1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. It's a Thursday. It's our one. Gang's all 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: here ready to go? Were the Lakers texting during games 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: on the bench. We'll have that story for you coming up. Also, 5 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: one of the great dunkers of all time, the Human Highlight. 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: It is either Human Highlight reel or the Human Highlight Film. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: I think it's film, the film film, the Human Highlight Film. 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: Dominique Wilkins will join us coming up a little bit 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: later on phone calls always welcome eight seven seven three 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: DP show email address DP at Dan Patrick dot Com, 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,199 Speaker 1: Twitter handle the DP show. What where did reel come from? Um? 12 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: And seeing said he thinks it's real. Oh, human Highlight 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 1: real or Human Highlight film. Well, when you when you 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: type in human highlight, the first thing that comes up 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: is real and Dominique Wilkins. But then when you click 16 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 1: on it, it says his nickname is the Human Highlight Film. 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: Oh okay, I thought it was film very strange. Yeah, yeah, 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: not Human Highlight movie, which is more for the masses. 19 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: Film is moral boo boogie yeah, and he does the 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: zeem bougie well Dominique French name. Okay, boogie. So it's film. Yeah, 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: I was, I remember saying calling him Dominique lay magnu fique. 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: So I was doing works. I was doing. John Sterling, 23 00:01:22,319 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: the Yankee broadcaster, I know, I know. Uh John's nickname, 24 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: John Sterling, did not have a good night last night. Uh. 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: Here is here is a well we thought it's a 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: home run. Call it just there's no home run. John Sterling, 27 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: the long time voice of the New York Yankees. Here's 28 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: a one oh swung on there. It calls keep love center. 29 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: That ball is high, that is far, that is god. 30 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: But caught at the wall. I caught by the cut. Well, 31 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: I thought that was gone. So Stanton got close and 32 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: the Yankees come up just edited. That would have tied 33 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: the game. Keep in mind John has been doing this 34 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: a long time. He's eighty years of age. And that 35 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: was a warning track power from Mammoth fly out for 36 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: the Stanton Yes bo If you looked at Stanton's reaction 37 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: when he hit it, it looks like it's gone. Yes. 38 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: And then in the outfield now it's no more green pad. 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: It's this white and red digital thing for like target 40 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: or something. You can't see where the ball is. Yeah, 41 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: it's tough even if you got good iceight, even if 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: you're you know, fifty years younger. But I would every 43 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: time I'm watching a game in person, watch the guy 44 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: at the plate, and then you watch the outfielder, the 45 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: left fielder and the left fielder. It's not one of 46 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: those where he turns around and watches to see where 47 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:47,560 Speaker 1: it lands. It's like he'd drawn a beat on it. 48 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: I'm thinking that's not out. Stanton gives the impression that 49 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: he's going to hit a home I mean, he's hit 50 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: a bomb. He's posing and John got caught. I mean 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: that happens. Happens to a lot of broadcasters, all right. 52 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: Eight seven seven three D P show email address DP 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: at dan Patrick dot com, Twitter handle a DP show, 54 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,400 Speaker 1: The Hawks roll the Hornets, Pelicans beat the Spurs, Zion 55 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: Williamson putting on a well a human highlight film during 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: the warmups. There you Duncan during three sixties, Like it's 57 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: just strange to go, hey, he can't play, Nope, can't play. 58 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: And then you're going, all right, it doesn't make munch 59 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: sense here. But I don't know who's holding him out. 60 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: But looked like he was the best player on the 61 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: floor last night during warmups and now Friday's matchups will 62 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: be Atlanta at Cleveland. I'm gonna be watching that game. 63 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: New Orleans will be at the Clippers. Could Zion play 64 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: in that game? Just curious or tell me why he 65 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: can't play? 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The perfect game still a rare feat. 82 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: There have been twenty three perfect games in baseball history. 83 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: Kershaw had a great chance to make it twenty four, 84 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: but Dave Roberts decided to pull his pitcher and go 85 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: to the bullpen. Here's Dave Roberts with that decision. Every 86 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 1: decision I make is for the best interests of the player, 87 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: their health, and the ball club because there's a lot 88 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: of people that are sharing for the Dodgers, not only 89 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: just for today and Clayton the Thorn no hitter, but 90 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: for the Dodger to win the World Series, and for 91 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: us to do that, we need him healthy, all right, 92 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: So the analytics run the game, and when you're dealing 93 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: with somebody with an injury history, you know Kershaw has 94 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: a load management there and understandably so it was fun 95 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: yesterday to watch that. But a singular game in April 96 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: is not going to help LA with the bigger picture. 97 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: They're bigger goals the World Series. Keeping Kershaw healthy is 98 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: going to at least help you get closer to that goal. 99 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: Keep this in mind. In twenty twenty one, last season, 100 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: Kershaw had twenty two starts. He threw one hundred or 101 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 1: more pitches four of the twenty two starts, in eleven 102 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: of the starts, ninety or more pitches the last five 103 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: starts of the season. And this is what's important. Fifty four, fifty, 104 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: seventy four, seventy three, forty two. And go back to 105 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: October first, when he started to have elbow issues his 106 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: left forearm. He had discomfort in the second inning game 107 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: against Milwaukee, and he was on the injured list from 108 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: July fourth to September twelfth. Now you've got to factor 109 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 1: that in. Do we want to see a perfect game? Yes, 110 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: that's what we all want to see. I'm sure Dave 111 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 1: Roberts wanted to see that. Clayton Kershaw wanted to see that. 112 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: But I have to be realistic here of what I'm 113 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: asking from an athlete. Here. Here is Clayton Kershaw on 114 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: Dave Robert's decision to pull him from last night's game. Yeah, 115 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,479 Speaker 1: I mean I knew going in that my pitch hound 116 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: wasn't going to be a hundred let alone, you know, 117 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 1: from nine or whatever. So it's a hard thing to 118 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: do to have to come out of a game when 119 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: you're doing that. But like I said, we're here to win, 120 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: and that this was the right choice. Yeah, because I 121 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,479 Speaker 1: have to look at his injury history. Do I want 122 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: him out there? Yes? Now at what point do you go, Okay, 123 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: Now he's pitched ninety two pitches, number ninety three. Now 124 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: what now? If he's completely healthy, I would still have 125 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: some questions because of what happened, what has happened with 126 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: him before? And if you put and keep in mind 127 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: it was a trunk aided spring training. He didn't get 128 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: a chance to throw even one hundred pitches we had 129 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: him in spring training. He talked about, you know, we 130 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: don't have time to get ready. We need extra time. 131 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 1: He threw but seventy seventy five pitches in spring training. 132 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: We want to see magic, We want to see this, 133 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: we want to see history. As much as you know 134 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: that's the entertainer. You want to be entertained here. But also, 135 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: what would we be talking about if Clayton Kershaw, maybe 136 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: through ninety five pitches and all of a sudden, had 137 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: soreness in his elbow today? But what would we say? 138 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: What's Dave Roberts thinking you can't win a World Series 139 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: in April, but you can lose one. I mean you 140 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: just don't want that. Yes, Clayton Kershaw, who has a 141 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 1: no hitter, one of the great no hitters dominant performances 142 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: in history, didn't get a perfect game. Who disagrees with 143 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: Dave Fritzie. I think it would have changed his mind 144 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: at all. If there were a Dodger stadium, you known 145 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: look a little bit to let it go a little longer. 146 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: I guess i'd factor that in, but it's still the 147 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: number of pitches. I would want to know that the 148 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: person I want to talk to is not the pitcher. 149 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: I want to talk to the catcher, and I would 150 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 1: just say, how's velocity, How's velocity? You know, you know, 151 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,120 Speaker 1: how's location? All of those things? Because he was brilliant, 152 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: But I would want to know. I want the catcher. 153 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: To make sure that the catcher is telling me what 154 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: I want to hear, you know, the truth, honesty. Then 155 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: you have to ask Kershaw, how do you feel? Now 156 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: let's look at this bigger picture. How do you feel? 157 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: Because I'll leave you in till you give up a 158 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,199 Speaker 1: base hit? How's that? That's our goal? I don't want 159 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: you throwing anything over ninety five. Promise me you won't 160 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: do that, and I'll leave you in and maybe we 161 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: get maybe we get a perfect game. Yeah, Paul, I'm 162 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: really torn on this one because it's like a sliding 163 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: scale of soft or smart. It definitely is the smart decision, 164 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. But how much danger was 165 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: there too? Two more innings and twenty five more pitches Again, 166 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: like you said, if it went the other way today, 167 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: that that's the tough part of me. It is the 168 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: smart decision. It's factually the smart decision, but it also 169 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: feels like we're in a culture of babing overbabing everybody. Well, 170 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: I also have to factor in how many injuries you've had, 171 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: how many surgeries you've had, how much time have you missed. 172 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: I have to at least factor that in. There are 173 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: times when you see, let's say Michael Jordan broke his 174 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: foot at the start of this season and he says, 175 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: second year in the league. Let's say he's Zion Williamson. 176 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: What's very similar. Mike came back. They lost to the Celtics, 177 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: but he did put up sixty three points in the 178 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 1: playoffs in the Boston Garden. Was it a smart decision? 179 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: Didn't seem like it. Hey, Mike still wants to play. 180 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: You know, you can't have him playing. And then he 181 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: comes back he wants to play. You know what athletes 182 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: used to do and what they do now. They look 183 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: at this and they go, it's about longevity. How long 184 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: do I stretch out my career instead of I'm gonna 185 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: go as hard as I can for as long as 186 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,840 Speaker 1: I can, and then whatever happens, I've left it all 187 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: on the playing field. I mean, that was our philosophy 188 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: growing up. Yes, time, I know they count the number 189 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: of pitches, But if he's that fragile, or they think 190 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: he's that fragile, why is he even out there for 191 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: seven innings? Even if he hasn't thrown that many pitches 192 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 1: In this day and age, start us go four or 193 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,880 Speaker 1: five innings. They got a middle reliever. They gotta set 194 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: up on a closer. You know, I would question that too. 195 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 1: Seven inning seems like a lot for someone that they 196 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: think at any moment could blow out his elbow. But 197 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: if I said eighty pitches, not seven innings, eighty pitches 198 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: and and why is that the magic number? I know, 199 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: I guess they figured this out and ended up and 200 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,719 Speaker 1: calculate things but what's it? Like Paul was saying, what's 201 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: eighty three pitches versus eighty eight or ninety four pitches 202 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: could be the difference in losing him for months or 203 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: the season. I think it was just that was the number. 204 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: It could have been eighty four pitches. But I think 205 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: they let him close out the inning and then then 206 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: they decided they weren't going to send him back out 207 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: there for the eighth inning. Yeah. Well, if you watch 208 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: the replay when they go to Paul Kershaw, his face 209 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: isn't like more like I get it, Like he understood 210 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: it in the moment, Like he doesn't seem mad. He's 211 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: not yelling, he's not throwing his mit. He's a smart 212 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: enough guy, and he's like, you know, definitely a veteran 213 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: who has a ring. By the way, he didn't seem upset. 214 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: He felt like, aw shucks. We thought he might have 215 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: Tommy Jon surgery. We thought that with that injury when 216 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: it happened in the off season, then he would have 217 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: been done for this year, wouldn't have pitched. So Dave 218 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 1: Roberts knows this situation far better than we do. As 219 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 1: a fan, I was like, you can't take him out wait, 220 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: it's it's eighty pitches and maybe you know, at the 221 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: end of the season, we look back and we go, oh, 222 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: remember when we everybody was complaining that you were gonna 223 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: leave Kershaw and why didn't you? And then they went 224 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: in World Series. That is the bigger picture for them. 225 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,439 Speaker 1: For us, it's not we want the entertainment, so we're selfish, 226 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 1: but we're not the one that has to live with 227 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: surgery discomfort these kind of decisions. Yeah. Se well, even 228 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw postgame was like, the last two innings, my 229 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: sladder was garbage, it had no bite and it was 230 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: definitely time to take me out. So he even he 231 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: on the mound knew like this, I'm already losing it. Yeah, 232 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: you know, is it the right decision? I think Kershaw 233 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: was doing his best to back up his manager. You know, 234 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: that's one of those where you can't say, hey, you're 235 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: not taking me out of this game. Hey, you can 236 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: talk to me, but I'm I want to complete this. 237 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: I'll never have this chance again. But it was a 238 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: marvelous performance by him. You know, when you have thirteen 239 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,600 Speaker 1: strikeouts of the twenty one batters who were who he faced, 240 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: that's uh, that's pretty dominant. All right, what do we have? 241 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: Poll question was perfect segue Dan, okay, always do So 242 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: we're going to do a series of poll questions today 243 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,439 Speaker 1: that are called smart or soft okay, such as pulling 244 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw was more smart or soft? More more more, 245 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 1: not one hundred percent. But if it's tipping sixty forty, 246 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: here's something for you. Fire up stat of the day music. 247 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: Clayton Kershawn's the second player in baseball history to throw 248 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: seven or more perfect innings, only to be removed from 249 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: the start with the perfect games still intact. There's one 250 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,880 Speaker 1: of their picture in baseball history who went at least 251 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: seven innings and had a perfect game. No, what did 252 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: we just witness? Wow? What the happened? You know what? 253 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: I blew right through the stop sign. I wasn't listening 254 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: to the music. Third base coach, I know, no, he's 255 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: I'm going around third. Here I come, Marvin, let me 256 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: try this again. Hit the music. Clayton Kershaw the second 257 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: pitcher in baseball history to throw a seven inning perfect 258 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 1: game to be removed from the start while the perfect 259 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 1: game was still intact. The other picture in baseball history, 260 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: Rich Hill, also removed by Dave Roberts in a game 261 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. That's your stat of the oh Rich 262 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 1: Hill went seven perfect innings, eighty nine pitches and he 263 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: was pulled. That was a game against the Marlins. Yes, Paul, 264 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts has broken up more perfect games at the 265 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: manager than at the hitter. All right, that'll be the 266 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: poll question. And you know there were a lot of 267 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: people who were looking at this, going baseball needs memories. 268 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: You know, we're getting cheated by memories. You know, everything's 269 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: a pitch count, everything's analytics. I get it. This to 270 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: me is different because Kershaw, his age, his injury history, 271 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: what he did those last five starts. Once again, I'll 272 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: say that one more time. Fifty four pitches, fifty seventy four, 273 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: seventy three, forty two. You know he's trending in the 274 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: wrong direction there. And even he said, you know, I 275 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: wasn't as sharp as I should have been. You know, 276 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,080 Speaker 1: he got into the sixth and seventh inning. What I'd 277 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: like to have seen it. Absolutely. What would we be 278 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 1: saying today if all of a sudden he had discomforted 279 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: in that left forearm. All right, we'll get phone calls. 280 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: We got our Play of the day. More stats of 281 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: the day as well, brought to you by the great 282 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: folks at Panini, the official trading cards to the Dan 283 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: Patrick Show. But up next we're the Lakers texting on 284 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,600 Speaker 1: the bench during games. We'll have that story when we 285 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: returned Dan Patrick's show. Sat down on the Love Sack 286 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: today and then you don't want to get up. We 287 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: do our morning meeting there and usually it takes about 288 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: twenty minutes. And then we just sat there because Pauli goes, okay, 289 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: I think that's good. And then we sat there for 290 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: about five minutes more, just talk about life, pursuit of happiness. 291 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:44,440 Speaker 1: Marvin's pretty blouse that he's got on today, you know, 292 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: just simple things. He's got a spring blouse on today. 293 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: Very nice Marvin, by the way, Oh thank you. Yeah? 294 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,280 Speaker 1: Did your wife pick that out? Oh no, this is 295 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: all me. Oh I was okay, I thought you might 296 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: putting the blame on somebody else. Loves We told you 297 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: about the world's most adaptable couch, the Love Sack Stealth Tech. 298 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: It is five point one do'll be digital surround sound 299 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: by Harmon Carton and it's inside the couch so you 300 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: can decide how big the couch is. You have different 301 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: configurations there, there's different fabrics you're gonna love it. 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Be sure to catch us 307 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: live every weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to 308 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find 309 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,679 Speaker 1: us on the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us 310 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: live on the Peacock app. I was curious the reaction 311 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: on Twitter's Dave Roberts took Clayton Kershaw out after seven 312 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: perfect innings. What the reaction would be locally in Los 313 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: Angeles as opposed to nationally, because nationally, everybody's like, you 314 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: can't take him out. But you know, if you're not 315 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,600 Speaker 1: a Dodger fan, all you want to do is see 316 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: a perfect game. But if you're a Dodger fan, you'll 317 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: probably think we'd like to have Kershaw the entire season. 318 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: I want to have him in October, not in April, 319 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: and if that means I don't see a perfect game. Now. 320 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: Fritzie brought up an interesting element to this. Yep, see why, 321 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: I know, I know that's what we're winning. Yeah. Why 322 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: if this would have been a home game, how difficult 323 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: would that be as Dave Roberts went out there to 324 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: take out Clayton Kershaw? Because I think that's a fair 325 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 1: point if it was at home, where there have been 326 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: a little bit more pressure owning to keep him out there. 327 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: But I think there's there's an outrage by a national 328 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: baseball fans. I don't know if there's outraged by local 329 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: baseball fans. All right, so seton, we have the poll 330 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: question up. We should do then, still giggling about, Todd 331 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: brought up something just a job. It's like a tick 332 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: of mine. My left hand jets out from It's so funny, 333 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: right out, Dan polling Clayton Kershaw was seventy percent more 334 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: soft than smart. Wow. 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Learn more at mbusa dot com. 338 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: I was strolling through the internet looking at websites and 339 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I saw this article it said 340 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: that Laker players were texting during a game, and then 341 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: I saw the byeline is by my good buddy, a 342 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: former teammate of mine in college, Steve Bullpit, the senior 343 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: NBA columnist for Heavy dot Com, spent a lot of 344 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: years covering the Celtics for the Boston Herald, and Bullpit 345 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: joins us on the program, Steve, good to see you again. 346 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 1: How did you come about the texting on the bench 347 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: with the Lakers? It wasn't on the bench, Daniel, It 348 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: was halftime if you read the story. I'm not sure 349 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: if he took the reading comprehension class at EV. Yeah, No, seriously, 350 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: it was. It was at halftime, and you know, basically 351 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: talking to a bunch of gms and people around the 352 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: league as you do regularly for the job, and this 353 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: stuff started to come out and it just really looks 354 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: like it was a mess out there. Okay, but do 355 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: we know who was texting? Is lebron in on this? 356 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: It kind of felt like in the article you're talking 357 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: about the disrespect that not only you know, it felt 358 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,199 Speaker 1: like the front office had disrespect for Frank Vogel, that 359 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,719 Speaker 1: the players liked him. But here they are, you know, 360 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: texting during halftime. Well I know, at least I know 361 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: definitely one of the people who was texting, but it 362 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 1: uh yeah, I can't say who it was, but yeah, 363 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: definitely I know one. And that person said that he 364 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: wasn't according to the quote, wasn't the only m effort 365 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: texting at the time. Cleaned it up for you, Bud. 366 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: But you know, now, do you think stories are going 367 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: to come out now because Vogel's gone and maybe there 368 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: was more to what was going on behind the scenes. Well, 369 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: actually the story about the texting was brought to me 370 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: like a while back, but we were developing, trying to 371 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: develop it. But yeah, no, there was this stuff was 372 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: going on for a while. And I point out, this 373 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: was this incident or you know, the incident that this 374 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: points to, that of the situation it points to actually 375 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:35,239 Speaker 1: occurred when they were you know, months ago, when they 376 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: were still you know, thought to be a team that hey, 377 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: this team's going to be good and when it gets 378 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: its stuff together. So this wasn't one of these things 379 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: like the last couple of weeks, you knows, as the 380 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: ships taking on water. This was back when they were 381 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: supposed to be good. You also mentioned that Kurt Rambis 382 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,960 Speaker 1: would air out Frank Vogel in front of the team. 383 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: How often was that happening. I'm not sure how often, 384 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: but it was certainly. You know, it wasn't uncommon, as 385 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: I was told. And again, this is something that's like, 386 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, you know, the deal in the business, if 387 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: someone tells you something, it's like, okay, do I trust 388 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: this person? But then you've got to talk to other 389 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: people as well, So you know, hearing that from multiple people, 390 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,439 Speaker 1: and everything in the in the story was you know, 391 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: other people knew it as well. So it wasn't like 392 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: a quiet thing or something that was hidden. Why do 393 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: you think there was a disconnect between Russell Westbrook and 394 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 1: Frank Vogel? You know, I'm not sure, but you look, 395 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 1: when you when you bring guys onto a team, they 396 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 1: they can't beat everything that they were perhaps individually. You know, 397 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: let's look back at the two thousand and seven, two 398 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: thousand and eight Celtics when they bring uh Ray Allen 399 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: and Kevin Garnett to join Paul Pierce. Every one of 400 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: them talked about what they were going to have to say, 401 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,719 Speaker 1: objectgateing their own game to make the whole thing work. Um, 402 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,919 Speaker 1: and I'm not sure, you know, you can look at 403 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 1: it and I seriously the whole way along until it 404 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: was clear that they were out of this thing. I thought, 405 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: if this, if this team gets healthy, they could be 406 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: a problem for someone. But they probably never had enough 407 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: time healthy together. But it just it's just seemed like 408 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: guys are trying to be who they were individually or 409 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: trying to get the most out of themselves, figuring that 410 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: would help the team best that way. And I don't 411 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: think they ever latched onto an idea what's going to 412 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: be good for you know, for the hole here. The 413 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: ideal coach for the Lakers would be who in your opinion? Uh, Um, 414 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 1: it's weird because I think the the ideal coach has 415 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: got to be someone that has some control with the 416 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: front office, because I think that's where the problems are stemming. Um, 417 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 1: you know, you've got to create a roster that's gonna work, 418 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: not just like as someone pointed out in the story, 419 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: you know, not just rotisserie baseball here ortissary basketball. So 420 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,640 Speaker 1: you know, UM, I hesitate with some of the names 421 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: that have been mentioned, but um, you know, I think 422 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: I don't think any self respecting coach would get anywhere 423 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 1: new this until the problems upstairs are are cleared out, 424 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: are cleared up. Yeah, but how are they going to 425 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:35,119 Speaker 1: be cleared up or cleared out? Well, um, I don't know. 426 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: Someone's got to if the coach you hire has some 427 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: control there that would help. Or if you bring in 428 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: someone you know that a stronger a stronger GM that 429 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,560 Speaker 1: has an idea of team building, you know, or the 430 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 1: people that are there all of a sudden changed their 431 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 1: attack and you know, figure out like what's gonna what's 432 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: gonna make us here? Because if you if you look 433 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:01,640 Speaker 1: at them now, Daniel, the the the contracts that you're 434 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: weighed down with, and the draft picks that you don't 435 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: have that you can't use to as as assets to 436 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: spend in the market, that's a hard, hard situation to 437 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: see anyone digging themselves out of. Phil Jackson's not walking 438 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: through that, nor is he. You know, I have too 439 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:25,359 Speaker 1: much respect for Phil's intelligence to think that, Well he 440 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: did go to the Knicks, Steve, Well, you know, someone 441 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: throws a whole bag of money. Actually, do you think 442 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,959 Speaker 1: that they would at least do a drive by with 443 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: Phil Jackson? Yeah, I do. I'm sorry. Can I divert 444 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 1: here for the It's funny you mentioned the term drive 445 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: by and Phil. There's this little dive bar out imply 446 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: a del Rey that a close friend of mine who 447 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: passed where Frank Hamblin was an assistant coach for a 448 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 1: long time, and a bunch of people would hang out 449 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: at this place, a really small, you know, small bar, 450 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,920 Speaker 1: and Phil lived nearby, and sometimes Phil would drive by 451 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: the place on his way home, slowly, make sure you 452 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: got someone's attention in the window and flip the bird. 453 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,399 Speaker 1: And that was known in the bar as a Phil 454 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: Jackson drive by. Who's he flipping off? Just as a joke. 455 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: It's basically like, you know the people in the bar, 456 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: so that was like, yeah, Phil, do a drive by today? 457 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 1: You mentioned Phil and drive by. I apologize for veering 458 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: off to ply it. Bill Ray before I let you go, 459 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 1: explain to me Zion Williamson was the best player on 460 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: the floor and not playing doing three sixties prior to 461 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: the game. Why is he not playing? I don't know. 462 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess. You know, you can do something 463 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: for a few minutes, but can you do it long 464 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: enough on a court to sustain and should he be 465 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: doing three sixties in front of people with cameras there, 466 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,479 Speaker 1: because that just leads us to believe, like, why are 467 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: you not playing? Well? You know you used to pass 468 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: the ball in warm ups, that's wall gang, but not 469 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: during the give you why that never? I know, well 470 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 1: why throw it to somebody who wasn't as good a 471 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 1: shooter as I was? I mean, that's really the philosophy 472 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: that I had, Steve. My stock line was that Dan 473 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: had a three to one assist ratio years to assist. 474 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: But actually, I'm gonna I'm gonna probably piss off your 475 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: staff there. You know how good Dan tells you he was. 476 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: He was probably actually a little bit better than that. 477 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: You carried us. But yeah, well you know what, the 478 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: only way to stop me, Steve, was with a handgun, 479 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: and league rules frowned upon that. So just letting you know, hey, 480 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 1: we didn't. We didn't. We didn't have metal detectors in 481 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: the field. We did not. I was a gunner, absolutely positively. 482 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: Uh yes, PAULI, yeah, Dan, we don't get this opportunity 483 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: that often, Steve. If you have any other stories that 484 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: are passible for national radio, tell bring him out. This 485 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:08,479 Speaker 1: is it very several. Um, Yeah, now they're they're how 486 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: about the one in Atlanta, Dan where you were given 487 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: a hard time to that intern at that party that 488 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: night calling that guy meet and stuff, and he went 489 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: after you. No, I don't calling some guy meet a 490 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 1: meat that sounds like you. I don't know who I 491 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: And it was somebody at CNN. Yeah, and I was 492 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 1: calling him meet a meat. I think it's probably like 493 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: a takeoff of the bull Durham or something. Yeah, And 494 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: we were at this party outside and this guy decided it. 495 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: So he was a large man, uh, younger man, and 496 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: he decided he'd had enough of that, and uh, he 497 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: started to come after you, and we were you know, 498 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: I grabbed the guy and pulled him against the side 499 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: of the house and you know, you know, you can't 500 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: hurt The talent explained that to him it would be 501 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,160 Speaker 1: bad for his career. I think I mumbled that to him. 502 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: But the next day or the Celings are played the 503 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,760 Speaker 1: Hawks that night. The next day we were flying to 504 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: the next city and the trainer on this is back 505 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: when the Celings were flying commercial tell you how long 506 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: ago it was, Uh, and the trainer saw my hand 507 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: it was kind of gashed and he go. He looked 508 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 1: at it and uh, I think I would probably still 509 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: buzz from the previous night, but he said I needed 510 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 1: to get stitches when we got to the next city. 511 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking one for the team. I need 512 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: to go, Daniel. Great to see you, Bullpit, Thank you 513 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: and good luck buddy, you as well, Sorr. I hear 514 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,400 Speaker 1: you've done pretty well for yourself. Yeah, you know, you know, 515 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: like starting to make a carven out of career here. 516 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: Proud of you. Thank you, Steve. Steve Bullpitt, senior NBA 517 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,000 Speaker 1: columnists for Heavy dot Com. I had the story, and yes, 518 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,400 Speaker 1: I read this story. I just didn't relay the story 519 00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: correctly there. Uh yeah, Bullpitt was a teammate mine, gritty, gutty. Yeah, 520 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: he was serviced. William was like a Greg Kite kind 521 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 1: of guy. You know, he was a white guy at 522 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: the end of the bench. But I'd casually pass it 523 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,080 Speaker 1: to Yes, he did. Yes, Todd, did you get nervous 524 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 1: for a second when Paul he opened the door for 525 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,120 Speaker 1: him to share? Oh yeah, story? Oh yeah, Okay, I 526 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: was thinking if Bullpit really wanted to share some stories, 527 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: he could, But he's being a good teammate. Yeah, when 528 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,280 Speaker 1: you guys played together and the ref made a bad call, 529 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: did you guys say, oh, man, that's bullpit. Oh that 530 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: would have been the chant. Thank you, Todd, Yeah, thank you. 531 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: That one's on the house, blue bullpit. Uh. Yeah. I 532 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: wasn't a good teammate because I did love to shoot, 533 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: you know, and I but I would say, look, guys, 534 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: just rebound, play some defense, and I'll bring you a championship. 535 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 1: That was it. No, just tell me what time the 536 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,480 Speaker 1: game is. Yes, that's all I need to know. It 537 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: was so obnoxious. I was so obnoxious on the floor. 538 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: I was obnoxious. I hated me. Man, It's like, God, 539 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: you're a jerk. Better keep shooting. The opposition hated me more. 540 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: I will say that. Dan Patrick Beverley, Yeah, all right, 541 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,880 Speaker 1: we'll take a break. 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Facts only. 550 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: Make sure you check your feelings at the door, because 551 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: nobodys is allowed. We keep it one hundred. This is 552 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: where real conversations happen. Listen to the Rights Are Wrong 553 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: podcasts on the iHeartRadio, Apple Apple Podcast or wherever you 554 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:28,440 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. Oh my God, The Play of the 555 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: Day play This is the play on the day. Check 556 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 1: this out. There's wine the one two right down the 557 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: middle called strike three. He strikes out the side of 558 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: the sixth twelve strikeouts in the game, and Kershawn is 559 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: perfect for six. That's courtesy of AM five seventy LA 560 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:56,760 Speaker 1: Sports Dodgers Radio Network, our station in Los Angeles, Kayton 561 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: Kershawn eighty pitches to get through twenty one batters, striking 562 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: out twelve, perfect through seven innings, and then he was 563 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: pulled in the game. Play of the Day. Play of 564 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: the Day is brought to you by McGuire's their hybrid 565 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: ceramic pre wax prep. If you're going to wash your car, 566 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: make sure you use that pre wax prep and you're 567 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: gonna see that color really pop. There McGuire's The Hybrid 568 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 1: Ceramic Family Back on the Road, McGuire's Ceramic Made Easy. 569 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 1: All right, update the poll results. We were just talking 570 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: during the commercial break when Paully was describing the free 571 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 1: throw form of one of the plum Ly brothers, Mason, 572 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: Mason plum Lely, and he went from right handed to 573 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: left handed. He changed and he's shooting less than forty 574 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 1: percent from the free throw line. But Paully had a 575 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 1: great description of Mason Plumley's free throw shooting form. He 576 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: looks like his body's in a fight with itself. Things 577 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,640 Speaker 1: are moving, and the knees going one way, his neck 578 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: is going this way. You gotta shoot underhand. If you 579 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:05,160 Speaker 1: are right handed and you go left handed, then go 580 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,520 Speaker 1: underhand because you have a better chance of shooting underhand 581 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,560 Speaker 1: and making that at least getting it up there so 582 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,840 Speaker 1: you get some kind of touch on it and you 583 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,560 Speaker 1: have a better chance of making it if you're already. 584 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: If you go from right hand to left handed, then 585 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: you're not worried about being embarrassed, because you know what's 586 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: embarrassing when you shoot thirty eight percent from the free 587 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:29,479 Speaker 1: throw line and you're a professional, go underhand and never 588 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,960 Speaker 1: look back. Yeah, Paul. We had someone on a few 589 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: months ago that said that free throw shooting is mostly mental. Yeah, 590 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,359 Speaker 1: because Mason Plumbly does this for a living. He's got 591 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:41,440 Speaker 1: every opportunity to work with a coach and everything like that. 592 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 1: He's getting worse as his career goes along. Actually, yeah, 593 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: and it happens sometimes. You either see guys with the 594 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,319 Speaker 1: trajectory that they get better and like Andre Drummond, I 595 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,439 Speaker 1: have great respect for that that you improved. You were 596 00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: the worst free throw shooter, Karl Malone. I always bring 597 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: that up. I think he was fifty eight percent when 598 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:00,000 Speaker 1: he first checked into the league and then he ended 599 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: it up being close to eighty percent. You know, after 600 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: a decade or so, he made himself better. Yeah, Pa, 601 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 1: Mason Plumbley has been in the league for ten seasons. 602 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: He started out as a sixty two percent shooter, and 603 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: it fluctuates between like forty five to sixty two percent. 604 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,239 Speaker 1: But now it's extreme, it's under forty percent. That means 605 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: he's getting worse. That has to be mental, right, He 606 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: didn't forget how to shoot. No, it is mental because 607 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: you get there on the line and nobody's guarding you. 608 00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,880 Speaker 1: There's no movement. You know, it's like, you know, a golfer. 609 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,800 Speaker 1: Sometimes golfers will say, hey, come on, bring the noise. 610 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,759 Speaker 1: You know, I wanted to be I don't want to 611 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: be stuck in that moment there, that that vacuum. You 612 00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:37,839 Speaker 1: go to the free throw line and you know, you 613 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,719 Speaker 1: start to dribble. People are yelling behind, you know, the 614 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:45,840 Speaker 1: basket there, and you know you're you're you feel vulnerable 615 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: because you're like nobody's guarding me and I just had 616 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 1: an airball or I just threw it up. It was 617 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: a brick. By the way, the article about the Lakers 618 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 1: texting at halftime in the locker room is on a 619 00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: heavy dot com. Steve but my former college friend, and 620 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: he's the one who is the author of that. According 621 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: to a Western Conference source, Magic Johnson left the organization 622 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:13,840 Speaker 1: because he couldn't navigate the dysfunction. This week, Johnson revealed 623 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 1: that he had been told by DAMARDA Rosen's agent that 624 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: his client wanted to play for the Lakers, but Magic 625 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:24,280 Speaker 1: said Lebron pushed for the far more expensive Westbrook. Magic 626 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,839 Speaker 1: knew what he was doing. The source said, I'm not 627 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 1: sure who else there does. And his Bullpit, pointed out, 628 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: if I'm the coach walking in there, man, I gotta 629 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: know what's going on in the front office, because it 630 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 1: felt like nobody did anything wrong, just Frank Vogel, and 631 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 1: it feels like there's a little more blame to go 632 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:51,120 Speaker 1: around there, all right. David in Minnesota, Hi, David, Hey, guys, 633 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,879 Speaker 1: I'll be going just checking in on the Kershaw thing. Yeah, 634 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 1: we were there at both games. You know, we're true 635 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 1: blue fans living in the north here, and I will 636 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 1: say a couple of things. I think if Kershaw's pitching 637 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: at home with fifty five thousand people in seventy five degrees, 638 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: maybe the risk is not that high and the crowd 639 00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,319 Speaker 1: would probably tear as the stadium apart. Here he got 640 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: eight hundred fans, Twin fans, and maybe like two thousand 641 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,799 Speaker 1: Dodger fans, a place of a ghost down and everybody, 642 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 1: even the Twin fans, wanted him in the stay. But 643 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 1: thirty five degrees injuries, my god, in that weather, and 644 00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: on top of that, there's nobody there. I don't think 645 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 1: there was any pressure. And you know, two guys screaming 646 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,959 Speaker 1: in the stands after five years ain't gonna change anybody's mind. 647 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 1: But hey, it was a great game. Both games are 648 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,799 Speaker 1: just awesome and to be there, Hey, my kid's never 649 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: gonna forget that. Got a ball signed by Eric Carroll's 650 00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: got a foul ball. So it was an awesome time. 651 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,359 Speaker 1: Thank you, David. Yeah, he brings up a great point. 652 00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,640 Speaker 1: I didn't think about the weather there in Minnesota, and 653 00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:56,440 Speaker 1: if it would have been in Los Angeles home Crown 654 00:37:56,680 --> 00:38:00,560 Speaker 1: Weather's nicer. Maybe a little more pressure on Jay Roberts, 655 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: But I would think a Dodger fan would understand more 656 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 1: than the casual national Baseball fan because you might be 657 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: mad in the moment, but you got to think, I 658 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: do this guy's recent history. I thought he was headed 659 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: for Tommy John surgery, and then if you look at 660 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,000 Speaker 1: the last five starts from last year, he had an 661 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,640 Speaker 1: abbreviated spring training. And then you're out there and all 662 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: of a sudden, you know, you get that adrenaline going. 663 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,239 Speaker 1: You don't want to come out, of course, but that's 664 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 1: pretty tough. I'm sure Dave Roberts, you know when you're 665 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,920 Speaker 1: walking out there going this isn't popular, but this is 666 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,680 Speaker 1: smart because I got to protect him for the long haul, 667 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,080 Speaker 1: and sometimes you protect the athlete from himself. We all 668 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: want to play. I mean, look at Baker Mayfield. Baker 669 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: Mayfield wanted to play, and I thought, you know what, 670 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 1: shut it down because this is going to be better 671 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,720 Speaker 1: for you instead of going out there and not playing 672 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,279 Speaker 1: well while you're hurt. People go, well, you know, he's 673 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: a warrior out there playing okay, and now he doesn't 674 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,239 Speaker 1: have a team because he didn't play well. Because I 675 00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:10,759 Speaker 1: would rather not play than play badly. I mean, case 676 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 1: Keenham would have served them, you know, just as just 677 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: as good, just as well. But you know Baker Mayfield. 678 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: And we'll get to the Baker Mayfield interview that he 679 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: conducted that'll be coming up top of the hour, where 680 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: I got some problems with some things in that interview 681 00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:32,160 Speaker 1: and we'll talk about Let's see Andrew in Washington. Hi, Andrew, 682 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,200 Speaker 1: what's on your mind? Hey, good morning, Dan and Dan 683 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,520 Speaker 1: and thanks for taking my call again. Sure, I'm real 684 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,800 Speaker 1: quick with Dominique Wilkins coming up. He's the one that 685 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 1: i'd want to know when the last time he don't pause. 686 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: His athletics isn't just looks like he'll forever be able 687 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 1: to dunk at any age, but real quick. I see 688 00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:51,279 Speaker 1: that the stat of day was done. So I'm gonna 689 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,279 Speaker 1: make a left turn here and try a limerick and 690 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 1: if maybe Todd could oblige me and score it in 691 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,920 Speaker 1: his around the burn scoring style. So okay, here's my limerick. 692 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: All right, all right, Stephen Quan is starting the baseball 693 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,280 Speaker 1: season red hot, only in his rookie year and already 694 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,799 Speaker 1: becoming a big shot. Baseball fans are seeing things that 695 00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: haven't happened in nineteen o one. The twenty twenty two 696 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: seasons not close to being done. Keeping this up, we'll 697 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: get the chosen. Quan talked about a lot, are you 698 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 1: game a couple? I wanted to give him more because 699 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 1: I was creative and I want to given more. But 700 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,160 Speaker 1: just the lines are a little too long. If you 701 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:33,839 Speaker 1: want to stick to the limericks, they need to be, 702 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,200 Speaker 1: you know, just a little more tightened up. But I 703 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,720 Speaker 1: like and entertaining two that always helps. Got to be entertaining. 704 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: There no question. This is the Guardians baseball player who 705 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,799 Speaker 1: didn't get a hit yesterday. I think first game he 706 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:55,960 Speaker 1: didn't get a hit. Overrated Slumpy Willie Ever recover Chris 707 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,640 Speaker 1: and Los Angeles. I Chris, what's on? Your mind today, 708 00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 1: Good morning. Then, you know, I just wanted to give 709 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: you another perspective from LA when I spoke to all 710 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: my friends and we were really disappointed that he didn't 711 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 1: get a chance to finish and go for the perfect game. 712 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,239 Speaker 1: And I think some of it is we live in LA. 713 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 1: We know what Kershaw's horrible record is given in the playoffs, 714 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: so I don't think we have the same expectations of 715 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,720 Speaker 1: him performing well in the playoffs that others do. But also, 716 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,160 Speaker 1: this was early on in the season. If this were 717 00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: later in the season, then maybe, you know, I would 718 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,680 Speaker 1: be more inclined to hold him out. But you know, 719 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: I don't think there's a perfect answer, but I just 720 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: wanted to let you know that there are a lot 721 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,000 Speaker 1: of people in LA that thought we should have tried 722 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:36,960 Speaker 1: to get the perfect game because it would have been exciting, 723 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:38,440 Speaker 1: and we don't know what we're going to get with 724 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: Kershaw anyway, at the end, I think it's fair. But 725 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,920 Speaker 1: also when you say, had this been later in this season, 726 00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,120 Speaker 1: then maybe you're holding back because you wanted for the postseason. 727 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,520 Speaker 1: It's just you're starting the season and coming off this 728 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,200 Speaker 1: spring training, didn't get the full work in spring training, 729 00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: and then as previous five starts, you know, when you're 730 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,479 Speaker 1: throwing fifty four pitches, fifty pitches seventy seventy three, forty two, 731 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,719 Speaker 1: and we didn't know if you were headed towards surgery. Yes, Ton, 732 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,200 Speaker 1: But getting back to what you said, if there was 733 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,160 Speaker 1: some kind of communication, and maybe there was, instead of 734 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: just being so strict this number of innings or this 735 00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,879 Speaker 1: number of total pitches, if the catcher and pitch were 736 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:15,680 Speaker 1: on the same page, and he was feeling good, and 737 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:17,799 Speaker 1: how often do you start a game seven innings in 738 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,399 Speaker 1: as with a perfect game that couldn't possibly never happen 739 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: in his career again, even someone as great as clayt Kershaw, 740 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: if they're feeling good and you let it go a little. Okay, 741 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,279 Speaker 1: So if he gives up a hit, then you take 742 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,279 Speaker 1: him out, Yes, you do, because the only reason you're 743 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,759 Speaker 1: keeping him in is to see if you can get 744 00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:34,400 Speaker 1: that perfect game. But if well, wait, there's no danger, 745 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,919 Speaker 1: why taking him out? Because the sole reason you're leaving 746 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,840 Speaker 1: him in it's it's not a tactical thing or a 747 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,520 Speaker 1: strategy thing. It's this guy could possibly get a perfect game, 748 00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: which is so rare. Let him go. He didn't get 749 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 1: the perfect game, take him out. Yeah. I mean that 750 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,239 Speaker 1: all makes sense, except that Clayton Kershaw post game was 751 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,000 Speaker 1: like I was losing my stuff. So he wasn't feeling 752 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:54,600 Speaker 1: good anymore. Not that he was feeling hurt, but he 753 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,440 Speaker 1: wasn't feeling like he was going to keep pitching strong. 754 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:03,319 Speaker 1: Coming up, Baker Mayfield does his first interview. Kind of 755 00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 1: a bizarre setting and some of the things that he 756 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:08,920 Speaker 1: says playing the victim. We'll have that for you coming up.