WEBVTT 1 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:21.719 Where are we at in society today? Come after me. I'm a man, 2 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:26.920 I'm forty. Go ahead, make my day every single week. I 3 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.480 put my freaking heart and soul into this. I don't go out there and 4 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.640 laugh. It's not funny. Nothing's funny to me. I don't want to 5 00:00:32.640 --> 00:00:36.159 go out there and get embarrassed on Monday night football. For everybody, I 6 00:00:36.200 --> 00:00:40.119 think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. So I ain't nothing changed 7 00:00:40.159 --> 00:00:44.520 from yesterday. Still the same person I was yesterday, and I got the 8 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:48.359 same thing for you that I had yesterday. You know why I'm here. 9 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:53.880 You play to win the game. You don't play to just play it. 10 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.560 That's a great thing about sports. You play to win, and I don't 11 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:02.880 care if you don't have any wins. Do you go play to win? 12 00:01:03.319 --> 00:01:10.239 When you start telling me it doesn't matter to retire, get out for the 13 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:19.040 Natas. That's right. A couple of minutes past six o'clock and it is 14 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:25.560 Dennis Fifthy and in Formatt Sheppard. On this Thursday, Trent Bally is here 15 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:33.359 and we're ready to get you going on this day after where you have an 16 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:37.959 All Star game on Tuesday and then really nothing. I'd say nothing. But 17 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:42.920 you know, there was NBA preseason, you had the w NBA going on. 18 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.599 Those are the top things that were going on in sports. But I 19 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:55.239 can take you over to Scotland right now and it is in progress, the 20 00:01:55.319 --> 00:02:00.120 Open Championship, the fourth major now that they've moved the PGA a couple of 21 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:05.040 years ago. It is underway. Now I forget about that. I know 22 00:02:05.079 --> 00:02:07.240 it's really early in the morning that they get it going over there, but 23 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:15.000 it's five six hours in front of us here on the East, well just 24 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:20.280 Eastern Standard time. Bottom line is is that they're out there justin. Thomas 25 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.840 leads the Open right now, the American for Under, a bunch of guys 26 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:30.000 two back, including Adam Scott. So you know, it's not very often 27 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:36.560 if you're doing a morning show you're cracking the lid at six am that you 28 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.240 have something in progress. But there it is. If this is the first 29 00:02:39.280 --> 00:02:44.360 time you've heard my voice, Hey, what's going on. I've filled in 30 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:47.639 a few times for SHEP over the last couple months. It's great to be 31 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:54.759 here, and you know, I am trying to stay I'm not a very 32 00:02:54.759 --> 00:03:00.199 good meditator, but in I've tried to do it a little bit of a 33 00:03:00.240 --> 00:03:02.560 hallmarks that I always hear. Take some of the guided meditations, and I 34 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.360 say stay present, and I've usually just blown that off. You know, 35 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:09.039 for the first six months or year, I always blew that off. I'm 36 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:12.680 like, I get being present. I know what day it is, I 37 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:17.240 know what time it is. But I've evolved where I understand in sports talk, 38 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:21.479 you know, you need to embrace the day. You need to you 39 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:23.800 know, what's out there for you to talk about. And then we have 40 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.759 a day like today and it's like, Okay, it's a tough day to 41 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.599 stay present in sports, but we're going to do that. And Annie, 42 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:32.719 I had a coworker the other day. He asked me. He goes, 43 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.360 hey, I'm just curious, what do you guys talk about during this time? 44 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.919 Like, you know what, that's a good question. Well, I 45 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:46.240 was poring over the schedules this morning, Trent. You know they I embraced 46 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.360 the things that are happening. I do. Like I I know it just 47 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:53.680 sounds like an overstatement, but I think I like football one hundred times better 48 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.800 than I like everything else. And I love sports. It's not like I 49 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.439 just love football, but I love football hundred times more than everything else, 50 00:04:00.520 --> 00:04:03.719 right, that should speak to how much you actually love football. I think 51 00:04:03.719 --> 00:04:06.840 it does. You know, Lions training camp. I've got a few friends 52 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:11.800 that have had season tickets over the years, and I talked to two of 53 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:14.840 them yesterday. I was texting with them. They are so fired up because 54 00:04:14.840 --> 00:04:15.759 I said, you know, I was telling them, yeah, I'll be 55 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.000 across Michigan and you know, here's how you can listen and everything else. 56 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:20.879 They're like, you better talk about the Lions. I'm like, yeah, 57 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.839 we'll be talking about the Lions. And then both of them had told me 58 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:30.160 their experience of trying to get training camp tickets. They've got season tickets and 59 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:30.920 I'm like, well that must have been pretty easy, you know. You 60 00:04:30.920 --> 00:04:34.600 pop in there and they're like, oh, there was a five thousand list. 61 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:38.560 Wait I didn't get them. My other friend ended up getting them. 62 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:44.560 But the training camp is coming up on the twenty seventh for the Lions. 63 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.759 That's a Sunday. So what a week from Sunday Lions training camp opens up. 64 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.120 So it is if you're you just can't wait, you know, and 65 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:56.360 you're just thinking counting down the days, that is a day to at least 66 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.519 look at. I mean, I was looking at the first exhibition game, 67 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.279 which is on August the eighth. But's that tells you, you know, 68 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.079 I've known in the past, I've thought about it, you know, the 69 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:14.040 hundred times more than everything else. I actually hate preseason football, and yet 70 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:18.720 that first preseason game, I'm there every single time waiting and watching and you 71 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:21.079 know, like, oh, I guess this is great, and then by 72 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:24.399 the first quarter I'm like, wow, man, I can't wait for the 73 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:28.800 regular season. But it's at least I like a you know, nice full 74 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.480 course meal at a nice restaurant. That's not exhibition football. It's not the 75 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:36.480 appetizer. It's like when you go and you sit down, it's not even 76 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:43.079 bread. It's they get that little little dish, sometimes a little brown dish 77 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.839 and there's some some crackers in there. Yeah, maybe a like a stale 78 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:51.480 pretzel. That's kind of exhibition football. But when you're real hungry, sometimes 79 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:58.560 you do reach for the stale pretzel and you eat it. And that's what 80 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:03.000 we have coming up there. Now. I did try too. I was 81 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:05.519 all geared up because I'm like telling everybody, you know, hey, there's 82 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:10.439 other things to do. They just sit around twitter on your thumbs looking at 83 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:15.759 schedules, waiting for football, And so Sunday I wake up and I'm like, 84 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:20.120 all right, Alcaraz, Joker, I'm waiting for the Wimbledon Men's final. 85 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:24.240 This is gonna be great, this is gonna be epic. And I'm 86 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:29.319 there and I'm ready to put three hours in and take all this great tennis. 87 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:32.759 And and then Alcaraz just takes Joker and just mows him down and just 88 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.519 you know, throws him out of the stadium, and you know, it's 89 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:42.800 quite as play. Now was great for Alcaraz, but viewing wise, man, 90 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.279 they barely had a chance to you know, cut up to the Royal 91 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.160 Box or anything. There was none of that that was going on. But 92 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:54.399 with the Tigers in the the All Star break, they do get back to 93 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:59.800 action tomorrow and a lot of the talk, and coming up at six thirty 94 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:04.040 five, I've Shep talked with the Pope, John Paul Morosi, and we're 95 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:06.800 gonna listen to a little bit of what the Pope had to say about the 96 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:13.680 Tigers. And I'm guessing that Shep talked about schoobl. Now you might already 97 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:21.199 be tired of Tik's schoobl Let's deal him talk deal Schooble. But with how 98 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:28.240 things work with the Major league calendar and where the Tigers are sitting, the 99 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:34.600 possibility of this, it's the top story in Detroit sports. You want to 100 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.439 tell me at the training camp a week from Sunday, that's the top. 101 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:44.120 You know, Pistons around Holland the second threw down a jam in summer League, 102 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:46.399 that's the okay, you know, one of the red Wings that even 103 00:07:46.399 --> 00:07:50.839 go to Traverse City anymore. No, it's the it's the Tigers in schoolbul 104 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:58.480 and if the Tigers would actually entertain, are they actually even listening? Is 105 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:01.600 this is just all made up by people like me and Trent, you know, 106 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:07.759 just trying to get you, you know, at least talking a little 107 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.839 bit about the team. And you know, we saw them in the All 108 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.399 Star Game. You know. The trading deadline's the end of the month. 109 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:18.879 So as we said here, and it is the eighteenth. Oh, we're 110 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:26.920 thinking about two weeks. There's gonna still be Trek Subal talk. I don't 111 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.439 think it's gonna be every minute of every day, but I think it's gonna 112 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.399 abb and flow, and you know, the Tigers come out of the shoot 113 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:37.080 the second half and I'll lose a series, if fans might be like, 114 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.279 I hope they do do it. You know, they win, they say, 115 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.360 hey, you know you can't do this if you're getting close to five 116 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:46.600 hundred. That's what fans do well, and that's what we all do. 117 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.279 You know, like if the Tigers would have got swept by the Dodgers instead 118 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:54.600 of having these very entertaining games, and you know, if some people at 119 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:58.679 least looking at it, they're there, might have been a little bit more 120 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.799 of the fans like, you know, go go ahead, go ahead, 121 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.960 and you know, get rid of them. But well, you know it's 122 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:09.159 not I don't want to make it so they could sound like they're just taking 123 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.720 him in and setting him out of his way for nothing. But you know, 124 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:16.600 well, I'll give you my thoughts on that, and in fact, 125 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:20.440 at seven oh one, a blockbuster for school Ball, I'll dive into that. 126 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:24.440 I want to hear what John Paul Morosie has to say. With SHEP, 127 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.919 we will talk about a lot about the Lions today. Dan Campbell, 128 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:35.720 the head coach of the Lions. He did a radio interview in a Texas 129 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:41.919 station a few days ago and he talked about maybe dialing back the aggressiveness. 130 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:43.720 Do you believe him? I'll tell you if I believe him. We'll get 131 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:48.279 to that coming up in the seven o'clock hour as well. All right, 132 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:52.200 it's great to be here on Axes and Bros. On the Michigan Sports Network. 133 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:56.840 We take your calls. Coming up straight ahead, little college football, 134 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:01.679 they get you go. We love that football well. Dennis fitthy En Axes 135 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.159 and Bros. And a Michigan Sports Network. Bill Simonson here from my good 136 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:09.519 friend Josh Garvey. Now he's a managing shareholder at Dorn Mayhew's Grand Rapids office. 137 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.039 Their world headquarters are in Troy, Michigan, on the east side of 138 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.399 the state, and they have locations all around the world. They have over 139 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:24.120 five hundred and fifty motivated accounting professionals ninety years in business, and I mentioned 140 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.440 the ten offices worldwide. So if you want to connect and partner with one 141 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:35.039 of the top CPA accounting and business firms in the world, they're right here 142 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:37.639 in Michigan, Dorn Mayhew's Troy office on the east side of the state, 143 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:45.320 and Josh Garvey is a managing shareholder for their Dorn Mayhew gr office right there 144 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:48.200 by the S Curve you'll see the new Dorn Mayhew sign. You can find 145 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:56.039 out more just google Dorn Mayhew. That's Doe rin m A y Hgwordorn dot 146 00:10:56.039 --> 00:11:01.759 com. They're one of Americas and the worlds CPA accounting and business firms. 147 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:07.159 Their Dorn Mayhew. The Freddy the Pizza Man Foundation is dedicated to providing support 148 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:11.840 to families and Michigan schools touched by autism. We invite you to join us 149 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.600 in supporting these families and schools by making a donation at Freddie Pizza Man dot 150 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.639 com. With your donation, you can help provide essential resources that can make 151 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:24.559 a real impact. Visit Freddithepizza Man dot com to make a donation and to 152 00:11:24.639 --> 00:11:28.919 learn more about the foundation's mission. That's f r ed I the Pizza Man 153 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:33.759 dot com. Together we can make a difference. Vanandal Institute Purplecommunity is a 154 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:41.120 grassroots fundraising network powered by the dedicated volunteers who support viai's mission to improve human 155 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:45.240 health now and in the future. When you raise funds through the Vanandel Institute 156 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.480 Purple Community, one hundred percent of the proceeds go directly to the institute's research 157 00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:54.960 into diseases like cancer and Parkinson's as well as VII science education programs. Learn 158 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:11.279 how you can get involved at Purplecommunity dot org. All righty, let's just 159 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:16.600 fire you up this morning across Michigan. What's going on? Everybody set it's 160 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:22.039 fifty it in for Matt Sheppard here on Xes and Grows. Will take you 161 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.600 to nine o'clock. You want to hear some football, We got you set 162 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.840 up for this segment. Little college football. We'll look at coming up in 163 00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:35.840 the seven o'clock hour, we will dive into the Lions and straight ahead you'll 164 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:43.320 hear what John Paul Morosi has to say about a potential trade with Tarik Schoobel 165 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:48.080 and others on the Tigers if they will make a deal, maybe a blockbuster 166 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:54.919 for schoobl And then I will address schoobl out of the gate seven oh one. 167 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:58.840 So that is how the table is set for you. You got just 168 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:05.200 Thomas four under through eleven over at Royal Troon in the open. And you 169 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:11.759 know, as I think about college football, I look and you start counting 170 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:16.960 down the days and we're getting close to you know, it's forty some odd 171 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:26.120 days. They report and start practicing a month before the first game, and 172 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.600 the first I guess I call it the real first Saturday week one. Week 173 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:37.960 one is on August the thirty first, so it's pretty easy July the thirty 174 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:41.840 first, if you're playing on that Saturday, like Michigan, like Michigan State. 175 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:48.519 Now CMU they're not playing Week zero, but they are playing on that 176 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:54.320 Thursday, the twenty ninth, So they'll start practicing on the July twenty ninth, 177 00:13:54.399 --> 00:14:01.519 and then Western is playing in Madison against Wisconsin on Friday, so you'll 178 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:09.279 have the thirtieth is when the Broncos will get everything going. I do know, 179 00:14:09.320 --> 00:14:13.960 Trent, you're a big Michigan State guy. For years I enjoyed Michigan 180 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:18.799 State playing on the I was gonna call it traditional Friday. But now they're 181 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.279 playing on a Saturday. A little bit of a wrinkle there. I don't 182 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:28.759 like it. I like the traditional let's let's get Michigan State going on Friday. 183 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:33.200 And for years I've had a little I've made the trip out to a 184 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:37.200 ton of Michigan State friends they have. You know, they get that party 185 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.720 going, summertime, barbecue, get the college football season go. So I 186 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:46.759 say all that, I don't like it, but you know why, why 187 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.039 did they move it. Do you like it? That's kind of the big 188 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:52.759 question with a lot of things these days, but particularly college football, Like 189 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:56.799 why there's no point now, Donna. Some typically a leave Friday for high 190 00:14:56.840 --> 00:15:00.919 school football, as most people are, but that wasn't a exception. That 191 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:03.759 was an exception. It was like the kickoff of the season for Sparti, 192 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.039 A lot of fun. Always a lot of times it's a night game, 193 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:11.159 like late night, and it's an all day party on campus and it's a 194 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:13.639 great time. So I don't know why they went away from that. Yeah, 195 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:20.320 I don't either. I used to think that, you know, football, 196 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:24.559 that's the way it should be done. You have high school on Friday, 197 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.360 college on Saturday, and the pros on Sunday. Right, yeah, 198 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:31.200 just this summer. And I don't have the legislation in front of me, 199 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.440 but there's a I don't know, a nineteen sixty four TV Act that there's 200 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:39.720 a window where the pros can't go into I don't know if they can't go 201 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:43.440 into Saturday, but they certainly can't go into a Friday, and there's some 202 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:48.399 kind of window in there. You know. There was the thought all of 203 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.159 these years that the NFL was just being like well, hey, you know, 204 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:56.559 hey, that's that's us looking out for the sports fan or the kids, 205 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.960 that we don't play on a Friday. But no, that's not the 206 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:04.679 case. There's actually an act that they can't do that. And I don't 207 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:10.159 know if that that act applies to college football, but I don't think it 208 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:15.399 does because they they now annually have Friday games. Of course you can, 209 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.200 you know, spread them all over the place. So and there's well we 210 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:22.240 had Black Friday last year with the NFL, and they're, well, we're 211 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.600 gonna try doing that. Hey yeah, and they're gonna play on Christmas, 212 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:29.399 and you know they And there was the idea back when I was growing up 213 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.919 Trent people love New Year's Day. Is you would pull up and you would 214 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.919 start at eleven am and you'd have what used to be called the Outback Bowl 215 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.799 or whatever it used to be called, and the Citra And but the point 216 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:48.159 was is they played out of ten eleven bowl games and you had the Rose 217 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:52.440 Bowl that always started whatever four or five o'clock, and then the Sugar Bowl. 218 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.159 But it was it was an all day festive. And then they started 219 00:16:56.200 --> 00:17:00.399 spreading it out and people are like, I hate that. That's the taken 220 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.160 away, and I thought the same thing immediately, like no. But then 221 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.759 the idea that you can actually watch another game on another day and watching in 222 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:14.759 its entirety is something like, h wait a second, that's not so bad. 223 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:19.319 Like, so Michigan State they own that Friday in the state. Everybody 224 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:22.880 you know is watching Michigan State. Now, you know, you put them 225 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:27.039 in there with the other games, and you know, I like it myself 226 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:33.759 where Michigan State plays in one window, Michigan plays in another window. But 227 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:36.559 you don't always get that. Sometimes they're playing at the same time. It's 228 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:37.799 like when the Red Wings and Pistons are going on in the winter. I 229 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:42.079 like it when the teams are not playing at the same day the same time, 230 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:47.319 certainly not at the same time. I like it when they play on 231 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:51.920 you know, opposite days or not the same days. Yeah, you want 232 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:53.799 to watch both, right, you do? You get that? And you 233 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.000 you feel that with the NFL. A lot of times you're going to the 234 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.920 NFL and you get those eight nine games on some day and then they start 235 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:03.799 spreading them out. You know, there's a Saturday. Now they're gonna you 236 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.279 mentioned Black Friday, here's Christmas, and that you know you will water it 237 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:10.440 down. I mean, how many games do you really need? How many 238 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:15.559 can you really watch? And that one o'clock window and if the Lions are 239 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.400 playing and whatever your team is. If if your team is playing and at 240 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.359 one o'clock window, how many of those other games you really watching? Look, 241 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:25.880 I've got the red zone off, you know, on one TV, 242 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:27.960 off to the side, and I'll have the Lions there and it's something to 243 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.799 do when there's a break in the action. And we know there's lots of 244 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:34.519 those, so you know, it's nice to have that. But I've said 245 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:40.559 this before, I have a hard time putting up and oh, they've got 246 00:18:40.920 --> 00:18:42.759 the YouTube, you know they'll put they'll give you the four games where you're 247 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.799 gonna look at all four of them, and yeah, I can see what's 248 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:49.640 going on, but I like to imburse myself in one game. I can 249 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:55.880 do it, but there's it's a little bit too much for me to watch 250 00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:57.960 four games. I can't you know, nine games. I can get a 251 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:02.680 feel for what happens, but I can't get it's not like one that could 252 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.920 come out and I feel like I can really if it's your team, if 253 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:10.200 it's a team that you're covering or your you love like the Detroit Lions, 254 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.279 you know, that's what I'm talking about. Well, Dennis, let me 255 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:15.079 ask you this, then, do you enjoy watching games at a sports bar 256 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.359 where they have multiple games on They're on separate TVs? Of course, but 257 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:22.200 are you able to take that in or are you still just kind of locked 258 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:26.839 in on one game. I love it. I have the ability to. 259 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:30.599 You know, it takes a little training if you used to just it's just 260 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:33.880 like when you go to a game, you know, for I don't know, 261 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:36.839 you know, the first twenty thirty years of my life. You know, 262 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.000 I just watch a game and it's right at the fifty. You're used 263 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.680 to the site lines and everything else, and then you're tuck to You go 264 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:45.960 to a game and you're tucked into the corner. You're like, this is 265 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.480 weird. I don't I can't even cover the action. So but you adjust, 266 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.839 and Yeah, if I'm going to a bar or restaurant, I'm able 267 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.119 to watch a play, eat a hot wing, you know, take a 268 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.839 sip of my drink. Oh, they go to commercial, let's check out, 269 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:02.200 let's talk to something, you know, you know, I make it 270 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:06.920 work. I've been able to make it work. But the perfect setup for 271 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:12.839 me if I'm home is one gigantic TV on my game that I want to 272 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:18.039 watch, and then I have a little separate TV where I can go just 273 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:22.319 you know, check it out. Now. Sometimes that second TV, you 274 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:25.240 know, you think you get the great plan, and then you look over 275 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:29.119 and then that game's at commercial. Then you're like, wait a seconds. 276 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.960 I have seen though. I've got a friend named Bill, and I've never 277 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:37.319 been to his house, so he's just kind of just an acquaintance. But 278 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.839 he took a picture of his setup and he literally has I mean like he 279 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:48.759 has the sports bar in his basement, but not only in his bad I 280 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:53.480 mean he he's got four or five TVs, six or five, six or 281 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.720 seven computers that are off setup TVs. He's got a scroll, he's got 282 00:20:57.720 --> 00:21:02.680 his two phones, a burder maybe over here, and I'm thinking, how 283 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:07.000 is he watching? I mean it looks cool and yeah, you know you're 284 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.799 you're having a little party. You know, Hey, look at Bill's house. 285 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:14.000 Pretty sweet. Yeah, talk about immersing yourself in the action. Maybe 286 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.279 I can find bill old Bill set up this morning and see if I can 287 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:21.440 take that out. And it's an amazing setup. But I'm thinking it'sory overload. 288 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:26.519 There's a picture of Jeff Bill sitting in a chair with all of the 289 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:29.440 like the batman came around him, and I'm thinking, and you know, 290 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:32.079 I don't know. Bill doesn't seem like a big gambler either, but he's 291 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.119 just sitting there watching all these games. And he says Heaven. And I'm 292 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:37.799 like, okay, Bill, you know where are your friends at? Bill? 293 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:44.079 All right? Not Bill Simonson. This is Bill as I'll see if 294 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:48.400 I can dig up that that picture. Exies and Bros. Will hear from 295 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.839 the Pope John Paul Morosi. Wash up straight ahead here on Xes and Bros. 296 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:55.799 In the Michigan Sports Network. Find so many great deals with one stop 297 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:00.160 at Myer like this Friday and Saturday only get a ten dollars coupon and you 298 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:03.039 spend seventy five dollars or more in store coop on printed to check out, 299 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:08.000 start redeeming next week. Plus this week's hottest deals on Southern peaches for ninety 300 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:12.160 nine cents per pound, fresh from Meyer Family pack, chickenbrusts for two twenty 301 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:17.519 nine per pound, and select Meyer cheese three for five dollars. Meyer has 302 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.920 all you need in just one stop exclusions apply. See all the deals in 303 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.000 store or in the Myer app Huge Chair for the Michigan High School Athletic Association, 304 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:30.960 you can stay up to date on the latest from Lansing twenty four to 305 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:41.119 seven at MHSAA dot com, at MHSAA on Twitter and MHSAA on Facebook. 306 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:45.599 The latest news, press releases, and stories connected to every high school in 307 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:51.960 the state of Michigan available for you twenty four to seven from the Michigan High 308 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:59.400 School Athletic Association. Log on to MHSAA dot com, at MHSAA on Twitter 309 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:04.519 and m hs a A on Facebook. And if you're looking for archive boys 310 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:12.920 and Girls high school Sports m h s a A dot Tv. That's MHSAA 311 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:18.759 dot tv twenty four to seven everything you need to know about high school sports 312 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:25.319 in Michigan. Log on to m HSAA dot com. Rock's Best plays A's 313 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:30.079 Soaring Eagle Casino in Resort July twenty sixth, the Offspring Rudy Fly for White 314 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:40.400 Guy with Simple Planet and special guest Kuba Stang, plus September twentieth, the 315 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:45.319 Matchbox twenty with Kevin de Grau, all part of the Soaring Eagles Summer up 316 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.759 to or Concert Series. Tickets for all shows on sale now at the box 317 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:52.119 office at etics dot com. Check the entire lineup at Soaring Eagle Casino dot 318 00:23:52.119 --> 00:24:02.920 com. That to the how welcome back to Texus and Bros. Monday through 319 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.759 Friday, sixty till nine across the great state of Michigan. I do not 320 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:07.119 say this lightly, and I don't say it just because he's on the other 321 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:11.519 end of my line. I say this because it's true. There are not 322 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.559 many people who are more respected in the game of baseball than John Paul Morosi 323 00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:22.759 works for MLB Tonight, MLB Network, MLB dot Com, Fox Sports FS 324 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.799 one. He has written for The Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, the 325 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:29.319 Seattle Post, the Detroit Free Press. You want to know what's going on 326 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.920 in baseball, this is the guy they follow. You follow him on x 327 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:38.200 at John Morosi and the Michigan and Harvard Gret joins us here on Exes and 328 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:41.839 Bros. Glad to have you, my friend. Thanks to the time when 329 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:44.319 I know you're busy and we appreciate it very much. Hell of an All 330 00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:48.759 Star game last night. Awful uniforms, but in the state of Texas and 331 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:53.359 the players really delivered it was a fun watch, don't you think it was? 332 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:57.920 Yeah, and then thanks for the very kind of introduction. All the 333 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.960 respects right back to you, my friend they thanks for everything over the years 334 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:04.880 and all the amazing guidance that you've given me and your friendship that means the 335 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:10.559 world number one first and foremost so. But yes, the All Star Game 336 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:14.839 last night, I was pretty impressed actually by the way the game unfolded. 337 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:18.079 You're right, I would prefer to see the old English d on the field 338 00:25:18.079 --> 00:25:22.519 as opposed to the Jerseys as we saw them last night. But be that 339 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:26.200 as it may. The big moments, Oh Tani Howard, we got to 340 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:32.119 see Judge versus Keanes Jared Duran. What an amazing performance for him and someone 341 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:34.480 who I think has really inspired a lot of people by talking about his journey 342 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:37.799 with mental health as well. For him to be the MVP very fitting in 343 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:41.279 a beautiful moment for him and his family. So this is I think, 344 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:45.519 overall, Chef, a great midsommer classic and a very beautiful way to begin 345 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:49.039 the second half of the season. Yeah, Paul Skeens was amazing. I 346 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:52.720 really was hoping. I think, like a lot of Tigers fans that Terrek 347 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:56.920 Skubel was going to start the game, but look he comes in second. 348 00:25:56.200 --> 00:26:03.000 He really impresses. I don't want to say it's he should have been, 349 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:06.759 you know where he is right now because he he had a good, strong 350 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:11.079 finish a year ago. But what's impressed you most about Terrek Skoubel and his 351 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:17.160 maturation this year? Wow, Chef. I mean, he basically has in 352 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:22.480 my estimation, as good of a collection of pitches on the left side as 353 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:26.119 we have seen in the very, very long time. It is it is 354 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:30.440 like a peak David Price. You want to say, Cec Sabathia, And 355 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:34.039 again we got to see Tererif do it for longer before we put him in 356 00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:37.920 the category of what David has done and Cec has done, and certainly Kershaw's 357 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:42.400 on a way next level. But just in terms of the stuff that he's 358 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:48.039 got, the ability to execute pitches and be consistent. I mean that to 359 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:52.359 me is what what has separated Trek from basically everybody else in the game this 360 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:56.480 season, Chef, is that you know, we saw him mature and come 361 00:26:56.519 --> 00:27:00.119 along. You did a great job of describing a start for the early throughout 362 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:06.160 his career, and you saw I think the ability to make pitches, but 363 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:11.319 now he's just making so many fewer mistakes now during the course of an outing, 364 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:15.440 where every pitch, it seems, is perfectly executed. It's not just 365 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:18.240 the stuff, but the commander where it's located. That, to me is 366 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:23.920 what stands out with him and just I think the ability for him to withstand 367 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:29.160 a high workload is really unique, and that is something I think is very 368 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.359 special in the game right now. We don't see a lot of guys that 369 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:37.039 do that. But he's got that Andy Pettitt persona on the mound right now, 370 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:41.279 and it's a lot of fun to watch TV radio print. He does 371 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.839 it all. He is John Paul Morosi, not just in baseball, by 372 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:47.279 the way, hockey as well. You can follow him on x at John 373 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:51.039 Morosi. You know the big question. Your good friend Tom Verducci, who 374 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:53.759 is very good at what he does as well, talked about how the Dodgers 375 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:59.680 and the Orioles are trying to put together a big package to go after pitching, 376 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:04.200 and one would think Trek Scubel would be directly in their crosshairs. It's 377 00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:08.319 easy to ask, would you trade them? The harder question to answer is 378 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:12.640 what do you need to get in return, because I remind people that when 379 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:18.960 Verlander went to Houston, Houston gave them three of their top eleven prospects. 380 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:25.359 Personally, I don't want prospects. I think they need major league baseball ready. 381 00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:30.279 Guys, what's your overall take on if and what Detroit should get should 382 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:34.039 Trek Scuoble be on the market, Well, Scheby, you're exactly right, 383 00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:40.519 and that's where the conversation is picking up if you're going to move Schooble, 384 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:44.759 And where the Tigers are in a good position is they don't have to. 385 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:48.880 I think the industry knows they don't have to. It's not as though he's 386 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:52.039 making a ton of money and that they're under duress to move the contract. 387 00:28:52.759 --> 00:29:00.359 You can basically make the deal that you want or just walk away, say 388 00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:03.279 hey, we'll catch up with you in the offseason, or we'll catch up 389 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:07.160 with you next year's trade deadline, or maybe never, depending on how things 390 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:11.680 play out. But you can be choosing here. And if I'm the Tigers, 391 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.319 and if I'm talking with the Dodgers, I would say, Hey, 392 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:19.440 Gavin Stone, who's already in the major leagues and is one of the Dodgers 393 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:22.359 starting pitchers, right now. He's got to be in the deal. And 394 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:26.200 if they say no, say okay, we'll catch up later. I mean, 395 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:29.400 this is where they're at. I mean, you're if you are, 396 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.920 if you're trading schoogle chef, I fundamentally agree with you. If you're talking 397 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:38.680 with the Orioles, say hey, I got it. The name of Colden 398 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:45.279 Cowser or Jackson Holiday or maybe even Jordan Westberg, who by the way, 399 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.359 was an All Star last night. One of them has to be in the 400 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:51.440 deal. And if they say that that's crazy and that's asking too much, 401 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:53.400 say okay, fine, we'll catch up with you later on. I mean, 402 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:59.079 I do think that Scott Harris and the Tigers, they probably owe it 403 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:03.720 to themselves the organization to explore this. I know that fans won't want to 404 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.119 hear that, but I think they have to at least go down that path. 405 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.599 I mean, at the moment, the Tigers do not have a winning 406 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:12.960 record. They're below five hundred. They're looking up at three teams in the 407 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:18.799 Central. If they were ten games over five hundred right now, it'd be 408 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:22.039 a different conversation. But they're not. You have to deal with the reality 409 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.599 that you've got. But part of that reality also is that Schooble has two 410 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.440 years of control beyond this year, and you don't have to act like you 411 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.960 need to rush into a deal to make it now. That being said, 412 00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:37.960 a little different conversation, but still something that history that you and I know, 413 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:44.119 well, the Tigers missed their window to trade Michael Fulmer when they did 414 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.799 years ago. I know it was different front office, different everything, but 415 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:51.200 Foemer was still pretty young in the way that school is still pretty young, 416 00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:56.119 and the Tigers probably could have gotten a franchise changing return for Foemer if they 417 00:30:56.160 --> 00:31:00.279 had really done it the right way, and he started getting hurt and he 418 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:04.680 was never the same after that in a Tiger uniform. That is the downside 419 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:08.000 of this to where you also don't want to overplay your head. You don't 420 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:11.640 want to underplay it, but you don't want to overplay it either, And 421 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:14.880 I think that's where I think Scott Harris needs to do a lot of due 422 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.319 diligence with this team in the next couple of weeks. A missed opportunity last 423 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.000 year with Eduardo Rodriguez as well, Yes, exactly the same with one of 424 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.839 the same suitors here with the Los Angeles Dodgers, So it's you're exactly right. 425 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:34.000 There should have been more value brought back to the organization last year than 426 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.440 was at the deadline. Now, how you lead, there are people that 427 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.839 really like what he's been able to do in the minor leagues, and I 428 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:41.960 think that he's got a chance to be an everyday bat for the Tigers going 429 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:47.680 forward. So well done by the front office on the acquisition of Lee last 430 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:52.240 year in the Lorenzen deal. But you're right, this organization should have probably 431 00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:59.119 two more quality players either in the high miners or the major leagues already, 432 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:02.200 who are not there right now because the Rodriguez deal did not happen as it 433 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:07.119 should have two other names from the Baltimore organization in case people are wondering. 434 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:10.400 Kobe Mayo, who's a third baseman, first basement twenty two year old Triple 435 00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:15.039 A doing very well, hitting with power. And Connor Norby, a second 436 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:17.519 basement slash outfield also at Triple A, a little older at twenty four, 437 00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:22.599 but blocked to a certain extent in Baltimore and is having big power and hitting 438 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:27.559 over three hundred at Triple A as well. John Paul Morosi joining us here 439 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:31.640 on X's and bros So Schooble's in that conversation. For sure, I agree 440 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:36.160 one hundred percent with everything you've said. What about Jack Flaherty, Is it 441 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.680 a must trade for the Tigers with him? And if so, what could 442 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:44.039 you get in return for a guy who's had kind of a renaissance to a 443 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:47.440 certain extent he has. Yes, Yeah, But it's an interesting conversation because 444 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:52.440 last year at this time Flarity also has moved to the deadline. I think 445 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.240 you know, this year he's now had a little bit of a back issue 446 00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:59.200 that knocked him out of one start. Hopefully that's not a long term thing. 447 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:04.920 I do think he's clearly somebody that you would trade, and because he's 448 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:09.880 on an expiring contract, because you're not in a strong contending position at the 449 00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:15.400 moment, you probably have to temper your expectations a bit, broadly speaking, 450 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:19.480 in terms of what they could get back for him. Maybe it ends up 451 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.680 being something similar to what they got with Lorenz in last year. The Lorenzen 452 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:28.119 was an All star. But that's that's probably you know, how you lead 453 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:31.279 is probably the high end of what you could get for Flarity right now, 454 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:36.920 just based on his performance, the health risk. But I certainly think he's 455 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:40.200 a quality guy that will have a market. There's enough teams out there that 456 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:45.599 really need pitching help right now. Shep looking at the Los Angeles Dodgers for 457 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:47.799 one example. I mean, they basically came into co America last weekend and 458 00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:52.440 had two openers back to back days. That's not what you want to have 459 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.319 if you're a team like the Dodgers, who believe that you can win the 460 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:59.640 World Series this season. So whether Flarity could be a fit there, I 461 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:02.680 know certainly Scooble is somewhat of interest to them. And then you look around 462 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:07.400 the rest of the industry the various teams that could use some help. I 463 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:10.840 think the Guardians could use some pitching help. You could even argue the Twins 464 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:15.920 could you some pitching help as well. The Milwaukee Brewers need an arm. 465 00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:21.199 I mean, basically, most teams that are right now in the conversation for 466 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:24.039 the playoffs need a little bit more reliability, and I think Jack Flairty has 467 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:28.679 pitched more than well enough to earn that level of status right now at the 468 00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:31.400 trade deadline. I think there are some really good surprises in this first half. 469 00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:37.000 I've enjoyed the first half of baseball. What Kansas City has done fifty 470 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.079 six wins a year ago already with fifty two, Cleveland ten games under the 471 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:45.440 break even last year, and leading the division the way they are really impressive. 472 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:51.280 What has surprised you most good and bad in the first half in all 473 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:57.079 of baseball? I think the fact that I would add on what you said, 474 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.320 I agree with fully about those teams in the Central I'm surprised the Cubs 475 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:06.440 are last. That to me is really mystifying. I expected more of them 476 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:09.679 this season. I think on the positive side, Milwaukee has been better than 477 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:14.800 expected, Boston has been a lot better than expected. In Duran winning the 478 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:17.440 MVP last night was pretty cool, a great way to cap the first half 479 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:21.760 of them. Rafael Devers, of course, is doing what he normally does. 480 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.079 Ken or Howke was an All Star, of course, and that was 481 00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:28.840 a great surt for Boston as well. But the way in which Boston has 482 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:31.320 closed the gap on New York and Baltimore, for me, is really surprising. 483 00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:36.360 And I think on the flip side, the way that the Toronto Blue 484 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:42.159 Jays have really struggled this year is I think a very standout bit of information 485 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:45.320 that probably is going to get discussed a lot here at the trade deadline. 486 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:47.840 What the Jays can do in terms of selling some players. Is Boba set 487 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:52.719 available as Vlad Guerre Junior truly available? A lot of different conversations there. 488 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:58.599 I think out West, I would have expected the Mariners to have a larger 489 00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:01.920 lead on the Astros than what they have right now based on the way the 490 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:06.679 year started. But Houston has closed the gap to where now shep You might 491 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:09.440 say, hey, with all those years of experience with the Houston Astros, 492 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:14.199 now the just be one game back of Seattle. Here comes the Astros. 493 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:16.639 Yet again. They simply will not go away. I think those are all 494 00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:21.199 the notes there. I think the Mets being more competitive, they're in a 495 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:23.440 playoff spot, probably not going to trade Pete Alonzo as a result. In 496 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:28.800 the Philadelphia Phillies, of all the teams I've seen this season, Ship they've 497 00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:32.199 been the best. Chemistry is outstanding, They've got multiple All Star starters, 498 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:37.360 multiple All Star relievers. They are the best team in baseball right now, 499 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.920 and I think they're going to be the favorite to win the World Series until 500 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.559 proven otherwise. JP I picked the Tigers in the offseason. I picked the 501 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.320 Tigers to win the division. Now, some of that has to do with 502 00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:51.360 the fact that I didn't think Cleveland could bounce back, especially under a guy 503 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:53.039 who has never managed before, in Steven Vote, and you've got to give 504 00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:57.599 them a massive amount of credit. And because I didn't think Kansas City would 505 00:36:57.639 --> 00:37:02.760 be as far along in the rebuild as they have proven to be. What 506 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:08.320 has Detroit lacked most, what has kept them from reaching what some people feel 507 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:14.440 like is their potential. Why have they underperformed In many people's eyes, They've 508 00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.360 been a couple of bats short. And I think shep at the end of 509 00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:20.440 the day. If you would have said to me, if we were talking 510 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:23.239 about this team and before opening day, and we would have said, hey, 511 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:27.639 Toorkalsen is going to be in the minor leagues in the middle of the 512 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:31.440 season, and Bias's numbers are going to be among the worst in the league, 513 00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:36.920 I would say that they're in trouble. And that's they've been in trouble 514 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:39.400 Offensively, that's where they're at. I think col Keith's emergence has been a 515 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:45.559 really important development that's been great in Riley Green. Being healthy for the most 516 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:47.960 part of the season has been great as well, and that's really encouraging. 517 00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:54.480 But I think the struggles of Porklsen Meadows bias. I mean, those are 518 00:37:54.559 --> 00:38:01.159 spots where shortstop first in center, expect than to get more out of than 519 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:06.880 what you've had, and I think that's that's why they're I think a level 520 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:09.000 below the other teams in the central right now. I think pitching wise, 521 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:14.599 I think more than adequate, especially when when school's on the mound and when 522 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.719 Flarerty's on the mound. Miya has been a disappointment, but you're not going 523 00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:21.159 to hit on everybody. I mean, it's that they signed Clarity and Miata 524 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:23.199 and free agency. One of them has been good, one of them hasn't. 525 00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:29.320 That's that tends to be the way things typically go in free agency with 526 00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.360 starting pitching. I think in the bullpen, uh, you know, it's 527 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:37.519 been an interesting year. I mean, Lang struggled, Vijured Miller, Shelby. 528 00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:42.360 Miller's had one of the more unique season just from a standpoint of decisions. 529 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:44.440 I think, off the top of my Headshet I think he's he's like 530 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:47.840 either either like six and six or five and Stay's like that number of decisions 531 00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:52.360 for a reliever at this stage that it's just it's pretty unique, Like you 532 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.000 don't see a guy who's part of that many decisions typically at this time of 533 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:59.119 the year as a reliever, and Shelby has been I think he's had an 534 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:02.719 interesting year. He might be a trade Kennedy too, I think fully for 535 00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:07.920 me is a very solid closer. It's certainly much more good than bad for 536 00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:10.119 him this season, and he might be somebody as well that ends up being 537 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:14.760 part of the trade conversations too. So it's been an interesting year, I 538 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.760 think in a lot of different ways. But I go back to just the 539 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:23.159 offensive inconsistency they've been for me, one base hit, two base hits short 540 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:27.360 of winning a whole lot more games, And I think if they had been 541 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:30.320 more consistent at those key spots. And again this is not all Totals is 542 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:34.360 fault, but not all Meadows is fault. It's not all Hobby's fault. 543 00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:37.360 He just collectively haven't been as good of an offensive team as I thought they 544 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.960 were going to be. I really like Spencer Toorkilsen. I still think he's 545 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:44.760 going to hit. I did expect him to have similar numbers this year than 546 00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:49.280 he had last year. Do you think he makes it back to the Tigers 547 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:52.320 at some point this season, or do you think a full year at Triple 548 00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:57.840 A might do him best. No, it's a great question, and I 549 00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:01.360 think that it's going to be a really interesting saying conversation for the Tigers. 550 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:05.159 Honestly, out of the deadline, there might be some teams out there that 551 00:40:05.239 --> 00:40:08.519 say that listen with our swing guy, with our team, we believe that 552 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:14.239 you're a Makes League first basement. So there are some teams I mentioned Seattle 553 00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.480 right now, if you're the Mariners and if you've had issues getting productivity at 554 00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:22.719 that position this season, he's got to be somewhere on your list. Maybe 555 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:27.039 not top of your list, but somewhere on it. And for all the 556 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.320 teams out there that thought that Alonso might be available, or that thought that 557 00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.800 Christian Walker might be available, and now those teams are playing better and maybe 558 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:39.079 not going to sell, the next pot call might be the Tigers and say, 559 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:44.360 hey, listen, what Troubles is doing right now? How's how are 560 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:47.559 things looking? I think that to me, don't be surprised that the Mariners, 561 00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:52.199 if they can't get who they want as a bat, don't be surprised 562 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.440 that they if they turn around and try to get troubles with the Tigers. 563 00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:58.760 I think that's a very logical move. I mean, he's he's the kind 564 00:40:58.840 --> 00:41:01.119 of talent who, let's not forget last year, hit thirty home runs, 565 00:41:01.639 --> 00:41:06.039 and the number of guys who are young and relatively inexpensive and hit thirty home 566 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:10.119 runs is not terribly high. And so I think that trying to get trying 567 00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:14.840 to maybe get focused at right now and a bit of a change of scenery 568 00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:16.760 that might help. I mean, I cannot imagine that he's having a good 569 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:22.559 time as a as a triple A player right now. He's a proud he's 570 00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:25.280 a proud major league first baseman who's a number one overall pick in the draft. 571 00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:28.599 He does not want to be in the minor league right now, and 572 00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:35.119 I think that that part of his story. If you can't find a way, 573 00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:37.559 in a clear path for him to be in the major leagues right now, 574 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:43.159 then moving on, honestly might be the best thing for all parties. 575 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.400 Well, you tell a hell of the stories, and proud to call you 576 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:49.920 a friend, JP. Thanks for all that you do and keeping us up 577 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.159 to date and spending some time with us this morning. Great insight, great 578 00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:57.199 knowledge is always say hello to your beautiful daughters and your beautiful wife. Have 579 00:41:57.239 --> 00:42:00.000 a great rest of the baseball season, my friend Fall all the same wishes. 580 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:04.320 Tune your family as well. My friend, congratulations on the new show. 581 00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:07.880 You do amazing work as always no matter what the medium is. UH, 582 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.559 You're a superstarship so always enjoy a conversation.