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Three Pacific. I'm in Atlanta. Thank you to our producer in New York City. Ryan Botcher. We've had a busy day.
We've had some guests, we've had some chats. about Michael Parsons and Jerry Jones. Yeah, they still beefing. No new deal, no new contract. We talked about James Cook.
Yesterday he said I'm not practicing for the Bills. Today he said, I'm not practicing for the Bills. He says it's just. Business. We know he wants a new contract.
The Cleveland Browns add yet another quarterback in Tyler Huntley. Pretty hilarious. New York Yankees.
Well. They were on the scare trying to stop it today. against the Texas Rangers. Thank you so much to Saad Youssef for joining us. Covers the Cowboys for the Athletic.
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demand That it plays the Infiniti Sports Network. And then, right before the break, We talked about what I had found to be a disaster. From the outside looking in. The game played at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. between the Atlanta Braves And the Cincinnati Reds.
The game was originally slated to be played on Saturday. It's been raining here in the south off and on for days now. The game was in a massive delay. They played one inning, they ran out of food. People were taking photos, and you know what one person takes a photo of, or the experience of five people.
can just alter the reality of what you see online. And so I asked for people to call up. eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's 888-710-4ISN. If you went to the ball game, on Saturday. Did you stay on Sunday?
Did you get screwed on Saturday? Do you think it was worth it? How was the overall experience if you went to the game, I want to know? Because folks were taking photos of hot dogs with no buns. People were taking pictures of nachos with no cheese, oh no, dry ass chips.
I want to know what really happened. 888-710-4ISN. Of course, as we continue on with the show, We'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history. We did have the Hall of Fame that took place this weekend as well. The NFL Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
So we'll get into that. And then we even got a WNBA team that that might be on the move. Possibly, but we'll see. 888-710-4ISN. We got some callers here.
Let's see. We got Jeff. Jeff is calling from Tennessee. Jeff, you're on the JR Sport Reshow. Jeff, did did you go to the game on Saturday?
Yes, we did. And we were there, we got there an hour and a half before game time. Uh got in our seats. They they sold it As a big deal, my wife bought the tickets for my Christmas present.
So we've been anticipating it for quite a while.
Okay.
Well, Jeff, Jeff, hold on a second. If you have the radio on in the back, can you turn that down? Thank you. Perfect. Perfect.
Go ahead.
Okay, I thought I had it lower. Anyway, they Like Did a good job getting people in, but boy, they did a terrible job getting them out. And you couldn't buy any food when the rain delay came. Everybody was piled in around the concession areas. And you couldn't get anything.
My wife. Asked me to go get her something to eat. We were. Plan of Because we had a Family obligation on Sunday, and we couldn't go back. Right.
Uh But that's just that that wasn't their fault. But uh And I've lived here all my life and I knew that there was always a possibility of it raining at the racetrack. But man. Save. They weren't prepared for nothing like what they got.
Wow. Yeah. And I mean, they try, do you think I I guess for and like I said, most people are showing up on Saturday, probably can't make The Sunday game. What options did they have instead of all they could have done is just try to delay and delay and delay, right?
Well, that's yeah, that was the only option they would have had for Saturday. But there were three guys that were sitting beside of us. They literally drove from Atlanta and got there right at game time. And.
So they came into the stadium. Without any food, and they tried to go back, and by the time they got back to the concession stands, there wasn't anything for them to eat.
So are you saying they ran out of food, basically? I mean, you got a two-hour delay. They they ran out of food Saturday Um I don't know. Uh Bah. By ten, We we were we were leaving the stadium around ten o'clock when they called when they called the game.
I don't remember what time exactly they called it. And how many people were di w w did the majority of people try to stick through the entire delay or did people like say, Screw this, I'm out of here? Yeah. Uh they the the majority of the people tried to they tried to get in the dry the best they could. and and tried to wait it out.
But yeah, so it was so it was a mass exodus when when when when they called the game. A lot of angry folks when they called the game? Angry. Uh Um biggest part of the people that I that I talked to going going to the parking lot were yes, were pretty upset. Yeah.
And did you feel that people were coming back on Sunday? I'd say based on what a friend of mine told me that got to go back, there was probably half the people there Uh Sunday that was there on Saturday. Yeah, reasonable.
Well, thank you, Jeff, for calling from Tennessee. I'm sorry that you had that experience, man. Uh It is what it is. Hey, it's life. That's what it is.
Thank you, Jeff. Appreciate you. Hanging there. Thank you so much. Cheers.
Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's 888-710-4ISN. Ed is here. from Charlotte. You're on the JR Sport brief show of Ed. What's up?
Hey JR, thanks for taking the call.
So we drove up Saturday, but we had a hotel. their uh In Bristol for Sunday night, because I figured the time the game was over, I didn't want to drive back, right?
So we went to the game Sunday And we just checked out of the hotel at the time you're supposed to check out and went there.
Now the food thing, it was bad, but it really didn't get bad, in my opinion, until about. 10 o'clock, maybe 9.30, 10 o'clock. I mean, the game was about to be postponed as it was.
Now, we stayed in the stadium and we got wet. But I've been to plenty of sporting events. I've seen Braves games in almost every stadium they've played in. And I've been to plenty of them that you got rained out. And y it's your call if you go back the next day.
So I'm going to tell you, I think most of the Cincinnati fans were whining, but the Braves weren't. Hmm. Yeah, I'm joking about that, of course. The fans were wanting about what? What was the joke?
No, the joke wasn't it was the Cincinnati fans that were whining about what went on, not the race fans.
Okay.
That part's just a joke.
So yes, they they they I think they I've been to races there too. I think they did just make a bad call maybe on not having enough food to last That late. But but the game would have run that late, so they should have had enough. That was well, I mean, you you get that rush in, everybody goes up, can't sit in the stands. What I'm gonna do, eat.
Uh, you can't can't prepare for that one, so. Yeah, that's true. But but the rain's what caused it. It wa the speedway maybe could have done a better job. I mean, I went to the the college football game they had up there.
We drove up, went to that as well. And it went off without a hitch, but there wasn't any bad weather. Yeah. Yeah, sometimes you can't guess and predict Mother Nature. Hey, Ed, thank you for calling from Charlotte, man.
You're welcome. Thank you. Appreciate you. Love the show. Thank you so much.
Bye, Ed. Yeah, that's tough. That makes me seem like the that make me seem like a jerk. Like, I won't, and maybe I've been to so many damn sporting events. I'm kind of like, all right, whatever, I got the TV.
I will go see the Hawks. They are right down the road from me. I get there in 10 minutes. I go see the Falcons. They are right down the road from me.
They're right across the street. I'll be there in 10 minutes. I don't have I don't got a bone in my body. That makes me want to go watch something like travel, travel to go see a game. Nothing.
Like, I'm good. I don't want to see nothing. I've seen the final fours and stuff. If I got to go for work, then I'll go. Or have me a good old time.
You know, I don't got to stand in line. I don't got to do this. I just go, I work. Bacha, is there a sporting event that that you want to see that you haven't done? Not really.
Every sporting event... That I could see. I would probably watch it on TV. The only thing I would even remotely consider traveling for is if the Jets made the Super Bowl. Oh, boy.
But that's not going to happen in the next, I don't know how long. Five, five years-ish? More than that. No, we don't. You're being generous.
You never know. I mean, at this rate, I would say. It is I would not bet on the Jets making a Super Bowl. In the next three years. Outside of the next three years, lightning could strike and anything could happen.
True, but I yeah, even still three years is a little okay. I'm thinking if If they suck this year, And Fields is not the guy. And then they magically bring on a guy. you know, a year or two, you know, so I I'm trying to be optimistic for you.
Well, I know, but like, I'm not being optimistic. I'm being realistic. Ah, okay. The touche. Other than the Jets in a million dreams making a Super Bowl.
There's no other sporting event I would even remotely travel for. All right, that's cool. Yeah, I've done I've done Olympics in London and Brazil. That was cool. Cool as hell.
We're about to have the Olympics here in America. I'm like. Why do I want to see the unless I'm going to work? Why do I want to see the Olympics in Los Angeles? Why do I want to stress myself?
Unless I'm sitting there and I'm working. It's just, it's massive. It's huge. Super Bowls, Final Fours. The one thing I haven't been to, and damn it, we got that coming too.
Is a World Cup? Like, uh do I wanna go? It's right if it's right down the road that I can just go, then sure, but. Like, I wouldn't go to Tennessee to see no baseball game unless I was working. Like the World Cup is realistically close.
To us in New York? Yeah, it's gonna be in New Jersey, the final. But even still, I Just just the thought of driving to MetLife Stadium. For a World Cup game? is just a nightmare.
Well, it's terrible to drive out to that stadium anyway. The worst stadiums to the worst stadiums. are the ones in the middle of nowhere. that you have to drive to. Have to.
It is pain. It's just painful. Painful. I went when they opened up Jerry's World. I went when they had the final four out there, and it was nice.
I went for work. At the time, I was working. Uh for CNN And I did a whole food tour. And so I didn't have to wait in all the lines and stuff like that. And they gave me tickets.
I was at that stadium for like three straight days: concerts and this and that. And then it came to the point where it's just like, man, you got to drive out here. And we took a bus, and the bus has to leave. And I'm like, No thanks. when the game is over at my house.
All I gotta do is turn the damn T V off. That's it. I can turn the TV off, go to the bathroom, there's no line, I don't gotta worry about running out of food. And I'm in bed right after. I just Oh no.
888-710-4ISN. But Bach, you could take that. There's that one train that goes to MetLife, that crowded-ass train. Yeah, the New Jersey, whatever it is. I don't know.
The Path, whatever it is. I don't know. I'm. That's even more of a mess 'cause you gotta go to was it pen and the transfer at pen to that line and then you gotta make sure you make the the that train after the game ends and They don't have enough trains when the game ends to leave? I don't think so.
I think 'cause it's usu usually when the game ends They line up one train already ready to go. And you just you book it. Oh, are you kidding me? They don't have like three trains for the next couple of hours that leave? I'd assume so.
I'd assume they would. And I don't know if it's gonna change, but I know I think they just they backload them, if that's the thing, like they just have them ready. But even still, it's still a mess to get on there with all the people and you're squished. I've done that one time. It's a double-decker train, too.
Like, they got multiple levels, but. I've done that one time. Once was enough. 888-710-4ISN. Cam is calling from Wisconsin.
You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Cam? Hey Kim, you're live on the radio. Hey, how are you doing, JR? I'm excellent.
What's up? I was just going to talk to you about the MLB rookie of the year. Who do you think it should be? Because I'm pretty lenient on Isaac Collins or Jacob Mizarowski just being a Brewer fan, but I want to hear your thoughts. Yeah, that's kind of yeah, that's I was gonna say that's kinda uh homerish.
You know, being here in Atlanta, I see much more Drake Baldwin, who basically took the catcher position from. Sean Murphy. And so I look at John. Drake Baldwin to probably be the leader. I don't know if Mizorowski is going to have enough starts.
to legitimately be rookie of the year. I know he just got that bone bruise on his leg. And let's be real, Collins ain't winning no damn rookie of the year, and that's just in the National League. And then when you come to the American League, it'll probably go to.
So Wilson with the A's. You think you you think Mazarowski you you think he's going to play enough to win rookie of the year? I mean, I think so. He already has the third highest velocity fastball, and he's only he's a rookie. I mean, that's pretty crazy.
Who cares? Like, is he has he played enough?
Well, will he ever? I think he will, 'cause he's only up for ten days with his injury. Yeah, but still, I mean, it's kind of crazy enough that they threw him an all-star game. I understand and get the reasoning of it. I don't know.
We'll see. There's more baseball to be played. I wouldn't hand it to him. I wouldn't. But we'll see, Cam.
And to be fair, Isaac Collins just got voted rookie of the month forty minutes ago. And um So he's ahead Jacob Mazarevsky in uh voting right now, so.
So we gotta give him a little bit of credit. Yeah, year, year, Cam, year, year. Don't care about no months, year. We'll see. We'll see.
Thank you, Cam. Yeah, we will. Yeah, no problem. Thank you. Thank you for calling from Wisconsin.
No doubt. Don't forget Big Amish. You think he's played long enough to get this already? Did he play long enough to get an all-star appearance? Did he?
Did he? No, not at all. They just threw him in there. Like, oh, he's hot. They basically did what he just said.
Oh, fastball velocity and hot young thing. Let's put them in the game. Why not? Yeah, that's true. It's like getting in the club.
I ain't going to no club. I ain't standing outside, but it's like going to the club. where they go they only let the pretty people in. And if your ass is ugly, you got to stand outside. They don't even want you standing outside because they want to attract.
More pretty people. That's what baseball did when they put him in the game, man. And it kinda worked, am I gonna lie? But the viewership wasn't the worst, was it? It was a pretty entertaining game.
Because of him? No. No. Nothing to do with it. Nobody would have cared if he was there or not.
Nobody. Outside of a Brewers fan. Who cares? Yeah, it was the the swing off really helped them. But either way the the NL rookie of the year I can't really look at till I don't know, September, just because everybody gets hurt.
Yeah, he's telling me about Collins winning rookie of the month.
So what? And Jacob Wilson now is with the broken forearm. Like, he's done his teammate, the big Amish, who's going to win it. You think so? Yeah, Nick Nick Kurtz is like He's got like a 300 out he's he's been insane.
He's been really good. But we'll see. We'll see. It's we got two more months. We'll see.
Yeah, and I Miserowski. Hell no, bro.
Well, maybe, possibly. Good luck with his leg. Good luck. Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's eight eight eight seven ten four. Four I S N.
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That's 888-710-4ISN. Uh outside of The terrible experience at Bristol Motor Speedway for a baseball game. We had a few other things that took place over the weekend. We have the Hall of Fame. Jarrett Allen, Eric Allen.
Who else get in? Up Sterling Sharp, how could I forget about him? Bachu, who did I miss? Miss one person. Jared Allen, Eric Allen, Steven Sharp.
Oh, tight end. Oh. Gates, yeah. Oh, yeah, Antonio Gates. How could I forget him?
He showed a lot of love to his quarterback, Phillip Rivers, which was nice. Had Phillip Rivers. Uh out there. In tears. And then we also had, and then good, good on Sterling.
Sterling gave his Hall of Fame jacket to his brother. Uh I guess that's real love, um And and Shannon was there. He was on the stage, and so that went right out the window. Let's take a listen. This is Sterling Sharp.
giving that jacket to his brother. The most precious gift I've ever received is the Super Bowl ring that I wear. You gave me this not knowing you were gonna get another one. And I prayed to God, please, oh God, let him get another one. God blessed him with two.
The second thing is. The last time I was here, you said that you were the only pro football player in the Hall of Fame that could say this: that you were the second best player in your own family.
Well, I agree with that statement, but uh. Yeah. But it would be my extreme pleasure. For you to be the only player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with two. Go jackets.
Oh, that's sweet. Botch, is that going to help him get his fifty million dollars back? Um we could sell the jacket maybe? Get some money back. Money.
What's he gonna make for a su a Hall of Fame jacket? $5,000? Ah, definitely more than that. $10,000 for a jacket? Yeah, it's the if it's a one size Sterling Sterling Sharps Super Bowl jacket you th this a Super Bowl jacket, a Hall of Fame jacket, you think is worth more than ten thousand dollars?
Yes, I I'd say it's like a fifty K.
Okay, so what is what is he going to do with that? He lost 50 mil. Uh all in red. Do what? Put it on red.
And then double it. Reddit on Red, like Gamble. Like Roulette? Oh, roulette. Like, oh, oh, oh, okay, I got you.
Yeah. I was like, is that a new Apple website? I was like, what are you educating me on something? I don't know. I'm just saying, put the house down, basically, on red.
Wolf's well good luck, I doubt that. But we'll see. Anyway, I see he's still doing his show at night, got nothing else to do, huh?
Well You know what all what's also bad? There have been all these videos that have come out about people warning him on his show because he has an affinity, or had, maybe still does, has an affinity for younger women. And so there's all these clips that are coming out of him sitting on his couch, and he's laughing and he's giggling. And Monique, the comedian, told him, Hey, bro, you need to take it easy. I saw a clip of Lil Yachty.
He's like, Why do you like young women that's my age? It was going to get you in trouble. He's like, He, I like him, I like him. It's like, Whoa, so.
Well, it that's biting him in the backside, man. Not a good look. No, not at all. There you go, Bacha. Good idea.
Don't say anything else. Anyway. I told you about Antonio Gates. He had some positive words for Philip Rivers at the Hall of Fame, the guy who delivered him the ball the majority of the time. Listen to this.
Bill, what we had on that football field was special. You wouldn't just have got throwing the ball. You had a heartbeat at offense. Your fire, your passion, your IQ was unmatched. He saw the game the same way.
You trusted me and I trust that you. And that trust led to some of the best moments of my career. I always knew where that ball was going, Phil. And I always knew it was coming with a purpose. Philip Rivers.
It was absolute pleasure. To have play with you. Bruh. Before this man spoke on Saturday, I had no idea. what Antonio Gates sounded like.
I I've watched this guy for years. Had no idea what he sounded like because this man got he posted up. got the ball. Shove the linebacker or the cornerback out the way. and then went down the field.
I never needed to hear what he sounded like, and I appreciate that. I mean, not well, he didn't play at no damn social media. Everybody watched me, listen to me, podcast era. But I appreciate that. Guys who show up.
They play. And ages go. I loved Tim Duncan. Didn't say a damn word. Loved Antonio Giggs, didn't say a word.
You know, I would say I like Kawhi Leonard, but Kawhi doesn't even play. Bach, what did he get in last year? 25 games, something like that? 19 games? I think it was in the 30s, maybe 34.
33, something like that, yeah. Joel Embiid, excuse me, Joel Embiid only played 19 games. What a guy. Elise. He tried.
Very nice. And then congratulations as a journalist. We've had her here on the show. Mary Kay Cabot. He's been covering Cleveland's sports forever.
Is she? went into the Hall of Fame. And then she decided to tell a, I guess, a funny joke about Bill Belichick and her being a woman and respect. Listen to this. If you start out with Bill Belichick, no one can rattle you after that.
If Bill didn't like something I wrote, he'd call and yell at me. If you asked a dumb question, he'd call you out. Eventually, I had to learn to stand up to him. But now, I totally understand why Bill gave me such a hard time. I was 28 at the time, and he just couldn't relate to a woman that old.
Oh, ouch. Ouchie, ouchy, ouch. Ouch. Damn. Bill Belichick, he was busy with North Carolina football, so he wasn't in attendance to squirm with his.
Girlfriend next to him, and and good on Bill Belichick. Things have been all quiet on the Western front. when it comes to Bill. I guess now that we're actually getting closer to football, We'll hear less about the young lady in his life, Mary Kay Cabot, just making sure that she. Gallo joking at the expense of mister uh Dollar check.
Ain't going to be too many jokes for him this season. That team is likely going. That's who sucks. And then also over the weekend, we got this story that the Connecticut Sun That Mohegan son is selling the team to Steve Paliuka. and that he ultimately wants to move the team to Boston.
WNBA puts out a statement and says, uh not so fast. Uh but I I get it, but why the hell not? Why not? If the Mohegan Sun and the tribe and a casino don't want the basketball team, What? What they go just gonna release it?
In in Connecticut? No, just move the team to Boston anyway. What's the big deal? It ain't no big deal. Bacha, do you I know how much you love it.
Do you care?
So I've actually been to the Mohegan Sun Arena? They have enough constant stuff they can move the team. I don't think there's a really a demand. super crazy for Connecticut Sun basketball in The arena?
So I d I don't see it. Boston's a bigger market than Connecticut. Yeah, absolutely. It's moving. I they I think they try to take advantage of the central uh Connecticut being a basketball hotbed with UConn hoops, but who cares?
Nobody cares. Move the basketball team to Boston and keep it moving. A Marco, you can't wait for it to go to Boston, right? Oh, yeah, gonna drive right up there. Have you been to a Connecticut Sun game?
I have not. No. Okay, neither am I. Um Yeah, the last basketball game I went to was to see Caitlin Clark. That's it.
No, that's not true. It is. No, it is. I saw Caitlin Clark here at the arena. And I saw, I went to a game at the WNBA Finals when the Liberty lost.
Couple years ago? Yeah, two years ago. Yeah, so. I've had my share. W N B A.
I ain't I ain't going up to Boston to go see anybody, but yeah. Uh I haven't been up to Boston in a long time. I'm pretty sure that ain't gonna make me go. Yeah, the last time I was in Boston, it must have been 20. What year are we in?
20. Damn, bro. Yeah. Yeah, so I was like, what year was it? It had to have been 2010.
I went to, you know what? Yeah, because this is actually right before Dwight Howard. This is, yeah, he was in Orlando. When did he move on from s Why what are you laughing about? I'm thinking how long ago that was.
This is like right before. You know what? I think I was there the day or the day before or after. He stood behind uh Van Gundy and got weird. Yeah, probably in that area.
They went to the finals in what, 08? Oh, damn. No, no, not 08. It was 2012 when I went. It was 2012.
What year were they in the finals? 09? Uh well but they played the Lakers, right? I don't know. 0809.
It definitely was an 8, but yeah, it might have been 09. I don't know. But it's been a really long time. For Dwight Howard with the magic, it's been a really long time. Yeah, that's the last time I was in Boston.
More recent than me, I probably haven't been up there since like 2005. I got you by a few years, five, six years, not that bad. Yeah, man. I know when I went up there, man, it was cold as I don't know what. I'm like, why am I here?
You know when you go somewhere cold and everything It's like the salt is in the air and it's on the buildings, and it's dusty and cold, and you don't know what it is. Like it was just dry. And it was cold. I was like, why am I? And I drove.
I got on the hutch, and then it turned into whatever the hell that thing is in Connecticut. And I'm like, why am I here? Like, why am I here? And it was just a day trip. I drove up to Boston.
And I came back. I was home by, I don't know, eight, nine that night. I was like, why am I here? Again, haven't been there in about 20 years, but I used to go, I can't even tell you how many times. For a while, I was going once a week.
Oh, wow. You know what I lie? When I did my school tour, I went to Boston. I didn't go into the city. I was out in like Malden.
I figured you're all over the place. I figured you stopped at Boston at some point. I don't know if you hit the seafood or anything like that. I don't know. Yeah, I did.
I went two years ago. I refused to go into the city, stayed in the burbs. Look, it's a beautiful city. I was there so much and so often because now my wife, at the time we were dating, she was in college up there.
So I used to go see her all the time. I don't want to make that drive. I don't want to go anywhere near that city. I saw enough of it. I have no interest in going back.
I understand. It kind of skewed me from Going back there just because I had to go so many times and driving back and go straight to work and drive. Oh, no, no. Plus, I got food poisoning while I was there once, never as bad as, and I'm pretty sure that was on purpose because I had the Yankee hat on.
So we're not going back to Boston anytime soon, JR. Not anytime soon. I hear you.
Well, you don't have to go, so I'm happy for you. Hey, Bacha, you go in this place, okay? Yeah, I don't mind Boston, it's not that bad. Don't wear the Yankee hat. Go see the song.
No, no, I'm not done. I'm not dumb. I'm not going to wear a Yankee hat in the rival town. I did. Right in the middle of the rivalry.
They poisoned him. They did. They did. 2001 got poisoned.
So I'm yeah, I wouldn't do that. And that was when it was... That the height. This is before Boston Method. Bacha.
What do you do? Bacha, you like the Mets. If you saw a Braves fan in City Field, you saying something? You don't care? No, I don't care.
If you have to go to Spiking someone's food with poison? That's too far. Is it? Yeah. People do more.
Have you seen these games out in the West Coast? People get their asses whooped, man. I was going to say, I had a lot of, there were a lot of conversations. Never got into an altercation. It's actually stunning as much as I was there.
And you know this hat's always on my head. Yeah. I listen, I'm not beefing with nobody over nothing. Let alone a sporting. I don't even bother.
You know, I got. All types of shirts and jerseys. I'm just like, it's close to me. I do not care. I got a Buffalo Bills t-shirt.
I wore the Buffalo Bills t-shirt. A guy came up to me, like, hey, go, Bills. And I'm like, yeah. He's like, what? I said, it's just close to me.
I don't care. I don't care. Well, at least you knew you had it on. This is how dumb and ridiculous that I am. The first time I went up there, and it was dark, so I'm walking around trying to figure out where I'm going because I don't know where I am.
And this is before Google Maps and all that. And I'm walking the streets and I hear people like yelling and whatever, like the few people that are out. And I'm thinking to myself, the dumbass that I am. What if I got it plastered on my forehead? How the hell do they know I'm a Yankee fan?
No idea that I even had the hat on. Cause I just. I have it on all time. I don't think of it. I got to think about this stuff, too.
I don't be knowing what I have on when people come and talk to me. I wear stuff every day. I got a whole bunch of Georgia stuff. People start barking at me, and I don't know what the hell they're like. Yo, why is this guy barking at me?
Yeah, I'm like, oh, go dogs. Oh, okay. All right, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm like, yeah, sick him, ha.
Yeah, I just keep it moving, man. See, that's much better than getting poisoned, though. Yeah, you're right. We're right. I haven't been poisoned yet.
I'm trying to keep it that way. As much as I know. I think I might have been poisoned before, intentionally. Yeah. Not a doubt in my mind.
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Fact, back, back, back. Back in the days when I wish 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 liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show.
I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. Today is August 4th. The year is 2025. If we go back to August 4th. In 1982, Joel Youngblood.
He becomes the only player in Major League history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.
Okay, in the afternoon? He drove in the winning run for the New York Mets as they beat Chicago 7-4. And then after the game, he was straight into the Expos. He played that night in Philly. Yeah, right down the road.
He entered the game in right. And in the fourth inning, And he later got a single listen to him break it down, especially getting to the next game. Two-hour flight, one-hour time difference.
So I leave really at 7.05. I land at 9.05 Philadelphia time, wait for my luggage, it comes out. I said, great. Go out, whistle a cab down. And take me to Veterans Station.
You got luggage, batting. You got your glove. Oh, you're batting equipment. Oh, yeah, you're batting. Everything.
Actually, that's got to be a great look. I'm walking like this, you know, and I go down the elevator. And so, as soon as I get there, because I know Pete Rose is playing on the other team, and he was my idol when I played. I put my uniform on and went and sat on the stairs like he did. And I'm looking, and he kind of looked over, and I went like that, waved, and the next thing I know, he.
Get a bed, young buddy, you're up. And I said, okay. And I walked up and I got a bass hit. Yeah, not too bad. That's a cool story.
August 4th, 1985, Tom Seaver, one of the greatest ever. He was 40. He became the 17th man to enter into the 300 Game Winner Club.
Okay, Chicago at the White Sox at the time beat the Yankees four to nothing. A listen to the complete game to get Tom Siever 300. Here is former president Richard Nixon. On his feet in the Yankee Oters box. Siever's ready to work now to Don Baylor.
And it's a high-fly ball. It should be playable. Nichols is moving over. Nichols is there. The ball game is over.
Seaver has won 300. He had become the 17th man in the history of baseball to win 300 games. Steve will have turned it loose now. Hey, another great August 4th, 1985. Rod Carew, he got his 3,000th hit against his former team.
He was with the Angels. And he got his number 300065 win over the twins. Take a listen to this, courtesy MLB. The pitch. Swing of the line for.
Base it. There it is. Number 3,000 for Rod Carew. Downing stops at third. And the game will be halted right here as a huge crowd in Anaheim.
A standing salute to Rod Carew. Number 16. And here come the Angels out of the dugout. They're going to go out and share this moment with Carew Boone. The first man there, DeSensei Beniquez.
Each and Gene Mauck hugging Rod Carew. A wonderful, emotional moment here at Anaheim Stadium. Mauk is going to take the base. Gene Maugh came out. He took first base and gave it to Kareo.
August 4th. 2007. Alex Rodriguez, he was thirty two at the time. He hit his 500th home run. Yeah, get ready for this.
It's about to be an A-bomb from A-Rod, courtesy of John Sterling and a fan. Listen. And the right-hander Davies has said. Runner's lead, the pitch swung on, hit high in the air. deep down the left field line.
It is going to be... Gone, he's done it a long time. high drive down the Lothia line just fair for a three-run home run. Alex Rodriguez has made Major League Baseball history the youngest player ever to hit 500 home runs. An Avon!
From Aerod. Yeah, I was waiting on that part. We don't have to hear that anymore. Drug assisted, an A-bomb, an A-roy. A, be careful.
August 4th. It's 2012. At the London Olympics, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova. to pick up gold. She is a golden slam winner.
Okay, she won every major possible, now she won gold. Listen to this courtesy NBC. Williams begins. Yeah. Three ices.
Finished with ices. Gold medal to Serena Williams over Maria Sharapova. Six left. 6-1. And that is A sensational Gold medal performance.
Yeah, what what did she not win? Win everything, right? Damn, that was a 2012. Congratulations, Serena. Yeah, 2012.
And there you have it, a few things that took place this day. In sports, History And today's been August 4th. All day long. Botcha, nothing happened today that's going to be noteworthy in the future, right? Nothing happened today.
In sports, nothing. No. Not yet, I'd say. Yeah, no well, today's the end well, well you talking about the games that have to end, right? Yeah.
If something cool happens in baseball, but I doubt it. Yeah, nothing's gonna happen. Nothing happened today. Oh, Tyler Huntley joins the Browns. Oh, Aaron Judge will be back tomorrow.
That's nice. De'Aaron Fox signed his contract. Nobody cares. That won't be big news. Um Nafisa Collier out with an ankle sprain Well, that sucks for her.
About two weeks gone. It is there's no uhoh. Oh, fan accused of the.
Okay.
Yeah, don't throw objects. Don't throw objects. On the basketball court, okay. Damn. Police in College Park, Georgia.
Oh, they got the guy's name out here? They arrested Delbert Carver. Delbert? His name is Delbert. Yes.
Oh, that's bad. If your name is Delbert, of course you're throwing stuff on the court, right? Yeah, it kind of like checks out. Delbert? Yeah.
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