This is a Downbeat on ninety seven to one The Freak Oh hell yeah,
good morning nine oh five on ninety seven to one, Los Freeque with your
morning Downbeat boys. I am the Ding and the Sea Cow. It's not
here today, and then we're all gone tomorrow and Friday, and then back
into some semblance of normal strength on Monday, leading you up to Christmas.
But man, we hope everybody has a tremendous Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. Kat is
here as well with us. He'll be back in just a moment. He's
out doing god knows what. We have picks with Glenn's coming up here in
just a moment. And as a matter of fact, we would like to
have a listener represent Downbeat Nation with their picks. So if you want to
give us a call here at two p one four seven eight seven, seven
to one, we'll put you on hold and you can pop on and give
us your football picks for the weekend games start tomorrow. I think we have
three NFL games tomorrow, including your Dallas Cowboys at home versus the Washington Commanders,
and then a full slate of NFL action. My gosh, we have
a Friday game as well. Yeah, and then the full Like I said,
the full slate on Sunday, so many games to select from. We
will need your pick for the Cowboys Commanders and then one of your choice.
So if you don't mind when you call in, you put on hold,
if you could look at your phone, look at the Vegas odds and pick
another game that looks appetizing to you, and we'll put you in the list.
I don't even know what the you got. The standings, yeah,
if you don't even want to look at the odds, will help you out
there. Yeah, for sure. Standings are at first place. We have
a tie the celebrities thirteen eight and one, the Glenns thirteen eight and one,
you're kidding. Fantastic about that, and tied for second place, which
would really make it third place. Danny at eleven ten and one had a
big week right behind Danny. Malcolm at eleven and eleven, Danny's two and
a half year old son, Adorable Mouth. He somehow avoided the tie to
be five hundred. Then it's Kevin at ten and twelve, and then Danny,
I'm sorry, and then Mike and JJ each at eight thirteen and one.
So over the weekend last week, right, pretty sure? Yes,
he had the that got him back in it, honestly because he had the
Bears getting by two. Now Mike has sent in his picks as well,
I guess before we get our guest celebrity on the phone, though, it
wouldn't be picks with Glenn's without this picks with Glenn's. Picks with Glenn's picking
games against the spread with the guests. Celebrity picks with Glenn's you know,
all my friends picking games against the spread with the guests sebrity fantastic huh.
Joining us now on the Free Cotton Line. This week's celebrity guest picker you
know him from his time in Texas. He is now the catcher for the
New York Yankees. Jose Travino joined us on the Free cont Line. Hello,
Jose, what's up, guys? What's going on? Dude? We're
just hanging hanging around. Hey, I was in New York for the last
week, and I was thinking about when you get traded to the Yankees.
Do they just put you up in housing near the Bronx, they help you
just get an apartment or do you live in the city, Like, where
did you live when you were when you're in h New y during the season.
So when I first got there, I found an apartment in White Plains,
New York. So if you've never been to White Plains, New York,
it is like one of the most beautiful places, like in the fall
time, like when it gets towards you know, playoff time, the trees
were literally orange. It was beautiful. It's like a short drive. It's
like twenty three minutes from the stadium, which I don't like to live too
close to the stadium, so it was it was a good enough drive.
But this year I lived in the city and I loved it. So I
don't know, I have a hard choice since next year. Like in the
city do you mean Manhattan? Do you mean? Yeah? Yeah? Like
around like like I'm not allowed to tell you where I'm at, sure,
I mean I want you to know where I live, you know, yeah,
yeah, but if you if you know what I mean, I'll meet
you at Uh. I'm not even gonna give you my practice spot either,
because you'll find me there too. Now, like like around like on the
West Side. I lived on the West Side uh this past year, so
I enjoyed it. But you drive, yeah, yeah, I drive I
drive, or some days you know there's there's a driver, you can get
a driver. Some days take the subway. I take the subway. You
do take the subway even on game days and stuff. Hell yeah, you
get mean, like that's all you need to do is take the subway.
You don't need no kind of pre workout or anything like. You just take
the subway and you get the energy gets going. It really does. You
never know. Literally, it's insane, it's all. It's kind of awesome
though, Like does the team give you the option, Like do they offer
drivers now? Because I yeah, oh yeah, yeah, you have like
a you can get like a you can get a driver if you want,
Like they'll hook you up with the drivers you need to. But for the
most part, I mean, I have my car, so I like to
drive because to call my family, you know, on the way to the
field, on the way out of the field, kind of check on everybody,
see everybody's doing and stuff. So when you when you when you played
here, I mean, here's very simple Arlington. So you're usually if some
guys want to live in Dallas, they can a lot of guys live in
Colleyville or something like that. I love Frisco, dude, Like, I
absolutely love Frisco. Frisco is where you know, my family was started.
I had some of the best times of my life in Frisco. But I
lived in Frisco and I absolutely loved it. Like I know, it's kind
of like a long haul of a drive, but that was like well worth
it because Frisco was amazing. I like Frisco too. So if you live
in West Manhattan, I'm assuming you've spent many a night downing free hot dogs
at Rudy's in Hell's Kitchen. Huh No, I don't. I don't.
Uh, I don't. I don't have long nights in New York. You
know. It's you know, and then back to back to the house.
I don't know. I don't take a I don't take too big of a
mite out of the apple, if you know what I mean. Yeah,
I get it, I get it. Hey, how old your kiddo?
Now? He's five, and he's a He's a wrecking ball. He loves
it, he loves uh. He just likes to hit. He doesn't want
to play defense. There we go. He just loves to hit, which
is a good thing. Yeah, you can get defense. You can worry
about that a little bit later in life. But I don't want you.
I don't want one of his friends at school being like, dude, your
dad want to go glove and you can't even catch a pop up, Like
come on, that's like one of the worst insults you can He comes home
with that. I'm like, dude, I don't know what to tell you.
Better get your glove. Well, they have the d H in both
leagues now, so yeah, he'll probably be okay. He can jump,
uh so in the off season. And by the way, this is a
Rangers former Rangers catcher Jose Trevino, now catcher for the Yankees. Jose Travino.
By the way, how do you two know each other? I see,
come on, we way back? Yeah, we go way back.
I think I met you or first time I ever sit down and talk to
you because your kiddo was a baby and and I met you and your wife
I think at a top golf event for the Jared Sandler charity. Okay,
but we went, yeah, we went golfing. This smofo drove the cavanaugh
was there's a witness too, drove a par four. I mean, dude,
it was like a par four with like a huge dog leg on it
and he sticks it on the green like five feet from the hole, like,
holy cow, get that power, get that baseball power. Was that
short game though? Yeah, it's better better now better now. Yeah,
it's better than Solax if you remember Nick Solilak Danny rough Rough short game on
Solac. Do you live Do you live in San Antonio or Corpus In the
off season, I Stonio, and you're probably pretty excited about your number one
draft pick. Yeah, we're Yeah, I'm pretty excited that we were very
young. Though we're very very young. We need to just a little bit
more defense, you know, played for quarters, and we'll be fine.
That we've got something rolling over here. Danny. That's another way. Jose
and I know each other very well. There's you know, spring training trips
would oftentimes turn into talking MAVs and Spurs in the locker room. I'm going
back, you know, eight, nine, ten years now, it seems
like, but those yeah a long time ago. Holy crap, like ten
years. That's crazy. How old are you now? Are you thirty?
I'm thirty. Yeah, I actually have a birthday coming up here in a
couple of days, but don't tell nobody. I'm gonna be thirty one,
and you know baseball, that's kind of you're getting up there. No,
you're safe here. No one's listening to us, especially especially at a holiday.
Uh. And it's just one kid. You haven't had another kid,
right, I have? I have two, got a one. I got
a one year old. His name's Geo. That's the one that's the one
you gotta watch out for. That's the one that's gonna be lighting it up.
I think it's my little silent assassin right there all right. By lighting
it up, what do you mean lighting it up? Because something some people
might think that means smoking, like you gave your wife gave birth to an
arson. What do you mean I'm talking about like lighting up some pictures,
some hitter. Yeah, maybe even on the field. Gonna be tough.
He's really tough. He's a tough loat cookie. Well, those boys have
such a have a two and a half year old and he was born with
a violent streak. Man, it's amazing. I don't know if you're probably
dealing with this as well, but boy, what is it about little boys
between the ages of like one and three, where every every elbow, foot,
shoe, knee has a laser guided destiny, and it's always your nuts.
Do you feel like you're always covering your junk anytime your one year olds
around? Because boy, I do anytime anytime my five year old. Man,
My five year old's crazy. Yeah, he gets in remotely close arm
length to me. I'm like, watch out, bro, like I'll push
you down. Yeah, it's like you're probably wearing your your game cup twenty
four to seven. Yeah, insane and shout out. Shout out to your
wife too for holding it down when you're gone, you know, for a
lot of baseball, because the life of a baseball person is insane. And
you got a five year old at a one year old boy in Manhattan?
What are you doing? H What is wrong with you? Go ahead?
When they're back home. I don't even need a dog man. There's just
those two be like, Hey, y'all want to like break into my house.
Go ahead, you're gonna have to take this one and five year old
with you. Good, look, well before we get your picks. Jose,
I know it's weird because you're a Yankee now, but you're a Ranger
for a long time. What do you think about the Rangers winning the World
Series. Man, I thought, man, see what I did? An
unbelievable job. Chris? You sorry? I called you what Chris did an
unbelievable job? Man. He did. He did everything that he told us
he was gonna do before I got, you know, traded, he told
the team like, we're gonna do everything we can to win here, and
we're gonna win soon, you know, along with like Michael Young and Ian
Kinser like all those guys man that he brought in. It was. It
was super impressive, dude. So it was cool to watch, cool to
see. You know, I still know a lot of the guys, man,
But you know, like anything else, like I don't want anybody to
win. I want to freaking win, of course. But if it was
a team, man, it was it was. It was them, and
they did an unbelievable job this year. Let me ask you one real quick
question about that. So it's considering the the trajectory of what this team,
the Rangers team was supposed to be on that maybe we were thinking next year
or the year after that for them to really be a viable choice to make
a run. How honestly, how surprised were you that they not only won
the World Series. But the way that they just pretty much just cleaned house
all the way to the end, I mean that had to come as a
little bit of surprise. Oh man. They had a good team. They
brought into some veterans, they made some trades, they did what they were
supposed to do, like they did the whole, the whole nine yards,
man. And you know when you when you do stuff like that and you
take action, you see a team where you have an opportunity to win a
World Series like they like, see why jumped at the opportunity and did it
and did it the right way. So yeah, I think that's probably more
of a fans perspective, you know, because we ride the highs and lows,
two extremes where I think the players mindset and you obviously can attest to
this, it's probably a lot more steady hand, a lot more measured.
You see things a lot differently than we do. So I was curious what
your perspective was on that, because I think Rangers fans were buying large pretty
surprised, you know that we weren't expecting them to make it all the way
and win the damn thing this year. Man. They had a good team,
and they had a really good team that had everything you know, defense,
hit did uh and they pitched pretty well. So yeah, well,
Jose, I know uh where you're uh where you're probably leaning with your Cowboys.
Pick it's it's Cowboys and Commanders tomorrow Dallas minus eleven. Knowing that you're
a big Cowboy fan, what do you think, Oh, buddy eleven,
we're gonna we're gonna crush them. We're gonna love it. Do you think
you think eleven man I was singing like twenty one, We're gonna we're gonna
crush him. My m VP, miam VP is gonna go out there and
throw four touchdowns? Yes, he probably might. He might run for one
and he'll throw for like three hundred and fifty. So yeah, you need
uh it's it's it's a no doubter. Come on, scorching hot prediction.
Love it three fifty? All right? And what's your other NFL game of
the week? Hey? Can I pick the Jets and the Dolphins? Is
that cool to play a Friday game? Love it? Yes, I'm looking
forward to that because I'm hearing that you're gonna be able to watch the game
kind of like watch the game and shop at the same time. Like,
I don't know if there's like that that website for that people go on and
they watch and they sell and they're like, oh, buy this pot and
pan for two dollars. So I'm wondering if it's just gonna be like like
Prime Day for men. It is, I think by this grill set right
now, you know, So I'm pretty I'm actually very invested and interested in
it. So I'm gonna but I'm gonna take the Dolphins. I'm gonna take
the Dolphins in that game. But you got on the line on that one
KT Miami minus nine is what I have right now, so that'll cover it.
On celebrities in first place, tied for first place, and they'll continue.
Jose was great to catch up with you, man, and and we'll
talk to you down the road, my man. Yes, sir, good
to talk to you. You'll have a good one. You too, You
too, brother. That is Yankees catcher Jose Travino. Minutes very did just
one of the He's one of the greatest. He picked up the phone when
you call. Yeah, no, he's awesome. I don't even do that,
uh, but was like talking, uh when you do get him alone.
You talk like talking baseball with him for a minute, and I went
to beat down people. Bill, I give you some insight and like what
some relief pictures are thinking. He's talking about pitches and calling pitches and all
this Stuff's like, oh my god, you know about that? Or he'll
just sit there and talk about the Spurs a lot. So if you can
keep him off basketball, he won't. He will push you off. He
won't beat you down with spurs talk. Uh. Now he is. He
is one of the best dudes ever. Jose Travino, Thank you. Let's
go to Mic and Grapevine, our glen of the week. Hello, Mike,
how are you, man? I'm good, brother. Welcome back,
Kat, thank you, it's so good to be back. And thank you
for being our glen of the week. Sir, Yes, sir, thank
you. What's up? Danny? Hi? II? What are you doing?
I'm working man, reading meters, uh, charging the people, calling
for all the water they use. I love that. Man. That's a
cool gig, right, Yeah, it's pretty cool man. I started at
four thirty this morning, so I'm ready to get the day over with.
I'm half stepping, if you know what I mean. Yes, I think
we're all half stepping on Wednesday, Wednesday before Thanksgiving, right, I'm guessing
Mike and great one, you're gonna be a Cowboys minus eleven guy, Oh,
dude for life, Bro, Cowboys for life. I got them,
man, They're gonna they're gonna crush them crushed, all right, Dallas minus
eleven and uh, the Glenn's again tied with the celebrities tied for first place.
This is a big week pick here. What's your other game of the
week here, Mike, I'm gonna go AFC. Man, I'm gonna go
Texans over the Jags, Dude. I think it was week three or four
they stunned the Jags and uh, I like the role the Texas. The
Texans are on man, CJ. Straus on fire, Bro, and uh,
I think they're gonna I think it's gonna beat up on the Jags again,
dude. All right, Houston plus one point five. Okay, thank
you so much, Mike. As always, we love you, dude.
Thank you for your service, of course, and have a happy Thanksgiving man.
Thanks guys, love you all. Happy Thanksgiving later, Bud, Mike
and Gravevine got malkimu ready if you want let's hear Malki. Okay, this
is Malkie at eleven and eleven. This is my two and a half nearing
three. Malki turns three in March, so he won't forever be the two
and a half year old. But this is Malcolm who is tied for third
place. Yes, I believe, And he's at five hundred you said eleven
eleven and eleven, half a game behind his papa controversial picks this week.
Get ready, buckle in Malcolm for this. Oh, by the way,
again, I forgot to do it, so I had to call mom this
morning to get to get Malkie's picks. Here we go, Malcolm for the
Thanksgiving games, football games. Daddy wants your picks. Okay, I'm going
to give you some choices. Cowboys or Commanders Commanders, oh, okay,
and Seahawks or forty nine ers Iron forty nine ers okay, awesome? And
do you want to say anything to Daddy? Hi? Daddy? Do you
want to say anything else? Yeah? Go ahead? Hi? Can you
see happy Thanksgiving? Harm Thane? Givy good job. I'll say that picture.
He wants to see that pictures? Yeah, he said, Dodgy,
Hi, Dotty the easily distracted mind of a toddler. I want to see
that picture. So he said forty nine ers, Dude, I think I
think he's going to get crushed in the Cowboys prediction. But I think he's
got a real good chance. What's the spread on Seattle San Francisco? The
thing I've got it as San Francisco minus seven, Yeah, which I've also
been seeing six and a half. I think they're going to crush the Seahawks.
We'll go, yeah, san Francisco minus seven. There's Malcolm's picks.
I'll read you Mikeys real quick. You said them Dallas minus eleven, okay,
and he wants Buffalo plus three and a half over the Eagles on Sunday.
Really, which that's the three twenty five game on Sunday Eagles and Bills.
Bills need it. I love that pick, Mike, he's made.
That's my my last week his non Dallas pick. I really enjoyed too.
I like that one as well. JJ, you got what you got baby?
Of course the Cowboys, yeah, no question, they're undefeated at home
tax on a row. Oh yeah, we're taking that with ease. I'm
gonna go with this Sunday game three o'clock, Cleveland Denver. Denver's picking it
up a little bit. So yeah, of course Cleveland's lost to Shaun Watson.
He's out for the year, so yeah, give me Denver for that
one. Four straight wins for the Broncos. That'll be Denver minus two and
a half. Okay, Yeah, I will go ahead and go tell you
to Dallas minus eleven. They've been blowing people out like it's just probably how
it's to be. If not, though, I am secretly pulling for Malcolm
to win the whole thing because I think that's awesome. So if he was
the only one that hits on the Washington pick and he gets a point on
all of us, I love that. Yeah, Dallas minus eleven. My
pick to JJ Denver minus two and a half. As much as I don't
trust Russell Wilson at all, Cleveland with a backup quarterback. They're seven and
three and they're trying to win on defense alone, and you can't win on
defense alone and football anymore. He just can't Denver minus two and a half
at home over the fighting Miles Garretts. I think the only thing that prohibits
the Cowboys from covering the eleven would be a significant injury to the offense.
So I think I think they're okay. I hope they're okay. I don't
see any reason why they can't score, you know, beat the Ding Dong
commander's team by two touchdowns at least in the second game, I've got the
Cardinals at the Rams. The Cardinals favored by one and a half points?
Is that what you're showing? I have one and have seen it at point
five, So if you have got it one and a half, though,
I'll believe you. Well, what that shows me is that this game is
slowly as it approaches, leaning towards the Rams. I'm going to lock in
the Rams at home against the Cardinals to out and out beat the Cardinals.
I've got it Rams plus one. Yeah, Rams. If you've got plus
one, then I'll take the Rams plus one. Yeah, Rams plus one.
That'll do the trick for you. And so, yeah, six of
us picked the Cowboys. Malcolm takes the command. Watch watch the Cowboys by
like ten. I want them to win, but that'd be awesome if they
won by like a touchdown in a field goal. And then Malki is just
sitting at the top with his Little Crown and all of us are just trying
to keep up with the listeners and the celebrity who just says the name of
the second team and does not understand that he doesn't care. Yeah, it's
amazing. Tells everybody Happy Thanksgiving. So good, so good. That was
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