1 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:03,920 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Greetings, and welcome inside our three of The 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show. Jason Smith and Doug Gottlieb in for 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Dan and the Danettes today, and you know we talked 5 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: about this a few minutes ago. We're gonna get into 6 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: the Bubba Wallace story coming up in a second, because 7 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: it's a very big deal what's happening right now. But 8 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: also Major League Baseball, are we starting to see teams unite. 9 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: The Washington Nationals canceled their workouts today and also are 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: closing their camp because they have not gotten back the 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen tests that the players took three days ago. 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,959 Speaker 1: NAT's GM Mike Rizzos saying, listen, MLB's got to get 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: their act together on this. So we're closing our summer 14 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: camp and we really need something to be better. Bob 15 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,560 Speaker 1: Nightingale USA today, who joins us on Fox Sports Radio 16 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: all the time. I know, Doug, you and I both 17 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: have them on our shows, saying that the Astros have 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: canceled their workout today as well. So you started pounding 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,279 Speaker 1: in a trash can by that's how they let us 20 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: know if they did not do that's that cancel the campus. 21 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: That means if it was the whistling, it would mean 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: we'd have warning workouts, but not afternoon workout. H So, 23 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: is are we starting to see a trend to our 24 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: teams now? Is this some sort of hey, solidarity of 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: all right, you gotta help us all out here, or 26 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 1: we're all closing our our our field to day because 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: of this? Is this something that that we're going to 28 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: see many teams do? Because the Astros still haven't gotten 29 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 1: their COVID nineteen test results as well. Well, okay, I 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: mean how long how long did you? I took a 31 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 1: test this weekend? I was told five days? So again, 32 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: but I'm just I'm just Joe public right and did 33 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: so kind of in a walk up, walk up test. Uh, 34 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: you know, just just just to be sure. So I 35 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: guess my my question is how long does it normally take? 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I just again, we have 37 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: to be reasonable. I got three days. I'm out like 38 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,760 Speaker 1: hold on, dude, like and it you know, is it 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: major League Baseball? Did they? I'm guessing they they they 40 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: contracted it out right, especially in the area of who's 41 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: doing it. I don't know, it's it's so it's so 42 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: difficult because we're in a situation where nobody knows anything, right, No, 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: nobody knows this is something brand new. Scientists are still 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: trying to figure out COVID nineteen. But you know, you 45 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: read about something on the internet and you think, well, 46 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: this is how it goes. It takes three days. Okay, 47 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: so three days. Why you don't have it in three days? 48 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of skittishness now because the idea 49 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: of playing, which was great, which NBA players, hey, I 50 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: want to play and MLB players, yes, of course we 51 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: want to play. Now it's time to pack a bag 52 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: and go right now. Now, a'ready, and it's oh, I 53 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: don't know. I want to feel safe. I don't know 54 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 1: that there's any way you're going to feel safe, you know, 55 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: I mean, what could baseball, because look, base not like baseball. 56 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: And the NBA can say we can keep you away 57 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: from COVID nineteen. They can't say that. They can say, hey, 58 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: we can do all these things to keep you away 59 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: from COVID nineteen. You do your part, we will have you, 60 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: I promise you. But there's always going to be that skittishness. See, 61 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 1: I don't know, and you know sometimes if it takes 62 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: three days, it takes three days, takes five days, it 63 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 1: takes five days. I think this is what I hope 64 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: this is is these are teams saying, you know what, 65 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: our players are skittish right now, and if it gets 66 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: out that way that we have all these individual players 67 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: who don't want to go, that that could ruin this 68 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 1: before it even starts. So let's just stand up in 69 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: the beginning and say, hey, you got to take care 70 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: of this before this gets any worse. Right, This is 71 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: that one. This is that, Hey, you know what, but 72 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: before we start, I just want to say this, and 73 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: I want to get your attention that you have to 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: be on top of this from here on out, because 75 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: we got a lot of players who were nervous. We 76 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 1: want to play, but you got to do this. So 77 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: I think this is that warning for major League Baseball 78 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: to say you got to get on top of this 79 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: right now, and you have to be able to tell 80 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: us what's going on, and if you don't know when 81 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: you're figuring out, tell us that. But you have to 82 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: be transparent with us, and you have to tell us 83 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: how things are going. Because there's also the bit of 84 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: how Look, players in the league don't get along with 85 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: each other, and we saw this throughout the entire negotiation, 86 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: So there's always that bit of mistrust that's built into 87 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: this as well. Well Well. I don't know if they don't 88 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 1: get along with each other. I I think I think 89 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: there's there's a bunch A big portion of the reason 90 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: why there was such a holdout, you know, in sign 91 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: this deal was you know, everybody's positioning themselves for the 92 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,720 Speaker 1: CBA right when you when you listen to Rob Manfred talk, 93 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: it was pretty obvious that because they couldn't get into 94 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: the facilities until July first, and which is the case 95 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: with all of these different sports, right, I mean, that's 96 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 1: that's basketball, Hockey's going to start. I think the middle 97 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,679 Speaker 1: of July. They couldn't get in their facilities until July first. 98 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: He's like, look, there's just a window for sixty games 99 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: and that's it. So all the other negotiations were just posturing, 100 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: which is what exactly happened with baseball and their owners. 101 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: They're all just setting the table. I think that's what 102 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: more what that's about. Look, I just kind of think 103 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: if you're a baseball if you're a professional athlete and 104 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: you're usually a finally tuned machine, right, You're not wired 105 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: like average Joe. And if the if the medical experts say, look, 106 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: even if you get it, you're not really at that 107 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: much risk, then I think you go back to where 108 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: that's what I think you do. That's this that might 109 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: sound really, really callous, and I completely understand it may 110 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:10,600 Speaker 1: be different if you have a if you're wife and child, 111 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: or you live near somebody who's elderly. My counter to 112 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: that would be like, hey, you did get three months 113 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 1: at home, which as a major league baseball player you 114 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: will never ever get again until you retire. You know, 115 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: same thing when you're a basketball you'll never ever get. 116 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: So there's a trade off. I think that at some 117 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 1: point there needs to be a professional athlete of substance 118 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: basketball or baseball. I think Tom Brady's kind of doing 119 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: this already doing they don't have the thing fear, but 120 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,279 Speaker 1: fear itself, just to say, like, look for our sport, 121 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: which has made us either thousand airs or millionaires, made 122 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: us wealthy men, and will continue to will continue to prosperrofit. 123 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: We need to get back to work because our sport 124 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: needs us. And I actually think that's that should be 125 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: a big part of the discussion. See, I think you 126 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: what everybody needs to do is realize this as well 127 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: becauseuse because I'm on the other side, is that we 128 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: have to understand the athletes. Is that getting back to work. Yes, 129 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: we all have to get back to work. You and 130 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: I are lucky, hopefully everybody is lucky enough to have 131 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: bosses and managers who all, right, here's how we're going 132 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: to deal with it. You can work from home. We 133 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: want you to be safe, we want you to be 134 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: able to feel that you are okay, and you can 135 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,040 Speaker 1: continue to do your job as this in the safest 136 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: way possible. For athletes, you can't do that, and you 137 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: are telling them that, yes, you make a lot of 138 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: money do all this, but you have to go and 139 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: potentially put your health at risk if you're going to 140 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: go play. And yeah, but Jason mussa hero Tanaka, right, 141 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: he was in the hospital yesterday because he got hit 142 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 1: by a line drive off John Carlos Stanton. Right, they're 143 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: doing they're doing like a little like uh oh, like 144 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: a scrimmage. The first thing is, I don't know why 145 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: they don't have the net up when when it's you know, 146 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: friendly fire yeah, well it was a simulated game. They 147 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: were trying to simulate game circumstances, right, I understand, But 148 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: you can also you can put in a net up there, like, Look, 149 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: when you're a professional athlete, you're putting yourself in some 150 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: form of harm's way anyway, right, I mean like, and 151 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 1: you may you may think in basketball you're not, but 152 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: the truth is, like you're still putting you You don't 153 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: know what anyone in that arena has or is carrying 154 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: before this, And you have way better medical care when 155 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: you're in your when you're with your professional sports team 156 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: than you do at home. Like that's the the whole 157 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: thing with college athletes, which is all these kids are 158 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: much better off being on college campus than they are 159 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: being at home when they don't have the same medical care. 160 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: It's the same for professional athlete. And when you're there, 161 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: they've they're more likely to get either gravely injured playing 162 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: their sport than they are to get sick. Again, there 163 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: just isn't the but yes, are you are you do 164 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: you offer up the possibility of catching this? Absolutely, you 165 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: offer out the but you do at home as well. 166 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: So I don't really see, I don't understand the difference. 167 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: I just don't. I don't. I don't understand why you're 168 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: so much more at risk going to play baseball, uh 169 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: in in your training camp. Then you are being at 170 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: home when the rest of the world is We're not 171 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: under quarantine anymore. If I if I'm at home and 172 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: I opened the door to my office, I'm gonna walk in, 173 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna sit down, I'm gonna do the show. I'm 174 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: gonna do things, and I'm gonna be okay. If I 175 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: walk into the clubhouse and I open the door and 176 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: I touched my face or something, I could get COVID nineteen, 177 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's not an occupational hazard with big 178 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: getting you can't do their job from You can't do 179 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: their job from home. Right, Exactly what I'm saying is 180 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: you have to understand and and be more an understanding 181 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,719 Speaker 1: of the players that they are going and you are 182 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: putting your health in jeopardy. All right, think, but think 183 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: about it this way. But say, but there are no 184 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: but there are no show me any study, any study, 185 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: anyone that says a professional athlete is putting itself at 186 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: their health actually at risk, Well, you are because you 187 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: are around other people. I understand, but they even the 188 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: ones that have contracted it, they are not actually either. 189 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: They may get sick, but like I there's one of 190 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: the players that was and again this is this is 191 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: a very small there's no real case study here, but 192 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: one of the players that was ruled out of of TBT, 193 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 1: it's somebody I know, a friend of mine and he 194 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: had it and he's like, my brother had it and 195 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: I got it and I was sick for three days 196 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: and it sucked, and now I'm fine and he has 197 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: a little baby. He's like, I would still would have 198 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: played if they would let me, but they wouldn't let 199 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: me because I still had it in my system. I 200 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: tested positive anyway, Like they're just like, we're acting like 201 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: this is the bubonic plague and it's not. I'm not 202 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: saying that it is not super dangerous if you're sixty 203 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: years old or if you have a pre existing medical condition, 204 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: but to anyone else it does not, especially a professional athlete, 205 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: it doesn't appear. And like, yeah, technically working at home, 206 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: but they don't. That's a that's a it's a non 207 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: starter for me because they can't their job could never 208 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: be at home. It just it just can't and oh yeah, 209 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: by the way, no one's staying in their home, Jason, 210 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: maybe you're not. You had Fourth of July, you went 211 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: and got together with friends. Nobody is staying under quarantine anymore. 212 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: So the second you the second you hang out with 213 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: another family, you have opened yourself up to the exact 214 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: same possibility as you said a professional athlete does when 215 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: they open the clubhouse door. But if you are social distancing, 216 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: if you're doing it the right way, and and that's 217 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: where we've gotten to in this country is that I 218 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: don't think we opened up the country too soon. I 219 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: just think we didn't open it up smartly enough. And 220 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: people want to get close to each other, and you 221 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: spread the coronavirus. Now you're going to see this big uptick. Unfortunately, 222 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: you're going to see the death rate really increase in 223 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks because we just saw the 224 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: uptick now with the new cases, and now it's gonna 225 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: be a couple of weeks. How long how long that 226 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: hold on? How long has youre been an uptick? We've 227 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,839 Speaker 1: got you want to go back to? I would say 228 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: shortly after I would say shortly after Memorial Day weekend? Correct, 229 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: is when you had the uptick. So now we're we're 230 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: a little less and a month away from that, and 231 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 1: you're seeing and you're seeing more and more people. No, 232 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: you're not. You're not seeing more and more deaths. You're 233 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: seeing the lowest death number. We're seeing the lowest death 234 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: number in months. There's no correlation. Do you want to 235 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 1: get it? Do you want to get it? Are you 236 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: okay getting it? I'm I'm sorry. I'm guessing I've probably 237 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: already have it, or I will get it. Maybe it's 238 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: it's frankly unavoidable. Do I want to get it? Of 239 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: course I don't want to get it, want to get it, 240 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: but that but that's But my point with the athletes 241 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: is that they're being told that you have to go 242 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: into this situation that is not you are not in control. 243 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: They're not told you. Actually they're not being told. You 244 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: have to told it. If you want to work, this 245 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: is what you have to do. But want to work? 246 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: How how would you feel? All right? Think about this? 247 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: For Fox Sports Radio, they allowed us to all do 248 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: our jobs from from home and and and and are. 249 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 1: That's why I'm happy that this is how it's gone. Look, 250 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: we have great people that we work for Don Martin 251 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: Scotch Bureau. It's awesome. What if Fox said, you know what, sorry, 252 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: the shows don't sound the same. We need everybody in studio. 253 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: And then there's positive COVID nineteen tests, but we still 254 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,719 Speaker 1: need everybody in studio. We're gonna we're gonna wipe the 255 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: systems down, We're gonna wipe all the computers down, but 256 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: we still want everybody in studio. It's a risk for 257 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: you to come in and work. I am sitting in 258 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: a studio where instead of being my home, and I 259 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: like we had like dual sleepovers last night. So there's 260 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 1: just no way I was cranking up the radio at 261 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,840 Speaker 1: at at six in the morning or whatever anyway. So yeah, like, look, 262 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: it's my job. You know, it's my job. I trust, 263 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: I trust my bosses do the best possible job they 264 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: can to keep me healthy. Guy, I don't touch anything. 265 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: I sit in one chair. I come in right before 266 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: I rip and roar and we we go. So I again, like, 267 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: it's it's a either you want to do your job 268 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: or you don't. And it's it's listen, it's okay. I mean, 269 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: these guys get to keep their job even if they 270 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: don't show up the job, but most people don't. And 271 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: I just you know, but the idea that that staying 272 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: at home is somehow safer when we're not on our 273 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: quarantine anymore, unless you're a gorphobic and you're not leaving 274 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: your home the second you open your door, period, Like 275 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: the whole social distancing thing. Seeing, look, is it reasonable 276 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: say wear a mask. Guess you can wear a mask. 277 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: You can go in your clubhouse and wear gloves if 278 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: you want. You don't, you don't have to. They're they're 279 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: doing the best they possibly can. But this idea that 280 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: professional athletes are putting themselves in some grave danger risk 281 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: like there just isn't any stats to back it up. Meanwhile, 282 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: they're actually safer at their job than they probably are 283 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: at home, because when you're at home, you're gonna take 284 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: the kids out, you're gonna go to the store, you're 285 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 1: gonna go live life, and that's the time when you're 286 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: going to come into contact with an uncontrolled environment, unlike 287 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: the environment of an empty baseball facility. Well, this is 288 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: why I look at what the NBA is doing and 289 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: why the bubble I think is the best way forward. 290 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: You know, you can you can keep things as much 291 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: under control as possible with what's going on in the NBA, 292 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: because hey, you're here and we're going to make sure 293 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: that people aren't getting in that could infect you, or 294 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: you're doing the right thing. You're staying in in with 295 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: your teammates. And I get that. Major League Baseball's got 296 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: the other side of it, and that's say we're gonna 297 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: show up at our home parks, we're gonna do it 298 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 1: this way and and we're just gonna go forward that way. 299 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,120 Speaker 1: And you have two ways of thinking about it. And 300 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: you know, but as far as either sport, it doesn't matter. 301 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:07,839 Speaker 1: I just think you have to be a little bit 302 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: understanding of the athletes, knowing that we're going into a 303 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: situation where we're putting our health at risk. What if 304 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: I have an undiagnosed medical condition. I want to think 305 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: that I can beat things back. If I can that, 306 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be okay like the vast majority of people. 307 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: But you know, do you really want to say okay? 308 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: And if I get it, I get it. I mean 309 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: I think we need to do a little bit more. 310 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: It's it's like people, you don't know enough about this yet. 311 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: You know, just okay, Well, here's the death rate is 312 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: going down. Okay, but now, but the death rate was 313 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: going down because for the longest time we were flattening 314 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: the curve. You're doing the right thing. Now everybody is 315 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: back out and you're seeing the cases go up in 316 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: over half the states. So while we're getting back to it, 317 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: and I agree that we need to get back to 318 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: business and back to do their jobs, is we have 319 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: to have some kind of understanding that, all right, the 320 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: players are doing something that you're not asking the average 321 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: person to do, and there's certain times where you're going 322 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: to be put in a situation where you just can't 323 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: be safe. We can't. You're all the experts say social distance, 324 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: wearing mask on sometimes can't do that, and the NBA 325 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: players aren't gonna be able to do that, and MLB 326 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: players probably aren't gonna be able to do that. Just 327 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: to be understanding of that as you make these decisions 328 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: going forward is where I think sports need to be 329 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: Twitter At how about a Fresca doug at Gottlieb show. 330 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: Great stuff here on the show again. Big news going 331 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: on in Major League Baseball, Nationals and Astros changing and 332 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: canceling their workouts for the day. At least closing their 333 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: camps because they haven't gotten their COVID nineteen tests back yet. 334 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: We'll have more on this story coming up. We got 335 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: a Dodgers insider, David Vasse from AM five seventy LA Sports. 336 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: The latest on the David Price story. You heard Doug 337 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: talking about that a few minutes ago, that this part 338 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 1: of it is fascinating. He's decided to not play this year. 339 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 1: What are players thinking about? We got all that and 340 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: more coming up next right here. Jason Smith, Doug gottlieb 341 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: In for Dan and the dan Nets. This is Fox 342 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Be sure to catch the live edition of 343 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show weekdays and nine am Eastern six 344 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 1: am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeart Radio 345 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: WAPP Fox Sports Radio The Dan Patrick Show. Jason Smith 346 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: and Doug gottlieb In for Dan and the Danettes. Today, 347 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: big stories out of Major League Baseball. In the past hour, 348 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros have closed their 349 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 1: camps for the day as they have not gotten back 350 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 1: the results of their COVID nineteen tests taken three days ago, 351 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 1: and both teams have said listen, major League Baseball needs 352 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: to be doing better. As far as figuring things out 353 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: for us. Joining us now on the hotline La Dodgers 354 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: Insider with AM five seventy LA Sports or flagship station 355 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: here in Los Angeles, David Vasse, Dave, what's happening man. 356 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: Everything's great, guys. So we had a good weekend. We did. 357 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: David Price will not pitch for the Dodgers. I know 358 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: publicly they are showing their complete support for his decision. 359 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: What about privately, privately, same thing. And I'm sure they're 360 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 1: disappointed from the baseball side because he was really throwing 361 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: the ball well when spring training in Arizona ended, and 362 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: I know they were looking forward to him being one 363 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: of their top three starters this season. So I'm sure 364 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: there's some level of disappointment. But it's his own personal decision. 365 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: I know his teammates support him and they were not 366 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: blindsided by this decision. Is there any possibility that he 367 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: changes his mind at some point or is this in 368 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: the sand. I am not playing and that's it and 369 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm done. He made it very clear on his Twitter 370 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: that there is no margin for changing his mind if 371 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: let's say the Dodgers are embarking on a World Series trip. 372 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: So yeah, He did not leave any room for that, 373 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: And when we spoke to Andrew Friedman over the weekend, 374 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: he did not have any answers on whether or not 375 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: his eligibility would even allow him to come back. He 376 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: had no answers on whether or not Price would be 377 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 1: able to change his mind and jump back in mid season. 378 00:17:55,320 --> 00:18:00,280 Speaker 1: So it all depends on a player's health issue, whether 379 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: or not they get paid. That's still unclear with David Price, 380 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: whether or not that works for him and whether or 381 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: not he's able to jump back in Major League Baseball 382 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: has not been too clear about all of that. It 383 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: might be a case by case basis. David, what are 384 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: their workout's been like so far? Very boring from what 385 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: I've seen. You know, we were out there Friday, Saturday, 386 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: and Sunday, and you know, basically I saw pitchers the 387 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: first day taking in field practice, comebackers to throw the 388 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,879 Speaker 1: first base. Then we saw batting practice. So that was 389 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: the grand unveil of the first official workout on Friday 390 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,640 Speaker 1: at Dodgers Stadium. And yesterday they had their first inter 391 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: squad game and that was Dustin May on one side, 392 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: Alex Wood on the other. They're going to have another 393 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 1: one tonight under the lights at Dodgers Stadium. So today 394 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 1: might be the one with the most action because Clayton Kersh, 395 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: I believe, is scheduled to pitch in this intrasquad game tonight. 396 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: You know, I like its following you your Twitter over 397 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 1: the course of past twenty four hours. You know, you 398 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,239 Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to Walker Bueller and you 399 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: asked him about, Hey, what's it been like for the 400 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,199 Speaker 1: players the first few days of camp and his quote was, 401 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: nobody has revolted. So I get a feeling things are 402 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: going a little bit better in Dodgers Can't than they 403 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: are in other places in the MLBA. Yeah, you would 404 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: assume so, because they would not have been able to 405 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,959 Speaker 1: take the field yesterday if they felt uneasy or if 406 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: they weren't able to get their COVID nineteen tests back 407 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: to allow those players to be on the field. Now, 408 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: there have been some notable absences from these workouts, namely 409 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: their closer Kenley Jansen, our outfielder AJ Pollock, one of 410 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: their second base prospects, Gavin Lux. We haven't seen them, 411 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: and the Dodgers have not disclosed why. And Rob Manfred 412 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 1: actually said last week on DP on the DP show 413 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: that you know, they're not going to disclose personal health 414 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: records because of the federal privacy law. Some teams have 415 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: been more open with it than others. The Dodgers have 416 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: been very guarded with any injury information over the course 417 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: of the last five or six seasons, so this this 418 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: is not something that's new, so they're trying to keep 419 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: that close to the vest. But you know, you look 420 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: at the Braves and Brian Snicker, he was very open 421 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: with the fact Freddie Freeman had a fever and would 422 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: not be coming back to camp anytime soon. Um, Mookie 423 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:26,159 Speaker 1: Bats obviously he's their big offseason acquisition, and you know 424 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: his I'd like, I'm just wondering what he's been like, 425 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: not just because everyone was wondering whether or not he'd 426 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,760 Speaker 1: ever get to play for the Dodgers, but but there 427 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: is the reality of or I think likelihood that, however 428 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: many hundreds of millions he was set to make in 429 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: this upcoming offseason, is very much an unknown in terms 430 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: of the economy of the sport. What that looks like, 431 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,520 Speaker 1: What's what what's he been like during his short stint 432 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: so far with the Dodgers. Well, Doug All, I could 433 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: tell you is being around him in Arizona, because that 434 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: was the only interaction I've had with them. I'm not 435 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: allowed to get anywhere near the players under this new 436 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,159 Speaker 1: set of rules for Major League Baseball moving forward. But 437 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 1: being around him in Arizona, he was a very focused player, 438 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: and the stories I heard about him was, you know 439 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant type of work ethic where he would show 440 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: up before anybody at the facility, even before the sun 441 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: came up, and he would be one of the last 442 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: to leave the facility. And that's how much work he 443 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: put in and really set the tone by leading by example, 444 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: and then stood up in front of the team one 445 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: of the first couple of days of spring training and 446 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 1: really challenged the rest of the team to have the focus, 447 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: even on the backfields of spring training, to have that 448 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,880 Speaker 1: championship focused. And he set a standard by doing that, 449 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: and teammates raved about the words that he used during 450 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: that time standing up in front of the whole team, 451 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: because he's not really a guy that in Boston would 452 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: stand up in front of the team. And the first 453 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: base coach for the Dodgers, George Lombard, knew him from 454 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: rookie ball and he said he was even surprised that 455 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: Mookie went to those links and took that leadership role 456 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: right away. So yeah, everybody loves Mookie Bets and loves 457 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: what he's all about with the Dodgers. Okay, so David, 458 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: you can help kind of paint this picture for us. 459 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: As you pointed out, they you know, the Nationals, Jason 460 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: was was was was reading and it's been reported they're 461 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 1: shutting down their camp because it's been seventy two hours 462 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: they haven't gotten their testing back, Like what is what 463 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: is it like for these guys like they're they're they're 464 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: testing daily. They kept getting their tests back immediately. And 465 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: then in terms of you covering them, you know, you 466 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: can see what's going on. How far from the field 467 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: are you paint a picture for all of us what 468 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 1: this is actually like? Well, I'll paint the picture as 469 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 1: best as told to me, because, like I mentioned, there's 470 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: three different tiers. If you're going to be around Major 471 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: League Baseball or in Major League Baseball, the media is 472 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: in tier three and Tier three cannot act with anybody 473 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: that's in Tier one or tier two. Tier one is 474 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: the players, the coaches, everybody in uniform, the training staff, etc. 475 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: Tier two front office people, guys like that, Tier three media, 476 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: and I'll just give you an example from where we were. 477 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,200 Speaker 1: We were in the press box, TV cameras, so we're 478 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: set up on the loge level. That's where I was 479 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: for MLB Network on Friday. So that's as close as 480 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: we can get to the players. Maybe I could push 481 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: the limits and get ten rows from the field on 482 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: the field level there the first level. But for the players, 483 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: they're getting tested daily and that's the standard. You have 484 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: to know every day that you're safe. And is it perfect. No, 485 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 1: because you're not getting immediate results. You're supposed to get 486 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,640 Speaker 1: them back in twenty four hours. The ideal situation would 487 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: be you get tested, we get the results, and we 488 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: let you in or out of that clubhouse. But players 489 00:23:55,160 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: that are Dodger players that were entering Dodger Stadium entered 490 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: with a mass their temperatures taken before they enter the clubhouse. 491 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: They're tested. They get a prick of blood on their 492 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: finger and the saliva test as well, so that that's 493 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 1: the protocol for them every day. Dodgers inside of David 494 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,360 Speaker 1: vassay with us here from AM five seventy LA Sports 495 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 1: David Ballpark this for me because if players are here, 496 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: and obviously they're gonna have concerns. Do they all look 497 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: like and feel comfortable that they're at spring that's spring 498 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: training or summer training now and we're going forward and 499 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,680 Speaker 1: playing or are they still kind of feeling their way 500 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,560 Speaker 1: around a bit? I could say talking to the players 501 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: via zoom, that's the way we talked to players now 502 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 1: via zoom. Um, they're gonna want to make it that way, 503 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 1: by the way they're they're gonna make permanently. Can we 504 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: just have to do this via zoom? That'd be great. Hey, 505 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: don't say that because that might become reality. I don't 506 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,920 Speaker 1: know if they'll lever let us back in the clubhouse 507 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,680 Speaker 1: when things get get cleared up. But um uh yeah, 508 00:24:55,920 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: I talking to the players, you know, the enthusiasm wasn't 509 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 1: that's high in those zoom calls, But it's hard to 510 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,239 Speaker 1: gauge at All I can say is observing them from 511 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: the field, The enthusiasm was there. The excitement of being 512 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: back playing baseball around the batting cage was there. So yeah, 513 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: these guys that are able to play, are able to 514 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: be on the field, they want to be there. I 515 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: think there's different levels of that spectrum of wanting to 516 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: be there. I mean, Mike Trout made it clear he 517 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 1: was unsure about it. Others have as well. But the 518 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: Dodger players that are participating, they seem to be enjoying 519 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: their time out there. Hey, David, listen, thanks so much 520 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: for the insight. It is going to be a fascinating 521 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: kind of social experiment to be a part of. And 522 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: we appreciate being our guests in the Dan Patrick Show. 523 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,439 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me. Guys, have a great day. All right, 524 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,160 Speaker 1: that's Dodgers Insider for AM five seventy. That's the Home 525 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: of the Dodgers. David Vase. Okay, So, now knowing what 526 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: it's like Jason inside the baseball bubble, what do you 527 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: think this is fascinating because to me that one of 528 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 1: the best stories Doug, that we're gonna get playing out 529 00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks is you have two 530 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: different ways of how we're going to have professional sports, 531 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: team sports resume. Right. We have the NBA bubble, right, 532 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 1: everybody's under one roof and we're gonna try to keep 533 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 1: it going that way. And then you have Major League Baseball, 534 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,240 Speaker 1: which is everybody's doing their own thing. At spring training 535 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: and then we're gonna fly back and forth to cities 536 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 1: and play games, and that's how we're gonna go. It's 537 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 1: absolutely fascinating. And whichever one winds up being better, I 538 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: think you're gonna see other sports take involved. You're gonna 539 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: see football figure out a way to do this, whether 540 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: MLS tries to figure out a way. They're in the 541 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: bubble right now, they're having a little their own difficulties 542 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,119 Speaker 1: right now is they're getting set to play in a 543 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 1: few days. But whichever one winds up winning is going 544 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,520 Speaker 1: to get that's going to be the blueprint. That's where 545 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 1: gonna be. Other sports are gonna follow, and I think 546 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna be the NBA. I look at being able 547 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 1: to try to control players exposure and staying healthy and 548 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: being able to play right. So to take it away 549 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: from the from me, boy, you could get sick in 550 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:01,439 Speaker 1: something really bad could happen to you part of it. 551 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,879 Speaker 1: Let's take it from the perspective of how are players 552 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 1: going to be able to play right? Because the last 553 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 1: in the NBA wants is you're getting set for the 554 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: Western Conference finals and guess what Lebron and a d 555 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,800 Speaker 1: have to sit out because you know they had a 556 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: player test pot for COVID nineteen and they're exposed to it, 557 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: they might not be able to play. That's what you 558 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: don't want. I think you can do it better in 559 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: the NBA that you can do it major League Baseball 560 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: as far as being because when you're in control of 561 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: what players can do and can't do, and this is 562 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: about being safety is about safety first more than anything else. 563 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: I think that has a better chance of working than 564 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball does doing it this way, And because 565 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: if you get to go home at night and say, 566 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: as you talked about human nature earlier in the show, hey, 567 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 1: you know what what's gonna Rick Buker talked about human 568 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: nature with us during the show. What are players gonna do? 569 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: Are they gonna adhere to guidelines or as human nature 570 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: gonna take over, they're gonna say, I feel good, I'm 571 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,160 Speaker 1: gonna go out, I'm gonna go out and get dinner, 572 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go here, I'm gonna go to this party, 573 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to this whatever it is, I'm gonna 574 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 1: go do that. And then suddenly something bad happens and 575 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,919 Speaker 1: you test positive and your other teammates test positive. I 576 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 1: think that bubble it works more, is as a better 577 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: chance of working more than what Major League Baseball is 578 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 1: doing it. Yes, yes, I would generally say yes. Obviously 579 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: the difference is the amount of contact within the sport. 580 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't know, there are people that 581 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 1: are going to come in and out of the bubble, 582 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: right like all food service and you know, the service, 583 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 1: the service part of it, there are people who come 584 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: in and out of and the idea that you're gonna 585 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,879 Speaker 1: that every single person is going to be tested and 586 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: is not gonna have not be a carrier, not have 587 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: it on their hands, but it's really hard to think 588 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: that's completely possible. I don't know. I you know, we're 589 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 1: in interesting times. Do you get to a point to 590 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: where you get to the conference finals and remember that's 591 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: that's really a month and a half at two months 592 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: from now, where you have guys who are like, all right, 593 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: I've seen all this, I've seen all the numbers. I'll 594 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: just sign a waiver I'm in regardless of who test 595 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: positive and who doesn't. I don't know if that's a possibility. 596 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: I don't know. So um, it's just it's going to 597 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: be really interesting in terms of who plays for baseball 598 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: Nick Markakis, who's just reported is opting out. But for basketball, 599 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: it you know, with a couple of rare exceptions, everybody 600 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: who's in is in basketball. Players play basketball, and I'm 601 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: going to be faster to see how this works out. Well. One, 602 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: there's that part of it though, that we sometimes put 603 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: a little bit before the beginning of it, where we 604 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: get to the games. I think everybody's gonna be fine. 605 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not You're not gonna see, you know, 606 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 1: at the beginning of games where the loose ball is 607 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: going out of bounds and players are gonna not go 608 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,000 Speaker 1: after it because somebody else is going after it because 609 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: they're touching the basketball. I mean, once the game's hit, 610 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: the competitive nature is gonna take over and they're gonna play. 611 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 1: There's gonna be it's gonna be second nature of them. 612 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: Same thing in Major League Baseball too. But now now 613 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 1: with the beginnings of we don't know how this is 614 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: gonna go is where you're seeing all of this, and 615 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: you know, you talked about the the desire to open 616 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: up the economy and players needing to get back to work. 617 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: I think once they get into the swing of it, 618 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 1: and it's and it's not new, and we spend a 619 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: little bit of time doing it, everything will calm down, 620 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 1: I think in a large way, and you'll see less 621 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: players being nervous and you'll see more players being into it. Obviously, 622 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: depending on what the COVID nineteen tests come back, that's good, 623 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: that could change things. But as you get into it 624 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: and you get into the business of playing, and look, 625 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,400 Speaker 1: you're thinking about the conference finals a month and a 626 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,800 Speaker 1: half from now. By that time, it's everybody's going to 627 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: be all into Hey, this is the championship. Now, this 628 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,920 Speaker 1: is this is Lakers Clippers, or this is you know, 629 00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: this is buck Celtics, and and we're thinking, we're not 630 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: thinking about COVID nineteen anymore. We're thinking about championships. That part, 631 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: I think is just naturally going to take over. I knew. 632 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,280 Speaker 1: But I also think there's a certain amount of being 633 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: stir crazy in staying in the same location, right And 634 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: while they'll have NBA players will have the best of 635 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: the best of the best. I mean that league is 636 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: so incredibly player friendly in terms of how they're run 637 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: and places they stay and how they're taking care of 638 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: Like you can only go to the game room and 639 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 1: play ping pong so many times if you're like, yeah, 640 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: I'm just this is kind of a this is a 641 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: rap on on this deal son, just one on one 642 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 1: ping pongo. Yeah, I don't like two on two ping pong. 643 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't like that at all, unless this 644 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: beer pose. If you're doing beer pong, that's kind of fun. Uh. 645 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: You know, here's the thing, um, And I didn't tell 646 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: you this. Um. I've never played beer punk, by the way, 647 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 1: really wow, okay, never never played beer punk. I learned 648 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,800 Speaker 1: to dive over the weekend. Dive like like, oh okay, 649 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,479 Speaker 1: I think like somebody hits you, you you dive and get 650 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,560 Speaker 1: a penalty. No dive. You never learned how. You never 651 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: knew how to die. I mean I think I knew how, 652 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 1: I just could never execute it. Like when I was 653 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: six years old, I dove into a pool for a 654 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: swim class and I kind of got the spins underneath water. 655 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: I you know, I didn't know, and I kind of 656 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 1: panicked a little bit. And I don't know whether I 657 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: can't the two things that I I'm still a pretty 658 00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 1: good shape, a pretty athletic guy in my fouries, and 659 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: I never been able to land a front flip out 660 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: of trampline and I, up until this weekend, had never 661 00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: been able to jump and just dive into a pool. 662 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 1: My eleven year old son worked with me for ten 663 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: minutes and I nailed it. So I just want to 664 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 1: want to share that with you. Kept your it kept 665 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: your legs straight, because that's a big part of a 666 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: dive is sometimes you think it weren't really straight, but 667 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: it's just more of the idea of going in head first, 668 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 1: hands head first, and just jumping into a pool like 669 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 1: I just have an I don't know if you've ever 670 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 1: seen anybody like that, but you just I just kind 671 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,600 Speaker 1: of lock up when I get and it would constantly 672 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,920 Speaker 1: be a belly flop, and it would be I'd get 673 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: laughed at by my own children, and now they can 674 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: laugh at me, just not because of that. Anyway. I 675 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: don't I agree with you on the competitive juices. I 676 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: think once guys start playing to like look, especially guys 677 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 1: like Lebron James, I think the idea of winning a 678 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: championship overrides all of the other negative stuff. But I 679 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 1: do think it'll be there'll be a lot of challenges 680 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 1: to being under quarantine. Essentially when the rest of the 681 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,959 Speaker 1: world is out going about because by the time we 682 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,280 Speaker 1: get to August this, unless we're all on lockdown, we're 683 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: gonna be at phase four. And so they're going to 684 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: be looking outside at the rest of the world seeing it. 685 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: They're all back and we have other sports going. We think, 686 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: I think, yes, you're right. The basketball feels like a 687 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,600 Speaker 1: safer environment than the baseball does, but it also feels 688 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: like a more difficult environment to function within because everything 689 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: else is opening up and you're stuck no matter how 690 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: big the facility is in Orlando. Well, you played big 691 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: time D one college basketball, you played professionally all across 692 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: the globe. You played in Russia. I think you played 693 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: a season in Antarctica. You had a big year, a 694 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: lot of assists that year. How long did it take 695 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: you until you were sick of your teammates. We were like, 696 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm I'm ready to go. I'm ready 697 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: to go. I'm ready to not see you guys for 698 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: a while. And this is under circumstances of normal things 699 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: like you can go out to dinner and come home. 700 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 1: And now this is interesting. So when I was in Russia, 701 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: we had won the regular season by I don't know 702 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: how many games, and guys got to go home for 703 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 1: two weeks before we had like an we got an 704 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: automatic buy to the semifinals of the playoffs, so we 705 00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,480 Speaker 1: had like a month and a half off and or players. 706 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,000 Speaker 1: I was, I was rookie, was right. So they had 707 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: me stay and play a couple of the professional games 708 00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,200 Speaker 1: with juniors. I played two games with like all with 709 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: the juniors and U and a couple of the other 710 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,839 Speaker 1: bench guys and so uh. Then so I never got 711 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: to go home. Then we went to Lithuania to train 712 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: and prepare for the semifinals, and we played friendlies for 713 00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: three weeks. We were we were in Lithuania, and I 714 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 1: would say the first week was really cool, right, was 715 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: really really cool. But after that I was like, I 716 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 1: really want to get even though my apartment in Russia 717 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: wasn't anything to look forward to, I really wanted to 718 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:55,239 Speaker 1: get back to a place that I would consider home. 719 00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,400 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean there's a certain it's like not 720 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,480 Speaker 1: unlike going to college, right, get homesick your first three 721 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: months away. After three months away, I would say that 722 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: with my teammates, usually after the second week is when 723 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: you're just like okay, none of your jokes are that 724 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,520 Speaker 1: funny anymore. I'm tired to listen to your music. Even 725 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: though it's in your headphones, I can hear it, you know, 726 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,719 Speaker 1: when you're sitting next to me in the locker room. 727 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: Everything you say pretty much annoys me. So yeah, I 728 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: would say two weeks is about the limit. Twitter out. 729 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,520 Speaker 1: How about a Fresca Doug at Gottlieb show. And this 730 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: is gonna be a little bit longer than that for 731 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 1: NBA players. It is the Dan Patrick Show here on 732 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Jason Smith, Doug Gottlieb in for Dan 733 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: and the dan As Today. Coming up next, it was 734 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 1: one tweet this morning from the President that has one 735 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: sport back squarely in the headlines. We have that big 736 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: story for you coming up next right here Fox Sports Radio. 737 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 738 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,800 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 739 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,560 Speaker 1: Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search f 740 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,879 Speaker 1: s are to listen live Fox Sports Radio The Dan 741 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: Patrick Show, Jason Smith, Doug gottlie Been for Dan and 742 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: the Dan Netts. Today. We have the Bubba Wallace story 743 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 1: coming up in a second. But just really quick, Dog, 744 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,440 Speaker 1: because you mentioned a few minutes ago, Nick Mark Cacus. 745 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: You're seeing his name trend at the top of Twitter 746 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 1: right now. He is the latest baseball player to opt 747 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: out of the season. Said he had a conversation with 748 00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,960 Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman the other day, who tested positive for COVID nineteen, 749 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,960 Speaker 1: said that it opened his eyes to the risks of playing. 750 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: He's got three kids. He's decided to not play. The 751 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: thing is, and this is why this is a big deal, 752 00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 1: is Nick Mark Cacas is thirty six, right, He's got 753 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: twenty three hundred and fifty five hits. Guys got an 754 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 1: outside shot at three thousand, and you think, wait, Nick, Yeah, 755 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: Nick Mark Cacas could wind up being a Hall of 756 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 1: Famer with three thousand hits. Every hit counts for him, 757 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,400 Speaker 1: and he's decided to not play this season. Yeah, But 758 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:53,280 Speaker 1: I would say that there's also one correlation with most 759 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: of these guys that are are opting out. They're in 760 00:36:56,520 --> 00:37:00,800 Speaker 1: their thirties, They've already accomplished a lot, a lot of money, 761 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: and they're like, Eh, just not worth it to me. 762 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,879 Speaker 1: They they they've they've gotten past the point of man, 763 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,959 Speaker 1: I just love playing baseball. It's become a job, and 764 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: they're just stringing years together because they make a ton 765 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: of money doing it again, is that unfair? Probably? Probably 766 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,440 Speaker 1: because each guy individually has its own logic, his own reason. 767 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,879 Speaker 1: But you're seeing enough. Ryan Zimmerman thirty five years old, right, 768 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,640 Speaker 1: has had a very very good career, but he's at 769 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: the tail end of that career. Uh. Look, David Price 770 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: isn't as old, I don't believe, but he's already won 771 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,879 Speaker 1: a World Series, won a cy young, made a ton 772 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: of money, and will make a ton of money next 773 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 1: year during a full season. So it's not, as you know, 774 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: it's more of a job to him than than a 775 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:49,200 Speaker 1: passion that makes a lot of money. And I do 776 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 1: think that's one of the correlations with a lot of 777 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,720 Speaker 1: these guys in baseball Twitter, Right, how about a fresca 778 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: Doug at Gottlieb Show, Jason Smith. Doug Gotlieb in for 779 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,360 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick today and tomorrow as well here on the show. 780 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,280 Speaker 1: And I'm sure this is going to be raging tomorrow. 781 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: As this story broke earlier in the show. We've talked 782 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,480 Speaker 1: about it a couple of times. President Donald Trump has 783 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,879 Speaker 1: called out Bubba Wallace on Monday, alleging that a noose 784 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 1: found in his garage at Talladega Superspeedway last month was 785 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: a hoax, and he questions NASCAR's decision to ban the 786 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,000 Speaker 1: Confederate flag. The tweet from President Trump has at Bubba 787 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,960 Speaker 1: Wallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers and 788 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 1: officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, 789 00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 1: and we're willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to 790 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: find out that the whole thing was just another hoax. 791 00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:36,880 Speaker 1: That and flag decision has caused lowest ratings ever. You 792 00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 1: and I talked about this last hour, Doug and used 793 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: to do wonder if NASCAR drivers are going to take 794 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: the bait already. Tyler Reddick, who drives number eight Chevrolet 795 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 1: for Richard Children's Racing, responded on Twitter by saying, we 796 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: don't need an apology. We did what was right and 797 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: we will do just fine without your support. So as 798 00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,760 Speaker 1: you're seeing, this is kind of going on the path 799 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,839 Speaker 1: of now of becoming a thing where, look, I think 800 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,399 Speaker 1: if the NFL could do it over again, they would 801 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: have just kind of moved on and not gotten into 802 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: the back and forth with the President Trump about kneeling. 803 00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,799 Speaker 1: But clearly this is where we're at with NASCAR. It 804 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 1: looks like nascars. This is now going to become a 805 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: story that's going to move on throughout a couple of 806 00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 1: news cycles. It look A hoax is something where you 807 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: have the intent to deceive. It's really hard to judge intent. 808 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 1: But I don't believe anyone legitimately, legitimately once they've seen 809 00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,200 Speaker 1: the facts and see thinks there was an intent to deceive, right, 810 00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,960 Speaker 1: was it was? It? Maybe? Was it overblown because the 811 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 1: news that was fashioned to the rope pull did not 812 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: appear in any way to be intended for Bubba walls Yeah, yeah, 813 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: it was. It was a miscommunication and it was something 814 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: that that that once the game of telephone got to 815 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,439 Speaker 1: him and then he wasn't willing to move off of 816 00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: what he was told. It was, sure, But a hoax 817 00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: is a different level of deception. And I don't think anyone, 818 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 1: at least, I'm not accusing Bubba Wallace of perpetrating a hoax. 819 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:12,240 Speaker 1: I just thought, when once more information came out, you're like, oh, well, okay, 820 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: wasn't wasn't a hate crime? But I I just think 821 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:19,320 Speaker 1: look two things. One we have to take into account context. 822 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:22,680 Speaker 1: The context was it was the first big race where 823 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,239 Speaker 1: fans were there, and then we're no, we're supposed to 824 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:27,319 Speaker 1: be no Confederate flags. And then somebody flew one over 825 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: Sunday's race before it was postponed, and then and then 826 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,000 Speaker 1: he got he got word of it and never saw it, 827 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:38,920 Speaker 1: and NASCAR raptor there was nothing wrong with NASCAR's reaction. 828 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: That was exactly what I was supposed to tract, like, oh, 829 00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 1: he's our guy, he's our brother. We're not We're not 830 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 1: standing up for that. So but the second part is 831 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,040 Speaker 1: I just if I'm Bubba Wallace, I just keep on 832 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: moving man. It's not it's not. It's not worth it 833 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,920 Speaker 1: because once you get into the back and forth, that's 834 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,600 Speaker 1: what he wants, and that hasn't That doesn't work out 835 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 1: as well as continue to help your sport progress towards 836 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: a different image than they've had previously. Yeah, and as 837 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,240 Speaker 1: far as Wallace goes out, because I agree, they should 838 00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 1: move on and not let this become a story. Look, 839 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,879 Speaker 1: the NFL showed you that you can do that. I 840 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,160 Speaker 1: think for Wallace, why he's getting the blowback he is 841 00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,440 Speaker 1: is because once it was it turned out to not 842 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:24,320 Speaker 1: be something that was done specifically to him. He didn't 843 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: really acknowledge that in the interviews he did where he 844 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,839 Speaker 1: went on Don Lemon Show all the other ones where 845 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: maybe he could have said, listen, it wasn't meant for me. 846 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,239 Speaker 1: But because he still got his message out, which was 847 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: a great one. You're not going to to put racism 848 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: in Nascar. We are going to be united and strong, 849 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,759 Speaker 1: and it was an awesome message to come out of that. 850 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,759 Speaker 1: But I think just the way it came apart where 851 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 1: he didn't really acknowledge that part of it, I can 852 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: see where that turned some people off. But to go 853 00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,080 Speaker 1: he kind of it wasn't really meant for you. You know, 854 00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: you could have gone into that part of it a 855 00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,759 Speaker 1: little bit more. Yes, look, I don't I thought his 856 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: reaction was way too defiant before all the information came out. 857 00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: But I think that's generally a problem all of us 858 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 1: have in social media, especially postings, where we see something 859 00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,279 Speaker 1: and we automatically go to the negative. That's just that's 860 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,280 Speaker 1: just a problem we have, like we just automatically something 861 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: becomes But I also think it's reasonable considering the context. 862 00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,080 Speaker 1: And I also when we take a breath, it wasn't 863 00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,440 Speaker 1: a hoax. We're back tomorrow, Collins coming up next, Fox,