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Speaker 2: the day. Bulldog A relatively quiet sports night last night.
Speaker 2: As far as things have gone lately.
Speaker 3: Well yeah, it was but big, big developments in Orlando's
Speaker 3: effort to get Major League Baseball. We've been talking about it.
Speaker 3: I've told you guys, this thing is real. People are
Speaker 3: getting serious about it. We know they have the financial
Speaker 3: backers now, and Rick Workman, the founder of a Heartland
Speaker 3: dental John Morgan's involved.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: We all know that the Rays are their their future
Speaker 3: in Tampa Bay is questionable. Yesterday, yesterday the first political
Speaker 3: backing for the effort, Orange County Commissioner Mike Scott announced
Speaker 3: that yes he had he is supporting the effort. Why
Speaker 3: is this significant Because Mike Scott represents the international drive
Speaker 3: tourism district with all the hotel hears all the tourism
Speaker 3: people over there, and now this baseball effort has Mike
Speaker 3: Scott involved. So this is getting serious.
Speaker 4: Guys. I'm telling you, hey, where is this?
Speaker 2: Has he voice carry?
Speaker 3: I've tried to, I'm trying to get an interview with him.
Speaker 3: He has not come out and said where he is
Speaker 3: on it. So we'll see what happens. But again, this
Speaker 3: is this is getting serious. When when when the tourism
Speaker 3: people want to get involved, When billionaires like Rick Workman
Speaker 3: and John Morgan want to get involved, that's a lot
Speaker 3: of political clout. This is this is moving along right here.
Speaker 3: If the Rays leave Tampa, they're gonna be in Orlando.
Speaker 3: Could we move the stadium closer?
Speaker 2: You know, I'm glad you brought that up, Taco, because Bulldog,
Speaker 2: let's just hear me out here for a second. If
Speaker 2: you turn on the local news, all you're hearing about
Speaker 2: is the opening grand opening of Epic Universe on Thursday,
Speaker 2: and the amount of additional traffic it's going to bring in.
Speaker 2: They've extended Kirkman Road, They've rebuilt an interchange there, and
Speaker 2: they're talking about it's still gonna be hectic as hell.
Speaker 2: Now you're thinking about dumping a baseball stadium right in
Speaker 2: the same immediate area.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean they're gonna have to do They're
Speaker 3: gonna have to do some civil engineering for the track,
Speaker 3: for the traffic. But there is a thirty five acre
Speaker 3: parcel of land there that is perfect for a baseball stadium.
Speaker 3: The county owns it, so you know, it's not like
Speaker 3: you just have thirty five acres of land anywhere in
Speaker 3: the city of Orlando to build a stadium.
Speaker 1: So I say we slap it right where they're thinking
Speaker 1: of doing. That little uh green space underneath I for
Speaker 1: home run goes right into I four East. I don't
Speaker 1: give a rats ass. No, I'm just saying.
Speaker 3: Mano, Bob wants them to rebuild tinker Field.
Speaker 4: I say do that. Why not.
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, dude, no room down there now. He
Speaker 1: wants to drive all the way out like that, not
Speaker 1: that far.
Speaker 4: I drive is not that far.
Speaker 1: You want to have some leaners at the doll at
Speaker 1: the ball game, cold Bears and not.
Speaker 4: Tom's watch bar.
Speaker 1: That's true game, Hey Bulldogs?
Speaker 4: So uh, I see that.
Speaker 2: The I guess it's the Green Bay Packers have kind
Speaker 2: of reformulated their push to eliminate.
Speaker 4: The push to push.
Speaker 2: I say they want to Well, I guess there's meetings
Speaker 2: again this week what in Minneapolis, and they're now trying
Speaker 2: to frame it as they want to ban any play
Speaker 2: that involves pushing or pulling a player forward. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Again, I'm so tired of the tush push debate. Good lord,
Speaker 3: It's one play. It's not gonna it's not gonna be overruled.
Speaker 3: I'm a president Donald Trump endorsed at the White House
Speaker 3: the other day when the Eagles were there.
Speaker 4: You think anybody's gonna buck Trump on this?
Speaker 2: Hell, I'm not. I'm not arguing with you. My my
Speaker 2: statement would be work harder on defending it, you know,
Speaker 2: that would be That would be what my idea is.
Speaker 1: I say, we renamed the golf to the Golf of
Speaker 1: tush push.
Speaker 3: By the way, uh, controversy in the w n b A.
Speaker 3: There seems to be a question of whether there was actual,
Speaker 3: hateful and or racist comments made toward Angel Reese during
Speaker 3: her altercation with Caitlyn Clark during the w NBA's opener
Speaker 3: between Clark's Indiana team and Reese's Chicago team.
Speaker 4: It's all weekend, it's all yell out. I'm telling you.
Speaker 1: Have you watched full video where that Angel lady pushes
Speaker 1: Caitlyn's upon or Caitlyn's teammate and then Caitlyn goes and
Speaker 1: hacks the ball.
Speaker 4: Sorry, that's b ball talking about what the fans.
Speaker 3: We're talking about. Yes, there was an altercation. They sort
Speaker 3: of had to be separated. Reese went after Caitlyn Clark,
Speaker 3: and according to the w n B A because they've
Speaker 3: launched this investigation, uh, there may have been hateful, racist
Speaker 3: comments by fans aimed at Reese. The thing is, the
Speaker 3: issue is nobody in the arena seem to have heard any.
Speaker 2: Any right, right, And you've got fans that were there
Speaker 2: saying there was a chant, but it wasn't anything along
Speaker 2: the lines of what the claims are being made.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I don't know where these claims started, whether
Speaker 3: Angel Reese said she heard something, but you know, no
Speaker 3: nobody in the arena, including security people seem to have
Speaker 3: heard it, so we'll see what happens.
Speaker 2: I just think it sucks because how many times you
Speaker 2: see this race card get pulled out in an attempt
Speaker 2: to inflame you know, emotions, and especially if it didn't
Speaker 2: happen that, come on, man.
Speaker 3: And and there's a different there's a difference between hateful
Speaker 3: comments and racist comments. Hateful comments and heckling happens all
Speaker 3: the time in in arenas.
Speaker 4: I'm at booing.
Speaker 3: Hateful comments, file comments, but there's a difference between that
Speaker 3: and using racial slurs. And nobody heard any racial slurs. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you don't use racial slurs. It's not right to do.
Speaker 1: What what they if you ask me at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, what the what the big story is
Speaker 1: is Caitlin Clark is selling out every arena she plays
Speaker 1: it for WNBA.
Speaker 4: That's insane. I mean, this is uh.
Speaker 3: I hate to say it, but this rivalry is actually
Speaker 3: good for the w would you guys, you guys if
Speaker 3: she was playing here, I've never been to a w
Speaker 3: n B.
Speaker 1: If she was playing wait a minute, I go see it.
Speaker 4: You didn't go when the Miracle were in town.
Speaker 3: That would have been a miracle if I was there,
Speaker 3: you didn't even know that we had a WNBA team.
Speaker 3: I did.
Speaker 2: Hey, could we go ahead and mention that we've got
Speaker 2: both NBA and NHL Conference Finals beginning tonight before we
Speaker 2: wrap that.
Speaker 3: That's right, My Florida Panthers in action tonight at Carolina,
Speaker 3: Game one of the Eastern Conference Finals. We just came
Speaker 3: off that Game seven victory over Toronto.
Speaker 4: You know what, no matter what.
Speaker 3: Happens from here on out, our season has been a success.
Speaker 3: I'm ready to declare the Florida Panthers season a success,
Speaker 3: no matter what happened.
Speaker 2: All Right, how you feel about Game one in the
Speaker 2: Western Conference Finals NBA tonight, you got Minnesota.
Speaker 4: Forward to it.
Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to it. Minnesota versus OKC two of
Speaker 3: the brightest young stars in the league, Shay Gildess Alexander
Speaker 3: probably going to be the MVP Oklahoma City star Anthony
Speaker 3: Edwards of Minnesota. A lot of people are calling him
Speaker 3: the next face of the NBA, So we are going
Speaker 3: to get a glimpse into the future of the NBA
Speaker 3: in the Western Conference Finals.
Speaker 4: I'm looking forward to this.
Speaker 1: Thank if him and Caitlin made love and had a baby,
Speaker 1: that some that son of a gum would be the
Speaker 1: biggest basketball stunt ever.
Speaker 3: By the way, speaking of that, do you know who's
Speaker 3: dating Angel Reese? Who Wendell Carter Junior of the Orlando Magic?
Speaker 4: You have it?
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