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we do. You know, I'm watching a lot of this, this pre
All Star Game, pre Home Run Derby stuff going on, and you're right,
Fred about the baseball it feels it feels different. It feels different the
All Star Game for baseball than than the other ones. Like, first of
all, football is done, they don't they don't have a Pro Bowl,
and it's like not even it's just fun and games and amusement park stuff.
And the NBA is just it's I don't know, I don't know. You
can't even really describe the NBA anymore. But baseball still feels like it's like
the little kids and the guys really still enjoy being there and being around other
guys and talking about stories and being a part of it. And we'll get
to that coming up in a bit. Yeah, we got to do it.
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twenty one to enter. All right, So Lawrence frank just still, I
think, is addressing the media and kind of filling everybody in on what's going
on with the Clippers. Let's start with this. He was disappointed, quite
frankly that Kawhi Leonard was on the USA basketball roster and then he was off.
He basically said, I understand they have to do what they have to
do, but it's still disappointing. He wanted to see Kawhi play. So
USA Basketball made that decision, Rodney, they decided it. See, I
didn't understand how that came down. I didn't know if it was USA BA
basketball or was a joint decision mutual decision with Kawhi and and and USA basketball
that he wasn't he wasn't gonna play. He was going to focus on getting
himself healthy or whatever. I didn't know it was one sided, fred I
didn't. I thought it was like a mutual thing. Well, Rodney,
I believe it was Shamas who said is yes. USA Basketball ultimately had the
final say, but the NBA, the league, and the Clippers were on
board with Kawhi not playing. Was the initial reporting. Yeah, so it's
interesting that Lawrence Frank said, we were disappointed and we wanted him to play.
Yeah, weird, weird how he's coming out now and saying that.
And Tyler los an assistant by the way, Tyler Lo's an assistant coach on
the team right now too. Yeah, he's had the first hand experience of
what Kawhi is or isn't doing, or how he looks. Yeah, he
get keep him out of this drill. We're only going to play him five
minutes. I mean, Tyler Louis got as much say as Steve Kerr when
it comes to his guy. So that whole situation is really interesting. Yeah,
I found it fascinating. It kind of sounds like they cut him right,
That's kind of what it sounds like. They watched him and they believed
that he couldn't give them what they needed, so they cut him. I
don't think I've ever heard of that before with USA basketball at this point,
with a player of that magnitude. No, That's why I wrote it off
and didn't think a big deal because I was like, well, because we
all thought it was a stretch for him to play anyway, right, he
hadn't played. There was controversy, you know, he didn't couldn't finish the
year with the Clippers. Why is he playing USA Basketball with Clipper fans be
up in arms, And we had that whole discussion, and many people did,
you know, should he even be playing? And he's is he taking
a spot? And you know, kind of all that came into play,
and then when it came down and he wasn't, it was like, Okay,
they cooler hills, cooler heads prevailed and they just looked at it and
go, let's just focus on getting Kawhi healthy for next year. Clippers are
on board. Ty Loo's the coach, as Kevin mentioned, give it.
Just get somebody else in there and take the spot. But the way Lawrence
Frank is saying that they they dissed him, he kind of did him wrong
a little bit. What would possess them to do that. It had to
be something in the way he was practicing. Don't you think what else could
it be? Lawrence Frank said that from what he understood, he looked fine
in practices. It had to be from way Kawhi was practicing. Yeah,
and that was part of the initial reporting to run. Is it based on
the first handful of practices we had? You know, wasn't a meeting up
to standard. Now Team USA didn't say that, but the reporter the leaks
were saying that about him, that he wasn't practicing that. Well, Steve
Kerr ain't saying that, yeah, anything his practicing or in Tyler on the
staff. Well, we took a look and we evaluated Kawhi in practice,
and yeah, he's not quite up to stand it. Really really, it's
like you're gonna ask Robert de Niro to audition, you know, for a
role. No, no, that that was a bunch of bs and look
good in practice. So we're gonna we're gonna eliminate him from the squad.
Come on, give me how does he how does he not look good in
practice? No matter what, whether you like him or don't, whether you
know he's injured all the time, or he's not I'll tell you, just
quiet and look good in practice. How could that be if he could walk,
How could that be to the level of we want him off the team.
Not not he's not you know, he's not sharp, or he's he's
limping around, he's lumbering around, to the point where they say it's not
it's not for the betterment of the of the Olympic team. It's it's better
for him not to be on the team. That's how bad he was in
practice, that's what you're telling me. Come on, come on. Practice
has nothing to do with when those guys get there. They all know what
those guys can do. They all know and watch them over years play the
reason they're there in the first place, and the reason they were picked.
Practice has nothing to do with whether or not the guy's on the team unless
yes, unless yeah, they looked at practice and it was just so clear
that he cannot run up and down the court, and then it's like,
okay, we can't. He can't even run up and down the court.
There's no way he can play, and then they make the decision. But
that's not what they're saying. That's not what Laurence Frank Frank is saying.
See, he's disappointed that he's not on the team. And who was more
best in his health than Lawrence Frank. Lord Frank ad giver rats about the
USA Olympic team. He wants Kawhi healthy for the Clippers. And this is
Lawrence Frank saying, No, he's fine, he should be playing for the
Olympic team. That is weird. Didn't makes sense, all right. Lawrence
Frank also talked about the Paul George situation. Now we heard Paul George and
Paul talked about the fact that they came to him and it didn't work,
and he was actually surprised when they started the negotiations and it simply got to
a point where he went, no, that's not gonna work. He sort
of felt disrespected with what they did when they were negotiating with his potts.
He said he was respecting. Yeah, okay, Well, Lawrence Frank talked
to the media. Now here's what Laurence Frank had to say about Paul George
and the negotiation. Yeah. I think, you know, not speaking for
Paul, but I think the number he probably didn't include was the first number
is is opting number at fifty million, so fifty million plus sixty so it
was one hundred and ten. And this was all prior to getting that heavy
lifter. Once we got James, without anyone asking for anything more. For
both Kwy and PG, the offerers, both of them went significantly higher still
managing max Caapspas in twenty six twenty seven and being out of the second aprin
in twenty five twenty six. And the goal was get you as much money
as possible. But we still have to add to the team. I think
the important part is you have to be honest with your players. Look,
we're trying to win a championship. That's why we brought this group together.
That's why we gave up so much to get Paul Kawai. The unfortunate part
of it, we only had one healthy postseason. That's not anybody's fall,
but that's three out, so we're gonna have to add another major player to
the group. Makes sense. My question is, and maybe you guys remember
better than I do, didn't they get Kawhi done before James Harden I believe
they did. Ale double check, but I believe Saw. I believe Kawhi
got done in December possibly, if I remember correctly. Okay, So if
that's the case, how did Kawhi's offer go up higher? He's done?
How did that offer get better? He's already done. And Paul George's position
was all he wanted initially is what Kawhi had. Now I agree with Lawrence
Frank a billion percent. We got to win here. We gotta have money
to improve the team. Well, we've got to put together a team we
believe can contend. So I get that, but I just I don't underst
stand if at the very beginning Paul George said, just give me what Kawhi
has, whatever that is, I'm good to go. That's what Paul George
said. Is that what you said? Friends? Well, I'm not really
understanding what Lawrence Frank said, but just to jump in, by the way,
So they traded for They traded for James Harden on October thirty first,
and Kawhi Leonard signed his extension in January. Okay, so they took care
of Kawhi before they took care of James Harden. I remember when Kawhi Leonard,
Well, they always traded for James Harden with the idea we'll see how
this goes and if it works out, will extend you. So I'm not
worried about that part of it. But Kawhi when he signed, he said,
I basically got assurance is that everybody that needs to be back is going
to be back, and everybody assumed that meant Paul George. So Kawhi at
the time that he signed had a decent inkling that Paul George and the Clippers
are going to be able to get something worked out. Yeah, But what
I'm not understanding is Lawrence Frank said once they signed James Harden, unless I
misunderstood the offers for Kawhi and Paul George and Kreaes. But Kawhi was done
so well, he wasn't done yet. He didn't say that he did,
but but it wasn't done yet. Again. October is when they traded for
James Harden. Kawhi signed his extension in January, but James Harden just signed.
My point, is am I missing it? Maybe I am. I'm
thinking. Maybe I'm thinking about when they acquired James Harden. I think the
contract negotiations probably started at that point. No, I hear you, but
it wasn't done. It wasn't done, Kevin, can we play that one
more time? Sure? Absolutely? Yeah. I think, you know,
not speaking for Paul, but I think the number he probably didn't include was
the first numbers is opting number at fifty million, so fifty million plus sixty
so it was one hundred and ten. And this was all prior to getting
that heavy lifter. Once we got James, without out anyone asking for anything
more for both kuying PG, the offers both of them went significantly higher.
And when I apology, he says, once we got James, meaning once
they acquired James Harden in October, right as the season was starting, So
they basically it sounds like they were in negotiations with Paul and Kawhi before the
season, before they even acquired James Harden. Now them acquiring James made them
go back to the drawing board and increased their offers for whatever reason. That's
what he's saying. They had nothing to do with James's extension that he signed
this offseason. It was after they acquired him. But he also pointed out
that Paul had a fifty million opt in correct, and a sixty million they
offered him. It would have been sixty in new money basically, so sixty
plus fifty is how the Clippers were looking at it, right, But what
Paul George said, again, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I wanted
the three to start. I wanted the three year like Kawhi got. Yeah,
and that's not what their initial offer was, okay, which Lawrence Fring
basically confirmed, Yes, our initial offer, we looked at it as three
years, one ten, assuming he was going to opt into his player with
two more years, correct, right, and which Paul said on his podcast
gave me the same thing. Yeah, Paul said that was a slap in
the face, that that initial offer. So then Lawrence Frank says once they
traded for James Harden, they upped their offer. Now Lawrence didn't say by
how much or what they're offering, but he said they upped their offer.
Okay, Okay, whatever it was. Obviously it wasn't satisfactory for Paul.
And then Lawrence is basically using the argument of we're trying to field the team
here. I can't pay all you guys all this money because it also hasn't
worked these last five years, and I want to pay you guys, compensate
you guys as much as I possibly can, but it's hard to pay everybody
everything that they want and also feel the competitive team my by that right,
which is what we said last week too. By the way, the Clippers
just didn't say that publicly until now. Yeah. By by that, yeah,
we gotta win. Yeah. But was that conveyed to Paul George.
See, that's the thing, Rodney. He Paul didn't say that on the
pot. I'm assuming it was, but he didn't point that part out.
I can't believe that during the negotiations they didn't say, look, man,
we want to pay you what we can, but the luxury tax, the
new CBA, all this stuff, we can only pay so many people so
much money. Maybe they didn't say that. That's hard for me to believe
that. He even said, we want to be honest with our players.
Yeah, from that perspective, it sounded like they filled them in. Yeah
that Paul omitted that part from his podcast ran well. I think he was
just so upset with the initial offer. Could be give them what he said
that after that it was over. You know how that is, Rodney.
They come to you with an offer, Yeah, and you know, like
the first they come to you and they go, You're expecting whatever, and
they come to you with this and it's like, well, what is that?
The hell's that? Right? That's not even is that laughable? What
are we doing here? We all know what this needs to be and you
kind of blindsided me with this. And maybe they would have got to wherever
they wanted to get to. That's fine, yeah, but when you start
a certain place, it rubs you the wrong way to be in with It's
like, that's where they're starting, and we got to play these games to
get to where we feel comfortable. You know, this is after Kawhi signed,
so you know, you kind of know where you're at. You know
where the ballpark is, and they don't come to at least the playground,
and so you're sitting there going wow. And so we got to we got
to go through all this BS negotiations to kind of land at a place that's
close. Well, we got to go through the BS to land at a
place where we know we're going to land. So why are we playing games?
Why are we playing games? We know the number, we know where
we need to be, But why are you starting twenty millions lower or whatever
they you know, why are you starting right down there? We know what
we got to get to. I want to be here. I've said that
to you guys. I want to be here. I want to work this
out. I understand. Kawhi is kawhi? Why are we? Why are
we? Why are we playing these games of you know, like I'm a
rookie and we got to start low and end up in the middle. I
don't know that you the wrong way though, if you're an adult, did
you ever have one of those? Yeah? I did where it started off,
and I knew kind of where where we wanted to land because it had
been kind of thrown out there a little bit, and and and what some
other people were making, and but the starting point was so far off that
it was they're not serious, you know. It's like, let's let's see
if we can get him. Let's see if we can get him, is
the way, you know, you kind of take it, your initial reaction,
let's see if we can get one over on him, you know.
And then and then they start throwing out, well, you know you didn't
do this, and you know this guy's camp and he's only doing this.
It's like he's trying to make up or make sense of why they offered your
low ball due knowing that they're going to get to a point where you guys
are close enough to make a deal. You know, there's a there's a
point where you know, Okay, we're in, we're in. We're in
the neighborhood. We're in the neighborhood. Let's make it. We're gonna make
this happen, you know, whether that means and incentive to make it happen
or just number. We're gonna make it app We're gonna make it win the
neighborhood. But when they start outside the neighborhood, they're on a different block.
You're like, what, why, why are we wasting everybody's time?
That's exactly what I think, you know, as we kind of workshopping here,
maybe that's what happened. Yeah, it's like that, and that's what
he said. He felt disrespected, he felt insulted. Yeah, guys,
we know where we gotta be. We're on the same page and we we
ultimately know where we're gonna get, So why don't we just get to it.
Yeah, well we're gonna get to it. Why are you gonna put
a bad taste in my mouth? I've had one of those in my TV
career. Yeah, I had one, and you know, you know where
you're gonna end up. So and my deals were really easy to do.
As a matter of fact, this was a little different because the corporate structure
had changed. And so here we go again. They called to go,
this is where we're starting, and I just started laughing. Uh huh,
I just started laughing. I said, why are we doing that? You
know the number, I know the number. We all know the number.
It's not a surprise, it's not a secret. We all know where we're
going to go. Why are you doing that? Why? Well, to
make who win in a negotiation? Yeah, you gotta pie somebody to say
we started here, this is where we started, this is what we offered.
Or were you trying to insult me or trying to get one over on
me and say I think that maybe I just take it, and maybe you
kind of you do, by the way, to get what over on me
because I I got so desperate I'm just gonna take it. Is that what
you tried to do to me? The psychology of negotiation is really fascinating in
that Okay, here's our initial offer, right, and you're not going to
take it. But at the end of it. But at the end of
it, you know what they can say, See, we met you,
we met you, we gave, we came up, we gave you all
the way up. Look at us. We gave. And when you negotiate
with people, that's why it's such a waste of time half the time because
you know they're going to start low and the minute you get that number,
the minute you get that number, you go three times higher than you want.
Mm hm Okay, now let's take three weeks and get to where we
should be. Pretty simple, but there's an art to negotiating, and people
that do that for a living, they always want to feel like they've won.
The ultimate negotiation is everybody it feels like they got what they wanted,
but everybody feels like it didn't all go their way. Then it's a win.
Yeah, right, then it's a win. And then you can say
to the whoever you're negotiating with, Okay, thanks man, you know,
I know this is where you started, but you got me to don't get
it. I didn't get everything I wanted, but I it was fair.
That's fair. It was instead of just going like this, this is it,
this is it, and when they give you this is it. They
should always give you a little wiggle room too. This is it's no,
it's this, this is it. Can you do it a little better?
Yeah? Yeah, yeah, but this is it last and final. So
it feels like they gave a little bit and you feel like, Okay,
I got everything I could. I love nothing on the table exactly. We
fought for what we wanted. We really we had our number behind behind closed
doors. We had our number, and we already we got there. So
we're good. We're good, you know. And maybe they had their number
two, and maybe there's some other little throat things thrown incentive why it's thrown
in there, But we got our number, so we're good. Let's try
get a little bit more. If we can try get a little bit more,
let's do it. Then it's really gravy, but we're at our number,
so we know it's gonna work. Yeah, and they do too,
right of course, businesses, here's the thing. Look at the Dodgers and
Corey seeger. Let's just look at that. For example, they knew they
were not going to pay him what he got paid in Texas, period,
right or wrong, good or bad, like it or not, mistake or
great decision. They knew there was a number. What we don't even need
to play games here. Yeah, we're gonna make you this offer. That's
our number if you can beat our number, because we decided that's it.
Okay, we get it, We get it right. Was it a mistake?
I don't know. Some people say yes, some people say no,
Yeah, but that's how you do it. They know the number, right,
Corey, and they were up front, right, they knew. Scott
Boris knew. They knew that they we can't do this, and somebody out
there is gonna do it. Just came off of winning the World Series MVP.
You know, they had back up because Trade Turner was still on the
contract. So whether they thought down the road that they could re sign Trade
Turner in a year, who knows, but they knew that they couldn't.
They weren't going to be able to pay Corey that and so they cut to
the chase. And the Dodgers are one of the few things because we talked
to Andrew Friedman about that. You know, look, we want to honor
you because you've honored us. Go see you can go see what you're what
you can get out there, Go see go see you know what the market's
gonna bear for you. We just can't match that. But if you can,
if you can get more, go get more. We respect you that
much because they always know the number. The Clippers knew that number. They
knew the number because you always do because businesses operate in five year cycles.
It's not like you wake up in the morning, go Okay, what are
we gonna pay everybody this year? How are we gonna do this? No,
they're working five year cycles. So they're projecting right now what their salary
will be in five years right now, and everything fits into a slot.
Now. There could be some adjustments or alterations, but that's how business works.
They don't get up in the morning go Rodney, what do you want?
Ten million dollars done? Kevin, what do you want? Eight million
dollars done? What do you want? What do you want? What do
you want? Okay, Oh, we're out of money. That's not how
they operate, that's not how business works. So the Clippers knew the number,
and it's just odd that it goes got to go through the game plan
to get get there. And again, you don't know, it's gonna rub
somebody the wrong way and I've seen it a lot of times where guys are
I've seen guys just like because of that initial number offer, whatever it may
be, or the conversations that happen because you got to negotiate, right,
you got to you gotta. Sometimes it goes ugly and the agent tells you,
which your agent probably shouldn't do. Well, this is what they're saying
about you exactly. You know you're not this and you're not that. Like,
well, the hell with them, I'm gone, I'll take less,
go somewhere else, just to stick it to them. I've seen that happen
a lot of times with guys. Yeah, I think that happens more than
you think. Yeah, it does. They're gonna insult me like that,
What the hell with them? I don't care. I'm playing. I'm going
somewhere else. I'm going to the rival just for the right to stick it
to him. It's the right to stick it to him, just for that
right. And then you know a team will come back and grobble and say
no, we'll meet your number. No, too late, too late,
I gotta tell you, Tiaska Hernanda, it's got to feeling pretty good.
Ends up with the Dodgers in a one year deal. Really wanted to be
in the home run derby. And now we'll start in the All Star Game.
We'll talk about that next. Oh yeah, come on, keep it
moving. Good news, good news for our guy, fred Ridpte Fred Rogan
on a Monday. Yeah, how cool is it for Tiascar Hernandez? Very
cool, very cool getting the start. I mean, to this point,
it's got to be a dream season for him. We've chronicled his his his
story, how he got here, why he's here, has come up with
some incredibly important hits for the Dodgers. Certainly he's been a bright spot.
No one can deny that wanted to be in the home run derby. Some
guys shy away from it. He wanted it, he got it, and
now he was voted onto the team. There was a question about that,
and now what taed Tee's hurt to ask. Hernandez gets the start. I
think that is really cool. That is great, great for him and a
guy that is beloved in the clubhouse works his ass off to get here.
Like you mentioned, Fred, he had he had some good years, but
had some ear years where he was injured and didn't fulfill some of that.
I think some of his potential. Wanted to be a Dodger and wanted to
take advantage of what this organization can do for a for a player, young
player, middle, middle aged player, older player, what this organization spends
the time and effort to help players prolong their career or better their career.
He wanted to be a part of it. And he's here and he's reaping
the benefits of that right now. And it's great. You mentioned earlier,
just a thought, the Major League All Star All Star Game. Here here,
here's the bottom line. The All Star games are obsolete. They don't
matter anymore. You can argue with me for an hour. They just don't
matter now. They matter to the players if you have money associated with making
the team. Something like that. Innefetitive stand you're not You're not one that
agreed with bud Selik that decided that it was going to determine who had home
field advantage the All Star Game. You didn't agree with that, that decision
that affred well, you know, what he was doing was trying to give
it relevance, trying to force guys to compete. Truth of the matter is,
nobody wants to get hurt, uh Their teams don't want them to get
hurt. We don't need and you pointed out earlier Pete Rose crashing into Ray
Fosse and basically ending Foss's career in the All Star Game. You don't need
that. You don't so, I mean, and now, because you can
see everything in social media, it's really they're they're not very relevant again except
if you get a bonus. The NBA is a joke. It has been
a joke. No one can deny it's a joke. The NHL All Star
Game is awful. It is just awful. I give the NFL credit.
They realized how pathetic that was and just stopped it, just adopted. There's
no reason to even continue that. But baseball, I don't know. Maybe
because it's such a long season, there's still a charm to it. Yeah,
I'm with you. And the way can you make it, how can
you make it more incentive other than you know, what see tried to do
is make the winner the winner gets, you know, it gets the home
field. But that that didn't work out right because you know, like you
said, guys didn't want to get hurt in the All Star Game, and
you're not gonna wear out a pitcher in an All Star game just so you
can, especially if you're not in the race. Why are you gonna and
you made the All Star team, why are you gonna, you know,
grind out a picture and get impossibly hurt in an All Star game when your
team is not even in a pennant race. So that didn't work. Money
doesn't work anymore. It used to be the money incentive in the NFL,
where it was, you know, that little extra change when guys weren't making
forty million dollars a year. That was cool. But that doesn't work anymore.
So I don't know how do you incentivize guys to play hard or at
least, you know, make it really really competitive, Because I think you're
right. I think baseball is the last one of those. It's really competitive.
I think Fox does a very good job in the production. Keep in
mind, it's a TV show. I tell you that all the time,
they've got pictures miked while they're pitching. That's pretty cool. They've got guys
miked all over the place. They know how to do what they make it
interesting. They understand production, so they do a pretty good job. I
would just ask you to consider this during this year's All Star breaking the NBA.
They talked to Rich Paul. Now you would think Rich Paul as one
of the top agents in sports. Certainly the NBA would always defend the players
always, and he was asked about the All Star Game and he said,
we got a problem. These guys gotta understand what this means. Just from
the perspective of sponsors. They're paying money, money that ultimately is shared with
the players. You can't not show just go through the motions and run up
and down the court. People are gonna stop paying for that. And when
they stop paying, you make less money. So you gotta give it what
you got, or at least act like you care. Because it's really bad.
But baseball I do still think there's a charm to it. All Right,
Now, let's bring on Victor Brick for the Daily Haikup at two and
Vic Good Afternoon. He's the hidden haught and soul of NBC's Olympic coverage.
I'm Fred Rogan. I'm not really Bick. I'm really not doing anything.
But you were back in the day. Yes, you thought you were in
Soshie or you were in Nagano, you were in somewhere, but really you
were in secaucus, uh Stanford, Stanford, Connecticut. That's the caucus for
as you were the king of curling. Yes, I was North America's foremost
expert, at least the United States on curl. He is our Olympic flame,
Rodney Pete pet Yes, sir, his eternal gold medal is baby,
oh, baby, olive. Everything you're looking on now, faster, higher,
stronger together, Rodney Fossio Gold Medalist, King Flavor. Y'all, well,
look look at me. I'm still a wreck from We don't want to
put him through that. We get him be a wreck. My god.
You liked that one, didn't you. Rodney. That was a good one.
That that was one of the better ones right there. That was good.
All right, we'll find out why Vic is a wreck next. Come
on, we desperately needed, desperately, desperately need that spirituality the show on
a Monday to kick off the week, right way, bring it back,
Rodney Pete, Fred Rogan, Victor, Break Jacobs, come on, right,
Vick, You're right, Dodger fans feeling you. Seven deep breaths.
It was a horrific meltdown in the Motor City, There's no doubt. But
again, when you're pitching staff is in tatas and its shattered, as the
great Jaggo would say, you got problems. But still when you're up five
in the ninth, you're leading nine to four over the Tigers, and you'll
lose eleven, nine and ten. Okay, that's devastating, But that's the
beauty of baseball, right you come back the next day one out of one
sixty two. You let it go, and then the next day you're playing
a solid game. You know you're up three to nothing in the first the
way of Tay to ask. Hernandez drives in a big run, Pie Has
drives in a run. The pitching is relatively solid until you know the butchering
of the buns so upshot. This team has so much character. Why do
I dub them blue bamboo? Because they bend and they will not break.
Is that what you've dubbed them? Oh? Absolutely blue bamboo. And there's
a lot to be disconsolate about what happened, you know, over the weekend
in Detroit, but what happened in Oklahoma City. I was watching Clayton Kershaw
on his rehab start in okay See, and he looked, he looked good.
His breaking pitch was sensational. Three hit List innings. M H.
So, I know there's a lot of negative energy right now, you know,
over what happened to List days in Detroit. But moving forward, and
we must move forward. They have a seven game lead in the West,
okay. But the important thing is reinforcements are coming. Kursh look good,
Joe Kelly el Mariachi had one one scoreless inning in OKC. So those are
positive signs, no, sure, of course, big of course, all
positive and mad love to Tascar. Hernandez getting the start at the Globe tomorrow,
the home run Derby tonight, so he'd be slugging tonight. He's a
shot to win the one million dollars. That's the payoff. He's going up
against the polar Bear, Pete Alonso. You know Alonzo loves it. Oh,
he loves it. He's looking for he's looking for a third title.
The only other player who has won three home run derbys, you guys know,
the kid Ken Griffy Jr. Mm. Then you got Alex Baum from
the Phillies, Marcella Sooner from the Braves, the hometown favorite out of list
Garcia from the Guardians, Jose Ramirez, from the Royals, Bobby Witch Jr.
And from the Orioles Gunner Henderson. I'm thinking, I'm thinking Hernandez has
a shot. Mm hm. They all got a shot. Big get hot,
get hot. Everybody got a shot. Who's got a shot In Nagoya,
Day one of the Grand Sumo tournaments in the books, Oh, lot
of upsets? Everybody who's upset? Who got upset? Who? Who?
I'm not gonna like the hear got upset? Don't you tell me? Darren
the Fuji the yokozuna advanced, but he was the only top tier RICHI wrestler
who advanced in Nagoya. Everyone else was stunned. On the positive side,
Waka Taka Kage after the off due to injury back in the dojo. He
missed a year, but he lost lost his opening match to Taka Refuji.
But his brother Waka Taka Haru won his first match on opening day over Abi.
So that's good news, Haru. Huh. What's very sad is my
beloved bar Yugosakamoto and my favorites, the Bear Takayasu a injury on the first
day. I'll lah Max Muncy the same type of injury m hm. So
that's a bummer. I believe he's gonna be out of the entire tournament.
No, that's a tough one. Vic, the whole tournament, I believe
so that nothing official yet, but it didn't look good man. You know
where that leads this too, Always to the source thread. Yes, and
this is a combination plate of BA Show and myself. Go some combination what
B show and VIC A little bit slight enhancement, wait for it, go
something like this. This high cool is for you on this Monday, July
the fifteenth, on the temple bell glowing at the globe. Another mammoth home
run from te Oscar Hernandez. The Way of Tay. I'm feeling you,
the Way of Tay, the day of day. Yeah, Ronnie, thank
you, great job, Kevin. I really appreciate it. Let's see how
TA does tonight. And if he gets his way, Rodney will talk tomorrow. Ratto