1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: Sports Radio hour or two on this Monday. Hope you 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: had a great weekend. Boys are here ready to go. 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: We'll check in with John Smoltz. He was on the 5 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 1: call last night Dodgers over the Braves, and he'll be 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: working the World Series as well. By the way, I'll 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: say this before Smoltz comes on. He's really really good 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: at what he does, and he's mastered it in a 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: very short amount of time. And it's not like it's 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: a gimmick where Tony Romo call out the play before 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: the play happens. And all the credit to Tony because 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: he gave us something different as an analyst, but John 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: just wants you to understand the game, and he doesn't 14 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: talk down to you. He explains it. He had a 15 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: quote that has stayed with me, you don't want to 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: lose tomorrow's game today, and that is you don't want 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: to burn up your bullpen. It was just a small 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: little phrase there, but I just think that he has 19 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: done such a remarkable job in walking you through situations 20 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: before they happen and even after they happen, and doing 21 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: it in a way that he's a companion watching a game. 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: He's not a not at all. He's never been a 23 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: know at all. He's got a wonderful sense of humor. 24 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: He is a note it all, doesn't act like a 25 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: no at all. Hell's that, but John will join us 26 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: coming up. Dodgers and Rays enter the World Series in 27 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: very different situations because the Dodgers have all the pressure 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: in the world on them. It's been championship or bus 29 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: from the day they kicked off the abbreviated season, and 30 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: they built this team. They spent a lot of money 31 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: on this team to win it all. Meanwhile, the Rays 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: high expectations, but they're young and inexpensive, and their pressure 33 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: is different. It'll be interesting to see how both these 34 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: teams respond because the Dodgers had to play like the young, 35 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: scrappy upstarts to beat the Braves. Meanwhile, the Rays almost 36 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: blew a three o lead to the Astros. But they 37 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: both deserve to be here. Balanced teams. Got a lot 38 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: of pitching there. And I know we worry about the ratings. 39 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: Don't care about the ratings. I never cared about the ratings, 40 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: even when I was doing Sports Center, a Football Night 41 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: in America or the Olympics, like, what are the ratings? 42 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: Because I can only do what I can do. That's it. 43 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: And watching this game, it's not like the Dodgers and 44 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: Rays go hey, we got to kind of suck this 45 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: up a little bit here, because everybody wanted the Dodgers 46 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: in the Astros or the Dodgers and the Yankees. But 47 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: I hope we get great baseball. I'm expecting great baseball, 48 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: and what we've seen so far, there's been a lot 49 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: of dramatic moments there. Phone calls are always welcome. Age 50 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: seven seven three d P Show email address DP at 51 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle at DP show mclovin. 52 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: The poll question from the first hour, okay, I put 53 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: up without your permission, A slightly strange pole question, but relevant. 54 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: If it's a coin flip, do you go for two 55 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: or kick the extra point? Because that seems like the 56 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: number one issue of the NFL season so far. There 57 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: was like six games yesterday that had controversial two point 58 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: conversions and the results are by a fifty seven percent 59 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: go for two. Well, it depends on how good my 60 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: team is, how good my defense is. If I'm Romeo 61 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: Crennell and the Texans, like I'm listening to rich Gannon, 62 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: who's the former MVP, and he says, you know, kick 63 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: the extra point. So I'm trusting what he's saying in 64 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: the moment there, and I like when you you you know, 65 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: you have a play that you feel like is you know, 66 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: the percentages, the odds are in our favor. But I 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,120 Speaker 1: also have to wonder if we miss this, are we 68 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: capable of stopping you? Are we capable of preventing you 69 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: from getting a touchdown and the extra point? Now, if 70 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: you get the two point conversion, Okay, that's different. And plus, 71 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: as an offense, when you get on the field, you're 72 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: not all not necessarily thinking of we got to get 73 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: a touchdown. It's we got to get a touchdown and 74 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: a two point conversion. So you raise the degree of difficulty. 75 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: But in that moment, I would have just kicked the 76 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: extra point. Tennessee give him credit. They came down, they scored. 77 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry was wonderful, and you start looking at those numbers. 78 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: If you were going to give out an MVP right now, 79 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: this is an undefeated team, Derrick Henry would probably be 80 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: at the top of the list. Russell Wilson has been 81 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 1: wonderful and Mahomes has been good, Lamar Jackson's been good. 82 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: But you're talking about value, and I have maintained for 83 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: years now Russell Wilson is as valuable, if not more so, 84 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: to his team than any other quarterback. This is how 85 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: Russell loses it every year. I know he dominates September 86 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: and and that's what I said, Hey, you don't win 87 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: the Heisman in September, you're not gonna win the MVP. 88 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,280 Speaker 1: But we've started earlier and earlier of the coronation of 89 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: h MVP, like Aaron Rodgers MVP, Russell Wilson MVP, and 90 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: now it's Derrick Henry. But what Derrick Henry means to 91 00:04:54,640 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: that team, the defense Ryan Tannehill cannot be understated. I'm 92 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: not saying he's gonna win. I'm glad he's getting some attention. 93 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: He deserves to get that attention because that is a 94 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: old school throwback running back where guys make a it's 95 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: called making a business decision where you decide you're not 96 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: going to tackle him because you don't want to get hurt. Yeah, McLevin, 97 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: you could argue Romeo Cornell did the right thing because 98 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: he wanted to give to Shaun Watson a chance to 99 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: win it go up by nine because he knew the 100 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: defense couldn't stop them. So he basically knew they were 101 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: going to score a touchdown and they probably couldn't stop 102 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: Henry on a two point conversion. I just can't see 103 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: them stopping them. I only know what I said in 104 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: the moment, and that's when rich Gannon was saying, you know, 105 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 1: kick the extra point, So that that was like, I 106 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: didn't have a strong opinion on it, but I didn't 107 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: trust the Texans defense no matter what. Yeah, McLevin. Similar situation. 108 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera went for two at the end of the 109 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 1: game and Washington football team versus Giants. People seem to 110 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: like that though. I'm okay with him doing that with 111 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: that team because that team needs a lift, They needs 112 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: something they want to know. I mean, what's his nickname, 113 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: riverboat Ron, Like he gambles like this. I'm okay. He's 114 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 1: trying to set He's trying to set the tone there 115 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 1: in Washington, like this is who we are. By the way, 116 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 1: there's two games tonight. It's a five o'clock kickoff Chiefs 117 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo on Fox eight fifteen, Arizona at Dallas. On the 118 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: Mother's Ship, I saw this story New York Post Mike 119 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: Vickarroll argues, Trevor Lawrence could stay at Clemson instead of 120 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: going to the NFL if the Jets have the number 121 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 1: one pick, and I had mclove and check and Peyton 122 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 1: with Peyton Manning. I think Peyton Manning stayed at Florida 123 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: one more year so we didn't have to go to 124 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: the Jets. He was at Tennessee. I should say he 125 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: stayed in college and he couldn't beat Florida. And I 126 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: think that he decided to come back for his senior 127 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: year of Tennessee because the Jets had the number one 128 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: pick in the draft, and I think that might have 129 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: been keys Sean Johnson year and Peyton got drafted by 130 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: the Colts and a better organization. Yeah. Point, It's very 131 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: similar to the Eli Manning not wanted to go to 132 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: San Diego that everyone who wrote the story, but nobody 133 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: has any proof of the story. Everyone wrote the story 134 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: in ninety seven that Peyton Manning's father, Archie didn't want 135 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: his son playing for Parcels and the Jets, but nobody's 136 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 1: got anyone quoted on it. No one's got the story locked. 137 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: But that's what it's like the lore of the story. Now, 138 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: the Jets were one in fifteen in nineteen ninety six, 139 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: and they picked Keyshawn Johnson, but you had Bill Parcels, 140 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: who was I think, just taking over there. You imagine, 141 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,560 Speaker 1: like there's so many moments that could have changed the 142 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: history of the NFL if this happened or that didn't happen. 143 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: But Peyton Manning in New York as opposed to Indianapolis 144 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: and what that would have meant for the Jets franchise. 145 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: It was great to see Tua. He made his debut 146 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: late during the went over the Jets, and you know, 147 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: he threw a pass nine yards. I loved it. Like 148 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: of all the plays, that was one of those moments where, 149 00:08:10,120 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 1: you know, pretty special he got on the field. I 150 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: think he called his parents from the field after the game, 151 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: from what I'm told, just to kind of let them 152 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: enjoy the moment with him and the guy who was 153 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: the happiest, Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Dolphins quarterback. When he saw 154 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: two to come in he completed the pass, he had 155 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: a big smile on his face. So it was great 156 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: to see some of the other headlines here. Obama rolls 157 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: over Georgia, Nick Saban bound to determine that he was 158 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 1: going to have negative COVID death. Do it again, coach, 159 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: We just we just didn't do it again. Steelers Titan 160 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 1: Seahawks at five and zero, and we mentioned the World 161 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 1: Series here and another thing I brought up about the Jets, 162 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: I don't make a change with the coach in the 163 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator because I want you guys to continue to 164 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: be bad. And if I bring somebody in, you know, 165 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: some offensive innovator or defensive whatever it is, I don't. 166 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: I don't want us to get good like I would 167 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,440 Speaker 1: just say to our fan base without saying to our 168 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: fan base, Hey, I'm gonna keep these guys employed and 169 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: it's best for us. They won't be here next year. 170 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: But the prize is Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, and if the 171 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: Jets gate. Let's say the Jets got two wins, they 172 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: had the second pick or the third pick. There's still 173 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: some really high end quarterbacks there, but not the you know, 174 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: I don't know if they could draft Justin Fields and 175 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: replace Sam Darnold, that might not be sellable. But Trevor 176 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: Lawrence is that generational guy that blows everybody out of 177 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: the water. Don't you think oh absolutely. I'm looking at 178 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: you know, there's a couple of organizations that would abandon 179 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,840 Speaker 1: ship with their current quarterback if they could get Trevor Lawrence. 180 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,800 Speaker 1: And I look at the Minnesota Vikings. You want to 181 00:09:55,800 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: talk about biggest disappointments. Vikings up there at the tom 182 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: This is a team that was one or two plays 183 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: away from the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, 184 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, they decided that they 185 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: were going all in and Kirk D. Cousins gave him 186 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: the guaranteed contract, they gave him an extension and throwing interceptions. 187 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: I thought that they were going to run the football 188 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: and play defense. Here's Kirk D. Cousins sounding the alarm 189 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: on the play of Kirk D Cousins. You know what, 190 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: you just have to play well, you know in this business. 191 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: And the reality is if the pace you know that 192 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,839 Speaker 1: I'm on in terms of the interceptions, if that were 193 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: to continue, I won't finish the season. I won't, you 194 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: know what I mean. So you got improved, whether it's 195 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: them telling me, hey, we got improved or or them 196 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: pulling me he got to get better. And that'll be 197 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: what the rest of the season will be about. For me, 198 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: you know, trying to protect the football as best I can, 199 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: because when you turn the ball over, you know, it 200 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: really hurts your chances to win. And I know that, 201 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, and I just need to improve as we 202 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,199 Speaker 1: look ahead of the rest of the season. If I'm 203 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: a Viking fan, I don't feel good after hearing that. Now. 204 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: I love that he was, you know, full transparency there, 205 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: let me know how he felt hard on his sleeve. 206 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: But if I'm kirkde Cousins or his coach or his friend, 207 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,199 Speaker 1: I would say, you just gotta say we're gonna get 208 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: him next week. Hey, you know what we're learning, We're 209 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: gonna get better. We got a lot of talent. We're 210 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: gonna be there at whatever it is. I need to 211 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 1: know that my quarterback feels a little better than imp 212 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: I keep throwing interceptions, I'm gonna get benched. Yeah, Now, 213 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: let's go out and get him like you got the 214 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: Falcons torched you. Yeah, mcle It wasn't it just a 215 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: week ago that they kind of beat up the Seahawks 216 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: and got beat by Russell Wilson the last second. Yeah, 217 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: So I explained this NFL. They were at Seattle and 218 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: they lost a heartbreaker and then they get blown out 219 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: by the windless falcon. I know, but that's what the 220 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 1: NFL is going to be this year. Like we shouldn't 221 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: be surprised. We talked about the lack of practice, offseason workouts, 222 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: you couldn't get in, you know, in the building, games 223 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: being moved. We talked about the number of injury soft 224 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: tissue injuries that we're going to have. All these things 225 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: have taken place so far, you know. We talked about 226 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: that you're going to have teams that have COVID outbreaks. 227 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: There have been that, although it happened sooner than I 228 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 1: thought it was going to. This is what the NFL 229 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: is this year. But we're all we want to be right. 230 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: We want to be the first to tell you I 231 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: told you, And that's why we make these proclamations. Are 232 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,960 Speaker 1: the Packers still good? Is Cam Newton the answer? In 233 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: New England? Are there rams good? It's Josh Allen, an 234 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: MVP candidate. Have we figured out how to stop the Chiefs? Like? 235 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: These are all things that have been brought up first 236 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: month and a half of the season, and the fact 237 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: that it's week to week, that's we keep trying to 238 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: figure out this is the week that I can say 239 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: this or it's this, I can make this blanket statement 240 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: and it we turn out to be wrong most of 241 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: the time. Yeah, I'm a club. We're definitely crowning someone 242 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: tonight at eight o'clock. Whoever went to Josh Allen Patrick? 243 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: You think so? Oh, I guarantee if Allan wins this, 244 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: he's back in the VP race. That is true. That 245 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: is true. But I like how all of a sudden 246 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 1: Cam Newton I'm not quite sure about Cam Newton in 247 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,400 Speaker 1: that New England offense. I went, wait anyway, letting everybody 248 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 1: in on. Yeah, Belichick did it again. He's winning this 249 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: battle with John Brady and then Brady all of a sudden, 250 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:05,400 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers play great Brady back in the Super Bowl MVP. 251 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Oh, not an MVP anymore. Yeah. If Eddie 252 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: Dalton wins for the Cowboys tonight, are people gonna make 253 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: it a referendum on Dak Prescott. They already have, they 254 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 1: have because what's going to happen is the Cowboys are 255 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: going to give the franchise tag to Dak Prescott. And 256 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: you know then you're gonna it's already started that that's 257 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: what's going to happen. Because the Cowboys are gonna make 258 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 1: a business decision and say, you know, I had this injury. 259 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: We want to see if you can play at a 260 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: high level again. And if Andy Dalton plays well in 261 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: that division, let's say they win nine games, ten games 262 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 1: like it might sound preposterous, but the reason why I 263 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: picked them to go to the Super Bowl is that 264 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: I looked at the NFC easton I thought that's the 265 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: worst division in football. The Giants Washington there in Philadelphia 266 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: banged up that I thought Dallas could win every one 267 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: of those games, maybe lose one of those games. And 268 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: now I'm asking them to win five more games, six 269 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: more games and have eleven wins, host a first round 270 00:15:15,560 --> 00:15:18,960 Speaker 1: playoff game. You got a really good offense, and maybe 271 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: you know that defense plays you know above, you know 272 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: the expectations. I mean that that factored into this. Well, Dallas, 273 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 1: everything went wrong with the injuries on defense, injuries on offense. 274 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: Now Dak Prescott is out, the division is still there 275 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: for the taking. Somebody has to take, you know, win 276 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: that division. And I think Andy Dalton will be fine 277 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: as the quarterback. I'm not asking for three hundred yards, 278 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: but I think if Andy Dalton just is Andy Dalton 279 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: of the Bengals with all of those weapons, then they're 280 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: gonna win that division. They're gonna be a playoff team 281 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: in a season where they would have no business being 282 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 1: in the playoffs considering everything that's happened there. Yeah, everybody 283 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: says that Dak is gonna get the franchise sake, but 284 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: it fixures like forty one million. Yeah, that's insane, Like 285 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: why that's the going rate? But forty one million for 286 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: a guy coming off that injury seems like pretty radical. 287 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 1: What's either forty cut him or one hundred and twenty million. 288 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: Those are your three choices with Dak Prescott. You don't 289 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: think they can get him on the cheap. They tried. 290 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: They tried, not well, not really. They offer They offered 291 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: him thirty three million. He's like, that's not cheap, but 292 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: he said no, well I know, but that was cheaper 293 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 1: than the going rate for some. I mean, he was 294 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: off to a great start and he bet on himself 295 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: you were gonna have three receivers probably with a thousand 296 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: yards or running back with a thousand yards. I mean, 297 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 1: he was gonna have the numbers there. They were gonna 298 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 1: win that division, and he would have bargaining power there. 299 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: Now it's just gonna be you know, we're not quite 300 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: sure and that kind of injury. They're gonna franchise, but 301 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: I think if they franchise him, I mean, their cap 302 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: is really screwed. Oh I know, forty out of you. Yeah, 303 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: because Jerry paid everybody else. Hey, I'm Mary Cooper a 304 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: hundred the man they would like to get rid of 305 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: that contract already. Yeah, all right, we'll take a break. 306 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: More phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend. We'll 307 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,680 Speaker 1: give you our best and worst of the weekend, and 308 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: I'll take the Cleveland Browns and Baker Mayfield to task 309 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: coming up as well. John Smoltz joins us next year 310 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: on the program. We'll talk about the World Series coming 311 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 1: up on Tuesday. It's nineteen after the hour. This is 312 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick Show. 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Find your local station for The 336 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,960 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, or 337 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by 338 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: searching f s R, or stream us live on the 339 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: Peacock app. I mentioned this ear People will remember the 340 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:04,479 Speaker 1: Dodgers dramatic win in Game seven, but it's hard to 341 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: discount that the series seemed to turn on that Mookie 342 00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: Bets catch that turned into the double play that was 343 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: Game five third inning, Marcel Azuna was called out for 344 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: leaving third base like that never happens in the big leagues, 345 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: and the fact that it did. In the National League 346 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 1: Championship Series. From that point on, the Dodgers outscore the 347 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 1: Braves fourteen to five. Of course, you had the base 348 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: running double play last night. That was certainly big as well. 349 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: John Smoltz was on the call, and he makes it 350 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: look easy, folks. It's not that easy. But that's why 351 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 1: John's one of the best in the business, the Fox 352 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,040 Speaker 1: analyst and Hall of Famer. You can watch John and 353 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,239 Speaker 1: Joe Buck they call the World Series on Fox that 354 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 1: begins tomorrow night. Plus MLB is airing live coverage before 355 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: and after every game on MLB Tonight, John, how are 356 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: you feeling today, Well, I'm feeling good, especially you know, 357 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie, especially that there's not the west 358 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: coast East coast travel That would be pretty interesting when 359 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: you think about the Dodgers and Tampa Bay so both 360 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: clubs get to stay here and both clubs get to 361 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: probably play their best baseball considering there's not a lot 362 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: of travel to go on, but also how you set 363 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: up your rotation and your pitching staff that you're playing 364 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: just about every day. I think there's a break after 365 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: Game two in Game five, but we've seen the depth 366 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,119 Speaker 1: takeover that you need to have those arms because you 367 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: were playing every day. How does that affect the World 368 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: Series in your opinion? Yeah, so you know what the 369 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: Dodgers did or what they were capable of doing. They 370 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 1: might have done some things a lot of people thought 371 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 1: were a little bit outside the box and didn't have 372 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: to do, but they had so much depth that it 373 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: actually won over in a seven game series where there 374 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: were no day offs. This time, I think you'll have 375 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: the flexibility to play it closer to the way that 376 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: you would typically play a World Series. You won't need 377 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: five starters, you may not need four. But what I 378 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: was interested to see and played out the way I 379 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: thought it would when starting pitching, which in this playoffs 380 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: was not a strength for a lot of clubs. The 381 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: two better teams of starting pitching ended up being where 382 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 1: they needed to be and I thought that the Rays 383 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,840 Speaker 1: with their great bullpen, but they're great starting pitching is 384 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: the reason they're there. And certainly they went, they went 385 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: full board. They went five games and seven games to 386 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: get here. The Dodgers had a relatively easy route until 387 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: this seven game series, and they were pushed to the 388 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: limit by the Braves in a way. Well, I don't 389 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: think anyone could have anticipated the series to go the 390 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: way it did. There's pressure on the Dodgers, But what 391 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: is that like when you're expected to win? Yeah, it's 392 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: real difficult because you know, there's so much talk about 393 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: history and what you haven't done, and you forget that 394 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 1: the year you had was pretty good. And I think that, 395 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 1: you know, having lived it through ninety five, getting into 396 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: the ninety five World Series, we had lost two previously, 397 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: and you know, people are starting to compare us to 398 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 1: teams that, you know, whether it was the Bills, which 399 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 1: I never understood, But that pressure on you causes you 400 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: to have to think about things you never would think about. 401 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,120 Speaker 1: You really want to want to think about competing and executing. 402 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 1: And I think the Dodgers have handled it pretty well, 403 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: knowing that they had the best team, but knowing also 404 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: that all eyes are on them, waiting for stories to 405 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: be written about what they haven't done since nineteen eighty eight, 406 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: and those stories are still there, but their relief is 407 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: obviously greater today than it was twenty four hours ago. 408 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: And it always goes back to Clayton Kershaw. He has 409 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: a chance to kind of rewrite his playoff resume or 410 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: the history of that he pitched well earlier in the playoffs, 411 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: Like what is it about Clayton when he gets in 412 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: these moments here? Because this is habit for it's not 413 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: a coincidence anymore. What is it about these moments for him? Well, 414 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: individually everything seems to go with that heavy weight of 415 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: what the collective performances have been for him in the postseason. 416 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: And what I mean by that is they're individually different, 417 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 1: and they collectively add a narrative that you know isn't 418 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: totally fair, but you can understand. And if you're Clayton Kershaw, 419 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: you want to shed some of that pounds that he's 420 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: been carrying. And he doesn't have to do it anymore. 421 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: He doesn't have to carry the franchise, doesn't have to 422 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: pitch on three days rest, doesn't have to log two 423 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: hundred and forty innings, and I think everybody rises the 424 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: occasion when they faced Clayton Kershaw and the pitching performance 425 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: you could not have expected from Bryce Wilson, but he 426 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: did it. He actually outpitched Clayton Kershaw. And the pressure 427 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:40,640 Speaker 1: builds the closer the game is because I think Clayton 428 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: depends on his intensity and his want to is so 429 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: great that sometimes I think they want to and the 430 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: desire can out perform, can out run your performance, and 431 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 1: that is just something no one could understand because not 432 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people are in his shoes, where the 433 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: world's greatest pitcher in the regg season has impossible standards 434 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: to live up when it comes to the postseason. But 435 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: you're right that it does fall into the execution level 436 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: and it hasn't been like it has been for the 437 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,400 Speaker 1: regular season. But you find that there are certain teams 438 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 1: like the Houston Rockets to me or built for the 439 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 1: regular season. There are teams that are built Milwaukee Bucks 440 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: were built for the regular season. When you get into that, 441 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, five game, seven game series where teams really 442 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 1: do their research on you, their homework on you. You 443 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: pitched with Glavin and Mannox, they were average in the postseason. 444 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: Their Hall of Famers, three hundred wins in the regular season. 445 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: You maybe not as dominating in the regular season, but 446 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: we're dominating in the postseason, like Kurt Schilling, like they're 447 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,040 Speaker 1: just there's certain pitchers where you go, you know, why 448 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: and why not? I think the biggest or the easiest 449 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: answer would be as perfect as those guys were in 450 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: the regular season. There's a tendency that you think, you 451 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: think you have to be even more perfect, and there's 452 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: no way you can. And to be that finite, you 453 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,560 Speaker 1: can put so much attention on the detail and forget 454 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: that you are the pitcher you are. And I used 455 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: to think, you know, when you get to the postseason, 456 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,000 Speaker 1: the strike zone changes a little bit, the attention to detail. 457 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,399 Speaker 1: Nobody approaches the at bats like they would in the 458 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: regular season. Look, I watched Maddox and glab and carved 459 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: people up, and rightfully so, because their ego when they 460 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: got to the box was I'm gonna take this guy 461 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: deep and they ground out well. In the postseason, you 462 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: change and if you don't kind of have the stuff 463 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: in the zone, it definitely makes it tougher. And I 464 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: think there's a combination of a lot of those things. 465 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: But lets the other thing is there's a lot of 466 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 1: close games that don't go your way, and they just 467 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: add to the narrative. There's been three significantly weird games 468 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 1: that Clayton pitched and would never pitch again, two of 469 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 1: them against the Cardinals, I think seven innings and seven 470 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: runs in an inning where he had the game totally won. 471 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: And those things are the things that you remember, and 472 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: those are probably the hardest things for Clayton to go, 473 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: oh no, here we go. But I can promise you, 474 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: you know, leading into the Braves game, he dominated and 475 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: knowing you know, you just think about the Braves game, 476 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: but he dominated in the postseason and he really pitched 477 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 1: a much better than the results against the Braves. Your 478 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,639 Speaker 1: thoughts on Mookie Bets as an all around talent, Yeah, 479 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 1: he's always been that guy for me that if you 480 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: had to pay a ticket to watch him play the game, 481 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: I'm you know what, I'm glad. I'm glad he's an 482 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: outfielder because if he's an infielder, he'd just be another 483 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:25,399 Speaker 1: average guy in the shift. But as an outfielder, he 484 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,320 Speaker 1: gets to showcase his talent, his speed, his arm, you know, 485 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: Rob Home runs used the speed on the basis, but 486 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,399 Speaker 1: if he was an infielder, he would just be another 487 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: guy in the shift that we would talk about the 488 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:37,919 Speaker 1: shift and not the athletic talent of the player. And 489 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 1: I I'm telling you he's he'd be a center fielder 490 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 1: on most teams. He happens to play on a team 491 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: where you know, Vellinger is just as good as an outfielder. 492 00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: And I think the catches he made. The hardest catch 493 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: was the one against against Ozuna. That was an impossible 494 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,959 Speaker 1: catch that he made look easy. The game changers are 495 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: the one you talk about. You know, he made that 496 00:26:57,840 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: catch was difficult for Ozuna to see if he caught 497 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: it or not and got caught in between. But the 498 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 1: game saving catch in the Game seven, you dream of those. 499 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: You dream of a home run robbing catch that turns 500 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: around the series, and the Dodgers did just the nut 501 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,520 Speaker 1: to make them momentum switch in their favor. I had 502 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: not heard that before that infielders don't get the chance 503 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: to really showcase their talent because we have shifts on 504 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: just about every other batter there Whereas the athleticism can 505 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: be on display in the outfield because that's where most 506 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,160 Speaker 1: of the balls are ending up, you know, their flyballs, 507 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 1: home runs, those kinds of things. Is that what you're 508 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: saying about. Yeah? Absolutely. I mean you used to have 509 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 1: a decided advantage when you think about traditional positioning. When 510 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: Ozzie Smith was a shortstop for the Cardinals, they had 511 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: an advantage over the rest of the shortstops. But now, 512 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: if Azzie Smith is playing today, he'd be playing more 513 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 1: second base than he would shortstop or in the hole. 514 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: So it definitely takes away some of the athleticism of 515 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,919 Speaker 1: the showcasing of the individuals. So no doubt an outfielder 516 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,040 Speaker 1: can can shine. Are you going to play golf today, 517 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm taking taking today off. Wow, John Smolt's 518 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: not playing golf today. Big story here. I'm a little gassed, 519 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: and we got one day off to get ready for 520 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: the rays. To'll be a heavy, heavy work day to 521 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 1: day and tomorrow and then then you'll see some relaxation. 522 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,440 Speaker 1: You've got a golf course there in Texas you're gonna 523 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: go to. There's a ton There's so many good golf 524 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: courses here. And you know, the beauty of being here 525 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: twenty seven straight days is that you get a chance 526 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: to to visit some of those golf courses that are 527 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: close Dallas National Trinity for US. Yeah, there's some some 528 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: beautiful golf courses here. Who do you who do you 529 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 1: have in the World Series? Well, as broadcaster, I have 530 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 1: the Dodgers and the race. Who do you think's gonna win? 531 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: Between the bocaster prediction, But I will tell you this, 532 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: I will tell you between the two teams. I still 533 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: maintain I know it's it's it's well documented that the 534 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: Rays hit homers and strike out a lot, maybe don't 535 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 1: have the highest batting average, and the Dodgers the opposite offense. 536 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: I still think that when it comes down to two 537 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: great teams, two best records in baseball, I think the 538 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 1: team that puts the ball and play the most is 539 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,360 Speaker 1: going to win. I really do. There's been that case 540 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: for the last fifteen to nineteen years. The Rays have 541 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: a chance to buck the trend. I think they're the 542 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: top third. I think they are third most strikeouts in 543 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: all the baseball They have a chance to win a 544 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 1: World Series in that category that we haven't seen in 545 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: twenty years now. When the shift happens and the third 546 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: base line is open, and all you have to do 547 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: is lay down a bunch on. Yeah, but why don't 548 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: guys do that? It's not it's not there's no reward 549 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: for them. There's not the clubs don't want them to 550 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: do it. It's it's not because they can't do it. 551 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: It's just that there is no emphasis on that being 552 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: a priority. When the game has the ball in the 553 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: air for homers and strikeouts and walks, that's what you're promoting, 554 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: that's what the guys are perfecting. Look, velocity is that 555 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,320 Speaker 1: the way the way it is. People will say, well, 556 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: it's just not that hard. I mean, it's just that easy. 557 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: You anything that you practice is easier than if you 558 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: try to do it when you've never done it before. 559 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: And I think that's the difference. And when you have 560 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: situations I get nervous in the booth. I'm not pitching anymore. 561 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: I get nervous in the booth in the eighth or 562 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,120 Speaker 1: ninth inning and see that and go I could potentially 563 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: lose a game on that, a swing by accident in 564 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: But but when you have the numbers that show and 565 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: the players just unwillingly do it, then there's no real 566 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: risk in the club defending the way they're defending man. 567 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 1: It's just such a it's just a different game. It's crazy, 568 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: it is. There were some situations in this series where 569 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: you saw the bunt come into play more than ever. 570 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,160 Speaker 1: The Braves tried it a couple of times. The play 571 00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: that the first and third with one out or less 572 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: is you can't defend it. You're just impossible to defend 573 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:57,280 Speaker 1: the safety bunt. You just can't defend it. And nobody 574 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: really has that up their sleeve yet, hasn't practice stat 575 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 1: for you know. It's like it's like the NBA team 576 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: that doesn't play defense in regular season and you go, okay, 577 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: play defense in the postseason. Well, that ain't gonna happen. 578 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: It's you are what you are, and you have to 579 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: be able to maximize the guys in their position. The 580 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: most I've ever been shocked is that runners on first 581 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: and second and most clubs are teaching the guy get 582 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: the ball off the ground. They do not whatever, do 583 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: not hit the ball on the ground because they'd rather 584 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: you strike out than hit into a double play, have 585 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: two outs versus one out. So that's just the way 586 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:33,480 Speaker 1: it is, and players have learned to adjust accordingly. Does 587 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 1: it matter when you're throwing ninety six, ninety seven, ninety 588 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: Like these guys they've seen these pitches. So it's not like, 589 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: you know, when we're growing up and somebody through gas, 590 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 1: we're like whoa, yeah, Like ninety five is nothing that's 591 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,840 Speaker 1: like off speed pitches to these guys. But when does 592 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: speed get somebody's attention in the batter's box. I think 593 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,920 Speaker 1: when you have two or three pitches you can throw 594 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: for strikes. If you've got a ninety eight, nine and 595 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: nine out or fastball, you could throw it twenty times 596 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: in a row. It could be the fastest pitch in 597 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,360 Speaker 1: the world. They're going to hit it. If you don't 598 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: locate it, they're going to hit it. If you don't 599 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: do something else to show that you can throw another pitch, 600 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: you're in trouble. It doesn't matter how hard you throw. 601 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: The thing that's amazing to me is that when you 602 00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: have all this velocity and all this effort, you know, 603 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: you're just asking guys for short sprint, which I get. 604 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: You know, at this point, I still think the Dodgers 605 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,640 Speaker 1: do the best job of making you really earn everything 606 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: that you can. They have not It's been amazing what 607 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 1: they do collectively. It's not like just one or two guys. 608 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: So you're going to see that same discipline on display 609 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,479 Speaker 1: this week. And I've never seen a collective arms the 610 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: Rays have. I've never seen this many filthy arms in 611 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 1: my life. One hundred miles an hour, and they're coming 612 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: out left and right. A matter of fact, last series 613 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,440 Speaker 1: they brought in two guys that haven't even heard of. 614 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: That's how many guys they've had. And so that's why 615 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: the homework I have will be But they have the 616 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: ability to mix and match with velocity. But you have 617 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 1: to have a secondary pitch. I think you're hip in 618 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: your pitches right now, John, I might be, I know, tipping. 619 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 1: I got to check the video after we're done here 620 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: and see, yeah, I ain't gonna Yeah. Who would tell 621 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 1: you you're tipping your pitches? Well, I wish I would 622 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: have learned. Someone would have told me in two thousand 623 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: and nine when I was with the Red Sox. But 624 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: usually you have a little bit of time tell that story. 625 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: And I stumbled upon it. I didn't mean to bring 626 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: it up, but you're on the mound pitching for the 627 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: Red Sox, and well, I'm I'm not very good at 628 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: this point trying to come back from and then it's 629 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: a relief to find out. When I got to Saint 630 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,240 Speaker 1: Louis my first ball bullpens session, Chris Carpenter said, do 631 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: you mind if I tell you something? I said absolutely. 632 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,600 Speaker 1: He goes, I know every pitch you're throwing. I said, oh, well, 633 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: if you know every pitch I'm throwing in a bullpen, 634 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: then everyone knows every pitch I've been throwing in a 635 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: real game. It was with my glove, and I changed 636 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,520 Speaker 1: that in the bullpen, and that very first game for 637 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,160 Speaker 1: the Saint Louis Cardinals, I think I still hold the 638 00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,440 Speaker 1: franchise record. I struck seven guys, seven guys in a 639 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,480 Speaker 1: row out for the Padres, and it was such a 640 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 1: relief because I was grinding so hard for Boston, wanted 641 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: to do so well, and it felt like now looking back, 642 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: everybody knew what was coming. They were hitting balls out 643 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:17,919 Speaker 1: of the stadium. So when you're you're broke down trying 644 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,600 Speaker 1: to perform, you're thinking, well, certainly somebody could have picked 645 00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 1: that up. But it didn't happen then, and thankfully Chris 646 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 1: Carpenter saw it. Do we look at the Astros differently 647 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: after this postseason? I think you have to. I mean, 648 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: no one, you know, I understand what if I was 649 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: a player, I would encourage everybody, but that just just 650 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: kind of be as quiet as you need to let 651 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: your playing do you you're talking. I think what they 652 00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: were able to do they gained some respect. I don't 653 00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: think they gained a lot of respect from fans that 654 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,359 Speaker 1: still don't want to hear you know, give it a year. 655 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: Next year, I think everything will be back to normal. 656 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 1: They played an incredible series, and yes they had a 657 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: lot of people hoping things didn't work out for the 658 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: obvious for what they went through and what they were 659 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: part of. But collectively, I think they gained a lot 660 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,879 Speaker 1: of respect. Thank you, John, great job and we'll look 661 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: forward to talking to you and listening. World series starts 662 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: Tuesday night with Joe Buck on Fox. Thank you, buddy, 663 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: you got it. Thanks for having that's John Smoltz. I 664 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: forgot all about the Red Sox appearance. Poor John got 665 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 1: on the mound and everybody seemed to know what he 666 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: was throwing, and it was batting practice. That's where you're going, damn. 667 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: Like pitchers know when somebody is on top of a 668 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: pitch that they shouldn't be on top of like there's 669 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,400 Speaker 1: something where somebody is getting stealing, assign something, there's an 670 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: indicator there's something that's amiss. And you know when you'll say, oh, 671 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,360 Speaker 1: that guy was right on top of that pitch, you 672 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,279 Speaker 1: know where he fouls it off, and pictures will know 673 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: when somebody squares up and they're just tattooing you that 674 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:51,400 Speaker 1: you know something's wrong. And I found that there was 675 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 1: a player on the opposing team who felt bad for 676 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 1: the picture after they played and told the picture that 677 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: he was tipping his pitches because he felt bad because 678 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,120 Speaker 1: he said, you know, it wasn't like we want the 679 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,520 Speaker 1: competition there. You know, we knew and this is a 680 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,359 Speaker 1: great pitcher that they've both since retired. But he went 681 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: over to him after the game and said, you were 682 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: tipping your pitches. He said, that's all I told him. 683 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: I didn't tell him how he was tipping. I just said, 684 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: you were tipping your pitches. But yeah, they know. And 685 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: there are guys, there's these guys that you would never 686 00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: know that that's their job just to watch the pitcher's 687 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: glove or his foot on the rubber. Like sometimes you 688 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,840 Speaker 1: go to the left side, go to the right side 689 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: and it'll depend on the picture throwing your arm slot. 690 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 1: Like just the smallest things, they'll break you down. They'll 691 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: break down the footage. They want to see exactly how 692 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: you're releasing the ball. My fastball and my chance Johan Santana, 693 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: I still go back this. Harold Reynolds broke this down 694 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: on Sports Center and he said, I'm going to show 695 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: you the release point of Johan Santenna and I want 696 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 1: you to tell me what pitch you think he's throwing. 697 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:14,120 Speaker 1: And he showed me side by side his fastball in 698 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 1: his changeup and they were the exact same position, not off, 699 00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 1: you know, in and nothing. And he said, that's why 700 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,640 Speaker 1: he's so hard to hit. When you see the release 701 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: point and it comes out of his hand, you don't 702 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 1: know if it's seventy two or ninety two. And Johan 703 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: Santenna had a hell of a run there. I think 704 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: after he threw his no hitter, he basically threw his 705 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,319 Speaker 1: arm out. All right, phone calls coming up. We'll give 706 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,240 Speaker 1: you our best and worst of the weekend. I'm gonna 707 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,560 Speaker 1: take the Cleveland Browns to task at the top of 708 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: the hour. Back after this. Thanks for listening to The 709 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,040 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show. Podcast. Be sure to catch us live 710 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to 711 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station 712 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: for the Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, 713 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,680 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 714 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,719 Speaker 1: by searching f s R, or stream us live on 715 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: the Peacock app. Give you our best and worst of 716 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,040 Speaker 1: the weekend. Let me get to all in Atlanta, and 717 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,759 Speaker 1: Al's been holding a while. His falcon's got to win 718 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,799 Speaker 1: his braves about out. Hey all, how are you? Hey? Dan? 719 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 1: Surprisingly good for what happened? I mean, you know, we 720 00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: were playing with house money considering we only had one 721 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,399 Speaker 1: day one starter starting in the postseason. But I got 722 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 1: an apology for Polly and the best and worst. Okay, Polly, 723 00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:43,680 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I still don't agree with your comment on Friday, 724 00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:46,400 Speaker 1: but it did not merit my jumping on you the 725 00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: way I did. Wait, what was his comment? Oh? He 726 00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: compared Bobby Cox to Dave Roberts, and I said, it 727 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,640 Speaker 1: just shouldn't even be a thing. Well, you know, Bobby's 728 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,239 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame manager. Yeah. I mean the fact 729 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,160 Speaker 1: that you've just named Bobby Cox and that's fine, but 730 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: you got to say, Dave Roberts, manager, you're the LA 731 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: all all right, so there you go. Yeah, okay, my 732 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 1: best okay, clearly Raheema dreams Atlanta Falcons coming through and 733 00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: showing you what a properly coach team can do, even 734 00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:20,960 Speaker 1: though it was against mis Minnesota Vikings. And my worst 735 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: was I feel like an Alabama fan called me on 736 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,720 Speaker 1: Saturday and told me they were gulliball on the ceiling 737 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,279 Speaker 1: and I spent the entire day Saturday walking room to 738 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: room trying to find it because I was dumb enough 739 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 1: to actually think Nick Saban was not going to be 740 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: on the sideline for George Alabama game. Oh thank you? 741 00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,239 Speaker 1: That was That was the easiest bet of the year, 742 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: where like, is Nick Salan going to be involved in 743 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: the game? Yep, somehow, some way he's going to that 744 00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,799 Speaker 1: poor person, you know, whatever technician whoever was administering the 745 00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,080 Speaker 1: COVID test and then Nick probably coming back every hour 746 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,919 Speaker 1: do it again, like he was going to have three 747 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,360 Speaker 1: negatives before he could take the sidelines and it didn't 748 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:11,640 Speaker 1: matter like that. Yeah, Alabama's offense is unbelievable. The defense 749 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: is still an issue there. I did watch a little 750 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,839 Speaker 1: bit of Clemson versus george Attack and they put up 751 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,799 Speaker 1: fifty one I think in the first half, Like that's 752 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 1: when you could score one hundred. You know, the all 753 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,640 Speaker 1: time scoring margin is what two hundred and twelve to nothing? 754 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 1: Is that Georgia Tech versus Cumberland College. Yeah, like two 755 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: twenty six. Maybe it's either two two two or something 756 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,320 Speaker 1: like that or two twelve to nothing. And that's what 757 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,920 Speaker 1: I thought. You know what, maybe the Clemson you know, 758 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,200 Speaker 1: turns it on Georgia and puts up a hunding on him. Yeah. 759 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: McLevin man, I had I had Cumberland in the points 760 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: that day that you did. Yeah, yeah, and it was 761 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,400 Speaker 1: it was Cumberland in two hundred and you saw, you know, 762 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,839 Speaker 1: you feel pretty good going into that bed. I think, jerk, 763 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 1: he's just getting two hundred against Clemson this weekend. Much. 764 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,879 Speaker 1: What is the line on Syracuse against Clemson? I heard 765 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,120 Speaker 1: mid forties, but I gotta double check that because that 766 00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:10,879 Speaker 1: seems that seems that best and worst of the weekend. Todd, 767 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,879 Speaker 1: I'll start with you, and that's segue is nicely. It's 768 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,120 Speaker 1: to my best of the weekend. I'm gonna give it 769 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,000 Speaker 1: to Liberty running back scheddro Lewis carried the Flames on 770 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: his back ten carries, one hundred and seventy yards two 771 00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,040 Speaker 1: touchdowns in the Carrier Dome thirty eight twenty one Overcus 772 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,719 Speaker 1: Liberty is Sneaky five and oh worst of the week 773 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,839 Speaker 1: in eighteen Frank Tennessee a no show, losing at home 774 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,399 Speaker 1: thirty four seven to Kentucky. Wildcats had back to back 775 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,360 Speaker 1: pick sixes in the twenty seven point victory. Biggest blowout 776 00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,359 Speaker 1: of the Volves in eighty five years, first time they 777 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,919 Speaker 1: won a Tennessee since nineteen eighty four. Mclovin. Okay, I'm 778 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:42,440 Speaker 1: gonna jump on the Zach Wilson bandway just because uh 779 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: I barely saw him, but NFL draft guys are see 780 00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 1: he's he'll be one of the top five quarterbacks drafted. 781 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:50,480 Speaker 1: I just looked at a picture him. He looks like 782 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:54,320 Speaker 1: he's twelve years old, though he's a very young look Okay, 783 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:58,960 Speaker 1: My my other best is Chase Claypoil, Sorry, Claypool, the 784 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,400 Speaker 1: Steelers receiver. His nickname is Mapletron because he's born in 785 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,520 Speaker 1: Canada and he plays like Calvin Johnson Megatron. That's a 786 00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:08,239 Speaker 1: good nickname. Apparently, they said he didn't like it. He 787 00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,480 Speaker 1: wanted to be Air Canada, but Juju said, you cannot 788 00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:15,480 Speaker 1: be that because Vince Carter is already That maple tron 789 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:20,000 Speaker 1: is great. That's wonderful, wow, Seten O'Connor junior. The third, 790 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: my best of the weekend is that in their first 791 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,960 Speaker 1: game with the fans back in the in the stands, 792 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,200 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles their fan base got into a fight. 793 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,000 Speaker 1: So the first game back of stands, there's socially distanced. 794 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,200 Speaker 1: The guy had to climb down when you watch the video, 795 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 1: the guy had to climb down like fifteen rows of 796 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,120 Speaker 1: stairs doing that like big step over in order to 797 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:42,919 Speaker 1: go fight the guy that he was looking for. Philadelphia 798 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:47,360 Speaker 1: is just we're back to normal. Yeah. Someone said nature 799 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,640 Speaker 1: is healing it. The uh my worst of the weekend 800 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,919 Speaker 1: is Case Keenum And not not actually Case keenum Um 801 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,000 Speaker 1: because he's fine, he's nice, and it's not anything to 802 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,920 Speaker 1: do with his play, but just the fact that the 803 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,560 Speaker 1: Browns were like, you know, if Baker Mayfield's getting the 804 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 1: crapfeat out, let's save him and put in the other guy. 805 00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,399 Speaker 1: Let him get beat up for a while. Yeah, what 806 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 1: four case dang Man Steelers put a beat down on 807 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,040 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. You might want to block t J. Watt 808 00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:17,880 Speaker 1: at some point sometime. That's a tough loss for the Steelers, 809 00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:21,799 Speaker 1: losing Devin Bush. That kid's good out for the year. 810 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,840 Speaker 1: All right, Final hour coming up. We'll get to Pauli's 811 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: best worst of the weekend, what is wrong with the Browns? 812 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,000 Speaker 1: And is it just Baker Mayfield? My thoughts coming up 813 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,239 Speaker 1: top of the hour. Thanks for listening to The Dan 814 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,080 Speaker 1: Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every 815 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,160 Speaker 1: weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific 816 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,600 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on 817 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,840 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on 818 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: the Peacock app.