Speaker 1: The sports page with The Orlando Sentinel at FM ninety
Speaker 1: six to nine the Games, Mike the Bulldog beyond you
Speaker 1: on jr R.
Speaker 2: All Right, we have not played the Metallica Double Dose
Speaker 2: yet for this morning. Well, we got third row tickets
Speaker 2: up for grabs today, Taco. Yes, third road tickets today
Speaker 2: for the big JR R. Metallica shows, second row tomorrow
Speaker 2: and front row on Friday. You be the one hundred
Speaker 2: and first caller once the second of the two Metallica
Speaker 2: songs play back to back has not happened yet, We'll
Speaker 2: keep reminding you, Dog. I definitely want to get some
Speaker 2: insider scoop from you on this investor that's been revealed
Speaker 2: for the Orlando First organization. But I'm thinking we need
Speaker 2: to hit the Magic first, right.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Magic season over. The defending champion Celtics close
Speaker 3: out the Magic last night one twenty to eighty nine
Speaker 3: to thirty one point victory for the Celtics. Magic. In
Speaker 3: the season, they get closed out four to one.
Speaker 4: In the series.
Speaker 3: It was it was the Magic were up by halftime,
Speaker 3: they were up in the third quarter. That's when Palo
Speaker 3: Banko picked up three quick, controversial and crucial fouls that
Speaker 3: sent him to the bench. Had five fouls early in
Speaker 3: the second half. The fifth foul came when Jalen Brown
Speaker 3: was driving to the basket, went up for a shot
Speaker 3: and it looked to me that he elbowed Palo in
Speaker 3: the face, but officials said Palo stepped into Jalen Brown
Speaker 3: as he shot and that was that.
Speaker 4: After he went to the bench.
Speaker 3: The Celtics scored thirty one of the next forty points.
Speaker 4: And game over.
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna say that the Magic lost because of
Speaker 3: the officiating. I think the Celtics probably would have won
Speaker 3: this game anyways, but I thought I thought a couple
Speaker 3: of those calls were TICKI tacks.
Speaker 4: Were you guys watching it all?
Speaker 2: I did watch the highlights this morning. You know it's
Speaker 2: the officiating, not just in that game, but across the
Speaker 2: board has been interesting. I'll use that word.
Speaker 1: All I did, dog was follow the score on my phone,
Speaker 1: and I was happy to see them going to halftime leading,
Speaker 1: But you know you had that feeling in your gut
Speaker 1: like can they hold it?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 3: Ye Again, I'm not blaming the officials. The Magic scored
Speaker 3: only one hundred points once in this series. That was
Speaker 3: in Game two when they barely hit you know, they
Speaker 3: barely hit one hundred that night. The Magic loss the
Speaker 3: series because they can't shoot and they can't score. I
Speaker 3: mean Pallo and the Franz Franz Wagner. Yeah, they had
Speaker 3: great series, but last night Magic eight of thirty eight
Speaker 3: from three point range twenty one point one percent. They've
Speaker 3: been the worst three point shooting team all season long,
Speaker 3: and it came back to Bike in this series yet again.
Speaker 3: So that's the story of the Magic season.
Speaker 2: Hey, just for the record, Mike and Taco, I do
Speaker 2: not relish in the fact that I predicted the Magic
Speaker 2: will go down and find to the Celtics. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: don't relish that, but.
Speaker 1: Now, but good prediction on your side. And Dog, I
Speaker 1: predict as I said earlier, and I think Pat agrees,
Speaker 1: and I believe you would. We have a great team
Speaker 1: to look forward to.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Franz and Paoello great building blocks, two of the
Speaker 3: biggest young stars in the league, twenty two and twenty
Speaker 3: three years old. So yes, the Magic's future looks great.
Speaker 3: But as I wrote in my column today Sentinel, this
Speaker 3: needs to be the last time that Magic fans will
Speaker 3: walk away from a first round playoff exit feeling good
Speaker 3: about their team. All right, it needs that. The expectations
Speaker 3: need to rise next year. The training need or training
Speaker 3: wheels need to come off, and Magic need to get
Speaker 3: into the playoffs and win some playoff games or win
Speaker 3: a playoff series next year.
Speaker 4: That's my thought. I see him doing it, right, I hope, So,
Speaker 4: I hope. So.
Speaker 3: Nuggets beat the Clippers last night. They take a three
Speaker 3: to two lead in that series. Jamal Murray forty three points.
Speaker 3: Pacers close out the Bucks four to one. Now the
Speaker 3: future of the Bucks is in jeopardy. Obviously, Damian Lillard
Speaker 3: ruptured his achilles tendon Giannis Onatakumbo.
Speaker 4: There are rumors that.
Speaker 3: Maybe he may want to be traded because it doesn't
Speaker 3: look like the Bucks are gonna be going making any
Speaker 3: championship runs anytime soon. This is their third straight first
Speaker 3: round exit. So whereas Johann, it's gonna end up. Will
Speaker 3: he stay in Milwaukee or go elsewhere. Pistons beat the
Speaker 3: Knicks last night, so they stay alive. That series is
Speaker 3: three to two in favor of the Knicks, but they're
Speaker 3: headed back to Detroit for Game six, so we'll see
Speaker 3: what happens there. The baseball story Lynch is talking about. Yeah,
Speaker 3: some big time investors have been revealed. The Sentinel has
Speaker 3: a story in today's paper. You can read it at
Speaker 3: The Orlando Sentinel. Rick Workman is the major investor. He
Speaker 3: owns a home and ioworth. He's the founder of Heartland Dental,
Speaker 3: which is the nation's largest dental support company. He's committed
Speaker 3: to be the anchor investor. And John Morgan, who we
Speaker 3: all know, the billionaire lawyer who founded you know, Morgan
Speaker 3: and Morgan Law firm, the largest personal injury law firm
Speaker 3: in the country. He's committed to hundreds of millions of
Speaker 3: dollars if in fact, we build a stadium and get
Speaker 3: a team here. So two heavyweights are backing this. Now, Hey,
Speaker 3: this is serious, guys. I'm tired of everybody thinking, oh,
Speaker 3: it's the Orlando Dreamers.
Speaker 4: This is just a pipe dream. It's not. This is real.
Speaker 3: The Tampa Bay Rays are in jeopardy of leaving leaving Tampa,
Speaker 3: and we need to have our ducks in a row
Speaker 3: to get this done. And again, you've got Rick Workman,
Speaker 3: You've got John Morgan and behind this.
Speaker 4: Uh, this is serious.
Speaker 3: This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Orlando
Speaker 3: to get a Major League Baseball team. It's time for
Speaker 3: our politicians in city leaders to say they're backing this effort.
Speaker 4: That's what we need to happen. So your thoughts, Well.
Speaker 2: Does Scott Maxwell approve?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: Well, of course not little stick in the muddy. Hey, no,
Speaker 2: I got in all honesty here, in seriousness, what is
Speaker 2: the actual lay of the land as far as Tampa
Speaker 2: staying in the Tampa area? Are they going to revisit
Speaker 2: the idea of building a stadium in the Tampa area.
Speaker 3: I know, yes, I'm sure there. I'm sure they will.
Speaker 3: But they've been trying that for decades now and it
Speaker 3: hasn't worked. And Ron DeSantis, our governor, has talked to
Speaker 3: Rob Mann for the Commissioner of Baseball, and the Commissioner
Speaker 3: of Baseball wants a second team in Florida, which is
Speaker 3: the third most popular state in the And if it's
Speaker 3: not gonna be in Tampa Bay, I'm you know, maybe
Speaker 3: they still end up getting a stadium in Tampa Bay.
Speaker 3: Great if that happens. But if that doesn't happen, we
Speaker 3: need to be ready to pounce when, you know, because
Speaker 3: they want to keep a team in Florida and Orlando
Speaker 3: is the only other option. It's not like they're going
Speaker 3: to put a team in Jacksonville.
Speaker 1: And if if they did put a stadium here for
Speaker 1: for baseball, UH, it would be out near SeaWorld A
Speaker 1: here AQUATICA.
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, right there, all right, I have no problem
Speaker 4: with that. Yeah, yeah, well, I mean I'd like it
Speaker 4: to be closer.
Speaker 2: But you know, uh, Bulldog, your prediction tonight as the
Speaker 2: NHL first Round playoff series between your Florida Panthers and
Speaker 2: most of Central Florida's UH Lightning, UH is in Tampa
Speaker 2: tonight with the Panthers in a position to close them outs.
Speaker 3: You know what, even though I'm a huge Panthers fan,
Speaker 3: as you guys know, been following them since they had
Speaker 3: been to the franchise, I would sort of like to
Speaker 3: see this series go a little longer because it's it's
Speaker 3: good for sports talk, good for conversations.
Speaker 4: It's gone.
Speaker 3: I want the I don't want the Lightning fans to
Speaker 3: be so distraught after getting closed out in five.
Speaker 2: He is Mike the Bulldog Bionkey, host of Open Mic
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