WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:21.480 Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man, 2 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:26.600 I'm forty. Go ahead, make my day every single week. I 3 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.239 put my freaking heart and soul into this. I don't go out there and 4 00:00:29.320 --> 00:00:32.439 laugh. It's not funny. Nothing's funny to me. I don't wanna go 5 00:00:32.479 --> 00:00:36.119 out there and get embarrassed on Monday night football. For everybody, I think 6 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.079 this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. So I ain't nothing changed from 7 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:44.560 yesterday. Still the same person I was yesterday, and I got the same 8 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:49.240 thing for you that I had yesterday. You know why I'm here. You 9 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:56.280 play to win the day. You don't play to just play it. That's 10 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.640 a great thing about sports. You play to win. I don't care if 11 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.599 you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start 12 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:10.400 telling me it doesn't matter if you retire, get out for the matter. 13 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:19.840 Role players, they matter too. And we bring that up only because there 14 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:26.560 was a role player and a different role that a manager took. I think 15 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:34.079 that maybe many people didn't necessarily recognize and that was the difference in a Tiger's 16 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:38.280 win last night over Cleveland. Another good ballgame and another nice win for Detroit. 17 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:48.200 I don't know whether to feel frustrated or satisfied with what the Tigers have 18 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:53.079 shown us against Cleveland so far. Welcome everybody on a Thursday morning to exes 19 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:57.359 and bros. I'm Matt Shepherd. Trent Bally is our producer. We look 20 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.239 forward to the discussion all morning long. The Meyer hotline is open for it 21 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.319 as always eight six six, eight three, eight forty eight forty three. 22 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.159 The text line Sports Radio to twenty one thousand. It doesn't matter whether we're 23 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.759 talking about the topic you want to discuss. If you want to do it, 24 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:15.599 jump on board. We will shift, all right, we can pivot, 25 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:22.080 we can turn into discussing whatever it is you think is most important. 26 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:27.639 Yes, we oftentimes in the summer months, we oftentimes start with baseball. 27 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:30.400 That's because baseball's played every single night. And the Tigers were winners last night 28 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:38.120 over Cleveland five four, five three until it got really hairy in the ninth. 29 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:46.599 Walks problem, wild pitches, lack of concentration, Jake Rogers behind the 30 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:51.199 dish. But they hold on and that's the most important thing. Let's not 31 00:02:51.240 --> 00:02:57.520 focus on a negative here. We've done that enough. Let's worry about what 32 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.719 happened, how they were able to do it. Cold Keith continues to impress 33 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:05.879 kids, hitting over four hundred over his last eleven games. How do you 34 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:10.680 not recognize that? I feel good about it when I watch him last night, 35 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:14.280 Like he hits he tried, gets off to a really good start. 36 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.560 In case you didn't watch it, in case you have Exfinity, couldn't watch 37 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:23.439 it or anything like that, and you're just kind of following the progress on 38 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:25.280 your phone. They get off to a good start with two runs in the 39 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:31.840 first a Keith triple scores when Silperez the Matt Verling with a sacrifice sly to 40 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:38.120 score Cold Keith. I watch Cold Keith play. I see how he's adjusted. 41 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:43.000 I see how he's gained confidence. You have two and he's not a 42 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:46.039 finished product by any stretch of the imagination. We know he's betten in just 43 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:49.039 two fifty, but as I mentioned, over four hundred over the last eleven 44 00:03:49.080 --> 00:03:54.400 games. When I watch him hit that triple to deep center field, I 45 00:03:54.400 --> 00:04:00.439 think, MM, how are your bias? What's he thinking? Like he's 46 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.680 on the bench because Zach McKinstry started it. Short bias is on the bench. 47 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:12.479 He plays the day before he takes an offer. He's watching Cole Keith 48 00:04:12.759 --> 00:04:15.639 catch fire. It's not like Bias hasn't done it before. He has. 49 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:20.079 He would love to find that mojo, find that rhythm, find that feel 50 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:27.279 again, can't seem to find it. But role players is how I started 51 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.199 the show today. And the role player is one Andy A. Banyaz. 52 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:40.519 Now do you want Andy Banyaz starting at second base or third base or maybe 53 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:45.000 right field, positions which he's played. Do you want him starting everything? 54 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:50.360 Relate? Nope, I don't, But I do love how he accepts his 55 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:56.480 role and embraces it. It's a part time starter. He'll come in and 56 00:04:56.519 --> 00:05:00.879 pitch in situations. And last night he came through on a one two pitch. 57 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:05.519 He drilled his third home run of the year to left field. It 58 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:11.639 made it five to three. And then in the ninth Cleveland played one and 59 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:17.160 had the tying run and game winning run actually or the go ahead run at 60 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:25.360 second base, had two runners on second and third, one more key swing 61 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:30.079 by a Cleveland guardian and look out right, then you and I are talking. 62 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:32.000 You and I are in a different mood. We might be in a 63 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:38.000 foul mood, but I see the way they played last night, and granted 64 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:41.720 it's just their forty fourth win. They're still under five hundred to home. 65 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:44.759 But I see the way they played last night, I think, damn, 66 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:51.240 where's that bin? Where have those battles in the batter's box bin? You 67 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:57.360 can't blame Matt Vierling. Matt Vierling's had a really nice season so far. 68 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.959 Now, granted it's two forty six, it's got a career high twelve. 69 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:05.199 Therein lies part of the issue for me as I watch the game and I'm 70 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:09.959 thinking, hmm, why is it? And I like him a lot, 71 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:14.079 by the way, this is what aj Hitch is forced to do. He 72 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:18.600 is forced to try so many different lineups. See, when you have, 73 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:23.399 as you and I have talked about all season long, when you have everyday 74 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:31.079 players, what you get is you get guys slotted into familiar and comfortable positions, 75 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:38.399 not just defensively, but you're able to do that offensively too. With 76 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:42.959 your lineup, you know a certain guy is going to be leading off, 77 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:45.639 you know a certain guy is going to be a bat in second and third, 78 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:50.000 and so on and so forth. It's a relief for a manager, 79 00:06:51.199 --> 00:07:00.839 it's a confidence for a team. Matt Vierling has batted first, second, 80 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:08.199 third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh this year, do you know, 81 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:13.680 he's batted leadoff more than any other spot. And then last night he 82 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:18.519 was forced into because of this team situation batting third. Riley Green was your 83 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.240 cleanup hitter and he went to for four. So good for the All Star. 84 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.480 That is not the ideal. That is not the ideal situation. That 85 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:34.279 is not how this team is supposed to be built. Matt Vierling on a 86 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:40.680 really good team is a contributor, There's no doubt about that. I bet 87 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:43.360 you a ton of teams would love to have him, whether you're playing third 88 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.720 base, right field, center field, A lot of teams would love to 89 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:53.680 have him. But they would love to have him batting sixth seventh more oftentimes 90 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:57.879 than not not batting leadoff and not batting third. But it did work out 91 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:01.000 for the Tigers last night in a nice win, and they got a chance 92 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:07.240 to win the series from the division leaders later on today. So that's great. 93 00:08:07.279 --> 00:08:11.079 And Jack Flaherty's going to throw for Detroit. That's that's really good news. 94 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:20.600 In the eighth inving Andie Banyez digs in as a pinch hitter. Now 95 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:26.759 I told you Cole Keith and how well he has played over the last eleven 96 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:31.919 games, or so I think. And this is part of in the Den 97 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.399 that I recorded and you'll hear it later on this morning. We don't always 98 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:46.480 recognize those key decisions made by managers or coaches in a game. We're too 99 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.200 busy celebrating the home run woo one two pitch, flyball deep left field, 100 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:56.399 their ghosts three run homer negative too, chep. A lot of people want 101 00:08:56.399 --> 00:09:00.639 to just negativity cells and they just want to look on the dark side, 102 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.440 if you know what I mean. Oh, sure, absolutely, That's why 103 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.799 you know I didn't necessarily want it straight into the negative. It's a feel 104 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:09.720 good moment. It's a nice win for them. Last night, the cole 105 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:15.840 Keith had the triple, his second of the year. He drives in a 106 00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:22.279 run, he scores a run, he's hitting the ball really well. And 107 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:26.039 yet in the eighth inning, in a leadoff spot, aj Hinch goes to 108 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:28.480 his bench. He goes to Andy a Banyez against the lefty. Granted, 109 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:31.759 part of a matchup, but it's more than a matchup. It's a feeld 110 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.519 thing for him because he's got other options. He could go one Bayez, 111 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:39.000 He's got other options on his bench. He goes with Andy a Bonyez not 112 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.360 a home run hitter by any stretch. It's his third bomb of the year 113 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:48.399 that proves to be the difference. Guy's willing to accept his role and to 114 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:54.039 do it with a smile. 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This may seem a little unique, and 154 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:13.440 the reason I did I don't want to give you a tigers or red Wings 155 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:22.200 or pistons or Lions or Michigan Michigan State pull question every single day. I'd 156 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:26.000 like to try and find out a little bit more about who our listeners are. 157 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:33.840 There's not as much going on in sports today. I get Wimbledon's going 158 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.120 on. I know the Scottish Open is upon us. I get all that. 159 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.200 The NBA Summer League. Are you into that at all? There were 160 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:48.600 four games last night Dalton connect had twenty for the Lakers. Bronnie James, 161 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:56.240 who everybody wants to talk about, was horrible. Period. There's no other 162 00:13:56.240 --> 00:14:03.159 way to describe it. Horrible. Maybe you're into the WNBA, I don't 163 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:09.399 know. Are you into soccer at all? The Copa America is the European 164 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:13.080 Championships. Are you following Columbia? I doubt it. They've won twenty eight 165 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:18.120 straight matches that started back in twenty twenty two. It's an unbelievable run and 166 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:22.960 they're into the finals against Argentina. Are you into the Copa Americas? I 167 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:28.840 don't know. That's part of the poll question to try and get to know 168 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.360 you. Which of these events are you most interested in? You may be 169 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:39.360 shaking your head, you may be laughing so hard you're crying. You may 170 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:46.240 be angry at are you serious? I'm just wondering the euro Soccer Championships, 171 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:54.799 Wimbledon, the Scottish Open, the NBA Summer League. Which of these events 172 00:14:54.840 --> 00:14:58.720 are you most interested in? Notice I did not include none of the above, 173 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.320 Trent Valley? Should I have included none of the above? Well? 174 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.519 I think that's an interesting question because you and I were talking the other day 175 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.360 about how if people aren't watching baseball, what are they watching? Right? 176 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:15.200 I think this is a good way to find out. I don't really subscribe 177 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:18.200 to the idea that people are taking a sports sabbatical and they're just out on 178 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.679 the lake for three months straight and not watching any sports. Really, see, 179 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:26.720 I believe just the opposite. I think they are. I think there's 180 00:15:26.759 --> 00:15:31.919 a lot of people who separate themselves right now. They wouldn't be if the 181 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:37.120 Tigers record was just the opposite of what it is. Well, that's just 182 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:41.600 it for me. Is I think people might tune out of the Tigers, 183 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.720 but they still got to watch something. Sports people are sports people, you 184 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.360 know. But you're not going to shove things down the throat. So that's 185 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:52.679 the reason I bring this up. Do you, with all due respect to 186 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:56.120 the WNBA Do you think they're watching the WNBA? Do you think they're watching 187 00:15:56.159 --> 00:16:00.360 Asia Wilson get a twenty twenty the second player in Ace's history and the first 188 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:02.360 player in the history of the league to do it. Do you think they're 189 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:06.840 watching that? If they're not watching Caitlin Clark, then probably not WWBA. 190 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:10.360 All right, So these are some of the things that were taking place yesterday. 191 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:15.480 You've reached the final four at the All England Club, but that's during 192 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:21.480 the day. Do you think they're engrossed in that? No? Okay, 193 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:29.960 I bring up the Soccer Championships. Are they sticking around watching those games yesterday 194 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.120 or dv R ing them? Do you think they're doing that at all? 195 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:37.919 Oh my gosh, look at what happened to the Netherlands. England beat them 196 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:42.360 two to one. So it's now England and Spain. Do you think that's 197 00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:45.919 the case. It's a good matchup. But no, I'm with you, 198 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:52.360 it is a good matchup. That's not happening. The Scottish Open hasn't happened 199 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:56.840 yet. Golf perhaps, I mean, I watch it, you watch it. 200 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.919 I love playing it. I'm pissed that I can't right now because of 201 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:04.759 a herniated disc. But I watch it. Do you think they're it's possible. 202 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:07.359 Well, I'll be honest. I think golf and tennis, which are 203 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:11.160 two options in the poll question which you can vote on, I think those 204 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.240 are the two that are kind of carrying the load right now for sports, 205 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.559 if you will. And look, this is a bit of a unique summer 206 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.160 sheep. We'll talk in a couple of weeks here. The Olympics are coming 207 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:23.240 up. Summer Olympics. Well, there you go, and that leads to 208 00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:27.400 the next and that is the fact that Team USA was a winner last night 209 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.759 over Canada. Did you watch the game at all? First exhibition games? 210 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:37.440 Saw the highlights? Okay, I watched it. Team USA fell behind early, 211 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:42.279 they didn't shoot the ball very well, but they did beat Canada, 212 00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:47.920 who's got some really good players. I mean Shae Gilgus Alexander to mention one 213 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:51.200 of them. It's a good team. Canada is a good team, and 214 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:56.200 they're in a tough, tough bracket. They've got Yannis and company to try 215 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.759 and deal with so in Greece, and they've got others. But Team USA 216 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:06.400 has got you know, they've got a really easy bracket. They've put together 217 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:10.559 for some reason. The Olympic Committee has put together in the bracket with Canada, 218 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:18.839 three maybe four really really difficult teams to match up against, and teams 219 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:22.799 that could threaten Not that they will, but if there's any team to threaten 220 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.400 them, it would be one of those teams from that group to threaten the 221 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:36.319 USA for gold. Speaking of Team USA, how surprised were you that Kawhi 222 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:42.319 Leonard won't be going to Paris because of a knee injury. The belief is 223 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:49.920 that the Clippers made the call, not the US team, but the Clippers 224 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:57.759 his NBA team, and Derek White of the Celtics takes his place on the 225 00:18:57.799 --> 00:19:03.680 team. Derek White average fifteen points five assists per game for the world champion 226 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:08.960 Celtics. Yeah, the surprise there, SHEP is the latter part of what 227 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.599 you talked about, that Derek White got the call, not that Kawhi got 228 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.160 hurt. I think we're all used to that at this point, or that 229 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:19.200 the Clippers made the call and maybe it's just precautionary, but SHEP, let 230 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:26.359 me throw this at you. There are three champion Boston Celtics on this Team 231 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:30.559 USA roster, not one of them as Finals MVP Jaylen Brown, right, 232 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:34.480 that's what surprised me. Yeah, I didn't mean to pose the question, 233 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:37.839 like, are you surprised that Kawhi Leonard is out? No, I'm the 234 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:42.880 biggest surprise of the whole news is that Derek White takes his place. Did 235 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:48.480 you see the tweet from Jalen Brown? It's three emojis of the face and 236 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:56.720 like almost like the magnifying glass over an eye, very you know, cryptos. 237 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:02.279 Yeah, and that's his team mate. So that's a that's a tough 238 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.440 thing. You can't go too far into it. But don't kid yourself. 239 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:11.039 He's at home right now going really, are you kidding me? You're going 240 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:18.160 to take Why do you think that was? Why would the USA Selection committee 241 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:26.279 take? And I like you know this, We talked about this during the 242 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:33.200 playoffs. Why would they take Derek White instead of Jylen Brown? I have 243 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:40.039 I have a theory on this. There's not enough basketballs to go around right 244 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:45.759 on that team, There's there's so many players who are used to it and 245 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:52.680 being the guy right well, I think they wanted a guy who is willing 246 00:20:52.720 --> 00:21:00.039 to accept a certain role and accept limited minutes. There's twelve spots on the 247 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:04.559 team. I think what they're saying is they're building the team right. Very 248 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:08.680 few NBA champions run a twelve man rotation. I'm just using that as a 249 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:12.960 benchmark because one of these guys in the Olympics is only going to play five 250 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.960 six minutes a game. Maybe that's Derek White now exactly. I think that's 251 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:23.160 what it is too, that they were There's a part of you that looks 252 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:29.880 at it and you're like, Okay, I'm surprised. But the executive director, 253 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:33.480 Grant Hill, remember what he said. He said, I'm trying to 254 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:38.000 build a team, okay, and I'm trying to win, so I need 255 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:42.839 to put together the right pieces that fit and still give us a chance to 256 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:48.839 win. It was an interesting decision when we come back. Another interesting comment 257 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:59.680 or article the first half grades by ESPN. Where do you think the Tigers 258 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:03.119 sit? What grade did they get? Did they get it right? And 259 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.799 if it's not right, what would you give them? That? 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Learn more at Purplecommunity dot org thirty 281 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:10.839 five after the hour, in the third hour of program this morning, Jim 282 00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:15.119 Camperoni from Spartan mag is going to join us. Looking forward to that conversation 283 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:18.839 that'll be at eight thirty five here on this Thursday morning. Tiger is a 284 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:25.519 one run winner. Last night's team USA wins in an exhibition game against Canada. 285 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:29.640 Derek White takes the place of the injured Kawhi Leonard headed to Paris. 286 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:34.640 The hero in that Tigers game were many. You like it when a lot 287 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:37.880 of different people are contributing. But andy A Binya is coming off the bench. 288 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.000 I thought, what was interesting with andy A Banyas with a home run, 289 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:45.759 the leadoff home run in the eighth on a one to two pitch he 290 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:48.880 actually fell in an O two hole. I think the interesting thing about that 291 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:52.880 is how I always marvel at how people go about their business. I don't 292 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:56.079 care what it is you do in life. That doesn't matter to me. 293 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:00.319 What matters most to me is the kind of person you are, how you 294 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.599 treat people, things of that nature. I don't care what you do for 295 00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:07.319 a living. I gotta be honest with you. I don't know what most 296 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.480 of my friends do for a living. It doesn't matter. I care about 297 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:17.440 the character of the individual, and I hope they feel the same way with 298 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.920 me. I hope it's like, oh, you know that's my friend because 299 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:22.960 he's on radio and TV. I hope that's not the case. I love 300 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:27.359 watching people prepare. If they're good at their job, prepare for their job. 301 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:33.519 Andy A. Bonyez always shows up at the ballpark with a smile on 302 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:37.039 his face. Really good dude. I used to see him in the clubhouse 303 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.240 all the time and he say, how are you my friend? And fitz 304 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:45.920 Pump and how is a family move on? Right? He accepts the role. 305 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:51.000 That's not an easy thing to do. I always try to keep in 306 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:57.440 mind athletes who reach the highest level more than ninety percent of them. We're 307 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:02.359 the best player on the high school team, with the best player on their 308 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:07.720 travel team, with the best player and their college team. If they did, 309 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:11.960 if they went there among the best at the minor leagues, otherwise they're 310 00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:15.440 not getting called up, right, that's a You've got to be the best 311 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:22.599 of the best to reach the highest level. Even bad teams, even the 312 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.440 worst teams in baseball, have some really good players. Would you take Ryan 313 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.920 McMahon if you if you're a baseball team right now, you need an infielder, 314 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:36.640 you need a solid player at third base. I answer me this, 315 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:42.680 would you take Ryan McMahon from the Colorado Rockies. Yes? The answer to 316 00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:48.720 that is hell, yes, absolutely, you would. Serviceable, reliable, 317 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:52.000 he can pick it at third base. He's got good pop. I know 318 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.880 it's in Colorado. He got fourteen bombs this year. You'd take that right 319 00:26:56.920 --> 00:27:00.359 on a crappy team. He's still only twenty nine. He's durable, like 320 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.759 you just said, last year, played one hundred and fifty two games, 321 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:06.920 two years ago, one hundred and fifty one year before that, one hundred 322 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.599 and fifty one. Would you take him? Damn right, you would. 323 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:19.359 And Colorado stinks. Somebody's going to trade for Luise Robert. Somebody out there 324 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:25.039 in need is going to at least kick the tires with the Chicago White Sox 325 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:30.240 who stink and say, what would you need for Luise Robert Junior? It 326 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:36.000 is eleventh home run yesterday, mad power, great speed hose for an arm. 327 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.319 You got to engage him a little bit more because he seems to wander 328 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:45.000 just a little bit, not always there concentration wise, but maybe somebody can 329 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:48.880 get to him. The talent is definitely there. That team is awful. 330 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:56.920 He's really really good. So you get my point. So accepting a backup 331 00:27:56.039 --> 00:28:00.599 role, a role where you're not playing every day, you don't have a 332 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:07.079 home defensively, you're not in the lineup every day. You know, when 333 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:11.640 you show up at the ballpark, you've got to look at aj Hinch putting 334 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:15.200 out his daily lineup on one of the doors that leads to the dugout that 335 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:22.839 heads out to the field and recognize whether or not you're playing. Andy Biyyas 336 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:25.759 lives that every single day. I got to check the lineup at my end, 337 00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:30.440 not today, So how do you prepare for that? It's challenging. 338 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:37.759 The mindset has got to be different. So I give him a ton of 339 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:44.039 credit. Here's what he does. He goes out in the bullpen when those 340 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:47.519 guys are throwing, and Bania is usually one of the first guys of the 341 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:52.920 ballpark. He's on that first bus oftentimes, just like pitchers are. Pitchers 342 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:55.079 go out, they get their work done. They go out to the bullpen. 343 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:59.839 Andy E. Banya Is stands in, not that he's taking swings against 344 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:03.519 them, but just so he can get looks at the pitches, identifying the 345 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:08.440 fastball, identifying the slider. Here comes the curveball, good looking cutter right 346 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:15.240 there. Watch out, that's a change up. He does that for moments 347 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:21.680 like last night. Yeah, that's called stay in ready ship. Yeah, 348 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.839 that's called a man who goes about his business and his craft the right way. 349 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:30.119 Doesn't mean that he's always going to be successful. It doesn't mean that 350 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:36.640 he deserves more reps and he should be in there on a daily basis. 351 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:44.440 It's just how he prepares. I respect the hell out of that. He 352 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:48.400 follows off the one two fastball up and in. He gets another one to 353 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:53.279 two pitch. It's a slider up and away, flips the curveball. Home 354 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:57.559 run number three. Now there's a part of you that might say, oh, 355 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:00.000 wait a minute, if he's that good, but if he prepares that, 356 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:03.759 well, why isn't he in there every single day? Well, as 357 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:10.240 I've said this time and time again, talent does matter. There are other 358 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:15.319 guys who are just better. So you keep striving to reach that. He'll 359 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:19.920 continue to do that. In the meantime, you like what he offers to 360 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:26.000 your ball club in that role. I've said this at nauseum. Those are 361 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:30.519 the kind of guys you want to have. You want to spot start them, 362 00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:33.640 You want to create a pinch hit situation for them, but you don't 363 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:40.119 want them in the lineup every single day. Good win for Detroit last night, 364 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:45.200 but it doesn't change the grade that you may have for them as you 365 00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:51.160 reflect back on the first you know they haven't reached quite one hundred games yet, 366 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:57.079 but you want to. It doesn't reflect necessarily how you feel. A 367 00:30:57.200 --> 00:31:04.079 one moment win doesn't reflect how you feel about the first ninety plus games. 368 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:11.839 ESPN Plus came out with their rankings of their teams. They gave them grades, 369 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:18.000 not rankings, but grades. So they say a B. You know, 370 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:22.119 you know you were in class. You're probably an L A student I 371 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:30.759 was not terrible at math, but five teams got a's. This is the 372 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.279 best to the best so far. Shouldn't surprise you who it was. You 373 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:38.519 and I can guess that Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Milwaukee. They're the 374 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:42.759 division leaders for the most part. Kansas City primarily because they've surprised everybody. 375 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:49.960 Who's a bigger surprise. Kansas City, who was a dog a year ago, 376 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:55.559 or Cleveland, who finished ten games under five hundred, have won the 377 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:57.640 Wills Pay rules in all of baseball, and yet they're in the lead and 378 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:05.319 have the second most wins in the Amya League. I would say either one 379 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:09.119 you'd be fine with, and both deserve as so far. Kansas City, 380 00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:14.119 by the way, just swept a double header yesterday, so kudos to them. 381 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:19.000 It's a fun team to watch, and it was a nice little story. 382 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.480 I think when you and I first started following this, you and I 383 00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.720 thought, oh, Kansas City, good for them. You know, they're 384 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:29.880 not much, They're not much of a threat. We don't view teams like 385 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:36.720 that as a threat because we just didn't believe it. They finished last in 386 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:42.640 the division a year ago. Folks. They were thirty one games back of 387 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:46.960 the Twins last year. Fifty six up, one hundred and six down. 388 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:52.960 That was Kansas City last year. After sweeping the double header last night. 389 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:57.480 Do you know how many wins they have? Remember they had fifty six last 390 00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:59.720 year. Do you know how many wins they have this year? They're at 391 00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:06.039 fifty plus, right, they're fifty one. They could, legitimately, I 392 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:12.599 believe, reach the number of wins this year that they had all of last 393 00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:16.200 year before the All Star Break. Yeah. I always find it fascinating to 394 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:22.279 kind of retroactively look at the over underwin totals before the season, just to 395 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:24.640 kind of see what Vegas thought and what expectations were. And the Royals were 396 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:29.279 supposed to win seventy four and a half games, said Vegas. So you 397 00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:31.359 know why you think that, because Vegas is usually right. Yeah, p'd 398 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:34.920 be damn close. Right. There's a reason that they make the money they 399 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:37.960 do. Yeah, that's why I don't bet, Trent. There's a reason 400 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:45.319 I don't bet. It's because those places in Vegas they have a lot of 401 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:52.079 expensive furniture, a lot of expensive frills in their hotels and casinos. They 402 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:55.680 know what they're doing. I think every single sports gambler in America has a 403 00:33:55.720 --> 00:34:01.039 bone to pick with Vegas, I would guess. So if anybody's putting money 404 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:04.640 on the Kansas City Royal, I don't know if they were or not. 405 00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:08.159 Well, I'm sure Royals fans, you know, Tigers were seventy four and 406 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:10.960 a half, I'd be going to Vegas and putting money on the Tigers. 407 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:15.960 Yeah, yeah, I thought you meant before the season began. Now, 408 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.719 I don't know how many games they have left before the All Star break. 409 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:23.800 Maybe they can't reach it. It still doesn't take away how surprising and impressive 410 00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:28.000 this has been. But I do believe before the season began, and I 411 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:31.239 even think at the beginning of the year, when Kansas City showed some consistency, 412 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:37.039 you and I collectively would have said, that's a nice story. You 413 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.559 know why, it's a nice story because we didn't think it was sustainable, 414 00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:45.000 and we sure as hell didn't think they were a threat to Detroit. Right, 415 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:49.719 you'd say, that's a good start. Yeah, good for them showing 416 00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:53.920 some progress, right with their core. Right, and now you look at 417 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:59.440 them and you go, damn, I wouldn't mind having some of those pieces, 418 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:04.880 Uh huh. Right. Kyle isbel goes yard in the second game Salvador 419 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:13.199 Perez homeward him both games. Sixteen bombs Now for Salvador Perez. They beat 420 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:15.039 you in a lot of different ways. I was watching a ton of sports 421 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:19.559 last night. I watched the Phillies game. I'm sure you did too, 422 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:22.719 because I know you love baseball. Phillies Dodgers. That's the marquee matchup of 423 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:27.239 the night. Philly beat you in so many different ways. I praised them 424 00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:30.639 a lot on this show. You know why I like him. Speed. 425 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:34.840 Bryson Stott gets down the line, beats out an infield single. Trey Turner 426 00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:39.199 gets an infield single that scores a run. They've got good speed man. 427 00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:45.639 Witt Maryfield legs out a triple on a routine fly ball. Well, Andy 428 00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:49.079 Pius lost it in the in the lights, but still the point is Witt 429 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:53.639 Mayfield put his head down a ramp. He didn't say that's a can of 430 00:35:53.719 --> 00:36:00.880 corn. I'm out of here. No, put his head down, ran 431 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.599 hard out of the box. All the things you learned as a kid when 432 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:06.800 you were playing Little League, and all the things you're teaching young kids now 433 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:12.199 as a little league coach, whit Maerfield did. It's pretty awesome anyway, 434 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:15.480 I've digressed a little bit. Sorry. I get into that role and I 435 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:19.360 just absolutely love watching certain teams play because I like their style. No, 436 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.679 that's okay. And then also watching Phillies Dodgers. I mean that's one of 437 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:25.800 the marquee matchups of the season. And the Tigers get the Dodgers next. 438 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:29.840 So if you want to do a little scouting, what am on? Well? 439 00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.639 Yeah, they play again today at six oh five. For those who 440 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.920 want to watch, now, I will tell you this about the Dodgers as 441 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:42.800 a immediate I start to laugh know this last ten games, no team in 442 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:51.239 baseball has had a worst a worse pitching performance than the Los Angeles Dodgers. 443 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:55.519 No team in baseball they're pitching. I saw this on the FS one broadcast 444 00:36:55.960 --> 00:37:01.119 prior to the game last night. The numbers are awful. They're allowing most 445 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:04.639 home runs, their er is the worst, the whip is the worst. 446 00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:07.960 They have struggled mightily, and yet they still lead the division comfortably. How 447 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:12.400 should that make Tigers fans feel? Sheep? They've got fifty five wins and 448 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:15.480 their pitching is brutal. Yeah, and they got a seven and a half 449 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:19.719 game lead, and Tigers fans are over here waving the flag for Terror School, 450 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.000 as they should. But we just keep banging the drum for all our 451 00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:28.960 pitching's great. Doesn't seem to matter, does it. No? And that's 452 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:32.719 because we've been told. And I don't think that it's necessarily wrong, but 453 00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:38.880 we've been told all our lives the pitching and defense wins championships. It's a 454 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:45.960 nice cliche. I'm not going to necessarily disagree with it, Okay, but 455 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:50.639 I say this all the time. You got to score runs, damn it. 456 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:55.440 Defense is great in football, right, Chiefs won because, I mean 457 00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:59.760 their defense is really good. Their wide receivers really struggle at the beginning of 458 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:02.320 the year, leisure. In the end, Patrick Mahomes is winning the game 459 00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:07.000 for you. He doesn't play defense. Yeah, and over time, the 460 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:10.679 Chiefs defense held the Niners to a field goal that was ultimately the difference, 461 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:15.079 right, sure it was. But Patrick Mahomes is pulling games out of his 462 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:19.840 rear end on a regular basis in order for them to get there. Yep, 463 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:25.800 Boston plays really good defense. Indiana plays really good defense in the NBA. 464 00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:34.639 Guess what. They also score a lot, Dallas. Perhaps their lack 465 00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:37.159 of defense was a reason they didn't win the championship, but their offense is 466 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:42.440 the reason they got there in the first place. So I don't mind the 467 00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:46.480 cliches. I use them too, and I think they are appropriate. But 468 00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:53.239 you must be able to score well. You also got to be realistic about 469 00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:58.039 it. You can draw as many sports parallels as you want. We're Big 470 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:00.559 ten people. Ship. We see Iowa every single year rolled through the Big 471 00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:07.760 Ten West with that great defense, and then what get throttled by a better 472 00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:10.320 team in the Big Ten East because they can't move the damn football. They 473 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:15.960 can't score period. Their punter is the best player on the team. And 474 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:17.920 I'm not being flippant saying that. No, ye him. Look, we 475 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:22.559 had the interview earlier this year with Tim Lester, their new offensive coordinator. 476 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:27.079 I gave him a statistic that blew his mind. He didn't know about it. 477 00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:34.599 The statistic I gave was, your punter punted four more yards than your 478 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:40.519 quarterback through It's just insane. And he laughed and giggled. But when he 479 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:45.880 looks it up, he's like, holy crap, you're right. That scares 480 00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:52.079 the hell out of me. Yeah, yep, that's ridiculous. That is 481 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:57.800 ridiculous. But it's so true. Look, it's not that I disagree with 482 00:39:57.840 --> 00:40:02.159 it. Okay, I like defense, two, I really do. Edmonton 483 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:07.199 reached the Stanley Cup Finals. Maybe they didn't win it. Maybe they didn't 484 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:10.679 win it overall because of their lack of defense. They reached the Stanley Cup 485 00:40:10.679 --> 00:40:14.119 Finals because they were the number one scoring team in the NHL. And by 486 00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:16.519 the way, Florida as good as defensively as they were, they were a 487 00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:24.119 top ten offense. That's what I'm saying. Anyway, we continue. So 488 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:29.159 they were five A grades given out to Major League Baseball teams by ESPN, 489 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:36.760 plus six teams received a B, nine were average, were a C, 490 00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:44.559 six more with a D, and four with an F. What do you 491 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:49.599 think the Tigers deserved? And what do you think they got? How about 492 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:55.719 C for the Tigers? How about incorrect? Would you give them a C? 493 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:00.000 It so tough because I give the pitching an A and I'd give the 494 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:05.360 heading a D. You give the hitting a D. Yeah, So I 495 00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.159 don't really know where you fall in with the whole team, you know what 496 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.679 I mean? Sure, No, I get it. You know you're trying 497 00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:14.760 to balance it, right, I look at the whole overall product. I 498 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:17.920 would give the hitting probably lower than a D. I agree with your pitching 499 00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:22.320 for the most part. There are certain guys you can nick pick, right, 500 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.519 it shall be Miller, Kent to my Aeta. I mean you give 501 00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:28.360 it an A when you got Kent to Maeta and Shell be Miller with those 502 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:32.559 numbers, probably not maybe a B plus. Sure that's fair, you're right, 503 00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:36.800 Yeah, that's perhaps that's a little semantics. I give them an F 504 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:40.800 or a D rather I give them a D on the season. And this 505 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:46.159 this goes back to expectations. That means there's a little bit of a compliment 506 00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:51.239 in there. That means I had high expectations for your team. ESPN plus 507 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:54.840 gave them a D plus. Here's what they wrote. The last time the 508 00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:59.519 Tigers ranked in the top half of the AL and run scored two thousand and 509 00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:06.760 sixty inan What did we just say about scoring once again? Another week Detroit 510 00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:10.760 offense. They break down the numbers and get a little bit deeper into it, 511 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:15.800 and we'll share that with you when we come back. Remember later on 512 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:22.519 eight thirty five, Jim Camparoni, he'll join us from Spartan mac right here 513 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:25.599 on Axis and Bros. On a Thursday morning across the Great State of Michigan. 514 00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:34.159 Hey Michigan, let's go big. I'm Hummer More Lions all Pro wide 515 00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:37.639 receiver and I'm talking real big time winning on the hottest slots and table games 516 00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:43.559 on one incredible app. Eagle Casino in Sports. 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