WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:25.120 Second hour of the program exues and bros throughout the Great State of Michigan. 2 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:35.039 First hour, we talked exclusively about Spencer Torkolsen and the fact that he is 3 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:43.039 headed to Toledo. The promote lost in this, perhaps unfairly so, is 4 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:51.560 the promotion of Justin Henry molloy from Triple A. Now you remember he was 5 00:00:51.600 --> 00:01:00.439 acquired into trade from Atlanta in December of twenty twenty two, and he is 6 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:06.760 a very talented hitter. From what we were able to gather, he's just 7 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:15.680 twenty four same as Torkulsen. I don't think his numbers pop at you in 8 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:21.439 Toledo, two fifty three six bombs. But look at the walk rate. 9 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:25.159 This is a big deal. Okay, on base percentage is really important. 10 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:27.879 This is a big deal to the front office in any front office. It's 11 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:33.280 not just Scott Harris, it's any front office. His walk rate is twenty 12 00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:40.159 percent, his strikeout rates close to twenty seven percent. Again, marry that 13 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:46.040 with Torkulsen's numbers. What did I say just before the break? Torkulsen a 14 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:52.480 walk rate of seven percent and a strikeout rate of twenty four and a half 15 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:59.120 percent. That's a big difference. Okay, Now one's minor league ball and 16 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:01.599 one's major league ball. You know major leaguers, Like this is going to 17 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:06.840 be adjustment for him too, major league ball is I mean, those those 18 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:09.240 guys are around the plate more and they get more of the benefit of the 19 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:19.479 doubt. Molloy used to be a third baseman. The Tigers didn't feel like 20 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:28.919 that was his strength. They felt like they're going to push him to the 21 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:34.479 outfield. This is a deeper concern for me, but it's not one that 22 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.879 you have to worry about right now. You know, they don't They don't 23 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:44.639 have any really good defensive players like Jace Young's a hitter, Cole Keith's a 24 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:49.439 hitter. Justin Henry Lloy is a hitter. Parker Metal is a good defensive 25 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:54.599 player. But overall their young guys are viewed primarily as what we hope will 26 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:00.479 be offensive players. Remember, Torkolsen was drafted as a third base That was 27 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.840 the announcement at the draft. Drafted as a third basement even though he was 28 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:08.400 a first baseman at Arizona State. He was recruited as a third baseman. 29 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:19.400 There. Gage Workman was their third baseman. His ability moved Torkosoen from third 30 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:23.240 to first. Either way, the corner infield spot is where you expect power. 31 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:32.520 That's the way it's kind of always been. So you got guys like 32 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.240 this who are coming up, and it's great. Gives him an opportunity. 33 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:42.000 He's a really nice kid too, by the way. He's a tough kid. 34 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:50.280 Parents did a wonderful job with him. But he is going to produce 35 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:54.719 offensively for you, not defensively. He is viewed as a below average defensive 36 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:04.240 player. So think about what you have with this team right now. When 37 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:10.960 sil Perez is an outfielder, not by trade. They moved him there because 38 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:17.600 he wasn't good enough defensively at shorter second. They move Riley Green from center 39 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:27.519 to left. Mark Canna is a guy who can play either corner outfield, 40 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.600 perhaps either corner infield, and he'll probably get a lot more first base opportunities. 41 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:36.160 Matt Werling is a guy who plays a little bit of center, a 42 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:45.879 little bit of right, a little bit of third base outside of the catcher 43 00:04:45.959 --> 00:04:49.759 spot, and not many catchers are doubling up anyplace else other than first base. 44 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:55.439 You know, you've got Salvador Perez playing catcher and first but you know 45 00:04:55.639 --> 00:05:01.399 he made his way in the majors as a gold glove catcher. They're only 46 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:06.240 moving in first base as he gets older. Rogers and Kelly aren't playing any 47 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:13.480 other positions. So outside of catcher, short and second, Bias isn't playing 48 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:18.360 any place other than shortstop. Keith is not going to play any place other 49 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:26.639 than second base. Everybody else is moving around. Yes, Green's and left. 50 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.920 He can play a little bit of center. That's a positive. I 51 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:34.720 don't view this is where my philosophy is completely different than a lot of the 52 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:39.800 front office people and the manager, and that is, you know, when 53 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:46.439 they love the ability to move guys around. I want everyday guys, I 54 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:54.639 want I want a third baseman. I'm penciling in every single day, and 55 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:58.560 they don't have this. So you get justin Henry malloy. Now you've got 56 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:04.399 Matt Feeling, You've got Riley Green, You've got weinsil Perez, You've got 57 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:12.160 Mark Canna, all patrolling the outfield at times. Feeling can play a little 58 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:15.680 bit of third, or Schella plays a little bit of third, or Sella 59 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:23.759 and Canna are going to play some first base, right. That's a to 60 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:31.160 me. The word hodgepodge has slash is maybe a little too strong, but 61 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:40.120 it feels like that to me. That's the sense that I get. I 62 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:46.079 could be wrong there. I hope I am, but I personally not a 63 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.240 huge fan of that, never have been, no matter what the role may 64 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:56.920 be. Want the guy on a regular basis, and I think that's where 65 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:00.639 the best teams are. Don't give me that. Adlie Rushman sometimes the DH 66 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:03.800 yeah, I know, but most of his at bats, most of his 67 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:10.240 games are as a catcher. I mean, that's what the best teams are 68 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:15.519 doing. Donnard Henderson is second base every day, Rushman is catcher every day. 69 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:19.920 Mountcastle's first base every day, Santander's right field every day, Hayes's left 70 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:25.839 field every day, Mullins' is center field every day. That's what you're getting 71 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:32.399 Westburgh sometimes second base, sometimes third base. That's Baltimore and they lost yesterday 72 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:39.040 four to three. But that team is that team's really good. If there's 73 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.839 any team you'd like to be like, it's the Baltimore Orioles And who would 74 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:46.439 have thought that two years ago? What their young guys are developing, and 75 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.839 they're really good, and they play every day and they've got a position. 76 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:56.920 Even certain teams like like Tampa. Take Tampa for example, that used to 77 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:01.120 people used to pride themselves about using as a model of guys who can play 78 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:07.040 all over. Jose Series every day center field man, and Andy Diaz is 79 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.240 first base every day. Randy or Rosarina is first base or left field every 80 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:16.399 day. Esak Paratus is third base every day. Those are the guys you're 81 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:22.759 getting. Detroit's got two everyday players and one guy, by the way, 82 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:30.120 is widely despised. And if it weren't for the contract, we may not 83 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:35.799 even be on this team. So let's let's understand what we're dealing with here. 84 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:41.759 I'm happy for Justin Henry Maloy. I'm excited to watch him play. 85 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:46.320 I'm excited to see him take swings. I would love to know why this 86 00:08:46.480 --> 00:09:01.639 organization does not develop good everyday players. Who's the last everyday player who became 87 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:13.000 an All Star? Is it Curtis and developed Curtis Granderson? Alex Savilla, 88 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:18.720 Alex Savilla, I believe is the answer. So it's a Villa. It's 89 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:26.799 Granderson position player wise. How about how about infielder? How far do you 90 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:33.639 have to go back? Travis Freeman. It's not a good track record. 91 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:39.120 Meyer hotline is open eight sixty six, eight three, eight forty eight forty 92 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.200 three. The text line is sports Radio to twenty one thousand. 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We welcome your thoughts. Spoken a lot about 109 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.720 Spencer Torkolsen this morning. Tiger is an eight to four winner over the Red 110 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:35.480 Sox. Yesterday Torkulsen sent down justin Henry Malloy up. Maloy has been a 111 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:41.720 designated hitter a few times as of late, down in Toledo and doing that 112 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:46.639 on purpose, so you get that mindset, that routine, if you will. 113 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.399 Most of his games have been played in left field, no longer a 114 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:52.519 third baseman, because they just didn't feel like he was good enough there. 115 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:58.639 That speaks to a different problem for this team right now. But the Tigers 116 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:05.120 are in Texas tonight to start a three game series there. Scott Dixon wins 117 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:09.759 the Detroit Grand Prix. It's his fifty eighth career win. Only A. 118 00:12:09.879 --> 00:12:13.559 J. Foyd has more, and it's his thirty third road course victory, 119 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:18.600 which is most all time, and it's also his fourth career win in Detroit. 120 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:26.279 Did you get a chance to go down by chance? Because people I 121 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:31.399 spoke to who were down there said it was fantastic. It's another event. 122 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:37.200 I don't know how it looks on TV in your eyes, I think it 123 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.440 looks pretty damn good. I think the broadcast was very good. I think 124 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:46.720 it's I think it's a prideful moment for the entire state, just like the 125 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:56.360 event in Benton Harbor and the Senior PGA event. Just like in a couple 126 00:12:56.399 --> 00:13:03.000 of weeks you're going to see the Meyer Classic take place. All these events, 127 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.960 you know, whether you think they're big or not, I don't care. 128 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.480 I think it's I think it's a great way to showcase the state. 129 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:20.480 I think it's awesome how many people go out and support it. And that 130 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:26.120 course is one of the bumpiest, one of the most challenging, one of 131 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:33.360 the tightest courses on the Indy car circuit. Don't ask me to compare it 132 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.720 to Monaco or Long Beach or places like that. I just know Detroit does 133 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.000 a good job and I think they should be proud of it. And I 134 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:52.600 hope you were too. Last night, Edmonton beats Dallas to win the Western 135 00:13:52.639 --> 00:14:03.559 Conference. I'll guarantee you somebody in America right now is saying, oh my 136 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.600 gosh, this is a nightmare for the NHL. Don't tell me they didn't 137 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:16.399 want New York in Dallas, you get Florida and Edmonton. Hey, listen, 138 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:26.480 you can highlight superstars. I know it helps with the TV ratings and 139 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:30.879 all that other stuff. I don't know how many people are gonna watch if 140 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:37.039 they're not hockey fans already. I don't know. I'm watching because I love 141 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:43.120 the sport. I love watching Edmonton play, and I really like watching Florida 142 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:48.080 play. I think it's an awesome matchup. The Panthers are opening as the 143 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:54.919 favorites. But here's the thing, and this was said afterwards. Peter de 144 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:58.240 Boor of Dallas, the head coach of Dallas said this after the game yesterday. 145 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:03.120 He said, we probably had that was probably our best game, but 146 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:11.080 they lost two one Edmonton had. Did you see the final stat line on 147 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:22.919 this Edmonton had ten shots on net and yet they won two to one. 148 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:33.279 Connor McDavid Zach Hyman. Those are the goal scorers for Edmonton the power play, 149 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:41.159 both of them power play goals. That was the difference. And of 150 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:48.960 course the other difference is in net and when you get a goalie playing and 151 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:54.600 nothing against Jake go Ottinger, nothing against him. He was really good for 152 00:15:54.720 --> 00:16:03.440 Dallas all season long. He was good for Dallas in the series. It 153 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:08.519 just happened to be and his team generated plenty of opportunities. It just happened 154 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:15.679 to be that for Edmonton, Stuart Skinner was better. And that's a good 155 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:19.200 story, by the way, it's a really good story. He was benched 156 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:23.960 earlier in the playoffs. He has bounced back and he has been really important. 157 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:37.320 He made thirty four saves last night. Dallas outshot Edmonton thirty five to 158 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:47.519 ten. And yet it's the Oilers that win and advance. So the Oilers 159 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:51.440 are into the Stanley Cup Finals. They're going to be trying. They're going 160 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:56.720 to try and become the first Canadian based team to win the Stanley Cup since 161 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:02.759 the Montreal Canadians in nineteen ninety three. I don't know if this was an 162 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:08.000 improbable run or not for them, but I do know that it's going to 163 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:11.920 be a It should be a fun series. Although Florida beat them rather handily 164 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:15.039 five to one. I think in five to three during the regular season. 165 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:21.119 Who cares? I mean, that's so overrated. That's just a way for 166 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:27.759 television and radio to padd some discussion about the series in general. What will 167 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:32.559 be somewhat interesting. I saw this on social media last night. The distance 168 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:38.079 of two five and forty miles between Edmonton and where Florida plays Sunrise, Florida 169 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:42.720 is the longest distance between Stanley Cup final opponents and NHL history. There's your 170 00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:51.640 little tidbit of information that nobody cares about. What is really cool is that 171 00:17:51.880 --> 00:18:00.400 McDavid is into the finals for the first time in his career. Right speaking 172 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:08.519 of one ones big deep breath, he got them there. Now, Florida 173 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:14.440 will be the favorite, and rightfully so. I do believe they're the more 174 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:23.160 complete team. I think they're tougher to play against, but they will. 175 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:29.680 They will have to do everything they possibly can to stay out of the box 176 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:37.279 because Edmonton's power play is so damn lethal and Edmonton is so fast. I 177 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.519 will say this, you watched the games earlier this year Edmonton and Florida when 178 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:49.839 they played one another. Florida was equally as fast in those two games. 179 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.440 And maybe it's Edmonton forcing you you know, that kind of up tempo type 180 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:59.839 of stuff. But it was really good. Let me get to some texts. 181 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:03.519 The text line is sports Radio to twenty one thousand, Ben, what 182 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:07.319 do we have? Yeah, we have one back about Torklesen. It says 183 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:14.000 Madison Bumgarner, Mike Trout, Max Scherzer, and Mickey Mantle are a few 184 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:17.319 players who are sent down to the miners to figure things out after being called 185 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.079 up. Just trying to stay positive for this kid seems like a good kid. 186 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:25.440 Yeah, that's a good one. Keeping it in perspective. I love 187 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:33.000 it. You have to. It's gonna happen to a lot of different players, 188 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:40.960 and it doesn't mean that they're not very good, Okay, it doesn't. 189 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:45.839 It means you've got to make an adjustment. It is really hard to 190 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:52.400 make the adjustment during a Major League Baseball season. That's why they oftentimes send 191 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:55.759 you down to the miners. That's a good text, it really is. 192 00:19:55.799 --> 00:20:03.960 I mean, look, Alex Manoa, not alex Alec Manoa was a starter 193 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:07.000 in the All Star Game. Remember they miked him up. You remember watching 194 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:12.400 that bend It was really cool stuff. And he throws strikes after strike after 195 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:18.640 strike. He was fun. Loving that he gets sent down. Not that 196 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:23.559 year, but something happened and he hasn't recovered. 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The text line sports Ready to twenty 215 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:15.880 one thousand good text just before the break mentioning some players who were sent down 216 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:22.160 in their careers were not comparing Spencer Porkelson to certain players, certain all stars, 217 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:30.039 if you will, guys who helped lead a team to a league championship. 218 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:33.960 John Rocker, for example. It was like that, I think Harmon 219 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:38.640 Killerbrew actually was sent down at one point. I'm not comparing Spencer Porkleson to 220 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:45.119 those guys. All I'm saying is that he's not the first. He will 221 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:51.440 not be the last big name player to be sent down. And I don't 222 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:56.960 even know how big of a name he is outside of Detroit. May not 223 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:00.119 be very big at all. There may be a lot of people who who 224 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:03.440 were just questioning a little bit in saying, who is that guy? You 225 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:10.839 know, I mean, we live it because it's somebody we feel is really 226 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:18.480 important to this organization. But there might be a lot of people around baseball 227 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:22.319 who don't feel like that's a big name. And if that's the case, 228 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:29.240 then that tells you about the disappointing start to his major league career overall. 229 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:33.640 Back to the text line and you can text as Sports Radio to twenty one 230 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:37.160 thousand, Ben, what else is up? Yeah, it says Alex Savilla 231 00:23:37.319 --> 00:23:41.839 was a stud. I remember down the stretch he caught every game in that 232 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:48.759 human heat near were around twenty eleven and rake the ball while handling a Hall 233 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:57.920 of Fame pitching staff. Yeah, I thought Alex Savilla was There was a 234 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.920 period of time. First of all, I think he's a really good analyst 235 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:06.519 by the way Radio, n TV, But there was a period of time. 236 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:10.559 Look just one all start. No one's saying he's a he's a Hall 237 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:14.119 of Famer or a Tiger's Hall of Famer or anything like that. But twenty 238 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:18.559 eleven he had an excellent season. You bet two ninety five you slug over 239 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:23.279 five hundred, you drive in eighty two, you hit nineteen bombs, you 240 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:30.359 win a Silver Slugger. That's pretty damn good. I would remind you this, 241 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:33.680 and I need to remind myself this sometimes. He was drafted his third 242 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:41.880 basement out of Alabama and then made to a catcher thirteen years in the big 243 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:49.880 League's pretty damn good. And yeah, he handled a lot of pitchers with 244 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:56.200 type A person like most athletes are type A. But especially when you have 245 00:24:56.319 --> 00:25:03.920 when you have guys like Verlander and Sure and Fister and guys who are they 246 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:11.640 want things done a certain way that can make the job hard sometimes and he 247 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:15.640 was excellent about that. So that's a good text too. I appreciate the 248 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:19.319 texts at twenty one thousand, appreciate anything that might be on your mind. 249 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:23.519 In the Meyer hotline, eight sixty six eight three eight forty eight forty three. 250 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:29.200 That's eight sixty six, eight three, eight forty eight forty three. 251 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:37.880 We mentioned Scott Dixon, we mentioned the NHL, the other story in Sports 252 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:41.440 Yesterday, there's a couple of other ones, and then in the eight o'clock 253 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.279 hour, we're going to get to a lot on NFL. But I don't 254 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:48.880 know how much you watched the RBC Canadian Open. I know it's not a 255 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:55.039 major, so it probably doesn't garner a lot of attention. But there are 256 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:59.400 you know, there are other events in golf that are really big too. 257 00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:02.720 Not saying this is huge, but it's been around for one hundred and twenty 258 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:07.480 years. They played it at Hamilton, Ontario, seventh time it's been played 259 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:12.920 there at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club. And the winner is the guy 260 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:18.359 by the name of Robert McIntyre. That's not even the story. The story 261 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:25.559 is ct Pan and you might be going, what what are you talking about? 262 00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:30.559 Ct Pan had a really nice eagle from one hundred and twenty one yards 263 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:36.759 out yesterday, that's not the story. His caddy on the bag was Mike 264 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:41.680 fluff Cowen. That's not the story. The story is that ct Pan went 265 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:48.960 through not one, not two, not three, but four caddies in his 266 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:56.279 final round. I don't know if you saw this, but his original caddy, 267 00:26:56.559 --> 00:27:02.559 Mike fluff Cowen, who was the caddy for Tiger Woods for so long, 268 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:06.920 He was on the bag for the entire tournament. But he fell on 269 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:14.039 the third hole on Sunday and couldn't continue. So what does Pan do. 270 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.799 It's not like you're gonna carry your own bag, right, what's he gonna 271 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:23.839 do? He selects a fan out of the crowd. I don't know how 272 00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:27.319 you do this. The fan gets all excited. He's like, hey man, 273 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:33.039 I'm I'm your guy. It's an it's an on the course interview, 274 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:40.680 I suppose right away. So he gets this guy out of the crowd and 275 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.680 he says he's ready for the job. He caddies on the fourth hole. 276 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:53.160 Ct Pan bogies that hole. But that's it's not like he got rid of 277 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:57.240 him off the bag because of that. It's not like he's asking this guy 278 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:02.960 yardage or he's all he's asking him carry my bag, hand me the club. 279 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.839 I want clean it. Please make sure you have a towel to wipe 280 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:12.400 the golf ball off once it lands on the green, and hold the flag. 281 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:18.599 He's not asking him to read the green. He's not asking him what 282 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:22.119 club he should hit. He's not asking him for yardage. Well, I 283 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:26.480 suppose you could shoot it, but you probably wouldn't trust a guy coming out 284 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:30.920 of the gallery even to shoot the flag. And how far it is? 285 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:37.240 I got one sixty three for me? You know, I'm using a seven 286 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:41.839 iron here, how about you CT Yeah, thanks, I'm going to use 287 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:47.640 I'm going to use a heavy wedge, but I appreciate it. Stand over 288 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:51.759 there for me. Don't move, I'm about to hit. I don't know, 289 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:56.200 I don't know how the conversation goes anyway, the fan caddies for the 290 00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:03.799 fourth hole. Mike Campbell, who was a worker from the caddies services at 291 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:08.519 the course, steps in. He finishes out the front nine. After the 292 00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:15.319 ninth hole, a guy by the name of Al Riddell, who was a 293 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:18.759 caddie for an earlier for a player who had missed the cut, took over 294 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:27.039 on the back nine. Apparently he was watching this whole thing unfold while he 295 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:34.240 was at home, and knowing that his player wasn't playing the weekend, he 296 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:40.759 jumped through his car, raced over to the course and said, I'll help 297 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:45.640 him out now. I don't know how much he gets paid. I don't 298 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:52.359 know what their relationship was or anything like that, but that's a hell of 299 00:29:52.400 --> 00:30:00.119 a story. That's a hell of a run. Man. Four caddies in 300 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:04.200 one round. The CTPAN, by the way, finished one under for the 301 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:11.319 day, three under for the tournament. So Robert McIntyre to a certain extent, 302 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:18.519 at least in my eyes, to a certain extent, was overplayed by 303 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.920 that story right there. It's really good. This is another story that's a 304 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:30.359 little little frustrating to me. I'm I don't know how you take this, 305 00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:33.880 but I'm gonna lay it out there. I'm gonna ask you what you think. 306 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:40.799 All right. Every league has rules that it's athletes are expected to follow, 307 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:48.079 and if you don't follow them, oftentimes there's a fine. Now, 308 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.920 a lot of these guys make so much money, finding them is just a 309 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.440 drop in the bucket. You can find a thousand bucks if you're a Major 310 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:00.839 League Baseball player. Who cares they lose? Is that on the plane flying 311 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:07.279 from New York to Atlanta in their card games in the back? So it 312 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:15.240 really doesn't matter. The WNBA is a little different, slightly different. They 313 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:22.279 don't make that kind of money, and I'm not suggesting they should. But 314 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.400 over the weekend, not that I expected you to follow this, and I'm 315 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.119 not gonna lie. It's not like I sat there and glued to the television 316 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:34.519 and doing all that stuff. But Chicago played Indiana. The storyline there was 317 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:41.039 that there were three players who are top five picks, Caitlin Clark who played 318 00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.319 at Iowa, Angel Reese who played at LSU, and Kimii Cardoso who played 319 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:52.519 at South Carolina. The latter two won national titles. The first Kaitlin Clark 320 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:57.720 was a national runner up in both those games. But during one of the 321 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:05.640 games, or during that game Chicago, Indiana, Caitlin Clark was pushed shoved 322 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:12.400 to the ground a foul, hard foul, not while she had the basketball, 323 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:15.920 but while she was waiting for an inbound pass, not by either one 324 00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:23.160 of those players. Either she was fouled by another player who's I'm sorry whose 325 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:30.319 name escapes me right now or Kennedy Carter is her name anyway, After the 326 00:32:30.359 --> 00:32:36.480 game, they're supposed to be made available to the media. There's a media 327 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:40.559 policy that says postgame media availability no later than ten minutes following the game. 328 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:45.799 Each head coach in two players, the leading scorer and a key contributor based 329 00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:50.920 on what the team feels, have to be made available in a separate press 330 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.799 conference room for people on the media, and in case those want to join 331 00:32:55.000 --> 00:33:02.759 via zoom, all the other players at the conclusion of that press conference may 332 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:08.799 be requested to join the media as well, so They're supposed to remain in 333 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:15.200 the building, whether requested or not, until all the media obligations are met. 334 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.359 That's just their policy. Whether you agree with it or not doesn't matter. 335 00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:23.839 Somebody did ask for Carter, she would not ask answer questions about the 336 00:33:23.839 --> 00:33:29.400 incident in the third quarter where she shoved Clark, put a shoulder into her 337 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:32.359 and picked up a flagrant one. Well, Angel Reese was not at the 338 00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:37.160 podium that she was requested. She was not available, so she gets fined 339 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:44.559 one thousand dollars. I guess my question would be, at what point are 340 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:52.839 these players in this league going to understand that they are not the NBA. 341 00:33:58.880 --> 00:34:04.640 They're getting coverage. They should be very grateful they're getting as much coverage as 342 00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:08.639 they do. And I'm not going to claim because I don't know, I'm 343 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:14.760 not going to claim that it's all because of Caitlin Clark. That's not fair 344 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.159 to some of the past great players who've played in this league, whether it 345 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:22.760 be Sue Byrd, Tina Thompson, Cheryl Swoops, Diana Tarassi, whomever. 346 00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:29.199 All right, but if you're going to start having that attitude where you don't 347 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:36.320 feel like you've got to meet what the league has suggested or demanded. If 348 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:40.280 you're not going to start answering questions when the media asks you questions, and 349 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:45.679 you're going to start pulling the NFL stuff, don't be upset when the pushback 350 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:52.039 becomes super real and if you're going to start biting the hand that feeds you. 351 00:34:53.559 --> 00:35:00.800 So for example, that Carter or Angel Reese after the game starts sending 352 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:04.559 out on social media. How good is Caitlin Clark? What does she do 353 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:08.480 besides hit threes and all that other stuff. You're getting charter flights? Now, 354 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:13.000 think about this for a second. How much is it to attend to 355 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:17.719 WNBA game? How much money are teams truly making? There are certain games 356 00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:22.519 that they are The New York Liberty had a big crowd earlier this year and 357 00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:27.719 made some money, a lot of money. But you better be careful, 358 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:36.159 don't overplay your hand because the public interest isn't so great that you can't go 359 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:40.880 away you your team or your league where everyone would be crying for it all 360 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:50.920 over again. You're starting to expand a little bit. You're getting You've got 361 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:57.280 the national TV rights, you're getting right ups, you're getting draft previews, 362 00:35:58.079 --> 00:36:00.559 you're getting analysis on a regular base of things. You're getting big names to 363 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:02.880 do this, that and the other thing, and now you're going to start 364 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:10.719 pulling this type of attitude. You better be careful. Players better recognize it. 365 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.920 Now. There is a, I want not a misconception, but there 366 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:22.920 is a belief that the reason they're getting charter flights and the reason a lot 367 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:27.199 of things are happening well for the WNBA is because of the infusion of Caitlin 368 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:30.039 Clark and one specific player there has been. You got to be careful with 369 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:35.800 that. This is not responsible by the media. That is not proven yet. 370 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:39.599 It is timing, yes, and it is is it, you know, 371 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:44.559 a coincidence? Probably not. She's part of the reason, but she's 372 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:49.960 not the only reason, because what it does is it creates a vitriol, 373 00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:57.559 a jealousy. Just the way it is, it's true, and players are 374 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:02.159 starting to do that toward her. I don't agree with a lot of the 375 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:08.800 people who are saying she is she is treated differently because she's white and straight, 376 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:17.440 which is pretty sad too. Even if that were the case that somebody 377 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:22.880 who is straight in that league is viewed as so different that you've got to 378 00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:29.639 push back on her, that's pretty scary stuff. And there's a very little 379 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:32.599 pushback on the fact that other people have come out and said she is privileged 380 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:39.599 because she's white. That's bull crap, absolute bull crap. She comes in 381 00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:45.119 with extreme fanfare because of what she did at the collegiate level, and what 382 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:50.760 she did at the collegiate level is greater than anybody has ever done at the 383 00:37:50.800 --> 00:38:00.119 collegiate level. From an individual standpoint, our phone number on the Meyer hotline 384 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:05.400 eight sixty six eight three forty eight forty three. I was just stunned to 385 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.760 read the I mean, it's so early in her career, what are they 386 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:14.519 ten games in? Eight to ten games in and already and you can tell 387 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:21.079 that visiting players have had enough think about the stuff that she's had to deal 388 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:29.920 with on a regular basis at the collegiate level. It is a hard balance 389 00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:36.639 to be the focus of so much attention and still be humble and be willing 390 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:42.320 to try and steer a lot of that public attention toward others on your team, 391 00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:45.639 while those on the team no, da you know, damn well, 392 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:52.840 there's a little resentment there. They want a piece of that public eye. 393 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.840 They want to be written up every once in a while for what they felt 394 00:38:55.880 --> 00:39:02.800 like they contributed to a team's effort, and then the media, what do 395 00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:09.360 we do. 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