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the Infiniti Sports Network. It's been a day. I just gave you a new top six list. We talked about The biggest divas. in sports today.
I had Jerry Jones at number one on the list. Of course I did. Hey, earlier in the show, We talked about Matthew Stafford. The guy needed an upper dural shot, in his back. He's having a disc issue.
He has yet to practice. Forget practice. Of course, if he hasn't practised, he hasn't played in a preseason game. They haven't even had a preseason game. Matthew Stafford already dealing with another.
Back issue 2022. He missed like half the season due to a bad back. Aaron Rodgers, the old man quarterback. About to be forty-two years old later on this year in October. Aaron Rogers says I'm willing to play in the preseason.
Roger Goodell says, Hey. ESPN bond the NFL red zone. is a good thing. And as we continue on with the show, Yeah, Hard Knocks debuted last night on HBO. We'll talk about a few things that took place this day in sports history.
And then it wasn't just hard knocks that debuted last night. we saw another rubber object. Make its way. Onto a WNBA court. You cannot make this stuff up.
You can't. Hey, congratulations, Shohei Otani. Got his 1,000th hit today in a loss. And of course, he did it in. In big style, grand fashion.
He did it with a home run. Shoutouts to uh Oltani. And then we got a female ump. She's gonna make her debut. in a few days.
And how about this news amongst all things? The NFL Players Association has some clarity. On smelling salts. George Kittle went and complained on the NFL network yesterday. that smelling salts were being banned, ammonia inhalants were being banned across the NFL.
So no more standing on the sideline and uh, you know, kinda waking up. But apparently That's not the case. The NFL Players Association has clarified that the teams cannot provide players with smelling salts The players will have to bring it themselves. I I guess this is just a matter of a liability issue. I mean, the the thought process was that smelling salt helped mask potential concussions and neurological issues.
So if you have your bell rung, You may wake up a little bit faster if you're utilizing smelling salts, which would mask a potential concussion. I'm not a doctor. That's what the NFL said. But apparently the NFL doesn't care. If you do it to yourself.
And so knock on what? Hey, Bacha, you can bring smelling salts to work now, okay? Where where do you get said smelling salts? I don't know. I don't buy 'em.
You you wanna you want me to check on Amazon? They probably have them on Amazon.
Well it it's a it's It's pretty strong for for a chemical. Bruh. Readily available. I can get them at Walmart.
Okay. For how much? Good question. $12. For, like, okay, how do they come?
Like, is it like a bottle or is it like the it's like buying Tylenol, it's a 10-pack.
So you get ten Jolts of energy? Ten jolts. Ammonia inhalants, a respiratory stimulant for inhalation only. A pack of ten.
Okay, I can get it at Walmart.
So this This is costing George Kittle a lot because if he uses one every drive. You gotta say how many drives are there in an NFL game? Eight, nine? Can he not afford it? No, no, he can afford it.
It's just It's kind of a lot you're ingesting. Uh so what? Who cares? See, he got the money for it. What's the big deal?
Not even just the money aspect, just... That there's no way that can be good for you. Medically. I don't know. Yeah, but does it like fry your brain halfway through too?
I don't, I don't smelling pneumonia. I don't know, bruh. Is it bleach? I don't know. I don't I mean, what are we doing here?
I don't know. How about Who want do you want to try or do you have somebody else you think should try? I I would try it if it was available, but all I've heard is that it's horrible.
Well, let's find some one. You know, I could probably find a player. I'll ask somebody, all right? We don't have to find no guinea pig. Deal?
That's a deal.
Okay, all right. I'll find a guinea pig. I'm pretty sure we can find one in the office in New York. I'm thinking of a few people.
Okay. Mm-hmm. You don't have any in mind? Don't want to say no names? No, I don't want to force anyone to do any type of stimulants.
or or ask about them just because I don't know how crazy they went with them. Ah you don't have to you don't have to force n look, you ain't forcing anybody to do anything. You're just merely Suggesting.
Okay? Yeah. The guardrail. Yeah. I got about five people in the office that I want to think of, but I want to ask.
So we'll see. We we can have them do it live on the air. And see what happens. A few minutes.
Well, maybe they might be immune. They may not be out here screaming, so we'll see. We'll see. Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's eight eight eight seven ten four I S N. I know smelling salts and ammonia inhalants, they don't help your back.
They're not walking waking you up, they ain't fixing your back. Uh Matthew Stafford. thirty seven years old, Just on a two-year contract extension, eighty four million dollars. He needed an epidural in his back. Yeah, smelling salts ain't fixing your back.
It's not fis fixing a busted up disc. Just yesterday, Sean McVeigh. This is what he had to say about Matthew Stafford. Good, yeah. He's making good progress.
He feels good. We've been able to kind of increase some things behind the scenes, and so he's in good spirits. You know, he, Reggie, and I sat down, and we have a good plan, which I'm not going to get specific with you guys about, but we do have a good plan in place that we feel good about, and he's progressing in the right direction. Yeah, that plan involves putting a needle in your back. No, thank you.
No. Thank you. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-4ISN. And for a team that has openly discussed.
Going to the Super Bowl. If Matthew Stafford, Is not on the field. They ain't going to no Super Bowl. Why? They have Jimmy Garoppolo at backup quarterback.
Good luck. This is like Devontae Adams' worst nightmare. He's like, wait a minute. Aaron Rodgers leaves. And then I go to the Raiders to play with Derek Carr.
I have a two what, one two great years with Derek Carr. And then Derek Carr is given the boot. I then decide to go to the New York Jets. leaving this dumpster fire that is the Raiders. to play for the Jets, which is just as much of a dumpster fire.
And now I go to the Rams to play in Los Angeles and then maybe potentially win a championship with Matthew Stafford. Matthew Stafford has a bad back. And now I'm reconnected with Jimmy Garoppolo. who basically threw me into every safety possible for me to be annihilated over the middle. Devontae Adams, he may wake up and just quit to morrow.
He might 888-710-4ISN is the number. That's 888-710-4ISN. Chris, he's calling up from California. You're on the JR Sport Ree Show. What's up, Chris?
Yo, JR, what's good, man? I'm amazing how you feeling. Good, good. Hey, I like your list. I can't I can't disa I can't agree with you more as far as Jerry Jones being number one.
And James from Dallas. Mike. My goodness. Yeah. Sure, what's up?
So, hey, so I want to throw off this thought. Why not since since Cleveland has a a crowded Q V room. Yeah. And I feel like this guy hasn't got got his shot still. I don't I don't I don't think Matthew Stafford's going to last seventeen games, do you?
You know, I mean, but you never know with a back. Like, he could get this shot now, and he could have no problems the rest of the season. It could be a recurring issue. You never know with a back. He doesn't have mobility, you know, and if he gets blindsided and gets cracked in the ribs or, you know, in the back.
ironically we're talking about it's not going to go well.
So A Bring Pickett to LA. Oh my god. For what? What do you mean for a white? That it's a ten year difference.
Thirty-seven, twenty-seven, Yeah, you think What Kenny Pickett is going to is he playing against the guys from when he was back in? From Pitt, not even Pittsburgh, back at Pitt. Like, what are you expecting from Kenny Pickett? Who's also, by the way, He hasn't even played in a game and he's dealing with a hamstring issue.
So, what do you want him for? Man, I don't believe that hamstring issue. But anyway, why not bring Jordan Addison?
Okay, let's make a deal with the winner. Jordan Addison is going to miss the first three games of the season minimum. What are we talking about? Three out of 17. That's three out of 17.
You can rely on Vikings to cool. Do you think the Minnesota Vikings. A team that has, in essence, a rookie quarterback in J.J. McCarthy. Yeah.
Excuse me? I'm hearing he ain't doing too well right now. J.J. McCarthy, I'm not sure. Regardless of what you're hearing.
You want to take away one of the best number two receivers in the entire game from a rookie quarterback. Yeah, DraftPack speaks volumes, you know? It might get less. But you know what speaks more volumes? Developing your rookie quarterback.
I mean there's a reason that Terry McLaurin Go ahead, your point is sounding crazy, but go ahead. My whole point is, I want Pickett to get a fair opportunity. It doesn't seem like he has one. He was never going to start in Philadelphia. He got screwed over in Pittsburgh.
And in Cleveland, it seems like he's getting screwed over once again.
So I don't think Matthew Stafford being thirty seven, I'm thirty four myself. I mean, it it's hard for me to get out of bed.
So I don't think uh with him being thirty seven and getting cracked, You know what I mean?
So uh I I think I think Kenny Pickett would do well in LA.
Okay, what the heck are you? You 34 years old and your back hurts. What the heck are you doing? What are you doing? You sumo wrestler?
No, I mean, I go to the gym. You know, I work. My work goes. Why does your back hurt? You need a new chair?
You're 34. No what I'm saying what I'm saying is, man, like it it's Okay. I'm not playing football. Oh, I get it. I know, too.
But you're saying your back hurts. I'm trying to help you out. And I'm like, why? It is what it is, you know. Just I mean, probably playing sports in high school.
Who knows? I have no idea. All right.
Well, thank you, Chris. I hope your back feels better, okay? Yeah. Alright, thank you, Crystal Coleman from California. Damn.
Bacha, what's he doing with his back? I don't know. It's not that far-fetched to like have one Wrong night of sleeping. Crooked or something like that, and you hurt your back. It's possible.
Well, it can happen to anybody but him. I mean, come on, man. 34 at my back. Or he got hit by a a Ray Lewis-esque linebacker without him knowing.
Okay. It's possible.
Eight eight eight seven ten four I S N That's eight eight eight seven ten four I S N. Look, man, Kenny Pickett's stunk. I mean, you can get away with all that running around in the ACC, but going into the NFL, I don't think Kenny Pickett has the athleticism to move around. If he could move around the same way he did back in college, then I think that'd be the case. But for a guy selected at 20th overall to say in Pittsburgh he didn't get a chance or an opportunity, he's average.
He is a backup. Quarterback. I wouldn't touch this guy, said to save my life. You think Sean McVay who went to the Super Bowl. With Jared Goff.
and sent him out to the Detroit Lions. You think Sean McVay Is going to wake up and go, you know, who I think could help us out. Kenny Pickett. Because the Cleveland Browns have so many quarterbacks, I'm going to trade for the guy. Who has the busted up hamstring?
I like how, by the way, Chris from California said, I don't believe why, why don't you believe it? You think Kenny Pickett doesn't want to hold on to the number two spot behind Joe Flacco? What incentive? Does Kenny Pickett have? It's a not play.
to not start a preseason game. For him to just pull his hammy? And I don't know, maybe it's a coincidence. They got hamiitis out in Cleveland. Why is Dylan Gabriel?
Also I have a busted up hamstring. This sounds crazy. It sounds nuts. But if Matthew Stafford, and this is very early, so please nobody I know somebody listening is gonna j jump off the hill with what I'm saying it's very early But if there is a legitimate concern, with Matthew Stafford and his back. They may want to call the Atlanta Falcons.
They may want to pick up probably the best backup in the entire NFL. and Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins and Sean McVay obviously have a relationship from when they were up in Washington together with the commanders or whatever the hell they were called at the time. There's a relationship that's there. And you know what the hell you gonna get out of Kirk Cousins.
So we'll see. Matthew Stafford is signed for this year And next year. And I'm not a capologist. But I would think if this guy stinks, and I know he had to go through, is he playing? Is he not playing?
Does he want to be traded? If Matthew Stafford. Sucked enough. I'm pretty sure they could tell them to go kick rocks for next year.
Okay. 888-710 for ISN. That's eight eight eight seven ten. 4-I-S-N. Mark is here from Nova Scotia.
You and the GR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Mark? Oh, hey, thanks for taking my call, JR. Um, I just wanted to talk about the AL East for a bit. I'm a Blue Jays fan.
Yes. And they won 20 to 1 today.
Okay. So that's against the Rockies, but still. They actually set a record, a franchise record for 45 runs in a three-game series. And There's 63 hits. In a three-game sweep is the most since 1900.
So Um that's pretty crazy. And yeah, they did. Records are nice. They did this against the Colorado Rockies.
Okay, let's not jump over the moon here. No, that's what I was just going to get to, but I'm. But you know, first place this this late in the season, okay. I do believe, and I'm going to knock right now.
Okay. I believe this is the year. I believe they're going back to the World Series. And I also. believe that This isn't much of a stretch, I don't think.
I mean, the Yankees, they're in a free fall. I don't think they're going to make the playoffs, and I don't think. This might be a hot takeaway. I don't think Aaron Moon's going to have a job. After Labor Day.
I think he's gone. I think they're going to fire him. After Labor Day, the Yankees are not going to fire him in season. If anything is going to happen, if anything should happen, it would be after the season. But all things considered, he hasn't done the best job publicly in managing the team.
But the larger issue is Cashman. The general manager, and he's like furniture. He's not necessarily leaving. I don't think it's so much about Aaron Boone managing, but more so the talent that he has to work with. Um, okay, no f well, you know, I I I go back and forth on this.
First of all, I mean, I thought the Iggies made some pretty good moves. I'm trying to stay objective about that. You know, I also think it's not good moves. Are you talking about the trade deadline? I'm sorry, I'm talking about the trade deadline.
And also, no, I'm talking about the past several years and the roster construction. That's like they're over-reliant on home runs when it comes to scoring. They've been over-reliant, unfortunately, on having Aaron Judge be the MVP and the best player in the American League for the past several seasons. They're pitching. Yeah, after Garrett Cole, they've been trying to figure out who that guy is going to be.
And unfortunately, Garrett Cole is w dealing with Tommy John. And so I I'm not talking about anything that he did last year. No, that's fair. As overall, the rosters like whatever. Yeah, I got one more point if I could.
And I guess, sort of a question. I mean, Cashman's been there since 98, I think. Like, you say, you know, part of the furniture. Like, it seems like he's kind of just GM for life because, you know, George Steinbrenner hired him. Correct.
Yeah, he is. It's family business. George Steinbrenner, obviously, his son.
Well, both of his sons ran the team. One of his sons, unfortunately, passed away. And this is who they are familiar with. And yeah, he could have been GM since 1998. He's been with the organization longer than that as a kid.
And so he is as much a part of the family as anybody else. And sometimes we have this discussion here on the air. You bring somebody else in. There's no guarantee. You trust.
Cashman and what he's done. And you bring somebody else in, there's no guarantee that the Yankees don't move into a space where instead of winning 90 games every year, 90 plus games just about, that they move into a space where some guy comes in and goes, Yeah, well, trust me, and now they win 60 games, and 70 games, and 80 games.
Sometimes you just play it even. And I think Aaron Boone maybe, I swear is my last point. I think Aaron Boone might get a little bit of a pass just because he's, you know. Heard of Yankees' lore? I don't know.
No, no, the fans are sick of him, and I don't blame them. But the larger issue isn't Aaron Boone. The larger issue is the roster that he has to work with. But your Jays, yeah, they should go out there and win the ALEs. Hey, Mark, thank you for calling from Nova Scotia.
Thanks so much, Tara. Appreciate it. No doubt about it. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you, Coast to Coast on the Infinity Sports Network. 888-710-4ISN.
That's 888-710-4ISN. When we come back, I'll get to more of your calls. We'll talk about these flying objects that are now flying all over the place at WNBA games. And we got more to do before we get out of here. Of course, a few things that took place this day in sports history.
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888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-4ISN. Botcher, before I went to sleep last night, I saw that there's another rubber object that ended up on a court last night against the Indiana fever. in this uh rubber green Object Hits Sophy Cunningham. who said last week That the fans should stop throwing these rubber objects onto the court because somebody could seriously get hurt.
What are the odds that last night Somebody threw a rubber object on to the court. And it hit her. like this person had such good aim, That they hit her. Yeah. That had to be a targeted attack, I would say, first of all.
And depending on where they were sitting, where it's like One it got thrown at them, right? But nobody saw where it came from immediately.
Well. Apparently We know who threw it. The gentleman, he's I can't even call him a gentleman. He's barely a kid. He's a kid, almost, just a kid.
CADIN Lopez, eighteen. appeared in court to day, After allegedly throwing a green object, a toy, onto the court. during last night's Phoenix Mercury game. Against Indiana. He's accused of hitting someone with the object, and now faces charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
Come on, bruh. You're eighteen. You don't know that you can you can get in trouble for this. What are we doing? There's there's probably a lot worse charges he could have had with this?
I feel like I feel like he's getting off easier. Because this is a repeat attack, I would say.
Well, not by him. Not by him, but like. There has to be precedent sent with Delbert, of course.
Well, Delbert, who, by the way, he's the first guy who threw it right here in Atlanta, well outside of Atlanta at the uh Atlanta Dream Game. Uh Delbert is twenty three years old, Delbert Carver. He faces counts of disorderly conduct, public indecency, indecent exposure, and criminal trespass. And so of course you go city to city, county to county, Yep, the the Punishment is going to be different, but as an overall, I think everybody is well aware, most people. If you throw an object at a sporting event onto the field, A cap The fooled A green toy Like you you gonna get arrested man, and you're gonna be charged Like, I'm not surprised.
that the first guy was twenty three years old. I'm not surprised that the guy from last night was eighteen years old. I don't know what happened with the guy in the middle. I don't know how old he is, where he is, what charges that he's facing. Um, but this is embarrassing, it's sad.
You think about the WNBA and trying to grow and all the issues that they face already. I think some of the problems have been self-inflicted in regards to coverage and what they allow and what they don't allow and just how the league is covered. But this is not This doesn't help. Like they're trying to legitimize the league. And you got I can't even call them fans.
You got delinquents who are showing up to games, you know, throwing two. toys at the players. And last night, Well We heard from a few people. I want you to listen to head coach Lynn Roberts, and then also Kelsey Plum. They talked about this.
Incident, this toy throwing incident last night. You know, we take our it's also dangerous and you know, player safety is number one. Um respecting the game, all those things. I think it's really stupid. Yeah, that's all I'm gonna say.
I'll tattoo, we did a great job, Indiana included, just playing on. Like, don't give it any attention. And the rest, I really appreciated them too. It was just like, hey, let's go. Yeah.
Mistakes.
Well, well, the Sparks beat the Fever one hundred to ninety one. And Kelsey Mitchell, she plays for the Indiana Fever. No, there is no Caitlin Clark. Caitlin Clark is still out. I don't know what the heck is going on with her.
There's no timetable for her return when it comes down to her groin issues. But Kelsey Mitchell had a hell of a game. 34 points, 6 assists. Instead of talking about her performance, even though they lost, Kelsey Mitchell had to talk about the uh the green object that was thrown on to the court. We don't know who those people are.
We are product. We like to think that we come to play the game and people want to see us play. I think it's just that simple, man. We can't control everybody's actions. To the person or people who think it's cool, I talk to you.
To the higher power, I hope they keep praying for you. But for us, we want to kick the main thing, the main thing. And I think that's about the basketball for both teams.
So to those fans who do disrespect us, I like to think that you guys hope to apologize sooner rather than later. But I think we got to kick the main thing, the main thing right now. Yeah, we're we're gonna get a slowdown on this. We can't have people are going to realize. Oh, wait, I can go to jail for this?
This is not just a joke? They had a no-bag policy at one of the WNBA games today.
So they're already starting to crack down on this. I don't need a bag to take that into the arena with me. I think you need some type of container. No, you don't. Where are you keeping said object so that you can't get caught?
In my underwear! That's okay. You asked, I'm telling you, it's not that difficult. Come on. You can put it other places.
I'm not going there, but you can put it other places. But it's very simple to just, you know, put it wherever. Bruh. If I have on if I have on If I have one baggy jeans Right? I can't put this in my sock.
And walk into an arena, it's not going off on a metal detector. What are you talking about? It's true, but. Think of how low you have to be. as a human being.
to do that. To just throw it on the court and get arrested. It's worse than the people that the streak out of field. He's 18, and one guy is 8. The guy from last night was 18.
The other guy was 23. Are you surprised? Yeah. Why are you that stupid? One was eighteen and the other one was twenty three.
That's not an excuse for me. If this was it's not an excuse, but it's the reality. If this was, I don't know, some 45-year-old guy, some 50-year-old dude, You know, he has a wife and he has kids and you know, he's taking care of his family. I don't think that's the guy walking up to a WNBA game with his daughters going, you know what'll be fun right now? If I just throw this onto the court, it's going to be an 18 and a 23-year-old who think they have nothing to lose in life.
These two dudes, their faces are plastered all over the internet right now. I don't know. But now they're the joke. I don't think the joke was them throwing it on to the court. It was like, ha ha, you're an idiot now.
But now we laugh at you because you're the idiot that brought it into the arena. You bought the object and you try to hide it.
Well, could you imagine going to a gym? Everybody is Googleable, new word. Ev you can Google anybody. Could you imagine Delbert or what's his other guy's name? What what I call him?
Caden? Keydon. Yeah. Yeah, could you imagine meeting Caden Lopez or or Delbert? What's his guy's name?
Delbert Carver? Don't even give him a lesson. Just Delbert. The diverse name takes everything you need to know. Yeah, but could you imagine him applying for a job and they Google him and they just go, ah, no, no, thanks.
We're going to cancel the interview. Like, what are we doing? You said he had indecent exposure, right? Uh on that one? Yeah, yeah.
in public And you get, so he wasn't public. He got as well be yours instead of a rubber one. He has to go on a list. Basically, oh, wow.
Now, and now he's on the list. He's on the list.
Well, Uh Amarco Belletti, ready for this one? Ah, geez, what am I walking into here? Isn't Lawrence Taylor on one of those lists? Yeah, I would think so. He's doing fine.
He's on the president's council for stuff, isn't he? Sports? Yeah, I'm pretty sure if you're an NFL MVP and a two-time champ and one of the greatest players of all time, I think you can get away with being on certain lists. On the list? Oh, my God.
Yeah, you kind of have to do a hell of a lot, though, to be able to get away with being on those lists. You see, Bacha, it's okay for him, it's okay for LT. Yeah, but Delbert though, i not looking so bright. It's not. For a really, really bad joke.
I like how you said they've implemented the no-bag policy at a WN. It's not going to. We might before the season is over. We might have one more instance of this, one more. We might have one in the next two days.
I think we're giving it too much of a timetable. I think there's going to be more than one. The people haven't learned from the guys that got arrested? No. Because they don't they think that since the WNBA isn't like the NBA or NFL, the punishment's not going to be as bad.
Right, right.
So they're going to be more inclined to do it. Oh, and they know they're not going to get their asses whooped by a grown man who will destroy them. Yeah. Well That's also the case. I don't think anybody is throwing a rubber object at, let's say, Russell Westbrook.
I don't think. That's going to go well. I don't think so. You know what? Give it some time, J.R.
You don't know. Times are changing. All right.
No, look, my biggest problem with all this, and this is unfortunate, but it's the world we live in now, it doesn't matter what the attention is, even if it's negative, even if it's going to follow you for the rest of your life, even if it's something where you're on the list. As long as you get attention, that's all that matters. And that's where we are right now in Facebook. These guys were anonymous, though. They didn't do it to be arrested.
That's the only way they would get attention. Yeah. They're just doing it for laughs and giggles. This is what I want. Yeah, maybe.
The guy. A guy threw a beer. That hit Ron Art's Est. And he didn't even mean to hit Ron Artest. Mm-hmm.
We need to set these guys up. Never mind, never mind, never mind, never mind. Bad idea. Bad idea. I just, it would have been interesting if somebody threw something like this at Ronald Tess.
They'd be dead. They'd be dead. They'd be dead. Malice in the Palace, I feel like, would have a different name. It would.
Yeah, it would probably be. It may be on a different website, too. You have to pay for it. I think so. I think so.
I think so. Yeah. Anyway, it's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coastal on the Infinity Sports Network. When we come back on the other side of the break, we're going to tell you something positive involving a woman, okay? We have our first female umpire in Major League Baseball.
We'll talk about that, we'll talk about a few things that.
Well, what am I talking about? We're going to get into a few things that took place this day in sports history. We're going to move away from the rubber object talk. It's time for Newsflash with Marco Belletti. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief.
It is the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. Man, we got so much to do. Hey, before we get to this day in sports history, before I get to the phone, I'm going to get to my man Marty before we get out of here. I see he's been waiting patiently. I do want to bring some positivity here.
You know, women's athletics, women in sports isn't just about people throwing rubber objects onto the field. I want you to listen to this report. From CBS. About Major League Baseball getting ready to call up its first female umpire. Finally, tonight's Heart of America, Major League Baseball's opening day is less than a week away, and there's one woman ready to make history behind the plate and on the field.
New Jersey native Jen Powell has been umpiring spring training games over the past month in Florida's Grapefruit League. She's the first woman to work a spring training game since 2007, and she's now ready for the big leagues. During her playing days, she was a standout in high school and she played Division I softball at Hofstra University. Since then, Powell has spent 18 years honing her skills as an umpire. She is currently on the MLB's call-up list, putting her one step closer to getting behind the plate of a regular season game, something no woman has ever done.
Once I started umpiring, I was like, this is for me. And I can't explain, it's just in my DNA.
Well, God bless her. Because, yeah, she started in the miners. She's getting called up this weekend. She's going to work a game between the Marlins. and the brakes.
Not even the game. She's working a whole series. Congratulations. To her. They got a double header on Saturday and on Sunday, and she's going to be.
She's gonna be the ump. I hope she Botcher, am I wrong to hope that she throws somebody out? Oh, that'd be great for like a check swing or a a argued call. Oh, I'd love it. I'm here for the drama.
Hope she throws somebody out. Anyway That's the future. Let's go into the past, a few things that took place this day in sports history. 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 liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass.
It's August 6th. The year is 2025. Let's go back to August 6th. 1966, because Muhammad Ali held on to his world heavyweight title. He knocked out Brian London in the third round.
Listen to this: Ali moving in on London. A fuselage of punches by Muhammad Ali. London goes down. The referee sends our leader. a neutral corner and picks up the count.
It doesn't appear as if Lennon's going to be able to make it to his feet. The fight is over. Ali wins by a knockout and now has a record of 26 straight professional wins. 20 by knockout. Muhammad Ali is still the undefeated world heavyweight champion and looks like he's at his brilliant best.
August 6th, 1988, Goose Gossage. He becomes the second player in Major League Baseball history to record 300 career saves as the Cubs beat the Phillies 7-4. Listen to this, courtesy at MLB. 4-2. A high-fly ball.
Sandberg comes with, and Goose Dossi has the 300th save of his career that comes of even up the series by beating the Phillies. Seven. Look for. Boy, it was good to see that puff fly go up. August 6th, 1999, one of my favorite baseball players of all time, Tony Gwynn.
Of course, he went four for five. He singled in his first at-bat, and he became the 22nd player ever to get 3,000 hits. Yes, 3,000 hits today for Tony Gwynn back in 1999. The Padres beat the Expos 12 to 10. Listen to the hit.
Smith is ready. Gwyn waiting the pitch There's a drive, right center field pays in, and there it is. Doctor, you can hang a star on that, baby. A star for the ages for Tony Gwynn, number 3000.
Well the entire Padre Balls club is heading to first base to congratulate Tony. The entire team is out there. Yeah, I wonder what Tony Gwynn would think about the game today and how it's played. August 6th, 2002. We got Rob Nett.
He was 32 years old at the time. This is, wow, I can't believe this wasn't yesterday. Feels like it. He became the 16th and youngest closer to get 300 career saves as the Giants beat the Cubs 11 to 10. August 6th, 2006, Tiger Woods at 30 years old.
He became the youngest player to get 50 PGA Tour wins with a three-stroke victory over Jim Furik in the Buick Open. Listen to this. 50 career victories. The milestone is his at the age of 30. I've had a lot of really wonderful things happen to me in my career so far, touring 10 years.
I've been very blessed to start out in my career, you know, just hoping to get my car. Lo and behold, I got on a nice little run there. It's been just a great ride, really. Woods wins his fourth BGA Tour event in only 11 plays so far in 2006 while taking home number two from Warwick Hills. You enter a golf tournament to win.
There's no reason to enter if that's not the belief that you have. I came here to win a golf tournament. I was in the tournament, hence I came here to win it. Yeah, why do anything if you ain't trying to wear? That's what Jerry Jones does.
Anyway. Those are a few things that took place this day in sports history. 888-710-4ISN. That's 888-710-4ISN. Marty is calling from Westchester.
You're on the JR Sport Brief. Show. What's up, Marty? Hey, good evening, TI. I like to talk about the diva list that you compose.
They're they're all pretty much spot on, but Um I'd like to focus on Aaron Rodgers because I have to say it's time with the Jets I never had the sense that he was a real team player and seemed to beat to his own drummer. It was inferred in the local newspapers that. Maybe even some of the ball players weren't on the same page with them. I just think it was a very disappointing tiny frame. year one was unfortunate with the injury.
But last year was Oh, disappointment and And uh I don't think uh Yeah, I don't think he really His heart in it. He said he wanted to. with the team. I know that the new regime was quick. to move on to In another direction.
But it just seemed to be a very lackluster sort of thing.
Well, the ship. The ship was a sinking last year, and he knew it. And so I think everybody knew it. They all knew that the ship was sinking and they were all going to go. And let's see what he does in Pittsburgh.
I expect him, if he's healthy, to be a playoff team. I don't have too much hope for them after that.
So good luck on that regard. Hey, thank you, Marty. Anytime, Joe. Have a good evening. You as well.
Thank you so much, Marty, for calling from Westchester in New York City. Hey, thank you for hanging out with me. Thank you so much to Russell Baxter for joining us, NFL Historian Sports Illustrated. Thank you. I appreciate that.
Good luck to Matthew Stafford and is back. Yeah, yeah, we'll talk about hard knocks. Hopefully, Botcher, there's not is somebody gonna throw a green object tonight? No, right? Uh hopefully not.
I I ho I would put the betting odds at no.
Okay. Okay, all right. Well otherwise people are gonna get real creative and uh Smuggling these items in. Listen, if you missed a minute of the show, go ahead and hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. You can find me online everywhere at JR Sport Brief.
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