WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:02.600 Welcome to the Big Bloon Sider. Dick Gabrielle with you 2 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:04.839 on a Monday edition of our program, Coming to You 3 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:08.400 Live on Tape. We recorded from the garage, as we 4 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:10.560 usually do, and I bring that up because that might 5 00:00:10.599 --> 00:00:12.279 not be the case later in the week. I have 6 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.000 Jerry duty. So if I am summoned, it'll be the 7 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:16.839 best of the Big Boon Sider. But we will be 8 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.800 with you tonight and tomorrow night here from the garage. 9 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.920 Baseball season is over for the Wildcats. You know that, 10 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.239 of course. By now it's Kentucky and a painful, painful 11 00:00:28.320 --> 00:00:33.479 loss fell to West Virginia, my dad's alma mater last night, 12 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:37.280 thirteen to twelve, in one of the wildest and when 13 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:38.920 it comes to what was on the line and how 14 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:43.320 they lost, it the most painful loss that I can remember, 15 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:48.200 maybe ever in at least recent UK baseball history. I 16 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.039 wasn't around. Well, I was around, but I wasn't there 17 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:54.840 when Keith Madison's best team, which was in nineteen eighty eight, 18 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.039 was about three innings maybe from the College World Series. 19 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:01.439 And this is back before they took sixty four teams. 20 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.680 It was so much harder to get into the world series, 21 00:01:05.599 --> 00:01:09.400 and he lost. His team lost to Stanford and Mike 22 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:14.239 Messina had him down and again a couple of innings away, 23 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.480 then lost, and then the next day they ran out 24 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:20.719 of pitching. So that was painful. I remember reading about 25 00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:23.239 it back in nineteen eighty eight. There wasn't any radio 26 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.560 or TV on it. But this one was worse to 27 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:31.040 me because the Cats had it against West Virginia, a 28 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:34.159 team they should have beaten in the opening round, and 29 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:36.040 then they lose. They lose that one by a run, 30 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.280 then they lose again by a run to West Virginia, 31 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:43.719 and it was frankly because of errors. And yes, I 32 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:45.640 know West Virginia made a bunch of errors as well. 33 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.680 It doesn't matter if you're making errors, you're blowing it. 34 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:55.560 And the Wildcats, of course, in Game one, made an error. 35 00:01:56.239 --> 00:02:01.319 Luke Lawrence made an error that opened the gates for 36 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:05.280 West Virginia and the Wildcats lose at four to three. 37 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:10.639 Wasted a great pitching performance by Ben Cleaver, the Slim Reaper. 38 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.879 He gave up three runs, only one was earned, and 39 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:18.639 then gave up an unearned run. When Simon Gregorson was 40 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:22.159 on the mount, he gave up one hit, one unearned 41 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:26.719 run and lost to West Virginia four to three. So 42 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.599 now you got to battle back, and they did. They 43 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:32.840 come back. They beat USC Upstate, which was a good team, 44 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:37.439 not a great team. And then they got to play Clemson, 45 00:02:38.120 --> 00:02:41.080 which had lost to West Virginia, which came from behind 46 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.759 and beat Clemson. So now the Wildcats have got to 47 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:49.560 play the Tigers on their home field, and they destroyed Clemson, 48 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:53.520 had a six run fourth inning and just had a 49 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:59.680 big time, had what thirteen base hits, good pitching by 50 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:02.800 Nate Harris, six innings, three runs, and the bullpen got 51 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:08.039 it done havn Byers, Nile Ad cock Leydon Harris. So 52 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:11.479 now that sets him up to play West Virginia again, 53 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:15.800 and you know what happened. Cats jumped out to a 54 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:18.199 four to one lead, made it five to one, made 55 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:22.199 it six one, then gave up six runs in the 56 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:26.400 fourth inning. Another error cost him Tyler Bell. And I'm 57 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.280 not picking on these two guys, Luke Lawrence and Tyler Bell, 58 00:03:29.319 --> 00:03:34.240 because let's face it, Without those guys both offense and defense, 59 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:40.120 Kentucky's not here. Kentucky's not in the postseason. But they 60 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:43.240 made errors on routine plays at the worst possible time. 61 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:50.680 Still Kentucky bounced back after giving up the lead and 62 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.759 watching West Virginia tie it at seven to seven, and 63 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:57.479 did what good teams do immediately answered, got two runs 64 00:03:57.479 --> 00:04:00.199 in the fifth, got three more in the sixth, and 65 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.479 another in the eighth. Right, so now they're up twelve 66 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:07.520 to seven. And I'll be honest with you, I knew 67 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:11.080 how deeply Kentucky had gone into his bullpen, which had 68 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:13.919 been somewhat of an issue all year, up and down, 69 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.399 and I thought, man, I don't know if they can 70 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:22.000 hold this lead. Even though West Virginia made five errors, 71 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.600 I don't know if Kentucky can hold this lead. And 72 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:31.600 it couldn't. Cats just kept either walking people or hitting people. 73 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:37.240 And they walked seven, gave up runs with two outs, 74 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:41.319 and they lose another one run game. Lost a dozen 75 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.759 one run games this year. But I've got to be 76 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.480 honest when I got to thinking about it, when I 77 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.959 calmed down, I said to myself, at the beginning of 78 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:55.160 the year, knowing or not knowing what I knew about 79 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.000 this team, which is to say, I didn't know what 80 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:58.639 they were going to be like, I didn't know who 81 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:02.120 was going to play what. To the coaches, they thought 82 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.079 they had to figure out figured out in the fall 83 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:08.319 and preseason. They were changing the lineups, they were changing 84 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.560 position players, some of them mostly in the outfield, but 85 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.920 some at first base. They dealt with injuries to keep players. 86 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.879 At one point they were down to their fifth third basement. 87 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:25.759 They had James McCoy playing third base, which he'd never played, 88 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.199 and of course McCoy spent a lot of time this 89 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:31.680 year at first base, which he had never played. So 90 00:05:31.720 --> 00:05:34.240 they just kept juggling and tweaking and trying to fix thing. 91 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:38.040 Lost their starting center fielder early in the year. They 92 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:44.600 lost key relievers this year, and remember last year they 93 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:50.079 were almost completely healthy going into postseason, same the year before. 94 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.279 Not making excuses. You got to deal with it. Everybody 95 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:56.439 deals with injuries. But those were some of the challenges 96 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:02.639 that they had. And after the game, Nick Minjeone, talking 97 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:06.399 to the media said, yeah, this is this is gonna 98 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:07.720 bother him for quite some time. 99 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:10.680 I'll be thinking about this game in these moments for 100 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.439 a long time, because you know, when you have a 101 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.639 team down and you gotta you gotta put him away. 102 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:19.399 Proud of our. 103 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.120 Team for the their ability to add runs. You know, 104 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:26.399 obviously we we got down and then we responded and 105 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:30.279 we kept adding to the lead. And just man, this team, 106 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.600 very few people even gave his team a chance, so 107 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.000 to be in this position, the leadership that we got 108 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:39.079 from our seniors was absolutely incredible. 109 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:44.439 It was interesting. He never directly commented on the collapse 110 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.279 of the bullpen, because every time it seemed like his 111 00:06:47.399 --> 00:06:50.600 thoughts took him to that, he fell back on how 112 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.519 proud he was of the team, how proud he was 113 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.879 of the senior class, of what this team went through 114 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:58.839 just to get here. Think about this now, with all 115 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.040 the one run laws this year, and with all the 116 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:07.480 mysteries surrounding this team that lost almost every starting player, 117 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:12.240 including a reliever and starting pitcher, from last year's World 118 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:15.759 Series team, they had one regular back. McCoy was a 119 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:18.600 part time regular, if there is such a thing in 120 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.959 right field. Devin Burks was the only position player back 121 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:27.000 from last year. And again, including the rotation, the top 122 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:31.720 relievers and all, and still they were one went away 123 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:35.399 from playing for a shot at the Soupers again for 124 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:38.040 the third consecutive year. I didn't see that coming, did you. 125 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:38.759 No. 126 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.959 Every once in a while you'd see potential when they 127 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:48.040 swept Oklahoma, when they went to Knoxville and beat Tennessee. 128 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:52.519 Ole Miss has planned for a super slot tonight against 129 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:57.360 Murray State. Kentucky beat Ole Miss in one game, lost 130 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:00.800 a couple of one run games to the Rebels, so 131 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:04.519 you saw the potential there. They just couldn't quite nail 132 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:09.480 it down during the regular season and last night against 133 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:13.639 West Virginia. But again, as Minjiones said, very few people 134 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:17.680 gave this Kentucky team a shot at doing anything this year. 135 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.040 I told him, there's not a lot of people that 136 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.759 gave them a chance a chance. So when I look 137 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.720 back and I think about what this team has done, 138 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:31.759 the amount of time, effort, energy, and the buy in 139 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:36.200 that they just literally just bought into everything we were doing, 140 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:38.480 it was truly remarkable. 141 00:08:38.759 --> 00:08:42.120 Truly remarkable. And still, by the way of those comments 142 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:46.840 courtesy of on three dot com, still Kentucky should have 143 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:49.360 won the game, and if West Virginia had lost, the 144 00:08:49.399 --> 00:08:52.000 Mountaineers would have said we should have won the game. 145 00:08:52.039 --> 00:08:54.399 That's just the way it went. But you got to 146 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:59.240 take advantage. And Kentucky had so many opportunities to win 147 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:03.879 that one, and really opportunities to get through this regional 148 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:09.279 without a loss. But just missed it. So this is 149 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.519 something when I think back on this season, I will 150 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:17.679 think about all those one run games, midweek games, SEC games, 151 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.759 and yeah, it's another tough year for the league. It's 152 00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:24.840 not going to be quite as formidable as it was 153 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:26.960 last year when half the field, well maybe it will 154 00:09:27.000 --> 00:09:31.759 be half the World Series field was SEC teams. But 155 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.639 you got all missed playing as I said tonight for 156 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:40.519 with Murray State in Oxford for a shot at hosting 157 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:45.360 a super Wake Forest at Tennessee tonight. Little Rock Arkansas, 158 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:49.120 Little Rock at LSU tonight, beat LSU last night. How 159 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:53.360 about that in the box and forced another game at 160 00:09:53.360 --> 00:10:00.399 alex Box Stadium tonight. Oklahoma SEC team is at North Carolina, 161 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:04.759 a team Kentucky swept, but then not Kentucky out of 162 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:08.639 the SEC tournament. But it's an incredible year so far. 163 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:15.879 Georgia done, Mississippi State done, Vanderbilt the overall number seed, 164 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:22.480 number one seed done, beaten by Right State, Texas done, 165 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:29.559 beaten by UT San Antonio. It's phenomenal. Now Auburn is 166 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:32.600 gonna host the super or move to the Supers. Arkansas 167 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:36.440 moves to the Supers. Auburn's a team to beat Kentucky 168 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:40.639 early in this year. Arkansas did not play Kentucky the 169 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:44.320 typical strong year in the SEC, but I think we'll 170 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:49.039 agree Wildcats should still be alive. Coming up at the 171 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:51.200 bottom of the hour, we're gonna talk with Jeff Picoro 172 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:55.240 of the SEC Radio Network. We'll talk baseball, football, basketball, 173 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:59.240 Our number two Derek Terry of Betcat Central, of course, 174 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:03.200 has covered Kentucky baseball year long, and our New York 175 00:11:03.240 --> 00:11:05.840 City Bureau chief Mike Sephoznik. I'm going to check in 176 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.039 with Mike on two fronts, number one to take the 177 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.240 pulse of New York Knicks fans, and I think I 178 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:14.600 already know the answer how they're treating Karl Anthony Towns. 179 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:19.120 Remember now it's New York. But also Mike is about 180 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:23.159 as wild eye a Kentucky fan as you'll ever want 181 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:25.120 to meet. That's all I had on the Big Boon 182 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.799 Sider here on six thirty WLAP. Welcome back to the 183 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.840 Big Boon Sider. Coming up at the bottom of the hour, 184 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:34.200 Jeff picorol the UK Sports Network, and coming up tomorrow 185 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:37.200 night we'll talk to Darryl Bird. It's it's kind of 186 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.799 a tradition the SEC people get together in Destin, Florida 187 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:45.120 and meet and talk and all that. And Darryl is 188 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:48.799 I believe the only local person, the only person on 189 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:52.879 the UK beat who goes down to Florida covers the meetings. 190 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.720 Takes a little time, he and his wife, but he 191 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:58.200 gets a chance to sit down with Mark Pope and 192 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:02.320 Mitch Barnhart. The off times, would sit down with whoever 193 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.000 was Kentucky said football coach at the time. Obviously Mark 194 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.799 stoops right now, but now he waits until he gets 195 00:12:07.799 --> 00:12:10.639 back and sits down. Might have talked to him before 196 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.519 the meetings, but they sit down and talk with each 197 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.840 other with an eye on the Cat's Balls pre season 198 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:20.360 football yearbook coming up, and you've heard us talk to 199 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.480 Aaron Gershan about that. So we'll have a chance to 200 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.679 talk to Daryl about that tomorrow night and catch up 201 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:29.720 with him on what's been discussed. I know looking at 202 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:33.480 the website that at the Cats Ball's website that he 203 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.519 had a good sit down with Mark Pope and with 204 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.480 Mitch Barnhardt. So we'll find out what's on their mind 205 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:42.279 tomorrow night. Speaking of Jefpiicorel a long time with the 206 00:12:42.279 --> 00:12:46.240 Cincinnati Reds the network and there's a really bittersweet story 207 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:51.120 about the Reds. Elie Della Cruz had a home run 208 00:12:51.240 --> 00:12:55.279 yesterday and this came right after he learned of the 209 00:12:55.320 --> 00:13:00.360 death of his sister. According to the story, obviously, playing 210 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.679 in Chicago with a heavy heart, Red's lost seven to three, 211 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.320 but Dela Cruz had a two run homer and scored 212 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.879 two runs. And this is after he had found out 213 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.679 that his sister had passed away. And Terry Francona, the manager, 214 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.159 said Dela Cruz insisted he wanted to play and said 215 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:23.799 the team would support him, and in fact, the fiftieth 216 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.600 home run of his career came. Dela Cruz patted his 217 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:31.039 chest as he took his final steps toward the plant, 218 00:13:31.399 --> 00:13:36.440 pointed to the sky and bang, knock one out of 219 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:39.960 the ballpark. So, Ellie Dela Cruz right now is dealing 220 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:45.799 with tragedy. Didn't talk to reporters on Sunday, Reds didn't 221 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.279 offer any more details, but the home run was number 222 00:13:49.279 --> 00:13:52.639 twelve on the year for Elie Dela Cruz. And while 223 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:58.279 we're talking tragedy, John Brincus remember him Sports Science, Remember 224 00:13:58.320 --> 00:14:01.440 that feature on ESPN. He was the co creator in 225 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:04.720 the host. He died at age fifty four. There was 226 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:08.399 no cause of death given in the story that I read, 227 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:13.480 but it dealt extensively with depression. It said Brincus had 228 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:17.159 been dealing with depression. According to the announcement of his 229 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.039 death on social media. I can only assume he took 230 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:25.679 his own life because he admitted that he had attempted 231 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:32.320 suicide earlier in his life and had second thoughts. Obviously, 232 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:38.080 but he sold his company and Sports Science that feature, 233 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.960 and he said after he did that, he spiraled into 234 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.519 what he called a deep, deep depression. He said he 235 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:47.679 had a noose around his neck was ready to do it, 236 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:52.639 but his dog named Zeppelin, tugged on his genes and 237 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.279 pulled him out of what he called his suicidal funk. 238 00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:59.799 Then he sought help and said that he was in 239 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:03.879 much better shape in terms of his personal life than 240 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.879 he had ever been before. However, he is gone now 241 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.799 and they keep talking about the depression from which he suffered. 242 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:16.000 Sports Science was such a great feature, and as the 243 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:19.559 story said, it aimed to uncover sports biggest myths and 244 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:25.919 mysteries using cutting edge technology, settying things like momentum friction, 245 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:29.639 the laws of gravity. The series won six Emmy Awards. 246 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:33.799 It started on Fox Sports in twenty oh seven and 247 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:36.360 it moved to ESPN. I thought it was such a great, 248 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:42.679 great feature and a great idea, and I was I 249 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:46.600 was sad when it went away. We talked last week 250 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.399 with Kenny McPeak and his horse Mystic Dan and won 251 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:54.120 the Derby. Want to raise the Churchill Downs on Saturday, 252 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:59.519 So congrats to Kenny, who says Sovereignty will win the Belmont. 253 00:15:59.559 --> 00:16:02.000 He told us that when we were at his barn 254 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:08.240 Friday morning, journalism will be entered. That's final. Now. Michael 255 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:13.759 McCarthy worked his horse, breezed him yesterday. Breezing means train 256 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:17.799 like he's racing, you know, going all out. And in 257 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:21.759 fact the jockey for journalism when Berto Rispoli was actually 258 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:26.120 in town from California yesterday morning and this was the 259 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:30.440 only workout for journalism since the May third Kentucky Derby 260 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:35.279 course Journalism finished second. But in case you're interested, he 261 00:16:35.360 --> 00:16:38.320 went a half mile in forty seven and five. That's 262 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:42.879 pretty good, folks, opening quarter twenty three and change galloped 263 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:47.279 out one minute four five furlongs one twelve and change 264 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:51.720 for six. That's according to New York Racing Association clockers. 265 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:56.159 Those are really healthy times. So Journalism appears to be 266 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:59.799 ready to go after winning the Preakness, and even though 267 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:03.879 he was bumped in traffic coming down the stretch, he's 268 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:06.440 doing well up in New York. He's going to try 269 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:10.519 to win that Preakness Belmont double runner up in the Derby. 270 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.119 Winner of the Preakness will be the lone horse to 271 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.440 compete in all three jewels of the Triple Crowd in 272 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.319 twenty twenty five, and in fact, if he wins, he'll 273 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.839 be the first horse to complete that Preakness Belmont double, 274 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:30.599 not including Triple Crown winners since a Fleet Alex in 275 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:36.440 twenty oh five. Sovereignty did work a half mile, so 276 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.279 he's ready to go. Good to go. Bill Mott's Colt 277 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:43.839 skip the Preakness, as you know, but recorded his third 278 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:47.279 workout since the Derby on Sunday morning when I half 279 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.279 mile and forty eight and change almost forty nine over 280 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:54.359 the Oklahoma training track that's across the street from the 281 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:58.400 main track at sarah Tooga. It's so weird picturing the 282 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:03.680 Belmont at sarah Toga, but it's a good track. They'll 283 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.960 get a great crowd and it's going to be a 284 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:10.839 really good race, I think, with both sovereignty and journalism 285 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:15.640 hooking each other again. Also training Sunday morning, a cult 286 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:20.680 named Crudo. He's the son of Justify, a Triple Crown winner, 287 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.599 and a horse that won the Sir Barton Stakes on 288 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:29.359 the Preakness undercard, so he'll get some play. Finally, in 289 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:31.599 case you track such things, and you may already know 290 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:34.319 this if you're a Madden fan, but on the cover 291 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:39.119 of Madden NFL twenty six, EA Sports announced earlier today 292 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:44.440 and released an image Saquon Barkley and it's the photo 293 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.720 from when he leaped over a player earlier this year. 294 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.960 It was probably the greatest moment regular season for the 295 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:55.960 Eagles when he did that. There had to be a 296 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.720 zillion photos taken. And that's what's on the cover now 297 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:03.279 of Madden. And if you believe in the Jinks, bet 298 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:06.200 against the Eagles. I'm not going to bet against Saquon Barkley. 299 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.400 Not me. Jeff Pacarl's next year on six thirty WLAP 300 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:13.440 welcome back to the Big Moon side of joining us 301 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.920 now in our celebrity online Mister Jeff Picayl, color analyst 302 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.000 on the UK Football Radio Network, also sports director WTVQ 303 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:23.720 here in election and much to discuss right now though, Jeff, 304 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:27.640 as we move into the summer months, which can be 305 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:32.079 challenging for local TV sports. But and you know you 306 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:34.839 worked in TV sports back in the day. You've been 307 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:37.000 a TVQ now for a little more than a year, 308 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.759 I think, right. 309 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:42.279 Three, you've been there three years. 310 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.839 On your second years, they go around wow. 311 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.400 Three. 312 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:50.480 Well, then, you know, summertime, it seems like is getting 313 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:53.759 smaller and smaller when it comes to getting yourself ready 314 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.359 for the upcoming football season and stuff like that, isn't it. 315 00:19:57.720 --> 00:20:01.880 Well, you know, like Robin asked the other day, aren't 316 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:05.960 they out of school? Why are they still playing baseball? Yes, 317 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:09.079 they are the only guys on campus and the softball 318 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.759 is the only. 319 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:11.400 Girls on campus right now. 320 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:13.799 So yeah, but you track. 321 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:17.200 Athletes scattered out there, but they're not on campus. 322 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:19.920 Right yeah. So yeah, it's getting shorter and short as 323 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:23.240 you say, And you know, I don't see me into it, 324 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.119 but you know you have to. If you're baseball, you've 325 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:27.799 got to play the games and softball. 326 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:31.319 So you know. Part of this too, though, is we 327 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:36.079 are keeping an eye on transfers for all sports, most 328 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:40.000 recently basketball of course, still some football out there, and 329 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:43.279 then we start hearing about football what you guys used 330 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:46.319 to call summer camp. I guess it's still camp technically 331 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:50.000 in the middle of August, so you know, just the 332 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.079 days are getting shorter. 333 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:55.240 Yeah, I mean you look at that, they've got basically 334 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:59.920 about well two months thirty about sixty days they're practicing, 335 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:03.319 and they start practicing because remember it's a little earlier 336 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:06.319 this year. The first game is August, like the first 337 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:08.319 of August, so yeah, they'll be in there at the 338 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.519 end of July practicing. You know, it's kind of weird 339 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:14.480 because most of the guys are there. This is the 340 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.119 time where when when I played, we worked at I 341 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:21.440 worked at Clavern Farms in the summer for John Sosby 342 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:26.880 with the farm manager there, and Seth of course was 343 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:29.240 our big boss. But you know, we worked there for 344 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:32.079 about five weeks and that was the only money we 345 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.599 got back in the day. And everybody did I mean 346 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:36.759 you talked to Derek and Felix and those guys, they 347 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:39.519 all did it as well. You could work there. You 348 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:43.920 worked at the pepsi plant over there on that for 349 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:48.920 sales road road. Yeah, you just loaded trucks. That's what 350 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.880 she did in the summer. 351 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:53.920 Can I assume that your job at Clayburne was not glamorous, 352 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.960 that you might have been working at one end of 353 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.680 the horse that people try to avoid. 354 00:21:58.960 --> 00:22:01.599 Well, we actually did. And there was two things. And 355 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:06.160 the one was okay, you you you'd get about twenty 356 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:09.039 guys and you'd stand about five feet apart, and all 357 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:12.160 of us had a hoe that had the two prongs 358 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.759 on one end and the hoe on the other side. 359 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:16.359 You just walk the fields where the you know, the 360 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:19.279 pat they're different little paddocks or whatever you want to 361 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.519 call their little acre. 362 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:21.200 Lots and stuff. 363 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:25.559 And yeah, and you had to get all the thistle out, 364 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.480 all the all the you know the thing, because they 365 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:29.880 could eat those and callacky or they step on them 366 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:32.960 and jump. So that's all you did, was just cut 367 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.279 the weed mile Frank hare Cam Jacob to me, David, Tom, Yeah, 368 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:39.319 a bunch of us worked out there. Then the other 369 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:41.359 thing was, yeah, then when it got a little bit 370 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:45.039 later and you had to bail Hey, and they had 371 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:47.400 a flatbed truck and you'd walk behind it and pick 372 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:49.759 up the veils. They were forty and eighty pound bails. 373 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:52.240 Two different guys and Tom up on the truck and 374 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:53.599 guys stacked them on the truck. 375 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:58.079 Yeah. Yeah, it's basically work out for you. 376 00:22:58.160 --> 00:23:00.599 Yeah. I wonder if Folds were doing that now. I 377 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.599 think I know the answer. 378 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:05.160 Well you mentioned. 379 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:09.599 I know. It's like it's like at the station. When 380 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:12.359 we used to have interns that were we were allowed 381 00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:15.079 to actually tell them to do stuff. You know, Now 382 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:20.160 things changed legally, so basically all interns could do when 383 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:22.960 I was still working TV was sit there and watch. 384 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.839 I mean, we sneak them a little work now and then, 385 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:27.160 but it was, you know, it was ridiculous. Anyway. We 386 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.480 could go on all night about that. But much to 387 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:35.400 discuss various sports. Let us start with baseball. I know. 388 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:42.160 I mean, I've tried to qualify that game last night, Jet, 389 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:47.359 but that had to be the weirdest, uh oddest, saddest 390 00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:50.559 game that I think I've ever recovered in UK baseball. 391 00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:54.119 I wasn't there when Keith Madison's best team in eighty 392 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:58.079 eight got knocked out of the tournament because there were 393 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:00.680 there were three innings from the world's He's back when 394 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.920 it was even harder to get there. I wasn't there 395 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.359 for that one man. 396 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:09.160 Well, I think I think What makes this hurt the 397 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:11.880 worst dick is the fact that you know, and I'm 398 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:14.359 not blaming one player, you can't do that because this 399 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:18.799 was a full team breakdown. But you know, and Tyler 400 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:21.319 Bell was playing on a on a hurt knee. I mean, 401 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:24.240