Speaker 1: The sports page with the Orlando Sentinel at FM ninety
Speaker 1: six to nine. In the games, Mike the Bulldog beyond
Speaker 1: you on jr R.
Speaker 2: All right, there's the bulldog ready to go there. He's
Speaker 2: there in the luxury condo where you know, all things
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Speaker 3: Absolutely, and we have Oklahoma City one win from the
Speaker 3: NBA Championship.
Speaker 4: They win Game.
Speaker 3: Five last night. Jalen Williams man career playoff high forty points.
Speaker 3: Shay Gilgess, Alexander the MVP, he had thirty one. The
Speaker 3: Thunder take a three to two lead in the finals.
Speaker 3: They win one twenty to one oh nine over the
Speaker 3: Pacers last night. It was you know, I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3: Give the Pacers credit. Even though their star player Tyrese
Speaker 3: Haliburton was hurt last night re injured his leg.
Speaker 4: He only scored four points.
Speaker 3: The Pacers were down eighteen, but they have been the
Speaker 3: Kings of the comeback throughout these playoffs. They cut it
Speaker 3: down to two in the fourth quarter and then Oklahoma
Speaker 3: City built their lead back up. But the Pacers did
Speaker 3: not go down quietly last night. Okay Se, he's the
Speaker 3: better team. They're the deeper team, they're the younger team.
Speaker 3: But this series does return to Indiana for Game six.
Speaker 3: I think the Pacers is gonna win Thursday force a
Speaker 3: game seven at least that's what I hope Sunday.
Speaker 4: For the revenue, right, for the revenue, it's all about.
Speaker 3: The money beause I like game sevens because you know,
Speaker 3: it's exciting and I want something to do.
Speaker 4: I want something to watch on something.
Speaker 2: Do you want a Game seven in the Stanley Cup Finals?
Speaker 4: Or do you want to just finish this off tonight?
Speaker 1: Wait before we go there? Do you know what I
Speaker 1: love about Shaye whatever Alexander. He's such a badass on
Speaker 1: the court, But do you see how many signatures he
Speaker 1: gives before and after the games?
Speaker 3: See, he's like the perfect posters. He talks about who's
Speaker 3: the face of the league. This guy should be the
Speaker 3: face of the league. He's the m v P. He's
Speaker 3: a great role model. The fans love him. He signs
Speaker 3: a bunch of autographs. He represents the league. Will I
Speaker 3: love sg A?
Speaker 4: He's great? Yeah?
Speaker 3: Do I win a Game seven in Stanley Cup playoffs?
Speaker 3: You know the excitement of it would be fun? But no,
Speaker 3: we're gonna We're gonna close them out tonight. You know,
Speaker 3: we're gonna win our second straight Stanley Cup tonight. It's
Speaker 3: on our home ice down in Sunrise, and Edmund that
Speaker 3: doesn't even.
Speaker 4: Know who their damn goalkeeper is gonna be tonight. They're trying.
Speaker 3: They're trying to play Coy Stewart skinnerd or Calvin Picker.
Speaker 3: Guess what, we don't care. All right, we're gonna fire
Speaker 3: shots by you. It doesn't matter who your goalkeeper is.
Speaker 3: So I think the Panthers are gonna close them out tonight,
Speaker 3: win a second straight Stanley Cup. The dynasty begins tonight. Okay, right,
Speaker 3: what do you think, Lynch?
Speaker 2: I think they I think they would like nothing more
Speaker 2: than to hoist that cup there at home. And I
Speaker 2: think it's gonna happened. I do, I really do.
Speaker 3: So. I was at the Chamber of International Drive Chamber
Speaker 3: of Commerce meeting yesterday where the Orlando Dreamers baseball organization.
Speaker 4: They had a.
Speaker 3: Public form with all the eye Drive business and tourism leaders.
Speaker 3: Two major pieces of news came out of it yesterday.
Speaker 3: All okay, when it comes to Orlando's baseball effort. Now,
Speaker 3: the guys that were there, their co founder, Jim Jim Snorf,
Speaker 3: their lead investor, Doctor Rick Workman was there. Barry Lark
Speaker 3: and the Hall of famer who's sort of their MLB ambassador,
Speaker 3: he was there.
Speaker 4: The overall message was.
Speaker 3: That the Orlando Baseball effort urgently needs a statement of
Speaker 3: support from the Orange County mayor Jerry Demings, the Orange
Speaker 3: County government. And that's essentially what they're waiting for now
Speaker 3: because they say they've got everything in line. They just
Speaker 3: need Jerry Demmings in Orange County to say, hey, yeah,
Speaker 3: we want to play ball, we want to play ball.
Speaker 4: And they say, hey, time is ticking.
Speaker 3: Major League Baseball wants to know if Orlando's actually interested
Speaker 3: or not. So what do you guys think should happen here?
Speaker 2: Let me ask you this would such a statement from
Speaker 2: Orange County officials mandates any kind of financial commitment At this.
Speaker 3: Point, there's gonna be no financial commitment unless we actually
Speaker 3: get a team.
Speaker 4: Okay. Now, what I'm saying though.
Speaker 2: Is that they don't have to commit to any number
Speaker 2: or anything right there. If that's the case, and give
Speaker 2: them the green lights, see if they can pull this off.
Speaker 4: Why not?
Speaker 3: Yeah, why not just say hey, we're ready to play ball.
Speaker 3: If you know, if we can work out a good
Speaker 3: deal and the Major League Baseball wants to come here,
Speaker 3: we are willing to work with them.
Speaker 4: That's all they have to say, right, Okay, let's do it.
Speaker 4: I hate to say it.
Speaker 1: I actually kind of a agree with Demings, where, hey,
Speaker 1: let's just not spend all of our taxpayers' money on stuff,
Speaker 1: you know, if that's if that's what he's holding off on.
Speaker 1: Good Normally I don't agree with him, but you know, well,
Speaker 1: first of all, it's not our taxpayer money. It's a
Speaker 1: Joe and many six pack from Peoria who come here.
Speaker 4: Oh okay, it's the tourist tax money. It's not our money.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: The tourist money could be spent otherwise, couldn't it elsewhere?
Speaker 3: Can't be spent on roads or No. They just had
Speaker 3: a ruling in Tallahassee that even though people think it
Speaker 3: should be able to be spent on infrastructure in the
Speaker 3: city of Orlando, the the leaders in Tallahassee said no,
Speaker 3: you got to spend it on tourist No.
Speaker 4: No, I know all that, I get that.
Speaker 1: But what I'm saying, and I want to get in
Speaker 1: the weeds on this, but what I'm saying, is I
Speaker 1: think he's concerned that, Hey, you know, we don't want
Speaker 1: to be dumping a bunch of money into the you
Speaker 1: guys pipe dream, let them do it.
Speaker 4: If they're gonna do it, let them fund it. They're
Speaker 4: gonna they're gonna cash in on it in the end.
Speaker 3: That doesn't that's not how professional sports works. Taco Bob
Speaker 3: and the ideal war in the ideal world, you're right,
Speaker 3: but if you won a baseball team, the you've got
Speaker 3: to have a public commitment to it.
Speaker 2: Hey, speaking of baseball, something happened in a College World
Speaker 2: Series game yesterday in Omaha that hasn't happened in decades.
Speaker 3: Bulldog, Yeah, what about that? Arkansas pitcher pitches a no hitter?
Speaker 3: First no hitter? What was it in sixty five years?
Speaker 4: Yeah, pretty crazy? Gage Wood is his name. Yeah, no hitter.
Speaker 3: Arkansas obviously wins the game, struck out a record nineteen
Speaker 3: batters in a victory over Murray State three nil.
Speaker 4: Arkansas wins that game, and.
Speaker 2: Now they're into another elimination game today.
Speaker 4: So yeah, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2: See is Mike the Bulldog Byonkey, host of Open Mic
Speaker 2: on AM seven forty and FM ninety six nine in
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Speaker 3: By the way, Happy birthday to the great Barry Manilo.
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