It is! The JR Sport Brief Show here on the Infiniti Sports Network. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to everybody tuned in, locked in, all over North America. I hope you've had a tremendous Friday.
I'm going to be hanging out with you for one more hour. This show gets started every weekday. At six p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. I'm in Atlanta.
Thank you to our producer, Ryan Botcher, holding things down in New York City. What a day it's been. Michael Parsons won out from the Cowboys. Of course he wants out, I mean. Turt McLaurin wants out from the Commanders, and now Micah's owner is even crazier.
We're going to get into that. We talked about Rob Manfred. He says all things weren't all that bad with Bryce Harper last week. Yeah, he might have kicked me out the uh locker room, but we shook hands, we're fine. Rob Manfred also announced today That the Major League Baseball All-Star game in twenty twenty seven is going to be held at Wrigley Field on the north side of Chicago.
Tyreek Hill is still trying to make nice with his teammates in Miami, specifically Tuatonga Valoa. We talked about the Hall of Fame game from last night. Hey, we talked about ESPN, oh E the Red Zone. Is now going to be distributed. NFL Red Zone is going to be distributed by ESPN.
We had a great chat with Lindsey Rhodes, who covers all things NFL for Sumer Sports. We talked about the new first-down technology the NFL is using. We were joined by Bill Madden, a baseball writer, to talk about the trade deadline. And there's so much more that we need to do. Gilbertarina says he is ready to snitch That he's not taking his uh Federal investigation seriously.
And then, of course, at the end of the show. We're going to talk about a few things, all of the things, important things, that took place this day in sports history. It is all ready. August First, How did We get here. Oh my good botch, I'm about to have a panic attack.
It's gonna be September Botcha, it's gonna be September before we know it. Hey, you're looking at the glass half empty approach here. It's just the first of August. Time flies, man. It flies.
It flies. Yeah, but a whole month doesn't fly that fast. It takes it. I feel like we were just at July 4th. It's August 1st.
Good sports going on then. It's distracting us. Life, life is, I don't even know. Is it a distraction? What is it?
Damn. August one. What is this? The eighth month, right? Eighth yeah, eight one damn Yeah.
I gotta take a couple of deep breaths, botcha. Don't worry about me. Or two thirds through the year. Yeah. Thanks.
Well thank you for putting it in another way. Damn. You gonna give me the days next? Ouch I don't know the numbers like that. If I did, I would.
How difficult is it? You just take eight, well, seven months, multiply by about 30, and then you have it, right?
Well, then you get the 28 in February, and then every other month basically is 31.
So it depends. I'm giving a roundabout, roundabout. Mathematicians, we are not. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-47.
For ISN, that's if you want to call up. You can find me online, I exist everywhere at JR Sport Brief, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, all of the things. The big news from today. Michael Parsons, he said. He put out a four page letter.
Shout out to Aaliyah. Rest in peace. Michael Parsons wrote a long ass letter. saying that the Dallas Cowboys have been disrespectful, They haven't negotiated with my agent. They are disparaging me publicly.
Michael Parsons says I want out. He set to make twenty four million dollars in the final year of his rookie contract. He said that he tried to get a deal done last year with the Dallas Cowboys to stick around. They didn't want to do it. The Dallas Cowboys are saying that, hey, we negotiated directly with you.
Why do we need to talk to your agent? It is just sloppy. The Dallas Cowboys are sloppy. I don't have no example for that, okay? Whoever you consider to be sloppy?
You use that example. The Cowboys are sloppy. And Jerry Jones has been saying sloppy things for a while now. Like. I dunno.
What, last week, at the start of camp, when he called Michael Parsons Michael sloppy. Of all of the people that I've sat down with as a player, of all the players that I've ever negotiated with. Michael Parson is as savvy and knowledgeable and understanding of his financial business relative to football as any player I've ever been around. Sloppy. How sloppy was it?
Months ago, where Jerry Jones basically said I don't know his agent. I'm negotiating with him. Like, it's sloppy. Listen to this. Are you kidding me?
That's just not something that you should worry about. You should be worrying about your ability. to make it work and you should be worried about what the player does. Does he have good enough health? Does he have enough skill?
to do what you're paying him the money for. The agent is not a factor here. or something to worry about. And I don't know his name. And so my point is that I'm not trying to demean you in any way, but this isn't about a nature.
The agent doesn't have one thing to do. with what we're doing. when we get on a football field against a team. Micah Douglas. To the degree I'm involved, I do.
Disrespectful and sloppy How about last week as well? He's like, oh, yeah, yeah, I gotta pay him, but he's missing all these games. He got the number of games incorrect, by the way. And Jerry Jones is just. He was he's throwing shots at Deck Prescott about being hurt.
Sloppy. Just because we sign him doesn't mean we're going to have him. He was hurt six games last year. Seriously. We've signed, I remember signing a player for the highest paid position in the league, and he got knocked out two-thirds of the year, Dak Prescott.
So there's a lot of things you can think about when you Just as the player does when you're thinking about committing and guaranteeing money.
Well, as we as we had this conversation, With Lindsay Rhodes earlier today, earlier in the show. I don't believe Dak is going anywhere. She doesn't believe Dak is going anywhere. Botcha to confirm. You don't think he's going anywhere either, right?
Nope, this is posturing. Just pon he's just pushing buttons. He's pushing the same buttons that Terry McLaurin pushed yesterday. That Miles Garrett pushed earlier this off season. Miles Garrett literally also wrote a letter.
And he's like, Hey, I don't want to be a Brown any more. But basically said we're a bunch of losers. and then ultimately Miles Garrett, He got paid and he stayed. They said here's forty million dollars. And in the next thing you knew, Miles Garrett was talking about how great the situation was in Cleveland.
They didn't even know who their quarterback was when he signed the contract. Like, Shador Sanders wasn't even a blip on the radar. The draft didn't even take place. And money made Miles Garrett, A brown. Money will keep Terry McLaurin with the Commanders.
Money will keep Micah Parsons with the Dallas Cowboys. Money will keep. Trey Hendrickson with the Bengals.
So, everybody could scream and cry about how they want to be traded and how they've been mistreated. I'd be shocked. If these guys go anywhere, all three of them, I don't expect it. You know, and at least in the case of. You know, Dak Prescott, he he has support.
A lot of his teammates have changed their profile pictures to his image. And C D Lamb He actually posted an entire message on X on Twitter. He said, It never fails. Just pay the man what you owe him. No need for the extra curriculars.
He's not lying. But wh what is Jerry Jones without some uh some extracurriculars. Jerry Jones is I guess bored. Either that or all the egg McMuffins he's been eating all these years, with the extra salt, Maybe it has finally sapped all of the liquid out of his brain. I don't know.
Uh good luck to to uh Michael Parsons. He'll get his deal. It's just a matter of when he gets the contract. Is it going to be the day of the regular season starting? Is it going to be one week?
Is he going to miss time? Uh I think that might be more realistic. As the Dallas Cowboys just continue To be goofy. Yeah, they're sloppy and goofy. You think they're goofy ass owner, Foghorn Leghorn, also known as Jerry Jones.
888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 888-710-4ISSN. four I S N. Speaking of sloppy, Rob Manfred had some good news earlier today. Oh, for people on the north side of Chicago.
The Chicago Cubs They're going to host the All Star game. in 2027.
Now that's cool. to be able to turn all of Wrigleyville and big that up for the All-Star game is going to be amazing. They're gonna have the parade, all the restaurants, the bar. It's gonna be It's going to be fabulous.
Now that's the type of All-Star game. That I would want to go to, even though they just had one here and I didn't want to go to that. But I digress. Rob Manfred. He didn't just talk about the All-Star game being in Philadelphia next year.
Or in Chicago the year after that. Rob Manfred was asked about this. Confrontation between he And Bryce Harper. The one last week where apparently Bryce Harper told him: if you're gonna be in our locker room, talking to us about a salary cap, then you can get the bleep out. Rob Manfred, he said, um, Well, y y y y you tell me whether or not what was reported took place, or whether Rob Manfred is downplaying it.
Look, you know, I I I don't Talk about those player meetings. Let me say this: I think more has been made out of this than needs to be made out of it. Bryce expressed his views. At the end of the meeting, we shook hands and went our separate ways. Just not all that significant.
But is it any sort of illustration of the divide between the leading players? I really. You know, it was an individual. picking a particular way to express himself and I don't think you need to make more out of that than that. Oh wow, okay.
All right, there you go. Rob me I don't know anybody. Who likes Rob Manfred? Nobody. Nobody.
Maybe his own family doesn't like Rob Manfred. I have no idea. Good on him. We'll see what happens with the CBA. We gotta wait an entire year.
a plus to see what happens in that regard. Speaking of people liking each other. We talked earlier in the show as well about Tyree Kill. Responding to Tua Tonga Valoa, Tua said, Man, you you said you wanted to quit the team, we weren't winners, you need to go elsewhere, you need to earn our trust back.
Well, today, Tyreek Hill he responded to Tua, and I guess the the angel on his shoulder is still speaking to him. And Tyreek Hill says, I agree. Just trying to get back to that old form of myself, man. I think that's very important. And just holding myself accountable, man.
Ah ah. I think, you know, um Two of comments were needed, you know what I'm saying? I mean, he he's obviously the leader of our team, so Um He he says to standard, so I'm just trying to be the best teammate, best version of myself for this team I can be, man. Every day, showing up to meetings, coming out here every day, busting my tail in practice. I think it's important, man.
So, if you want to be able to leave a legacy, You gotta be able to consistently do those kind of things. Yeah, we've established uh by the time we get to probably October, more likely November. A Tyreek Hill will probably quit on the team. I'm not putting him in the Antonio Brown quarter. Put on the team, rip my jersey off, rip off my pads, rip off my shirt.
and run off of the field. But I think Tyreek Hill is pretty much due. To go out there and quit on the team. He's already alluded to it. What a shock.
And I think this is also going to be the downfall of Mike McDaniel. Who's been accused, I think rightfully so, of not having control. of the locker room. Listen to this man. Does this sound like a guy who's in control of a bunch of grown-ass men?
Mike McDaniel talked about Tyreek Hill rebuilding his relationships. Is this a football team or is this like Oprah's Book Club? Um I'm seeing uh the daily investment. I'm seeing um Uh I I I think It's uh Uh It's a well-known fact that Tu is the leader of our team in the locker room as the franchise quarterback. And I think there's a lot to be said about a leader saying the hard things.
I think there's a lot to be said about you know, uh uh reek and and how uh how clear they've been Towards each other, so that these conversations that you can say these things and call a spade a spade. I see that as a grown man. Um Uh drone man's stuff. A-lo's watching.
Well Bachelor what the heck did he just say at the end? It was grown man stuff that he was watching. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, they're cooked.
Like, if you have to talk every other week about your relationships and not about football. Like y'all are done. Like, let's just. Can we just fast forward to the Miami Dolphins implosion and just get it over with? They're not doing a damn thing.
Wait until uh Tyreek Hill sends them up the stream, man. They're they're they're finished. And speaking of head coaches, at least this one has something to uh So Coach 4 trying to win a championship again. Andy Reid. He gave an update on at least one of his wide receivers, Xavier Worthy.
Remember yesterday he went into concussion protocol? The day before that he bumped his head. Andy Reid said, Nah, he good. Xavier worthy.
So Xavier's wasn't, it ended up not being a concussion. We had both the NFL involved with the clearing and our docks and he's got a little liquid. He had a little liquid in his ear and they took care of that and it was throwing his equilibrium off just a bit.
So that's a positive thing. Excuse me? What? Botcha, if I have a little liquid in my ear. that has thrown my equilibrium off.
and it is not ear wax. I'm losing my mind, man. What? Yeah, but maybe that's the reason why they thought he was concussed. He was like, I feel things in my brain.
And it's not good. liquid in his ear? He hit his head and he has li what liquid is in your brain or your ear? I assume there's there's liquid in your eardrum, right? Lubricating all the stuff in there, I assume.
Uh there's ear wax to keep stuff out of your ear.
Okay, fine. And then the only other liquid I know, there's blood in there and then there's the the the the fluid surrounding your brain.
So it's probably I don't know, maybe he I don't wanna say his brain's leaking. That's nasty and probably not good for your health. That happens, though. It happens. It does, but at the same time, this might just be like, I don't know.
water got in there and was stuck. He was taking swimming lessons from Michael Phelps like the Ravens too. Yeah, and like that bump, that little bump in his on the field pushed the water a little farther deep and he was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, I don't feel good. And yeah. Bruh, I don't want to hear about liquid in my ear and my brain.
No, thank you. No, thank you. Andy Reid said that so matter of fact, like it's just it's just something that happens every day. A guy bumps his head, his equilibrium is off, and now he has water in the ear.
Okay, Andy Reid.
Well, thank you so much. Uh speaking of injuries I think this one is something, well, minor. This is not watering your ear. Baker Mayfield. Everybody's favorite quarterback.
Not really. Uh unless you like the Bucks. He's a good quarterback, though. Anyway, Baker Mayfield, he bruised his hand. And Todd Bowles, he sounds very excited to share the news.
He's got a sore hand. We gave him a day off. He's day to day and we're not worried about him. I just saw over the past few days. It's been an accumulation of days and we just thought we'd give 'em a day off.
Yeah, he just just got a sore hand. couple days off.
Well, how does hand get so? I don't know. His hand just so. None of my business. Anyway, it's the J.R.
Sport Re Show here with you, coast to coast, on the Infinity Sports Network. 888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 888-710-4ISN. You know what? It is Friday.
I might as well I might as well give you a Friday funny. If he hears this by the way, if you have a joke. It's a clean joke that you can get to quick. and you want to share it with North America, call me up right now, eight eight eight seven ten four ISN. I get the craziest callers on Fridays.
If you got a funny joke, call us and tell us. I'm going to tell you a joke on the other side. It starts with Gilbert Arenas. Gilbert Arenas has spoken since he was arrested. Yeah, it's a new edition of the Friday Funny.
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Obviously, these uh Government charges against him, these federal charges against him. He thinks they're a joke because he's making plenty of them. But before I get to this, Bacha, I need to let you know that if you walk into a bank in New York, you need to be careful, okay? Uh why? The NYPD is searching for a man who robbed a bank In Queens, New York.
of thirty seven dollars. Was it like a like what? Of the $7. this man walked into the bank, Handed a note to the teller demanding cash. The teller handed him over thirty seven dollars.
The suspect fled on foot, And that's it. They're looking for the guy. Oh my. You gotta be a horrible robber to only get $37. What what are you going to do?
Ask for more money, ask for a check?
Something? Give me all your money. And they hand over 37 bucks. And they're behind bulletproof glass. What are you doing after that?
You got to leave. That's true, but at the same time, that shows the state of the bank. The bank is struggling, if it only has thirty seven dollars to give No, what if the teller's smart enough to just be like, I'm only giving this guy a twenty?
Well, it was more than a twenty. It had to be at least Six. No, but I'm saying, regardless of whether I'm saying, you're saying the bank is struggling. If I rob, if I, not me, if somebody robs a bank and they demand money, And the teller gives them a 20. That's all they give them.
The teller's smart. Not really, because if what if the robber is violent. Like you see all all these movies and all these bank robbers, they usually scout out the place ahead of time and they know there's more than $37 in the bank.
Well, you've been watching too many Batman movies. Yeah, The Dark Knight. The Joker knew what he was doing with that mob money. Yo, he did. He was that's one of the best opening movie scenes I've ever seen in my life.
But this is not a movie. This Queen's Bank had bullet proof glass. And so if I'm a bank teller, And I'm behind bulletproof glass, and you're rolling up to me asking me for money, and all I give you, forget a 20, all I give you is a 5. What are you going to do? You goin' shoot me?
What are you gonna do to me? Uh nothing. Uh Well, in the in the movies they would take a hostage. But maybe there was no hostage available in the bank. Because at that point, they already.
Hit the silent alarm and you are done. Yeah, well, apparently this guy he he's done. All he got was thirty seven bucks and he left. And now they're looking for him, so I don't know if he's a dumb cr he could be a dumb criminal or smart one. He got himself a good lunch, huh?
Yeah, in in Queens, depends where you go. 37 bucks gets you a good lunch. A solid lunch. Like, nothing fancy, of course. Yeah, for lunch, what do you talk?
You're talking an above-average lunch, you could say. You can get a good lunch for 37. Where the hell are you going to eat? No, I'm just saying. If you're going with two people, you share the wealth, potential accomplices, you know?
He's a criminal. He's going to go to lunch by himself. He's probably going to get it off a food truck. That's true. But I don't think the halal trucks in Queens are that much.
Yeah, exactly, so he can get a good lunch. You over here thinking about taking a date? taking somebody out on a date with the stolen money. That's one way to get rid of it. But then that kinda loops in the date also, so it's not a good thing.
Ah, yeah, you don't you don't want to do that. Uh speakin' of looping people in. We learned earlier this week two days ago, really, Gilbert Arenas is facing federal charges. related to operating an illegal gambling business. He's charged with conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business, operating an illegal gambling business, and making false statements to the Fed.
Apparently Gilbertarinus allegedly was renting out his mansion. to some Israeli crime boss, Where they were running high-stake poker games.
Well, the problem is, if you're not a casino, and you do not have a license, You're now running a casino without a license. You are now doing something illegal. And so Gilbert Arenas was arrested over this, And then surprisingly. Yeah. He paid $50,000 bond and got out.
And then Gilbert Arenas made an entire video about this exiting the jail. He put a whole video post out saying I had nothing to do with it. All I did was rent my place out. And now that Gilbert Arenas is a Free Gilbert Arenas was on social media, and And he told everybody. I'm not serving time.
I didn't do anything. He says, Just give me a little while. Just give me some time. I will be singing like a canary. He says, give him time to be a snitch.
Just give me time. Just give me time. Alright, let me wait. Let me wait to see what the charges are, the real ones. And I'm gonna just be honest with you.
They don't even gotta say 20 years. They can say 20 hours. 20 hours like oh that him right there that's I see him Yep. Oh, damn. Yeah, he continued on.
He says, I'll be a snitch. I got no problem. I got no problem snitching. Why you really read it? I ain't right yet.
The case ain't even started yet. Yeah. Yeah. I'm a rat already. Let me.
Wait, just I'm gonna let you know when I do it. What are you talking about? They better make me a deal early.
Well, I don't mean that motherfucker really. Nah, I mean, to be honest, I'm just out of, I don't know nothing to tell. I wish I did. I wish I did, boy, because I would have been out like.
Soon as they put me in the car. As soon as they put me in a car, if I'd have known something, I would have told right there. I know who y'all playing with. I like my I like my bed.
Well, I mean Yeah. He is a touched Individual. I mean, this is the guy who brought guns into the locker room and uh over a gambling debt. And so, I don't think anybody would find it out of character for Gilbert Arenas to allow an illegal gambling ring to be. run in his house.
It's just a matter of whether or not he knew what was going on or not. They said he allowed it and then they also said he lied to the feds.
So, I don't know if he should be making all these jokes about it. I would be. I be keeping it on the low. Because if I'm the judge, I'm not a judge. But if I were the judge, I'd be looking at this going, you think this is a joke?
Like you think the allegations against you are a game? I know Gilbert Arenas probably still has a good amount of money. Uh I I I'm not I'm not testing fate. on that one. I'm going to shut the hell up.
until the case comes. That's his uh the Fetch just don't get you for nothing. I mean, how often have they messed up? Uh well. Botcha, they messed up Puff Daddy's case, right?
Messed that one up. Pretty ah, they still got 'em, but not to the full extent. No, he puff daddy got off. He he well, wrong choice of words. Marco Belletti, help me out of here.
Help me. Help me. No. I didn't want to turn the mic out because I was laughing already. Puff Daddy, not guilty on the most serious crimes.
Oh, now we're talking about that now?
Well, I said, where did the feds mess up? They messed up on Puff Daddy. I want to go back to Gilbert Renaissance, real foxhole kind of guy, huh? Fuck. What?
Is it a good idea? Who who Who has the feds? Locking you well, you know what? There's something to be said. with the fact that he's free on fifty thousand dollar bond?
What? Like they must know he's gonna like they want him free so he can't snitch. You know, I don't know enough about what the right number is or whatever, but like, again, when the feds come knocking, there's a good chance they don't, they usually wait until they've got a really good amount of evidence before they show up. You know, looking back at that case you were talking about with Diddy. They got a whole bunch of stuff.
Whether or not they do it properly when it comes to the courtroom is a different story, but they wait until they got a whole lot of evidence.
So when they knock on the door, it's not a mistake. It's not a mistake. But they let him out? Why did they let Gilbert Arena be a fool? Right, but that's what I mean.
Like, I don't know what's the right number for just. Off, you know, whatever, using your house for a gambling rate. I don't know, is that really something where you have no bond? Is that something where you're just a $2 million bond? Like, I don't know.
I don't know enough about the law. They also said he lied to the Fed, so I don't know. Yeah, but that just annoys them. I don't think that that's like in the bylaws of like legalese. I don't think it's, well, you lied too.
That's going to cost you an extra 500 grand. Like, I don't think that's in there. They let him out and So he could be a jackass, so they got more to get him on later, I guess.
Well, that's part of it, too. They also know he's going to talk apparently to everyone, including the public and anyone else that's going to listen. Yeah, yeah. All couple million people on the internet who have uh heard him say that he will be a snitch. I'm sure that the uh other defendants from Israel probably are thrilled with him.
Um Mm-hmm. Good for Gilbert or this sounds like This sounds like a training day. The end? Like Alonzo, remember that? He ticked the guys off, he owed them money and then they went to kill him.
So you think he's got to be careful when he rolls up to a red light? Is that better than what you're telling me? I hope they don't I'm not wishing that on anybody, but He is real comfortable talking about how he's snitching on some guy that was painted as an Israeli crime lord, you know? That's the part that I don't understand. I mean, again, you want to talk to your buddies and say that?
You can say it. It's probably dumb even them. But when you get on your podcast or whatever, and I don't know how many people listen, but now it's gotten all over the place. And you're gonna tell them that you're gonna snitch on like crime lords? Don't you think they notice that?
Okay. Yeah, I think I want to stay from all crime. I don't think I know any. I don't think. And if I do, you know, I don't think I know crime lords.
I don't think so. They don't strike me as the most. I don't know. Lenient of people where they understand, wow, he's just talking. I feel like they get annoyed.
They get mad. I don't know. Well, Gilbert Arenas, he is very confident. I will give him that. I don't know if it's uh confidence or stupidity.
We know in the past he's shown to be having a lot of stupid running through his veins, so. Uh the benefit of the doubt is typically all lost when it comes to that guy. I I hope nothing bad happens to Gilbert Arenas. I hope the worst thing that happens is if he is a criminal. You know, he gets what's coming to him.
I don't even wish that on anybody, but there's some worst things that could happen. All the best to him. He feels very comfortable. Comfortable and confident. I said let's see if he gets shot in the ass.
Oh, uh Oh, at the end of training.
Well, he got shot by a police officer. And he asked. Yeah. Well, the criminals did worse than that. Yes, they did.
Yes, they did. Yeah. They ended. Vasha, you've seen Training Day, right? I've seen Bits and Pieces.
That's the one with Ethan Hawk, right? How have you seen Bits and Pieces of Training Day? I'm not 12, man. I'm not 12. I just, I didn't, it was on TV.
My dad had it on. I was like, oh, I kind of know this movie. I saw the movie where he. Regular TV? You watched the silent film is what you watched.
No, no, it wasn't a sil. It was on either HBO or something. It was on some of those other channels. It is one of the best films over the past, I don't know, 25 years.
Well I know I know what happens in the movie, but like JR, there's your problem though. That movie's over twenty years old. That's my point. Mm. That's gotta be, what was that, like 2004?
I mean, this is not, that movie didn't come out last week. I love it, I know, but I love it too. But I'm glad you said 25 because you said 20. I think it's past that. I think 2004 was a long time ago, man.
Yeah. Well, Bacha, watch the whole thing one day. It's it's a tremendous film. I do it. Tonight.
I have nothing going on. Oh, look at you. And s you you're not gonna watch the Savannah Bananas? Uh I think that's over. Is it a two-hour time limit?
Yeah, it literally is it ran from s ESPN went from what do they have on Sports Center? To the Savannah Bananas.
Now they got on UFC. They got a time limit on that? Yeah, it's a two-hour maximum. and they go by points instead of runs. They do like they break it up into like segments the game.
And there's no stepping out and there's like no ads, so it's like everything's flying. Just flying, get out, two hours to take it out. Yeah, what you gonna watch you gonna watch three hours of Savannah Bananas? I can watch three minutes, but it's just funny that two hours, get out, everybody out. I told Bacha the most entertaining thing was the baby race in between innings.
We missed the grandmas dancing. Grandmas. They have like a an elderly dance crew. They travel with the team? Yes.
And then, on top of that, every ticket is like all you can eat, it's all inclusive.
So it's like this ticket might actually not be worth it. Two hours of unlimited food, and you get to see grandmas dancing with babies running on the exploit babies and make them like. The Bakeries? It's the Bakeries. It's a better ticket than Washington Orioles.
How about that? Good for them. It's a really nice park though. It is Well, better yeah, well. The Oreos ain't helping nobody out there, so Shout outs to the bananas Anyway.
It's the J.R. Sport Re Show on the Infinity Sports Network. When we come back, we're talking about a few things that took place this day in sports history, but right now, not history, it's time for a newsflash with Marco Belletti. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. It is the JR Sport Reshow on the Infinity Sports Network.
It also happens to be the end of the show. You know what we do at the end of every show? We take a look at a few things Quite a few things. that took place this day in sports history. And today is August first.
So let's get into it. Back, back, back, back. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore. But some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. It's time for this day in sports history.
See, back in those days, we had radio and you couldn't see anything, and it was primitive and lousy, and we did like the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. It is August 1st, 2025, but in August 1st, on August 1st, 1978. The Atlanta Braves, they beat up the Reds 16-4 and they stopped Pete Rose's National League hitting record, hitting streak, at 44 games. Listen to Pete Rose striking out to end his streak.
Courtesy, MLB. 31. 1,000 on their feet yelling. What a dramatic moment. Pete Rose has done it all.
He's had him here screaming. His freak in danger.
Now the 2-2. Turn on this. Yes. The street is dropped. The brave.
And Mose is getting another standing open. Yeah, no, no, no streak. Streak stopped, but he's still the hit king. Rest in peace. August 1st, 1986.
Burt Blalevin, he becomes the 10th player ever to reach 3,000 strikeouts. He two hit the A's, and they won 10-1. Listen to Major League Baseball breakdown his great career. Bert Flylevin was armed with outstanding control and a wicked curveball that proved to be one of the toughest to hit in the history of the game. The tall right-hander with that fluid pitching motion came to the majors at age 19 and remained durable over 22 big league seasons with five different teams, garnering 287 wins and 60 shutouts.
The Dutch master also compiled 3,701 strikeouts, baseball's third highest career total at the time he retired. He was a key cog in two playoffs, contributing to fall classic crowns for both the 1979 We Are Family Pirates and the 1987 Twins. Bert Blylevin, member of the Hall of Fame induction class of 2011. Hey, August 1st, 1987, Mike Tyson. And he won the undisputed heavyweight championship.
It was a decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker in Las Vegas. Even though he won, Mike Tyson was not happy. Listen to this from HBO. Are you happy with the way you fought tonight? I was trying my best to punch his hard.
But Jesse wasn't in the gather today and he was very intimidated and was very tough. Was he a better fighter than you thought? It was very hard to tell because we did a great deal of homeless. He do very fast punches. It was true.
And he really rocked you in the first round. Yes, he did. He was a very hard puncher. And Mike Tyson, if he's not knocking you out, he's not happy. How about that?
August 1st, 2002, Ray Lewis, Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, not a Hall of Famer at this time, he signed a five-year contract extension with the Ravens. They gave him a $19 million signing bonus. It was the largest in NFL history at the time. Listen to Jason Kelsey talk about the first time he played Ray Lewis. You know, the first time you play Ray Lewis.
The first time I played London Fletcher, you know, Vince will fork. Whenever you're going up against these guys, you can't help but be like, man, I'm like, what's this gonna feel like? Like, this is. I'm I'm blocking Ray Lewis right now. I'm in the middle of the play.
Like, not only am I doing my assignment, but I'm like, I'm about to be lost! You know what I mean? Like, that's a crazy moment, I feel like. Uh the first time it happened. Yeah, that was courtesy of the New Heights podcast.
I mean, we've heard stories about Ray Lewis. None of them are fun. August 1st, how about this? A couple of years ago, 2023. Franber Valdez for the Houston Astros.
He threw a no-hitter against the Guardians. He won 2-0 and he got the job done at home at Minutemate Park. Listen to the final out courtesy of Astros Radio. Here's the O2 to Gallagher. Broken bat, soft liner, Pena catches it, and a no hitter.
Robert Valdez. First one to greet him is Maldonado, and the rest of his teammates pile on. From Ber Valdez throws the 16th no hitter. in Houston Astros history.
Well damn, there you have it. That was 2023, so more recent history. Time flies, I guess it only flies. when you're having fun. And there you have it.
A few things that took place this day in sports history, still hard to believe, not really, but really, that it is August first. Damn. Where's the year going? I feel like we were just January 1st. I feel like we just got the 4th of July.
And now we're in August. Bacha, when when do the dog days of summer officially start? Ah, isn't that mid-August? Which Yeah. We got college football here in a couple of weeks.
We got the NFL like a week after that. Yeah, it's uh. 'Bout to get real busy. Real soon. I feel like the next thing you know we're gonna blink is gonna be fall.
I haven't been in a swimming pool. You been to a pool so far? I went to my aunts. That's one. And I went to the beach once, but I burned.
I haven't been to the beach. I haven't been to a pool. and damn it, it's August. I need to get my life together. I'm running out of time.
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