1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: I gotta say, I do like the Harry Connick Junior 10 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: It had to be you from when Harry met Sally 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: using that pretty good. I like that. We need more jazz, 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: piano and horn sections. Yeah, Fox Sports Radio, The Jason 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. We'll get 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: into bam Adebaio's eighty three point night. Put it alongside 15 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: Kobe's eighty one point. I think you're gonna be surprised. 16 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: Don't say them in the same sentence. Dude's eighty three 17 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: and eighty one. Thing alive. Sorry, it happened, happened. I 18 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: can't not say something that didn't happen. Eighty one. People 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: will remember. Yeah, people who remember now nobody remember. Eighty 20 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: three is a big number. Frostburg, It's a big number 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: because his name's Bam out of bile Bam bam pa bamp. 22 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 3: But bam bam pa BAMPTJ. Clearly the Wizards couldn't sedate 23 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 3: Bam out of bio tonight in the game DJ, like 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 3: Fred Flintstone used to say, what he would talk to Barney, Hey, 25 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: your kid, Bam bam, bam bam. 26 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: He's pretty power. Okay, So right now World Baseball Classic, Yeah, 27 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: get ready for the fact the United States may not 28 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: be moving on now. We might not know this for 29 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 1: a couple of days, but right now, the United States 30 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: trails Italy eight to five. Seem happy about it as 31 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: Italy bats that. Now I got something for you in 32 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,400 Speaker 1: a few minutes, Frosburg, don't you worry? Eight five Italy 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: with the lead. Top of the ninth inning, Italy was 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: out to an eight nothing lead. The United States has 35 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: been chipping away at it. They had a big chance 36 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: in the bottom of the eighth. They had two on 37 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: two out, full count to Bryce Harper. And what did 38 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: I say? Bryce Harper's gonna go this is gonna be 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: a breaking pitch outside the strike zone that he's gonna 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: wig that. Because that's Bryce Harper. He's not elite. He 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: hasn't been an elite player in five years. And when 42 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: Dave don Browski said it this offseason, I'm sure it was, Hey, 43 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: I want to motivate Bryce Harper into being good again. 44 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: But again, he hasn't been elite in five years. He's 45 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: a He's a thirty and eighty five guy. There's thirty 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: guys like that in Major League Baseball. I said, it's 47 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: gonna be a breaking pitch. He's gonna get out and 48 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: his body's gonna get out in front of it, because 49 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: that's what happens to Bryce Harper now, and he's gonna 50 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: waive that now. He actually made contact on it, but 51 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 1: he gave a beal lazy fly ball to left field 52 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: on a full count with two on and two out 53 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: that could have kept the inning going, could have kept 54 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: the United States. It could have got it to eight six, 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: eight seven. Bryce Harper flies out to left and I'm 56 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: telling him he's not had a great World baseball class. Again. 57 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: It is early in the year, and I get it. 58 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: But Bryce Harper still is doing the things that I've 59 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: seen him do now so many times over the last years. 60 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: He opens up way too early, breaking pitches, He has 61 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,839 Speaker 1: a lot of trouble with He has trouble laying off them. 62 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 1: Now you know it's not just well, oh I walk 63 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: like No, he used to walk a lot, doesn't walk 64 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: a lot anymore. This contract, I always knew was gonna 65 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: age poorly for Bryce Harp, but I didn't think it 66 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: would age this poorly at this point where you go 67 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: back and go man, when the Phillies got him, he 68 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 1: was he was supposed to be amazing. But still stay 69 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: can't even a guy that drives it. You can count 70 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: a driving one hundred runs every year and you can't say, oh, 71 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: he's walked. He's this. No. Other guys find a way 72 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: to drive it a hundred. Kyle Schwarber finds a way 73 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: to drive in one hundred and ninety runs from the 74 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: leadoff position. So I'm pretty sure you can get guys 75 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: driving in runs there. Bryce Harper, I mean this, this 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: is he elite is gonna follow him all season long. 77 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: It's one of the big storylines in Major League Baseball. 78 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper's not great anymore. Initially I thought, boy, this 79 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: is this is really smart by the Phillies, right, Dombrowski 80 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: doing this, This is gonna motivate him, and he had 81 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: no choice to do it because we got we're paying 82 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper thirty three million dollars a year, and we're 83 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: paying them for a lot longer. So let's see if 84 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 1: I can get him motivated again to being a guy 85 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: that can hit forty home runs, not get one hundred 86 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: and twenty runs. Let's see if we can do that. 87 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: But Albrady, what I'm seeing so far, he's not gonna 88 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: be that guy. Yeah. The tough thing about it, right 89 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: is we watch, you know, Lebron James sitting this game 90 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: out Lakers and te Wolves, and pick your favorite elder 91 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 1: statesman in any game, like you forget that they started 92 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: at age eighteen nineteen. In this case, you got Harper 93 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: come into major League baseball at age idea that we've 94 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: done this with Giannis, right, a little little fresh phase, Giannis, Well, 95 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: so now you're thirteen, you're fourteen, many a weary mile 96 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: on the body, and eventually barring those years that you know, 97 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: some folks will try to pretend don't exist, you know, 98 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,599 Speaker 1: when they vote for the Halls of Fame or talk 99 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: about the greats of different times. There's a lot going on, 100 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: and the body naturally ages. Now for Bryce Harper. He's 101 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: also been saved in any of this elite stuff by 102 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: his contemporary of Mike Trout breaking down physically in a 103 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 1: more exaggerated form while you had the rise of Shoheo 104 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: Tani on his team, So Trout and his inavailability or 105 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: unavailability and his inability to stay on the field became 106 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: that much more magnified. He's not a willing face of 107 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: the game. All we know is he likes the Eagles 108 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: and the weather patterns and wants to be a tornado 109 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: chaser and all those things. And now he's missing a 110 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: lot of games because he crashed into too many walls 111 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: dove into. So Bryce Harper got free, got free because 112 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: of Mike Trout, and now because the GM and ownership 113 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: and everybody starts pointing and going, well, it all starts 114 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: with him. I mean, Shoreber's great and bringing him back 115 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: is all finding it. But it doesn't work unless this 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: guy's hit. He's been a full time player in the 117 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: league since twenty twelve. Okay, now let's not count twenty 118 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: twenty because we only played sixty games. Been a full 119 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 1: time player since twenty twelve. He's knocked in one hundred runs, 120 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: two times. Yeah, but one time he knocked in one 121 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: hundred even, Okay. For his career he is averaged being 122 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: a thirty ish home run eighty five to ninety MVP guy, 123 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: which is good. But again, you're paying him over thirty 124 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: million dollars a year, riches contract in MLB history when 125 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: it was signed, when Barry Bonds was doing this and 126 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: getting walked all the time, he was still finding a 127 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: way to knock in a lot of runs. But you 128 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: want to say about Bryce Harper, Yeah, Bryce Harper earlier 129 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,920 Speaker 1: on in his career was walked a lot. He had 130 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 1: three years with the Nationals where he walked over one 131 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: hundred times. Right, It's okay, I understand that, because that's 132 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: part of getting on basis part, Right, why do we 133 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: like him? Gets on base? The guys, If you don't 134 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: say it, I'm gonna talk to I'm gonna point de 135 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: harmon again. Right, So he gets on base one time 136 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: with the Phillies one time. Since twenty eighteen, he's had 137 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,600 Speaker 1: one hundred walks in the season and the other times 138 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: he's hovering around seventy seventy five eighty. Meanwhile, the strikeouts 139 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: are still in the hundreds. Bryce Harp The image of 140 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper for what he was earlier in his career, 141 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: is much better than the reality of It's been better 142 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: than the reality of it since the Phillies got him. 143 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: Now. 144 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,559 Speaker 1: I mean he's been there now for you're talking about 145 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: seven years, eight years, he's been there and still you know, 146 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: I've knocked it. Hasn't knocked in one hundred runs since 147 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, since before the pandemic was the last time 148 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: he did this. Bryce Harper is not that guy. He 149 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: talks tough, he looks tough, he looks menacing when he 150 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: gets up at that, right, all that, but all of 151 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: that is image, and the reality is there's lots of 152 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: guys you can count on to twenty seven home runs 153 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: and knocking seventy five home runs and play one hundred 154 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: and thirty hundred and forty games. There's thirty forty guys 155 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball that can do that. No, and 156 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: that's it, right, is that he's just not that guy. 157 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: You mentioned the one hundred and hundred and fourteen those 158 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: are back to back years. Yeah, Otherwise, he's not been 159 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: above ninety in a long time, and he's played in 160 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: a lot of games. Right, this isn't a half season. 161 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 1: This isn't hey, he's missing a ton of time each 162 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: day these years, banged up, but still in the lineup 163 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: and trying to battle through. Well, once you're in between 164 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: the white lines, I can't help you. Right. Your performance 165 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: is your performance performance, right? And we've seen that lazy 166 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: fly ball way too many times in big circumstances, three 167 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: for fifteen in this tournament. And you know what, before 168 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: it's all said and done, we might see him again 169 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: the way this stuff is kind of going on as 170 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: we roll in in the ninth inning. Now, you want 171 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: to talk about missed opportunity beginning of the top bottom 172 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: of the ninth inning for the United States, terrange lead 173 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: off ground it out to shortstop. Great play got him 174 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: by a hair, hell of it, not even a half 175 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,320 Speaker 1: not even a half step got him by maybe a foot. 176 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: If you dive into first base, maybe you make it. 177 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: And I know they tell you about not diving into 178 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: first base. I'm one of those guys. If I can 179 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: get to the first base by diving, I'm diving in. 180 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,160 Speaker 1: Not that I taught my girls that way, did not. 181 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: I taught them to slide head first, but not into 182 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: first base, not I know what you were. I did 183 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: not teach him. I did not teach him. You were 184 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: teaching the hack like they went after bam Anaby. I 185 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: taught them sliding head first, but not into home plate. 186 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: He taught all those lou Dort moves. So he ran 187 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:12,720 Speaker 1: the first right there like he was the guy winning 188 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: the amrathon. Look, I got screwed. Scene, who's behind them? 189 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: So Terrang gets thrown out by an absolute hair at 190 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: first base. Now you don't know how the next that 191 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: bat would have gone. Maybe a different pitch would have 192 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: been thrown in the situation. But Pete crow Armstrong another 193 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: Titanic home run to right field four hundred and two 194 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: feet former met Pete crow armstrong second home run of 195 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: the game, has now made it an eight to six 196 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,199 Speaker 1: game in the bottom of the ninth in the United States, 197 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: still batting with one out, but hey, you never know 198 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,440 Speaker 1: pitch wise, if he beats that out. Now you're talking 199 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: about it's a one run game with one out and 200 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: the United States really now he got really something going on, 201 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 1: but it's still a two run deficit. Now Italy going 202 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: to the bullpen and maybe the espresso machine. But Italy 203 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: going to the bullpen once again to try to close 204 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 1: this game. Try to get that guy jacked up to 205 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: go out there and fire some pitches now for Pete 206 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 1: Crow Armstrong. They keep showing a couple of folks in 207 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: the crowd with Cubs sweaters and sweatshirts and jackets on. 208 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 1: I'm sure they're yelling where was that the second half? 209 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: To If the United States loses and if they don't 210 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: make the next round of the World Baseball Classic, I'm 211 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: trying to equate this to what it would be like. 212 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: And it's more than the United States not qualifying for 213 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: the World Cup, like we're the overwhelming favorites to at 214 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,480 Speaker 1: least get to the final, maybe not win because you 215 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: haven't won it yet, but to get to the final 216 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: US in Japan, Like that's where it is. I'm trying 217 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: to equate what it would be because if the United 218 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: States loses, there has to be a couple of game. 219 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: There's another game that has to Italy's got to play. 220 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: The United States be rooted for Italy to win this game. 221 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: If Italy doesn't win their next game against Mexico, it 222 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: would be a big tie breaker. It could be a 223 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: three way tiebreaker, and it would come down to run differential, 224 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: I believe. So the United States, they lose this game, 225 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: they have no power, no influence, so they just have 226 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: to wait and see how the Italy game goes in 227 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: two days with Mexican, they gonna sit around and wait 228 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,760 Speaker 1: and see if they're gonna play again. So this Tarik's 229 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:18,559 Speaker 1: school was like, hey, hey, I canceled that flight back. 230 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: So I'm trying to equate what it would be like 231 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: for the United States to not even make the next round, 232 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: like not not to not win it, but to not 233 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,199 Speaker 1: even make the next run. It's like Canada losing the 234 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: gold medal game and getting plushies. Oh it's the United 235 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: States as a bronze medalist. You think they make there. 236 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: I'm just saying, what what what the would be? What 237 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: are you doing? Because I'm wonder if the United States 238 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 1: has to sit in the first baseline and like Italy 239 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: comes and hands them, you know, I don't know, like 240 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: like like here's a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pizza. 241 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 1: Here's here's a plushy. Here's a Marvin Hagler plushy. He 242 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,079 Speaker 1: moved over here and was a soup opera star for 243 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: a long time. 244 00:11:57,920 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 2: Here you go, you know, like I. 245 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: Would be fun. I don't know what the equivalent would 246 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: be of it. I don't know. But Bobby Witt Junior, 247 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 1: who you were asking before the game, this guy even 248 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: got a hit? Yeah, Bobby, No, no, no, that's not right. 249 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,320 Speaker 1: It was last night when I said, boy, Bobby Witt 250 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: Junior has not I don't I don't think he has 251 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: a hit. And then now another hit here. So Aaron 252 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: Judge is on deck after a single to center for 253 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: Bobby Witt Junior Gunner Henderson, who was also homer tonight, 254 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: now batting for the United States again. Eight six, one 255 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: out home run ties a game, obviously, But Aaron Judge 256 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: on deck where barring. I don't want to say it 257 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: because say you put it out there for a double play. Uh, 258 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge should get too bad the chance, potentially tying 259 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 1: the opportunity for Captain America status. He is like a 260 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: piece of iron. But I do believe Italy does have 261 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: a kid who is playing freshman baseball in high school 262 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,199 Speaker 1: who want to come in to pitch against Aaron Judges kid, 263 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: Marvin Hagler's kids. I'm just trying to think of famous 264 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: American athletes that live in Italy. And I came up 265 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: with Marvin Hagler. George Clooney played that football player in Leatherheads. 266 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: He lives in Italy. I mean it does tie together. 267 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 1: When we were, you know, talking about the heroics of 268 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: Kobe Bean Bryant, I mean, I mean when we talk 269 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: about Italy, I mean, I mean, I'm out. I mean, 270 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: I'm out. I'm trying to think other guys who went 271 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: to live in Italy. So here we are United States 272 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: trying to stay in it. Bottom of the ninth inning, 273 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: eight six coming up next? Are we talking about an 274 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: incredible United States comeback? Or in nashing our teeth talking 275 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: about how much of a failure this will be? 276 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 4: Oh? 277 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:42,079 Speaker 1: Dare you? 278 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:42,319 Speaker 2: And? 279 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,439 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we have Ban eighty three. We got Jets 280 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,839 Speaker 1: and Geno Smash, Max Crosby and the Ravens and the Raiders. Yeah, 281 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: we got it all here Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 282 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 283 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 2: Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 284 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 2: pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 285 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 5: Steve Gott's Here, I have a podcast Empire. 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He drops a fly ball in the World Series, 306 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:21,720 Speaker 1: hits a couple of home runs, grounds out off a 307 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: high school pitcher, and Aaron Judge now has another unfortunate 308 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: highlight for his resume. Batting moments ago He's the tying 309 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: run could bring the United States all the way back 310 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: against Italy and eight nothing game. They had cut it 311 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: to eight six and the ninth inning a home run 312 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: by Judge would tear the roof off of the stadium, 313 00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: would put so much energy back into the team USA, 314 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: who now maybe might not have to worry about not 315 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: qualifying for the knockout round in the World Baseball Classic. 316 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: Except this is what happened with Aaron Judge in his 317 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 1: final at bat moments ago to more than. 318 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 2: It gets hit, the ball is loose and it's alive. 319 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: You know you want you want something funny. So my 320 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: wife said to me today when when I said to her, 321 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 1: I came back downstairs, we were getting ready to go 322 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: out to lunch, and she goes, hey's everything going so far? 323 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 1: As she always asked me sports. I go, I go, yeah, 324 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: the Jets just brought back Gino Smith to play quarterback. 325 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: And she goes why and I said, it's it's complicated. 326 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,960 Speaker 1: She goes, he wasn't the butt fumble guy? 327 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: Was he? 328 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: And I go, no, that was Mark Sanchez, who has 329 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: much more difficult things going on as what boy, the 330 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: Jets quarterback history is terrible and I went out. It 331 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: was just depressed. That was just a couple of years 332 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: before took over. Yeah, and we went Sanchez to Gino. 333 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: Gino took over because Rex Ryan decided to play Mark 334 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: Sanchez in the fourth quarter of the game behind the 335 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: backup offensive line. He got pummeled, got hurt. So Gino 336 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: Smith took over Jason and now we have both of them. 337 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: Remember that one time Gino Smith didn't cross midfield till 338 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Yeah, that was great. Remember that game 339 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: we were at and we were at that game. Remember 340 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: that Smith didn't know what time it was. Does anybody 341 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: really know what time it is? We were at that 342 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: game too, We were we at those games. Uh, you're 343 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: still trying to live that one down. I really I 344 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 1: really thought like we'd get you know, instead of playing 345 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: the butt fumble. Now is going to play like a 346 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: breaking news NFL network or something, or Rich Eisen saying 347 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: the New York Jets have traded for Geno Smith. Like, 348 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: I thought, that's what we're gonna get now, but maybe 349 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 1: not tonight him. I don't know. I was taking another 350 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: Jets fan and Smith, Hey, not if we can not, 351 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: if we can call not if we can call the 352 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: deal off, not if the Raiders can call the deal. 353 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: If the if the Ravens could call the deal off 354 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: with the Raiders because Max Crosby failed the physical I 355 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: can claim fan misery. Jets got to call off this 356 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: deal with I don't think passing accuracy shows up on 357 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 1: the are you're getting or not. I would even say this, listen, 358 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: I feel bad about Cancer Raiders. The sixth round pick 359 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: that we gave you, I know, because it was Geno 360 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 1: Smith and a seventh round pick for a sixth round pick, 361 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:07,880 Speaker 1: just keep the keep the sixth round pick. We said, 362 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,880 Speaker 1: included a pick. Yeah, it's fine in the deal, well 363 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,959 Speaker 1: included a pick because they paid that now, or at 364 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: least we're not paying Geno Smith. We're only paying a 365 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,120 Speaker 1: million dollars this year, so okay, so at least they're 366 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: not paying them. And I like the guy we got 367 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: from you guys. Thanks buddy. Yeah, you know he's pretty, 368 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: but he had five more interceptions than your team. Dude. Yeah, yeah, 369 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: I know. If he was really good, he wouldn't sign 370 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: a one year, five million dollars deal. But okay, well, 371 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 1: you know, maybe he wants to prove himself. But this 372 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: is how the at bat game and maybe World Baseball 373 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: Classic ended for Aaron Judge in the United States. Oh, 374 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: I love this and Gino Smith's a jet again. I 375 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 1: can't believe it. He probably can't believe it. Okay, he's 376 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: older and wiser. Find that so fast? Challenge me again, dog, 377 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: how about this? How about we play Aaron Judges Final 378 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: life back? Okay, I got it. Crickets. Oh no, hear 379 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: the air of the ball passing by him. We suck again. 380 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: I would call my dad if my dad would, but 381 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:10,959 Speaker 1: my dad wouldn't answer the phone. Forty five mile an 382 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,560 Speaker 1: hour wins in that one and a half seconds. M 383 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: So let's do it one more time. Yeah, bottom of 384 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: the nine inning, two outs, Aaron Judge up, two strikes, 385 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: tying run at the plate and the pitch went like 386 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: this the one two pitch. 387 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: Judge swings and missus and Annalie has put off a stunner. 388 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: The biggest win in Italian baseball history. They shocked the 389 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: United States eight to six. 390 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 1: Joe Davis on Big Fox with the call. So now 391 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: the United States has to wait out Italy's next game 392 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: against Mexico to see if they can advance in the 393 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 1: World Baseball Classic. If Italy wins, I believe the tiebreaker 394 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: goes they move on. If Italy loses to three way 395 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: tie and then it becomes run differential. So that's kind 396 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 1: of where, which we won't know until Italy winds up 397 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 1: playing Mexico. So there is a good chance the United 398 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: States has played their final game in the World Baseball Classic. Well, 399 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: I got this from the from the Yahoo side. This 400 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: is great because eventually they might draw lots. Oh really, yeah, okay, 401 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: it goes past. I mean, you got the highest batting 402 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 1: averages part of it in games between the tied teams, 403 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 1: earn runs allowed per defensive out, like all of this stuff, 404 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: it's it's complicated and gets a little bit perky. But yes, 405 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge on the big stage with the the whiff 406 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: and now he goes and you could hear Joe Davis's 407 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: voice like, wait, what what the hell just happened here? 408 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: And you know, lesser Man might have started screaming in 409 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: that moment. I gotta learn the names all these players 410 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: on the other team. I'm not gonna get to dounce 411 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: the United States. Come on, man, Italy seven to one 412 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:00,360 Speaker 1: on the money line. Look at Italy. Now, if the yeah, 413 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 1: go into Italy on the bets to Frostburg, not even 414 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 1: I'm an international man Italy on the bets. I leave 415 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,360 Speaker 1: no stone unturned. Now, I asked this a few minutes ago, 416 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,479 Speaker 1: and I have two because one I want to get 417 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: you because it was so much fun. But I have 418 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: two equivalents, like, if the United States doesn't make the 419 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 1: next round of the World Baseball Classic, what's the equivalent 420 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: of it? Right now? I got to one. I'm gonna 421 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: go positive. One I'm going to go back for and 422 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: one I'm going to go very recently. So this goes 423 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: back to the your negative. I'm positive. So I'm going 424 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 1: way back for one, and one is complete is incredibly 425 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: recent in nineteen ninety two. Okay, Barcelona Olympics. I'm gonna say, 426 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: if you're ever starting, remember this. Barcelona, Barcelona Olympics. The 427 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: United States and you know, USOC were they were trying 428 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: to come up with great public relations and commercial campaigns 429 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,399 Speaker 1: for some of the athletes because you know, if you 430 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 1: don't know the it's just it's that's the dream team year. 431 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,120 Speaker 1: So outside of the basketball players, they want you to know, well, 432 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: we got it, that's right, So they can up with 433 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 1: this Dan Versus Dave commercial blitz, Yes, which was Dave 434 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: Johnson and Dan O'Brien, who were the two big de 435 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,360 Speaker 1: kathlon threats for the United States, and they decided to do, hey, 436 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: we're gonna pick them both together. Who are you picking 437 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: Dan versus Dave? Because they were two overwhelming favorites to 438 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: win the decathlon at the Olympics. Right, So there's commercials. 439 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: I think there was like twenty different commercials. There was 440 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:27,120 Speaker 1: one where they go, who do you got Dan versus Dave? 441 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,959 Speaker 1: That was it. People would say Dan Dave. And then 442 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: I remember one they had where it was this girl 443 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: in a convertible and it said Dan's ex girlfriend and 444 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: she says definitely Dave, and she, you know, peels out 445 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: in the car. So this was an ad blitz that 446 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: went on forever like that. You couldn't get away from 447 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: these commercials, right, It's like it's like the progressive with 448 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: flow commercials now, Like you can't get away from that. 449 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,479 Speaker 1: So you couldn't get away from it except what happened 450 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: well at the Olympic Trials, not at the Olympics themselves. 451 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: At the Olympic Trials in June, Dan failed to clear 452 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 1: a height in the pole vault, and he missed the team. 453 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: He missed making not the Olympic team qualified. Dave competed 454 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: in Barcelona but got hurt, hurt his foot. He won 455 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 1: a bronze medal. So Dan versus Dave and the decathlon 456 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: and all of these events Dan never even made the team. 457 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: Reebok put all kinds of money and resources behind this. 458 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: Dan Versus day was such a big deal and Dan 459 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: doesn't even make the Olympic team. Like that's an epic fan. 460 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 1: That's like, wait a minute, he did not only didn't win, 461 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: didn't make the team, right, So that's the United States 462 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: forget about winning the World Baseball Classic, not even making 463 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: it to the knockout round, right, So there's you're going 464 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: back to ninety two Dan versus Dave? You want to 465 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: go even more recent? That's pretty good one. I like 466 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: that one. It's the shock factor of Iliam Allanin's final 467 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: performance in the Olympics, where all he had to do 468 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: was just not fall down ten times and win the 469 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: gold medal, and not only did he not, he didn't 470 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: even medal, right, he finished eighth, and it was it 471 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: was incredibly shocking to watch it happen, and he talked 472 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 1: after about how he didn't get the pressure and it 473 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,399 Speaker 1: hurt him and the quad God. I mean, but it 474 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: was stunning to see all he had to do to 475 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: win the gold medal was skate a clean performance. He 476 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 1: ended up look snl. It was I mean, it was. 477 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: It was such a shocking turn of events in a 478 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 1: three minute program and everything just went away for me. 479 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,400 Speaker 1: You could tell he wasn't confident, you could tell right away. 480 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: And and and that's that's where I'd kind of be at, 481 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: where we're not even gonna make We can't even make 482 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: the next round. We might not even make the next round. 483 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: Forget about this. That pausitive if we get to the 484 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 1: point where we lose to Japan, okay, because we haven't 485 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: won the World Baseball Classic yet. Now, I no, it's good, 486 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: but to not get there, you know, it's it's not 487 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,400 Speaker 1: it's the it's the equivalent of the women's World Cup 488 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: team not getting out of group right in the World Cup, 489 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: right because how good we've been for the past, you know, 490 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: twenty thirty years like that you're talking about. These are 491 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: the equivalents of the World Baseball Classic for the for 492 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: Team USA psychologically, this has truly affected you in a 493 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: number of ways. So I watched you live and die 494 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: with each of bat Uh you found you found no 495 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,560 Speaker 1: glee in Bryce Harper where normally you do. It was 496 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: it was one of those times where you you went 497 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: and actually went pro USA. Good for you as opposed 498 00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:19,280 Speaker 1: to see I told you that guy stinks. But yeah, 499 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 1: you start thinking about the large international competitions, and you 500 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: mentioned the the bronze medal taking men's basketball team, and 501 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,520 Speaker 1: then you had to have the redeemed team, right like, hey, no, 502 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: mean those guys weren't good enough. We got to go 503 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: back with the heavyweights and save American basketball. And here 504 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: was presumed. I mean Mark DeRosa was doing interviews like yeah, 505 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: I mean we still want to win it. We don't 506 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 1: need to we still want to win. We still want 507 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: to win. We did win in twice, for we did 508 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 1: win in twenty seventeen. Uh, but that's the only time 509 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: we have won. We lost in the championship a couple 510 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 1: of years ago, obviously to Japan. But yeah, Mike the 511 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,879 Speaker 1: Mike trout strike out with Shoeo Tani. But but it's 512 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 1: not like we get there and win all the time, 513 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: was my point. It's not like We're a dynasty where 514 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 1: World Baseball Classic is US and somebody else. Right, It's 515 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,040 Speaker 1: not like the Olympics in hockey, where it's Canada and 516 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: somebody else. This is this is an event where you 517 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 1: make it there, okay. But to not make it out there, 518 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,960 Speaker 1: that's that's a tough thing, man, That's a really tough 519 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,679 Speaker 1: thing to not see us do and to lose to Italy. 520 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: To lose to Italy, it's not like Mexico is probably 521 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: the next toughest team, and we had a tough time 522 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:24,920 Speaker 1: with Mexico, right we had to hold on at the 523 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: end there, Okay, that was gonna be our toughest game. 524 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 1: But Italy right away, I mean, Nolan McLean comes out 525 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: in the first thing and strikes out three and eleven pitches, 526 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: and I said, this is gonna be easy. Then he 527 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: gives up two home runs and all of a sudden 528 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: it's three nothing, and then it's five nothing, and then 529 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: and then it's eight nothing, and there's errors, and it's 530 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: what is what is going on with with with the 531 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: United States? And you know, they they finally found a 532 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: way to to to come back and nearly pull it off. 533 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 1: But I mean, you know, you can only get down 534 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 1: so much for you know, too many runs to overcome, 535 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: as too many runs by the way two White Sox 536 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: players led to that three nothing start. I gotta take 537 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 1: some positivity out of this. You think Tarik School right 538 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: now is see, I know it. That's why it wasn't no, no, no, 539 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: no scapegoat. That's why White Sox. I'm sorry, no, but 540 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 1: he wasn't pitching tonight like school wasn't picture, but just 541 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: the negativity surrounding him, and and and some folks are 542 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: gonna want to blame cal Raleigh, be it a bad 543 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: sport or whatever it was, you know, and so you know, 544 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: you'll you'll find it and ultimately Bryce Harper and Aaron 545 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,360 Speaker 1: Judge not being able to h I mean that that's 546 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: how that's how bad a deal it would be if 547 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 1: we didn't even make the next round. That's how bad 548 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: it was. Positive versus Dave, positive versus great ads. They 549 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: had to go back to. I mean the fact that 550 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 1: those families had all those home movies, Oh yeah, or 551 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 1: were those actors no, no, no, no, the family sension, 552 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: the whole movies on it. I like the fact. I 553 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: think the thing that people were most stunned about is 554 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: they're like, wait, Reebok had a big ad campaign. Yeah. No, 555 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:01,639 Speaker 1: Reebok was a big deal in Man. I saw an 556 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: ad for Panda Express cats and dogs. No, that's a 557 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: weird world. I mean, people understand there was a time 558 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: when when Reebok challenged Nike as the top you know, 559 00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 1: sports outlet and and and sports apparel like Rebuk made 560 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 1: a big run in the nineteen night. Now it's like 561 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: you got to go to like an outlet mall to 562 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: find rebox stuff. Oh, the Rebox store out at the 563 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: outlet mall. Oh great, I'll go there. You fit in 564 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: the pump right? 565 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 2: Uh? 566 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: They were No, they were too I tried them on. 567 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: They were great, but they were too narrow. I get 568 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,480 Speaker 1: fit in any of those things. That was deep brown. 569 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: That was Dee Brown one of the dunk contests when 570 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: he was uh when he would when when he when 571 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:39,480 Speaker 1: he pumped up his sneakers before the final dunks. See that? 572 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: Or I got to buy a shoe like three sizes. No, 573 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: Rebuck doesn't. Rebuck doesn't have doesn't have the wide sneakers. 574 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: I was never never but pants and shirts and stuff, 575 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: Oh yeah sure, yeah, I love that. Shirts and pants, 576 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: Holy shirts and paint like crystal clear pepsi. Uh yeah, 577 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,360 Speaker 1: crystal clear Pepsi was there too, and a zema. You 578 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: actually had a z so. I bet you still have 579 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: a basement full of the parachute pants mc hammer pants. 580 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 581 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, the Zubaz pants US is around, man, you get 582 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: those right now. You can get Paris Jets Zubaz pants 583 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: expressed to you and you can have them by the weekend, 584 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, celebrating the return of Geno Smith. I'm glad 585 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: you brought that up, just for a quick second, because 586 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,160 Speaker 1: once in a while I'll go on Amazon and I'll 587 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: look and see what the big deals are for jet stuff, 588 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: mets merchandise, everything else. And the Jets have tons of 589 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 1: zubas stuff, right, And it says here's Zuba's Zuba's hoodie 590 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: where it's like on the on the sleeves and on 591 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: the hood. I'm like, that's really cool, says from eighteen dollars. 592 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, okay, and I click on it goes 593 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: extra small, eighteen dollars large, eighty five dollars. I'm like, 594 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: don't tell me it's you. They go, but don't tell me, 595 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 1: tell me, Oh, why is it extra small? Seventeen dollars, 596 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: but the largest eighty five dollars. If your mouthfit fits 597 00:29:53,680 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: a lot more printing, packaging and shipping and fabric. Time 598 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,800 Speaker 1: now to find out what's trending in the wide world 599 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,520 Speaker 1: of sports management called the Dan O'Brien of Fox Sports Radio. 600 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: He never made the Olympic team either. It's Steve Desager. 601 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 4: I'm glad you referenced the comment from Mark de Rosa, 602 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 4: the US manager. He was on before this game on 603 00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 4: one of the shows on MLB Network. This is exactly 604 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 4: what he said. 605 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 2: A ton of respect for Italy. It's weird win. We 606 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: want to win this game even though. 607 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 5: Our tickets punched at a quarterfinals because oops, Mexico plays 608 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 5: Italy actually tomorrow. 609 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: That's right. 610 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 4: Actually the US has no ticket punched yet. 611 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: And I like how he felt. I have to explain 612 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: this to you, and I'm going to start and say 613 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: and say it very slowly. Oh wait, you mean we're 614 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: not Oh okay, okay. 615 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 4: Italy has its group finale Wednesday against Mexico. It's possible 616 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 4: those are the two teams that advance out of this 617 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,720 Speaker 4: group and not the US at all. Even though the 618 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 4: Americans had a three and oh record coming into tonight's 619 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,840 Speaker 4: game in Houston, Italy is now three and oh after 620 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 4: upsetting team eight to six in the sixth inning. It 621 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 4: was an eight nothing lead. The loss to starting pitcher 622 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 4: Nolan McLain of the Mets, who allowed two homers in 623 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 4: the third, one of those long balls to catcher Kyle 624 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 4: Teel of the White Sox, who did later leave the 625 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 4: game with a hamstring injury. For the US lineup, Pete 626 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 4: crow Armstrong with two homers in the attempted comeback. Really, realistically, 627 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 4: what the US needs tomorrow night and it's Wednesday night, 628 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 4: not Thursday, the finale, They need another Italy upset against 629 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 4: Mexico in order to advance because at the moment, the 630 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 4: tiebreaker is runs allowed, and the US has allowed fourteen 631 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 4: runs in three games, including tonight. They are nowhere near 632 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,080 Speaker 4: winning this tiebreaker at the moment compared to what Mexico 633 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 4: and Italy they're. 634 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: Wear in Italy gear on on Tomorrow night, Italy, Italy. 635 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 4: Say it out loud, We're gonna need Italy to finish 636 00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 4: four and oing group play in baseball in order for 637 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 4: the US to be able to advance. 638 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: And I you're soccer, No, no, no, no, in baseball. 639 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:10,360 Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sure Fox is just ecstatic with the prospects 640 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 4: of the United States not playing this weekend. They were due, 641 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 4: we thought, for a quarterfinal in Houston on Friday. We 642 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 4: shall see. Fox has a times led to cover in 643 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 4: the Saturday nights quarterfinals as well. Miami will be hosting 644 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 4: the Semis on FS one Tuesday. Is the final next 645 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 4: week on Fox TV. Just an amazing result. You're right 646 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 4: to go through history is what does this remind us of? 647 00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 4: Eight six Italy beats the US in baseball? It reminds 648 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 4: me of the World Baseball Classic twenty years ago before 649 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 4: Americans were paying much attention to it, and they got 650 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 4: Roger Clemens to pitch in Anaheim and he got beat 651 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:51,320 Speaker 4: by Mexico two to one, and Mexico eliminated the US. Then, yes, 652 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 4: the US has won this in twenty seventeen at Dodger Stadium, 653 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 4: but Japan has three titles in the twenty years this 654 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 4: tournament has existed, and Japan is now four to zero 655 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 4: in this tournament after shutting out winless Checkia nine to 656 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 4: nothing with nine runs bottom of the eighth this morning 657 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 4: that included a three run homer and a grand Slam 658 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,959 Speaker 4: and Shoheo Tani did not play. The checks lineup went 659 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 4: two for twenty eight with fourteen strikeouts. Upset tonight with 660 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 4: Canada winning at Puerto Rico three to two. Puerto Rico 661 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 4: had been three to zero. Canada can advance tomorrow with 662 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,720 Speaker 4: a win against Cuba. On this busiest of busy nights, 663 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 4: a guy scored eighty three points in an NBA game. 664 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 4: We're just getting to that, Bam at a Bayo at Miami, 665 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 4: where winners over Washington won fifty to one twenty nine. 666 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 4: At a Bayo had thirty one points just in the 667 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 4: first quarter, more than the opponent had at the time. 668 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 4: He finished with eighty three points, second most in NBA history. 669 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,840 Speaker 4: The Lake games in LA, the Lakers are leading Minnesota 670 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 4: sixty one fifty two mid third quarter, even though the 671 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 4: Lakers are shooting just forty percent from the floor. Spurs 672 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 4: won their fifth in a row, beating Boston one five 673 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 4: one sixteen victor Weman Yama with a mere thirty nine points. 674 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 4: In College Hoops Conference Finals victories for Hoffs, Dress, Sienna 675 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 4: and Wright State. NHL, Buffalo won its. 676 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:11,319 Speaker 1: Eighth game in a row. 677 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 4: Yes the Jets acquired quarterback Gino Smith from the Raiders. 678 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 4: Although you know all trades aren't official until four pm 679 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 4: Eastern Wednesday, so if there's any buyers remorse, well, after all, 680 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 4: the Raiders say Baltimore did back out of their trade 681 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 4: agreement for defensive end Max Crosby, who had knee surgery 682 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:30,480 Speaker 4: in January. 683 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,319 Speaker 1: Back to you, Thank you, Steve O. Jason Smith Show 684 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: with My best friend Mike Harmon coming up next. Yes, 685 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,799 Speaker 1: bam Adebio's eighty three points the second most all time 686 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: in the game. We put it up against Kobe's eighty one, 687 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,720 Speaker 1: and I think the results are gonna surprise you. Everybody 688 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: loves Kobe's hates Bams. We break it down next. 689 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 690 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 691 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,640 Speaker 2: pm Pacific. 692 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with My best 693 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:06,879 Speaker 1: friend Mike Harmon. Look at the Lakers without Lebron, They're unstoppable. 694 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: Lead Minnesota right now, seventy three fifty nine. Late in 695 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,919 Speaker 1: the third quarter, we'll have more NBA on the way, 696 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: some of the loudest shoes you have ever seen in 697 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:21,399 Speaker 1: your life. But uh, time now to take a look 698 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: at what we saw tonight. One of the bigger we 699 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:25,680 Speaker 1: spends so much time on this tonight, between that and 700 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 1: the NFL worldsa USA World Baseball Classic. Bam Adebaiyo's eighty 701 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 1: three points for the Miami Heat second most in the 702 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,360 Speaker 1: game in NBA history. Did it a lot from the 703 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: free throw line down the stretch, and it was an 704 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,839 Speaker 1: incredible performance by him. Went to the free throw line 705 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: forty three times, most in that game in NBA history, 706 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: is thirty six makes, most makes in a game in 707 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: NBA history. Did it all from the line. What I've 708 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 1: seen a lot is of course, the comparison to Kobe's 709 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: eighty one game. And I'll give give you this before 710 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: I get a little hot on it. It wasn't as 711 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: pretty as Kobe's eighty one, right. Kobe's eighty one game 712 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,040 Speaker 1: was really pretty, But why it was pretty goes into 713 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 1: the reasoning that, and I'll tell you why bam Adabaio's 714 00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:17,200 Speaker 1: game is just as impressive. 715 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 4: Right. 716 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: Even though the end of the game turned into trying 717 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 1: to get bam Adebayo the ball, they are the Heat 718 00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: are fouling right away to make the game longer. The 719 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,399 Speaker 1: Wizards are putting three guys on Bam out of Baio 720 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: near the end. It wasn't great basketball, but it still 721 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,320 Speaker 1: ended with Bam scoring eighty three points. Because this is 722 00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,600 Speaker 1: the thing. Go back and watch the end, because I 723 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 1: went back and watched tonight. Watch the end of Kobe's 724 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: eighty one point game against the Raptors from from Sunday 725 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: night of the AFC and NFC Championship games. He single 726 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: guarded the entire We talk about this, We joke about 727 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 1: around Sam Mitchell the entire time. Sam Mitchell single guarded 728 00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: Kobe Bryant the entire game. Maybe at some point when 729 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: he's got forty fifty, sixty seventy, throw another guy on him. 730 00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: But you look at his last his last four or 731 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,719 Speaker 1: five buckets, he's single guarded. There's nobody that picks him 732 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: up when he comes into the lane. There's no there's 733 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 1: no two guys out on him on the edge. No, 734 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,240 Speaker 1: he was single guarded. So yeah, Kobe had a pretty 735 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: good Uh, when you're shooting the ball the way you 736 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,000 Speaker 1: are that night, you're gonna keep scoring when they're gonna 737 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,240 Speaker 1: single guard. Well, on the plus side, he missed eighteen 738 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,680 Speaker 1: shots in that game, so they were saying he was due. Yeah, 739 00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 1: he was due. So yeah, so okay, so Kobe's was 740 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: prettier because he was making fade away jumpers and it 741 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: was It's just an incredible experience, an incredible thing for him. 742 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 1: But the fact that bam Adebayo gets there when the 743 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: last few minutes they're triple guarding him, they're denying him 744 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,799 Speaker 1: the ball, they're making them throw it away, they are 745 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: trying to they are making the heat work as much 746 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: as they can just to get him the ball in 747 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: a spot where he can either get to the hoop 748 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: or shoot a free throw. Yeah. I think those two 749 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: cancel each other out. I really like how Pride kicked 750 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: in once he had sixty five. I think, you know, 751 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:02,920 Speaker 1: it's not we're professionals here. We can't have this guy 752 00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,880 Speaker 1: run it up into the eighties. Look, and that's what 753 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: the hell look, and that's what happens in the NBA. Look, 754 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: guys have fifty sixty point nights. Okay, we kind of 755 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: get it now, but now you're getting close to eighty. 756 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: We don't want to be that team that that you 757 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,160 Speaker 1: hung eighty on. But they were, and so yeah, you know, yeah, 758 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: Kobe's looked better because he was single guard. I think 759 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,640 Speaker 1: bam Ada Bio's game would look just like it if 760 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: he was single guarded the whole game, but he wasn't. 761 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: And the fact that they had to fight through it 762 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 1: just to get him the basketball, just to get him 763 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: the chance to get to the free throw line. Yeah, 764 00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:32,959 Speaker 1: those cancel each other out. Like I know that people 765 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: are gonna say, oh, Kobe's edy one who was such 766 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: a great Well, Yeah, Kobe's a much bigger superstar than 767 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: bam ade Bio is. And I understand that, right, I 768 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 1: get that, But eighty three is still eighty three and 769 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: he got there overcoming a lot of adversity. I again, 770 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: how many would he have scored if you're coming down 771 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and the Wizard single guarded it when 772 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,359 Speaker 1: he got to ninety Vegas, the ninety five, The way 773 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,759 Speaker 1: he was shooting the basketball getting to the free throw line, right, 774 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,320 Speaker 1: he put up a lot of really bad threes because 775 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: he was being double covered when he got behind the arc. 776 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: He was hoisting up some really bad shots in the 777 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:08,840 Speaker 1: fourth quarter of this game. And still he got to 778 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: eighty three points. Yeah, we look at the tail of 779 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: the tap forty three field goal attempts for at a 780 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 1: Baio forty six for Kobe. Kobe had eight more field 781 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,480 Speaker 1: goal makes. They both hit seven to three pointers in 782 00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 1: their respective games. For at a Bio, you look at 783 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: thirty six of forty three from the pre throw line, 784 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: Kobe eighteen of twenty. You get the ancillary stats along 785 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,360 Speaker 1: the way, But you know some of the beauties in 786 00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: the eye of the behoulder right, Well, we can go 787 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: look at the same pieces of artwork. Go over to 788 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: the Getty Center, take a nice little walk around, and 789 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,239 Speaker 1: we're gonna look at the painting and we're gonna look. 790 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna have two different responses, like even in you know, 791 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,399 Speaker 1: go go to good Fellows. Look, this dog's going this way. 792 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: This guy's looking the other way. Why you looking at me? 793 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: You know that kind of thing? Or can you find 794 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,800 Speaker 1: something deeper? Dogs playing poker could be the height of 795 00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,359 Speaker 1: your art experience. All of that to say, for bam 796 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,280 Speaker 1: ade Bio, you can't take away the eighty three points 797 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,600 Speaker 1: I I as we were watching it live, you and 798 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: I differed a bit because it just stopped resembling basketball 799 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:16,120 Speaker 1: after a while, especially the one legged rundering three point shots, 800 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: like now he's playing Rockin' Jock or the rerection one 801 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,359 Speaker 1: legged three pointers. That shock was always you would always 802 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,040 Speaker 1: bring up. But like the end of a you know, 803 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 1: a game where you're just you're just tired of being there. 804 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:28,799 Speaker 1: It's like, all right, we're done with this, Like I'm 805 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,880 Speaker 1: gonna throw up some half ash shot. That's what it 806 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,400 Speaker 1: kind of started to look at at towards the end, 807 00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:37,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of phantom falls or hard falls, almost like 808 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: they're they were offended by what was happening. It's like 809 00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,920 Speaker 1: you're you helped it along and now you're mad, like 810 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:47,760 Speaker 1: what are we doing? Bam out of Bio eighty three points? 811 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,799 Speaker 1: We have some more on this game coming up next hour. 812 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,200 Speaker 1: Waitally hear the response to the Laker game when Bam 813 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: out of Baio's point total was announced. But coming up 814 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,480 Speaker 1: next you want a hot tea on the biggest football 815 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 1: story of the day, We got it for you. The 816 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: Max Crosby trayed is canceled and we ask and answer 817 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:09,600 Speaker 1: it next ond Fuck