WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:05.240
Then we continue on Fred Rogan,
Rodney Pete on seven LA Sports. Later

2
00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:08.240
this hour we'll open the phone lines
and Dodger fans, you'll have a chance

3
00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:12.000
to weigh in your thoughts on Mookie
moving a short. Gavin Lux got to

4
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.480
hit. No choice, now,
no choice. He's in that lineup and

5
00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:18.399
he better hit because that's the only
reason he's there. Anyway, we'll get

6
00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:21.600
your take coming up in a bit. I want to remind you if you

7
00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.839
miss any part of the show David
Basse on an Hour one, just download

8
00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.600
the free iHeart Radio app and you
can listen to the podcast. Kevin will

9
00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.760
put it up the minute we get
off the air each and every day,

10
00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:33.880
So if you missed any part of
it, go back and listen to it.

11
00:00:34.159 --> 00:00:37.560
And if you have the app,
then stream the show live wherever you

12
00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:41.159
go. You can take us anywhere
anywhere, Fred know what I say,

13
00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:46.799
You can take us around the world. And you know why they're doing that,

14
00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:51.240
Rodney, because we're what Fred killing
it, killing it. That's exactly

15
00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:58.280
why there It is only reason.
So download the free iHeartRadio app and get

16
00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:07.439
to step in. Let's go to
work. Oh yeah, he fired up

17
00:01:07.519 --> 00:01:12.239
baby this Monday. Let's go Freddie, all right, so let's go Lakers.

18
00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:17.319
Now. You know I've said this, and I don't know if you

19
00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:22.040
agree or not. Oh well,
the real Lakers please stand up. Yeah,

20
00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.359
you know, I pointed out from
the very beginning that I believe that

21
00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.480
they are built for the playoffs and
that's where they'll do their damage. Last

22
00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:33.480
night they faced Minnesota. Now,
Carl Anthony Town's out. Minnesota is still

23
00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:38.480
good, still a good team.
Go Bear was out too. But it

24
00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.840
doesn't matter, because you know,
at this stage, in this part of

25
00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.719
the season, doesn't matter. You
got to play with in front of you,

26
00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.879
and Minnesota is still a good team. Anthony Edward still there. I

27
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:52.079
don't care. I don't want to
hear, oh, they didn't have this

28
00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:55.439
guy, they don't have. Nobody
cares anymore, Fred, Nobody cares who

29
00:01:55.439 --> 00:01:59.840
you have in the lineup. They
didn't have Lebron the other night against Milwaukee

30
00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.359
and they still won. Right,
So I don't want to hear, oh,

31
00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:05.680
he didn't have this guy, didn't
have this guy this time of year.

32
00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:09.520
He played with what you got and
they and they count. So don't

33
00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.639
give me that. I heard a
lot of people, Well, don't get

34
00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.360
too excited Laker fans because they didn't
have they didn't have Cat and they didn't

35
00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:22.919
have Gobert. Okay, win is
a win, right, Well, no,

36
00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:25.000
at this point, that's exactly right. A win is a win.

37
00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.280
And the game, as you started
the fourth quarter really was a toss up.

38
00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:37.240
It was anybody's game, but that's
where the Lakers were able to assert

39
00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.199
their will and beat them. I
thought it was a good win. Anthony

40
00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:46.919
Davis has just really had a terrific
year, and last night again Rodney showed

41
00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:51.560
up big time and really was the
difference in that one. Why is he

42
00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:54.159
not in MVP conversations at all?
I mean even I probably won't win it,

43
00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.759
but I'm just saying, why is
he not even being kind of mentioned?

44
00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.280
Probably because of the ten seed?
Yeah, team's not winning, No,

45
00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:06.280
and Yokis is still putting up great
numbers. Yeah, but they still

46
00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.120
mention other people that even you know, in years past, they still mentioned

47
00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:13.639
other guys, Like even when Jokic
and Embiid and this guy and that guy,

48
00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.120
they would throw names out there.
He just don't hear him. Yeah.

49
00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:20.360
I feel like the only time someone
this low has ever gotten MVP was

50
00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.560
Russ and that's because he was the
first person to average a triple double since

51
00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:25.680
uh since way back when. Yeah, so it's not that Ad is not

52
00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:29.840
having a great year. He is. But you look at the Denver Nuggets

53
00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:31.240
way up top, where they are
towards the Western Surgeon at the moment.

54
00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:37.159
Jalen Brown or excuse me, Jason
Tatum with the Boston Celtics at the best

55
00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:39.599
record, best player on best team
usually gets votes. So that's probably why

56
00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:44.719
it's just where the Lakers are positioned
right now. Yeah, it always goes

57
00:03:44.759 --> 00:03:47.080
back to the team game when it's
convenient. It's an individual game when they

58
00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:53.479
want to criticize you in many senses. Yeah. Yeah, Nonetheless, a

59
00:03:53.639 --> 00:03:59.599
nice win, an important win for
them, and you know they kid should

60
00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.639
keep them up because they're gonna be
around in town for a while before they

61
00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.840
hit. They need to pile them
up the road. They need to pile

62
00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:09.039
that. They've lost their ability to
get a cushion, Fred, so they

63
00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:12.919
got to pile them up when they
can't. And they have some crazy stat

64
00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:17.839
Right, they play in the state
of California for like the the foreseeable future.

65
00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:24.439
Right, no reason to leave.
Yes, they go. They go

66
00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.879
to Milwaukee on March twenty sixth,
So they'll be here until they'll be in

67
00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.759
the state until then they go to
Sacramento, then they come back home for

68
00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:32.959
four more. Yeah, so this
is a friendly part of the schedule.

69
00:04:33.000 --> 00:04:36.079
Back come up. I don't know
if I call Sacramento who just beat you

70
00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:40.279
the Warriors, So you're chasing seventy
six ers who might have embed back,

71
00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:43.560
the Pacers, who are a good
team in the East, and the Milwaukee

72
00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:46.000
Bucks a good part of the schedule. But we'll take I said it won't

73
00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:48.519
be easy. But if they had
a bunch of rain, why you want

74
00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:54.120
to rain on what Fred just said. It's keeping it real now. Anyway,

75
00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.639
they're a home and that's good news. And there's more good news.

76
00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.920
Uh, Shams is reporting that gave
Vincent may be back than you think and

77
00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.920
that's great. Uh he's progressing the
conditioning and ramping up on the floor.

78
00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:09.040
Uh. How that means he'll be
bad? Question? How effective will he

79
00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:12.360
be? Isn't that the question?
Yeah? Because he didn't played all season

80
00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:15.600
long, and it's not like he's
playing. You know, he was on

81
00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.279
the team last year where he's familiar
with with his teammates on the court and

82
00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.319
they've had you know, maybe some
practice, but he's not played with this

83
00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:26.879
team, so how effective going into
the playoffs will he be? And and

84
00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.439
how do you use him? If
you're Darvin am Well, look at it

85
00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:33.279
like this, he's ramping up.
That means once he's in game shape and

86
00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:38.279
starts hitting a couple, he'll be
the freshest guy on the floor. He

87
00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:41.680
can play forty eight minutes a night. Yeah, yeah, fresh legs.

88
00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.879
But you always worry that, you
know, having not played, I don't

89
00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.800
care how good a shape you're in, are you rehabbed and for the last

90
00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:54.800
three four months, there's nothing like
playing in an actual game, and so

91
00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:59.800
you worry about, Okay, we're
there's gonna be a soft tissue injury coming

92
00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:03.959
up soon because those starts and stops
and things you have to do that you

93
00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:09.040
can't prepare for always come up.
So they gotta be just careful about how

94
00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.360
they ease him back into the lineup. D'Angelo Russell, if he continues to

95
00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:16.879
play the what you got to say
about him fair because you hated him.

96
00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.639
You want to pay his critic.
You said you couldn't believe why the Lakers

97
00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:25.199
brought him back. You said he
should be traded at the deadline. You

98
00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.720
said he's not giving this team anything. You said you wouldn't want him on

99
00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:34.720
your team if you were coaching little
Owen, I said none of that,

100
00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:45.079
but thank you. I said none
of that. But yeah, yeah again,

101
00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.439
you know big shot too. It's
so damn frustrating with him. Yes,

102
00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:55.000
I agree, because man, when
he's playing, he's playing, Yeah,

103
00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.199
he's hard to stop. And that's
the thing when you look at them,

104
00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.720
if he's playing the way he can
plays. You know, Lebron hobbles

105
00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.879
up and down and does give you
like twenty five on a bad ankle.

106
00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:10.319
If ruy Hachamora hits all of a
sudden, I'm telling you they're not an

107
00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:15.120
easy out. No, they're not, and they're gonna you know, they're

108
00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.279
playing doing this without Vanderbilt as well. Right, you gotta get him back

109
00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:26.120
defensively, But man, when d
low has got it going, because he

110
00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.240
can do a lot of things right, he can create his own shot,

111
00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.079
he can beat you from from three, he can go to the basket,

112
00:07:32.959 --> 00:07:36.759
he can facilitate. You know.
The thing he hurts you is he can

113
00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:43.040
obviously can't play any defense that that
kills you latent games. But but offensively,

114
00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:47.360
man, he is a legitimate go
get a bucket guy. Yeah he

115
00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:53.000
is, Yeah he is. So
that was a good win, you know,

116
00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.560
And aside from Kevin saying it all
go to hell, I wouldn't say

117
00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.480
that. Say you're saying Rodney put
words in your mouth, you know,

118
00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.480
you put them word of my mouth. I just said it wasn't going to

119
00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.399
be an easy stretch. I heard. I heard what I heard. Yeah,

120
00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:05.680
that happens fairly often, Fred,
Yes, I heard what I heard.

121
00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.600
You hear what you hear, but
not what I say. That's okay,

122
00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:09.959
Well that's what I was saying when
I talk to you. That's fairly

123
00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.040
common. That's not true, but
all right. So anyway, Uh,

124
00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.160
it was indeed a good win for
the Lakers. Now, Dodger fans,

125
00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.439
we'll give you a chance. Let's
do it next. We'll give you a

126
00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.079
chance to weigh in. What do
you think of the move Mookie Bets goes

127
00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.279
to short? And what do you
think of Gavin Lucks? If I can

128
00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.319
add some context to that, Fred, h Yes, the Dodgers are playing

129
00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:33.519
right now, and there was a
high chopper hits the second base to Gavin

130
00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.679
Lucks. Why throw to first base? Stop it? Error? Stop it

131
00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:43.320
literally about forty five seconds to a
minute ago. Well, maybe that'll change

132
00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:46.080
the way you feel. Maybe it's
your call. A tix six ninety seven

133
00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.679
two five seventy. All right,
Kevin just added the context bottom of the

134
00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:56.879
first inning too, Mookie to short
Lucks the second Dodger fans, how do

135
00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.519
you feel? Oh? Yes,
we are back on a Monday, A

136
00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:09.919
beautiful monday. It is so stop
calling for rain, Kevin, not asking

137
00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:13.039
for the rain. Come on now, just keeping it in perspective. Roddy

138
00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:20.080
b Fred Rogan and a beautiful Monday. Mookie Betts your shortstop. Cavin Luck's

139
00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:24.399
your second baseman. How do you
feel about it? Well, I don't

140
00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.360
know how the Dodgers feel, since
it was five minutes ago he met it,

141
00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.000
throwing her from second base. You
know, it's one thing to have

142
00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:35.240
the yips. Steve Sachs, you
know, taught us about that. Yeah,

143
00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:41.080
but there's a point in time where
you know, unless you're the DH

144
00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.240
you cannot afford to make errors like
that. No, not on Eutine Place,

145
00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.480
No routine. You got to make
the routine plays. And that's the

146
00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:54.639
thing. When you get and your
confidence is shaken like this, everything becomes

147
00:09:54.679 --> 00:10:01.879
difficult every play is difficult. The
things that you normally would do in your

148
00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:07.159
sleep since you were probably eight years
old, become difficult. And it just

149
00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:13.360
feels like Galli Lux is going through
that right now. And I just I

150
00:10:13.399 --> 00:10:16.279
look love Dave Roberts, love what
the Dodgers do. I just don't know

151
00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.120
if this is the right situation.
And I will say he's been flirting with

152
00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:22.919
this all weekend. I saw the
game of Sunday and a little bit of

153
00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:26.279
Saturday, and there are a couple
of throws that were a little low in

154
00:10:26.320 --> 00:10:30.840
the dirt, a little bit wide. Yeah, he's definitely not comfortable.

155
00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.840
And one of the throws on Saturday, I think it was you saw him

156
00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.919
kind of shake his head even though
Freddy got the ball. He's just you

157
00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:37.919
can tell that it's in his head. Yeah. Well, and the thing

158
00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:43.759
is this, I give the Dodgers
a lot of credit because David Vassey suggested

159
00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.399
that they could still send him down
and have him work on it. They

160
00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:48.200
don't want to do that to him. They want they don't want to put

161
00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:50.399
him in a position where we're gonna
have to send you down. Yeah,

162
00:10:50.399 --> 00:10:52.840
he's been down. I mean that, what do you think that's gonna do

163
00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:56.799
to his confidence. Well, and
that's what Bassi said. But you can't

164
00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.159
have this. All right, let's
go to the phone lines if you'd like

165
00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:05.159
to weigh in real quick. The
move of Gavin Lutch the second and Mookie

166
00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:09.759
is short eight six six nine eighty
seven two five seventy, Tony. Appreciate

167
00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.200
your calling. Go ahead, you're
on the air. You know, I

168
00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.679
didn't know Dave say has said that, but I was seeking the same thing.

169
00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:20.120
Maybe drop him down back to triple
A and see if he could play

170
00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:24.720
second base well enough to bring him
back. But to be honest, I

171
00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.120
think it's time to let him go. And uh, it's just keep it

172
00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.240
simple and let's get that championship this
year, all right. Appreciate the call.

173
00:11:31.639 --> 00:11:35.480
And you say let him go,
Well, who's gonna want a guy

174
00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.279
that can't throw? Anyway? Where
are you gonna let him go to?

175
00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:43.440
You're gonna get for him? Yeah? Hey, you know the Dodgers are

176
00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:48.360
willing to trade him. Okay,
why because he can't throw? Yeah,

177
00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.360
So I don't think that that let
him go. I hear you, but

178
00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.039
I don't. I don't know if
that's the answer right now, Roger,

179
00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.600
I don't know let him go.
I don't know if that's the answer either,

180
00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.559
And I you know, I think, at least from the outside looking

181
00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.039
in, we are under the impression
that they were going to let him work

182
00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.960
through it, right coming back from
the injury. I mean, that's what

183
00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.360
we heard last week, right,
that they were going to let him work

184
00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:15.000
through it. You know, it's
going to take time, and he doesn't.

185
00:12:15.480 --> 00:12:18.080
You know, most people coming off
a major reconstruction like he did,

186
00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:22.159
it's going to take a little bit
at the time, and the Dodgers were

187
00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.279
willing to give him that time,
and then it felt like on a dime,

188
00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:30.240
it just turned and said, oh
no, we're not going to give

189
00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:37.080
you that time anymore. Yeah,
ar, here comes Mitch, Mitch,

190
00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:46.080
thanks for holding you're on the air, Chris Tsels, Fred Roannie giving clean

191
00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:48.279
anywhere. It came up to the
Senate field, So I love it.

192
00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:52.639
I want to see him Keith Locks, the guy Keathon got offense. Well,

193
00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:58.039
he did only the second only homegrown
town on his lineup that we have

194
00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.080
now, So I don't want to
see up the Bucks and they gave up

195
00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:07.600
a push to give over them Corey
Cody Trey. But I'm glad Mookie is

196
00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:13.720
able to switch to shorts up,
came up and center field, make a

197
00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:18.240
few mistakes. Yeah, no,
thanks, Mitch, I got it,

198
00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.320
thanks Mitch. Yeah, And that's
what that was the impression I got.

199
00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:24.200
Man, I don't know about you, but that's what I got, that

200
00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.200
they were going to let him work
through it throughout spring training, you know,

201
00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:33.320
and and live with it for maybe
the beginning of the season because now

202
00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:37.559
everything is pressure rized. Well,
here's the thing, and we said it

203
00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:43.320
last week. What they came in
with the plan will whatever they leave with

204
00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.799
is the real plan, you know. We it was kind of like to

205
00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:52.279
Korea with Yeah, that's the real
plan. They came into camp going all

206
00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:54.240
right, we this is what we
want. This is what we hope.

207
00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.840
But you know, for them to
pull the trigger that quick on a switch

208
00:13:58.919 --> 00:14:03.639
two weeks into spring training, they
had this in the back of their mind

209
00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.720
for them to pull the trigger.
As patient as the Dodgers are, they

210
00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:11.519
think there's a real issue, Rodney, Absolutely they do, because yeah,

211
00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:15.639
it's not I mean, it looks
and I said this, it looks like

212
00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.399
it was a you know, a
knee jerk and an overnight decision. But

213
00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:24.039
in essence, they probably have been
studying this and going, I don't know,

214
00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:26.279
Fred, I don't know if this
is actually going to work. And

215
00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:30.720
if we're going to make the switch, we gotta get Mookie ready to play

216
00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.519
shortstop, and so we better put
him in right now and get him as

217
00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.440
many looks as possible before the season
starts. So that's that's kind of where

218
00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:43.159
the thinking is. Man. So
uh, let's go uh Rudy in La,

219
00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:50.000
Rudy talk to us, guys,
you guys do it. I really

220
00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:54.480
don't like the fact that they're putting
Mookie at shortstop. He either play.

221
00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:58.559
He either pay second. You put
him on the outfield. You got Rojas,

222
00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:01.039
you got Kek. You had t
about the covered short stop, Galvin.

223
00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.200
LUs have to go back to the
liners and get better. And if

224
00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:07.679
he's not going to get better right
there, they decide to let him go.

225
00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:11.080
That's the way I feel. I
think they're messing with the team.

226
00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:16.440
He's early and the Seas hasn't even
starting yet, and they're really messing around

227
00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:20.399
with that. All right, Rudy
appreciate the call. Yeah, I mean

228
00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.759
he makes a valid point for it. The season hasn't really started yet.

229
00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:28.799
I know there's pressure on this team
to win it all and they want to

230
00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:33.919
get off to a good start.
But I just my gut, it tells

231
00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:37.960
me it's going to affect more people
than just Gavin Lux. Well you said

232
00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:41.799
that from the beginning. Yeah,
And when you think about it, the

233
00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:46.080
first thing you wonder is how,
why? Why? Who's going to affect?

234
00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.559
But the point about Mookie, and
you can't emphasize it enough. If

235
00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:54.799
Ookie's not hitting, I will bet
you he's not going to be the shortstop.

236
00:15:56.039 --> 00:16:00.639
Pull that trigger quick? Don't you
think I do? I do?

237
00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.919
Because we know the team's gonna go
how Mookie goes. And they've got great

238
00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:10.679
players, and yes, Freddy and
and and Otani are behind them. You

239
00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:15.440
had Muncie, but let's face it, the guy leading off, Mookie Bets

240
00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:21.279
is the catalyst of this team.
You know what I'm saying. Uh,

241
00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:26.200
let's go circus circus and Santa Clara, youn a M five seventy l A

242
00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.320
sports? What do you think?
Oh, Santa Clarita? But hey,

243
00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.320
let's let's take what did I say? Here's a clemente? What did I

244
00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:37.440
say, said, Santa Clara?
That's way up north, Santa cl there

245
00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:42.600
it is. Maybe you should move
your Maybe you should all right, here's

246
00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:47.600
the thing. There's no time and
we're not obligated to Gavin Luks to give

247
00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:51.600
him all the time in the world
to fix his gips. Either cut the

248
00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.159
guy or set them to the minors
and be done with it. You can't

249
00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.480
tell Mookie is not going to come
out and say it. He doesn't look

250
00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:02.559
happy. In short, is gonna
affect Mookie's hitting. There's no way I'm

251
00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.400
gonna put up with this, get
rid of Gavin, or let him go

252
00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.279
figure it out and move on.
That's what I got to say about that.

253
00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:12.359
I appreciate the call. Yeah,
I think that's gonna be the sentiment

254
00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:18.400
for of most folks. It's like
and it's and it's a cruel business because

255
00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.279
you'd like to see, you know, Gavin Lux have a full spring training

256
00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:27.039
and and and try to work back
from the injury. But unfortunately it doesn't

257
00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.960
work that way. My thing is, why, what is the what is

258
00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:36.720
the hesitance on letting Rojas take it
over? Well, they think Lucks can

259
00:17:36.880 --> 00:17:41.119
hit better, That's what it is. They want to bat I'm onnest one

260
00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.039
is bad. But to me,
I mean, we we haven't seen a

261
00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:48.119
whole lot of Gavin Lux, but
it's it's not It's not like you're taking

262
00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.480
Max Munsey's bat out of the lineup, right, who's gonna give you thirty

263
00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:57.400
five home runs? Gavin Lux is
a good hitter, but is he Is

264
00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:02.720
he that that you got to have
him in? Well, he's, in

265
00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:07.599
their opinion, more than Rojas.
Pretty simple, if we can, if

266
00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:11.279
we can extend our offense a bit, let's do that. Here's what I'm

267
00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:17.559
surprised with. I'm surprised that the
callers, how every one of them had

268
00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:22.119
such a quick trigger, get rid
of them. I'm really surprised by that.

269
00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:25.839
Doctor Fans normally don't react that way. Give him a little time,

270
00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:27.880
let him work his way through it. He'll figure it out, you know,

271
00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:30.240
they'll do. What's I think it's
more Yeah, I mean, I

272
00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:34.559
think it's trigger, But I think
it's to my point, which one of

273
00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:40.480
the callers did say, is that
now you're affecting Mookie because this this move

274
00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:44.160
is not just about Gavin Lux.
It's not we're taking Gavin Lucks out of

275
00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.240
the lineup and putting Rojas a's short
stop, keeping Mooki at second base.

276
00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:52.200
It is now you're switching positions with
Mookie Betts as well. So this this

277
00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.839
affects more than just one person.
You think Trevor Bower's going to pitch in

278
00:18:56.839 --> 00:19:03.599
the bigs again? No, No, I think that David Vassay, who

279
00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.160
came on earlier with us, told
us that there was nobody looking at him.

280
00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.440
There was no scouts watching him pitch, and so I think if there

281
00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:15.759
was any hope that that somebody would
just take a flyer or maybe look at

282
00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:18.799
him and watch him pitch. But
nobody was out there watching him pitch,

283
00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:25.319
which goes to tell you nobody really
cares. You know, nobody cares.

284
00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:30.160
I want to take one more?
You want to take one more? Oh,

285
00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.960
and let me see if we have
one more? Kevin? Do we

286
00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:38.559
have on more? Okay? Oh
I just did the light it was blinking.

287
00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:42.200
I didn't know jump down my throat
like you jumped down fred in the

288
00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.119
world. Blanket means it's right.
I don't want to pop them on here,

289
00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.359
like, hey, we can't have
that. I don't want that.

290
00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.039
You know you can't have that.
We get Don Martin walking down the hall

291
00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.960
saying, what the hell are you
guys doing? Let me talk to these

292
00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:57.400
guys for two seconds on Yeah,
here's what you say, about in my

293
00:19:57.480 --> 00:20:03.000
mind, and and it has nothing
to do with baseball. No, it

294
00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:07.839
has everything to do with the way
he has conducted himself throughout his baseball career.

295
00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.359
Unfortunately, Yes it does. I
think that's what it is. And

296
00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:15.480
look, he was not found guilty
of anything here, No, not charged

297
00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:21.240
with a crime, but I think
because of the way he conducted himself.

298
00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:23.480
And if you're a fan and you
love him, that's great, but he

299
00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:27.799
was he was not an easy guy
to be around, and and he had

300
00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:33.880
an air about him. He wasn't
warm, fuzzy and engaging. Now,

301
00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:36.519
if he doesn't have a problem and
you can go out and win Game seven

302
00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:41.160
of the World Series, you go, that's my guy. Yeah, but

303
00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:47.599
there there there was something I believe
in many people's minds it is off putting

304
00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:52.720
about him sway conducted himself, and
he had an arrogance. There was a

305
00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.519
level of arrogance. And yes,
he wasn't charged with a crime, but

306
00:20:56.680 --> 00:21:02.440
in a in the public opinion,
it was it was the visual was not

307
00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:06.319
good. Right. So even not
admitting that you didn't you know, in

308
00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:08.880
your mind, did anything wrong because
you weren't charged, but just saying it's

309
00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:15.759
unfortunate that it came something something that
lets people say, you know, yeah,

310
00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:19.720
you know, I this is where
I live my wife life, and

311
00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:23.119
it doesn't agree with a lot of
people. I just want to play bass

312
00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:29.519
as something that would have let people
know that he was somewhat human in this

313
00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:33.279
situation or humble, humble in this
situation. Absolutely, yeah, and there

314
00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:41.920
and there's the dilemma because you know, we all present ourselves a certain way.

315
00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.000
Whatever he is or is and I
don't know, but there is an

316
00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:49.920
air about him, an arrogance about
him that does rub people the wrong way.

317
00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.759
And in life, you don't get
one of those. You don't get

318
00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:57.680
breaks from people. Right, That's
right, That's exactly it. You know,

319
00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:03.240
if you're that person, you better
not find yourself in a situation where

320
00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:10.839
you need people to rally behind you
because they're not going to. And we

321
00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:12.599
get you know, we had the
calls from Dodger fans he should pitch,

322
00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:17.880
right, We got all that,
but this is a little different. And

323
00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:22.039
you know, people like this in
life, you know, there's just something

324
00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:27.440
about them and you could call it
arrogance, you could call it an aloofness,

325
00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.599
but there's just something about him about
him. And also this is a

326
00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:41.359
it's a private business, right,
So this is owned by the Guggenheim guys,

327
00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:47.359
and they have no obligation to pay
him, to sign him, to

328
00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:52.799
allow him to play none. So
regardless, if he's not found guilty of

329
00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:57.960
a crime, you have that right
to refuse service. Right. It's your

330
00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:03.640
team, yes, by the way, as it is every owner's in Major

331
00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:10.039
League Baseball. So the question then
becomes because because of the way he has

332
00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:15.400
conducted himself over the years, not
in this particular situation, over the years,

333
00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:19.279
if you were to sign him and
bring him in first, you better

334
00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:25.880
believe that this guy is going to
win every game, go seven innings a

335
00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:30.559
game and quiet what people are going
to be saying. You get him to

336
00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:37.440
forget about what happened, they focus
back on baseball. Yeah, that's that's

337
00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:41.599
easier said than done, because by
virtue of things he has done in the

338
00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.079
past. I remember at one point
some years ago, Kevin, I don't

339
00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:49.799
know if you remember, there was
an article posted his rules of dating.

340
00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:56.720
Don't get involved with me. There's
nothing serious. I mean he put it

341
00:23:56.720 --> 00:24:00.039
out the way. Pardon you put
it out there publicly. Oh yeah,

342
00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:03.799
it was published and people looked at
them and when what is wrong with you?

343
00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:10.559
What the The arrogance from that article
was really off putting to a lot

344
00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:14.119
of people, especially women. If
I it was like, if I spend

345
00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:18.160
the night with you, then don't
expect anything else. It was because I

346
00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.559
just found it again that I remembered
it vaguely, but it said Number one,

347
00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:23.319
no feelings. As soon as I
sent you developing feelings, I'm cutting

348
00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:27.160
you off. Number two, no
public affection. Number three, You're not

349
00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:33.200
the only one. Okay. I
was twenty nineteen when he was still in

350
00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:37.039
Cleveland, right, and you know
that guy saying all right, I need

351
00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.240
a break now, Yeah, I
need a break. It's one thing to

352
00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:47.359
make a mistake. It's one thing
to have something happen and you apologize because,

353
00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:51.240
as I learned in life, people
are forgiving Once, as my boss

354
00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:57.440
told me at NBC over thirty three
years ago, if you are contrite,

355
00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:04.759
if you seem that you have been
humbled and acknowledge that, people will forgive

356
00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:11.359
you. But if prior to whatever
you do, you're saying don't develop feelings,

357
00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:15.240
you're not the only one. Yeah, it's the Iran. They remember

358
00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:21.240
that. It doesn't make it seem
like such a good guy. That made

359
00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:29.359
a mistake, and and and then
you lose either you lose the the it's

360
00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:34.759
not a crime argument. You lose
that argument because of your arrogance because people

361
00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:40.119
then don't care that it wasn't a
crime, because now they're judging you and

362
00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.759
what kind of person you are.
So I'm not going to give you a

363
00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:48.240
break. And that's why he can't
get a job. We'll take one before

364
00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:53.799
we go. All right, let's
go. Uh Jacob and Gilbert Arizona.

365
00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:57.960
Jacob, you're an M five seven
LA sports talk to me. Hey,

366
00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:03.759
guys, I appreciate I go to
the backfields every weekend on my days off.

367
00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:07.400
Luckily I live out here you now, and drive out to Glendale just

368
00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:11.480
seeing it firsthand. Like we're two
three two three years away from a shortstop

369
00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:15.079
in like grown up, home grown
again, and Mookey moving in short I

370
00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:18.160
kind of bought the whole second base. It would maybe take his like feet

371
00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.519
off and you know, getting a
little rest, but moving a short it's

372
00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:22.119
going to be way more physically demanding. You know, Mookie's an athlete.

373
00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:25.799
I totally believe you can handle it, but I'm just worried. Yeah,

374
00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:27.799
it's going to carry over to the
bat and then second base. Let's second.

375
00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:30.160
I think it's you know, it
could be better to send him to

376
00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.359
the miner for a little bit and
get his head right, and we got

377
00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:37.039
the other guys to take it over. So I mean, I'm okay with

378
00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:37.920
it, but at the same time, I'm a little worried about the bat.

379
00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:41.799
So I appreciate you guys, Thank
you, Jacob. Appreciate it.

380
00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:45.920
Yeah, I mean that's what I
said all along. The bat. You

381
00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:49.359
know, the bat is the is
the thing that I worry about with Mookie

382
00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:56.000
because shortstop is so demanding and it's
a position where you can't take you can't

383
00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:03.240
take any time off. All right, Rodney, did you see the story

384
00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.559
in the Kobe statue? I did. I did. Wow. Yeah,

385
00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:12.680
there's some mistakes on the Kobe statue. We'll talk about that. Oh,

386
00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:18.119
Freddy, freddy, freddy, Gosh, I feel bad. So you know,

387
00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:22.400
it just finished the third inning or
is the top of the third for

388
00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:27.000
the Dodgers, and Gavin Lux is
up. It's oh two count and he

389
00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:36.039
gets called on a pitchclock violation,
strike three. I'm like, I mean

390
00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:41.920
he can't catch a break. No, No, that's really sad. I

391
00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:47.240
mean, if that look so maybe
it was just a bad moment. He

392
00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:49.519
made a bad throw. Then he
got called on a pitch clock violation.

393
00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:56.240
But you know if that continues,
because now you got to think he's putting

394
00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.920
the real pressure on himself. Oh, he's got all kinds of pressure in

395
00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:03.319
his head. It is rattling around
there like nobody's business. He is overthinking

396
00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:08.640
everything, right, he's got a
hit, he didn't. He can't make

397
00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:11.799
a mistake in the field. He
did. Yeah, there are two things

398
00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.759
he's he can and can't do.
Got a hit, can't make a mistake.

399
00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:18.839
What do you do? Made a
mistaken didn't hit? Yeah, And

400
00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.279
it's one thing I don't care if
you're a little leaguer or your a professional

401
00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:26.920
athlete. When you when you don't
have confidence or you have those yips like

402
00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.000
that, it gets in your head
so much. And I remember hearing Derek

403
00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:36.880
Jeter say this on the documentary The
Captain that there were moments when he was

404
00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:40.599
in the minor leagues coming up when
he lost all of his confidence that he

405
00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:45.640
would be playing shortstop and in his
mind praying that the ball would not be

406
00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:52.119
hit to him. This is Derek
Jeter right, right. So confidence is

407
00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:56.200
everything when it comes to playing sports, and he is. I mean,

408
00:28:56.240 --> 00:29:02.359
he has just been dealt a hand
where it I'm sure it feels like eight

409
00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:10.880
billion cameras are on him and the
lenses are like Griffith Park observatory cameras looking

410
00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.079
at him and looking at every single
move that he makes. All right,

411
00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:21.240
well, what did Dave say They
leave Thursday for Korea? Yeah, all

412
00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:23.440
right, I'm saying Lunch is going
to be in the opening day lineup.

413
00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:30.480
I hope. So I'm gonna say
he's going to be their opening day Yeah,

414
00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:34.720
I hope. So. I think
at this point for them to move

415
00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:40.640
him three days before they leave and
then not put him in the lineup,

416
00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:48.240
that's uh, that'd be even adding
insult to even more jury that he has.

417
00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:51.559
That'd be right. Have you see, I'm sure you have. Have

418
00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.680
you seen the Kobe statue? Yes, yes, I have, beautiful I

419
00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:56.920
have to. You know, they're
all great in their own way. He's

420
00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.519
got a couple more coming up,
right, Yeah. This is a warm

421
00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:07.400
up statue, and the other statues
will be difficult to top this one because

422
00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:11.839
it is magnificent. If you've not
been down to the Crypt to see it,

423
00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:17.079
get down there. I mean it
is unbelievable. It is a fitting

424
00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:23.599
tribute to a great person. What's
some errors? What's some mistakes on the

425
00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:27.400
statue? I didn't catch them.
I didn't look that closely at it.

426
00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:33.039
I mean the duck. I was
not fact checking. You know, the

427
00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:38.559
worst statue I've ever seen. And
one of you guys will remember Washington now,

428
00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:45.599
the commanders, the former Redskins put
up a statue of a guy and

429
00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:48.519
it was so awful they had to
take it down. Well was it was?

430
00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.200
I can't remember. I don't remember, but you you know, you

431
00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.839
can look it up. I can't
remember. But it was like a wire

432
00:30:55.920 --> 00:31:00.799
thing. It didn't even look a
statue. It was so bad. Was

433
00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:06.279
it like somebody trying to be artsy
or was it just just a bad job

434
00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.440
when they tried to do it on
the cheap? No, well, you

435
00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:14.920
know what, let's air on the
side of somebody was trying to be artsy

436
00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:17.839
because you could air on the side
of man. That was the cheapest thing

437
00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:21.880
I've ever seen in my life.
Anyway, for Kobe. Here are the

438
00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:30.240
errors, and this was captured by
a German basketball journalist, Andre Voit.

439
00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:37.599
Let's see, there are several errors
etched in the Marble bass, including Jose

440
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:42.559
Calderon's and Von Wafer's names misspelled in
the replica box score from Brian's eighty one

441
00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:48.599
point game between the Lakers and Toronto, and a formatting mistake on another side

442
00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:53.079
of the base where Bryan's career accomplishments
are listed. A like a spokesperson said,

443
00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:56.440
we've been aware of this for a
couple of weeks, and we're already

444
00:31:56.480 --> 00:32:00.799
to work to get it corrected.
Weeks. Weren't they aware of it before

445
00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:06.720
it went up? Like nobody looked
at this before they unveiled it. Well,

446
00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:09.519
let's double check this. That's uh, where's our editor, the proof

447
00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:15.359
reader, where's that person? I
mean, there's I've been I've seen it.

448
00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:19.480
There's no way you'd picked that out
unless you absolutely are looking for it.

449
00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:24.640
Yeah, I mean look, von
Wafer's name is misspelled, and the

450
00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:30.400
replica box score Jose called the Rome's
name is miss It would be picked up

451
00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:34.599
if if that was somebody that you
knew or some you know, somebody you

452
00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:38.160
were really familiar with. Like if
if if there was a you know,

453
00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:44.440
a statue of someone and you happened
to be they they caught you next to

454
00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:49.200
that person, like a statue of
Fritz was going up, right, and

455
00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.440
then the shot they took of you
and Fritz laughing on set or something like

456
00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.799
that, they put it up and
they said, oh, the great Fritz

457
00:32:54.839 --> 00:33:02.200
Coleman, and next to him is
fred Rogen and they spelled it within rogg

458
00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:08.440
a n right right. Anybody that
knows you would go, wait a minute,

459
00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:12.839
not wrong. Now, people coming
from around the world they might say,

460
00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:15.599
oh, fred Rogen, Yeah okay, But people that know you were

461
00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:22.000
like, wait a minute, they
spelled the name wrong, right, So

462
00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:27.200
maybe that was the case. Maybe
this German reporter knew Calderone and said that's

463
00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.880
not I used Bill. Yeah.
But the other side of it is maybe

464
00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:36.799
next time they should have a member
of von Wafer's family in Jose Calderon's family

465
00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.440
inspected before it goes up. Yeah, maybe they should have run it pass

466
00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:42.839
them, run it past them.
You guys, okay with this? And

467
00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:45.240
what do you think it cost to
correct something like that? I mean,

468
00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:50.559
the statue is nineteen feet tall.
Yeah, what do you think. It's

469
00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:53.359
not like the guy's going out there
with a hammer and a chisel. Let

470
00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:57.359
me just let me just fix this
one thing. This one thing, well,

471
00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.519
good thing is not on is.
You know, like if Kobe had

472
00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:07.279
a birthmark and they put it on
his forehead instead of his cheek, we

473
00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:09.000
gotta go. We gotta go,
chainze. We got to cut off the

474
00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:13.400
head and we got to put it
a new new face on it and really

475
00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:16.559
do redo everything. You know,
it just chills a few different letters in

476
00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:20.800
there. You know. Here's the
thing. Look, if you ding your

477
00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:24.440
car right, you ding the bumper
a little bit, maybe they can you

478
00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:27.880
know, bang it out. Yeah, but here's what they tell you.

479
00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:30.320
Now, Well, I got to
take off the whole bumper and half the

480
00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:32.719
side of the car exactly. Well, you know it's one piece. We

481
00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:37.239
can't just fiddle around with this thing. We gotta take so I send it

482
00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:40.519
out right, just ding my bumper. What's that? It's four thousand dollars

483
00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:45.039
because I gotta take the bumper.
But when I take the bumper, you

484
00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.280
understand, I gotta take the side
near the tire. Then I gotta pain

485
00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:51.760
everything to make it look the same. Yeah, all right, So in

486
00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:57.960
this situation, if they have to
fix this, I'm telling you, if

487
00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:01.440
you go down to the crypt three
o'clock in the morning, you're probably not

488
00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:05.679
going to see a guy with a
torch out there, just try to change

489
00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:09.000
the name or something. They got
to probably take that down some way or

490
00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:14.519
another, or rebuild it and figure
out a way to put over the top.

491
00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.440
Yeah, I'm wondering that. That's
a good question. How are they

492
00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:20.400
going to fix it? And that
how what effort did they put into fixing

493
00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:30.440
it? Like maybe they just do
away with the names altogether. Why you're

494
00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:34.519
laughing the whole thing. Yeah,
just take out the names. They don't

495
00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:37.920
need Calderon's name on there, Wafer's
name I never heard. And I don't

496
00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:42.079
know if you guys know, and
and maybe one of our listeners do you

497
00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:45.400
can tweet us because they're not gonna
open the phone lines for this. What

498
00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:49.960
does that thing cost to make a
statue like that? Yeah, that's a

499
00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:52.440
good question. I don't know,
I don't know. You know, part

500
00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.599
of it, I guess would depend
on the materials used, Like, you

501
00:35:55.639 --> 00:36:00.119
know, is it a marble statue, is it a bronze statue? Is

502
00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:02.760
that you know, uh what what
kind of materials that they use? So,

503
00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.079
but yeah, I would be interested
to see, Yeah, what the

504
00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.840
cost of that is and are they
all the same, you know, because

505
00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:14.559
if if they're not all the same, wouldn't some of them? Some people

506
00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:21.400
be mad. I think Oscar de
la Hoya got screwed. He's had a

507
00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:23.199
big one. Yeah, he's not
a big one. Chick Hern is bigger

508
00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:27.320
than Oscar. Well, if you
stood chick her and up, it would

509
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.400
be pretty close, Bob Miller,
you stood them up, Yeah, they'd

510
00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:35.280
be pretty close. Yeah. But
what if yeah, what if Oscar is

511
00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:39.639
Uh, Oscar's made a copper and
uh, you got Magic's made out of

512
00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:45.599
gold. You know, would Oscar
be mad? You know? The other

513
00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:49.360
thing about it is though they've really
done a nice job down there. It

514
00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:53.079
is pretty cool. Oh, those
statues add a lot to the arena.

515
00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:57.719
Yeah, I agree. I agree. It is a it's a focal point,

516
00:36:57.719 --> 00:37:01.199
and it's it's nostalgia, right,
it's it's it's really cool to go

517
00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:06.920
down there and see that statue and
you walk around and you see Magic and

518
00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:10.639
you see Kareem and and Kobe and
even De la Joya. But the chick

519
00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:15.639
Hern one is very cool, Bob
Miller is very cool. Yeah, it

520
00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:19.000
does add a lot to that.
But you know what, I think Shaq

521
00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:22.840
is kind of lost in the back
a little bit, a little bit.

522
00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:28.119
You know, the other ones are
so imposing in front and center, and

523
00:37:28.159 --> 00:37:30.920
then Shaq's hanging off the uh yeah, the railing because of the way he's

524
00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:35.480
designed. Because he's hanging from it's
a dunk as opposed to an actual ground

525
00:37:35.559 --> 00:37:40.000
level stash old Reebok logo. Yeah, I get that, but I think

526
00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:43.719
he's kind of Here's what I think. I think Oscar de la Hoya.

527
00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:49.639
Really he looks like a like a
little Tonka truck compared to the other ones.

528
00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:54.880
I mean, Wayne Gretzky's giant and
the Kobe is monstrous and magic.

529
00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.880
What do you think Oscar thinks when
he walks by there, thinking, man,

530
00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:05.840
what am I better? I'm not
here? Better, I'm not here,

531
00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:09.039
but I'll uh, I'll throw food
dollars in. Can we redo mine?

532
00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.480
Can I just get a little more
a little height, a little bit

533
00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:19.480
more height? Yeah, that's all
I'm asking. I mean, I know

534
00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:27.079
I wasn't a heavyweight, but my
god, I'm like invisible here. All

535
00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:30.719
right, h next hour we are
going to have vic jump on, and

536
00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:35.000
of course we'll have some spirituality need
it when we come back. Let's get

537
00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.920
more into the Dodgers Rodney. Uh. The announcement of the starters for the

538
00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:40.760
Korea Games. Right on, all
right