1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What is up 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: Straight Fire fan? It's me super producer Rob Gs sitting 3 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: in for j mac here on Tuesday, August nine. J 4 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: Mack is on vacation the rest of the week. It 5 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: parts unknown. I don't know exactly where he went, but 6 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: I do know if you follow J Mack on Instagram 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: that wherever he's at, my guy is not wearing a 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: T shirt because that's just the way that he rolls. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: Um as. Again, I told you over the weekend on 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: Twitter at the producer r G that we are doing 11 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: a fan mail segment every day this week where you 12 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 1: can d m me questions that are sports related about 13 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: the podcast, about the show, um stuff about me, and 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: some of the opions I've already had. You know, just 15 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: shoot it to me sliding my d M. D M 16 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: s are open and I'll get to as many as 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: possible throughout the week. Hopefully it's will have fun. I 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: think it'll be fun, but you know, we'll see what 19 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: you guys think. Um Before the fan mail segment, though, 20 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: I do have an interview coming up with um my 21 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,039 Speaker 1: guy Bo Benson. He's a producer at Fox Sports Radio. 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: He hopes for my money, the best Los Angeles Dodgers 23 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: podcast out there. Now, again, I'm not a huge baseball fan, 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: full disclosure, but as a producer of audio content, I 25 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: can tell you that I do appreciate quality content, and 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: the Swingshift pod from my money has the best Dodgers 27 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: content of any Dodgers specific podcast out there. So stick 28 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: around for reindeview with Bow Before I get to bow though, 29 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: big news came down in the NBA on Monday afternoon 30 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: where Kevin Durant reiterated his trade demand from the Brooklyn Nets. Now, 31 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly if that's big news, but the 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: big news is that, according to multiple outlets, most specifically 33 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: Sean Sharani of The Athletic he had it first in 34 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: his meeting, Kevin Durant told Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Sigh 35 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: over the weekend that in order for k D to 36 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: stay with the Nets, Joe Sigh has to choose between 37 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: keeping Kevin Durant or keeping the pairing of general manager 38 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: Shawn Marks and head coach Steve Nash. Let me just 39 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 1: say this is kind of interesting for a number of reasons. 40 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: Number one being that Kevin Durant reportedly before when all 41 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: this went down when he came to Brooklyn was that 42 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: Steve Nash was his guy, that they knew each other 43 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: from Golden State. Kevin Durant was the one who kind 44 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: of pushed for Steve Nash because he knew that his 45 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: personality would fit well with Durant and Kyrie. He wasn't 46 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 1: gonna try to, you know, take over and really strong 47 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: arm them into running a certain system that he was 48 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: going to be very player friendly, and um, obviously that's 49 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: not working out. The Other thing that's funny about this 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: is Sean Marks, the general manager, you know, as far 51 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,080 Speaker 1: as we know, was bending over backwards all the way 52 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: until last season to make Kadie and Kyrie and and 53 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: before that James aren't happy. So I guess that, you know, 54 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: goes to show you that, you know, maybe sometimes nice 55 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 1: guys finished last as they say, you know, you can't. 56 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,360 Speaker 1: You gotta have some kind of backbone in the NBA 57 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: if you're gonna deal with these big personalities, and Kevin 58 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: Durant obviously has a big personality. Before we get to bowl, 59 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: let me just say this on this topic. If I'm 60 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: Joe Si and it really comes down to Sean Marks 61 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: and Steve Nash versus Kevin Durant. I'm picking Kevin Durant. Like, 62 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: I mean, no offense to Marks and Nash, but I 63 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: feel like those guys are, you know, pretty replaceable. If 64 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: I got Kevin Durant on my team, and if Kevin 65 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: Durant there, I'm assuming Kyrie stays, and you know, you 66 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: got a pretty good roster from top to bottom there. 67 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: And and I kind of always figured that k D's 68 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: unhappiness must have had nothing to do with basketball, because 69 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: if you look at the roster that he has there 70 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: in Brooklyn right now, it's better than anything he would 71 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: have gotten in the trade somewhere else. You know, you 72 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: have to gut that roster that he goes to to 73 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: get him. And so when it's all said and done, 74 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if there's any place he could go 75 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: to that's better than what his current situation is in Brooklyn, 76 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: at least on the court. And now we know that 77 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: his beef has nothing to do with the on court product, 78 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 1: has everything to do with the front office, the general manager, 79 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: and the head coach. So we'll see what happens. Hopefully 80 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: later this week we'll get some big breaking news and 81 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: we'll be able to talk about it here on this podcast. 82 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: But until then, without further ado, let's get right to it. 83 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio producer, friend of mine and co host 84 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: of Swing Shift with Ryan and Bow, the definitive Los 85 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 1: Angeles Dodgers podcast. Let's bring in my guy Bo Benson. 86 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: Jason likes to think he knows everything when it comes 87 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: to sports. I know what sports stands want, but for 88 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: everything he doesn't. He knows a guy who does. Let's 89 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: just say I know a guy who knows a guy 90 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: who knows another guy. All right, joining us now on 91 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: the Straight Fire Podcast, a friend of mine, a producer 92 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 1: at Fox Sports Radio, and most importantly the co host 93 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: of what I believe to be the best Dodgers podcast 94 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: out there, Swinship with Ryan and Bow, other than my 95 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: guy Bow, Benton Bow. What's up man? What's going on? Man? 96 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: Thanks for thanks for having me on here. That's that's 97 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: quite an intro. Yeah, I mean we've been at a 98 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: cold war for years now. I've been trying to come 99 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: on your podcast forever and apparently you have to like 100 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 1: baseball to be on it, which, yeah, that's that's all 101 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: Ryan's fault. Any any of the bad stuff is Ryan 102 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: any of the good stuff is me, so just keep 103 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: that in mind going forward. Right on. Okay, well again, 104 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 1: it is the Dodgers podcast, very popular, so make sure 105 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: you go ahead and find it on iTunes, download, subscribe. 106 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: Give them five stars. But the Dodgers were the big 107 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: story of the weekend because they have swept consecutive series, 108 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: now with the Padres and then most recently Rob Parker's 109 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: favorite team, the San Diego Padres. How shocked were you 110 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: to see them just man handle San Diego like that? 111 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: Especially everything got Sodo. It's gonna sound biased, but not 112 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: shocked at all. I figured they were going to take 113 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: two of three. Um, But for all the hoopla about 114 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: the Padres, I think people kind of forgot that you 115 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: also have to have pitching in baseball, and they're pitching 116 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 1: is not at all at the level of the Dodgers pitching. 117 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: So I not not shocked in the slightest that the 118 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: Dodgers managed to sweep that team, especially considering they've won 119 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: like seventeen of the last nineteen against them, which is 120 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: just yeah, it's it sounds this, but not not at 121 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: all surprised. So okay, um tattoos still hasn't come back, 122 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,240 Speaker 1: yet he's supposed to be back in the next couple 123 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: of weeks reportedly. Do you think that him being back 124 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: in the fold makes the Padres any more of a 125 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 1: threat to the Dodger, especially heading to the postseason, Uh, 126 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: like to win the division? No, they're they're too far back. 127 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: They're like fifteen games back. Now, I don't think Tatis 128 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: is worth fifteen wins in the span of a month, um, 129 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: And it's hard to envision him coming back with a 130 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: month to play and you know, getting fully up to 131 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: speed and all that stuff. He's talented enough to do that. 132 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,200 Speaker 1: But I mean, the Padres are closer to not making 133 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: the playoffs at all than they are like catching the Dodgers, 134 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: so that it's they're going to make the playoffs because 135 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: they got they got a cheesecake schedule coming up here soon. 136 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: But um, I don't think it makes much of a 137 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: difference in the long run in terms of like their 138 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: threat level to the Dodgers. Okay, now, a lot of 139 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 1: the audience is going to say, like, Wow, this guy 140 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 1: bow is such a Dodgers homer. You know, he's just no, 141 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: you know, nothing critical to say about them at all. 142 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,800 Speaker 1: But anyone who follows you on Twitter knows that you 143 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 1: have ripped Andrew Friedman repeatedly, even though that they have 144 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: spent above and beyond Amoch everyone else baseball. You seemed 145 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: pretty upset that they didn't get Juan Soto at the deadline. Yeah, 146 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: do you do you still feel that way even after 147 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: which started the weekend. Absolutely, he's one of the best 148 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: players in baseball. And he's like twenty two years old 149 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: or twenty three years old or something like that. He's 150 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: he's like his his stats so far are comparable to 151 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: what Ted Williams did in Boston back in the day. Um, 152 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: he's an insane hitter and adding him to the Dodgers 153 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: lineup would have been ridiculous. But I also can understand 154 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: why they didn't do it. They've talked a lot about 155 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: how much they value their team chemistry this year, so 156 00:08:53,679 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: they felt comfortable standing pat. But you know, there is 157 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: a value in adding a guy like Soda your lineup 158 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: and also keeping him away from a team that's also 159 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: in your division. So I thought, I still think they 160 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: should have done more to get Soda. Um And I 161 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: will say that I don't think getting Soto for the 162 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: Padres is going to make a huge difference this year, 163 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,439 Speaker 1: but in the next two years it's gonna be I 164 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: think they're gonna be much closer to the Dodgers after 165 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: this year if they can, you know, make the right 166 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: moves and kind of figure out their pitching situation. I've 167 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: been very polish. I've been very positive about the Padres. 168 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: I think it's awesome that they are one of the 169 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: only baseball teams in a small market that doesn't pretend 170 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: that they're poor. Um, we all know, like after the 171 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: Braves open up there after the Braves had to open 172 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: up their checkbook and you know, we can all see 173 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: what kind of money they make. Baseball teams are not poor, 174 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: and I don't. I don't respect the owners of the 175 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 1: teams that pretend they are. So I again, like, I 176 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: think what the Padres are doing, that's awesome. I just 177 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: think it's we need to pump the brakes on the 178 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: comparisons to the Dodgers when I think, you know, we 179 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 1: can clearly establish the two teams are not in the 180 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: same stratosphere right now, Yeah, bo just taking shots at 181 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: all the listeners in Oakland and Tampa and across the country. 182 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: So I love that, Um, you know, So the Dodgers 183 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: didn't get Soto. They actually were more like sellers at 184 00:10:13,960 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: the deadline, if I recalled, rather than buyers, which is 185 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: unique for them. Do you think that they have the 186 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: pitching though, to make another one at the World Series? 187 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 1: Because Kershaw is banged up, Walker, Bueller's banged up. I mean, 188 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: are you that confident in Tony Gonsolin, you know, being 189 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: seems to be the most consistent guy in your staff 190 00:10:32,720 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: right now. You can never fully trust the Dodgers medical staff. Um, 191 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 1: but they are saying that Kershaw they don't think it's 192 00:10:41,960 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: a big issue for him. Mueller is supposed to be back, 193 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: like at the end of this month, so we'll see 194 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: if they can get him up to speed. But they're 195 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: gonna get Dustin May back. He's been really good so 196 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: far in Triple A. Um Blake trying is gonna come 197 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: back out of the pen. Tommy Connley should be back. 198 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 1: So that was all. That was the other reason why 199 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: they didn't do a lot at the deadline because they 200 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: have a bunch of guys that are going to be 201 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: coming back from injury, so we'll see. I do think 202 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 1: in the playoffs they're going to do a lot of 203 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: piggybacking where they're going to start, you know, Tyler Anderson 204 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: or counsel in. But they're not going to hesitate to 205 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: bring in Dustin May or somebody like that. They've always 206 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: been very creative with their pitching. And I think at 207 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: this point, like we're going on, you know, ten years 208 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: in a row now where the Dodgers are going to 209 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: be like lead the league in the r A. So 210 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: I trust them too if they if they have a plan, 211 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: I think I I understand what they're doing and I'll 212 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 1: trust them to follow that through. Yeah, the way you 213 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: talk about the Dodgers, it's like, you know, they're the 214 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,599 Speaker 1: lakers of baseball. Where are they do is win championships? 215 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: And that's not the case at all, Like they know, well, 216 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: it's so much harder forty years. Yeah, it's so much 217 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: harder to win a titling baseball. You can do more 218 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,679 Speaker 1: than any other sport. All you can do in baseball 219 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,439 Speaker 1: is punch a ticket and you know, see what happens. 220 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: But like the Nationals in nineteen no one, no one 221 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: would have picked the Nationals to win the World Series 222 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: opening that season. You just it's two random. It's so 223 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: reliant on pitchers getting hot, so are the Braves. Last year, 224 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: like no one, no one thought the Birds were gonna win, 225 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: and they probably wouldn't have if Max Mont's elbow didn't 226 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: explode on the last day of the rangular season. So 227 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: it's it's just baseball, more than any other sport, is random. 228 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: So you just got to get into the playoffs and 229 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: then hope for the best. Really, even even when they won, 230 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 1: and even when they won the World Series in like 231 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: you were down three one to the Braves and they 232 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: were like trailing in that that game five, So it's 233 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: all it's all luck. Yeah, Well, you know, everybody who 234 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 1: listens to this podcast knows that I'm a huge baseball fan, 235 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: and by that I mean I've watched like eleven games 236 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: total in the last calendar year. But that didn't stop 237 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 1: me from getting to an argument um with Rob Parker 238 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: Frond of both of ours after the trade deadline, when 239 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: the idea was thrown out that the Padres after the 240 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: Soto trade with Tattoos and Otto have the best big 241 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: three in baseball, and I said, I don't think they 242 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: even have the best big three in the division. I 243 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: think that Bets Freeman and Trey Turner is a better 244 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: Big three because of the consistency. Now as someone again 245 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: who only watches like ten eleven games a year, is 246 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 1: that like a super hot take and and be objective 247 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: if you can, know you host the Dodgers podcast. I 248 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: I think it's it's not going to be the most 249 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: accurate like comparison, but it's it's almost like Lakers Clippers. 250 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: It's very close, Like the Dodgers have a big three 251 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: or whatever that has kind of like the winning pedigree 252 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,679 Speaker 1: like the Lakers do with Lebron and Anthony Davis. You know, 253 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: if those guys stay healthy, like you know what you're 254 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: going to get out of them. Um. Whereas with the Padres, 255 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: like if those guys perform at the level they can, 256 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: they might probably they probably are better like Tatis and 257 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: Soda or two of the best hitters in baseball. Um. 258 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: But then you know, the questions is is like is 259 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: Tati is gonna be healthy? Like this is now year 260 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: two where he's heard himself doing something he shouldn't be 261 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: doing and you can probably yeah, Like you know, so 262 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: I think if you're looking for night and night out 263 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: and I you know this year especially like that's uh, 264 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: that's Freeman and Turner are just ridiculous top three, whereas 265 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: you know, the Padres just added, So Machado really didn't 266 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: do much against the Dodgers. Manny has a Manny has 267 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: an interesting way of kind of shrinking in the moment um, 268 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: and then you know Soto just got there. So I 269 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: it's right now, it's the Dodgers, um. But if they're 270 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: all performing at their peak performance, and it's hard to 271 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: not like that. Padre's top three just kind of like 272 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: that's kind of like the Clippers, right, Like, yeah, I 273 00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: don't I don't like you bringing up the Clippers on 274 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: his podcast, even though I did say I think that 275 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: on paper they are the best team in basketball by far, 276 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 1: assuming health. Just depth wise, it's incredible. Fox Sports Radio 277 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch 278 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: all of our shows at Fox Sports Radio dot com 279 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: and within the I Heart Radio app. Search f s 280 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 1: R to listen live Mookie Bets. Obviously, there was a 281 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: lot of controversy when he came over to the Dodgers, 282 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: mostly on behalf of Red Sox fans. I think Bill 283 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: Simmons is still piste off about that trade. Turner was 284 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: kind of to me, I thought he was throwing into 285 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: the Scherzer deal, like it seemed like everybody was more 286 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: excited about Scherzer. It's like, oh, well, they also got 287 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: an MVP candidate coming as well. But the one that 288 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: that stands out because of not just the controversy but 289 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: because there's like a legal battle going on is the 290 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: acquisition of Freddie Freeman. And he did not seem happy 291 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: to me. You know, when he went back to Atlanta 292 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: that first time, is he like he had some regrets 293 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: that he wished he would have stayed in Atlanta and 294 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: even cleaning Kersha I would saying I hope we weren't 295 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: like his second choice or anything. Do you think that's 296 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: all in the past now that he's a Dodger, he's 297 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: locked in or or is he always going to have 298 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: one eye looking back in Atlanta? You know it's hard man, 299 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: You're I think what we forget about baseball players is like, 300 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: you know, like a guy in the NFL, like Joe Burrow, 301 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: he got drafted and he's immediately in Cincinnati. He's immediately 302 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: the starting quarterback there. Uh, Freeman probably, I I don't 303 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: know how long, but he spent a ton of time 304 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: in the Braves minor league system, you know, growing up there, 305 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: going through that system, meeting those guys, and then making 306 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: the Braves roster and being in Atlanta for thirteen years. 307 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: So I think baseball players it's much easier for them 308 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: to get like super attached to a place. So I 309 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: totally understood like why he felt the way he did 310 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: going back there. Um, But I will say Kershaw's statement 311 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: was very interesting because Kershaw almost never weighs in on 312 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:06,639 Speaker 1: subjects like that, and I think, given given the words 313 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: that he chose to use, I think that was very 314 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: much a like, Okay, dude, it we get it. It's 315 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 1: done with. You got to move on now. And for 316 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: what it's worth, Freeman since then has very much like 317 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: been a team leader, not that he hasn't been, like 318 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,440 Speaker 1: he he's very Uh. I think he's very bought in 319 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 1: and you know, he's performing like he you know, is 320 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: expected to. So I I don't think there's anything to it. 321 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: It was a weird, a weird time for him, but 322 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:35,639 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think it's going to be a 323 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 1: thing that lingers past this year. Yeah, unless they play 324 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: the Braves in the playoffs, right then, Yeah, And then 325 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: and I feel like at that point too, that will 326 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: be kind of something kind of like that that are 327 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: we do, our people do, or we're going to create 328 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: narratives do that stuff. But I don't I don't think 329 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 1: it's going to be a deal going forward. Okay, Well, again, 330 00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: I mentioned that you have a very popular Dodgers podcast, 331 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: Swingshift with Ryan and Bow and actually a few weeks 332 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: maybe last week, two weeks ago, you guys made some 333 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:08,360 Speaker 1: headlines in a big way with you You had John 334 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: Morrossi on the show, and we've had John this podcast 335 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 1: and we've never made headlines with John Rossi, so I'm 336 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: kind of jealous that he was said something on your 337 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 1: pod that he didn't say on this pod that got 338 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: you guys some traction. What happened with that and how 339 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: did it come to come to pass? Well, you know, uh, 340 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: like I said, all the good stuff is me, the 341 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 1: bad stuff is Ryan. So now Ryan, Ryan very smartly 342 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: uh kind of asked him about show Hey Otani and 343 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 1: whether he's actually available, and JP wasn't really buying it, 344 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: and I I will say, everything that JP said on 345 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 1: our show kind of is what transpired. So um, JP 346 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 1: is definitely one to uh always listen to and watch 347 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: out for. But I'm also just the sweetest guy imaginable 348 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: that JP is too cool. Um. But yeah, the Otani 349 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: stuff kind of picked up, and it's weird, man. It's 350 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:06,440 Speaker 1: weird to be sourced in something. Yeah. Yeah, because normally, 351 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, pulling the curtain back a little bit. 352 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: If you follow me on Twitter after Brewster Org on Twitter. 353 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: I got a lot of multiple sauces around the NBA 354 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: as it relates the Lakers news. And bo is a 355 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: guy that I talked to about some of my sauces 356 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:23,479 Speaker 1: and he has some sauces of his own, and I 357 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: think between us we got several. We got we got 358 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: we got a whole Ralph's aisle full of sauces. We're 359 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: we're information dealers. We're pretty close man. I mean we're 360 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: just one uh, we're one thing coming true away from 361 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: getting some traction and maybe being the next you know, 362 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: the next Jake Fisher, the next Woes Shams. I mean, 363 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to brag or anything, but crisp, we 364 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: start asked me for information. That that's how that's how 365 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: deep I had before I let you go. What you 366 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: brought the Lakers will wrap it up with that in 367 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: your opinion, this is you know, we're not sourcing anything. 368 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: I you know, you do know some people. But do 369 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: you think that Kyrie Irving ultimately ends up with the Lakers? Yeah? 370 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I think. I mean, I think if you'd asked me, 371 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: like at Summer League, I would probably say I think 372 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 1: now I'm probably at like, but I think it all 373 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: just depends on Kevin Durant and you know what goes 374 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 1: on there. Um. And I think both of us kind 375 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: of are like of the same opinion that, like, when 376 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: superstars in the NBA request trades like they have happened, 377 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: it's just the Nets. I don't think you're going to 378 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: convince Katie to come back, um, And so like I 379 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: assume like the deal is once, uh, once Katie gets traded, 380 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna hear pretty quickly that Kyrie is a Laker. 381 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:52,800 Speaker 1: Um And I mean for once. You know, I struggle 382 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: to give the Lakers credit for anything ever, but I 383 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: do think they are I do think they are playing this, uh, 384 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,920 Speaker 1: this whole saga correctly, very very intricately timed leaks about 385 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: other offers they have on the table to kind of 386 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: remind the Nets that they're not the only option in town. Um, 387 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: I do think it is funny that all the lead 388 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,199 Speaker 1: up to the off season was that the Lakers are 389 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: stuck with Westbrook and they have to make it work. 390 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,479 Speaker 1: And now we're sitting here where the Lakers have probably 391 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: three or four options to dump Westbrook and get rid 392 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: of him. But I I do I'm pretty confident will 393 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,520 Speaker 1: be Kyrie. But I think at the end of the day, 394 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: like it's not going to be Westbrook, and that's probably 395 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: the most important thing for that team going. That's a 396 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: total w that's probably your that's probably your biggest miss 397 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:41,960 Speaker 1: with the future Lakers has to hashtag is Russell Westbrook. No, 398 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,919 Speaker 1: he became a future Laker, so if he ruined it, 399 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: he ruined it. Though I mean, I I don't really 400 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: care whether or not they're effective. It just has to be. 401 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: It has to happen. It has to happen before they retire. 402 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: Like if we get Clay Thompson when he's thirty set, 403 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,240 Speaker 1: then you know that counts. And if you go back 404 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 1: through my my Twitter timeline, I'm like from the field 405 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 1: on future Lakers, like I had Dwight Howard, I had 406 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: to Marcus Cousin and Anthony Davis, Lebron, James Russell Westbrook. 407 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: Have you have you done the future list future Laker 408 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: hashtag with kyriea not yet not. The next one that's 409 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 1: in in the pike is Jayson Tatum. Oh oh, man, 410 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 1: I don't know. We will always at least have that 411 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: image of Tatum wearing a Kobe jersey, which is one 412 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: of my favorite things that like, I that that image 413 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: is everlasting to me. It's it's too good right well again, 414 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: that is my guy. Bo Benson, a producer of Fox 415 00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:47,239 Speaker 1: Sports Radio and the host of My money is the 416 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: best Dodgers podcast out there, Swing Shift with Ryanan. But 417 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 1: where can they get the podcast? Bo? We are? I'm 418 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: pretty sure we're everywhere, man. You can go on Spotify 419 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: for sure, podcasts, all that stuff. We are. We are 420 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: world wide. Um, we're on Twitter at swingshift, R and 421 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:08,359 Speaker 1: B can find our our musings there and uh yeah, man, 422 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: well we'll probably have to get you on now. That's 423 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: but no, I appreciate this. This is a lot of fun, man. 424 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,119 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 425 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at Fox sports 426 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 1: radio dot com and within the I Heart Radio app 427 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: search f S r to listen live. It's time for 428 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: some fan mail man man, that's right. It is the 429 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: maiden voyage of the fan Mail experience Here on the 430 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: Street Friday with Jason McIntyre podcast Rob g In for 431 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,680 Speaker 1: j Mac. As you know now, full disclosure, we've had 432 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: the capability to do this segment since we started. I mean, 433 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,920 Speaker 1: like when when When we first launched the podcast a 434 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: few years ago, we had a lot of ideas, a 435 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: lot of different avenues that we were exploring going down 436 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 1: because again it was a brand new show. Um. You know, 437 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: Jason did have his audience from the weekends on Fox 438 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: Sports Radio and some people n him from FS one, 439 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: but in the podcast space, it was basically starting from scratch, 440 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: and we wanted to explore any and every idea possible 441 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: to see, you know, what we're work and what wouldn't work. 442 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: When we started the podcast, I don't think we expected 443 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 1: to do as much gambling, h and analytics as we 444 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: do now. And it's because as things have evolved and 445 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: Jason's profile has kind of elevated to another stratosphere, to 446 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: be quite honest with you, you know, that's kind of 447 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: where we decided to produce the show and make more 448 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:52,360 Speaker 1: of a focus. So this little fan mail segment that 449 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: we had had ready before the launch, you know, kind 450 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: of never really took off the ground, never never got 451 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 1: off the ground at all because we never did it. Um. 452 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: But again, because j McK is on vacation in Parts unknown, 453 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 1: I figured, a, you know what, we're in the middle 454 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 1: of August. Training camps are just opening up. We might 455 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: as well give the audience members a chance to, you know, 456 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: just throw some questions out there. Some of them are good, 457 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: some of them are not good, and you know, we'll 458 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: just see what happens. So again, if you want to 459 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: get your question answered on the pottom, I'm trying to 460 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 1: get to as many as I can and as much 461 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: time as I can each day this week, hit me 462 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 1: on Twitter at the producer r g My d M 463 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: s are open. Slide into the d M s now. 464 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 1: Some of you guys have sent a lot of questions, 465 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: you know. Some people sent one like I expected. Other 466 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:40,719 Speaker 1: people sent like nine. Um, I'm gonna get through as 467 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 1: many as I can. If you send all that many questions, 468 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 1: I only get to one of yours. Don't be insulted. 469 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: Just that we got you know, a lot of people 470 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: who have things they want to know, and I want 471 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 1: to get my opinion on first question, Do you think 472 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 1: Derek Carr is a top ten quarterback? Yes? I do. 473 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 1: And now it's not just me as a Raiders fan, 474 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: a die hard Raiders fan who thinks that this team 475 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 1: has a legitimate chance to make a run at the 476 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: super Bowl this season. Derek Carr, outside of our man 477 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: calling Cowherd, might be the most disrespected good quarterback in 478 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,639 Speaker 1: the NFL. Collins the only one I've heard on a 479 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: national scale who continues to give him, I think, the 480 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: credit that he deserves. Nobody has dealt with more bs 481 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: during their time in the NFL than Derek Carr. He 482 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: had a new offensive coordinator or a new play caller 483 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: basically every year of his career until John Gruden got there. 484 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: And then John Gruten got there, and you had a 485 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: coach who had to get fired because of racist and 486 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,240 Speaker 1: misogynistic emails that were sent out on his behalf. You 487 00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: had a first round pick at start at corner who 488 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 1: was kicked off the team because he was brandishing a 489 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: weapon on Instagram and letting people know that they were 490 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 1: gonna get shot up if they continue to troll him, 491 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 1: which to me is unbelievably stupid. And that's not to 492 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: mention their best wide receiver last season Henry Ruggs getting 493 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:18,919 Speaker 1: liquored up and killing someone. He killed someone, and obviously 494 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: he's off the team and he could be spending the 495 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: rest of his life behind bars. So to say that 496 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: Derek Carr has had choppy waters to navigate throughout his 497 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: NFL career would be an understatement. And even still last season, 498 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: with all that was going on with interim coach John 499 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:41,360 Speaker 1: Ruten fired, Henry Ruggs gone leads them to the playoffs 500 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: over the much Bally who Justin Herbert, who is a 501 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: stud by the way, he's fantastic. Derek Carr out duels 502 00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: him last season Derek Carr fifth in yards, fifth in 503 00:27:53,119 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: completion percentage, fourteenth in QBR, and four in passer rating. Now, 504 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: just looking at the passer rating guys who are in 505 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: front of him, who I would say comfortably Derek carrs 506 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: is better than Carson Wentz, Teddy Bridgewater, Jimmy Garoppolo, Jamis Winston, 507 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, Kyler Murray. Now, passer rating isn't the be 508 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: all end all, but I think it's a good barometer 509 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,480 Speaker 1: for what you would expect a quarterback to do qb R, 510 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: which is probably even better. I think that's probably the 511 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:32,720 Speaker 1: most indicative of who the best quarterbacks are in football. 512 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: Here's how the guys in front of Derek Carr shape out. 513 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Justin Herbert, Matthew Stafford, Pat Mahomes, 514 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:47,240 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, Kyler Murray, Ryan Tannehill, Carson Wentz, Russell Wilson, 515 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, Joe Burrow, Jimmy g and Derek Carr. Again, 516 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: Derek Carr, without a debate, is better than Jimmy G. 517 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: He's better than Carson Wentz. He's better than Ryan Tannehill, 518 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: He's better than Kyler Murray. The only guys who are 519 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 1: below him in QBR that I think I would take 520 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: ahead of Derek Carr would be Lamar Jackson. So right there, 521 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 1: he's number ten. I don't think it's very controversial then 522 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: at this point anymore top five and complete your presentage 523 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: top five in yards. Yes, he's a top ten quarterback 524 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Alright, moving on question number two. If 525 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: you ran the Lakers, would you rather take the Pacers 526 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 1: trade or the Jazz trade for Russell Westbrook. Well, first 527 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,600 Speaker 1: of all, I'm not making either one of those trades 528 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,840 Speaker 1: until i know what's going on with Kyrie Irving, because 529 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 1: Kyrie by is lonesome, is better than anything you can 530 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: give from either one of those packages. And to be 531 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 1: quite honest with you, the move that I think that 532 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers are really holding out for is a way 533 00:29:55,520 --> 00:30:00,880 Speaker 1: that they can get both the Indiana package and Kyrie 534 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 1: Irving in a bigger three team deal. I think what 535 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 1: they're hoping for is Russell Westbrook a first and a 536 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:13,520 Speaker 1: couple of seconds to Indiana for Buddy Heald and Miles Turner, 537 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: and then the other first round pick Taylor Horton Tucker 538 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: and either Kendrick Nunn or some combination of like vet 539 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: minormal contracts for Kyrie Irving. That's what I think that 540 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: they're trying to do. I think it's an ultimate goal. 541 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: But as it relates to the initial question, the Utah 542 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 1: offer or the Indiana offer, look, we don't know what 543 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: the Utah offer is. I mean that Utah offer quote 544 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: unquote offer that was reported didn't actually have an offer 545 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: on it if you actually read the article, Like the 546 00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:49,120 Speaker 1: big headline was Lakers Nick's Jazz discussed potential three team 547 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: trade and in it it says the Lakers could get 548 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,960 Speaker 1: a combination of these four players, and it was Pat Beev, 549 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:03,479 Speaker 1: Jordan Clarkson, h Bagdanovich, and I believe Malik Beasley. It's like, okay, 550 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,160 Speaker 1: well who who? What's the combination of two? Like you 551 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,400 Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like that they we don't even 552 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:12,280 Speaker 1: know what the offer is. And and obviously, if you 553 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: know anything about the Utah Jazz and the way Danny 554 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: Age runs things, you're gonna have to give up an 555 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: arm in a leg to make any kind of deal 556 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: with that guy. So just I guess by default, because 557 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: we don't know exactly what the use offer would be, 558 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: I'm assuming it's going to be more expensive just because 559 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 1: Danny Age. I would I would take the Indiana offer. Um, 560 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: Buddy Healed and Miles Turner are would be great additions 561 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: to the Lakers. You know. I think that's if you 562 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 1: would have told me coming into this offseason that the 563 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: Lakers would be able to get off of Russell Westbrook 564 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: even if it took the two first round picks and 565 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: get Buddy Healed and Miles Turner, I would call that 566 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: at home run now, Obviously the calculus has changed now 567 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,520 Speaker 1: that Kyrie Irving may or may not be available, so 568 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna wait till he's figured out. But hell yeah, 569 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,959 Speaker 1: I mean until we knew that Kyrie was available, the 570 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: Indiana offer was gounna be the Indiana trade packages that 571 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: you could have put together with Brogden and healed in turner, 572 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,160 Speaker 1: some combination of those three was easily the best that 573 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 1: was out there. You know, we think about the the 574 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: Charlotte package or or whoever else. So of those two, 575 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: Utah and Indiana again, I would take the Indiana trade. 576 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: Question number three, moving down the list, what is your 577 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: coldest take of all time? Oh? I got plenty of those. 578 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: They have plenty of those. Um you know what, the 579 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:48,920 Speaker 1: one that stands out the most to me as being 580 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:54,120 Speaker 1: my worst take of all time. Way back in the 581 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 1: day before he had a championship, I believe I said 582 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio that Clay Thompson was just Danny 583 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:11,719 Speaker 1: Green on steroids. It made sense in my mind at 584 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: the time. You know three and d guy, you know, 585 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: obviously plays better than Danny Green. That was way off. 586 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:22,840 Speaker 1: That was That was easily the worst take that I 587 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: think I've ever had. Uh, Clay Thompson is a Hall 588 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,360 Speaker 1: of Famer. I think it's the top seventy five player 589 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: of all time, and to compare him to Danny Green 590 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: is insulting to him and flat out stupid on my part. 591 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: So that's probably my coldest take of all time. Uh. 592 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: Having said that, let me just go out for a 593 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: quick This is something that's kind of been in my 594 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: craw for a while now. There's a lot of people 595 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: who work in sports media made a lot, but there's 596 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: a vocal minority of people who swear to the heavens 597 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: that people are feeling their takes. That that you know, 598 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: the more the top of the top guys, the more 599 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: famous guys, the multimillion dollar guys are stealing their takes 600 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: from the quote unquote little dude. And I think that 601 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:23,600 Speaker 1: is acidine because in today's media, sports media specifically, you've 602 00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:30,040 Speaker 1: got seven sports talk radio local and national. You got 603 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: basically sports talk television. You know, ESPN, F S one, CBS, NBC, 604 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: pick whoever you like to watch. You have streaming services. 605 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 1: You can get it on YouTube. There's a lot of 606 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: good sports content on YouTube. You got podcasts like this one. 607 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: Probably conservatively a couple of hundred available on you know, 608 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:59,439 Speaker 1: specific team sports, uh, national gambling, whatever you want. There's 609 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: several hundred podcasts available to you. And when we're all 610 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:11,400 Speaker 1: working with the same material, when you have that much 611 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: of a flood in the market of opinions and voices, 612 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: I'm willing to bet that a lot of us are 613 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: gonna have similar opinions on some of these topics. I remember, UM, 614 00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,720 Speaker 1: I was listening to a podcast actually with Trevor Noah 615 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:32,279 Speaker 1: and he was talking about stand up comedy and one 616 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,359 Speaker 1: thing that he said, he's the old story about how 617 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,719 Speaker 1: he was I believe it was in Africa, and um, 618 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: I want to say it was Chris Rock came came by, 619 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,600 Speaker 1: or Dave Chappelle, one of those guys came down and 620 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: told a joke and it was almost verbatim a joke 621 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 1: that one of his buddies had told at a um 622 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 1: local comedy club. You know, before the chances of I 623 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 1: want to say it was Chris Rock, the chances of 624 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: Chris Rock actually hearing that guy's joke, and you know 625 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: across the world basically are slim to none. But you know, 626 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,600 Speaker 1: great minds think alike, and so what Trevor Noah basically 627 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:20,799 Speaker 1: said was about the whole situation is if you like 628 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: the guy or you respect the other person, you're gonna say, hey, 629 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm on the right track because someone 630 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: I respect, someone I enjoy, someone I like thinks along 631 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: the same lines that I do, so I must be 632 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:37,400 Speaker 1: doing something right. And if it's someone that you don't like, 633 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,480 Speaker 1: you're gonna say, oh, that asshole stole my take. And 634 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: I think what you're seeing in sports media, to bring 635 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: a back full circle is the guys who are very 636 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,720 Speaker 1: vocal about people's quote unquote stealing my takes are guys 637 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,319 Speaker 1: who wish that they were in the position that the 638 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: other guys are in. Like they're they're not happy with 639 00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: their current situation, whether it's they're market size, whether it's 640 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:07,520 Speaker 1: their social media following, whether it's you know, their audience, 641 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 1: podcast numbers, I don't know whatever, Like they're just unhappy, 642 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,680 Speaker 1: they're dissatisfied with their current situation, and they think the 643 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 1: only reason why somebody else is more successful is because 644 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,720 Speaker 1: they climbed on their back of the little quote unquote 645 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:23,080 Speaker 1: little guy to do it. And I just think that 646 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 1: that's could not be further from the truth. Look, man, 647 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: we we all have the same fifteen to twenty stories 648 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 1: the day to talk about, and especially we're doing a 649 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: national level there's probably cut that in half that are 650 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: national appeal level topics. So chatss are if you have 651 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:42,800 Speaker 1: enough people talking that, we're gonna have some of the 652 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: same opinions. Um, alright, last one before we wrap it up. 653 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: You know we're getting kind of late here. Oh okay, 654 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: why is Last Vegas your favorite movie ever? Or as 655 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: you call it, the greatest movie of all time? I 656 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: shouldn't have to answer this question. If you've seen Last Vegas, 657 00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,839 Speaker 1: you already know why. I think it's the greatest movie 658 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:10,759 Speaker 1: of all time. All Right, just go you ever look 659 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: at it a a blu ray uh box, and you 660 00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:16,359 Speaker 1: see like the reviews on the front of the back 661 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:20,040 Speaker 1: cover they something like, um, A tour the Force, four stars, 662 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,319 Speaker 1: uh A thrill ride from beginning to add something like that. 663 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:28,000 Speaker 1: I have multiple copies of Last Vegas on blue ray 664 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 1: for various reasons, you know. And what it says on 665 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: the front is an all star cast, and that is 666 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,080 Speaker 1: not even doing it justice. You got Robert de Niro, 667 00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,720 Speaker 1: Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Klein just doing work for 668 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:48,600 Speaker 1: two hours and the premise alone, it's a bachelor party 669 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: in Vegas with a bunch of guys, you know, pushing seventy. 670 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: How is that not funny? Come on, like, come on, 671 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: I mean, and this is another thing. The old guy 672 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: doing stuff for old woman doing stuff for old people 673 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: doing stuff genre is quite possibly the most consistently great 674 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: movie genre there is. Think about it. You got you know, 675 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: grump your old men. You know you want to go 676 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:26,200 Speaker 1: with the Red movies with Bruce Willis. I mean, if 677 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,600 Speaker 1: you want it to be funny, you want an action movie, 678 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 1: you want a heart found movie, you want to cry 679 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,239 Speaker 1: like in the bucket List. And I think that's kind 680 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,360 Speaker 1: of one of the not better ones. But there's I 681 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,799 Speaker 1: can't think of a single bad movie where where the 682 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 1: base premises a group of old people doing stuff like 683 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,720 Speaker 1: you can't beat it. And So if you find yourself 684 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: a little bit of dead time later today, tomorrow, sometime 685 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:56,160 Speaker 1: this week, go on Showtime, download the app, pay your 686 00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,319 Speaker 1: ten dollars or whatever, or if you're gonna go buy 687 00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,439 Speaker 1: the movie, go by the movie, but go check out 688 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: Last Vegas, kick your feet up, relax, enjoy two hours 689 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: of arguably the best cash you'll ever see in film, TV, 690 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: streaming cinema of all time. You're welcome, all right. It's 691 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 1: the greatest movie of all time. All right, that's it 692 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,319 Speaker 1: for me. Have yourself a great rest of the day, 693 00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: and I will talk to you tomorrow