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She came to me 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.560 and asked, if you know, throughout the summer, if you 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:07.680 guys could do like an alternating. 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.280 Have it No that no, she can have it. 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.760 No, No, it's fine, I was about to say, and 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:17.640 I told her no because you and I have developed 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:18.880 quite the rapport here. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:19.960 Uh. 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:24.520 She However, I will say this, while due to your age, 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:30.240 you're a more gifted and seasoned performer. She did have 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.840 a better top five NBA players than I think you 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:38.080 would have. I think her sports knowledge might actually supersede yours. 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:38.839 I believe it. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.640 The even though you were just in your spare time 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.000 this the day of the podcast, you were watching a 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.480 big basketball game at one forty fifth in Linux. Oh 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.600 And also before we get to the show, what happened 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.480 on your way to that basketball game? For the first 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:54.040 time ever? 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:56.920 Oh, I was recognized. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.440 You were recognized. The poor fellow that recognized almost got 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:04.720 pepper sprayed. But yeah, it was the DOORA was walking 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.360 with a friend and go ahead, you can tell the story. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.240 Kept like we were in the deli getting like drinks 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.320 because we're walking up the hill and I we were 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.720 both like dying, and he keeps looking at the deli 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.440 and my friend and y'alla was like, wow, did you 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:18.840 see that? 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:19.760 And I was like no. 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.680 And then once we walked out of the deli, he 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:25.280 was like waiting right there and like pretended like he 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:27.959 was still walking, and y'all was like, that's the that's 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.520 the guy. That's the guy. And as he's walking up, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.640 he keeps looking back and then he finally just stopped 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:35.280 on the hill while and we were like, okay, we'll 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.560 just walk past him. And he's like, excuse me, is 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:41.120 your name Diora? And I'm like I was like no. 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:45.679 He was like, yeah it is, Yeah, it is. I'm like, yeah, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.800 that's my name. He was like, aren't you on that 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:50.480 podcast with Nick? Right? Aren't you Nick Wright's daughter. I 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.280 was like, oh my goodness. 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:55.160 You were so excited you facetimeed me. He was great. 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.320 What's his name? Xavier? Yeah, So shout out to Xavier 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.480 if he's watching. We appreciate you. All right, here's so 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.200 welcome back to Youra. Here's what missed the cut for 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:09.120 today's show. Domingo Herman throws the twenty fourth perfect game 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:13.799 in Major League Baseball history. Connor Bedard selected number one 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.280 overall in the NHL Draft. That I am finding out 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.680 in real time was last night and Crumble Cookies wants 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:25.520 Tobias Harris to stay in Philadelphia. I'm finding out in 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:29.440 real time that Crumble Cookies are a big thing. I 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.200 had no idea we had him actually on the set yesterday. 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.040 Great job by Tobias Harris with his spot because he 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.480 sponsors them actually in getting them a lot of free publicity. 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:43.080 None of that, however, makes the actual show diora What 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:44.160 are we starting. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.840 With the Lakers? GM says that the plan is to 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.440 bring back the core, but not to go after big stars. 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:53.360 But the rest of the West is the rest of 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.680 the West? Yeah, is getting better this offseason. If you 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.119 were the GM in LA, which moves would you make 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:00.960 to get Lebron one last ring? 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.120 So I actually think and I haven't you know, obviously 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.880 been a huge Rob Blinka fan, but I think this 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:11.200 is the right tact. Obviously, can you get Dame? That 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:14.440 would be great? You can't. I know some people want 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:19.120 Kyrie Irving that I don't particularly want Kyrie Irving, but yeah, 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:23.400 if you could flip out D'Angelo Russell for Kyrie Irving, 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.279 yeah that's a net positive, even with all the nonsense 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:30.080 that comes along with Kyrie. But that's not a realistic option. 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:36.440 So the Lakers are in a spot where aside from Lebron, 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:42.600 every single guy on the roster should be improving because 0:04:42.640 --> 0:04:46.000 of their age, with the exception of Ad who's thirty, 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.640 who at the very least should be maintaining of not 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:52.000 improving a little bit. So they have a very good 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:57.560 chance of being better without adding significant pieces. Now I 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.599 read last night they might want to go after Bruce 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.400 Brown at the mid level exception. That's fine, but Ruey Hachimura, 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:08.800 because of his age and now opportunity, should improve. Austin 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.640 Reeves he doesn't have to take the giant jump he 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.960 took mid season, but he's just turned twenty five years old. 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:19.480 He should still be improving. Jared Vanderbilt, whose option they 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.920 just picked up, should spend all summer working on corner threes. 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:28.640 He should improve. Now. I'm not a huge D'Angelo Russell fan. 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:33.120 He's never been a playoff performer. However, at the right 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:37.600 dollar amount, I don't mind him because he does have 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:41.400 a utility in the regular season and could be a 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:45.520 tradable contract at the deadline. The real question for the 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:51.840 Lakers is the machinations of are we gonna pick up 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:57.840 Malik Beasley and or Mobamba's options, even though at sixteen 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:02.480 million and ten million, respectively, those players are not worth 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:06.120 that money, just so we have those salaries in order 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:09.360 to include them in a trade if at mid season 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.200 someone comes available and you need to be able to 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.480 make the salaries match. Those are the types of decisions 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:20.159 the Lakers need to be considering and making but I don't. 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.719 They're not gonna go after James Harden and they can't. 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.720 There is not a big ticket free agent or an 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:30.599 obvious trade piece to go get. It's going to be 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:36.160 manicuring around the edges. And I don't know that I agree. Sorry, 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.680 there was a gnat in my face. That's what we're 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:42.039 going there. I don't know that I agree that the 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:45.600 rest of the West is improving. So let's, you know, 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:50.640 go down the list. Denver is basically going to likely 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:55.840 be the same team minus Bruce Brown, but with Christian 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.719 Brown being a year older, maybe a year better. We'll 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:04.159 see what director Michael Porter Junior and Aaron Gordon go. 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:10.040 But assume they maintain there is right now no holes 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.240 to poke in Denver. It is just it is very 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.680 hard to repeat. They are a team that had dealt 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:17.840 with bad injury luck in years past, had basically no 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.560 injuries to speak of this year, and then you see 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:23.920 how next year goes. The other reason for the Lakers, 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:30.280 in reference to the Nuggets, should I think feel better 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:34.160 than a four to zero sweep would indicate is not 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:38.360 necessarily just because those were close games, but because in 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.360 that series Jamal Murray, who's a very good player but 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.880 not an all time great player in that series had 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:48.880 an all time great series. The guy averaged thirty two 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.320 points per game in that series. If he averaged twenty 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.440 five points per game, which is more in line with 0:07:55.520 --> 0:08:01.120 a realistic output, how does that change the series. And 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.640 then you go down Memphis. I don't think Memphis got 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:07.120 discernibly better. I don't think swapping out Tyas Jones from 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.640 Marcus Smart and you're gonna have twenty five games without 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:15.040 Jaw makes them better that the Warriors. I think Chris 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.000 Paul's better than Jordan Poole, but you then have to 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:22.520 build in that Staph is thirty five years old. Is 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.200 he gonna be as good? Maybe a touch worse, But 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:29.240 say he stays as good. Draymond's on the decline, Clays 0:08:29.280 --> 0:08:32.200 on the decline, and they still don't have the size. 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:36.000 Phoenix is the team everyone's gonna say, oh, because they 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.840 added Bradley Beal. I don't know that they got better 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.560 at coach going from Monti Williams to Frank Vogel. I 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.880 know they don't have enough defense, and I know they 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:49.199 don't have enough depth. So I think Denver has clearly 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.480 separated themselves from the rest of the West. But if 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.679 the Lakers just run it back, they are to me 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:01.720 they a clear number two compared to everyone else in 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.800 the conference. And the one other thing about the Lakers, 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:09.480 The biggest improvement the Lakers can make is Anthony Davis 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:14.199 taking the way he played post injury this year, that 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.079 length of time without being hurt, the way he played 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:21.440 defensively in the postseason, building on that, and Anthony Davis 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:26.520 taking personally that in the three years since he's won 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:31.120 the title, all the other seven footers in the league, 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:36.760 all the other frontline seven footers, superstar type guys, have 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:43.680 made giant either leaps or massive accomplishments since AD won 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.800 his title. Giannis has a ring and a finals MVP, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.040 Jokic has a ring, a finals MVP, and two league MVPs. 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:55.200 Embiid has a league MVP. AD on the other hand, 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:57.079 up until this postseason has kind of gone in the 0:09:57.120 --> 0:10:01.240 wrong direction. So does he take that personal and try 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:05.760 to reclaim at least He's not going to reclaim the 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.360 title of the best seven footer in the league, but 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.840 does he get at least back in the conversation that's 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.240 the bath for the Lakers. And then you hope Lebron 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.559 who averaged twenty eight seven and eight last year twenty 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.480 eight seven and six, maybe I might have it. You're 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.000 eight and six whatever it was, twenty eight seven and seven. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:30.280 Call it that that Lebron continues to stave off father 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.559 time better than any athlete ever. That's the path, all right? 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:37.760 Next, Okay, Travis Kelce loves winning and his role in Case, 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:42.000 but he knows that he's being underpaid. He says, quote, 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.440 you see how much more more money you could be making? 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.480 And yeah, it hits you in the gut a little bit. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.719 It makes you think you're being taken advantage of. Is 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:54.479 Kelsey being passive aggressive with the Chiefs or just harmless 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.920 harmlesslie sharing his feelings. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.000 So I know th he's being passive aggressive because the 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:03.840 full quote talks about his post career plans, how it's 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:08.720 never Yeah he saw that Tyreek got thirty million, and 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.480 you know it raised his eyebrows. But that he's happy 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.560 in Kansas City, I think, go ahead. 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.320 Yeah, I don't think he's trying to start anything. I 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.000 think he's genuinely just being like well, like it hurts. 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.160 Like well, and I could be making more money. Yes, 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:28.000 and so to me this is actually kind of a 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.720 Patrick Mahomes story. But I want to stay on Kelsey firm. 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.040 Well I'll explain why in a moment. But on Kelsey, 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:39.240 Kelsey is wildly underpaid. I mean the I think people 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:44.040 would be shocked to know what Kelsey has made over 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:46.520 the last few years and what he's scheduled to make 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.480 over the next few years. As far as cash money 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:51.880 Travis Kelsey has taken home. 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.000 What are you laughing about? 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.600 Well, the reason I say that in the NFL, there's 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:01.720 your cap hit, there's a pro rated when you talk 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.920 about each year, how much money did Elsie put in 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:10.280 his pocket? Here is it year by year one million, 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.600 half a million, seven hundred thousand. That was his rookie deal. 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:21.920 Then ten million, three million, eight million, nine million. Now 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:26.720 the last three years nine million, twelve million, ten million. 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.480 As far as what he is scheduled to make over 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:35.600 the next few years, eleven and a half, twelve and 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:41.679 then sixteen. So yeah, he has been way underpaid, considering. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.160 He needs at least twenty at least. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.680 And so the reason he doesn't get as much is 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:51.280 because the position he's at tight ends don't they they 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.520 are one of the lower paid positions in the league, 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:57.679 but he produces better than the top receivers in the league. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:01.400 He could reset the tight end market. Now. He has 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.800 gotten his extensions early, which adds some security, but he 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.360 also has not pushed the team to pay him more. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:11.360 The reason I said this is a Mahomes story is 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:16.240 because Mahomes is about to be the eighth highest paid 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:20.200 quarterback in football. There's gonna be seven quarterbacks that make more. 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:25.559 Mahomes is clearly the best quarterback in football, and Mahomes 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.440 hasn't gone to the team and said you have to 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:33.480 raise my salary. So the fact that Patrick hasn't adds 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:39.920 the precedent of guys we are trying to win as 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:43.760 much as possible here and in a capped sport, that 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:49.320 means we don't all always press our contractual advantage. Now 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:55.800 you can say that's bad business, but I would argue 0:13:55.920 --> 0:14:00.000 that if Kelsey goes down as the greatest tight end, 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.920 he's wildly charismatic. He now has a successful podcast that 0:14:04.920 --> 0:14:07.240 I'm sure doesn't make much money. He had his own 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:11.560 dating TV show years ago before the Chiefs started winning. Yeah, 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.520 like Chasing Kelsey. It was a dating show on VH 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.760 one or something or E or one of those channels. 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:21.040 He's just hosted Saturday Night Live. If he does have 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:26.240 real post career aspirations, continuing to make sure he's on 0:14:26.360 --> 0:14:30.200 the best team in the league is very valuable for him. 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.840 Tyreek Hill was in a different situation. Tyreek Hill was 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.040 never going to be incredibly marketable, was never going to 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:40.840 have great post career opportunities because of all of his 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:45.280 off the field baggage, and he's just not as charismatic 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.440 as Travis Kelsey might be the most charismatic player in 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.440 the whole league. So Tyreek wanted to get paid as 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.960 much as possible with he had time left, you know, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.120 as a superstar, So he made that choice. But he 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.400 went to Miami and he probably isn't gonna play in 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.760 too many more super relevant games. So I don't think 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.880 Kelsey wants to ever be in that position. He also, 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:12.040 at this point, I mean he's turning thirty four, is 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:18.160 the oldest great skill position player in the entire league. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.800 So I do think he's left some money on the table, 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.200 but I don't think in the long run it's gonna 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:27.520 cost him that much. He does seem fine with it, 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:32.560 and he has become one of the most one of 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:36.080 the biggest celebrities in the league. And when you do 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:40.400 have the Mahomes standard of we are not pressing every 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:44.960 edge possible contractually, as long as we are winning, Andy 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.760 is here and we are competing at the highest level, 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.480 it really really helps the Chiefs. There's just no way 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:55.360 around it. Now. Chris Jones their best defensive player. He 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:59.200 is pressing his contractual edge right now, and I don't 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.920 blame him for I wouldn't blame Kelsey if he were 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:06.600 doing it. But while he doesn't have the off field 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:10.400 marketing opportunities Travis has, and as a pass rusher and 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:15.080 dominant defensive lineman, he plays a position that just naturally 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:17.200 gets paid more in the NFL. 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:25.720 All right, next, okay show he Otani right yep is 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.840 blowing everyone away. Earlier this week, he hit two home 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.760 runs and got the win with ten strikeouts in the 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:35.560 same game. This being a slow sports to day, we 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:38.600 were wondering would there ever be a dominant two way 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:39.800 player in the NFL. 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:45.280 I think there could be, I don't think there will be, 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:51.200 But the only spot that I think would make sense 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:56.600 would be wide receiver corner and if that could translate, 0:16:57.280 --> 0:17:03.680 I maybe running back safety or running back linebacker. I 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:06.160 don't think we're going to see it in the NFL. 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:13.840 I think the Otani conversation is interesting because the conversation 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.280 this week is is he the best baseball player ever? 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:22.120 And it's a fascinating kind of thought exercise because he's 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.639 an excellent pitcher, but no one would argue he's the 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.400 best pitcher in baseball. Top five maybe, but I don't 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:30.679 think many people would say he's the single best pitcher 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.800 in baseball right now. He might be the best hitter 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:38.840 in baseball. Some people would say Aaron Judge, but he's 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.760 certainly in the argument, but it's not definitive, So he's 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:46.240 not the best pitcher in baseball. He's not definitively the 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:49.520 best hitter in baseball. Yet he's being discussed as the 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.880 best player ever to play because he's the only guy 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.719 that does both, and he's the only guy in one 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.320 hundred years that has done both at a high level. 0:18:00.680 --> 0:18:03.080 I think you can make the argument he is adding 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:10.000 more value to his team on a as a single 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:14.920 person as any player ever, more than any player ever 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.720 this season because he is a top five pitcher and 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:20.920 a top two batter, and with Judge Hurt probably the 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:26.320 number one batter. I think it gets tricky because the 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:31.840 other all time greats did add two way value. They 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:37.840 weren't pitchers, but they were great fielders. So Willie Mays, King, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:45.760 Griffy Jr. Barry Bonds were elite defensive outfielders and at 0:18:45.840 --> 0:18:48.040 various times in their career all of them the best 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:52.360 hitter in the sport. So I don't think it's hands down. 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.400 I do think he's in the discussion as far as 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.439 not the greatest player ever, as far as who's had 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.560 the greatest career, but who who has as the most 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.600 impact in a singular season. You know, my answer for 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:09.800 grace baseball player ever my whole life has been Willie Mays, 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.919 with the caveat of it's clearly actually Barry Bonds. But 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.520 if you want to disqualify him because of the steroids, 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:19.520 so be it. And Griffy I think gets the short 0:19:19.640 --> 0:19:21.440 end of the stick, so to speak. But I'm also 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:26.160 partially because my favorite player growing up. I do wonder more. 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:31.240 I do think this we will see another Sho Hey 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:36.000 o Tani way before we see someone in football try 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:40.040 to pull off playing both ways, because anybody that knows 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:43.680 anyone that made it to the majors, if you talk 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:48.800 as a pitcher, if you talk to them about their 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:52.840 high school baseball career, almost all of them were the 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:58.080 best hitter on their team, and we're amazing hitters. And 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:02.800 then started focusing exclusively on pitching because of the success 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:08.080 of Otani. I do wonder if we will see another 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:11.160 freak show athlete like this say that I can do both. 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:14.520 Don't know a lot of people say that Jackie Robinson 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.320 was like the best baseball player. 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.560 I don't know. I don't. I think they say he's 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:25.639 the most important and Jackie was. Jackie was an all 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:29.760 time great, a World Series MVP, a League MVP, if 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:35.800 I'm not mistaken, and a great player. But he has 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:40.800 outsized importance because he broke the color barrier. Yeah and 0:20:40.800 --> 0:20:43.159 he was. Yeah, I knew he won in l MVP. 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:47.160 I just checked. But and I don't again, I don't 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.080 want to short change what a great player he was. 0:20:50.560 --> 0:20:52.920 But if not for breaking he is a lot of 0:20:52.960 --> 0:20:56.680 people say he and they're correct, is the most important 0:20:56.720 --> 0:20:59.400 player ever. But when it comes to the best baseball 0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:03.919 player ever, the names that come up are Babe Ruth, 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:10.160 Willie Mays, some people say Ted Williams, Barry Bonds, and 0:21:10.240 --> 0:21:12.520 lately some people have argued it could be Mike Trout. 0:21:12.560 --> 0:21:15.359 I don't believe. I don't agree with that. What makes 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:19.080 show Hay so interesting is people talk about baseball as 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:22.520 there's the greatest hitters ever, the greatest players ever, and 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:26.440 then almost separate category, the greatest pitchers ever, like Bob 0:21:26.520 --> 0:21:30.840 Gibson and Satchel Page and Sandy Kovax, Roger Clemens, those guys. 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:35.800 The fact that o'tani, if he had played his whole 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.760 career in the majors, might end up in the top 0:21:38.920 --> 0:21:43.520 twenty of both categories when no one else is in either. 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:46.800 You know he has any crossover is what makes him unique. 0:21:46.800 --> 0:21:50.240 All right, next, okay, so now it's time for the 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:52.719 return of Nick's tennis corner. 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:55.000 Okay, So all right, so we have a lot going 0:21:55.040 --> 0:22:01.040 on here. I'm very curious into how sound these questions. 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:07.800 Wimbledon is done in England. If there was ever a time, 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:13.240 now is the time? Do you go? Right ahead? Go ahead? 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:18.600 Wimbledon begins this weekend and we know it's full of traditions. 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:21.679 So before we get into the question, I got us 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:22.960 strawberries and cream. 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:27.440 Oh you did, Oh, thank you so much? Next to me, Oh, 0:22:27.640 --> 0:22:33.000 here you go, delightful. Oh, strawberries and cream for everyone here. Okay, yeah, 0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:36.160 I'll take some whip topping if I could take. Okay, 0:22:36.359 --> 0:22:38.159 thank you so much. Go ahead and go ahead and 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:43.320 ask the question. Okay, yeah, back to you. Don't forget 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:43.920 the accent. 0:22:44.000 --> 0:22:46.920 As I opened up, feel like I could you give 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:53.480 notoriously bad tennis gambling advice, but give us some winners 0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:58.080 for this year's championships at Wimbledon. All right, so painful. 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:01.920 You're right that I did give bad gambling advice on 0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:07.040 the French Open. Not as bad as producer Matt who 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:10.439 is you know, hiding today and staying away in shame 0:23:12.280 --> 0:23:15.240 because he told us to bet on Nadal and Nadal 0:23:15.359 --> 0:23:18.480 ended up pulling out of the tournament. But I went 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:20.760 with al Karez. I said, I thought Alcarez was gonna 0:23:20.760 --> 0:23:24.360 beat Djokovic, and then Djokovic whooped him, and Djokovic won 0:23:24.400 --> 0:23:30.440 the tournament. I'm gonna pick Alcarez again. Djokovic is minus 0:23:30.520 --> 0:23:36.840 one sixty, al Karez is plus three point forty. So 0:23:36.920 --> 0:23:40.080 if you were about one hundred and sixty dollars. On Djokovic, 0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:43.600 you win one hundred. If you were about one hundred 0:23:43.640 --> 0:23:47.399 and sixty dollars. On al Karez, you win more than 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:51.239 five hundred. I like those odds. If you wanted a 0:23:51.320 --> 0:23:55.199 long shot, my heart would be with Kurios, but I 0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:59.560 think Medvedev would be the right long shot pick. Here's 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:04.080 the thing, my tennis corners, I am going to I 0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:09.000 am super into Wimbledon once it starts, so over the 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:13.119 next few what's right we can discuss it. I'm not 0:24:13.320 --> 0:24:17.080 great at the previewing of it, as proven by my 0:24:17.280 --> 0:24:20.720 disastrous French Open gambling advice that I gave again, not 0:24:20.800 --> 0:24:24.200 as bad as producer Matts, but still disastrous all the same. 0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:28.680 All right, take a quick break, come back, play some game, 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:30.840 likely maybe, and what if ant talk a little bit 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:34.000 about Bronnie James. We'll do all that next What's Right? 0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:43.520 This episode is brought to you by Unstoppable. 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