Extreamly live on the I heard radio wat. This is I on the Ball
with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. Hey, welcome
back Toy the ball Hero, Fox Sports twirteen fifty. I'm Steve PSJ.
Now we have Henry with the bookings. O. This is I on the
Ball breaking news on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. So the MLB drafts started yesterday.
Grab his Basanna from Oregon State went first overall. Guardians, three of
you guys have been selected in today's rounds. Pitcher Jackson Kent went to the
Nationals in the fourth round, Pitcher Clark Candiote went to the Padres in the
fourth round as well, and pitcher Anthony Susak went to the Rangers in the
eighth round. Kenyotty what okay? Was Kendyatty? What? Jackson the league
guy? He was the number one? Yeah, he was a Friday starter.
Okay, so he was She was the main starter then then and actually
Susak got off to a bad start. I think he was a starting pitcher
for and then he was a setup and then all of a sudden he became
their closer and he did really he's a lot of a lot of had a
lot to do with why they got, you know, where they got showed
all their arms. Yeah, so three yeah, three really three of their
four top pitchers are gone. Not surprised with any of them though, really
and uh and I guess nobody. None of their recruits have been picked so
far, which is good. So you know, you feel like if if
he recruited some guys that at least those guys might be showing up. The
Columbia Football Federation president and his son were part of twenty seven people who were
arrested at the Copa America final yesterday in Miami because they were fighting. According
to the story on ESPN, they were fighting with the security people trying to
get on the field and and they've they've they've charged with three counts of three
foulon counts of battery. This is after the game before I think it was
before. It sounds like that was part of the problem, not that people
trying to get in. This was this was elsewhere. This it's had nothing
to do with trying to get in the stadium. It says they were trying
to get on the field. The uh who the president, the president Ramon
is it Heson hes On, So I guess he didn't have his name tag
either on it. J E s U r U and he Ramon and and
his and his son Ramon Emil. Uh they were they were both got three
fellon accounts of battery, uh, according to UH. According to this,
it says the The policy report goes on to say that the altercation with the
hest instern physical. Once a security officer asked the men to step back by
placing his palm on the kid Ramon Emil to guide him back. According to
the officer of the duo quickly became irate at a garden, began shouting at
him, and then I apparently escalated from there. Don't you know who I
am? Yeah, but that was that was chaos. I don't know if
he saw some of that. Yeah, I mean there's I'm gonna show a
picture of of escalator that had been destroyed. I don't know. I don't
know how you would have done that. There were you know, like there
were people, barriers, people were foll there were barriers trying to hold people
back. People were squished up against them and falling over, little kids and
stuff getting smashed, and they're just you know, it looks it's people that
came to the game, didn't have tickets but decided they were getting in,
right, they didn't have tickets, and they and then and then and then
and they got in and at some point, at some point, it got
so chaotic at the gates and so dangerous that they just opened the gates so
anybody could go in. And so you'd go to your people going to their
seats, and there were other people in their seats, and they weren't leaving,
they weren't giving up the seats. It did bring up concerns for the
woke up in the World Cup totally two years because America, the United States,
is a ghost. Yeah. Yeah, you can't handle your situation.
You can't handle this, but you you can do with the America's Cup.
Wait till the you know, wait till the Euros show up and there,
you know, and their people. You know. I I was certain,
okay, I we didn't actually bet on this, but I told my daughter
we were watching the game, and to my daughter, I'm gonna I'm gonna
tell her, I guarantee there's gonna be a fan incident during the game that
stops the game, either a riot in the seats or fans on the field
during the during the match, it didn't happen. So Richard, Richard,
this is like Twitter is when you send me notes. I'm gonna I'm gonna
say this because now it's no longer your notice, it's everyone. So Richard
says, becoming a third world country. We're we're coming to change charging the
gates, throwing what next to charging of the gates? Throw urine bombs?
Stabbing somebody his socker sucks. Well, first of all, you know these
fans were they were the Columbia and Argentina fans. So I'm gonna blame it
on them. And I don't care if somebody wants to call me and say
I'm an idiot and just make you know I'm judging. Yes, I am
judging, okay, because this stuff doesn't really I mean, you have situations,
you have brawls and things like that, you know, among individuals at
US sporting events all the time, but you don't have major sport events like
this for people to say, I'm coming with or without a ticket, and
I'm getting in. So, Henry, I want you to meet my new
co host, Archie Bunker, to do Archie bunkers. It's too long to
explain. But our listeners Google, Yeah, our listeners know who we're talking
about. But serious, I mean, you know, look, I mean
you know they're rowdy soccer fans. We don't have rowdy soccer fans because you
can't win. You got to be a winner first. But for whatever reason,
Steve, I'm just saying we don't have them, not to this extent.
Not to this extent, they don't do that, all right. And
in the actual game, Argentina defeated Columbia one to nothing to win the Coco
America in extra time an extra time and it was last few matches were very
good, but it was a great Semis Swinels. I really had fun watch
and I can't remember having fun. Well. I've had fun watching other soccer
matches in the past, only if I had money on. I had no
money on. I just watched it no apparent reason. It can be done.
It can be done for no apparent reason. I just watched it and
I sit from start. I mean I sat through all the pregame stuff.
Uh my, my, my, my daughters were making fun of the studio
host and her dress and saying it it didn't it didn't fit with what they
were trying to do, So there was that kind of commentary. But I
sat there through all the pregame stuff and then I watched the whole mass.
I went to google the outfit. Yeah, it was just it was just
a funky looking dress, just crazy design. And in the euro Cup final,
Spain defeated England by score of two to one. Yeah that last it
was the last second goal to It was in the last couple of minutes,
right, Yeah, that was it again. Yeah, that was another one.
That was a that was a fun thing to watch. At the end,
I was still feeling the sting of that Dodge loss. But again,
you know, I don't know why these two these two tournaments became kind of
important to me, not important, but just worth watching for me. Well,
no, are you hooked? No? But there was nothing else on.
But there was nothing else on, right, you know, I didn't
feel like watching the baseball game that was on last night with the Dot and
I don't want I don't want to watch any baseball. That's part of it.
Well, the Dodgers are souring you. Yeah, so are you okay?
Team USA basketball defeated Australia in ninety eight ninety two in an exhibition game
today in United Arab Emirates. Oh, Australia. I guess Australia is pretty
good. Notable players on that. You know, who are some of the
notable guys on that? Or what's his name? Josh Green is on that?
Yeah? Yeah, the game a good game, game, a good
note. Everyone on ESPN after the game says, what's wrong with every game
is a different game. There's actually some people out there saying that this team
is better than the Dream Team. Yeah, I don't. I don't know.
Shake yourself, I don't. Yeah, I don't know. It's like
people saying Lebron is better than Michael Jordan. Yeah. Yeah, maybe we're
too close to it, or it's our not our not our age group because
your son's group is more this group, right than our group. Yeah.
So I'm sure that they didn't see that they were even born in the dream
They don't even they don't even know that. Yeah, but they do this.
They had anything before nineteen ninety They have no idea what happened. There
was no World War one or no World War two, no Vietnam. They
don't know. Oh, I wasn't born yet what shut shut up? Did
you got a history class, Henry? Did you? I mean, I
can take one look at the roster of the Dream Team and just say,
yeah, exactly, exactly, there's and there's a bunch of Hall of famers
on this team too. But I'm sorry, you know, put put them
at you know, the at that prime age against these guys at their prime
age, and the Dream Team kills them. How old are you, Harry,
You're a sensible twenty year old? No wonder we like from the Arizona
Women's soccer hired Nat Gonzalez and an assistant coach, and he had been the
head coach a U SEE Riverside since twenty eleven. Yeah, it sounds like
this is a great hire. There's been some reaction to that are on social
media that this apparently is a great high for Becka Morrow. Oh yeah,
yeah, okay, I don't know it's all, but yeah, it's funny
because did you read the did you read the release? No, they're all
into they're into strength and training and analytics and all that stuff. I don't
know what when this's happened, but it's all that. Now kick the ball,
it's play the game. I mean Honestly, this is we're old dudes.
Now I'm feeling sixty or whatever. But before didn't we just play and
if I was better than you, I'm going to be better than you.
Yeah, I just remember, I don't know if this applies, but we
have time right when the football coach stoops Mike stups here. And remember there
was a dude or alleged dude on Sixth Street who could be looking at the
practice field, and there was concerns. And I'm thinking, Mike, is
is that really a concern because isn't it your guys against their guys. I'm
better than you, and I'm gonna prove it. They know what you're doing.
You're supposed to be better exactly. It's whether you were uniforms uniform.
I'm there to kick your ass. Yeah, I don't care. If you
know what I'll run. You can either block or you can't. Right right
now, hear you? When did this all change? Where was I sleep?
It changed when video became such a part of the ease of video became
such a part of uh the game prep use of the use of video.
You know they, I mean they have video on the sidelines now and in
some you know, in some leagues and stuff where you can you can go,
you can go look at the plays that you just ran, see what
they did against those, and then try and you know, do come up
with something else. And then now that you know, with different types of
software, programs and stuff like that, I mean, how do you know
some of these baseball stats that you see that you know, Joe Blow he's
batting four twenty one against a right handed pitcher who who throws you know,
an eighty five mile an hour change up and he's he's he's batting three forty
one against the change up. That's why they had to shift right. And
then it was a good enough yeah, you know, and and stuff like
that. It's just when data became so available through the various types of software
and video, and like, I don't understand how they get some of these
statues exit velocity and you know, all that kind of stuff, exit angle
and launch angle, sorry, launch angle, those kinds of things. And
they know the launch angle of every hit in Major League Baseball now, and
I'm like, what the hell? And that's when it happens, Steve.
And then when coaches, coaches man just started believing it. Yeah, yeah,
right, I get. When the shift came up, I get.
I mean, remember the first time you saw the shift when you saw three
infielders on one side? What are you doing? Wait? Wait wait wait
wait wait wait? Why why wouldn't you hit it over there? And then
they didn't. Well, it's kind of a cool to a scouting report.
We used to watch and scout and this guy likes hit up a middle.
Yeah, yeah, but this is all kind of crazy. But hey,
they're not pay me millions, so I wish they were not you me.
Okay, last thing I got. The Tucson Sugar Skulls lost to the San
Antonio gun Singers forty nine to forty three this weekend to fall to two and
thirteen on the season, and they have one more one more game. There
are games within one touchdown. Must be Yeah, a whole bunch It might
have to, but guess what you still lose, still lose. That's a
whole bunch of them. Ant on the local teams. FC two Son is
in the playoffs. During the playoffs. Yeah, we'll have the coach on
Wednesday. So I know that Perelman was pretty excited. He pumped him up
a week or so ago. We had him on. It's it's a thirty
two team bracket. Uh, the Tucson is in that is in the what
the Western bracket? I just had it here. Yeah, they're in the
they're in the Western Western bracket. But it's thirty two team single elimination tournament
and they start on Friday and they host right m Yeah, yeah, Friday,
and that'll be exciting. Who knew the start of the season, Oh
brand new? Right yeah, and here they are. Yeah, so good.
Congratulations to We got a call, we got call. We can get
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call us out the other side, because we're going to break now, and
we're gonna go to break. We're gonna have Tim Everson. He's the sports
editor of the Manhattan Mercury newspaper in Manhattan, Kansas, where Kansas State is.
We want to talk to him about what's going on, you know,
just dron the Big twelve, uh, sort of getting acquainted over there and
then talking a little bit about that first game that well It's not a conference
game, but it is kind of a Big twelve game against It's a game
against a Big twelve opponent when Arizona plays the Kansas State Wildcats the other Wildcats
in the third game of the season. So stick around for Tim every s
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Jacinsomas. This is I on the Park on Fox Sports fourteenth fifty. Hey,
welcome back to I on the Ball here Fox Sports fourteen fifty on Steve
Rivera, He's chicken sauce don a home. We have Tim Eberson from the
Manhattan Mercury newspaper in Manhattan, Kansas. Tim, how are you how you
got doing fine? Thank you? Last time I was in Manhattan, there
was something called candy Gate. I don't know if you know what that was,
but I'm sure you can google. I don't know. I don't think
you can google it. No, actually it was in Kansas. It was
versus Kansas and basketball. Oh so never mind, he got see we yell
at people who confuse Arizona with Arizona State, and now Steve does that right
now, I'll believe the show right now. Great to have you on bead
that Jay found you. Are you as excited as everybody here to see that
Kansas State Arizona football game? Yeah? I mean it's at least for Sate
State. It's kind of the first kind of marching matchup of the season,
and it's our first look at at the Four Corners school. So, I
mean, I think everyone around here was super excited whenever we landed before of
the guys and uh, you know, we're excited to kind of get this
new version of Big twelve up runner. Well, Well, let me go
to that because uh, you know we're sitting over here and we've been in
the Pack telve all this time. You know, what were the I mean
what kind of reputation I guess these four schools and particularly Arizona have you know,
among you know the big twelve, right, What where do people think
of these schools coming? Uh? What do they think of their football programs?
Obviously you know Arizona sticks out with basketball, but you know when we're
talking football, they're kind of like, uh okay, they're you know,
kind of middling schools. Utah has been good recently with a couple of rosebells.
But you know what what was that? What were the fans thoughts in
terms of what was being added to the league, particularly in football? Yeah?
Absolutely, Well, first and foremost, you know, Colorado is like
you know that inebriated Hausen that you for a while that you're kind of welcoming,
welcoming back. Well, we're very, very familiar with them. Yeah.
And then at the Arizona schools. I I know that uh K State
in Arizona and Arizona State have played in the somewhat recent maybe Arizona not since
the seventies. Airs in the state fairly recently. Programs have had their you
know, their height, but nothing you know, super super impressive, you
know, just at times Teddy, A lot of coaches has gone through.
We've known that. And then obviously Utah, as you mentioned, have kind
of been the is kind of this been the standard bearer of the non USC
Oregon right act. Well, and so we're you know, expect them to
be kind of kind of like k State in a way. It's kind of
a hard nosed, kind of blue collar you know, win winning the line
football team. And so I think that is you know, broadly, at
least from my perspective, kind of what what the what their reputations are.
So how long have you covered Kansas State for a while, Uh, it's
been in college. No, it's probably been you know, we're going on
like eight years, so they've been off and on. Yeah, they've been
pretty good in your stretch. Yeah, Yeah, I've I've been lucky and
then said I've taken over this job. You know, they they went Big
twelve, they went to the Sugar Bowl, they won the Pop Tarts full
last year that I've I've been lucky to get them kind of in their stride
Okay, so so you've seen some pretty good football. I think they went
second or third in the I think I picked second in the media poll,
right, yeah, did you vote and where did you have them? I
did vote. I had them as number two, also with utah number one,
just because I felt like, while I, uh, well, I
think that there's a lot of potential for Case State, especially offensively. They
got some young pieces that I think are going to really make some noise.
I just felt like Utahaw was kind of had the more established situation, had
the more established quarterback, and you know, it's just kind of proven that
they are among that that upper echelon. Well, let's go to the quarterbacks.
Let's go to the quarterbacks, because there's a lot of you know,
obviously Arizona fans think they've got the best quarterback in the league. You guys
think, you know, or Kansas State feels like they do. Then there's
all these people who think that it's Shador Sanders, who's you know, being
picked as the best quarterback, but yet their team got picked to finish eleventh
in the league, which is an incredible conflict. I think in terms of
like, okay, how do you how do you pick. How do you
say you've got the best quarterback in the league, but you're going to finish
eleventh. So just some of your thoughts on the quarterback situation across the Big
Twelve. Well, it's it's it's a very strong situation. I mean I
think that, uh, just if you go school by school, well there
maybe with the exception of one or two, there isn't a school with a
quarterback that I don't think has a pretty strong enough side. You know,
I have gotten to see Avery Johnson in action. I do think he's the
real deal. I think that there's a you know, if he wasn't,
I think that Will Howard would still be in Manhattan instead of about to start
for perhaps the number one overall preseason Ohio State Luck Guide. But I mean,
what Arizona what what what? What Noah did at Arizona last year was
was phenomenal. I think the whole new coach thing makes you wonder how that's
kind of gel But obviously he has a pieces coming back that are going to
help immensely came rising. As I did mentioned kind of that standard Bear and
Daniels at Kansas, which is if he can stay healthy, he's as dynamics
as anyone. Aric Green at West Virginia is going to be you know,
are going to surprise some people. Uh and I you know, and I'm
I'm forgetting six other rough robec to that at Iowa State had a surprisingly good
freshmen year and he should be better. So it's just it's a really fun
league for quarterback play. For for this upcoming season, we should see a
lot of really really good quarterback. Well have you backed Tim for basketball?
We have a lot of time left now, but I'm the basketball guy,
so we'll wait for that. Uh So, other than other than Noah and
and t Mac probably who else do you think or who else do you know
of Arizona? It's not not it's not a very long list. I haven't
been able to fully dive into, Uh what else you guys are bringing back
out of those are kind of the big name. Defensively, I feel like
I feel like there's a linebacker and that I feel bad for not having Yeah,
I know that that when when when Jed split, you guys didn't lose
as much as maybe people would have thought you would have with the transfer portal
situation. And then we get into coaching, so I know that in general,
you were able to kind of keep a lot of that talent around,
which is exciting. I mean, I you know, so let me ask
you, in your capacity as a sports editor and the big guy, I'm
assuming you travel with the team. Yes, it kind of depends on how
far the road trip is and everything. We haven't really figured out where all
all be going. But in general, yeah, yeah, so what what's
the more rabid places for fans and the places that are great venues to watch
the game because there's no fans probably need to kind of write those and write
those names down absolutely. So, I mean, you got you're gonna start
off with a great one. I mean, Manhattan, super fun rabbit fan
base. It'll be passed. It'll be like out. You know, it's
a Friday games, so that's going to add an extra little something to it.
Iowa State is, Uh, it's tough up there. I mean,
and especially if you play them when it's cold and miserable outside, it's it's
not a fun place to go play. Oklahoma State, Yeah, they got
the paddles and they're always super good and and and uh, definitely I think
one of the more underrated environments te Tech is fun. They learned. TTU
aren't anything super spectral. But when they're good, they you know, they're
they they they pack it out trying to take I'm for getting anybody else.
Oh, West Virginia. West West Virginia also one that's just they're just a
rabbit up there. West Virginia just sounds like an un fun place to go
because of that, because they're fan base and they're they're just nuts over there.
But then it's for you know, Arizona. That's going to be the
longest trip, I guess, probably a longer than Central Florida. Yeah,
I mean it will be. It's interesting because you got to fly into you
gotta fly into Pittsburgh and then you gotta you got to drive in from there,
unless you pay to fly directly into Morgantown, which I have been told
is more Okay, All right, Andy, So let me ask you this,
and this is you know, we're going back, you know, back
aways on this. But what's been the overall reaction to Oklahoma and Texas and
them starting all of this that happened. I mean, are big PAP fans
pissed at them? Are they happy they're gone? Are they upset that they
threw everything into total chaos, or are they just out of sight, out
of mind. It's it's it's a little of all of those. I think
it's different for each one. I think Oklahoma there'll be some sadness that at
least at least from non Oklahoma state people. That's because that's you know,
they got to deal with that themselves. But at least for someone who from
from McCool has just been in the conference with them for over one hundred years.
You know, you're sad to lose that history. You're sad to lose
that that bringand and they truly geography, they belong, they belong the big
problem. I mean they're big eight member, they were big seven member,
they were a big six numbers. So I mean they you know, they've
been there from the beginning. Uh. Texas, it's it's it's you know,
don't let the door hit you on the way out. Uh. They
they came in when when the Southwest Conference dissolved, immediately took over, use
their you know, their money and everything. They kind of bully everyone around,
and they got you know, the last seat of re alignment before this
most recent one. They got the long Coorn network out of it, and
they got you know, they've found a way to chase Texas, A and
M and Nebraska out and uh, you know, I I will think that
anyone will miss They didn't provide enough on the field for anyone to feel like
losing them is that big of a You know, they wanted they won the
Big twelve on their way out the door, but they still I think I
saw a graphic earlier today that of the returning of the long standing Big twelve
numbers. They like have since uh two thousand, they've won f or fixed
most games out of everybody what not. It's you know, people aren't aren't
gonna miss it, right. I want to tell CONTI that because we had
the who do we have the car? The guy from Washington Post to one
of my buddies said the same thing. It's like Texas thinking they won five
or six national championships right in football, and they really haven't. They had
to stick out the chest like that. But that's good to know. Uh.
So, you you talked about the league. I think it's going to
be very balanced, right at least in the top six seven, would you
agree? Oh? Absolutely, I think even deeper than that. I mean,
I I don't want to mess around with you know, Arizona's and are
not Arizona. Houston is in you know, deep rebuilding mode. But you
know they just they just got a great coach. I don't want to I
don't want to mess around with that. They they state the year that they
want the virtual title. Julane came in and beat them with UH and then
of course the coaches. I'm blanking with those things. But yeah, literally
it is, you know, back to front, it's tough, like buy
you people are saying, oh they're taking a step back, that's going to
be tough. You see, it's going to be a lot better the state.
You know, going in the year two of a program under a new
coach is you know a lot different than the year one. And they seem
to have some stuff that you're out of quarterbacks. So I don't know,
I mean, it's it's going to be a blood bath, I think,
so, Tim, how many how many regular seasons? This might a dumb
question regular season championships has Kansas State won? I'm asking the reason for a
reason. I'm asking the question for a reason. Yeah, may one trying
to think I mean three four more? I think it's four, Okay.
So the reason I asked that because we talk about this all the time,
Arizona struggled throughout the Pac ten Pac twelve years forever. They never really had
a chance to win one outright, right, But I think the people here
think that now is their chance because the league is going to be kind of
comparable to what they've been used to, but better. You know what I'm
saying, It's going to be more equal. Did you feel that way too?
Absolutely? I mean I think with any you know, it's it's going
to come down to I don't know how the gonna break, you know,
tiebreakers, but there's probably going to be you know, six schools with seven
or more wins, and it's you know, I think that any anyone is
going to be able to knock off anybody. It's gonna be super fun to
watch. Yeah, I mean, I think that's what we like about it,
and that and that, as you said, that doesn't even get into
the basketball piece of this, which is going to be you know, even
better. But you know, look, you know, looking at this football
season, a lot of discussion about how even this league is. That that's
good, but then what might be the bad part? Of it is if
the league cannibalizes itself, they might only get the one automatic spot in the
in the playoffs, you know, and then there might be five SEC teams
or something anything like that. And I think that you've already seen your mark
his whole Like didn't We're going to be the deepest league. I think that's
already starting to start the campaign. Hey, there's a lot of good teams
in this league. Don't don't forget about us just because you know we have,
you know, four teams with three or four losses that three or mortal
fear left locks. Let me ask you this because let me ask you about
Bret Yormark, because you know, from where we were sitting over here in
the PAC twelve watching it slowly deteriorate into eventually nothing, and you know,
we were seeing Bret Yormark as a guy who was really having a lot to
do with the PAC twelve falling apart, and we didn't like him because of
that, because we felt he was wrecking the whole thing. Now Arizona's in
that league, and I'm like, okay, he we thought he was a
jerk, but now he's kind of our jerk and we like him because he
just seems like a guy who's going to go out there and try and get
stuff done. What's what's the overall your overall impression of Brett Yormark and how
he's running the league. I think that he is and I say this POSI
I think he's a shark. I in the sense that you know sharks,
you know that they're always moving, They're always they're always you know, trying
to move forward. And if he if you give him an opportunity to make
this league better, he's going to take it. Yeah, you know,
if you leave yourself open for that. He has the league's number one,
you know, priority in mind. He's going to make you know, you
know, I feel I think people still feel bad. I still feel bad
for Oregon State and Washington State. Now they were kind of left out in
the polls, but you know what, the Big twelve is stronger now with
the four foreigner schools, and that's your job. And he does I don't
think he feels like you need to apologize to anybody. And with all the
hubbub around the ACC, I would I would be I would be nervous if
I was a Virginia or I don't know that's one of the other smaller institutions,
one of the schools that's not cleansing Florida State. Right, Yeah,
well, thanks so much for joining us. We'll probably talk to you as
we get closer to the game. Yes, thank you guys so much.
Shopping to hop on anytime, all right, appreciate it, Tian, nice
to meet Jack. Thank you, Manhattan, Kansas. Yep, Timmy,
ever since you know, I love the guys from there, right, we
could have gone and gotten a guy from the witchitap paper or whatever. You
know they're there, but you know, you know that these guys are embedded
in there, right and uh, you know, very close with so he
was good to have. My apologies to Manhattan. I thought I was in
Lawrence, you know, Steve, I did. I never Hey, I'm
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We've covered a lot of stuff today. Yeah, it was good stuff from
both sides, with the with the NBA simmer League and now with Tim.
Uh. That's a good story. Good stuff that we're doing, not to
pat ourselves on the back of my brick in my head, reaching out to
these people who knew there were stuff better than we do, all right,
Yeah, I mean we're and we're learning too, and so they right because
you know, he couldn't name the people that there's other pieces, but you
know it's all it's all fresh, yeah too, Yeah, yeah, no,
it is. And you know, and again there's more and more discussions.
You're this stuff about Florida State and Clemson. Yeah, it's getting legs,
right. I mean, somebody brought it up once and it's kind of
like, you know, don't be surprised if then all of a sudden,
it's like everybody's talking about it. Yeah. And the only thing I've heard
about that that that is that financially it doesn't make sense because one of the
reasons that there they are where that they're pissed off about being in the accsy
not they feel like they're not getting enough money. Sure that they're the two
football programs that stick out and they feel like they should be getting more money
than the others. Well, what are you going to go to the Big
twelve and you're gonna be okay with getting thirty five million dollars a year like
everybody else? You know, what, what are you going to accomplish by
leaving that? Right? You're not going to the SEC, You're not going
to the Big ten. So what are you going to do? Right?
Well, how does it make sense when you feel slighted? I guess that's
part of it. You know, no one's treated me like we should be
treated I don't I don't know, but you're right, though, the piece
of the pie is what the piece of the pie is, right, you
know? I mean, is ESPN going to give the Big twelve more money
to bring those two teams into the league when they've already got them in the
ACC because the ACC is also an ESPN contract? Well, why is it?
Why would the why would the the Big twelve, you know, put
more money? I mean, why would the ESPN put more money in the
Big twelve when all they're doing is movie you know, from one league to
another? That are they going to take their shares from the from the ACC
contract and put them in the Big twelve contract. But that doesn't make any
sense because again, the whole reason they're not happy is because they feel like
they should be getting more money than the rest of the teams in the ACC
because they bring more, uh more eyeballs, you know, with their football
program. Yeah, well soon, I think it's gonna be a while before
we hear what's going on. Although that you know, there's like you say,
there's legs to this, Yeah, because there's been some legs for a
while. Yeah. I mean, I'm just flipping through through social media or
through you know, Twitter during the break and Aaron Torres has put up a
thing that he's promoing by saying, you know, thee this f SCU clems
and stuff is heating up. I'm like, doesn't make any sense. But
what I like him in the league, I don't even know, right,
because we just got rid of USC in Washington and Oregon. Now a sudden,
we want to bring Florida State and Clemson into the league that Arizona is
in. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean would you would it improve
the league? Sure? Sure, But all of a sudden, now it's
not as it's top heavy again right, right, No, the f SU
is not usc but it's but it's but it's something like unefeated last year,
right, so you know it's and then Clemson is no slouch. Right,
So you're thinking, Okay, just when we had a chance to be a
title contender, right now, you're gonna bring in two teams. We're gonna
be already you're behind them already, right, So I don't know. I
mean, I guess I wouldn't. I wouldn't say no, don't bring them
in because I don't want to have to play those guys. But you know,
I guess I'm not one hundred percent sure of what it adds to the
league, well, you know, and then what it does for the a
SEC. Yeah, I don't know. Credibility probably, yeah, But but
you don't need to create if you're already in. We don't want them.
I'd like what I here's what I'd like to see, like everything else,
like them talking about expanding the the CFP playoff. Let's run this for a
while. Let's just run this. Let's go with this, and let's see
how what it looks like and how it works. Get you know, if
it's two years, three years, five years, whatever. You know.
We we went through a lot to get to where we are. Let's see
how it works, right, you know, Let's get the new car off
the lot before we start talking about putting any stereo in it, or some
new tires or you know, a better paint job or whatever. Let's get
it off the damn lot and drive it around for a little while. Look
at you with it now, Like the analogy. Yeah, yeah, you
didn't like mine, but I liked them. I didn't like you mistaking Kansas
for Kansas. Oh yeah, but that was nothing analogy. That was just
it was just a mess food. I don't even know why I thought that,
because Lawrence is obviously Lawrence, and Manhattan's Manhannen two smallish college sounds.
Yeah, Okay, we have nine minutes. Anybody want to call. If
you guys try to call and get on know, it's your chance. Five
two o four. I saw so, so I know I know what you're
talking about with Bill on your note to the about the Dodgers. He had
that note on Facebook. Yeah, I see see. We've talked about him
a bit though today. Anyways, in the end, because what Brian called
it, Brian doesn't call it, we don't talk about it, so he
was just checking on me, he said. He texted me. He texted
me after the when they blew the Brian did when they blew the lead in
the in the on Saturday, he texted me and just asked me, are
you okay? And I said, I'm golfing, so I have no idea
what's going on? I didn't see it. And then he asked me.
Then again, he texted me again after yesterday's lost. I'm like, I'm
fine, I'm fine. We're at the All Star break. Let's take a
break, come back and knock it around. See what happens. They're still
the first place by a bun by I think six or seven games. I'm
not too worried about it anyways. So are you gonna watch it Omer and
Derby Night? Probably not. I'm too busy the trying to get your bubble
Gum and Scott State for now. I mean, hey, I'm not alone.
There's so many people. All right, let's take this call. Hi,
you're on the air and Iron the ball. Hey guys, this change.
Hey James, what's top Well, I've been trying to tell you guys
for two years of what's going on. With these batting averages in baseball.
But maybe let me write this down, hold on, go ahead and go
ahead on tap record, So that'd be fun. And I know what I'm
talking about, big boy. Okay, go James. I'm gonna I'm gonna
pay attention this time, all right. It's about probability. It's all about
probability of scoring, not getting a hit. The objective is the score getting
a bank hit is useless if there's no one off a bank. So that
the objective that these general managers have figured this out over the course in the
last several years, and there's a higher probability of scoring from a home run,
then they're ins from scoring with a walk, a base hit, and
a base hit. And so I did those numbers with Jay last year.
If you look at a decent home run hitters, and I hit a home
run about seven or eight percent of visit bats, Now that would be a
power hitter, some of them more often. If you take on basementercentages and
multiply them one against the other for a succession of three at bats, you're
dealing with something in the neighborhood of five percent. So the difference I can
do those numbers for you and be better. You caught me at a bad
time here today. You're already giving me a headache. But that's okay,
I feel asleep. Numbers give me a headache, But go ahead. Well
here's the that's what that's what's driving. That's what they're looking at. I
get it. It's probability. It's not probability of getting a hit anymore.
It's probability of scoring about probability of nobody coming to your games if you don't
generate some excitement aside from an occasional home run. I mean, that's the
probability that I'm that I'm thinking about. I couldn't agree with you more.
Let me ask you the warning the game of baseball with this Yeah, and
the other thing driving it, Jay is who gets paid these days? Who
gets paid? The home run is yeah, no, no doubt. So
even the second basement are trying to hit three home runs? Yeah, and
strike to be damned, they don't care. And that's what's happening. Hey,
let me ask you. Let me ask you a detailed question because she's
yawning, But let me ask you a detailed question with this whole thing,
this whole thing with runners on second base at the at you know, in
the when you go into extra innings, if you're if you're the manager.
Let's say you're you're the visiting team. Okay, so you've got your guy
on second base, they're gonna have their chance with the goud on second base.
Are you bunting them over or not? It depends on who's coming up.
Okay, It's all depends on who's coming up behind it. Okay,
let's say your nine hitters on is on second base, and you've got your
lead off here coming up and whatever he's batting, are you go, are
you gonna use your lead off here to bunt him over? I know,
I know if your three hitters coming up, or if your four hitters coming
up, you're not gonna ask them to bunt. But here's what here's where
you are. If you if you've bunt them over, then you've got one
attempt to drive him in without losing the inning. In other words, he
hits the ones that trying to hit us sacrifice by the batter the batter that
comes up after the I'm moving them over. Uh. Then you're you're sitting
there with two outs and man on third and your number two or three hitters
coming up. Those aren't bad odds. You figure the number two or three
hitter are there for a reason, right, But still that that player has
to produce a base hit then to score a run. Yeah, but if
you bun them over, all you need is a sacrifice flywer and in some
cases a ground ball. You just got to hit the ball to score the
run. Why why why? They just doesn't seem to think It seem that
they just don't seem to think that it's important to get that at least get
that one run. It's always that we've got to get two or three.
What enters their mind, see or J is the other team's got the same
opportunity right after. Okay, I get that. Now, now you're in
the bottom of the end. Okay, Now let's say they don't score their
run, right, they don't top of the inny. You got a guy
on second and there's still not bun him over. What the hell I don't
I would bunt that guy? Yeah, okay, all right, sorry,
I'm up with the tie score bottom ten runner on second base. No starting
up you guys, but my alarm just went off, my wake up call,
So all right, all right, mister, fundamentally. I appreciate it.
Thank you. Is it in the morning already? No, man,
it's just it's a peeve of mine. I mean, nuts, the Dodgers
did that the other day. You want to get the run across the bottom
of the inning, extra innings run around, second game is tied and the
swing what are you doing? No, No, that's but that's it's that
that's old school baseball. I want to smack. It's all the cut that
James Jim was talking about where it's different baseball now. And not that I'm
an old school dude, but it's old school. Moving the guy button across,
get the sacrifice, I get him in, and you win the game?
How novel? Whoa? What a concept? Right, I'm trying to
still stop my arm. Jim, all right, sorry about that. I
had to get that straight. Jim, as you could tell him, him,
the big baseball guy. Yeah. Uh. And and he, you
know, uh, pays attention to all of that. And I do to
a degree from the standpoint of what how I think baseball ought to be played.
And and again i'm you know, I'm multiple, you know, a
lot of it depends. You know, Look, have you seen this in
actualte grid baseball thing. You haven't seen that. I'll show it to you
at some point, but where you're trying to name players. Oh yeah,
you know, different categories and stuff. So m h. I'm with some
guys that we do it every day against each other's for of us, and
so it's it's had me thinking about all the old baseball players that I've known
over the years. You know, the the Johnny Benches and the Joe Morgan's
and the Sandy Kofax and Don Drysdale and all those guys, and all those
people come to mind, and I think of baseball from I'm thinking about baseball
from those days every day now because of that, and I that was such
God. I just love those times. Well let me say this. I
saw something over the weekend. I don't remember. I don't remember what it
was, but I saw Ron Say in a Cubs jersey right he was playing,
And I'm thinking, when did that happen? Yeah, he went to
the for so when they didn't feel broke up in the in the eighties and
the early eighties. Yeah, okay, so say what to Chicago? Uh?
Garvey with Garvey went to the Padres David Love stayed with him for a
while, but he ended up like with the Brewers in the short stop.
And Bill Russell just retired, okay, because I saw even even Fernando left
and he went and pitched for Baltimore, I remember, and some other pitched
for Baltimore and Milwaukee. I don't remember that. You know. I fell
asleep. All those guys, all those guys left, and they and they
came in with you guys. Well, we gotta go, we gotta go,
all right, find out what we do later tomorrow. We have another
show. You see what we did coming in. We have one we have
on Wednesday too, and then Thursday or Friday. All right, Hey,
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