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We talk about the stories that are 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: the stories of the day. Welcome in the beginning of 13 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: another hour of the Benmahler Show. We are in the 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: air everywhere, preaching to the choir as we are telling 15 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: you like it is all. The rest of our industry 16 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: is fast asleep. They're not hanging out with us. 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But no, this is all about Lebron, and 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: we are contractually obligated, as it turns out, for an 32 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: obligatory Malard monologue, much to the approval of Eugene in Chicago, 33 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: who is anticipating this spicy margarita edition of a Malard 34 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: monologue on Lebron, James and his life in times. Here's 35 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: some new developments over the weekend. New developments, new developments, 36 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: new developments. While we were away from the watchtower guarding 37 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: the overnight graveyard of sports takes, there were some new 38 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: things that took place here. So if you didn't follow along, 39 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: don't worry. That's what we're here for. We got your back. 40 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 1: We kept tabs on what was going on so you 41 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: would not have to so chatter over the weekend, little 42 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: chit chat over the weekend that indicated that there are 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: a four pack, four pack of teams that are attempting 44 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: to acqui Lebron James. No, those teams are in no 45 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: formal order, the Dallas mav Rex, the Golden State Warriors, 46 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Cadavers, and the Clippers supposedly, so that story 47 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: came out though those teams have emerged as possible suitors 48 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 1: for Lebron James. That happened over the weekend. Now, those 49 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: four teams, if you believe the chatter, if you believe 50 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: the Internet chatter, those four teams contacted Lebron's conciliary right 51 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: his Boddy there, Rich Paul, who is the If you 52 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: want to talk to the mob boss, you got to 53 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: go through the consigli area and that would be Rich Paul. 54 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: And that is where we are right now. So let 55 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: us discuss the question for the panel, the blue Ribbon panel. 56 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: Where are you at on the Fearsome Fursome Pursuingbron James. 57 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: All right, so I've got Vintage Cookie Jar, Dali Lama 58 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: and Philadelphia Original and we will combine all of these 59 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 1: things together and we are gonna make the Gobaul. We're 60 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: gonna make the Gobba goal for our friend in Florida. 61 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: So number I said, number right. Yes, Now we provide 62 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: a skeptical eye for the regular guy. Now I even 63 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: have buyfocals on, so I have extra skepticism, is what 64 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: I have on here. But this is not the Lebron 65 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: sweep steaks. It was presented as the Lebron Sweepstakes. I 66 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: don't buy that that narrative. I'm not I'm not going there. 67 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: It's it's more like the Lebron flea market. Now, you 68 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: can find a nice thing every now and again at 69 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: the flea market, and that's what this is. It's the 70 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: Lebron James flea market. And it's like, what's what's going 71 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: on there? What's on the table at the flea market? 72 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: You're like, do I want that kind of fade a 73 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: little bit? I'm not sure about that. Uh, And it 74 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: was well, this is not the shiny new toy. We're 75 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: not We're not auctioning off the shiny new toy. This 76 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: is Lebron James at this point is a vintage cookie jar. 77 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,960 Speaker 1: It's cracked a little bit faded, now it still has 78 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: some value. There's still some value there. And if you 79 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: squint hard enough at the vintage cookie jar and you 80 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: look at it and you ignore the fact that the 81 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: cookies inside turns stale. Right around the time they got 82 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: that little Mickey Mouse bubble ring that doesn't really count 83 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: back at Disney World, like a nice little souvenir there. Yay, 84 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: you get a ring wee not a real one. Not 85 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: a real one, as we learned from the Oklahoma City 86 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: thunder Guard, not every one. So Lebron James the greatest 87 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: player of his generation, not the greatest of all time, 88 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: as he trails Michael Jordan and others. He's also across 89 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: the rubicon the dreaded four. He's in the dreaded forties 90 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: age range at this particular point, Lebron James. And so 91 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: you put it all together, and while he still can 92 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: put up numbers for you, and the kind of a 93 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: numbers that if you work over at ESPN, right, you 94 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: think Lebron's like the Dalai Lama, you do, you treat 95 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: him like the Dalai Lama and all that, and you 96 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 1: can't wait to hear what he has to say about 97 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: every effing thing you gotta get to the bottom of 98 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 1: Lebron James, all right. So the impact is measured now 99 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: more in a moment's rather than months of greatness. There's 100 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: individual moments on a given night. Lebron can put up 101 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: some big numbers and all that stuff, but it's one 102 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 1: of those buyer beware situations for anyone that does business 103 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: with Lebron James. It is a buyer beware situation because 104 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: that cookie jar, remember we told you Lebron is like 105 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: the flea market vintage cookie jar Lebron. It looks okay 106 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: from a distance on a shelf. You're like, that's not 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: that bad, and I could buy that. It's a couple 108 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: of bucks. I gotta pay cash, no credit card. It's 109 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: a couple of bucks. And the lids chipped again though 110 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: a little bit. And you look at it and the 111 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: basis and you get a little closer to see a 112 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: little crack there on the base of it, and it 113 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: really only opens when it wants to. And so that's 114 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,600 Speaker 1: not particularly great and all that stuff, and the four 115 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: teams that are supposedly in on this. It's a nostalgia play. 116 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: It would be a nostalgia play for Lebron and that's 117 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: what you're going for at this particular point. Sell some stuff, 118 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: you become in the conversation. You're always in the conversation. Now, 119 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: Lebron's camp is trying really hard to control the narrative. 120 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: They are working overtime to try to control the stories 121 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: about Lebron, and they know how the offseason NBA world 122 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: works and so they're the experts on all that. So 123 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: Rich Paul is the one feeding the pipeline. He's the 124 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: one out there, and in our opinion, Rich Paul's the 125 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: one that is the puppet master directing everything here in 126 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: terms of media consumption on preferred destinations for Lebron James 127 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 1: now in order a home cooking with the Cadavers, right, 128 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: go back to Ohio for a third time when one 129 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: more championship with the Cavaliers fade to black Boom, done right, 130 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: And of course that would be like Lebron going back 131 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: to Cleveland for a third time. It's like they're the 132 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: ex girlfriend that keeps texting it, hey, you up at 133 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 1: the three in the morning or whatever. I don't know, 134 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: but it's nostalgic to go back to Cleveland and do 135 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: it again and all that stuff. It's also a bit delusional. 136 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: Then I would say the old Geezers Club, which would 137 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: be the Golden State Warriors, hang out in San Francisco, 138 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: and you got Steph Curry on one side, Draymond Green 139 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: on the other, Jimmy Butler, Jimmy Buckets is still there, 140 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: and Lebron and Draymond can do podcasts together, and they 141 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: can fire Steve Kerr and hire some podcast guide to 142 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: coach the Golden State Warriors like the Lakers did for Lebron, 143 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: and they'll get along good Lebron and Draymond Green until 144 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: they try to hijack the clipboard from whoever the coaches, 145 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: whether that's Steve Kerr or somebody else. Then it's gonna 146 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 1: get ugly, and then you've got the reunited. It feels 147 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,240 Speaker 1: so good with Anthony David to go to Dallas and 148 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: then stick it to the Lakers as a mav wreck 149 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: with Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving and all those injured 150 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: guys that are on the Mavericks right now, and they 151 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: instead of Taco Tuesday, they can have Tex Mex Wednesday 152 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: in Dallas, Anthony Davis and Lebron. How great would that be? 153 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: Of course, we all know Lebron would prefer to play 154 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: for the Clippers. Everyone wants to play for the Clippers. 155 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: It's hip to clip who wouldn't want to play for 156 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: the Clippers. But we're gonna eliminate the Clippers. And here's why. 157 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 1: Here's why we're gonna limit the Clippers because there's no 158 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: way the Lakers are gonna allow that to happen. There's 159 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: zero chants like the Clippers have a better owner, they 160 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: have a better arena, they have a better fan base. 161 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: Everyone knows that in town in La. They're not gonna 162 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 1: allow Lebron to go over there and embarrass the Lakers 163 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: even more. So, that's not gonna happen, right, So Jeanie Buss, 164 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: he's still supposedly in charge, not gonna do that, right, 165 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: Not not gonna allow that to happen, to go over 166 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: to Inglewood in the hood in Inglewood and play for 167 00:09:56,520 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 1: the Clippers. So we'll eliminate them now, page two. So 168 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: we'll go to Vegas the Summer League, which is going 169 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: on over the weekend there, and Lebron was sitting courtside. 170 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: You see this over the weekend. I glanced at it. 171 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: There's Lebron sitting courtside watching his kid that sucks at 172 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: basketball play for the Lakers summer League team because he's 173 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: a NEPO baby and he won a sweepstakes raffle to 174 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 1: get on the Lakers. So there's BRONI out there who sucks, 175 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: but you know, let's make a wish. So he's out 176 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: there playing for the Lakers, and Lebron's watching him. They 177 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: played the I Guess the Pelicans or a version a 178 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: facsimile of the Pelicans in the Summer League. Now ESBN 179 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: invited Lebron James. They invited Lebron. You see this. They 180 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: invited Lebron on air to address the speculation which has 181 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: been running rampant about where Lebron's gonna go. Is you 182 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: upset with this person, that person, the other person? And 183 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:50,479 Speaker 1: so Lebron did he say, yes, I will go on television. 184 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: I would like to talk b I have nothing to 185 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 1: say or see no comment. Lebron said, quote, if you 186 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: picked b you win. He said, quote, I ain't got 187 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: nothing to talk about. He must have learned that in 188 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 1: high school and Acron, I ain't got nothing to talk about. 189 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 1: So question, why did Lebron James refuse the opportunity the 190 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 1: platform to speak about his situation while in attendance at 191 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Summerly. He had his sullen look on 192 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: his face, bad body language from Lebron as he was 193 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: sitting courtside there in Vegas. So the answer is by 194 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: saying nothing, by Lebron saying nothing and passing up the opportunity. 195 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 1: Lebron gave a masterclass and I'm in control control one 196 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: oh one. By not saying anything, he could have popped 197 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: on Television's true, he was given the opportunity, was given 198 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: the platform Lebron to jump over there on television and 199 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: pretend like everything's good, and he chose not to do it. 200 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: He had ESPN essentially throwing themselves at him and just 201 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: you know again, he said, I'm not doing it. I'm 202 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: not gonna go there. And he missed the opportunity, right, 203 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 1: the old Dolly Lama line. While you could have been 204 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: you know, they treated him like the Dali Lamba. But Lebron, 205 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: he could have taken a fire extinguisher and put out 206 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: the fire. Right, take the fire extinguisher, put out the fire. 207 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: But he likes the fire. It's like he's warming marshmallows 208 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: on a stick in the fire. And so instead, he 209 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: worked to pour some kerosene on top of the fire. 210 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: Burn baby burn. And it's like a cloak and dagger 211 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: type mission. You have the useful idiots. You toss out 212 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: these bread crumbs, you drop these little bread crumbs, but 213 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: you don't do it you if somebody else do it 214 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: for you. So you drop the bread crumbs out there, 215 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: and you post cryptic things on the Gram and all 216 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: that stuff, and you let the media do the dirty work, 217 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: the heavy lifting for you and all that. And so 218 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 1: you don't talk because you don't have to talk. Right, 219 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: other people are talking. I'm talking about you. Everyone's talking 220 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 1: about you. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 221 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: blah blah blah. Right, the machine, the machine of basketball content, 222 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: is discussing Lebron James. Now this is the same guy 223 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: that years ago had the remember the zero dark thirty 224 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: snick and the playoff run, and of course we know 225 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: that often didn't last and it work so well, So 226 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: he stopped doing that, but he treated it like it 227 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: was a ritual, like Marti Gras for Lebron before the playoffs. 228 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: There and so Lebron chose not to speak. Not the 229 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: silence was not silence, it was strategy. That was what 230 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: what Lebron was doing here. And by refusing to go 231 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: on camera and not using your own voice to get 232 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: the message out and all that stuff in Vegas where 233 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: you want to be seen, right, you go to Vegas 234 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: to be seen, the party and all that stuff, and 235 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: everything's a show in Vegas, and Lebron's part of the show, 236 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: and he knew exactly what he was doing. Classic passive 237 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: aggressive behavior by Labron. James yet again, let the drama swirl, swirl, swirl, swirl, 238 00:13:57,679 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 1: and that's what he was doing there, and just say 239 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: back and watches the speculation, and it just is everywhere 240 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: there's a residence, there's a heat. It's like coming off 241 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,960 Speaker 1: the blacktop there on the on the court, and he's 242 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: keeping it cool, right, he's sitting there, he's got his 243 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: arms fold. He's unbothered, at least he wants you to 244 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: believe he's unbothered by everything that's going on now. Using 245 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: my Rosetta stone, using my malleor Rosetta stone to translate 246 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: Lebron and what he meant in plain English in layman's terms, 247 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,560 Speaker 1: when Lebron said, I ain't got nothing to talk about. 248 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: That was his quote. I ain't got anohing to talk 249 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: about it. That means I know you're all panicking about 250 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: where I'm going to be traded or if I'm going 251 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: to be traded and all that, and I'm just watching 252 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: you squirm, and I've got an evil laugh just like that. 253 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: We know the routine. We all know. Every man, woman 254 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: and child knows the routine. 255 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 256 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 257 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 2: FI Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 258 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: It's me Rob Parker. 259 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 3: Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for 260 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 3: twenty two minutes of piping hot baseball talk, featuring the 261 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 3: biggest names of newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe 262 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 3: in analytics or the I tast We've got all the 263 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: bases covered. New episodes drop every Thursday, So do yourself 264 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 3: a favor and listen to Inside. 265 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 4: The Parker with Rob Parker on the. 266 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 3: iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast. 267 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: So I leave this hour from suburban Atlanta Truest Park 268 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: in Georgia, and I've not been to Truest Park in Atlanta. 269 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: I've talked to people that have been there. They said 270 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: it's great. I remember when the Braves were leaving Turner 271 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: Field going out to the Burbs and people were like, Oh, 272 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna suck. And now that Braves did a good 273 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: job of that. And by all accounts, I've not heard 274 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: one bad thing about that experience that people that have 275 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: been there. I love it. Tommy in Atlanta, who's not 276 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: allowed to call it show anymore because he's evil Tracny 277 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 1: and Boss does not allow him to call while he 278 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: drives his truck around Atlanta at night, and he's a 279 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: fan of the show. I'm sure he loves it. Everyone 280 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: loves it. But they was all Star Monday Night, way 281 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 1: all Star Monday Night, which means, for our purposes, the 282 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five home run derby and good bye, mister baseball, 283 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: see you later. Now. I don't know if you watched 284 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: this or not. He usually does pretty well in the 285 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 1: television ratings, but everything's watered down. Everything's watered down these days, 286 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: so maybe not. But we watched so you would not 287 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: have to. And the reason we watched there was nothing 288 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: else on. If there had been something else on, we 289 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: probably would have watched it, but there really wasn't so 290 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 1: I assume you know by now that great night for 291 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariners. Congratulations the Mariners. Now I don't get 292 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: to the World Series. They've never been, but this is 293 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: their event back in the day. I remember, I'm old enough. 294 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: I remember Ken Griffy Jr. Dominating the derby with his 295 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: hat on backwards. And now another Mariner legend, the big dumper, 296 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 1: cal Raley getting it done. It was a family a 297 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: fairy and his daddy had his brother out there. Cal 298 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: Raley the first catcher ever to win the All Star 299 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:28,359 Speaker 1: Home Run Derby. Holy Mike Piazza and Pud Rodriguez and 300 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: all other catchers have gone years gone by, as cal 301 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: Raley outlasted the player that many thought was going to 302 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: win this from Tampa Bay, Junior cam and Aro. Good name, 303 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: and he's got big things ahead once he leaves Tampa 304 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: Bay and goes to a different team. But the final 305 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: round of the Home Run Derby as cal Ray hit 306 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:51,679 Speaker 1: not one, not two, not three, four, five, six, eighteen 307 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: dingers for cal Raley, and cam and Aro had fifteen, 308 00:17:56,960 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: and so he'll have to set her for a smaller 309 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: check from Major League Baseball. More on that in a minute, 310 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: but cal Rawly does join King Griffy Junior the Hall 311 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: of Famer, the only two Mariners to win that particular event. 312 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: And the thing that I love about this as a 313 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 1: talk show host is that this was a rig deal. 314 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: There was controversy, how do you rig the home run derby? 315 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: How does one do that? Well, I don't have rigged 316 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: is the right word. But cal Ray was almost eliminated, 317 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: should have, could have, would have been eliminated in the 318 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: very first round of the derby. He would have been 319 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: eliminated by the Athletics Brent Rooker. Now let me explain 320 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: if you did not watch and you have not been 321 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: paying attention here. So at the end of round one, 322 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: cal Raley and Brent Rooker from West Sacramento's A's not 323 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: just Sacramento, it's West Sacramento. So they the same amount 324 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: of home runs. They were tied with seventeen home runs. However, 325 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball said, well the tiebreaker, the tiebreaker goes 326 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: to cal Raley by the slimmest of slim margins, by 327 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: the hair on my chinny chin chin, and I'm not kitting. 328 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball claimed that the longest home run by 329 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: cal Raley traveled four hundred and seventy point six y 330 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: one feet. They said that Brent Rooker of the A's 331 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: his longest home runt went four hundred and seventy feet 332 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: point five to three. I'm not making any of this up. 333 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: I am not I'm not making this up. So let 334 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: us discuss the question do you buy the conspiracy theories 335 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: that have popped up on the interweb that Major League 336 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: Baseball took care of cal Raleigh to make sure that 337 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 1: he was not eliminated in the first round of the 338 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 1: home run derby? Did the deep state of Major League 339 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: Baseball pull some Shenanigans to help push cal Raley along? 340 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 1: So on this one, I've got quantum physics, slum dog Millionaire, 341 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: and Sasquatch, and we will combine all of these things 342 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: together and we are gonna make a hot pastrami sandwich 343 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: and now now a cold pastrami sandwich. A hot pastrami sandwich. 344 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,719 Speaker 1: I'm on a Hogi roll. That is what we're gonna make. 345 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: So a to answer the question do you buy into 346 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: the conspiracy? Now, I would assume that you listen occasionally 347 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: show and you know that I am selective. I do 348 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: not totally dismiss conspiracy. I don't I have a collection 349 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: as Alfie Alien Opinter can prove of tinfoil hats. In fact, 350 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: I have been immortalized on the Internet for my tinfoil 351 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:47,360 Speaker 1: hat love on this one. I'm in. I am absolutely in, in, 352 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: in in in all right, So let me let me 353 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: go through this. I'm nodding my head. Yes, you can't 354 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: see me because it's radio. If you can, you're a stalker. 355 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: I'm calling the cops. So guilty as charged, Guilty as 356 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 1: charge of this. In a same world, the world that 357 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: I like to think that I'm part of, you would think, 358 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: if there's a tie, what do you do? What do 359 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: you do? You go to a swing off? That's what 360 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: you do. Two hitters tied swing off And that was 361 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: originally See this is the thing that buys into the conspiracy. 362 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: If you were watching the broadcast originally, who's the guy 363 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 1: with the hairpiece, Carl Ravage, Karl Ravitch. He was on 364 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: TV there Sanna. He thought there was gonna be a 365 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 1: swing off on the TV broadcast. They were talking about 366 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: a swing off. Then the plot thickened. 367 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 5: Do do do Do Do Do Do Doo? They changed 368 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 5: their story. Big brother got involved. Yep, they changed their story. 369 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 1: Baseball decided they were gonna get cute Kutzy, They got Kilzie. 370 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: They pulled out the stat cast ruler. Cal Raley advances 371 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: because of the nerds. Makes you wonder. Right now, I'm 372 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,080 Speaker 1: not saying for sure that Major League Baseball rigged the 373 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: home run derby because I don't want to get sued. However, 374 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: the evidence is there. You can decide for yourself whether 375 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: or not the home run derby was rigged like a 376 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: slot machine in Vegas back when the mob ran Vegas 377 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: and they didn't have resort fees and charged for parking, 378 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: and it was a great town back in the day. However, 379 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: here's the thing. When you're telling me, you're telling me 380 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: that cal Raleigh squeaked past Brent Rooker by, let me 381 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,480 Speaker 1: check the math on this. Zero point zero eight feet 382 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:44,439 Speaker 1: less than an inch. Now, I know that every inch matters. 383 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 1: I've heard that before. But less than an inch let 384 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: me repeat that for those of in the back of 385 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,280 Speaker 1: the room that are a little intoxicated. Less than an 386 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 1: inch does that not raise an eyebrow? It does for me, 387 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 1: It does for me, it it does. We're talking about baseball. 388 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: This is not supposed to be quantum physics. I know 389 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: the nerds at baseball got a chubby that they got 390 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: to decide this based on the stat cast allegedly. So 391 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 1: we're measuring moonshots right to the moon. We're measuring this 392 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: and it comes down to the width of the width 393 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: of a NAT's eyelash decides who advances in round one 394 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 1: of the Home Run Derby and the conspiracy part of 395 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 1: it when you toss in. Originally on the television broadcast, 396 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: they assumed there would be a swing off, they said 397 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: on the broadcast. And so here we are with the 398 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: bigger name player. We can all agree on that. Every man, 399 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: woman and Chawi can agree the bigger name player in 400 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: this between Brent Rooker and cal Rawley is cal Raleigh. 401 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,120 Speaker 1: Cal Rawley's not gonna win the MVP, but he's having 402 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:53,719 Speaker 1: an MVP season, switch hitting catcher, great nickname, the big dumper. 403 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: What's not to like? Right, He's in the MVP ways 404 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 1: with Aaron Judge and he advances to the second not 405 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: originally it was what do you advanced? She advances. He 406 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,439 Speaker 1: ends up going on and winning the Home Run Derby 407 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:12,240 Speaker 1: crown by a Razor thin March. We are talking again. 408 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: Less than an inch Okay, less than an inch like 409 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: a paper cut, is what we're talking about here, and 410 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: and that ended up being the thing that that descided it. 411 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: And so all things being equal, if we agree, this 412 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,760 Speaker 1: is a television show. Okay, it's a TV show. And 413 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,560 Speaker 1: the story is cal Raley that this is his magical 414 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: career year. He's put it all together. He'll never play 415 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: as good as this for Seattle, and this is his 416 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 1: career year. You don't have two career years. You had 417 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: one career year. So that that's the case. And then 418 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: you look at Brent Rooker, who's also a good player, 419 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,719 Speaker 1: and he's had solid numbers. He's got a nice contract, 420 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,879 Speaker 1: making a lot of money. But the baseball mantra is 421 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: anybody advances not wearing an Athletics jersey. Do you understand 422 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: the Athletics are the shame of the family of Major 423 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: League Baseball. They're an embarrassment. Okay, they play in a 424 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,960 Speaker 1: minor league ballpark in a town that baseball's so embarrassed 425 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: about they won't even say the name. That's how little 426 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: major League Baseball thinks of Sacramento. They're so shamed by Sacramento. 427 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: It is such a ward on their ass that they 428 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: will not say Sacramento Athletics. You're not allowed to say it. 429 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: They're just the athletics. But where do they play? They're 430 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: just athletics. It's so shameful and so is it beyond 431 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 1: the realm of possibility that Major League Baseball said, I 432 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 1: don't know. Nobody will question it. Nobody ever questions the 433 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 1: stat cast numbers. Ever, so you've got the ugly, redheaded 434 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: step children in the athletics. Brent rookerd plays for them, 435 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 1: who are baseball orphans until eventually then they get to 436 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: get to Vegas and so Cal No, I'm not gonna 437 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: hear it say Seattle is a mecca of baseball. We 438 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 1: like to use the line that came from Cowboy coach 439 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson back in the day where he famously said 440 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 1: of Seattle at Southern Alaska when he had to go 441 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: up there for an NFC championship game. However, side by signed, 442 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 1: if you put Cal Raleigh and Brent Rooker side by side, right, 443 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: you put them side by side. Cal Rawley's like Taylor Swift. Okay, 444 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: It's just that's the that's the case there so that's 445 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 1: where we are now. The other thing, and this has 446 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: been going on for a little bit, but we were 447 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,199 Speaker 1: reminded of it. We forget about it once the derby 448 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 1: comes and goes. But where are you at on Major 449 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: League Baseball handing cal Raleigh the winner of the home 450 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: run derby a one million dollar cartoon side check and 451 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: they win. The winner of the home run derby won 452 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: one million dollars in this case cal Raley, So where 453 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: are you at on that? They also add the championship 454 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: belt and the chain which you got to tell you, 455 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: cal Raley didn't look that cool with the with the 456 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: chain of they were hoping for cool, they didn't. Cal 457 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 1: Raley didn't look that cool. He didn't anyway. So this 458 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: is the million dollar prize from Major League Baseball. This 459 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: is the people over there in New York who run 460 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, who think they are marketing geniuses. Yet again, Hey, 461 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 1: you know what at NBA they give out more money 462 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 1: for the dunk contest. Why don't we take a page 463 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 1: out of their playbook? And then you got the the 464 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: wrestling people seem to like that a lot. They have 465 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: the belt and people like bling blinge. So let's put 466 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: a chain. We'll have a big thing there and that'll 467 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: be the way we do it. We'll get we're gonna 468 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,360 Speaker 1: make that Derby cool again. We're gonna make the home 469 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: run Derby cool again. So get the bags of dog, 470 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:01,919 Speaker 1: get the jewelry out, and it's all. Put some fireworks 471 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,199 Speaker 1: in there for the home run Derby, give out some 472 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: oversized gloves to fans, and we're in. So we're at 473 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: the point now in the story where you now need 474 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: to bribe players to get them to take part in 475 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:20,360 Speaker 1: the All Star Game festivities. So again, it's just baseball 476 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,919 Speaker 1: trying to be like basketball. They're trying to be cool. 477 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: They're not cool. Baseball is never cool. I like baseball, 478 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 1: but they're never cool. It can be really cool as 479 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: a baseball player, and trying to be a little flashy 480 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: with the jewelry, trying to get that in there. And 481 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,400 Speaker 1: but the thing about this is, and maybe I'm wrong 482 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: on this, you can correct me if i am, I'll 483 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: give it the number a little bit. But it's like 484 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball selling the home Run Derby as slum 485 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: dog millionaire, like giving the illusion this is it's gonna 486 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: be a rags to riches story, like in their head. 487 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: The marketing people at Major the Baseball is like, yeah, listen, 488 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: somebody who's like on a rookie contract is gonna win 489 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: the derby and they're gonna make more money for winning 490 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: the derby then they make playing for whatever team they 491 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: played for. Spoiler alert. It did not work. It did 492 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: not work, and it wouldn't have worked anyway. Like if 493 00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 1: somebody they thought was going to win, one of these 494 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 1: guys on the rookie contract would have won, it still 495 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: would not have worked. Right. The rags to richest thing 496 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: doesn't work. Now, I'm old enough. When I was a kid, 497 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 1: there were still baseball players that got jobs in the 498 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: offseason selling cars or I don't think they cleaned toilets, 499 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: but they had jobs in the offseason, some of them did. 500 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: But now everyone's loaded. Everyone's rich that plays baseball. There's 501 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: no poor people that play Major League Baseball doesn't exist, right, 502 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: do you know? The minimum salary in Major League Baseball 503 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: this season is seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars. If 504 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: I knew somebody that made seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars, 505 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: I'd say, holy crap, what's it like to be rich? 506 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: My god? So baseball's so out of touch. They're so 507 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: obtuse to people at marketing in Major League Baseball, Like, 508 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 1: did they really think that Joe Schmoe sitting on their 509 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: ass eating eating bond bonds, watching the home run derby 510 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 1: on their sofa was gonna think? Well, I really feel 511 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: good this rags to riches story. Here is a poor, 512 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: helpless baseball player only making seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars, 513 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: and now they got a million dollars. And of course 514 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,840 Speaker 1: it backfired. It was ruled because cal Raley, let me 515 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: check my notes here, seventeen and a half million dollar salary, 516 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,239 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollar contract, and he won the home 517 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: run derby. Yeah, so I just gave the check to 518 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: his younger brothers said here go buy some stock, buy 519 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 1: some stock with dividends, knock yourself out, all right now, 520 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: last word, all right, last word, So cal Rally, big 521 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: win there, big win. Now this has created I already 522 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: got a couple of emails from our friends that listen 523 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: to the Great Pacific Northwest here, because there's nothing quite 524 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: like a Mariner fan. Now you might not know Marion 525 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:03,160 Speaker 1: fans because you might live far away from Seattle with 526 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: the Marina fan is already pacing around their apartment, biting 527 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 1: their nails, wondering whether or not, Yes, cal Raley is 528 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: going to now start sucking and ride the vomit comet. 529 00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: You know, Robbie. The Mariner fans freaking, Oh my god, 530 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: he swung through the fences. He's gonna fit the Jinks. 531 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: What about the Jenks, the so called Derby Jinks? Right, 532 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: that that's a thing people now spoke Marina fans, Oh 533 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: my god, we can't have nice things. Cal Raley's gonna 534 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: blow because of the Derby Jinks. So thumbs up, thumbs down. 535 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: Should Mariner fans be paranoid about cal Raley going into 536 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: slump City because of the home run Derby Jinks? So 537 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 1: I'm going thumbs down on this. I'm gonna go thumbs 538 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 1: down on this. Now. This is an old wisetail that 539 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: has been passed down from previous generations about the home 540 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: run and the theory is that the players that participate 541 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: in the home run Derby the All Star Slugfest, right, 542 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: the people that are out there, they come back cursed 543 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: that they have home run PTSD and it just messes 544 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 1: with their mind. Theirs swings are in shambles, and their 545 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: timing is off, and their stands go down, down, down, 546 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: down down. That's how it goes. But let me help 547 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 1: my brothers and sisters in the great Pacific Northwest. Here. 548 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: I will put on my shrink cap. I will be 549 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: Benny the Shrink and I will help you out. I'm 550 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna do it. I'm gonna do I'm gonna cut through 551 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:41,120 Speaker 1: the psycho babble. If you take a deep breath, you 552 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: can do it. You take take a deep breath. Uh, 553 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: you put the ant acids down, You put the bottle there. 554 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: You stop buying the hogwash, just stop. 555 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 5: Uh. 556 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,520 Speaker 1: The jinx is about as real as next time you 557 00:32:55,600 --> 00:33:00,719 Speaker 1: go out to Safego Field, Sasquatch, an actual Sasquatch throws 558 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: out the first pitch at America Game. There's a better 559 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: chance of Sasquatch. Hey, I'm not talking about a mascot. 560 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: I'm talking about the real Sasquatch coming out Bigfoot throwing 561 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: out of the first pitch. There's a better chance of that. Now, 562 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 1: I get it. People love a good story, right, Stories 563 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,000 Speaker 1: are the greatest Everyone we learned from stories. We all 564 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: learn from stories. It doesn't matter where you come from. 565 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: But the idea that the Derby, that the MLB Home 566 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: Run Derby is going to screw up cal Riley so 567 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: much that he's going to be terrible. And I know 568 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: why this has been the thing because there were players 569 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 1: years ago that had bad second half, right, but the 570 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 1: correlation ain't causation on this one, and the numbers back 571 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: it up. The actual data. Now, if you go, we 572 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: have a long home run Derby history year, and not 573 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: just some internet chatter, but actual data has shown there's 574 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: no consistent drop off in performance by those that are 575 00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: in the home run Derby. Now, are there players that 576 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: go into a prolonged slump? Yes, there are, absolutely. There's 577 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: others though, like Peede Alonzo, a regular in the Homo Derby, 578 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,720 Speaker 1: wasn't in this year, or Aaron Judge who keep Monster 579 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 1: mushing even though they were in the Homer Derby. So 580 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: it's essentially a coin flip, not a curse. It's a 581 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: coin flip. And if the big dumper comes out and 582 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,319 Speaker 1: takes a dump for the Seattle Mariners there on the 583 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,760 Speaker 1: field in late July and August and all that stuff, 584 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,640 Speaker 1: it's not because of some mythical Derby voodoo. It's not 585 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: because of that it's because baseball is a grime. We 586 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: get into those dog days of summer and it's brutal. 587 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Maller 588 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,399 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Now, 589 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 2: Mailer's Mountain of Money? Do you have what it takes 590 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 2: to get to the top? 591 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,279 Speaker 1: Probably not by the shore. Welcome in our contestants. We 592 00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: have any Meenie, miney mone. 593 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:00,120 Speaker 5: Oh. 594 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:04,320 Speaker 1: We have Dave in Cincinnati. What's going on? Dave? Welcome? 595 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: What man? Dave? You tell me? Dave? 596 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 5: Just get ready for work? 597 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: Right to win this game? All right? Who do you 598 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:13,000 Speaker 1: want to partner up with? 599 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 2: Dave? 600 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,400 Speaker 1: You got me? You got cool? You know I need you? Ben? 601 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: All right, we're in it to win it day. We're 602 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: in it to win it. And we have Kelly in 603 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:26,720 Speaker 1: the moin Hello, Kelly, Hi, Ben, how's everything going? Donut 604 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 1: formerly known as Donut Kelly? Yes, all right, and Kelly, Well, 605 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,400 Speaker 1: I will be with you. You will be with your 606 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: Coop's excited. I've been studying, Ben, how's that going for you? 607 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: I could use a little more works. Okay, you're studying sports, 608 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: getting closer though learning about sports? Okay, One are the 609 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,399 Speaker 1: categories here, Coop? 610 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,879 Speaker 6: All right, this is the Harrison Ford edition. He turned 611 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,879 Speaker 6: eighty three years old on Sunday. The Categoryana Jones is 612 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 6: in his eighties. 613 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: That's right. 614 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:02,640 Speaker 6: The categories are Star Wars, as Crusade, water to Wine, 615 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:03,879 Speaker 6: and forty two? 616 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 1: Dave, what's kind of great? Would you like. 617 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 5: Crusade to save? 618 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: All right, Kelly, how about you? I'm sorry? 619 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:17,240 Speaker 6: Wellard again, Star Wars, water to wine and forty two. 620 00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 2: Water to wine. 621 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,319 Speaker 1: All right, all right, let's say your category, Coop. Very nice, 622 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:30,120 Speaker 1: our Dave. You picked last crusade. Yes, these athletes came 623 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:34,160 Speaker 1: out of retirement for one last hurrah, one last moment 624 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: in the sun. Are you ready to Dave? We need 625 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: the first and last name. We'll put forty five seconds 626 00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: on the clock and we're on our way. 627 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 6: Go. 628 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: Larry Bird's rival in the NBA in the nineteen eighties, 629 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,080 Speaker 1: Magic John, greatest boxer of all time. He changed his 630 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,839 Speaker 1: name in the middle of the Yes, a favorite tight 631 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: end of Tom Brady in the glory days of the Patriots. Yes, 632 00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: start tight end with the Cowboys. He quit to go 633 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,360 Speaker 1: on Monday and football and everyone almost Yes. Yes, the 634 00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: Minister of Defense for the Philadelphia Eagles. He went to 635 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,480 Speaker 1: Green Bay because God. Yes, all star second basement for 636 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: the Chicago Cubs of the nineteen eighties. Was a Rule 637 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,719 Speaker 1: five pick from the Phillies. White guy hit a lot 638 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,759 Speaker 1: of home runs at Wrigley Field. All right, pitcher for 639 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,919 Speaker 1: the Negro League. Pitcher went to major leagues. His first 640 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,200 Speaker 1: name was a was The first name was a bag. 641 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: Would you've gotten that, Dave, His first name was a 642 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:37,759 Speaker 1: bag bag, Yeah, Satchel Page, schel Page. I was very 643 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: proud of myself. That was a good hint. That, all right. 644 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 6: And Ryan Sanmdberg was the other one that you missed 645 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,280 Speaker 6: there he did alright, there, he did pretty well. All right, Kelly, 646 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 6: we have water to wine. 647 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: One sixty was our squad. 648 00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 6: Yes, these athletes were all part of miracle plays. Okay, 649 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,960 Speaker 6: all right, forty five seconds on the clock, Kelly, it's 650 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,920 Speaker 6: begin Giants quarterback brother of Peyton. 651 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:01,759 Speaker 1: Yes. 652 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 6: Uh, this guy was the rival of Magic Johnson in 653 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:08,719 Speaker 6: the eighties. Yes, this guy was the quarterback for the 654 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 6: Steelers in the seventies. 655 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: Terry Bright. 656 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 6: Yes, uh this guy. Uh, he had the miracle catch. 657 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 6: His nickname was to say hey kid. He died recently. Yes, uh, 658 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 6: this guy was the quarterback that threw the touchdown pass 659 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:30,279 Speaker 6: to Stefan Diggs during the Minneapolis Miracle. Oh the other one, 660 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,480 Speaker 6: I answered, answering, No, okay, we're gonna get that. This 661 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 6: guy was the Minneapolis Miracle. He had the touchdown. He 662 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,239 Speaker 6: was also stopped one yard short of the Super Bowl 663 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 6: man case case. Keenum was the quarterback and Kevin Dyson 664 00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,359 Speaker 6: was the stop short. 665 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,240 Speaker 1: What was it seventy points? 666 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 6: Really? 667 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 1: I don't know that was more than that? All right? Fine? 668 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,960 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I'm sorry, yeah, yeah. 669 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,279 Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry, what is it? I apologize? I didn't guys 670 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:01,240 Speaker 1: it was one hundred? 671 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:01,840 Speaker 6: Yeah? 672 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, you were very we were very loud. 673 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,360 Speaker 6: Okay, Kelly, do you want Star Wars or forty two 674 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:10,520 Speaker 6: Star Wars? 675 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:12,840 Speaker 1: Okay? Uh? 676 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 6: These athletes have all won an All Star Game or 677 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:20,759 Speaker 6: Pro Bowl MVP forty five segments begin star on the 678 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 6: Golden State Warriors. Right now, except yes, he is the 679 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 6: quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 680 00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,000 Speaker 1: Right now. 681 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,920 Speaker 6: He was He was a quarterback for the Browns before 682 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 6: he's on the commercials. 683 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:38,759 Speaker 1: All right. 684 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 6: Most famous Japanese player before Otawanni. Yes, this guy was 685 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,560 Speaker 6: Barry's dad, the home run King. 686 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:48,040 Speaker 1: His dad. 687 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,920 Speaker 6: Yes, this guy was part of the two Towers in Houston, 688 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:59,319 Speaker 6: but not not him, the other one. No, all right, 689 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 6: this guy was the co back after Kurt Warner on 690 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:01,920 Speaker 6: the Rams. 691 00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:06,200 Speaker 1: How many is that? 692 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:07,239 Speaker 4: Good job? 693 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: Good job? 694 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 4: Yeah it was. 695 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: It was eighty points eighty eight more one? All here, 696 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,080 Speaker 1: you're going twenty All right, here we go, Dave. These 697 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: athletes all were number forty two. Are you ready, Dave? 698 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: All right? Brooklyn Dodgers number forty two retired by everybody. Yes, 699 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 1: the closer for the Yankees, the sand Man in the nineties. Yes, 700 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:31,759 Speaker 1: you said it. 701 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:32,880 Speaker 4: Oh, we did it. 702 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:39,279 Speaker 1: Say it? Marion safety for the forty nine ers in 703 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,800 Speaker 1: the eighties. He cut off his finger for the forty 704 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: nine ers. 705 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:53,399 Speaker 4: No, my god, it's Ronny La, Roddie, Ronnie l got 706 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:54,239 Speaker 4: a goal to take. 707 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,359 Speaker 1: We got a goal in the take. We won the game. 708 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 1: We got a golden take. Alright,