: the human element of the game in that capacity. 459 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: All right, well there was you. There we go. That's 460 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: something we agree on. Okay, we agree on that. 461 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 3: The third the challenge is wonderful. But this idea of 462 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 3: automating everything an AI, you know Terminator two now, which 463 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 3: is a great movie back in the day. Now it's 464 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,679 Speaker 3: just becoming the world's reality. That's out of bounds. You 465 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 3: may do it for the All Star Game. I don't 466 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 3: want to see that again. I don't want to see 467 00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 3: freaking digital or robot empires again. After this Little Dog 468 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 3: and Pony show. There's no need for us, okay, because 469 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,880 Speaker 3: if you have the challenge. Then that solved the problem 470 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 3: of missing certain calls. But dog, no, you need the 471 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 3: human element. We need that. So for myself, well, it's baseball. 472 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 3: You're taking two steps forward. Don't go ahead and take 473 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 3: three steps backwards now, okay, because we don't need the 474 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 3: pizza boxes for bases. That's ridiculous. Okay, that and having 475 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,199 Speaker 3: a man start on second base. I would do it 476 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 3: in a tenth inning versus the ninth, but I'll kind 477 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 3: of you know, so you're getting some things right baseball, 478 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 3: other things than the ship. They banned the ship for 479 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 3: some reason. Then well you hit the ball somewhere else. 480 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 3: What are you telling me here? 481 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 4: Okay? 482 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, they kind of like halfway ban the shift. You 483 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: watch games and it's like you you can't cross second base, 484 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: but they still stand like right behind second base. It's 485 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 1: like they kind of got rid of it. You can't 486 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: put somebody in the outfield like they used to do, 487 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 1: but they're still shifting people over. It's just you can't 488 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: they have that point of demarcation at second base. All right, Andre, Well, 489 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 1: thank you, by what's all? Next week? The Great Andre 490 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: and his dog Willis. Let's say hello to Chris, who's 491 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,440 Speaker 1: in Maryland. It is the Ben Maller Show. We are 492 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: up all night. Hello Chris in Maryland. 493 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 7: Hello, I'm gonna say one thing that you may not 494 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 7: write at the end. 495 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 1: But why would you tease me that you're going to 496 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 1: tell me something I'm going to hate? Why would you 497 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: say that, Chris? Why are you going to end the 498 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 1: call on a negative note? 499 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 3: Oh? 500 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 7: First of all, do you know there's a numpire crusie 501 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 7: Bill Miller. Did you know that a numpire major League? 502 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: Well? I don't know if that's the same Bill Miller 503 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: that works on the show. I have no idea. I 504 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I have to check. 505 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, Miller, true, there's a Bill Miller Cruchie umpire in m. 506 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 1: Did you know, Chris in Texas there's a barbecue place 507 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: called Bill Miller's Barbecue. 508 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 7: How about that? 509 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 3: Well? 510 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 7: Might like that? 511 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: I do. I am excited. I should Okay, we should 512 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 1: get We should get Bill Miller the Empire on my podcast. 513 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 1: I'll interview. I have Bill Bill Miller interviewing Bill Miller. 514 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: That'll be good. 515 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 7: My two favorite game And I understand that sounds like 516 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,480 Speaker 7: they're gonna the players are going to wear their own uniforms. 517 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 7: Are not some. 518 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, they're bringing that back. As people complained in baseball. 519 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 1: It only took us. It only took social media to 520 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: get baseball to go back to that. Yes, I love that. 521 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 7: I'm a baseball fan my whole life since Pee Wee League. 522 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 7: My first favorite player player was Roberto Clemeny. My second 523 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 7: favorite player was Reggie Jackson. 524 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: Mister mister October, did you have a Reggie bar back 525 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: in the day when you were younger? 526 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 7: The two greatest games that I can't the third game 527 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 7: will be you. 528 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: Won't like it, but let me guess the Dodgers. Dodgers 529 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 1: lost in one of those games. 530 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 3: Yeah. 531 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 7: I like Wasington Nationals when we won the World Series 532 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 7: and Howie Kendrick hit the Grand Slam against you. 533 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,280 Speaker 1: Oh, I think I think I was at that game 534 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 1: at Dodger Statium. I believe I think I was at 535 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: that game. 536 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 7: Yes, but that that wasn't as good as the one 537 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:14,240 Speaker 7: when they. 538 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: Hit it the cheating that Yeah, Hey, listen, I was. 539 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: I want you to know, Chris, I was a National 540 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: fan for that series. I had that nattitude. I was happy, 541 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: not that I'd ever cheered for the Nationals before, but 542 00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: I supported them and all of the American people supported 543 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,200 Speaker 1: good versus evil, and we're very happy the Nationals on. 544 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: I gotta move on, Chris, I got to move on. 545 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: Give me the thing I'm gonna is that. The thing 546 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna hate, is that the one I'm gonna hate. 547 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,720 Speaker 7: No, no, you yeah, well that yeah, that's the thing 548 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 7: you're gonna hate. And now I'm of course when Howie 549 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 7: Kendrick then he hit it off the foul pole to 550 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 7: beat the Astros. But the two greatest games I've seen 551 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 7: in my life the nineteen seventy one All Star Game, 552 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 7: the leadoff for the National League was William Ay Hank 553 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 7: Aaron in second, and then then and Reggie hit it 554 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 7: over the damn Tiger's roof. 555 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: I saw that highlight when I was a kid on base. 556 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: This week in baseball he showed that. All right, I 557 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: got to leave it there, Chris. But thank you, buddy. 558 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: So Chris, we went down memory lane. We went down 559 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: memory Let's go to Butch quickly, Butch, what's going on? Butch? 560 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 4: Welcome, Hey, Hey, Coop, Hello, Ben Miller. 561 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,400 Speaker 1: It's Ben Mallers. Not I know that's astonishing. It's not 562 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: Bill Miller, Ben Miller or anything like that. I don't 563 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: know what you're talking. 564 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I think I think he'll be calling 565 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 4: this for about five years and from different countries, and 566 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,040 Speaker 4: I thought I'd like to take those. 567 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: Okay, well we can do that now. You were known 568 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 1: as autobond Butcher. My my, I actually had dinner last 569 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: weekend with my father in law and he was in 570 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: Germany and he was on the auto and we actually 571 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: I actually talked about you, Butch at dinner. I said, yeah, 572 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: this guy used to call up we called them auto 573 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: bon Butch. You know, yeah, I was telling him the 574 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 1: whole I was telling him the whole story, and he 575 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: was telling me about his experience in the auto. 576 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 4: But I haven't. I'm in California now, so I haven't 577 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 4: been able to do one hundred. 578 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: And I know, do you do? You do? You miss 579 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: what you could? At night? You might get a ticket, 580 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: but you could get from the jail. Yeah. 581 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 4: And by the way, why as Ricky was or is 582 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 4: not in the whole fame? 583 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: Oh come on, come on, really, is it odd, Butch 584 00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 1: that you're back in America? Do you feel weird being here? 585 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,120 Speaker 1: You were gone for so long, you must be odd. 586 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 4: I love this place. It's so good to be back. 587 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, good, all right, Well let's do we'll 588 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: do the oath. Why not, We're gonna wear it, formally 589 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: known as auto bon. Butch, now he's just butch. All right, 590 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: repeat after me. I state your name. 591 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 4: I state my name. 592 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: It's not so you can't. All right, I stay your name, Butch, 593 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the 594 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:11,919 Speaker 1: Ben Mallor Show. 595 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 4: That I will support and defend the Ben. 596 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 1: Mallor Show against all enemies. 597 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 4: Against all enemies, foreign. 598 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: And domestic, foreign and domestic, And that I will obey 599 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: the orders, and. 600 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 4: That I will obey Ben's orders. 601 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: This is very serious. To peacefully fight back to peace, 602 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,080 Speaker 1: fight back against hostile. 603 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 4: Attacks, against hostile attacks. 604 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: From rivals, sports, gas bags, and blowhearts. 605 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 4: Oh Jesus, a lot of rivals and lords. 606 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: So help me, God, So help me God. By the 607 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: powers invested in me from the Malad militia, I have 608 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:57,880 Speaker 1: sworn in you, Butcher. I'm congratulations, Butcher. It's always a 609 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 1: big person. It's a big moment in a man's life 610 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 1: when they get sworn into a overnight talk radio show. 611 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: My god, how exciting. I'm sure you're gonna wake You're 612 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: gonna wake your kids up and tell him right now, 613 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,840 Speaker 1: and your your wife and let everyone know. Right everyone knows. 614 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,879 Speaker 4: I'm laying down right now next to my wife and booth. 615 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 4: My twins. 616 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: Oh, they're gonna be so proud of you. They're like, 617 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: my dad is a star. He made it, he took 618 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: the pledge. All right, thank you, Sorry, buddy, there's the 619 00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:31,360 Speaker 1: great butcher. We started that for this guy Skeeter in Montana. 620 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: We lost Skeeter a while back, and he always said, 621 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 1: what's the mall of militia? I want to be sworn in? 622 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: So I said, all right, Skeeter, I'll swear you in. 623 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: And then a bunch of other people said I want 624 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: to be sworn in, and so we've we've done that. Anyway, 625 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 1: it is the Ban Maeler Show. We are going to 626 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,279 Speaker 1: have mallord to the third degree. We'll get to that 627 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 1: straight ahead. And here's the inch to trivia. Mariner starter 628 00:35:55,160 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: Brian wo Brian Wou has pitched at least six innings 629 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: while walking two or fewer batters in all eighteen of 630 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,239 Speaker 1: his appearances this season for the Seattle baseball team. That 631 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:11,440 Speaker 1: is the second longest such streak to begin a season 632 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 1: in American League history. Behind blank that is the answer, 633 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,640 Speaker 1: Trivia the answer. We'll get to that. And also Mallard 634 00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: of the third degree. We will do it next. 635 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 5: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 636 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 5: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 637 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 5: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to 638 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:33,799 Speaker 5: listen live. 639 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 4: A live, It's a live. 640 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: It Today's Friday, Today's Friday, Today's Friday. That's a plum 641 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,799 Speaker 1: pussy right there. Cut that meat, jerk yourself away. How 642 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: about shut up, don't worry. 643 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 3: Don't worry, It's just tay the top. 644 00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:55,720 Speaker 4: Then I love you? 645 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,080 Speaker 1: Is he gonna money? 646 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 5: Man yourself? 647 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 3: Ben Maller, the show is over. 648 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: Goodbye Bill Miller and you. It is the Ben Maler Show, 649 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: up all night, every single night. Do you have a talent? 650 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:13,399 Speaker 1: Do you have a skill the world needs to hear? 651 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: Do you want to share your gift your superpower with 652 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 1: the overnight listeners on Ben Mahler's show. You will have 653 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: your opportunity. You can be part of the Palooza twenty 654 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:31,520 Speaker 1: twenty five, the greatest night of Summer entertainment. It is 655 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: a week from this Sunday night in the Monday on 656 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 1: the overnight show, it's the Mallord Palooza. If you have 657 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:44,400 Speaker 1: not entered yet, there is still time. Whether it's singing, dancing, 658 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,000 Speaker 1: telling jokes, doing impersonations, whatever you would like to add. 659 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 1: On the Mallor Palooza. You can win a legitimate prize 660 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,920 Speaker 1: courtesy of mister Irrigation, who's hooking up the winners of 661 00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty five Mallar Militia with some bling bling. 662 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:02,920 Speaker 1: So contact Ben Malor Show if you'd like to enter. 663 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: And now back to the fun, All right, back to 664 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 1: what we go. We will have that Malat Palooza is 665 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 1: coming up a week from Sunday. We're excited about that. 666 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,960 Speaker 1: Gonna be a great night of entertainment. We have a song, 667 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,600 Speaker 1: that professionally done song that we will have to introduce 668 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,520 Speaker 1: the Mallord Palooza that night and for years to come. 669 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:26,520 Speaker 1: It's a great song. That is not the song, but 670 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,879 Speaker 1: we will we will have something not that we don't 671 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: love that song. Kathy and Madison. I got to pay 672 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: off the instant tribute and then we will quickly get 673 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,920 Speaker 1: to Mallard of the thirty grae So Mariner starter Brian 674 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: Woo has pitched at least six innings while walking to 675 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: or fewer batters in all eighteen of his appearances this season. 676 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 1: That is the second longest such streak to begin a 677 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: season in American League history, behind Blank. That is the question, 678 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: what is the answer? And let's see does anyone know 679 00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 1: the answer? Does anyone know the answer? Let's see your 680 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 1: page page down? Doja Cat from Bobby and Florida. We've 681 00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:15,120 Speaker 1: got Corey Litel from I forty Ian Congressman Eric Stallwell 682 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: from Atomic Asphalt. Cousin you who from Milkman, Mike Bartolo 683 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,600 Speaker 1: Cologne guts by Andy, We're short on time, Moose Haas 684 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: from Donkey Sausage. Lorena, what say you, Loreno, it's got 685 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 1: to be stretched armstrong. Ben. No, it's Cliff Lee. Cliff 686 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,280 Speaker 1: Lee back in twenty ten. I think also for the Mariners. 687 00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:37,600 Speaker 1: All right, maybe the Rangers. Here we go, Here we go, 688 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go, Here we go, Here 689 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 1: we go, Here we go, Here we go. 690 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 5: This is one Big Ben gets grilled. 691 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,520 Speaker 1: The latest report on the TJ. 692 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,439 Speaker 8: Watt situation with the Steelers insists in that Pittsburgh has 693 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:52,919 Speaker 8: no intention of trading Watt. 694 00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,799 Speaker 1: Ben, how do you think this stalemate ends. So you 695 00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,800 Speaker 1: always say you're not going to trade the player. You 696 00:39:57,840 --> 00:39:59,480 Speaker 1: don't say you're going to trade the player because you 697 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: lose let so it doesn't matter they said they should. However, 698 00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: that being said, I believe they will agree to a 699 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: contract within the next two weeks. Training camp starts next 700 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 1: week for most NFL teams. TJ. Watt will stay in Pittsburgh. 701 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,920 Speaker 1: They'll reach a compromise. He will not be leaving the 702 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: Steelers next. 703 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 8: Jared Goff said on the Netflix series Quarterback that he 704 00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,799 Speaker 8: felt betrayed by the Rams when they traded him, and 705 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 8: that it was the fact that they didn't even have 706 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,719 Speaker 8: a conversation with them. He didn't even know they were 707 00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 8: planning to move on Ben. Did the Rams do golf dirty? 708 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,719 Speaker 1: No, that Jared Goff should be sending flowers and chocolates 709 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: to Sean McVay the Rams. Jared Goff, I'm told by 710 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: our listeners in Detroit. He's on like every other commercial 711 00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 1: on local TV. He's a beloved member of the sports community. 712 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,719 Speaker 1: He was never that. He never would have been that 713 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,920 Speaker 1: with the Rams. Matthew Stafford won a Super Bowl. He's 714 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,480 Speaker 1: not as beloved as Jared Goff is in Detroit as 715 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,400 Speaker 1: Stafford is in LA Now. He didn't think he was 716 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,280 Speaker 1: gonna get moved because of his contract, but he should 717 00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,239 Speaker 1: be happy. That was a great thing for Jared go Off. 718 00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,520 Speaker 8: Next there was there are three reported front runners to 719 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 8: sign Damian Lillard. Those are the Celtics, the Warriors, and 720 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,640 Speaker 8: the heat Ben. Could you see him making a meaningful 721 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,040 Speaker 8: impact on any of those teams? 722 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,760 Speaker 1: I love Dame time, the guys in his mid thirties 723 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,880 Speaker 1: coming off of pop Achilles. I don't see it. I 724 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: hope I'm wrong. He didn't want to play for Miami, 725 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: so why wouldn't he want to play for Miami now? 726 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,879 Speaker 1: Maybe because they suck? How did we do you pass 727 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:25,920 Speaker 1: this edition? Hie? 728 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 5: I am a lum. 729 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:31,759 Speaker 1: Another win for add that to my total fur golf. 730 00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 4: Come on,