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Well, let's see. Hopefully they don't screw up Cam Ward. We talked about the Chicago Bears beating the Commanders. We got Hub Arkish, who's going to join us next hour. Chicago Bears Insider from 670, the score he'll be here to join us.
And in about 20 minutes. We're g we're gonna show some love to the Falcons. Right here in Atlanta, Georgia, the Falcons beat the Bills 24-14. We're going to have a conversation with Stake Shapiro. From ninety two nine the gain Here in Atlanta, Georgia.
Are the Falcons for real? Should you be invested? And Bajon Robinson? We'll get into that. In an hour from now, we have game two of the National League Championship Series.
Los Angeles Dodgers trying to take a 2-0 lead. against the Milwaukee Brewers. Speaking of Milwaukee, later on we'll get into Giannis. We know he's uh Well Giannis has made it clear he wants to win a championship in Milwaukee. And if they're not moving in that direction, he might change his mind and want to leave.
Giannis has pretty much made it very clear now he's not going to end his basketball career. in Milwaukee. We'll explain and get into that later on in the show. LeBron James is talking about his money. Don't mess with Lebron and his money.
And of course at the end we'll talk about a few things that took place. This day in sports history. It's been October 14th. Oh They Long. If you use the Internet, if you do so safely, You can find me everywhere.
I am at JR Sport Brief. That's at JR Sport Brief on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and X. and whatever de heck, You call it. Crazy today. I was like, damn, it's already October 14th.
Every day flies by. Halloween will be here before you know it. All the freaks will be outside wearing clothes that uh I don't know. They they feel appropriate for one day to wear. And Bacha, you a fan of Halloween?
I love Halloween. Uh oh. Why? It's fun. You get dressed, you do a, what is it, an outfit, a costume?
Yeah, I do a silly costume. Usually. It's usually.
So. What are you doing for Halloween this year?
So you know the movie Beer Fest? No. Oh, okay. It was a comedy movie from the early two thousands. Where It was like they go to Oktoberfest in Germany.
And it was like. battle of countries.
So I'm gonna go as the USA track suit from there.
Okay. You're gonna you're gonna wear a USA track suit. Yes, that's the plan.
Okay. Well, all right. I heard Germany and Beerfest, and I thought. A Liter Hosen. I thought you were going to wear Literhosen.
You know what that is, right? I know. I know. I am aware. I'm.
Too tight, too uncomfortable, not my type of style for Halloween. You've worn Lederhosen before? No, but I've heard bad things. Oh, you've heard bad things. For anyone not familiar with Lederhosen, Uh, the best way that I can describe it is, uh, You know, the little green suspenders and the white tights.
The guys like the Keebler Elves. That's the best way I can describe leader hosing. You know, but I would have said like, I don't know, Hansel Gretel. Just like anything like that? The Keebler elves wear leader hosen, don't they?
Right? I think, do leprechauns too? Maybe.
Okay, I may pi I don't know. The Irish, I don't know if the Irish are wearing Lidohosen, I don't know. The the who who'd you say? Hansel and Gretel? No, not the one after that.
Didn't you name somebody else? No, I was saying leprechauns. Leprechaun, okay. But, like, it's kind of like that. Like two buttons and then it's like suspenders, but German.
Yeah, but yeah, oh yeah, but the leprechaun he wears he wears like those the pants. He wears like Caprice.
Now that we talk about it, I've never actually looked up. Yeah, he's got like. Yeah, he's got a belt and a button-up shirt.
So, yeah. Yeah, no. Yeah, I got a picture from Germany. Let me tell you something, okay? Botcher?
You you like sweets and sugar? Uh yes, but it depends what type it is. And I I know German sugar German sweets are are very addicting. Bro.
Okay, I've had my day, I've had my time. Less sugar, the better for me. But there was a point. I went up into the the Bavarian mountains, going towards Austria. I felt like I was in a storytelling.
I felt like I was in a story told. What does it call it? A fairy tale, right? Germany is basically Hansel and Gretel, just in person. Except they're not trying to kill you, but you know.
Well, listen, everything that you just said, it really depends on where you're at, okay? But I was up in the mountains. And, you know, we were going higher and higher, and I I felt like I found upon a magical shack. And in this shack was literally every dessert that you could think of. Every dessert that you find.
In America, that is packaged in plastic crap and pumped with sugar. Were the real ones, like made from an oven with real fruit and real everything. And I felt like I might as well have just been on crack You could have left me up there in those damn mountains. I'm just like Now this is the real stuff. You want to talk about strudel?
Forget that stuff that you're putting in the, what is you? Put it in the, what is that thing called? Not the microwave. What's the other one? Bacha, help me out.
Toaster? Yeah, you put that in the toaster garbage. Done.
Okay, that that that little aisle in the supermarket or your local corner store You know all them stupid cakes and honey buns and all that garbage. I'm talking about straight from the source, right from the tap. All right, and that's where I I found my guy I had to take the train there, and then we got on the train. We went on the ski lift and went up the mountain. That's where I found this.
This place Now there's a photo and it's not digitized because, well, you know, not all photos used to be digital. Uh but I got a photo somewhere.
Well, it's me and I'm on the train with one of the gentlemen in the Liederhausen. Yeah. And Bacha, you could get away with Litohosen. Why not? It's in my name.
I could. But, like, I would have to pair the leaderhosen with one of the hats to the feather in it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well. That would have to play. But I.
I feel like that's I can only wear it during I go to an Oktoberfest or a beer fest.
Well well, listen, that shows you what I know about movies, not a whole hell of a lot. You said Beer Fest, and the first thing I'm thinking about is Litohosen, and you're telling me you're going to wear a track suit.
Okay, well, the point of the movie is that. Basically, the the American brand stole the German beer. from Germany, and he fled to America.
So the Germans are trying to get the beer recipe back and they play like an Olympics version of drinking games. Yeah, it sounds like a movie. I'm glad that I do not know what it is. Uh but good for you. I'm happy that you will be participating in Halloween.
Or are you going to dress up in the studio or are you going to wait until you leave? Are you going to work that day? Are you going to be outside being a freak? I'll be here. But since it's a track suit, I think I can pass compared to everybody else in the streets of Manhattan.
Oh, well, people will be naked in Manhattan and There'll be a lot of interesting things in New York City on Halloween.
So Yeah. Things would also be interesting if you come to work by the time you leave. We we'll see how that how that works. How did we get here? Oh, Halloween is almost here.
How about that? Yeah. We get pulling up on week seven of the NFL season and NBA is getting ready to start in a.
Well, the 22nd, damn it, that's. What is that?
Next week? Yeah, next Wednesday. Damn. Victor Wempen Yama's out here dunking without basically jumping. LeBron James still has that pain in his ass.
NFL season rolls along. And even at this point in the NFL regular season, we just talked about the Buffalo Bills last hour. We have no undefeated teams.
Okay, the the the Buffalo Bills. They just fell. to four and two. Yeah, the Philadelphia Eagles. They lost two straight games and now four and two.
We got the Steelers. Nobody talking about them. They're 4-1. Thank God otherwise Aaron Rogers, that means he'd be running his yap. you know, every week.
And we got a whole bunch of other teams out of four and two. The Seahawks, Rams, Lions, Patriots, Jacks, Chargers, Broncos They're all foreign too. We are not in a space right now to just say, hey, we got one team that's just beating everybody up. I mean, even if you think about. The Kansas City Chiefs.
were fully expected to take a step back. They're three and three. And Patrick Mahomes, all things considered, without his top wide receiver and Rashi Rice, who's on his way back. Like, Patrick Mahomes is still playing at a ridiculous level. This is a good thing for the NFL.
After twenty damn years of the New England Patriots just beating everybody up. is sitting at the top of the mountain, You know, just go, oh, how are they going to win? Or what are they going to do? It's nice to have some parody. And for years, people are looking at the Kansas City Chiefs and going, Oh my god, the.
The raffs are. They'd given it to the Chiefs. What what are you saying now? Yo, even the NFL made a joke about this script. That exists.
I appreciate the fact. that the league is is up for grabs. Like the Buccaneers, they got a lot of injuries. Bucky Irving, Mike Evans, Godwin. Everybody's busted up, and Baker Mayfield and the Bucs are still 5-1.
Like, listen to Baker Mayfield. They probably got the best record in the league right now. Listen to Baker. Um, yeah, I mean, Coach Bulls hit on it that he talked about it last night, talking about people stepping up and complimenting football and We did it. And that's that's when you do your objective and and you know what you're looking at, key points of the game and focus of the game and you execute those, good things happen, and that's what happened tonight.
Listen, if Baker Mayfield continues on with with what he's currently doing. MVP conversation. We discussed this yesterday.
Okay, M V P. And they're 5-1. The Buccaneers are 5-1. And then you got a team like the Kansas City Chiefs. I just told you about them.
They're 3-3. They just beat the Lions Sunday night football. I told you Patrick Mahomes is still out here getting the job done. 11 touchdowns to only two interceptions. He's like a one-man team.
All by himself. And now he's going to get reinforcements back, and Rashid Rice, hopefully, Xavier. A worthy continues to get healthy. He was still out there this past Sunday as well. Like, it's kind of nuts.
The Chiefs, we can expect them to be in the mix too. Even if they're not dominating the way that they have. In the past, listen to Patrick Mahomes. He's like, listen. We have sucked to begin the season, but we got time to turn things around.
Yeah, I mean you could see it. You see spurts here and there throughout the beginning of the season of guys excelling. And I mean obviously you don't want injuries, but I mean it threw Hollywood and Taekwondo in big moments and where they had to really progress even faster than we could expect, kind of like with Xavier the year before and Rashid the year before that. And so now that we're adding those guys back, they all have the confidence that they can win their matchups and know how to work within the offense. And so it makes my job a lot easier.
And when those guys up front are blocking like that, I have weapons everywhere that I can throw the football.
Well, he got a weapon coming back soon. Rashee Rice coming back from his suspension for driving like a complete idiot. And then we got another team. How about the team that just beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl? What about the Philadelphia Eagles?
So many conversations about A.J. Brown. Is he happy not getting the ball? Of course he's not. Where's the balance between the run and the pass?
And jailing the hurts make everybody happy. There's only one ball. Saquon and AJ can't have it at the same time. The defense is looking for a pass rush. Zadarius Smith says, I'm quitting.
Like, there's just a lot. Going on with the Eagles. They lost to Denver. Understandable that Denver has one of the best defenses in the league. And then they lost to the New York Giants.
You're not supposed to do that.
So there's a lot of panic in Philadelphia about this team and its ability.
So go out there and repeat. Nick Siriani, the professor who says a lot of nothing, he spoke to the media and he's just like, yeah, we got to get past the process and the process that we have to get by is to win and to get things together. And it's part of what we listen to this man. I know how tough our guys are physically, mentally, and effort-wise. But.
You know, again, when A team has more rushing yards than you. It's not just, hey, it's on that. You know, it's on all of us, right? We're not, we're. You know, anytime we're in a, and they, you know.
a streak where we are right now, having lost two games in a row. We're not ever here to assign blame. We're here to find solutions. And that's what this whole weekend's about. How do we play?
How do we put the guys in positions to be more physical? How do the guys, how is their rest or whatever it is, from a From their body, you know, how their bodies are feeling to put them in position.
So, always look inward first. Man, that guy just be saying stuff. Eagles will be fine unless he just puts his foot in his mouth and puts more pressure. On himself. I love the fact that this is open right now, okay?
I mean, we even got a team like the Colts. Like what what do the cults have to do in anything? Botch, is it because Daniel Jones is not on the Giants? Did he get the stink washed off of him or something like that? Or Kevin O'Connell is really one of the best.
Quarterback saviors of all time. What, a stopping by Minnesota to help save his behind? Those six weeks, maybe eight weeks, life-changing retreat.
Well, it could be. He's a nice guy, by the way. Shoutouts to. Kevin O'Connell. Not a story that that probably he wants to be told.
I guess he doesn't care. I did a group hug with Kevin O'Connell. We did a group hug. I encouraged a group hug. I think I have a video of it.
Uh we were doing uh work with special olympics myself. And we had special Olympic athletes in Minnesota who visit We took a visit to the Minnesota Vikings facility. And Bantra, I said, you know what, this is the right time. to make the head coach of the Vikings give everybody a group up. And he did it.
He's a good guy. I like him. Nice guy. Nice thing to do. Yeah, group hugs.
More group hugs. in the NFL. Anyway, the Indianapolis Colts, they're five and one. Daniel Jones doesn't look like complete ass. What world are we living in?
I still expect them to fall apart. But here we are, october fourteenth. We got the Colts at five and one. We got the Buccaneers at five and one. Are you looking at them as Super Bowl contenders who had this on their bingo card?
Shane Steichen. He says, We're good. What the hell do you tell your team now? No, the message is consistency in everything we do and stay consistent to our process and our belief in what we're doing and everyone being on the same page and taking it one day at a time and just going out and executing it and being relentless in our pursuit to be great every day. He doesn't know what to tell his team.
He's like, ah, yeah, we got to pray for Jonathan Taylor's health and give him the ball and hope that Daniel Jones doesn't turn into a pumpkin. It's still a possibility. Halloween is around the corner. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you, coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. I'm so thankful to God that we got so much parody.
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On the upswing as well. Are they one of the best teams? We're going to have a chat with Stake Shapiro from 92.9 the game. The Falcons after beating the Buffalo Bills. Are the Falcons good?
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You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. It is the JR Sport Brief Show here with you, coast to coast. on the Infiniti Sports Network. Hey, we are efforting to identify the location of A steak shapiro. Maybe he's here in Atlanta eating a good meal, possibly.
Atlanta Falcons on the roll. A lot of Falcons fans are high on what this team has been able to do. And as it stands right now, we just talked about a lot of teams. In the NFL, that things are open right now. There's parity.
There's not no domination by the Kansas City Chiefs. It's not five, ten, fifteen, twenty years ago. Nobody's looking at the New England Patriots. The Forty Niners, they've been pretty consistent over the past several years, trying to bounce back from a lot of their injuries and kind of do a little bit of a reset. The Rams have done a reset.
The Los Angeles Rams are trying to strike it rich again. with Matthew Stafford. And then you have The Falcons. The Falcons made one of the more ridiculous moves. and it seems to be working out right now for them.
Last season When he decided to give Kirk Cousins a boatload of money. And still, at the same time, go ahead and draft Michael Pennix Jr., number eight overall. in the NFL draft coming out of Washington. coming out of a national championship appearance that unfortunately he did not win. And so, as it stands right now, after Michael Pennix Jr.
took over for Kirk Cousins last year. There was a concern as to whether or not he would kinda put his stake in the ground and keep the job. And what would happen with Kirk Cousins on the team? Being the highest paid backup. in the entire NFL.
Well, right now things are so far So good. The Falcons we discussed this. They beat the Buffalo Bills twenty four to fourteen last night. People in the city are hyped. Bijan Robinson is one of the best in the entire NFL at the running back position.
Last night he bust out for an eighty one yard rush. They're doing it on defense. There's a little bit of a reason for excitement here in Atlanta. when it comes down to the Falcons. Let's take a listen.
Bajon Robinson. You know, he talked about his 81-yard touchdown. Rush, let's take a listen to this. It was one of them plays where it was perfectly blocked up front. They gave me a crease and I took advantage of that crease.
But then shout out to Casey for having that big block on that corner because it just let me set him up to go the yardage. You know, like I said, it was a complete offense of effort. And, you know, it was a couple blocks up front, and then it was Casey's block. And, you know, it was over from there. I had to break a tackle, and there it was.
But, you know, that's just a guy given the ability right there to finish the play for my team. And, you know, it was a really cool result to see it. Yeah, he's one of the NFL's good guys. He's third in the league in rushing right now. And I think for a little while he was a kept secret here in Atlanta.
But the more prime time games that he performs like that, The more that people are going to find out about him. Joining us right now is someone that you can hear in Atlanta, Georgia, on 92.9 the game. Of the mornings with Sandra. Joining us right now is Stake Shapiro. Stake, thank you for the time.
What's up, my what's up, my man? Hey, listen, after last night's victory beating the Buffalo Bills, what are your thoughts on what this team is capable of doing moving forward?
Well, the question on the air today was what's the ceiling on the Falcon?
So I think that's what you're asking me. What is the ceiling? right? Um they got the they got the best player in the NFL. I mean The best point on the FL is not Michael Parsons.
It it's probably not even Josh Allen. It's Bajon Robinson. I mean, he is. You're catching for, you know catching and running like uh at a at a clip I don't know if any back has had it, or Thurman Thomas maybe, McCaffrey, whatever. Um Great London's a top five receiver.
Their offensive line is best in the league. They are incredible running team. and their defense is loaded. But listen, when you go seven years out of the playoffs, And you're picking top ten four or five years in a row, and you have a salary cap that's massive. where you can go sign guys, although they're their backup cur cousins does make a lot of money.
I mean, you're not supposed to be out of the mix for seven years.
So, am I surprised that they are going through an era right now that will be. another Glory Day run for the Falcons like they had with Matt Ryan, Julio Jones, Roddy White, Devontae, Super Bowl run, MVPs, all that. No, because the NFL is built for that. You're not paying any of those guys Second contracts, right?
So when you have all these guys on rookie deals and you keep loading up, You're supposed to get good and they got good and they got good fat. And they got guys all over the field from, um Two first round SEC players. you know, James Pierce Junior, um, and uh Jalen Walker. to go along with, you know, Um you know Leonard Floyd And and uh David Anyamata. Uh and and my God, what what uh What they did last night to Keon Coleman, Keon Coleman should have taken a bus back to Buffalo.
After the way he played last night, they just dominated him and they get players.
So the Falcons are really good. There's no ceiling. I mean, there's no ceiling. Lo you see in the league right now. Is anybody playing better than the Falcons?
It's Stake Shapiro joining us from 92-9 the game in Atlanta, Georgia. You talk about Kirk Cousins having to take a back seat. To Michael Pennix Jr., what are your thoughts on how he's played up until now and his progressions to kind of keep this spot? I like Michael Penix. I would say out of that draft class.
Caleb, Jaden, Drake, May, Nix. And panic. I I don't think he's higher than four or five right now. I think clearly Drake May and Jayden Danius are at the top of that class. And then um You know, Bo Nix is right there, and Caleb's hot and cold.
And although McCarthy's head of him, so I think Michael Pennix has a phenomenal arm. I wish he'd run it more. Guy does not want to run the football. Made some bad decisions last night, but he has a cannon for an arm. He won for years all over college football.
He is solid, but could I see him being in trouble on the road in a Like a game like this week against San Francisco, yes. But, you know, Bijan and Algier and Drake London in that offensive line, you don't have to be perfect. Yeah. manage the game and make big throws when you need to.
So I think he's fine. You're not going to see Kirk Cousins, that's for sure. You know, across the league, we got Brian Callahan, who got fired yesterday. Mike McDaniel, he's certainly on the hot seat. Here in Atlanta, when you think about Raheem Morris, he has a little bit more of command when he speaks to the media, and he's obviously familiar with the market.
What has he meant to help him to turn his team around? He showed up with a lot of draft picks. You know, I mean, he showed up with Bijan on the team and Drake on the team. And Pennek's on the team and Jake Matthews on there and and um you know Caleb McGarry and and uh Chris Lindstrom the best guard in the NFL. Um he showed up with Terry Fonteno, who is drafted a lot of guys.
I mean, I don't know that he's any better than Arthur Smith. He's a great communicator. He's a great guy. But I don't know, like last year they didn't make the playoffs, right? kinda like cousins, they spent all their money at Kirk Cousins.
And they were an eight and nine football team, which was a disaster.
Now they have the number one defense in the NFL. You know that. Five straight games, 300 yards. They've held their opponent under 300 yards for five straight games. That hasn't happened since the Dirty Bird team of Jamal Anderson and the Falcons in 98.
So I like Raheem. But, you know. Who I mean, he's got players, right? Arthur Smith had Desmond Ritter. You're right?
I don't think I could beat Westminster High School tonight with Desmond Ritter.
So, you know, that helps.
So Raheem's going to be fine. They're not making any changes anytime soon. The Falcons need to get on a run. Stack wins, 49ers this week, Dolphins next week, Patriots in New England after that. It'll be fascinating to see how they do.
You talk about the roster they have now, and as we move forward, that runs us right into the trade dud line. You had mentioned Kirk Cousins. We know how much money the Falcons are paying him to sit on the bench, about 27, 28 mil. Do you think there's a possibility that he gets moved, or is the number just too high for a team to say, hey, let's break the glass and go for this? You just said it.
The the uh if the Bengals were serious about the playoffs, Kirk Cousins would have been fine. He would get the ball over there, talented players. Nobody wants to pay that number. Falcons also know if Michael Pennix gets hurt, they do not miss a beat with Kirk Muzzins.
So You know, it's not an egregious number. He's not going anywhere. You know, I mean, it's not like the Eagles or the, you know, bills Or The Lions are going to go get him and say you'll save our Super Bowl. If, God forbid, one of those guys got injured, one of the starters.
So he's not going anywhere. There's some energy in the ATL. I I hope you feel it. Is Bijan not the number one player in the NFL? I mean Did you watch last night?
Did you see that performance? It's Stake Trapiro here with us from 9290 Game here in Atlanta, Georgia. We know the opening of the main thing. What if you're asking him? I have seen him in person.
I think he's electrifying, but we got you here. We're asking you to be able to do it. You need to see him in person. He lights up the screen like like uh Billy D. Williams.
He lights up the screen like George Clooney. But I think it's I think, unfortunately, for a lot of people listening, and I think a lot of football fans all over the country. The Falcons haven't obviously gotten the same amount of prime time games to see what he can do. When you watch him in person, he's electric. He's an electric person.
I think what he just did and giving APS students books and having that book fair thousands and thousands of students in a stadium was amazing. I think he's great. I hope that more people sit down and watch them when they take on on San Francisco. On Sunday night football, this is obviously where people will pay attention. Let me ask you this.
Yeah, come on. We know they lost against Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay with Baker Mayfield, you talk about the best player in the NFL. Baker Mayfield has been playing at an MVP level. We know about the Falcons laying an egg.
Every team is going to lay one against the Carolina Panthers a few weeks ago. We know the sky's the limit for this young team that continues to grow. Do you see this Falcons team as jumping the Buccaneers in winning the division. What are your thoughts on what they'll do? They swept Tampa last year.
They lost in the final thirty seconds this year to Tampa.
So they ain't they ain't afraid of tampa. They have as much talent. Baker Mayfield's a gunslinger. Um You know, if I was in Vegas, And you gave me five hundred dollars. I'd probably spend 300 at the crabs table.
I'd take the other 200 and I'd probably take Tampa, but just buy a little bit. They're not intimidated by it. And they've beaten Tampa. They beat them twice last year. And they weren't any good last year.
The Falcons.
So it's a wide open division. Carolina's a paper tiger. Don't worry about them. It's Tampa and the Falcons. Two loaded rosters ready to rock.
Hey, it's good to have things on the up and up right now for the Falcons. A lot of enthusiasm in the city. Hey, steak, thanks for the time. Tell everybody where they could. What do you think's going to happen?
What do you think is happening? I mean, I want to know what everybody else thinks. I think the family is out. I think the family is coming in. I think the Falcons are going to be right there at the end of the season with the Buccaneers.
I got to give credit to the Bucs. But sticking around with all the injuries that they've had. I wouldn't be surprised if the Falcons jumped in front of them. There's a new sheriff in town, baby. There's a new sheriff in town.
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Okay, we're going to talk about the Dodgers. They're about to be in action in about 30 minutes from now against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers are just like, hey, let's go up 2-0 and just march right the hell back to another World Series. We'll give you a preview on that game. Speaking of LA, LeBron James is still dealing with that nerve issue in his leg, sciatica.
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on the Infinity Sports Network. We could talk about teams rising. We could talk about teams falling. But in about uh twenty or so minutes, We're going to have a team. that is trying to make another World Series appearance.
Forget appearance. They're trying to go back to back. I'm talking about. The Dodgers. We're about thirty minutes away.
From game two of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee. Last night. This was absolutely ridiculous. And it's just like: how many pitches do the Dodgers have? It's not fair.
Blake Snow goes out there and throws A gem. And you know what? As we get ready to talk about the game that is going to take place in a few minutes. Here's a good chance and a good time to tell you about the defensive player of the week. Brought to you by the Navy Federal Credit Union.
Our members are the mission. The defensive player of the week is Blake Snow. Last night, lights out. Dodgers went over Milwaukee 2-1. Eight innings pitched from Blakes now.
Ten strikeouts. He gave up one hit. and didn't walk Any Body. He's the first pitcher. in Major League Baseball postseason history.
So go eight innings. One or less hits. No walks. Ten strikeouts. His ERA with the Dodgers in the postseason right now.
Over three starts. It's minuscule. Point Eight. Six. Yes, it's ERA.
is sub one. Just what what else do the Dodgers need? Do they need anything else? It's not. It's not fair.
And then you bring in Sasaki out of the bullpen of all things. And then he gives up a pop fly and it's like, Oh my God, oh my God. And they have Blake Trinan who comes out and closes things up. Let's take a listen to the final call from last night. Courtesy.
of Dodgers Radio. The T2 from Trinan Terang strikes out swinging. Blake Trinan slams the door. That's a win for LA. They hang on.
And take game one of the National League Championship Series by a final of 2-1. Oh, man. You know all these years later, And I it will probably be my whole entire life. If I hear a Dodgers broadcast and it used to be on TV or the radio, it is amazing what Vin Scully did. I don't think, maybe by accident.
will have that.
Some guy will get sick, but we will never ever again. Have one guy like Vince Scully who's just holding it down on television, on the radio. And every time I say hear or think about Dodgers Radio, I just automatically go to. It's a Vin Scully, man. Bacha, he's one of my favorite broadcasters ever.
He might be my favorite of all time. His voice is so soothing. It's very if baseball is one of those sports where the voice is very calming. It's a plus for you. But for other sports it wouldn't be so.
Y but you bachelor, let me tell you, man, there would be times that I would fly to Los Angeles. and get in late you know, turn the T V on in the hotel room. And just He was consistent. He was always there for generation after generation after generation. I would turn the TV on in the hotel, I'd put the Dodgers on.
And there he is. It's his voice. It's Vince Gully's voice. I would I could be anywhere in the country. And if I'm not watching the Dodgers and it's late at night and I turn on a game, I could be in Chicago or Florida or wherever.
I turn the game on and it's Vince Cully's voice. He is just.
Well, God rest his soul. That dude was consistent as consistent can be.
So I don't no disrespect. You know, I don't know the Dodgers' radio voice off the top, but for me, Vince Scully was so iconic. It's gonna take generation it's gonna take generations. for people to just not think about Of that man. And shout outs to the The late, great Vince Cully guy went from all the way to Brooklyn to Los Angeles and took his voice.
With him. Anyway, outside of Dodgers' radio, the Dodgers did get the victory, and this is what their manager Dave Roberts had to say about the win. Obviously, it was a tight ball game to the end. But I thought offensively we were very good tonight. I thought we took good at bats all night long.
We put the ball in play, didn't strike out. Obviously there were some crazy things that happened that they weathered some innings, but offensively I thought we were great. I thought the defense played really well and to see Blake come in and close it out was big for his confidence in us going forward. Yeah, the guy threw 103 pitches, and I mean, even though he threw 103, I think that's enough. Did you want to send it back out there for the night?
Did you want to push it, or did you want to trust the bullpen? He was asked that question too. Listen. I thought it was a tough one for me. hadn't been in the ninth inning, eight ups.
potential going on regular His next outing, I thought it was 50-50. Roki's been throwing the baseball really well. Have a two-run lead. I felt good with Roki there.
Well, Roki gave up a pop fly as for a score. Yeah, to bring in Trinan. But tonight we got Yamamoto on the mound. And maybe he'll be as locked in as Blake Snell. I doubt it.
Blake Snell, I don't know if this is good for anybody besides the Dodger fans. He's like, I've never been. like this in my career ever. Yeah, Blake, this is a weird question to ask a guy who's throwing a no-hitter, but have you ever had an outing where you've been as locked in as you kind of were tonight? A no-hitter, yeah.
You answered that. I mean I feel like the whole postseason I've been pretty locked in, pretty consistent, so Um different outings, but yeah, it was just uh You know, eight innings went deeper, but Last three have felt really good, really locked in, consistent, similar. Uh I don't know what this is going to look like for the Brewers tonight. Freddie Freeman hit a home run yesterday. All things considered, holding the Dodgers to two runs.
is is something to be proud of. Shohei Otani here throughout the course of the postseason. He has not erupted. He hasn't been on one of these ridiculous tears. He's been relatively quiet.
You'd have to think at some point in time, he's. He's going to wake up. And I told you about Yamamoto on the mound tonight for the Dodgers.
Meanwhile, for the brewers, they're going to send out Freddy Peralta. He hasn't gone deep, In the first couple of games against the Chicago Cubs, he's going out there throwing like four and five innings. He's giving up two or three runs, and they're having to kind of patch things together. I think that if you are the Dodgers, you can probably get some runs. off of him and then also everybody who comes behind him.
This is what you want. Freddy Peralta says, Yeah, we lost last night, but uh today doesn't change a damn thing. At the end of the day, for me, I just take it like another game. Because For me, what it works is just Keep the game simple and go outside and compete with each hitter, each pitch that I throw. Is what makes me feel like more comfortable?
myself Danielech, he talked about this as well. He's like, yeah, we lost game one, no big deal. We faced one of the best pitchers in the game. He was on um Yeah, when he's executing like that, it's gonna be a tough night. Um Got a lot of young guys in here, a lot of these guys first time facing them.
Um so It'll be alright, you know. He did a great job tonight. You gotta give you gotta give him credit sometimes and just probably the guys for battle until the end right there. Listen, baseball players play so many damn games over such a long season. They are conditioned to go.
Okay, that game is over. Let's go to the next one. Un unless you're not. Unless it's in your head, unless you're beat up, unless you're. Yeah.
It's inside your brain. You go through peaks, you go through valleys, you go through ups, you go through. Downs. What are the brewers supposed to say after losing one game? They'll be fine.
Nothing to worry about, right? Their manager, Pat Murphy, a very nice guy. It's what he had to say about losing one game. Our defense was great. I mean, our defense played great.
The plays Sal made.
So Collins made a great play. Terang made three or four really nice plays. Um yeah, there was. That was great performance on our half, our pitching staff. for the most part did a really, really good job, you know.
Freddie Freeman's been a brewer killer for a while, so Hopefully he'll uh oversleep tomorrow or something. Yeah. Maybe.
Now the Brewers have a good bullpen. Am I supposed to trust that their bullpen they can ride them for the next? I don't know. If you're the Dodgers, you don't want to see anything more than another three games. Bacha, I don't I don't feel good about tonight.
I think the Dodgers holding them to two last night and knowing that they'll probably get more. Peralta, I don't expect him to go long. And It just seems too spotty. Excuse me, the Dodgers have too many bats, man. It's not even the bats that are killing the other teams in this postseason, it's the starting pitching.
And unless you get to Yamamoto early, sometimes this fastball is hittable. But if you get his splitters working, you're done.
So I don't think it's over the bats. Otani's been cold as ice. It's just. They can hit the brewers at this point without just pitching. Yeah, but th and I mentioned Otani, he's gotta wake up eventually, right?
Eh, you last postseason, he was only great with runners in scoring position. And I know it's not fair to say, yeah, the guy who's Three-time MVP can't hit by himself, but it's just that was the facts. And it's also nuts. We're gonna see Otani. On the mound.
He's going to be out there pitching in game number three.
So. He's gonna go out there and contribute. Of course, once that game gets underway, we will keep you up to date. It's the JR Sport Pre-Show on the Infinity Sports Network. There's another big star in LA.
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