WEBVTT 1 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:27.559 Good evening, everybody, and welcome to another episode of fun Up. 2 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:30.519 I hope you're all fired up. If not for our show, 3 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:33.000 maybe you're watching Four Nations, but I hope you're checking 4 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:36.600 us out. I have a wonderful crew with me tonight. 5 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:41.960 I will start to next to me, mister Pensman, how 6 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:46.119 are you tonight? I'm doing good, doing good, doing good. 7 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:50.920 And then below Pensman is mister Ralph Williams. How are you, Ralph? 8 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:53.200 I'm good, Candy, thank you. And I can't watch the 9 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:56.640 game tonight because my remote control for my TV is broken. 10 00:00:57.159 --> 00:00:59.159 Oh no, I can change. 11 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:01.560 The channel, but I have it on NBC and I 12 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:04.519 can watch my Law and Order night here a little bit, So. 13 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:06.120 There you go, There you go. 14 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:10.920 And then none other than the man that has been 15 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.159 in the business the longest of our panel here, mister 16 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:17.560 George I Corn, how. 17 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:21.040 Are you you? For that grand introduction? Good to be 18 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:30.359 on with my friends, Candy, Ralph and Pensman. Yeah, and I. 19 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.840 Have not heard Andrew an updated at all. 20 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.640 I don't know, so neither do I. 21 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:47.560 Oh can I time in? Yeah as much as I. 22 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:50.159 If you go back two weeks, he said that he's 23 00:01:50.239 --> 00:01:52.680 going to start a new channel. I don't know what 24 00:01:52.799 --> 00:01:55.560 it's cold, but he said at the end he's going 25 00:01:55.599 --> 00:02:00.159 to cover Detroit Tigers channel. I don't know where it is, 26 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:03.760 but he's gonna do all Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions. 27 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:05.760 So I don't know when it's going to start, but 28 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.960 that's what I figured out. But I don't know his 29 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:10.840 channel name. I don't know what's going on, so I 30 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:13.879 don't know what's going on with the channel he has now. 31 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.000 So that's all I know. If you go back to 32 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:20.360 his old channel, at the end, he talks about the Tigers, 33 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.000 broadcasting the Tigers and covering the Tigers since baseball season. 34 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:26.560 So that's all I know about about Jeremy. 35 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:31.919 Okay, okay, Well, the title Four Nations. If you're not 36 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:34.560 watching it right now, it's on an intermission. One to 37 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:40.599 one shots on goal Canada eleven, USA ten, both of them, 38 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:45.560 like I said, scores one to one. Very evenly matched game, 39 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:48.039 and I think we all expected that that it was 40 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:51.280 going to be a very close game. A lot of stars, 41 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:54.759 a lot of star power. In fact, if you listen 42 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.719 to the sports exchange that preceded this show, we all 43 00:02:58.759 --> 00:03:02.280 talked about it, how and some of us came down, 44 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.680 it's gonna be on the goalie. Whichever goalie has the 45 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.199 better game is the one that's gonna win. Because there's 46 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:12.080 so much there's so much pride that both teams are 47 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:15.759 playing for, there's so much extra motivation. The one thing 48 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.680 I will say is kudos to the NHL because they 49 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.080 got this right, and I think I don't think there's 50 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:24.719 anybody that disagrees with that. 51 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:29.960 Oh they did not at all. They exceeded beyond. 52 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:33.360 It'll be really interesting. 53 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.599 It'll be interesting, Hello, Jay, It'll be interesting to see 54 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:43.039 what viewership is tonight because, let's face it, on Saturday night, 55 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:46.719 when technically it was instead of the NHL All Star Game, 56 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:50.280 they played Canada and US played in the round robin 57 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.280 ten point one million, compared to the NBA All Star Game, 58 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:57.879 which played on Sunday, which was at four point eight 59 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:02.159 or four point seven million. So hockey blue NBA way. 60 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:04.280 And if you think about it, you always thought three 61 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:08.919 major sports, football, baseball, and basketball. Hockey was always number four, 62 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.199 but yet look at the all what they did with 63 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:14.759 their All Star Game. Kudos to them because the NBA 64 00:04:14.919 --> 00:04:18.040 has not yet figured it out and they're not even close. 65 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:21.959 Like no one plays defense, especially in the in the 66 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:24.759 All Star Game. They need to change that up. They 67 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.360 get to figure figure it out or they're gonna be 68 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:29.639 left in the dust, which, to be honest with you, 69 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.839 I don't really care because I'm not a huge NBA 70 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:38.399 fan anyways. But so four nations really cool. I will 71 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:42.040 say that next year they won't have four nations unfortunately, 72 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:44.319 but that's because we're gonna have the Olympics during this time, 73 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:48.399 So we will have the Olympics next year instead. But 74 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:54.000 your guys' thoughts about the round robin four nations obviously 75 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:58.279 viewership up. I did not hear because I was on 76 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.000 the other show. I don't know if any of you 77 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.639 want to commanders say, was how was the opening? How 78 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:07.959 was the Canadian anthem and the USA anthem? I know 79 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:10.439 what I have to say. The one thing, the one 80 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:13.279 thing of all of it that has disappointed me. And 81 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.879 I get there's a lot of pride, there's a lot 82 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:20.279 of things going on between USA and Canada right now politically, 83 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:25.000 but I was disappointed that they do and I get 84 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.560 it that was their one point, one place that they 85 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:30.000 could make a stance, that they could have a voice. 86 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:33.160 But to boo our national anthem when they were told 87 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:37.160 not to. That kind of saddened me. But otherwise this 88 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:42.720 tournament has been great. I really liked everything, Pensman, your thoughts. 89 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:48.199 I've been covering since game one of my YouTube channel, 90 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:50.839 have been covering videos, shorts, all kinds of stuff on 91 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:53.600 my YouTube channel, and I watched every game and I 92 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:55.800 can tell you, Candy that the national anthem was a 93 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:58.879 lot better tonight than it was there. There was no 94 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:03.959 billing at all, just there because the announcer says, please 95 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:08.279 be respectful. So they've been saying that ever since Saturday. 96 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:11.680 So the opening was awesome. It's just how it always was. 97 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:14.160 The national anthem was quiet, everybody was quiet. They were 98 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:19.040 singing the national anthem, but that's normal. But I'd liked 99 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.480 I like this, and I'm hoping they do this more, 100 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:23.800 and I'm hoping they have eight teams in STEAF four. 101 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:27.439 So the only thing I will say about that Pensman 102 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.000 and Jay says that too, is you got to be 103 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.439 careful because how much of a break then are you 104 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.279 going to have in between, because to play around Robin 105 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.639 with eight teams is a lot of hockey for what 106 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:42.199 is considered their downtime, you know, that's the only thing 107 00:06:42.199 --> 00:06:44.560 I would say about that. I think it would be 108 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:50.439 cool to expand it. But I also know that if 109 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:53.360 one player gets injured, the team that they go back 110 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.560 to is going to be disappointed. And that happens in 111 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:56.279 all of them. 112 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.560 But are you read by mind? Because there's a USA 113 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:03.279 player that has a broken shoulder and he's in a sling. 114 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:05.000 I forget what his name is, and he was in 115 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:07.879 a locker room, and you just talked about in your players, 116 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.639 and that's perfect timing. 117 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:15.000 So okay, mister rolf here thoughts about four nations. 118 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.720 Well, I like the format. Uh. And I know you 119 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.360 guys talked about the Gary bettman. 120 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:21.959 Uh. 121 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.480 You know for all the years he's been a commissioner 122 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:25.600 of the NHL. 123 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:26.240 Uh. 124 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:29.600 Because I was tuning into the show prior, and I 125 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:32.120 know you guys were talking about that, and I got 126 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:34.519 to say, you know, he's he's come up with a 127 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.519 couple of things now that have put the NHL above 128 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:40.720 the NBA, because the NBA, to me, is nothing but 129 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:43.759 a bunch of show boats. Okay, it's not about playing 130 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.920 the game. It's about showing off. And I and and 131 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.439 and I'm sorry that I'm insulting you know, uh u 132 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:52.920 NBA fans out there, But that's just the way it is. 133 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.160 I stopped following the NBA since Michael Jordan left. I 134 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:58.160 haven't And the only time I keep track of the 135 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.560 NBA is when I'm looking at pitt Pants their players 136 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:03.519 to see where where they're at. Other than that, I 137 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:05.839 don't get involved in the NBA. I could care less 138 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.600 because it's not the fact that it's not in Pittsburgh. 139 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:11.839 But I will tell you this much, the w NBA 140 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:14.600 will start really getting it's getting hot, and it's gonna 141 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:16.920 get hotter this year coming up, and it's going to 142 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:18.879 be the thing it's going to take the NBA out. 143 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.720 Believe me, it is. Women's sports are very heavy duty 144 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.439 right now. I think Candy will agree with me on that, 145 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:29.279 and everyone else on this panel and everyone else out there, 146 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.559 you know, World Cup soccer and you know and everything else. 147 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.440 So I mean, it's really getting better and better for 148 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.480 women's sports all across the country. They're they're they even 149 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:44.480 are in professional hockey. The women have their own professional 150 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:48.720 hockey teams. Pittsburgh's getting one next year, So I mean, 151 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.759 you know, here we are. You know, women's sports are 152 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.360 really taking over in the NBA better be careful. They 153 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:57.720 better figure something out because if they don't, soon they're 154 00:08:57.759 --> 00:09:03.440 gonna be a redheaded step child in the sport industry. 155 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:11.480 Okay, George, alright, you choke me up, Ralph red headed stepchild? 156 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:15.440 And that one I haven't heard in a while, Well. 157 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.960 That's what Mike Langs thing, because Mike Lang used to 158 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:21.720 say Sidney Crosby robbed him like a red headed stepchild. 159 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.960 Okay, and we'll talk about him and the great loss 160 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.759 you guys are suffering through. But no, I think it's 161 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:30.759 a good thing. And I do agree with you. I mean, 162 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.879 you know, I sit back and I say, where the 163 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:37.360 hell's Russia? I mean, I know we have problems with Russia. 164 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:40.639 Everybody does. But the fact of the matter is is 165 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:43.200 you can't just pick out four teams and keep it 166 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:45.279 that way. I know what you said, Candy, and I 167 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:46.840 do agree. How much time are you going to give 168 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.600 these guys because we we open up to eight, then 169 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:51.279 we got another two weeks we got to add on. 170 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:54.480 Well that's not gonna work. So the Olympics is something 171 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:57.879 that's a little bit different because there's a break, but 172 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.840 it's at a different time. And U they're they're spread 173 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:06.120 out more. I don't necessarily like the Olympic format better 174 00:10:06.159 --> 00:10:08.960 than for nations, but I do think that you've got 175 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.759 to have some countries in there that we're not represented, 176 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:16.039 especially Russia and what we call the Czech Bloc countries. Yes, 177 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:18.799 you know what I mean. And but the thing is is, hey, 178 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.279 I'm not going to be overly critical. Why should I be. 179 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.720 I'm a hockey fan, and it's great hockey, and they're 180 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:28.039 playing well, and you know it's it's it's great entertainment. 181 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.080 So the nah, kudos to the NBA, Like I mean, 182 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:34.600 oh what, oh that was a swept? The kudos to 183 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:40.879 the NHL, NBA, Yeah, you can have them for a 184 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:43.679 little bit. I'm not I'm not thrilled about their product 185 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:44.039 at all. 186 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:47.759 Well, and what really upset me about the NBA, And 187 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.960 I'm not a huge NBA fan by any stretch of 188 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.879 the imagination. And I'm not gonna say I am not 189 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:57.960 a huge fan of Lebron. Lebron has had a long career, 190 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:02.320 but what he did to the Ulcer game really upset me. Here, 191 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:05.720 you knew you had an injury going in how long 192 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.120 ahead of time, and all of a sudden you pull 193 00:11:08.159 --> 00:11:11.480 out too late that they can't even substitute you someone 194 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:16.679 for you that as as a spokesperson for the league, 195 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:21.440 as a role model, as somebody that you know, kids 196 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:24.000 look up to. Everybody's like, oh, I want to have 197 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:25.720 a game like Lebron or play you. 198 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:28.000 Know, Yeah, I'm. 199 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:30.679 Sorry, you need to do You should have done better. 200 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:32.960 You did not do well there. 201 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:38.759 And plus plus Lebron missed twice the game winning tying 202 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:43.480 game Lastnek twice. If you're gonna be a goat, you 203 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:45.200 have to finish the game out. 204 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:51.039 Yeah, you know what you know, petsman, I agree with 205 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.480 you on that in a perspective. And we've seen this 206 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.399 in every sport. You know, you get guys like Lebron, 207 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:59.320 and you get these players, uh you know, we see 208 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.279 it with the steel some of the star players and 209 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:03.600 stuff like that that lay an egg in an All 210 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:06.559 Star Game, or laying egg in the in the in 211 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.799 the in the playoffs, you know, in the Super Bowl. 212 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:12.399 They have a great regular season. Lebron is one of 213 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.399 those kind of guys who just simply, you know, might 214 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:17.720 be good in the regular season and then goes into 215 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:19.919 the All Star Game and miss the shots and he's 216 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:23.320 sick and he can't play or whatever. You know, he's 217 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:28.080 one of the last people that really that represented the NBA, 218 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.840 and I'm very disappointed, like Candy said, and what he did. 219 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.279 Mm hmmm. 220 00:12:32.519 --> 00:12:35.759 And he was at the All Star Game laughing. If 221 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:39.240 you're hurt, you're hurt. If you hurt, your whole body's momentum. 222 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.120 I have a broken shoulder and I'm not the same. 223 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:44.000 But if he has a sore ankle and he's over there, 224 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.000 I look at this. 225 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:51.799 Come on, yeah, yeah, I agree. You know the thing 226 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:54.679 that Candy mentioned. You know, come on, you knew about 227 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.440 your injury. You knew you weren't cobblely gonna be out there, 228 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:00.960 but you waited till the very last second or or 229 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:04.480 maybe this is what happened too. Yeah, the commissioner Silver 230 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.360 said something to him or one of the other coaches 231 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:09.000 that said, co mine, these people pay big bucks here 232 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 and go in San Francisco to see you. You can't 233 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:15.879 just stay. Oh, appreciate it, right, And so probably I 234 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:18.600 can see that scenario playing out too. Hey wait a minute, Lebron, 235 00:13:18.639 --> 00:13:23.720 you cannot just not show get there for some of it. Well, 236 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:26.080 he didn't even dress up, I mean, get even suit up. 237 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:29.960 So it was a big joke. But I mean, granted, 238 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:32.320 he's put in his time, he's forty years old now, 239 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.799 but let's stop voting him to the All Star team. 240 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:34.919 Then. 241 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:37.039 Okay, if you just want to participate. 242 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:44.360 Okay, I'm really, seriously, really, Jay, you got it. I 243 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:51.679 am gonna switch because the toys of summer are back baseball. 244 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.879 But I'm not going to talk about that. What I'm 245 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:59.679 talking about is MLB is going to test the automated 246 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:04.759 ball Strike Challenge system during spring training games. 247 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.399 This was this strangel. 248 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:12.080 And am i lb LB last year in minor league, 249 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:18.240 where calls challenged by players were overturned fifty one percent 250 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:20.960 of the time. I want your thoughts on it now here, 251 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:23.519 I'm gonna give you a little more. Automated ball strike 252 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:26.919 system will be tested in spring training. Each team will 253 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:30.399 start with two challenges and they will only lose their 254 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:36.440 challenge if the umpire's call is confirmed. Only the batter, pitcher, 255 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:40.440 or catcher can challenge a call. The player will tip 256 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:42.759 their cap helmet to the umpire to signal that they 257 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:46.440 want to challenge. There will be no additional challenges in 258 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:50.879 extra innings, and hawk eye view will be shown during 259 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:55.159 the review. So I want your thoughts what you think 260 00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:59.200 about the system and them trying it out in spring training, 261 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.559 and I'm I'm gonna start with. 262 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:11.559 Ralph Strike what I could just hear this this this 263 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.360 automated system or whatever. Oh you can't challenge you know, 264 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.960 or whatever. Oh my gosh. You know, what's the fun 265 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:21.679 part of the game, everybody is the fact that the 266 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:24.679 managers come out and argue. That is the greatest thing 267 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.679 in the world. And it's so hilarious the way they 268 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.879 come out and argue with the umpire. We're gonna miss 269 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.720 that with this, you know what I mean. I mean, 270 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:35.639 I think it's it's to stop that. It's it's another 271 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:38.720 thing that makes the game entertaining that you're taking away. 272 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.879 I love it when the managers get out there and 273 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:43.759 get hot and start arguing. You know, I remember the 274 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:46.320 days of Jim Leland, Oh my gosh, I mean, you know, 275 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:49.399 and some of the other managers that used to Billy 276 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.879 Martin and all of them that used to get out 277 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:54.039 there and just really argue Lesorta. Oh my gosh, it 278 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:57.159 was crazy. But now you know, now you want to 279 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:00.960 Now you've been injected, you know, So there we are 280 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:04.639 robot City or whatever automated system. 281 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:09.759 And yes, Ji, there was already the Cubs win the 282 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:14.679 first ABS challenge getting a ball turned to strike on 283 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:18.960 Dodgers Muncy and unfortunately we were talking a little bit 284 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:22.919 about this earlier. Dodgers were not about this particular, but 285 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:26.720 we were talking about concussions. Dodgers Miller is in concussion 286 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.759 protocol after taking one hundred and six mile per an 287 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:36.759 hour liner off his head. So, George, your thoughts about 288 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.279 the new system. 289 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.480 I've had great respect for the umpires, and I know 290 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.399 they're not right one hundred percent of the time. They're 291 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.879 very colorful then maybe not as colorful as they used 292 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.759 to be, obviously, but you know they have a role 293 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:53.279 in the game, and I'm just I'm not ready for this, Okay, 294 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.879 I'm not ready for a computer or a laser or 295 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.679 a screen, a robot, whatever you want to call this 296 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.720 guy or gay, well that's going to be calling balls 297 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:05.440 and strikes. I do know this though, Manfred has got 298 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.720 his damn mind set on this. Does at Hey, folks, 299 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:10.759 he's not going back. He's not going back. 300 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.599 We know that. 301 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:15.440 So the question would be does he have the support 302 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:17.079 of all the other owners. I don't know how that 303 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:22.559 how they handle that as far as the uh, the 304 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:25.759 the experimentation, but I do know that Manfred's got his head, 305 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:31.000 you know sometimes in the sand. So okay, start trying it, 306 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:33.559 let's see and if it's no good, then just forget 307 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.119 it in the spring, right. 308 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:44.119 Pensman, I agree with George, it's spring training. Spring training 309 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:48.480 is to see what the guys do. The starters don't 310 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.960 really play that much. It's really like Mark Stroman is 311 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.960 starting for tomorrow for the Yankees instead Garrett Cole, So 312 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:01.240 why not just give it a try. Tried the kickoff 313 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:05.640 returns in the preseason. I guess. I guess the viewership 314 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:09.680 of them. They like the preseason, the new kickoff during preseason, 315 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:13.839 so it might be good because if anybody that's a 316 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:17.799 Phillies fan, I'm not. But it was all over ESPN. 317 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:22.359 Kyle Schwarmer. He was like this, this, this, that, and 318 00:18:22.440 --> 00:18:25.440 he was over there arguing on angel Hornandez that was 319 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.279 a strike, that was a ball, that was a strike? 320 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:29.160 He called that. He was over there going like this 321 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:34.279 time after time. So maybe the batters will be less 322 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.240 hot headed and maybe maybe that will work good. I 323 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:40.000 don't know, we'll see. 324 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.240 I think the other thing that it might do and 325 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:48.480 it might speed up the game some too, because if 326 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:53.720 there won't be the arm the arguments, the manager's argument 327 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:56.599 the player, then if he decides he wants to challenge, 328 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:00.880 he can't argue after the fact he's challenge. There's gonna 329 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.000 it's gonna be a definitive call and boom, You're stuck 330 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:06.759 with it. You can't go back and forth. You can't 331 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.160 you know, you can't have an umpire making up a 332 00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:14.759 new call on either, like, uh, is it robot ball? No, 333 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:21.799 Let's face it. Technology is changing everything in our world, 334 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:24.319 and it has already. I mean, look at we have 335 00:19:24.440 --> 00:19:27.559 electric cars. Now we have and I hate to say this, 336 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:31.440 but you all go back to even the microwave. I 337 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:35.720 remember growing up without a microwave, so and I know 338 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:39.519 that's aging me, but I'm just saying technology has progressed. 339 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:43.079 There are things that are good with technology, and then 340 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:45.920 there are things that are maybe not so good. I 341 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.640 think it'll be interesting to see how it goes in 342 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:51.680 spring training. I'm glad they're at least testing the waters, 343 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:53.759 but let's face it, it was in minor league ball 344 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.079 last year and they used it all year and I 345 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.559 don't think they. I don't think they would test it 346 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.240 out in the majors if they didn't think it worked 347 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.240 well in the minors, because I think they would scrap 348 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:10.160 it and say wait, wait, yes, jay, I before the microwave, 349 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:14.400 I remember taking microwave cooking lessons when they first came out, 350 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:16.720 because it's like, oh, you can cook in this thing. 351 00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.279 Wait what? 352 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:20.119 I remember when they were as big as a TV. 353 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.759 Oh yeah, oh yeah. 354 00:20:23.240 --> 00:20:26.440 I had my wife and I we had a microwave 355 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.880 that was one of those sanyos. They don't even make 356 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:32.880 those anymore. And then and then it finally went kaboom, 357 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.559 and ours now is about this big. Now you know, 358 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:38.119 it's not even anywhere near as big as it was 359 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.960 once was. That's the same stuff, you know. 360 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:43.960 One thing I will say Ralph about that too, is 361 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:45.759 we had an old one and we had one of those. 362 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:47.799 It was big. It was one thousand and one though. 363 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:54.880 It was a really nice one. They don't make things 364 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:57.960 like they originally did. When they make things, because I 365 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:00.680 would think a lot more things. We're a lot more 366 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.599 wasteful these days. And they don't make products. They don't 367 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:09.119 like make refrigerators, TVs anything like they used to. And 368 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.720 maybe some of that's good because, let's face it, who 369 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:14.559 wants to watch a sporting event on a twelve inch 370 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.880 fifteen inch? You know, we're going out, We're buying the 371 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:22.680 sixty fives, the seventy two's inch screens. You know these days. 372 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:25.920 I'll give you a quick example I used to use 373 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:29.599 when I DJ. I used to use huge speakers. Now 374 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:32.920 my speakers are about eight inches and they're small. And 375 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:35.799 get this, they pump out double with the big ones 376 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:39.480 pumped out and they're less bulky. And when I show 377 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:42.119 up at gigs with these things, they go, oh, come on, 378 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:45.720 small speakers aren't going to work in here. I said, oh, way, 379 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:47.599 do you see what kind of power they pump out? 380 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:51.599 It's you, It's what they pump out in power. Okay, 381 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:55.079 So there's a classic example of what you were saying, Candy, 382 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:58.119 is they make things smaller but they're still powerful. You know, 383 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.880 my microwave might be smaller, but it's it's just as 384 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.359 powerful as the older one was. 385 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:02.839 You. 386 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:05.319 I would challenge all of you that, I bet you 387 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:10.160 the camera on your cell phones is better than the 388 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:15.720 camera years ago. Yes, yes, no, it's amazing what they're 389 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:20.799 coming out with now. So yeah, but I'm excited to 390 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:26.319 see some of these changes. Obviously some people don't like it, 391 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.160 some people do. 392 00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:32.200 But I'm gonna I'm gonna say one more thing. I'm 393 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:35.200 gonna miss one Soto going like this and looking at 394 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:37.200 the umpires. There's no umpire so noo. 395 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:42.839 No. You know what's interesting though, it's gonna it's gonna 396 00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:45.759 challenge the umpires. It really is. It's gonna make them 397 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:48.640 better because when there's a challenge like that. 398 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:53.640 It'll make them better, it should, hope. So yeah, yeah, 399 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:56.799 And I don't think it's a coincidence. A lot of 400 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:58.559 the veteran umpires are retiring. 401 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:03.359