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It's the 10 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:45.280 free iHeartRadio app. Now, a guy that has not been not enough this 11 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:48.079 year, and I'm pretty upset about it. I'm just gonna go on record 12 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:52.079 right now let him know. Yeah, I'm pissed. I'm pissed. I'm 13 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:55.000 glad he came on today so I can tell him I'm pissed. Let's bring 14 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.719 on Jack Harris at the Times. Jack, are you there, I'm here. 15 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.879 I'm really just upset that I missed this fight between you two. That's 16 00:01:03.959 --> 00:01:08.079 that's really what I wanted to hear. It wasn't that you know, it's 17 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.120 family fighting, you know what I mean, Jack, Sometimes family have to 18 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.599 go out a little bit to clearly. Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna have 19 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.640 to go back and listen to it. Yeah, Man, it's good Jack. 20 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.040 Where you've been, Man, we miss you. I know it's been 21 00:01:22.359 --> 00:01:25.680 There's been a lot going on. It's you know, even with that Toney, 22 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.640 I think sometimes there's been a lot of sports stories happened in LA. 23 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:33.280 But you're kind of getting into that year now where Yeah, I think there's 24 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:34.959 gonna be a lot of interesting stuff going on the Dodgers. So, yeah, 25 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:40.159 lots to talk about. Let's start with Miguel Rojas having a hell of 26 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:44.239 a year defensively, not a question hitting the ball, doing a terrific job. 27 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:47.920 It's early to speculate, But why don't we speculate, because is it 28 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:51.719 ever too early for that? When Mooki comes back, if Mickey Rojas is 29 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:57.560 playing the way he is, you see Mooki going to second base most likely. 30 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.439 I think what we're not gonna see is Mookie Bets starting every single game 31 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:06.079 at shortstop the way he was before he got hurt. I think even if 32 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.680 mcgaul Rojas wasn't playing as well as he is right now, that might have 33 00:02:08.719 --> 00:02:13.000 been the case. I think if the Dodgers were going to be able to 34 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:17.400 seriously think about having rookie Bets as their everyday shortstop through the season and into 35 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:22.159 October, he needed to be getting reps every day, He needed to be 36 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:24.319 getting his pregame work in every day. And the fact that he's going to 37 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.039 have missed, you know, some two months of that process of learning that 38 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:31.280 position was always going to make it, in my mind, difficult for him 39 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:37.240 to play that spot on an everyday basis. Miguel Rojas's performance, I think, 40 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:42.400 just makes that decision all the easier. His bat had been really consistent. 41 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:46.000 There was obviously you know this stat about the team winning all but one 42 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:50.719 game now and when when he's had a base hit, his defense has been 43 00:02:50.759 --> 00:02:54.639 good. I think the only real question there is the workload management part, 44 00:02:54.759 --> 00:02:59.319 and it's his playing time has gone up. You know, he started playing 45 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:04.520 on a near everyday basis since Mookie got hurt. Can he sustain that? 46 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.800 You know, he's not a young player, and he had a lot of 47 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:10.479 nagging injuries last year and even a few earlier this year that I think the 48 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:15.039 team's a little bit wary about so when Mooki comes back, I think, 49 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.520 you know, as things are currently constructed, you could maybe see a few 50 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:24.080 starts from Mookie at shortstop just to help the workload part with Miguel Rojas would 51 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:29.360 also allow Gavin Lucks to keep getting starts and he can still be consistent with 52 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:31.800 the bat. But yeah, I think as you start looking at the playoffs 53 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:35.960 and how that infield might look, my guess is, uh, you know, 54 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.520 barring some sort of major deal at the deadline, you're going to see 55 00:03:38.520 --> 00:03:45.639 Migul Rojas be in their primary shortstop as far as October is concerned. And 56 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:49.639 then how how does that? How does that land when Mookie does come back, 57 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.400 and say he does come back and you know, gets healthy late August, 58 00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:59.000 September, whenever it is he gets healthy again, how does he go 59 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.000 back? Because he's the one that lobby to play shortstop, He wanted to 60 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:06.039 play shortstop, and now he comes back, you take that away from him. 61 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.319 Does he ever get the opportunity to go back and play shortstop again? 62 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.120 If they decide that, hey, it's better for our team that Migey Roe 63 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.680 plays short and you play second. Yeah, I before Mookie got hurt, 64 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:20.839 I asked him that thing, and it was through the guise of if the 65 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:24.879 Dodgers ground and trade for a shortstop, you know, would you be okay 66 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:28.360 moving back to the second base or just moving off that spot. And his 67 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:31.480 message there has been yes, I just want to win. The reason that 68 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:36.160 he went to shortstop in the first place was partially because, you know, 69 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.920 the way the team looked at it, and when they talked to him about 70 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:43.120 it, they all agreed that, you know, putting him at that spot, 71 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.519 given the way Gavin looks was struggling defensively back in the spring, and 72 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:50.360 given some of the workload and longevity questions around the Gil Rojas at that point, 73 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.439 you know, everybody kind of agreed putting Mookie at shortstop was going to 74 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.600 be the best thing for the team, even though that meant putting a lot 75 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.759 more responsibilit and work on his shoulders, putting him in a position where he 76 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:10.279 could struggle and fail and have defensive lapses and things like that. He always 77 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:14.720 at least explained it publicly as I'm doing this for the team because we think 78 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:18.199 this is the best thing for us to win games. And if now that 79 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:25.000 calculation has changed, if you know, the team believes that having the Gal 80 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:28.079 rojasag short is the best option for them, which I think, you know, 81 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:30.040 anybody who's been watching them can see that that's probably the right way to 82 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:32.759 go right now. I don't think he's gonna have an issue with it, 83 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:36.480 you know, going back to second base and playing there more often. That's 84 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:42.839 what he was preparing to do coming into the season anyway, And while again, 85 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.120 you know, had he been able to really master the switch to shortstop, 86 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.680 it would have been one of the more impressive accomplishments of his entire career. 87 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.639 I think when you add into the injury factor and just all the time 88 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:57.560 missed, I think I don't think you're going to get many objections or complaints 89 00:05:57.560 --> 00:06:00.519 from him. If that's how things shake out. Try this one. Uh 90 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:05.680 he comes back and uh Otani's killing it in the leadoff spot. Is there 91 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:09.639 a conversation, MOOKI, you want to hit second, you want to hit 92 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:12.279 third, you want to move down in the lineup. What does Mookie go 93 00:06:12.360 --> 00:06:17.399 right back to the leadoff spot? Yeah? I mean I think that's something 94 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:26.959 that again last year when the Freddie Freeman or when Trey Turner left and the 95 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.920 Dodgers trying to figure out you know, how the lineup was gonna look, 96 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:33.120 and what to do with the leadoff spot. You know, Mookie's message then 97 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:36.600 was, I, yes, I've always hit leadoff. I like leadoff, 98 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:40.800 but it's not something I demand to do. I'm not you know what it 99 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:45.800 to that spot. My guess is that, at least initially, when he's 100 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:50.720 healthy, Mookie's gonna be the leadoff hitter again for this team. I don't 101 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:55.759 think that, you know, yeah, Shohotani's numbers have been really good since 102 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:58.800 he went into the leadoff spot, but that could be just a matter of 103 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.240 timing the fact that, you know, he's got his swing in a good 104 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.360 spot just when Mookie got hurt. He's always been a good player in June. 105 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:09.079 So you know, as far as I see it, I don't think 106 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:13.120 that you know Otani's doing better because he's a leadoff hitter. I don't think 107 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:15.199 that he's going to be demanding the Dodgers to keep him there. Maybe if 108 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.959 Mookie comes back and either he struggles, or if Tawny struggles, or if 109 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.360 they feel like they need to mix up the line up in some way, 110 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:26.800 they'll do that. But I think for right now, my expectation is Mookie's 111 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:30.040 going to go back to hitting the leadoff when he's healthy, and I don't 112 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:33.079 think it'll have a huge impact on any of their performances. Yeah, and 113 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:40.279 I think that probably helps send them convince him to go to second base if 114 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:44.480 they leave him at the leadoff spot. I think that that that softens the 115 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:49.120 blow a little bit. Jack. You know, everybody obviously is waiting for 116 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:56.079 this team to get to October to see what happens. Managing from now until 117 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:01.160 then is going to be interesting. And how Dave rob deals with you know, 118 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:03.600 pitching and you know, Todder Glastow is going more innings and he's ever 119 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:09.160 thrown and how do you manage him? How did the Dodgers really navigate these 120 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.920 next couple of months leading up to October, Because again, it's a pretty 121 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:18.000 much a fourgone conclusion. They're going to win the West, but it is 122 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:22.759 all about October with this team, and what do you do from now and 123 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:28.279 then outside of you know, getting healthy. Yeah, I mean this is 124 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.200 a dance that this team's been familiar with the last couple of years of having 125 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:35.600 a big division lead, knowing that their postseason fate was locked up early in 126 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:41.519 the season, and trying to strike that balance between keeping a sense of urgency 127 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:43.759 and trying to win as many games as you can, but also protecting your 128 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:50.000 roster and protecting its injuries, and especially with the pitching staff, managing workloads. 129 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.279 I think as far as this season is concerned, there's a couple of 130 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.600 things. One, you've got to keep Tyler Glass now healthy but also effective, 131 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:01.200 right, and that's kind of the tricky balance. He's going to be 132 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.600 in his next probably three or four starts, he's going to surpass his career, 133 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.639 his previous career high and innings pitched. Dave Roberts has already talked about, 134 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.639 you know, looking for ways to steal an inning here or there from 135 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:18.159 him to try to manage the workload. I think the interesting question for the 136 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.360 Dodgers with him is going to be do you give him a break at some 137 00:09:20.480 --> 00:09:24.399 point? You know, if he's getting up near one hundred and fifty one 138 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.399 hundred and sixty innings, which he's never pitched more than one hundred and twenty 139 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:30.720 in a season before, do you think about skipping a start something like that. 140 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:33.720 But then you also have to weigh that with if he's pitching well, 141 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:35.039 you know, do you knock him out of his routine. How do you 142 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:41.000 again, how do you kind of match you know, maximizing performance while also 143 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.159 protecting against health. I think the same thing applies to some of the guys 144 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:48.480 in the lineup. I think the magilt Rojas piece of this is another example 145 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:50.480 of that, where you want that guy to be healthy and at his best 146 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.320 when you get to October. You don't want to overburden him. But there 147 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:58.679 is also some dynamics with the standings, like, yes, the Dodgers are 148 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:01.360 going to most likely when it's probably not going to be a close race there, 149 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.240 but there are a couple of games behind the Phillies for the top seed 150 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.120 in the National League. I think if there's any team in baseball that you 151 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.080 would like to have home field advantage over or not have to go on the 152 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:13.559 road to face, it probably is a team like the Phillies, and it 153 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.440 is that kind of environment in that ballpark. So there are still things to 154 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.039 play for, you know, they still have to figure out, you know, 155 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.639 depending on Yoshinobu Yamamoto's help. You know, is he going to come 156 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.120 back? And if not, who are the other pitchers that we trust the 157 00:10:28.159 --> 00:10:31.000 most. So it becomes a little bit of a dress rehearsal for October. 158 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:35.639 But yeah, first and foremost with this team, it's keeping the pitching staff 159 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:37.759 healthy, it's keeping the roster at large healthy, and it's trying to make 160 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:41.360 sure that when you get to the postseason, you've done that while also trying 161 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:45.120 to keep some of these guys you know, performing at a high level. 162 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:52.159 So Jack trade deadline will be here soon enough. Everybody talks about what they 163 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.399 need, what they don't need. I don't see them doing anything major. 164 00:10:54.519 --> 00:11:01.200 It's a trade deadline, do you. I don't see a lot of major 165 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:05.559 possibilities. Now, there are a few moves that could make sense for them. 166 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:11.840 I think the most obvious one is getting another front line pitcher like a 167 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:18.759 Garrett Crochet, who is somebody the Dodgers have been evaluating for some time now. 168 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:22.000 They've been linked to in a lot of reports lately about their interest in 169 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:26.480 him. He is probably the one guy who's going, who is believed to 170 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:33.720 be likely moved by the deadline, who you'd feel pretty confident is an impact, 171 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.120 top of the rotation kind of picture, the kind of guy that you 172 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:39.759 know can help you win games in October, and I think that's kind of 173 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.279 the bar for the Dodgers right now, right Hey Jack, Jack, let 174 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.159 me just stop you because I want to ask you about Crochet because Vic mentioned 175 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.960 it last week. Any cost controlled, why would the White Sox move him? 176 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.399 You know, they're in a place right now where he's got a couple 177 00:11:54.399 --> 00:12:00.320 of years of team control FDS, but they're also so far from competitive myths 178 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:03.639 that you know, that's the kind of guy that if you can move him 179 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:07.159 early and you can get a really big return back, you're maybe setting your 180 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:11.799 organization up a little bit better long term to compete if you don't feel like 181 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:13.919 you're going to be a playoff team in the next couple of years. But 182 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.480 it's because of that dynamic that makes it tricky for the Dodgers, right because 183 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:20.480 you know, if you're the Dodgers, you feel kind you feel pretty good 184 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:26.200 about your long term outlook starting pitching wise with Yoshinoba Yamamoto and Gavin Stone and 185 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.840 Bobby Miller and some of the other guys that can go out and pursue in 186 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.879 the next couple of years. So they're going to have to ask themselves, 187 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:37.799 do we want to potentially overpay for a pitcher like Eric Crochet who is not 188 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:41.559 flawless right, Like, he has his own workload management questions right now. 189 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.960 He's not somebody who has an extensive postseason track record, but he's also the 190 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.919 American League leader in strikeouts. He has the kind of stuff that right now, 191 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.320 outside of Tyler glasnow maybe Gavin Stone, Like that's the one piece the 192 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.120 Dodgers are missing, right It's who do you really feel confident about already Game 193 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:03.080 two or Game three of a playoff series at this moment in time for the 194 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:07.120 Dodgers, And I think Yamamoto is a pretty big question mark given the shoulder 195 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:11.039 injury. You know, Bobby Miller has not looked as good as he did 196 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.960 last year and has had his own injury this year. Walker Wheeler's back on 197 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:18.879 the IL, Clayton Kershaw has had his return from his shoulder injury slowed. 198 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:22.759 So that's the most obvious need. And I think that's the kind of guy 199 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.360 that you know, if you're the Dodgers and you really want to give yourself 200 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.360 every best chance to win a World Series this year, that's the kind of 201 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:31.960 guy you got to go get. But it's also the kind of move we've 202 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:33.759 seen them shy away from in the past, where you know, if they 203 00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:39.159 don't feel like they're getting good value on a deal, they they'll walk away 204 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:41.440 from it. And I think the way the pitching staff is set up right 205 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.519 now, the way that like this team is performing, yeah, I would 206 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:50.639 not be surprised if they feel like the market or the prices for an impact 207 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:54.240 player like that on the market are just too high and don't align with sort 208 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.519 of their short term and long term vision of how to build the roster. 209 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.919 And that's where the next couple week going to be interesting, because outside of 210 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:07.559 a Garrett Crochet, right, there's not a lot of other like true certain 211 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.519 frontline pitchers. You know, somebody like Jack Clarity is good and can maybe 212 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:15.159 be a surprise October contributor, but he's not a for sure thing, you 213 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:18.759 know, even on the offensive side, right, Boba Schet's probably the best 214 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:20.960 shortstop. He might be available to go get, but he's a guy who 215 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:26.960 has some defensive questions and hasn't been super consistent with the bad and he's had 216 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:31.200 some injuries over the last year. So it's a really interesting market where you're 217 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.960 gonna have a lot of buyers, prices are going to be inflated, and 218 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:37.159 there just aren't a lot of impact players, because a lot of them have 219 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:41.679 already moved, like Dylan Sie's has already moved, Luisa Rise has already moved, 220 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.480 Corbn Burn's already moved, like a lot of the pending free agents have 221 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.799 already switched teams. So now you're looking at guys with either years of control 222 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:52.360 left or guys that are just going to be a lot more costly than the 223 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.080 Dodgers have typically liked to do. So that's where this next month is interesting. 224 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.399 I think that's where if you're the Dodgers, you have to really take 225 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.759 stock of who do we trust. Do we think we have enough for October? 226 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.799 And if not, how much are we willing to pay to go get 227 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:09.360 some premium help and to fundamentally change our roster or fundamentally reinforce something like the 228 00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:16.679 starting rotation or the lineup. Hey Jack, how impressed are you just just 229 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:20.159 because you cover it every day? Or and sometimes we get numb. I'm 230 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:26.120 already with the way Otani is playing and the things that he's able to do, 231 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:28.879 and he's not even pitching yet. But when I look at it, 232 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:37.440 I go he made the absolute right choice to come to the Dodgers, because 233 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:43.000 long term, think about where he's hitting, and the and the supporting cast 234 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:48.159 that he has around him, you know, whereas I think with the Angels, 235 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.799 you know, with with Mike Trout there, yes it's great, but 236 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:56.159 Mike Trout has been injured, but they can't really pitch around o'tani like they 237 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.879 may have done in the past because of the Dodger lineup. And I think 238 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:02.840 he's really I mean, he's a great hitter and great player, but I 239 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:07.480 think he's only going to continue to benefit because of who the Dodgers have in 240 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:11.200 their lineup. Yeah, I mean that was one of the I think appeals 241 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.960 that the Dodgers saw and themselves when they were pursuing o'kani, that they could 242 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:18.799 give him the kind of lineup that he didn't consistently have at Anaheim. You 243 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:22.840 know, that he wouldn't have to be shouldering all the load, that he'd 244 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.080 have some lineup protection. I think the other thing is, you know, 245 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.000 he's independent race for the first time, he's he's on a team where every 246 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:33.519 game carries a different kind of meaning than it ever did before. You know, 247 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:40.200 we've seen him have kind of similar productive outbursts like he's on right now, 248 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.879 and like he's put together the first half of the season right where he's 249 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.240 on pace for about fifty home runs, where he's going to be a starter 250 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.200 in the All Star Game, where he's going to be in the middle of 251 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.039 an MVP conversation. But what's different this year is it's also coming on a 252 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:56.759 team that's winning a lot of games, where he's the reason that there were 253 00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.279 a main reason they're winning a lot of games, and you know, he 254 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.759 can start actually looking ahead to playing October baseball and being in a postseason environment 255 00:17:03.880 --> 00:17:07.319 and truly trying to contend for a World Series. So yeah, I think 256 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:12.400 it's all those things that when he came to the Dodgers, you know, 257 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.559 made them seem like a good fit for him, and at least for the 258 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:18.279 first half of this season, you know, that's what you're seeing. Better 259 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.519 line of protection, a better team overall, and just a different kind of 260 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:26.079 experience for a guy who, yeah, has just never kind of been in 261 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:30.799 this situation before in his MLB career. Isn't it funny when you think about 262 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:34.880 it, he's never been in this situation when you watch him with the Dodgers, 263 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:40.640 and obviously it's a very small sample size so far, but you're watching 264 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.799 with the Dodgers, and you think, oh, of course he's been at 265 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.640 it, because that's what the Dodger's doing. He's there. This is really 266 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:52.279 the first time he's experiencing this. I find that fascinating. Yeah, and 267 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.599 it's been interesting to watch, I think, you know, especially the closer 268 00:17:56.720 --> 00:18:00.480 we get to October, when the games really start to get me, I 269 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:03.839 think it's going to add another layer. But you know, it's even like 270 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.079 earlier this year, he struggled a little bit early in the season with runners 271 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:11.279 and scoring position. I think that's a story or that was a subplot that 272 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.920 might not have mattered as much in the past, but then was a really 273 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:17.279 big deal early in the year. He's gotten better in those situations as the 274 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:21.200 year has gone on. I think some of the you know, like clutch 275 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:25.519 hitting situations or just situational hitting situations, Like there's just a lot more hyper 276 00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:27.680 focus on a lot of those different things because of that, right, because 277 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:33.079 you know, it's it's more than just is he ops in one thousand and 278 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.279 is he on pace for fifty home runs? And you know, is he' 279 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:41.559 batting over three hundred? Like it's not only the high level production that matters, 280 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.559 but also the little things on a game by game basis that it's been 281 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:52.119 interesting watching him approach those situations, explain them to reporters, you know, 282 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:57.279 a postgame about how it feels different and why it's you know, just a 283 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:00.880 little bit more invigorating full for him. And I think that's only going to 284 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:04.200 continue to grow, you know, the closer you get to postseason baseball. 285 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:07.559 All right, now I'm not mad at you anymore because you came back on 286 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:11.480 today. Because I was mad, Jacket, I wouldn't put up with it. 287 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:14.079 I missed you, I wanted you on more. So now I'm happy 288 00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:18.279 again. Yeah, well anytime, it's yeah, it's, there's, there's. 289 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:22.480 I think there's gonna be a lot. It's gonna be interesting to see 290 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:26.480 how this team kind of stries to position itself going into October and and and 291 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:30.039 going in for a postseason run. I think it's going to be carrying as 292 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:34.000 much pressure as any as we've seen the last couple of years. So yeah, 293 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.759 there's gonna be lots to talk about. All right, Thanks, Jack, 294 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.279 appreciate it. Yeah, you see you guys, thinks. All right, 295 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.359 catch the boys in Blue right here on a five seventy l A sports 296 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:47.039 stream all the games at HT and the iHeartRadio. I have the keyboard a 297 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.599 five seventy LA Sports. Listen to the games on the top of the six 298 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.880 to four the Andre Ethier Q to call and you could win a one hundred 299 00:19:52.880 --> 00:20:03.279 dollars gift card to Superior Grossers. All right, Rodney, we have to 300 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:07.799 bring Vicon, but oh uh, you know what, I've got this story. 301 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:11.359 All right, got a story. I'm gonna bring it up, ask 302 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:15.319 you what you what you would do, and then we'll bring Vicon. All 303 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:25.880 right, okay, all righty, let's go. Yeah, they smile in 304 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.200 your face all the time. They want to take your place stuff backstaff. 305 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.440 Yeah, come on, it's a monday to be fred Rogan. Come on, 306 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:37.119 Freddy, tell me about it. All right, here's the dilemma. 307 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:41.880 What do you do? Uh, there's a wedding, right the family is 308 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:48.240 invited. Your cousin is invited. Now, your cousin weighs six hundred pounds. 309 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:55.799 Your cousin can't move around real well. And by the way, the 310 00:20:55.920 --> 00:21:00.960 cousin needs you to take them to the wedding. Now, right off the 311 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:06.960 bat, you have a Kia an Optima, So the six hundred pound cousin 312 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:12.160 won't fit in the car. But somehow you figure out a way to get 313 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:18.200 them to where the area is. Now the problem it's outside, it's on 314 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:25.000 the grass, and the cousin has some sort of device, but they won't 315 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:29.559 let it go on the grass, so it can't go. So now you 316 00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:33.680 have your six hundred pound cousin, but they want to go to the wedding 317 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:40.880 and it's on the grass. So then the suggestion is push your push this 318 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:45.559 person in a wheelchair. Well, you say, I cannot push someone six 319 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:49.960 hundred pounds in a wheelchair. I just physically can't do it. So they 320 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:56.119 come up with another idea to get the person close enough. They're gonna get 321 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:00.160 a flatbed truck and they're gonna load the person on the truck. This is 322 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:03.960 a truck that delivered some of the things for the wedding, but it can 323 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:08.400 drive up to where the ceremony is. Now, the cousin says, I'm 324 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:11.480 not going on the truck. That's the meaning, you're not gonna put me 325 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:17.319 up on a big truck. A flatbed truck can drive me there. I 326 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:21.720 want you to push me, and the other one says I can't push, 327 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:29.640 And there's the dilemma. The cousin is mad, but the family member won't 328 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:33.200 push. The family member says, I can't push. It's six hundred pounds. 329 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:48.240 We'll put you on the flatbed truck. What do you do? Let 330 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:52.839 me get this straight. So right, you can't you can't physically. You've 331 00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:56.720 let your cousin know. You can't physically push the cousin because it just won't. 332 00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:59.680 Well, you can't do it physically. You just can't push a six 333 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:03.559 hundred pound person grasp because it's difficult. Right, it's not traction like like 334 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:07.160 cement or anything like that, a regular vote, right, So that's not 335 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.319 that's even if you wanted to physically, you can't do it till the only 336 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:17.039 other option is the flatbed. Yes, the cousin doesn't want to be on 337 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:25.119 the flatbed because he says it's demeaning, that's humiliating. Yeah, well it's 338 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:30.039 either the flatbed or or nothing. There's no other You tell me another option. 339 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:36.039 Because I can't push you. You tell me it's balls in your court. 340 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:40.319 I can't push you. There's a flatbed that can clearly get you there, 341 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:45.359 but I can't push you, So it's on you. I'm here to 342 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:56.000 support you anyway, but I can't support that. Literally, no, I 343 00:23:56.200 --> 00:24:00.920 don't see you know, I don't see how because and doesn't have a flat 344 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:06.000 bed to lay on. Because we can't move your cousin. We can't move 345 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:10.920 you can't move you. No, we can't move you. We want you 346 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:17.319 to go, and we came up with an alternative plan. But if you 347 00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:21.880 don't want to go, there's nothing we can do. All right, let's 348 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:25.240 bring on Vic. Let's do what Vick wid you. Because Vic's got a 349 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:30.480 huge heart. Vic might start pushing that wheelchair with a Monday beginning of the 350 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:34.200 fourth of July week, Haiku, we welcome on Victor Break and Vic. 351 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:44.160 Good afternoon, Fred. That's a very penetrating question. And you know, 352 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:49.079 I'm a big fan of six hundred Pound Sisters in the Learning Channel, so 353 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:55.079 I'm very familiar. Stop stop, I've heard what are you talking about? 354 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:59.720 Life? I've heard that show my six hundred pound Life or whatever. But 355 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:04.240 six hundred Punds Sisters, Vick. I believe it's a spin off on TLC. 356 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:11.559 But I'm a big fan of the show because it shows you the desire 357 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:15.400 you know of you know, the people who have to lose hundreds and hundreds 358 00:25:15.400 --> 00:25:22.200 of pounds and their journey. It's it's heartbreaking. But when you start seeing 359 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:25.200 them hit the scales and losing the weight, you just, you know, 360 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.319 rooting them on. You're so you're so happy for them, you know, 361 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:32.680 because it's such an incredible dedication. But in this case, Fred, you 362 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:36.039 gotta go. You gotta you gotta use any option you can. I go 363 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.519 flatbed. But the cousin's being difficult. Vic. The cousin says, I 364 00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:44.680 won't go on the flatbed. It's humiliating to go on a flatbed. You 365 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:52.799 better push me, Vick. That's a that's a very difficult choice. However, 366 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.960 to get it done, you got to get it done. You know 367 00:25:56.200 --> 00:26:00.960 you're gonna you want to attend the wedding. Vic, I weigh six hundred 368 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.200 pounds. I tell you, I want you to push me in a wheelchair. 369 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:07.480 You say, Fred, I can't push you in the wheelchair. You're 370 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:11.279 six hundred pounds and we're gonna be going on grass and there's no traction. 371 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.079 But I got a plan. What is it. I got a flatbed. 372 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:17.480 We're gonna get you up on a flatbed and drive you right up there. 373 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.400 And I go, no, Vic, that's not gonna work. That's the 374 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:25.279 meaning and humiliating to me, I'm not doing it. What are you supposed 375 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:30.240 to do at that point? Vic? That's my point. There's nothing insane 376 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:37.319 dilemma, Fred, insane dilemma. But the whole purpose is to you know, 377 00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:41.119 attend the wedding. So whatever means it takes. And the flatbag is 378 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:45.039 flatbed is a good option. You just have to sell the You got to 379 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:51.960 sell the flatbed to the six hundred pound person. Yeah, I think that's 380 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.720 the only option, right, Yeah, she's not buying. She just didn't 381 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.359 want to be humiliated though that. You could lower in on a crane. 382 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:08.519 Okay, that'll be even more to meeting Fred abound like electric scooter. They 383 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:12.160 say, because it's outside on the grass, you can't do it. M 384 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:27.880 hm. That's indeed a horrific problem. By the way, viaca un sounds 385 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:33.039 good. You undersold the sisters. It's a thousand pounds sisters on thousand pounds, 386 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:37.960 but it's got it. They're combined, right, combined in not one 387 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.079 way that that looks to be the case, Fred, Yes, tremendous show. 388 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:47.759 What are they doing the show? Vic? They lose weight and it 389 00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:51.960 is their journey of losing the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds and the 390 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:56.200 sacrifices they have to make, and it's it's a it's a tremendous show. 391 00:27:56.279 --> 00:28:02.119 Really, I will say, I'm looking at the list of their episode titles 392 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:07.400 and they're very clever. Bringing home the bacon fork you, I'm done, 393 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:12.200 well, done and over with the grapes of wrath, the custardy battle, 394 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:22.240 Fried cried and tired. Deal with it, Sunflower, pretty good, deal 395 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:30.119 with it, like deal Pickle, exactly, deal with it. It's so, 396 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:34.680 it's so, it's so hard. Obviously, we all have challenges in 397 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:38.279 life. We have so many challenges in life. Everyone has different challenges. 398 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:45.039 But knowing that you have to lose hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pounds is 399 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:56.279 so herculean in nature. And my heart goes out to you know, you 400 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:00.240 know, to the five hundred pounders and the six hundred pounders. But they 401 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:06.640 lose the way, it's amazing. You know. They see that the specialist 402 00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:10.759 a doctor in Houston, Texas, and he puts them on programs and then 403 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:18.680 then they lose the weight. Do they take medication, No, it's basically 404 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:25.000 die in an exercise. Amazing. And what's amazing, Fred is that fresh 405 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:29.079 and fabulous into it? Though? How about that, Fred rogan Vic, 406 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.920 everybody's got to go see that thing. That is going to be unbelievable. 407 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:41.000 I'm telling you that you're going to have to experience a game there like the 408 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:44.720 Clippers hate the Clippers, Who cares? You got to experience a game there. 409 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:51.119 You just got to see what that's going to be. Like another taj 410 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:55.480 Mahal of the hood. Yep, although I don't think Mayor Butts would quite 411 00:29:55.519 --> 00:30:00.519 call it that a taj Mahal of the hood. Probably wouldn't go quite there. 412 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:06.680 Vic. You don't think you'd go for that. No, he'd chuckle, 413 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:12.839 and then he'd go, what was that? Well, how about giving 414 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:18.440 money back to the property owners of Inglewood? I mean, that's unprecedented. 415 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.920 Wasn't accomplishment? That was cool? I'll give you that. That was really 416 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.640 cool. I was blown away when I heard that, just blown away. 417 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:30.759 Also a blown away again. Congratulations into the California Sports Hall of Fame, 418 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:40.640 Rodney Pete. Oh, just dB Rodney of course, who very kindly buried 419 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:44.480 the lead and decided to bring that up at one point thirty Rodney, it's 420 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.119 worth a mention at the top. Kind of think somebody else would have brought 421 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.440 that up instead of the person that was doing it. I know, and 422 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.960 I'd forgotten it happened last night. It's saying for it. Yeah, I 423 00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:59.400 forgot otherwise I would have brought it up. I'm just kidding all. No, 424 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:03.640 that was we should have done that at the time. Ah good. 425 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:12.200 He is our Hall of Famer, Kevin Fake come on nah a musical royalty. 426 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:18.880 He cuts deep and dynamic musically every day. Ronnie Fossil have gong will 427 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:26.480 travel? Yeah, King Flavor boom hm. Well, can you say free 428 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:32.440 agent flus free agent flux is It's but this is unprecedented in the NBA. 429 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:37.440 The action, and for me, the most prominent is the loss of Paul 430 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:45.880 George to the from the Clippers to the Philadelphia seventy six ers. I mean 431 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:49.200 that fourth year man, he was so hungry for that fourth year on his 432 00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:56.079 deal gets it with the Sixers. But the devastating loss to the Clippers immediately, 433 00:31:56.160 --> 00:32:00.279 the Clipper odds to win the NBA title went down twenty percent in vas. 434 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:05.640 I mean, it's well documented what the Clippers gave up to unite the 435 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:12.519 pride of Palmdale with Kawhi. I mean shake gelgis Alexander's shake gelgis Alexander is 436 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:17.440 a pretty all pronown yep. Of the five first round draft picks, one 437 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:25.200 was Jalen Williams out of Santa Clara, averaging nineteen points a game with Okcan. 438 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:28.799 It was a steep price to pay. The Clippers paid it. They 439 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:32.720 wanted. You know, there were tidal aspirations. Everyone said yes Kawhi Pg. 440 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:37.839 Thirteen, the whole Los Angeles flavor, Riverside Palmdale. Then you bring 441 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:43.920 in James Hard and the Beard out of Artisia Lakeside High. I mean, 442 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:52.160 there was such a when you get to Lakeside High, you gotta gotta catch 443 00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:54.759 a breath. You gotta do that. All right, Mag's back with the 444 00:32:54.839 --> 00:33:02.200 hikup and more. Come on, let's bring it home back, gotta have 445 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:05.880 it, gotta have it. Rodney b Fred, Rogan, Vick, the 446 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:13.200 brick Jacob, come on now, come on, Vic. Just to recap 447 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:17.400 the Clipper free agent flux today, they did give love to the beer James 448 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:22.759 Hard in the two year seventy. They also hooked up beloved former Clipper Nick 449 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:30.000 Bertom, very popular player, nice forward. Plus I love this deal. 450 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:37.920 Clippers also got former Dallas Maverick forward Derek Jones Junior three years thirty mil. 451 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:45.519 If you remember, Jones stuffed both Kawhi and PG on successive positions in the 452 00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:52.839 recent playoffs. So Derek Jones very nice player. Russell Westbrook opts back to 453 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:55.720 the Clips at four million, but could be on his way to Denver. 454 00:33:55.799 --> 00:34:06.400 Remember Nuggets lost Kpcito, Orlando Jackson already gone to free agent Frenzy y'all. 455 00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:14.360 Of course the Lakers yikes, and Fred I hear you, Lebron l structure. 456 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.719 The word was out. He was willing to give up twenty five million 457 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:23.800 dollars to get claim Thompson. But of course Clay went to Dallas three years 458 00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:30.960 fifty. Who's left for the Lakers in the free agent pool. I mean 459 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:42.079 DeMar DeRozan, Okay, beautiful mid range out of Compton Brook Lopez apparently heating 460 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:46.199 up talks a former Laker. Remember one year Lopez played center, but very 461 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:52.559 thin pickings. But DeMar DeRozan would be a nice pickup. If I'm Polinka, 462 00:34:52.599 --> 00:35:01.039 I'm centering my efforts on DeMar, well, he might be it exactly. 463 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:13.199 It's thin pickings out there right now. You guys watched the b T 464 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:19.960 Awards last night, Here we go Culture's biggest night, Ronnie hit Me, 465 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:29.079 hosted by Taraji b Henson. She was tremendous right here DT la Peacock Theater 466 00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:37.920 last night. So many glorious acts on stage. It was It's always funky. 467 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:45.519 It's always fun to be to Awards watching Glorilla and Megan the Stallion. 468 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:52.679 M doing amazing talk off and afraid that your girl, Megan the Stallion. 469 00:35:52.760 --> 00:36:05.480 She had a sensational performance Ryde Stallion. Will Smith first appearance since the Oscar's 470 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:13.000 fiasco. That's a slapper, Will Smith. It's good to see will out 471 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:19.360 there. Lauren Hill doing it live. I mean for me. B e 472 00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:24.800 T Awards is a must watch for me every year. Okay, love seeing 473 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:32.639 Big Mama perform. Congratulations to kill a Mike with the Album of the Year, 474 00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:37.800 Michael, how about Little Uzzivert. I didn't see Uzi vert there. 475 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:45.480 I did see Tyler Best New Artist out of South Africa. 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