WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.599 --> 00:00:09.560 My Billy Cunningham, the Great America. Welcome is great Friday 2 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:11.839 afternoon the tri State. We're told by the Chin and 3 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:14.400 others that over the weekend the temperature may get into 4 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.239 the mid thirties, maybe even the forties, so some melting 5 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.440 may take place. But yesterday we had the retch caravans 6 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:23.239 dop Buy with Jeff Branley and Bread Meter and some others, 7 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:26.559 and Tito Francona is also on the caravan. Plus we 8 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.039 have big weekends at college sports with Xavier and UC. 9 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:32.200 Plus we have many other issues. And to break it 10 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.200 all down, Moeger, welcome again to the Bill Cunningham Show. 11 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:37.520 And first of all, before I get into sports, I 12 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:38.479 want to ask you a question. 13 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:40.359 Oh boy, I can't wait. 14 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.240 Three point six billion dollars is going to be spent 15 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.640 by the taxpayer to build a companion bridge to the 16 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.320 Brent Spence Bridge and also to redo parts of the 17 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:54.320 BS Bridge. However there might be an impediment. There are 18 00:00:54.439 --> 00:01:00.439 seven endangered muscles, including varieties of the washboard, the el ear, 19 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:05.599 the monkey face, the wardy back, the butterfly, the ebony shell, 20 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.840 and the Ohio pig toe mussel. I asked you a question. 21 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:11.640 Are you concerned about that at all. 22 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.560 Did not know those things existed until just about five 23 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:16.120 seconds ago. 24 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:18.840 So no, no, they do exist in large numbers in 25 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:22.120 the Ohigh River, and in fact, in fact, there's more. 26 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:24.480 There's four endangered. 27 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.159 Bats, including the Indiana bat, the Northern long eared bat, 28 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:31.760 the gray bat, and the little brown bat. Additionally, there's 29 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:35.640 the tricolored bat. In addition to two threatened fish, the 30 00:01:35.760 --> 00:01:39.120 Channel darter and the River darter, there's a threatened bird 31 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.040 mo it's called the black crown knight aron, a bird 32 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.159 that measures two feet long and weighs two pounds. And 33 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:49.640 on top of that, the Virginia mallow, a perennial herb, 34 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.879 which is a bush with white flowers that grows up 35 00:01:52.879 --> 00:01:56.200 to ten feet tall. Did you know these may stop 36 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:58.799 the construction of the Companion Bridge? 37 00:01:58.799 --> 00:01:59.680 Did you know any of this? 38 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:01.599 I had no idea. 39 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:05.599 You mentioned something called monkey face, So we're going to 40 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:09.400 not solve the tri States major traffic issues as it 41 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:13.120 relates to getting from Ohio into Kentucky and vice versa, 42 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:15.319 because we're trying to save something called monkey face. 43 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:16.120 Correct. 44 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:19.039 The environmental groups are up in arms and they filed 45 00:02:19.240 --> 00:02:23.240 petitions in the Ohio and Kentucky authorities. They have to 46 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:26.120 exhaust all your state remedies before you go to federal court. 47 00:02:26.439 --> 00:02:28.759 And once they say in Ohio and Kentucky, you know what, 48 00:02:29.080 --> 00:02:32.879 we're gonna ignore the butterfly, the ebony shell, the wardy back, 49 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.120 the monkey face, the elephant ear, and the washboard. We're 50 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.960 gonna ignore that. Then go to a federal judge who 51 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:41.520 may stop construction completely. Your reaction. 52 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:45.599 I just want to be able to drive to Kentucky 53 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:47.560 to go see my friends in Kentucky and not have 54 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:48.439 to wait in traffic. 55 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:50.240 That's all I care about. I care about me. 56 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:53.759 I don't care about the shell back, or the washboard, 57 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:58.319 or the monkey face or the foreign danger. I couldn't, 58 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.759 I don't. I'll be free and willing to admit I 59 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:05.639 do not care. Here's what I care about my time, 60 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.479 and I feel like I spend whenever I drive across 61 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:11.360 the river one way or the other, I waste an 62 00:03:11.560 --> 00:03:13.520 order amount of time just sitting there. I don't want 63 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:15.960 to sit there anymore. So you can build five bridges 64 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:17.360 as far as I'm concerned. 65 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:19.039 I want my commute to be easier. 66 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:21.680 But that's not going to happen because I got Brian 67 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.719 Hamrick on later today or Monday. And there's been at delay, 68 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:26.639 as you may know, in the four to seventy one 69 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:29.000 bridge because of the weather. Of course, it's been cold 70 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.240 in January and February. It's going to delay things go 71 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.000 out a bit. That's a shock anyway, man, Let's talk 72 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.000 about important stuff. 73 00:03:35.439 --> 00:03:37.759 What about the people who lit the bridge on fire? 74 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:39.919 What happened to them? What are we doing with those folks? 75 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:42.000 Well, you know there's four of them. 76 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:44.199 There's two of them that hid them out in the 77 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.879 attic somewhere in Arlington Heights and the two who did it, 78 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:51.080 and I get information, I'm sure you get information that 79 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.159 they had not a criminal intent. They simply wanted to 80 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:56.960 have a little campfire on top of eight inches of 81 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:01.840 shredded oil on a place underneath that to warm up, 82 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:04.919 and they simply wanted to roast some wienies. And as 83 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.319 a consequence, billions of dollars have been lost in time, 84 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:11.039 and at this point it's like who cares? But now 85 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:13.599 they're in trouble because now they're going to face long 86 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:16.800 periods of time in jail because of the inconvenience and 87 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:18.000 the homeless encampment. 88 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:20.120 I don't know if that's true or not. I don't know. 89 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:23.759 The city's locked down, they're not reporting, and I don't 90 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.360 know what that is. But mid March is still looking 91 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.560 to be I hope it gets done by Red's opening day. 92 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:30.800 If by the end of March on that Thursday, we 93 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:33.720 don't have access to northern Kentucky back and forth easily, 94 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:37.439 now we got real problems speaking of that. Is there 95 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.639 a reason to be excited about your Cincinnati Reds this year? 96 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:45.519 After yesterday's time, I spent with a general manager and 97 00:04:45.560 --> 00:04:46.680 with Jeff Brantley. 98 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.399 I have hope? Do you have hope? 99 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:53.240 I do because I think there's a young nuclear, a 100 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:56.319 young nucleus easy for me to say, a young nucleus 101 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:58.519 around which you can build And I think for me, 102 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:00.519 you know, you and I have talked about their relative 103 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.759 inactivity during the off season. They haven't been totally inactive. 104 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:06.959 They did add Brady Singer in a trade for Jonathan India. 105 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:09.680 They signed Gavin Lux, and they traded for Gavin Lux, 106 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.519 and they may still make another move. But I think 107 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:17.399 the frustration for me at least is the source of 108 00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:20.040 that frustration is a belief that they actually do have 109 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:22.319 a group of guys that are worth adding to. You know, 110 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:25.759 the Reds have had quiet off seasons before, and you're like, well, 111 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.759 big deal, because if they make one or two moves, 112 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:29.199 they're not going to be appreciably better. 113 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:30.839 I actually think with. 114 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.279 What they have, you can add a piece or two 115 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.519 and be pretty competitive in the National League Central. Look 116 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.199 last year, the Reds had above league gaverage starting pitching 117 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:42.759 and then everybody got hurt. So the first question that 118 00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:45.759 I have is can the majority of your starters not 119 00:05:45.959 --> 00:05:48.639 all that's not you know, likely, but can the majority 120 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:50.959 of your starting pitchers get through a full season. If 121 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:53.519 the answer is yes, I think there's enough talent there. 122 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:57.160 With Hunter Green and nicko Lodolo and Rhet Louder and 123 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:00.240 Brady Singer and Nick Martinez depending on his role, and 124 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:03.839 maybe Graham Ashcraft, I think there's enough talent there that 125 00:06:03.879 --> 00:06:06.399 they can do more than just stay afloat and look 126 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:08.920 that there is. You know, people don't want to hear this, 127 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:10.480 and I'll be honest with you, I don't want to 128 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.839 spend the majority of my time talking about this team 129 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:15.920 from this standpoint, but there are a lot of guys 130 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.680 that have a lot of upside. There are a lot 131 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:20.879 of teams that would like to have Matt McClain. There 132 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:23.399 are a lot of teams I think that would like 133 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:26.160 to have Christian and Cronasi on strand. Are those two 134 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:29.160 players going to get healthy, stay healthy, and be productive. 135 00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:32.279 Matt McClain two years ago was awesome. Last year he 136 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:35.240 didn't play. If he's closer to awesome than not playing, 137 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.360 that's a really good thing. We all expect Ellie Dela 138 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:41.160 Cruz to continue to blossom. I talked about this with 139 00:06:41.240 --> 00:06:44.480 Jeff Brantley yesterday as well. You know, with Ellie Dela Cruz. 140 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.040 I want to see the insanely awesome moments, but I 141 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:49.399 want to see him make the routine plays. I want 142 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.480 to see him not give up outs on the bass pass. 143 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:54.160 I want to see him round himself into the kind 144 00:06:54.160 --> 00:06:55.639 of ballplayer that I think we all. 145 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:56.639 Believe he can be. 146 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:01.680 There are some really nice pieces of clay to mold. Now, 147 00:07:01.720 --> 00:07:03.519 are all the things that have to happen going to 148 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.839 happen at once? Very good question? Are some players who 149 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.600 underperformed last year going to perform better? Good question? Are 150 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.279 they going to add a piece between now? In the 151 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:15.079 beginning of spring training. I'm going to guess there's a 152 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:18.839 move still out there, but probably not one that dramatically 153 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:21.439 changes the trajectory of the club. But at the end 154 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:23.560 of the day, I think the success of the Reds 155 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.000 in twenty twenty five is going to hinge on the 156 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:28.959 young starting pitching, which before everybody got hurt last year 157 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:30.560 did take a major step forward. 158 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:33.399 And the other issue is the Los Angeles Dodgers. You've 159 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.879 read the literature about them buying another team. How ten 160 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:40.160 twelve years ago the Dodgers were bankrupt, they were literally 161 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.079 in bankruptcy court, and now here are ten years later 162 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.279 and almost the commissioner needs to step in. Does the 163 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.240 commissioner need to step in? Much like the Vita Blue 164 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.560 situation in the late nineteen seventies, when the commissioner stepped in. 165 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.319 Does the commission need to step in and stop the 166 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:56.639 domination of the Dodgers. 167 00:07:57.560 --> 00:07:59.920 No, the commissioner does not need to step in because 168 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.639 the Dodgers are playing by established rules. I don't get 169 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:05.199 mad at rich people when they buy big houses. I 170 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.480 don't get mad at rich people when they buy nice cars. 171 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.879 I get mad at rich people when they're snobs or 172 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:12.319 when they think they're better than those of us closer 173 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:14.680 to the middle class. But I don't get mad at 174 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.160 rich people when they use their resources that are available 175 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:19.519 to them provided they acquire them by legal means. 176 00:08:19.560 --> 00:08:21.199 The Dodgers are playing within the rules. 177 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:23.920 They are doing what if I were a Dodgers fan, 178 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.120 I would want the Dodgers to do. They're going to 179 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.600 pay a premium for great players, and they're willing to 180 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:31.519 pay the luxury tax, the luxury tax that's put in 181 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:35.360 place for teams that exceed a certain threshold, which this 182 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.279 year in baseball I think is two hundred and forty 183 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:37.960 one million dollars. 184 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:40.120 Dodgers are willing to do that. They're playing by the rules. 185 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:42.879 The question is when we get to a new CBA, 186 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:44.960 which is at the end of the twenty twenty sixth season, 187 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.279 are the owners going to be willing to do something dramatic? 188 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:51.559 You know, in any negotiation, Willie, and you've been involved 189 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.559 in many more than me. In any negotiation, I think 190 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:56.879 the side who wants change is going to have to 191 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:59.399 be willing to do something dramatic to get it right. 192 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.720 I gotta be willing to say Sea. 193 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.559 If you're gonna say I want a huge, massive pay raise, 194 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:06.039 I think you have to be willing to say to 195 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:06.519 your boss. 196 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:07.840 I'll leave if I don't get it. 197 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:12.000 So owners for decades have been saying we want a salarycap. 198 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.200 They say it, and then we have work stoppages, but 199 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:17.320 they don't get what they want. So I think what 200 00:09:17.360 --> 00:09:19.279 they're gonna have to do is do something that's gonna 201 00:09:19.320 --> 00:09:21.919 be massively unpopular and it's going to cause a lot 202 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.399 of short term damage, not just to the game, but 203 00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:26.799 a lot of ancillary parts connected to the game. 204 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:28.960 And that say to the players, we are. 205 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.960 Locking you out until you agree to come to the 206 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:34.639 table and talk about a salarycap. Now, along with that, 207 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.399 owners are gonna have to give up something of substance. 208 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:38.639 What is that going to be? 209 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:42.039 Is it gonna be earlier free agency like you might 210 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:45.000 not along ago? Yeah, And look, baseball players would love 211 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.559 what football players have, would love what NBA players have, 212 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.960 which is the opportunity to hit free agency after four years. 213 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:54.080 Sounds great until you lose Elie de la Cruz after 214 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.679 four years instead of six, Until you have to confront 215 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.919 the possibility of losing guys that you have put through 216 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.720 your system after four years instead of six. So our 217 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.919 owner is going to be willing to number one, look 218 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:08.519 at players and say we are not. We are going 219 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:11.679 to put the game the sport on pause until you 220 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.919 agree to a salary cap. 221 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:14.480 They have never broken the union. 222 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.039 The MLB Players Association might be the strongest union in 223 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:21.120 all of North America and number two. If the players 224 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:23.600 do come to the table and say, fine, let's talk 225 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.360 about a cap, what are owners going to be willing 226 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:28.279 to give up to get the players to cave on 227 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.440 an issue that they've never caved on. They went through 228 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:34.399 a strike in nineteen ninety four, players sat out said 229 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:35.639 we're not agreeing to a cap. 230 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:36.639 Call us when you. 231 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:38.639 Want to pull that off the table, and it didn't 232 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.399 happen until April of nineteen ninety five. Every other workstoppage 233 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:44.639 has been in some way, shape or form based on 234 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.759 this issue. Owners have never forced the players into a 235 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.200 position where they come to the bargaining table and say, fine, 236 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:52.600 well relent. So at the end of the twenty twenty 237 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:55.360 six season, our owners willing to say we have to 238 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:58.279 change our economic structure and we will put the sport 239 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.679 on pause for as long as we have to in 240 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.759 order to make that happen. 241 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:02.960 I don't see that happening. 242 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:05.840 I think the owners will find either they're gonna collapse, 243 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:07.080 and the same thing. 244 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:07.879 That they always do. 245 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:10.200 They always do five or six times. 246 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.919 They've always collapsed because there's too much pressure on them 247 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:16.639 from government and elsewhere to concede. And then you start 248 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.399 ninety four to ninety five was ridiculous. Reminds me of 249 00:11:19.399 --> 00:11:21.279 the pay court. Reminds me of the Bengals in the 250 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:24.360 lease deal. What's going to be more quickly resolved the 251 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.919 Bengals lease deal or the salary cap in baseball? 252 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.799 What's more likely to take place. 253 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:32.960 The Bengals lease deal? 254 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.480 Oh my, oh my god. 255 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:39.399 I mean there's a rollover that allows the least to 256 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:40.320 be extended. 257 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:40.440 For ten years. 258 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:41.679 Correct, that's gonna happen. 259 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:44.240 So I'm just not gonna worry too much about this. Look, 260 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:48.240 but baseball has On one hand, baseball has a problem 261 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.039 where you have a lot of fans who have been 262 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.440 conditioned to believe their team doesn't have a chance. And 263 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.799 by the way, that's Bud Seligg's legacy in the sport, 264 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:58.799 convincing fans their team has no chance. Now on the 265 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:01.759 other hand, though, folks are going to say, well, you know, 266 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.279 we need parody in baseball. We need a salary cap 267 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:07.399 to have parody. Well, football has a salary cap. The 268 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:10.240 Chiefs are good every single year. The same teams are 269 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:12.759 in the deep end of the postseason every year. Baseball 270 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.840 hasn't had a repeat champion since the nineteen nineties. We've 271 00:12:15.840 --> 00:12:19.240 had teams in Kansas City when the World Series. We've 272 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:23.080 had teams in smaller markets have sustained success, like Milwaukee, 273 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.159 like Tampa Bay. 274 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:25.799 And so there's the problem. 275 00:12:25.879 --> 00:12:27.879 Right on one hand, you have a lot of fans 276 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:30.639 of smaller market teams who are convinced my team can 277 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.480 compete with the Dodgers. On the other hand, you have 278 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.279 teams in smaller market that are competing with the Dodgers. 279 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:39.320 And you do have parody in baseball, a non salary 280 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.799 cap sport that you don't have in the NFL, where 281 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.399 the Patriots just won on a two decade dynasty, that 282 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:47.279 you don't have in the NBA. And so, you know, 283 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:49.240 it sounds simple for a lot of us. They've got 284 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:51.639 to have a cap, they've got to relook at their 285 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:55.720 economic structure. Okay, but how do you convince somebody you 286 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:56.720 need this to have. 287 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.720 Parody which already exists in the sport. 288 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:03.480 A lastly, bills in Kansas City commanders at Philly break 289 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.679 it down Bills in case I think as an unbelievable game. 290 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:10.679 Is it time for the Bills finally under the leadership 291 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.279 of Scott Sloan to take down Patrick Mahomes? 292 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:13.960 Is it time? 293 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:14.960 Well? 294 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.120 I think everybody listening to us right now hopes the 295 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.840 answer is yes. 296 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:18.159 Yes. 297 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:21.720 I have thought all season long that Kansas City's fatal flaw, 298 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:24.559 which for my money has been their uneveness on offense, 299 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.559 is going to catch up to them. But something happened 300 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:30.279 in that game against the Texans that is worth paying 301 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:32.559 attention to. It's the same thing that happened last year. 302 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:34.879 Travis Kelcey sprung to life right. 303 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:35.879 So for much of the. 304 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:39.720 Season he looked like an older, aging version of himself, 305 00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:43.279 and then against the Texans he was unbelievable. And can 306 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.120 Buffalo's defense get stops? Look at the end of the 307 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.759 game against Baltimore. If Mark Andrews doesn't catch that two 308 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.320 point can or doesn't drop that two point conversion, I 309 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.440 wonder about Buffalo's defense in overtime. Buffalo's defense was not 310 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:57.440 a strong suit this year, but I think it's the 311 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:00.759 first time in a while at least you go into 312 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:04.399 a Chiefs game where you say that Patrick Mahomes is 313 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.399 not the better quarterback. I think he's had games where 314 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:09.600 you could say it was a wash, like with Joe Burrow. 315 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.200 But Josh Allen is an MVP finalist. Patrick Mahomes is not, 316 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:17.879 and Josh Allen is performed better this season, including against 317 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:21.960 the Kansas City Chiefs. This sort of feels like, if 318 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:25.279 you're ever gonna get there from a Buffalo perspective, now 319 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:28.279 is the time. And then with the Philly game, you 320 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:31.240 know you have the maybe the best rookie quarterback I've 321 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.440 ever seen in Jayden Daniels, a franchise that is very 322 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.240 much on the road, playing with house money. How healthy 323 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.879 is Jalen Hurts? And can they control the game with 324 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.159 the league's best running back in Saquon Barkley. I think 325 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.559 these are two really fun interesting matchups on Sunday. 326 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:47.679 Who's Moe picking and taking the Bills into points? 327 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.360 I'm picking Washington. I'm taking the points with Washington and 328 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.279 I'm taking Buffalo. 329 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:55.519 M I think buff I think Commanders get like six, 330 00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.600 six and a half something like that. 331 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.759 I think it's five and a half last night and. 332 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:01.279 A half Commanders to beat Philadelphia straight up, is that 333 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:01.919 what you're saying. 334 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.840 I'm taking the points, Willie. 335 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.840 How about the Bills? Straight up? 336 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:06.799 I like the Bills. 337 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:08.519 I like the Bills to win the game because I've 338 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:10.559 watched Kansas City all season long and thought at some 339 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:14.039 point the fact that they continue to spend their tires 340 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.639 on offense is going to catch up to them at 341 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.360 precisely the worst time, and Sunday would be precisely the 342 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:18.919 worst time. 343 00:15:19.279 --> 00:15:21.799 All right, Moe, keep worrying about the monkey face muscle 344 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:23.639 that may shut down everything in the dry state. I 345 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:25.480 think the four to seventy one bridge was bad. 346 00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:28.879 Wait till the environmental wackos get involved, and we don't 347 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:30.320 know if there'll be a bridge or not. We'll see 348 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.840 what happens. 349 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:33.159 But Moeger, once again, thank you for coming on the 350 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:35.919 Bill Cunningham Show, and Mo I didn't talk about UC 351 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:37.639 basketball or football. 352 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.440 Thank you, obvious racing, Thank you appreciate it, Moe, thank 353 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.759 you very much, obliged. Thank you? 354 00:15:42.399 --> 00:15:44.720 Is that because because of UC basketball you stole me 355 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:45.559 a hot food Sunday. 356 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.360 I'm gonna go double or nothing next year on the 357 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.879 crossdown Shootout. That's what I'm gonna do. 358 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:50.279 You know what the wager is next year? 359 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:50.559 Right? 360 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:53.799 No, what around of golf and Sharon Woods. 361 00:15:53.919 --> 00:15:55.279 Yes, you have to play. 362 00:15:55.399 --> 00:15:57.960 You have to play around of golf at a public course. 363 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.639 I will a public course. You have to ride a cart, 364 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.000 you have to hang out, you have to play a 365 00:16:04.080 --> 00:16:05.159 round of golfe. 366 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:07.559 It could be Sharon Woods. 367 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.159 I know that we can play Newman on the west Side. 368 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.399 We could go out in the east side and play California. 369 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.480 We can play glen View. We can go down to 370 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.200 the west Side Deep and play fern Bank. 371 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:17.559 You know. 372 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:21.840 I play public courses. We can go to Twin Oaks. 373 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:26.080 We can go to whatever public course in the Grea 374 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.720 you want, Sharon, which is fine, love Sharon Woods. But 375 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.799 if you see beat Xavier next year and they haven't 376 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.000 won at the Centha Center in almost a quarter century, 377 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.840 you have to play a round of golf with me 378 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.320 at a eighteen holes at a public course. 379 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.240 Bucket bucket, Mo, bucket on. 380 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.639 Sevens of Xavier wins, I get to play at Kenwood. 381 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.440 No, no, no, we have a dress code. 382 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:48.720 Mo. 383 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.159 Thank you. Seven hundred WLW. 384 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:56.759 Billy Cunningham, the Great America and Glorious Friday. Here in 385 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.279 the Tri State, lots of high school basketball going on. 386 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.159 You see Xavier get at it. To course, tomorrow's the 387 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:06.039 big game at the Centas Center with Xavier and Yukon. 388 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.240 We'll see what happens there. They seem to lose the 389 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:10.480 close ones these days, but that's the way things are 390 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:13.960 at times. And I'm looking right now, the President is 391 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:18.559 in North Carolina with Franklin Graham talking about the relief 392 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:22.079 not being done in North Carolina. It's been about two 393 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.839 and a half three months at this point, and the 394 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:28.319 video out of North Carolina is awful. It's terrible in 395 00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:32.400 and around Ashville. FEMA's not doing anything close to his job. 396 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:36.000 For the money being spent, private charities like Franklin Graham's 397 00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:41.160 and others. Matthew twenty five do so much better. Samaritan's 398 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.480 Purse is doing a great job. The locals are just devastated. 399 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:49.160 Nothing hardly anything's been rebuilt. Many of the North Carolinians 400 00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:51.519 in the mountains are living in tents and it's a 401 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.160