Speaker 1: All right, let's do this. Fred Rogan Jonas notching today
Speaker 1: for Rodney on a five to seventy LA Sports Jonas.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Hey so Fred?
Speaker 1: All good, my friend worked with you.
Speaker 2: Nothing, just getting ready for the real nitty gritty of
Speaker 2: the Dodger season. Just looking around. Have you noticed, by
Speaker 2: the way, I don't know what time you wake up
Speaker 2: in the morning, but if you noticed in southern California,
Speaker 2: we're starting to get that fall chill, all right, things
Speaker 2: are starting to cool down just a little bit more.
Speaker 2: It's getting dark out sooner. It does feel like we
Speaker 2: are on the brink. We talked about this a little
Speaker 2: bit on Friday of football right around the corner the
Speaker 2: MLB postseason not far away. It feels like we're getting
Speaker 2: into the good stuff of the year.
Speaker 1: Fred, What are you talking about? What do you mean
Speaker 1: it's getting cooler? How much cooler is it getting?
Speaker 2: I'm telling you, man, Listen, I get up at one
Speaker 2: in the morning, and I can tell you there's a
Speaker 2: difference at one in the morning nowadays as opposed to
Speaker 2: like a month and a half ago, big difference really
Speaker 2: onny football, Weather's right around the corner here, just like well, we.
Speaker 1: Don't play football, one am Jonas.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's an indicator that the day is getting colder. Okay, Now,
Speaker 2: for those of you listening in the desert that are
Speaker 2: probably sweating your balls off, going what the hell are
Speaker 2: you talking? You know what I mean if you get
Speaker 2: up at that time. Things are changing, Fred, The calendar
Speaker 2: is changing and we are starting to get to I mean, listen,
Speaker 2: call it. We had week zero last weekend. College football
Speaker 2: is right around the corner. We got the O's, we
Speaker 2: got a match up against the Diamondbacks. The Snake's cut
Speaker 2: your Serpiente's coming up soon for it. Like this is
Speaker 2: this is the good stuff of the sports calendar year,
Speaker 2: and I think we should all embrace it and stop
Speaker 2: trying to push back against it and still maintain that no, no, no,
Speaker 2: no no, it's the summer months maybe technically, but Autumn
Speaker 2: is knocking on the door saying, come get some of
Speaker 2: this smoke.
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, things are picking up, there's no question. Dodgers,
Speaker 1: they've got the Orioles in town, and then they go
Speaker 1: to Arizona to take on the Diamondback. So now this
Speaker 1: is real. You know, they've got the slight lead. Thank goodness.
Speaker 1: They started the way they did. Arizona San Diego both
Speaker 1: hot Orioles one of the best teams in the American
Speaker 1: League so now, and Dave Roberts has been saying jonas
Speaker 1: he's managing as if it's in the playoffs. I think
Speaker 1: we can look at these next seven games as playoff games.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, because Arizona and San Diego are going anywhere,
Speaker 2: like they're just pulling wins out of there, you know what,
Speaker 2: left and right. The Padre went over the weekend where
Speaker 2: they were losing to the Mets and then a two
Speaker 2: run shot Jackson Merrill hits that home run to win
Speaker 2: the game, like they're just they're winning games they shouldn't win.
Speaker 2: And it's got a magical feel to it, which is
Speaker 2: not the best thing in the world you want to
Speaker 2: hear if you're a Dodgers fan. And then you get
Speaker 2: the Orioles to come into town. And I would also
Speaker 2: like to say, I sure hope that yesterday on the show,
Speaker 2: Vic the Brick got the respect and credibility that he
Speaker 2: deserved because he did predict a forty to forty night
Speaker 2: for Sho Heyo Tani last Friday, And I just hope
Speaker 2: that that was acknowledged yesterday here on the show.
Speaker 1: Well, I think he acknowledged it himself. I can handles
Speaker 1: that himself. All right, there's no reason to have to
Speaker 1: acknowledge anything Vic says it actually happens, because you will
Speaker 1: acknowledge that. Yeah. On the other hand, there are things
Speaker 1: he suggests that never occur and he doesn't mention those.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well that's the way this works. I mean, listen,
Speaker 2: he is sports talk radio through and through. When you
Speaker 2: get it right, let everybody know. When you get it wrong,
Speaker 2: you heard wrong.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what are you talking about? Yeah?
Speaker 2: I never say dah, that's the move.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And then nowadays, if you get sensitive, you just block
Speaker 2: people on social media. That's that's also the move.
Speaker 1: So you do a lot of that.
Speaker 2: No, never done it. Never blocked anybody on Twitter or
Speaker 2: ex whatever you want to call it. Ever, once it's
Speaker 2: kind of a waste of time, Like who cares like
Speaker 2: so and so says you suck and you're this and
Speaker 2: uses every name of the Okay, that's not a reflection
Speaker 2: on me. I grew up listening to sports talk radio.
Speaker 2: I can assure you never one time while I was
Speaker 2: listening to sports talk radio was like, like, you know what,
Speaker 2: I don't like what Steve Hartman just had to say.
Speaker 2: Let me go ahead and let him know why I
Speaker 2: think he's this, this, this and this, and how little
Speaker 2: I think of his family. Never thought to it, never
Speaker 2: thought to like hate email him or text him or
Speaker 2: anything like that or any of the ways you would
Speaker 2: communicate back in the day. But apparently that's how they
Speaker 2: do it nowadays.
Speaker 1: So yeah, because everybody has a voice. Yes, you know,
Speaker 1: we did this yesterday. I think it was during the
Speaker 1: two o'clock hour. There's a survey that came out about
Speaker 1: how people view misinformation. People always hear now and believe
Speaker 1: exactly what they want to believe, even if you can
Speaker 1: make a valid point that that's incorrect, that's wrong. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean you're thinking something that is wrong, and let
Speaker 1: me explain why and hear all the facts and there's
Speaker 1: no denying. You cannot confuse it. What you think is
Speaker 1: not factual. People, I don't care. That doesn't matter to me. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think what I think. I don't want to know
Speaker 1: the facts. I don't want to know what's really going on.
Speaker 1: All I want to do is think what I want
Speaker 1: to think. It's confirmation by it. Yeah, that's the it is. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's all it is, and they'll find it.
Speaker 2: That's what bothers me so much about some of the stats,
Speaker 2: statistical categories and things like that, that people you can
Speaker 2: come up with a statistic for anything, and like we're
Speaker 2: jumping the shark nowadays when you're getting these stats of
Speaker 2: like he's the first player ever to knock in two
Speaker 2: runs in the same month that he also struck out
Speaker 2: four times five of the last six games in a
Speaker 2: month that his team had a four game lead in
Speaker 2: the postseason with under thirty five games to go. Hold
Speaker 2: on a second, he just drove in two runs. Can
Speaker 2: we just leave it at that, Like that's all he did.
Speaker 2: He drove in two runs. Like the other stuff that
Speaker 2: goes along with it, We don't need any of that stuff.
Speaker 2: But people try and justify whatever their preconceived opinion. The
Speaker 2: guy could be batting eighty five, but you're looking for
Speaker 2: any glimmer of hope so that you can dust off
Speaker 2: the take that you had initially and just confirm that
Speaker 2: that's exactly how you feel about everything. Like there's too much,
Speaker 2: too many statistics, too many things going on. Let's just
Speaker 2: get down to the bottom line. Wins and losses get
Speaker 2: into the postseason and go from there. And it happens
Speaker 2: in every single sport, not just baseball.
Speaker 1: It really does. Okay, so the Dodgers get the Orioles
Speaker 1: tonight as well. Begin this this seven days. H Orioles
Speaker 1: have been on the On the other side, you know,
Speaker 1: they were hot for a while. Yeah, and I still
Speaker 1: think there are twenty games above five hundred, but the
Speaker 1: last ten they haven't been world beaters, all right, so
Speaker 1: everybody cools off at some point. Dodgers, on the other hand,
Speaker 1: have been hot and playing very well, I think, and
Speaker 1: before the season started, and I can't remember who did it,
Speaker 1: but we talked about it. You know. In one of
Speaker 1: the preseason polls, it was suggested that the Dodgers and
Speaker 1: Orioles would meet in the World Series, and according to that,
Speaker 1: the Orioles are gonna win and beat the non Rusal.
Speaker 1: So going into the season, these are considered to be
Speaker 1: the two top teams, Dodgers and Orioles. I like the
Speaker 1: Dodgers chances, but I think it's really important now that
Speaker 1: you keep in mind that these are all playoff games.
Speaker 1: They are not regular season games. And for the whole
Speaker 1: year I've said here and said, it's a regular season game.
Speaker 1: Who cares, it's one of one's sixty two. They're a
Speaker 1: little bigger now than one of one's sixty two. Now,
Speaker 1: you got to be in every game, You got to
Speaker 1: play well in every game. You got to figure out
Speaker 1: a way to win every game, because this is what
Speaker 1: the playoffs will be like. So they get a little
Speaker 1: taste of it earlier this year. Interesting about the Orioles.
Speaker 1: You know, for a good few seasons they were terrible,
Speaker 1: they were awful, But what were they doing. They told everybody,
Speaker 1: we're going to rebuild this thing, and they rebuilt it.
Speaker 1: Young players, a lot of homegrown players, and I think
Speaker 1: they are going to be around for a while now.
Speaker 2: And by the way their's success rate on their homegrown players,
Speaker 2: it's kind of similar to the Dodgers a few years ago,
Speaker 2: where everybody they brought up played well, like everybody had
Speaker 2: an impact, and it's like, dude, who's running their farm system?
Speaker 2: Like all these guys that were picked up in trades
Speaker 2: to your point, when they were like, listen, you can
Speaker 2: have them, you can have them. We're not going anywhere.
Speaker 2: We're not going anywhere. They just kept acquiring all these prospects,
Speaker 2: and they're bringing these guys up and they've all delivered,
Speaker 2: and they've completely turned around their organization. They were the
Speaker 2: laughing stock of the league. Like, they completely turned around
Speaker 2: their organization just by adding all that young talent. And
Speaker 2: now they find themselves in a spot to where they're
Speaker 2: challenging the Yankees for the Al East. They're in consideration
Speaker 2: with one of those teams that's looked at is Hey,
Speaker 2: it wouldn't be a shock if they weren't a World
Speaker 2: Series and people are, you know, like you said, projecting
Speaker 2: them against the Dodgers. By the way, I want to say, God,
Speaker 2: who the hell was that? Because it was on this show.
Speaker 2: Wasn't it that somebody talked about Dodgers Orioles because I
Speaker 2: remember that being a pick, and I'm trying to think
Speaker 2: who it was. It was it Vassa, No, not Vassa.
Speaker 1: I don't think it was vass I think Vassi.
Speaker 2: Had the Dodgers versus the Dodgers in the World Series.
Speaker 2: And I'm not mistaken, Like, yeah, I'm trying to think, God,
Speaker 2: who was it? But yeah, to your point, they've landed
Speaker 2: on all their prospects. They've done a marvelous job just
Speaker 2: kind of building the team up and getting the team
Speaker 2: and getting those guys acclimated to the big leagues and
Speaker 2: just throwing them out there and being like, all right,
Speaker 2: go figure it out. And they've all done it. Man,
Speaker 2: they've been fantastic.
Speaker 1: Jack Flaerty will go for the Dodgers tonight. Okay, well, now,
Speaker 1: now this is one of the reasons they went out
Speaker 1: and got him for games like this, for series like this.
Speaker 1: Remember he did play with the Orioles last year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then got traded Towe the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, yeah, he was not good with the Orioles
Speaker 1: at all.
Speaker 2: I believe the bad stuff, Like why do you have
Speaker 2: to bring up all the negative stuff with people? Well,
Speaker 2: says focus on the one. What's happening now.
Speaker 1: Well, here's what I'm going to say. He was not
Speaker 1: very good last year with the Orioles, but he seems
Speaker 1: to be having a career year this year. He stayed
Speaker 1: healthy and he has done what people I had hoped
Speaker 1: you would do. So I think it's a big game
Speaker 1: tonight for him as well. You know what years ago
Speaker 1: when they went out and got you Darvish and I've
Speaker 1: said this many times, you know, and then he falls
Speaker 1: apart in the World Series. That's the only reason they
Speaker 1: signed you. That was it, I mean, and nobody was
Speaker 1: stealing your signs.
Speaker 2: Hold on a second, like, upon further review, like shouldn't
Speaker 2: you also put that one back in the holster and
Speaker 2: be like, listen, now that we know that, you know,
Speaker 2: guys are wearing electronic devices.
Speaker 1: Not in games, Sven at Dodger Stadium, I can't buy it,
Speaker 1: can't buy it. That's why they signed him. That's the
Speaker 1: only reason you're here. And they lost.
Speaker 2: Well, that's the one people give him a hard time for.
Speaker 2: So you're not willing to cut him any slack for
Speaker 2: that game. You don't think there was any cheating going on.
Speaker 1: No, not at Dodger Stadium. I don't. Game was over
Speaker 1: three batters into the game.
Speaker 2: Okay, But you know this about Dodger Stadium that in
Speaker 2: big games and in big moments, that place turns into
Speaker 2: a morgue. It just does. People are nervous, people are
Speaker 2: just waiting for something bad to happen. There's a different
Speaker 2: vibe there playoff games.
Speaker 1: There just is no no no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: you got you got him in the first inning. Everybody's
Speaker 1: fired up. Not a Morgue. It was in that game.
Speaker 2: But nerves, but nerves everybody like, I don't think it's
Speaker 2: this loud, drown out effect that normal playoff atmospheres would
Speaker 2: be at home. I think there was an opportunity for
Speaker 2: the Astros to cheat there and they probably did it
Speaker 2: there were well too. If they were having success with
Speaker 2: it at home, why wouldn't they bring that show on
Speaker 2: the road. It's game seven, Like you bring out all
Speaker 2: the stops, all hands on deck, including the trash can
Speaker 2: lids next to the guy who's uh you know, put
Speaker 2: filling up the big league chew bucket next to the
Speaker 2: sunflower seeds. I'm telling you, man, they were. They were
Speaker 2: cheating Game seven as well too. We need confirmation from vass.
Speaker 1: All right, well we'll ask him. We'll ask him when
Speaker 1: he comes on here. He'll be on in what ten minutes,
Speaker 1: so we'll ask him then. But that's why Jack Flerty
Speaker 1: is here tonight. That is why they traded for him.
Speaker 1: And in my mind, he's a professional athlete. Anything can happen.
Speaker 1: He's a pitcher. He doesn't get a lot of oops.
Speaker 1: That's why he's here. Now, this is why you're here.
Speaker 1: They expect you to win. They expect you to keep
Speaker 1: them in the game. That's what they expect out of you.
Speaker 1: He's got to do it.
Speaker 2: Plus he got a little bit of a red ass too,
Speaker 2: Like if somebody gets upset that he comes inside on
Speaker 2: a pitch, like he's willing to let him know, like listen,
Speaker 2: we're not messing around here, like we don't play those
Speaker 2: games over here, you know. Plus you know he knows
Speaker 2: the al pretty well. Probably gonna be some familiarity there.
Speaker 2: What here's the part that's so nerve racking about all this.
Speaker 2: It's cool. You could go two of three, you could
Speaker 2: win two of three, you know, the the the Diamondbacks
Speaker 2: and Mets series could go similar and then like all
Speaker 2: of this will be canceled out because they're playing each other,
Speaker 2: like right after this, I just like this is all cool.
Speaker 2: But like that time where they let the lead drop
Speaker 2: from what nine games all the way down to two
Speaker 2: or whatever, it was like, we're gonna look back on
Speaker 2: that and go, that was a real opportunity to try
Speaker 2: and play it safe, you know the rest of the year.
Speaker 2: And now you're gonna be everybody's awareness is going to
Speaker 2: be heightened because you've opened up the door to where
Speaker 2: in matchups down the stretch against these two teams San
Speaker 2: Diego and Arizona, there's an opportunity for them to get
Speaker 2: back in the race if they have a strong outing
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers. Like, I mean, that's why that stretch,
Speaker 2: you know, like everyone say I'll relax, like and I
Speaker 2: was one of those people. But now you look at
Speaker 2: it and you go, man, they're winning. They're going five
Speaker 2: of six, et cetera, et cetera. And then you go
Speaker 2: and the lead's still only three and still only four
Speaker 2: against Arizona. Problematic but fun. I mean it is fun.
Speaker 2: At least they're getting more acclimated to the postseason what
Speaker 2: it's going to be like coming up down the stretch.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think again Flaherty on the Hill tonight.
Speaker 1: Keep them in the game. You gotta keep them in it,
Speaker 1: and then those at bats become very precious. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: don't think we're going to see a lot of twelve
Speaker 1: two games in October. I don't think we've seen it.
Speaker 1: I think we see one run games, two run games.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: So the Dodgers, now, these games are and it's the
Speaker 1: way Ned Colletti has always said they play. They grind you,
Speaker 1: and they grind you, and they grind you. They wait
Speaker 1: for you to make a mistake, they wait for your
Speaker 1: bullpen to come in. They'll just sit there with you,
Speaker 1: and then by attrition, they'll figure out a way to
Speaker 1: win it. That's what Ned Colletti says about the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna start seeing it now. I
Speaker 1: mean against Seattle. You know, those games were close, those
Speaker 1: games were tight. Somehow they won even though Tani hits
Speaker 1: the walk off Grand Slam, they were behind, they won.
Speaker 1: They figured out a way to win. And I think
Speaker 1: there's something to that. I think it builds. It builds momentum.
Speaker 1: They know they can do it, they know they're never
Speaker 1: out of it because they are now doing it. I
Speaker 1: think that's a critical part of what's going to happen
Speaker 1: going forward.
Speaker 2: Would you rather have this or would you rather have
Speaker 2: comfort not having to worry about it? Just cruise right
Speaker 2: into the post season and then let's just because we're
Speaker 2: the best team, We'll just you know, take our chances,
Speaker 2: roll out the best lineup on the field, and then
Speaker 2: just go from there. Like, would you rather have this?
Speaker 2: Because me personally and you made the point on Friday.
Speaker 2: We've seen what the other version looks like, where they've
Speaker 2: got a comfortable lead, they cruise into the postseason, and
Speaker 2: next thing you know, they're getting lit up at Dodger
Speaker 2: Stadium and people like what happened here? Like what's going on?
Speaker 2: And I do wonder if there is something about them
Speaker 2: having to go through because it's not even just the
Speaker 2: downward slide that they took and the slump they went
Speaker 2: and everybody goes through slumps. It's all the other stuff
Speaker 2: off the field. Everything you could possibly imagine going wrong
Speaker 2: has gone wrong. It's almost like you've got a deck
Speaker 2: of cards and you pull something up and go, will
Speaker 2: this happen? It's like a no, na, na No. Also,
Speaker 2: you don't think you're gonna start the season over in
Speaker 2: Japan and have to come back after a break and
Speaker 2: still go back to training spring training. Okay, yeah, we'll
Speaker 2: put that card over there, all right. What about somebody's
Speaker 2: interpreter stealing millions of dollars from and being a gambling junkie. Yeah,
Speaker 2: there's no possible, no, no, no, you got that too. Mookie
Speaker 2: Bett's being injured all the other injuries that came along
Speaker 2: with it. David vasse calling into question Maximuntsey's toughness. The
Speaker 2: other drama that's gone on with the team, trades, bad breaks,
Speaker 2: Tommy John surgeries, you know, rehab assignments, going back to
Speaker 2: the miners to try and figure out why your pitch
Speaker 2: isn't working anymore if you're Walker, like, all these things
Speaker 2: that have happened has only built them up for this
Speaker 2: moment and the steadying ship the entire time. Dave Roberts,
Speaker 2: the guy that you wanted fired, neverlier this year.
Speaker 1: Never said that, never said that. No, we have people
Speaker 1: that call all the time and say that, but I've
Speaker 1: never said that. Yeah, it has been really a very
Speaker 1: rocky road. Do I want comfort. I don't want as
Speaker 1: much comfort as they had in the past, because again
Speaker 1: we know what happens. Then. Do I like it quite
Speaker 1: this type? Probably not, But I think it suits them better.
Speaker 1: I think it does a better job of preparing them
Speaker 1: for what is to come. I mean, look, last year
Speaker 1: they came out, they they seem so disinterested and flat.
Speaker 1: It was like, what happened? What happened? It went against
Speaker 1: San Diego the year before? What happened?
Speaker 2: Well, I mean last year, I mean, I think we
Speaker 2: know what happened last year. I think we're we've all
Speaker 2: figured it out. Like they were, well, they were a
Speaker 2: little distraught. I mean, you know, it's like you're celebrated
Speaker 2: here locally, you know, doing sports here for over forty years,
Speaker 2: and yet you know, for whatever reason, you've got this
Speaker 2: soft spot in your heart for the Serpientes, and I
Speaker 2: think they just look at it and go like, what
Speaker 2: do we got to do to get Fred on our side? Like,
Speaker 2: how can we get him on our team so that
Speaker 2: that way, next time we run into a big matchup
Speaker 2: which Lo and Behold just a few days away, next
Speaker 2: time we run into a big matchup with playoff implications
Speaker 2: on the line involving us in the Serpientes, he'll root
Speaker 2: for us and not for Arizona.
Speaker 1: I did never rooted for the Serpientes, but I did
Speaker 1: tell you they were pretty good, and they were good,
Speaker 1: So I only spoke the truth. Just because I tell
Speaker 1: you they're good doesn't mean I'm rooting for him. But
Speaker 1: they were good, and we saw what happen, and they're
Speaker 1: pretty good this year too. You do's having a great year.
Speaker 1: Jack Peterson.
Speaker 2: Yeah, By the way, just as the game changed, it
Speaker 2: just slowly started to shape around him. Yes, so listen,
Speaker 2: we're not really that concerned with batting average. Can you
Speaker 2: hit home runs? Yes? Cool, You'll be playing to you
Speaker 2: forty years old. Like it's literally just like he just
Speaker 2: out there hitting bombs man, and like wherever he's gone,
Speaker 2: Like he wouldn't won a World Series in Atlanta, he
Speaker 2: went to the Giants, spent a cup of coffee with
Speaker 2: the Cubs before the Atlanta finished that year.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: Now he's with Arizona like just slowly found himself, you know.
Speaker 2: And by the way, he's also I wonder, I don't
Speaker 2: know if he's still playing fantasy football, but based on
Speaker 2: what happened between him and Tommy Fam, he's probably a
Speaker 2: lot more focused on baseball now, you think so, Yeah,
Speaker 2: maybe because it is fantasy football draft season, so there's
Speaker 2: a lot of people out there that are really really
Speaker 2: trying to figure out what they're going to do this year.
Speaker 1: So I don't know if he and Fam are in
Speaker 1: the same league anymore.
Speaker 2: Would I would imagine not? I would say probably not.
Speaker 2: But you know, listen, he's with Arizona and now he's
Speaker 2: gonna get set for a big matchup against his ex
Speaker 2: your Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Fred, all right, let's bring David Vassay on next as
Speaker 1: a Dodgers get ready for this big series against the Orioles.
Speaker 1: Jonas Naucchin today for Rodney Dodgers tonight, first of three
Speaker 1: against the Orioles. That it's off to Arizona. David Vassaying
Speaker 1: is going to join the show, Dave. Good afternoon.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so now it's real time, Fred, I am joining
Speaker 3: the show.
Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if you were there or not. That's
Speaker 1: kind of why I couched that. Well, Dave is going
Speaker 1: to join the show, Dave. So these seven games, now
Speaker 1: we have a playoff atmosphere.
Speaker 3: Agree, Oh yeah, without a doubt. Even Dave Roberts said
Speaker 3: two weeks ago that he's in playoff managing modes. So
Speaker 3: this is coming down, in my opinion, to the final
Speaker 3: ten games of the season. The Diamondbacks are not going anywhere.
Speaker 3: The Padres are not going anywhere. But I still still
Speaker 3: firmly believe the Dodgers are going to win this division
Speaker 3: between three and five games. It's not going to be
Speaker 3: the customary ten fifteen game blowout season. This will be
Speaker 3: in the category of twenty eighteen and twenty twenty one
Speaker 3: where a division team pushed them to the finish line.
Speaker 2: Is there another team out there? Just I mean, we're
Speaker 2: focused on the Diamondbacks and the Padres, who are three
Speaker 2: and from Rodney.
Speaker 3: Your voice is so different today.
Speaker 2: Can you believe that.
Speaker 3: It sounds like a surfer from Thousand Oaks?
Speaker 2: It certainly does a lot of waves out here. But
Speaker 2: that being said with outside of the Padres and the Diamondbacks,
Speaker 2: is there also maybe another team as we get closer
Speaker 2: to the postseason that you look at and go, man,
Speaker 2: a lot of people aren't talking about them. That could
Speaker 2: be an issue as well too for the Dodgers in
Speaker 2: the postseason.
Speaker 3: No, I feel like the National League is pretty clear, Jonas,
Speaker 3: It's the Diamondbacks, it's the Padres and me personally, and
Speaker 3: I'm going to stick with it. I felt like it
Speaker 3: was going to be a Dodgers Phillies NLCS to me.
Speaker 3: The Brewers just don't have enough. They're in a horrible division.
Speaker 3: I'm not quite sure whether or not they're that good
Speaker 3: or the rest of the division is that bad. But
Speaker 3: they're honestly doing something right over there, or they wouldn't
Speaker 3: be as far ahead as they are. They actually have
Speaker 3: the largest Division lead in baseball in the NL Central.
Speaker 3: But look, the Braves could get hot, they could get
Speaker 3: their pitching healthy, and they're probably going to be the
Speaker 3: wildcard team. They could be one of those teams that
Speaker 3: gets hot at the right time like they did in
Speaker 3: twenty one. But I still don't see anybody outside of
Speaker 3: Arizona or the Dodgers advancing to play the Phillies.
Speaker 1: Dave Evan Phillips seems like he's back in now, So
Speaker 1: where does he fit in in a bullpen?
Speaker 3: Well, I mean, Dave Roberts is starting to use him
Speaker 3: again at the back end of games in high leverage situations.
Speaker 3: It just seems like the Dodgers could simplify a lot
Speaker 3: by just having Michael Kopek be their closer. He's got
Speaker 3: a great arm. He's a shutdown type of arm, throwing
Speaker 3: ninety six to one hundred on certain nights. I would
Speaker 3: hope that by the end of the regular season he
Speaker 3: is up to speed as far as being used as
Speaker 3: many times as he is being used with the Dodgers,
Speaker 3: with them actually winning games, that he will get used
Speaker 3: to the regularity that they are going to lean on
Speaker 3: him because he's that type of arm to be a closer,
Speaker 3: and Evan Phillips was always better served to be that
Speaker 3: guy to put out fires in the seventh inning or
Speaker 3: the eighth inning, or even sometimes in the sixth inning.
Speaker 3: So hopefully it goes back to that, and hopefully Copeck
Speaker 3: really embraces being the closer.
Speaker 2: Do you think that's something that Roberts is open to
Speaker 2: or is he fixated on No, Listen, I want to
Speaker 2: go with Evan Phillips. I'm more familiar with him. Do
Speaker 2: you think that Kopec would be a solution that he
Speaker 2: would look at and go, I know he hasn't been
Speaker 2: here for the long haul, but this is somebody that
Speaker 2: I want to be my guy in the back end
Speaker 2: in high leverage situations.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sure he does. But you know Dave is
Speaker 3: not the only one making decisions as far as how
Speaker 3: to deploy these relievers before a game.
Speaker 2: Then, gotcha.
Speaker 3: I know analytics look at the numbers and the groupings
Speaker 3: of hitters and the handedness right or left, But the
Speaker 3: ninth inning isn't for everybody, and I feel like the
Speaker 3: Dodgers are still feeling out whether or not the ainh
Speaker 3: thinning is for Michael Kopek. But he certainly has the stuff.
Speaker 3: So I feel like between now and the end of
Speaker 3: the year, you're obviously going to see Copeck close games,
Speaker 3: and the Dodgers if they like what they see and
Speaker 3: they believe he can do it on a regular basis,
Speaker 3: they have one of the more dominant right handed relievers
Speaker 3: in the National League.
Speaker 1: Uh, Dave Flaherty goes tonight for the Dodgers. I was
Speaker 1: telling Jonas earlier, these are the kind of games, These
Speaker 1: are the situations why he was traded for. Right here,
Speaker 1: right now, this is it? What are you laughing about it?
Speaker 3: Fred? I guess he was traded for to do it
Speaker 3: in the playoffs more than yeah.
Speaker 1: But I mean this is kind of a lad off.
Speaker 3: The atmosphere, it is, Fred. But even if they lose,
Speaker 3: tonight is a do or die.
Speaker 1: No, but it is. He needs a good outing, is
Speaker 1: what I'm saying.
Speaker 3: He can't go off get she need a good outing.
Speaker 3: I think he's had a few already.
Speaker 1: Well, but now, yeah, but now it's Baltimore, it's not Oakland.
Speaker 1: I mean, these are important games, Dave. I think now
Speaker 1: he's really got to perform.
Speaker 3: Actually, Fred, I actually believe what you're describing is tomorrow
Speaker 3: starter Walker Buehler. Walker Buehler needs a good start to
Speaker 3: prove that he's actually back, because against the Mariners he
Speaker 3: was better, but they're one of the worst hitting teams
Speaker 3: in baseball. So I feel like everything that you were
Speaker 3: saying is for Jack Flerity tonight is actually for Walker
Speaker 3: Buehler tomorrow.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 2: So since we're on the topic, we kind of veered
Speaker 2: off into a discussion about the Astros and the cheating
Speaker 2: back in twenty seventeen because Fred made the comparison that,
Speaker 2: you know, Jack Flaherty, similar to you, Darvish, You're brought
Speaker 2: here for these moments you need to deliver. And I said, well,
Speaker 2: you know, based on what we know about that World
Speaker 2: Series now, it kind of looks a little bit different
Speaker 2: than initially you Darvis just turned into a gas can
Speaker 2: at Dodger Stadium in Game seven. Fred is convinced there
Speaker 2: was no cheating going on in Game seven, though he
Speaker 2: said didn't happen at Dodger Stadium, So he's not willing
Speaker 2: to cut you, Darvish, any slack. You were there. Do
Speaker 2: you buy that or do you think Houston brought those
Speaker 2: gimmicks to Dodger Stadium for the biggest game of the year.
Speaker 3: No, it's never been proven they were able to pull
Speaker 3: off what they did at home on the road. What
Speaker 3: I can tell you is going back to when Darvish
Speaker 3: was with the Rangers, the Astros just saw the ball
Speaker 3: coming out of his hand really well, no matter where
Speaker 3: it was, and maybe he was tipping in the traditional
Speaker 3: sense where they saw something, but it had nothing to
Speaker 3: do with the trash cans at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 2: Wow, you're right, Fred, Congratulations, you got it.
Speaker 1: I got one. Thanks, thanks joting us. I'll take one.
Speaker 3: No, you know, here behind the scenes, there were signs
Speaker 3: from you Darvish that he wasn't up to the task
Speaker 3: and the Dodgers probably should have been on red alert
Speaker 3: from the first inning on and not let it get
Speaker 3: to five nothing by the second inning?
Speaker 1: Are you saying before the game early?
Speaker 3: And that's in my documentary?
Speaker 2: All come on, Like, yeah, it was a little teaser,
Speaker 2: a little bit of a preview day, Like you don't
Speaker 2: have to say.
Speaker 3: We were talking about twenty twenty four. What's the point
Speaker 3: of going back to that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it's salacious, you know, like it's a scandal,
Speaker 2: like this is what this like? We love this stuff.
Speaker 2: So can you. You don't have to say who told
Speaker 2: you all this?
Speaker 3: The archives. You will hear me before Game seven say
Speaker 3: Alex Wood should be starting that game because the Astros
Speaker 3: just never saw the ball coming out of his hand.
Speaker 3: He was the only Dodger pitcher that was tenacious enough
Speaker 3: to change his signs on every single batter. And that's
Speaker 3: the reason why he was the only one to win
Speaker 3: in Houston during the World Series. And they just had
Speaker 3: no answer for Alex Wood. You could have had Alex
Speaker 3: Wood then Clayton Kershaw behind him, who was absolutely dominant
Speaker 3: after the game was out of hand.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you I want to see that documentary now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Fred, he.
Speaker 1: Lays it out. He spits the truth. Yeah, he does, Dave.
Speaker 1: When you see the Orioles and what they went through
Speaker 1: to get to where they're at. All they've got young guys,
Speaker 1: a lot of them homegrown. They went through a tough time.
Speaker 1: Now they're very good. Is that a team you think
Speaker 1: that that'll be pretty good for a.
Speaker 3: While now, Arizona, Fred Orioles, Oh, I'm sorry, I thought
Speaker 3: you said Arizona.
Speaker 1: Arizona.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Baltimore is here to stay. They're really good. What
Speaker 3: I've been hearing from the East coast. Is they really
Speaker 3: botch their trade deadline? They traded for Zach Efflyin's who's
Speaker 3: on the IL now. They traded for the Marlins, a
Speaker 3: right hander that is in the minor leagues, or left
Speaker 3: handed Trevor Rodgers who's in the minor leagues now. So
Speaker 3: they really needed pitching at the trade deadline, and they
Speaker 3: really messed it up. And now Austin Hayes, the outfielder
Speaker 3: they traded for, I mean, he's playing well in Philadelphia
Speaker 3: or they send the Philadelphia he's playing well. So they're
Speaker 3: five hundred since the All Star break and they're pitching
Speaker 3: is very suss.
Speaker 2: Dave, do you take any credit for lighting a fire
Speaker 2: under Max Munsey and getting him to return in the
Speaker 2: way that he did, because it was on this show
Speaker 2: that you sort of called into question, like what's taken
Speaker 2: so long, let's get this going. Is this a pain
Speaker 2: tolerance issue? And yet here he is and he's back,
Speaker 2: and he's back with a vengeance.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like I think everybody should take some
Speaker 3: credit for that. Right. He said it was some chiropractic
Speaker 3: adjustment where it was one of his lower ribs that
Speaker 3: was not allowing him to get over the hump. It
Speaker 3: was a miracle it happened when it did. But hope
Speaker 3: happily for the Dodgers it happened, and he hasn't missed
Speaker 3: a beat. I mean, how do you explain a guy
Speaker 3: not playing since May saying before his first game back,
Speaker 3: missing three months is like three years. And he comes
Speaker 3: back and has that series against the Mariners and also
Speaker 3: had a great a bat ahead of Otani's Grand Slam
Speaker 3: the other night. So yeah, he's Max Munsey again, which
Speaker 3: is great for the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: All right, well, Dave, you're always great for us. We
Speaker 1: appreciate it.
Speaker 3: Coming on, I'll try to be better next time.
Speaker 1: Fred, No, you were good today. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you're gonna.
Speaker 3: Approve much more appreciate it. You're okay? Thanks?
Speaker 1: Thanks?
Speaker 2: Right, Dave?
Speaker 1: Okay, David Matsy and you'll hear the game here tonight.
Speaker 1: What what?
Speaker 2: He's so much fun because you just never know, there's
Speaker 2: there's at least one question in every interview that'll like
Speaker 2: set him off and kind of get his smart assness
Speaker 2: to get to another level. And so, like I thought,
Speaker 2: it was pretty much a hey, these are the moments
Speaker 2: Jack Flaherty was brought in for you know, we're what
Speaker 2: thirty games left in the season. You know, they've got
Speaker 2: to maintain this lead. There's a big series coming up,
Speaker 2: and that was the one that he chose. No, I
Speaker 2: think I'll take that one, and I'm gonna go ahead
Speaker 2: and take that one and try and drive Fred straight
Speaker 2: into a ditch. It's just I mean, he's really great
Speaker 2: at it, Like it really is fun to listen to.
Speaker 1: Well, you know what, it always depends on how he's
Speaker 1: feeling that day. First, he knows more than anybody. He
Speaker 1: really is the best at what he does. Yes, And
Speaker 1: you know, as a listener, you go, oh, that's just
Speaker 1: saying what he does. No, he's really good. He is
Speaker 1: now he can be a pain of hand. He was
Speaker 1: really good.
Speaker 2: And I listen, I know it's going back to twenty seventeen,
Speaker 2: but I am curious to wonder if you watching on
Speaker 2: that one, well, because what what was it pre game
Speaker 2: that people saw that were like us not up for this?
Speaker 2: I mean, was he like blowing chunks in a trash
Speaker 2: can somewhere because he was so nervous about the start? Like,
Speaker 2: what was it about that and what happened before that game.
Speaker 2: That would be an indicator that he's not the guy
Speaker 2: that should be sent out there, like I just wonder,
Speaker 2: you know, and we ge apparently we got to wait
Speaker 2: for the documentary.
Speaker 1: I was surprised. I thought he'd give you a little
Speaker 1: bit on that. I thought he, you know, he opened
Speaker 1: the door, but then nothing.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's got to play the game, man, like
Speaker 2: you know, you got to, you know, but and eventually
Speaker 2: you would like some answers, Like I don't know if
Speaker 2: you've seen the Steve McNair documentary on Netflix, I've not,
Speaker 2: all right, so if you were looking for answers, don't
Speaker 2: even bother. Like it's just basically a recap of everything
Speaker 2: that everybody already know and the relationships and all this
Speaker 2: and the shoddy detective work and everything else. It's like,
Speaker 2: all right, any new arrests, Nope, And it's been fifteen years. Cool.
Speaker 2: So that was a nice fifty nine minute documentary for
Speaker 2: no reason whatsoever. So I'm just hoping if Dave does
Speaker 2: put out this documentary, at least we get some answers.
Speaker 1: All right, Look, we've got NFL news to talk about,
Speaker 1: and the most important news though, a big deal was
Speaker 1: signed today we'll get to that. Someone is back. We'll
Speaker 1: get to that, and we'll tell you how you can
Speaker 1: own an NFL team. All that coming up. Jonas Knoxen
Speaker 1: today for Rodney Our thanks to David Vassa for jumping
Speaker 1: on the show. All right, so you know, the Rams
Speaker 1: are trying to move Ernest Jones. He asked for trade.
Speaker 1: They had conversations, they tried to figure it out, they
Speaker 1: tried to work it out, and they have done it.
Speaker 1: The Titans will get Ernest Jones and a twenty twenty
Speaker 1: six to sixth rounder. The Rams receive a twenty twenty
Speaker 1: sixth fifth rounder. Jones gets his wish.
Speaker 2: Wheeling and dealing, getting it done before the season. I mean,
Speaker 2: this is really like, you know, is this really gonna
Speaker 2: be the make or break of whether or not the
Speaker 2: Rams take a run in that division? You know, Like.
Speaker 1: That's the thing that's so funny to me when we
Speaker 1: talk about the NFL, because now it's real, Okay, the
Speaker 1: games will start and everything will be fine. But during
Speaker 1: the preseason, this kind of thing, what's going to happen now,
Speaker 1: all right, Well, I don't think that's going to determine anything.
Speaker 2: Quite frankly, I don't either.
Speaker 1: Nothing, but that's the deal they wanted. He wanted to go,
Speaker 1: and they facilitated it. They get a fifth round pick,
Speaker 1: they had to give up a sixth round pick, and
Speaker 1: him it's sad to add something, Yeah, sness, he would
Speaker 1: take them.
Speaker 2: And there's this whole like draft chart, which I think
Speaker 2: Jimmy Johnson came out with. So when you see these
Speaker 2: deals that are done during the draft, and it's like, well,
Speaker 2: so and so is getting a third round pick, but
Speaker 2: they've got to give up a fourth and a fifth
Speaker 2: and all, like there's like an equation that's done to
Speaker 2: where they've got the value of draft picks slotted in
Speaker 2: a way in which trading this one everybody knows is
Speaker 2: equal to this. And it's like, why can't you just
Speaker 2: do the deal? If you look at a player and
Speaker 2: you go, if he's still available, can I just overpay
Speaker 2: to get him? And it's like you've got to follow
Speaker 2: this draft chart. It's very confusing. The whole thing's weird.
Speaker 2: Bottom line is it's the NFL. Do you have a
Speaker 2: starting quarterback that can WINNI games? If you do, you're
Speaker 2: off to a good start and then you just go
Speaker 2: from there. And in that division, look talked about it
Speaker 2: last week, talked about it before. Super Bowl hangovers are real,
Speaker 2: and people can try and to diminish that and dismiss
Speaker 2: it all they want, but super Bowl hangovers are real.
Speaker 2: The Niners are going to naturally take a step back,
Speaker 2: most likely because outside of Kansas City and New England,
Speaker 2: most likely they're going to take a step back. And
Speaker 2: the most logical team to step up and win that
Speaker 2: division if it's not the Niners, is the Rams. Arizona's
Speaker 2: still coming back, Kyler Murray's coming back from injury. They're
Speaker 2: a young team trying to ascend and turn around their organization,
Speaker 2: and we have no idea what to expect from Seattle.
Speaker 2: So there's an opportunity for the Rams.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I'll be honest with you, even if the
Speaker 1: forty nine ers were not about to take a step back,
Speaker 1: if Stafford's healthy, I think the Rams are as good
Speaker 1: as a forty nine ers period. I mean I do.
Speaker 2: If they could just avoid having to play the forty
Speaker 2: nine ers, like that would be I mean, that'd be
Speaker 2: great for everybody. Like if they could just avoid having
Speaker 2: to run into Kyle Shanahan, who has just owned them
Speaker 2: for all this time, Like that would be. That would
Speaker 2: be something for everybody outside of the NFC title game,
Speaker 2: which you know some would say Jimmy Garoppolo gave up,
Speaker 2: So there is that.
Speaker 1: Yeah. So anyway, the Rams have made their move and
Speaker 1: they're fine. Here's something that's interesting in the NFL. You know,
Speaker 1: teams are owned by individuals, families or individuals. Corporations don't
Speaker 1: buy teams. For example, in Major League Baseball, Googenheim owns
Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Yeah, but the NFL has always kept it
Speaker 1: we want individuals, not not private equity people. Well that's
Speaker 1: changed now now the NFL is going to entertain private
Speaker 1: equity owners. Why why would they do that? Do you
Speaker 1: think Jonas?
Speaker 2: Probably for money, more money, more stability, you know, if
Speaker 2: there's if there's an issue, maybe easier to get you know,
Speaker 2: get a team away from one guy who's holding the
Speaker 2: team hostage a la Daniel Snyder or some of these
Speaker 2: other guys. That would be my guess.
Speaker 1: Yeah, here's that's one reason. I'll give you another one
Speaker 1: because a private equity firm probably can generate more revenue
Speaker 1: than an individual to buy a team, and with the
Speaker 1: costs of teams exploding, they need people with a lot
Speaker 1: of money. I mean, what did they pay for the Redskins?
Speaker 1: Six billion?
Speaker 2: I mean, geez, Freddy, are you allowed to still call
Speaker 2: them that?
Speaker 1: Oh jeez?
Speaker 2: I mean, why do you have a heart? For God's sakes?
Speaker 1: What they pay for the Commanders?
Speaker 2: Can I just apologize first and foremost, let me just
Speaker 2: apologize to all our friends that are listening in Washington,
Speaker 2: DC on the iHeart app. I just want to apologize
Speaker 2: if fred had to bring up something awful like.
Speaker 1: That, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, slip of the tongue.
Speaker 2: How could you?
Speaker 1: All right? Was it six billion?
Speaker 2: Though?
Speaker 1: Jonas? I think it was six billion?
Speaker 2: Okay, that's correct, Yes, all right?
Speaker 1: Well, so what would the Dallas Cowboys go for? Jones
Speaker 1: ever sold them? I mean ten billion? Twelve billion?
Speaker 2: Yeah, they got. They were valued at ten billion by
Speaker 2: Sportico recently.
Speaker 1: Okay, ten billion dollars. Unless you're Steve Balmer, that's you know,
Speaker 1: or stand cronky, you probably don't have that just sitting
Speaker 1: in the couch. So they're going to need people with
Speaker 1: more money to keep buying these franchises, and of course
Speaker 1: the goal is for everybody to sell as high as
Speaker 1: they can every time. It's just like if you're moving
Speaker 1: into a house in a neighborhood, you know, you might
Speaker 1: look for the lowest priced house, but the goal for
Speaker 1: everybody in the neighborhood is to keep the prices as
Speaker 1: high as they can. Yes, the comps work, and it's
Speaker 1: the same way in pro sports. The comps.
Speaker 2: That's why when you see one of your neighbors doing
Speaker 2: some work and you're really annoyed that they're fixing up
Speaker 2: the house because they've got machines going all day, just
Speaker 2: shut up, deal with it for a couple of weeks
Speaker 2: because they're increasing the property value of the neighborhood by
Speaker 2: improving the home. So just just wear it. And also,
Speaker 2: I think, if I'm not mistaken, Dan Snyder when he
Speaker 2: bought the team formerly known as the name that nobody's
Speaker 2: allowed to say except for Fred apparently, he bought it
Speaker 2: for I think eight hundred million, if I'm not mistaken,
Speaker 2: and ended up turning around and selling it for six billion.
Speaker 2: Right now, he was fine, like fifty million dollars for
Speaker 2: some season ticket shenanigans and all the other drama that
Speaker 2: was going on there, but six billion dollars he got
Speaker 2: for that team. So yeah, it's damn the NFL's flush
Speaker 2: with cash.
Speaker 1: Good. Oh yeah, oh yeah, that's not a problem. People
Speaker 1: have money, and people are going to spend the money.
Speaker 1: Look at it like this. When Guggenheim bought the Dodgers,
Speaker 1: people thought they go for like one one point seven billion,
Speaker 1: that's what they thought. One six one seven. Gugenheim said,
Speaker 1: we don't even have to open the auction. Here's two
Speaker 1: billion dollars. Will you take it? Done? Okay, that's set
Speaker 1: the mark for baseball. Steve Balmer, all right, he's going
Speaker 1: to buy the Clippers. What should that have gone for?
Speaker 1: I don't know, but certainly people were dumbfounded when he
Speaker 1: offered two billion dollars done?
Speaker 2: So you aren't the Celtics going to go for six
Speaker 2: I think the Celtics are up and there's conversations they're
Speaker 2: going to go for six billion. If I'm not mistaken, maybe, but.
Speaker 1: They should who knows. You're a big market, yes, with
Speaker 1: an established brand, they should go for that much.
Speaker 2: And it's also we've talked about this before, I'm sure,
Speaker 2: but it's also when you're looking at live sports, it
Speaker 2: really is the only appointment television that there is left
Speaker 2: because everything else you can stream, you can binge watch.
Speaker 2: A lot of people will just wait until something comes
Speaker 2: out so they can binge watch the entire thing because
Speaker 2: Netflix changed the game for everybody, because Netflix gave you
Speaker 2: the ability to blow through a season of Stranger Things
Speaker 2: or Last Chance You or any of these at Narcos,
Speaker 2: any of these shows, and so now you're like, all right,
Speaker 2: so where's the place that you have to be at
Speaker 2: and watch in real time? And the only thing you
Speaker 2: got is sports and these owners all know that, and
Speaker 2: these leagues all know it. That's why these ridiculous prices
Speaker 2: are out there for Sunday ticket and all the other
Speaker 2: things that come along with it, because they're like, we're
Speaker 2: kind of the only show in town because you can't
Speaker 2: wait for it to be over and binge watch it
Speaker 2: all because everybody else is already on board watching it
Speaker 2: in real time. And I think these leagues and these
Speaker 2: owners looking at this going well, damn, like, let's go
Speaker 2: ahead and take advantage of this while we got it.
Speaker 2: And that's why you're seeing maybe some you know, shop
Speaker 2: their team around and others out there in others leagues
Speaker 2: being open minded to some of these other revenue streams
Speaker 2: that are being brought in because they're like, we're making
Speaker 2: so much money, how far can we push this thing?
Speaker 1: Yeah, well they're going to keep pushing and keep pushing,
Speaker 1: and franchise valuations will only increase. And with the media
Speaker 1: rites deal. And I've said this many times, Jonas, I mean,
Speaker 1: we work in sports radio. These are all TV shows now,
Speaker 1: it's not even really about sports anymore. These are TV shows,
Speaker 1: every one of them. And the better the show, the
Speaker 1: more money the network televising it makes. And that's why
Speaker 1: they're willing to spend all of this money for rights fees,
Speaker 1: because this is how they can try to stay in
Speaker 1: the game. If you don't have live sports, you're basically dead.
Speaker 2: And by the way, like for example, on Labor Day,
Speaker 2: Netflix is running Joey Chestnut for there's Kobayashi an in
Speaker 2: a hot dog eating contest. And that was why Joey
Speaker 2: Chestnut couldn't be a part of the Fourth of July
Speaker 2: Extravaganza Coney Island, Like I want to know what the
Speaker 2: numbers are going to be for that event and how
Speaker 2: many people are watching that in comparison, because Netflix basically
Speaker 2: looked this and said all right, well, like, why don't
Speaker 2: we just turn this into event here? It is do
Speaker 2: you have our subscription it's whatever, fifteen dollars a month, whatever.
Speaker 2: You can watch these guys go mono imano, like the
Speaker 2: WWE's gonna have Monday Night Raw on Netflix. Like you're
Speaker 2: seeing all of these streaming services get involved, and it's
Speaker 2: just it's a completely different and look, sometimes it's a
Speaker 2: little bit of a pain in the ass. I would
Speaker 2: like to just be able to turn on my TV,
Speaker 2: go to a channel and let it that just be it.
Speaker 2: But nowadays you got to turn it on, get the
Speaker 2: other remote out, find the streaming app and get to it.
Speaker 2: But these owners are looking around going, yeah, we understand
Speaker 2: that's like an extra step for you, but that's an
Speaker 2: extra million dollar plus a game for us, and that's
Speaker 2: why they're taking full advantage of it.
Speaker 1: Okay, as we continue to much to get to the
Speaker 1: NBA Coaches Panel and executive panel is out, so we'll
Speaker 1: see what the league thinks about what's going to happen.
Speaker 1: And when we come back, let's get into those deals.
Speaker 1: The big deal signed in the n