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Maybe you're at work for whatever reason in New York City. When I'm in New York, there are smart speakers in the restroom. Hey Shep, who cleans the smart speakers in the men's restroom? Our wonderful custodial staff. They clean the smart speakers?

They clean everything. We can't put like a speaker in the ceiling like a lot of other businesses. We have to put them affixed to like the bathroom mirror. You have a good memory actually. That's where it is.

Yeah, I have a good memory. I use the restroom. I'm looking, I go to the restroom and I'm like, why is there smart speakers stuck on a mirror? Yeah, maybe because, I don't know. Anyway, I'm not an interior designer. I just found, I find that to be weird when I'm in New York.

But anyway, what do I know? It's not the only thing weird in New York. I'm sorry? That's not the only weird thing in New York. Well, there's that rat that drug, is it drug or dragged? He dragged the pizza, right? Dragged the pizza, correct.

He dragged the pizza up the flight of steps. There's that guy who dresses like a caveman on 14th street in Union Square. There's the naked lady I know on 149th street in a grand concourse. There's the train that runs right under the apartment building on the Q train. There's the bicycle that I saw in the river in Yonkers. I can go on and on about interesting things in New York and we'll get to interesting things in New York momentarily because we've already had a busy night. I get started 10 p.m. Eastern, 7 Pacific. If you want to talk to me, it's 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. And speaking of New York, both of their damn baseball teams lost, the Yankees took an L just a few minutes ago. The Colorado Rockies beat them.

Well, and the season is back, which is rather interesting. What's the final score? 7-2, the Yankees lost to the Rockies. Yankees can't even get a run up in Colorado and the New York Mets smacked by the Dodgers 6-0. Meanwhile, here in Atlanta, Georgia, the Braves continue to just whoop everybody's ass. Earlier this evening, earlier today, I should say, the Braves blanked the White Sox 9-0.

Baseball is back. And so we talked about Shohei Ohtani in the first hour, thinking about where he might go or should go. Absolutely no reason, zero reason, for the Angels to hold on to him. They just want to what, milk ticket sales for the next two months as opposed to trying to build a team and a franchise into the future?

Maybe that's Artie Moreno's goal. Maybe just for the next two months, have people show up to see Shohei Ohtani, make the books look a little bit better, unlikely, and then just sell. Anyway, we talked about Ohtani.

We talked about Juan Soto. And ironically, there were two former Yankees who were just talking about how they want to see Ohtani and Soto. They want to see both of these dudes be Yankees. And sure, everybody, the Yankees are always in play for everybody because the Yankees got that money.

Okay? And they don't spend it the way that their dad used to or Hal Steinbrenner's dad or George Steinbrenner, but the Yankees still got that money. They're still one of the most valuable sports franchises on planet earth.

They're just a little bit more judicious in how they go about spending. And so, you know, we had a caller, all this Yankee talk in New York talk and Shohei to the Yankees. I'm like, why would Shohei want to go to the Yankees? Further away from Japan, why does he want to move into a more a pressure cooker of an environment? He's been in California since 2018, more relaxed. He could just play for the Dodgers. Why move?

Why leave? Is it such a big deal still today to play for the Yankees? Is it still such a big deal to play in New York? Like Kevin Durant went to New York and didn't decide to play for the Glamour franchise. In Manhattan, down the block from Times Square, in the middle of the city, he just went to Brooklyn, which is a combination, an amalgamation of a million neighborhoods.

Beautiful city, very interesting city, unique city, but it's not Manhattan. It's not the New York Knicks. It doesn't carry the history of the Knicks.

For a lot of people, you couldn't fathom that. He might as well have gone to New Jersey and played for the old Nets instead of the New York Knicks. Come on now. Everybody needs to go play in New York.

Not anymore. C.C. Sabathia chomping at the bit to get Shohei Ohtani into pinstripes.

This is what C.C. Sabathia told the Green Light podcast. I'm praying that he jumps to the Bronx. I got to call a lot of flags with saying, you know, three years ago, but he's the best baseball player I've ever seen. Like this is the best that the players have ever been right now.

And it's not even close. Guys are throwing a hundred, 205 miles an hour and he's the best player. He hits the ball the farthest. He throws the ball the hardest. He runs the fastest.

He's literally the best player we've ever seen at a time when the players are the best. Yankees are going to be in play for everybody because the Yankees got that bread, right? How about Derek Jeter on Fox? He was asked about Juan Soto and the Padres. The Padres thinking it up recently. And Derek Jeter is just like, oh, yeah, well, pay attention. The Yankees should go get them. I do believe that San Diego Padres could get hot and really make some waves in the National League West. But if they don't, you know, it's not too late, but the sun's starting to set. If they don't have a good next couple of weeks, I wouldn't mind seeing the Yankees go out and get Juan Soto.

Oh, wow. Especially, especially, you know, you don't know how long Judge is going to be out. They need some offense.

I think it makes sense. And where would you play him, G? Wherever you want. Put him in left or right.

Yeah, well, I'm not sure. Yankees need all the offensive help that they can get. Juan Soto would certainly help.

Who are you going to give up for him? And are you comfortable enough that he's going to accept a long-term contract extension from the Yankees? And I heard Alex Rodriguez in the background there somewhere. Good on Alex Rodriguez for kissing up to Derek Jeter.

Good for him. So many Yankees in the media. So many Yankees making so many predictions as to where guys should go. And it's the Yankees.

I get it. But isn't it overplayed? Is New York, and not just the Yankees, but is New York overrated as a sports town, a sports market? Is New York overrated?

Does it still have the same glitz and the glamour? Like these athletes make ridiculous amounts of money. Come on. We've been talking about Damian Lillard here for the past several weeks. Damian Lillard is playing in the Pacific Northwest. I love Portland, okay? But it's further out.

It's far away, tucked away from a lot of the United States of America, especially the further east you get where everybody lives on top of each other. Population density gets ridiculous when you start going east and you think about Boston, into New York, onto Philly, in D.C. Everything's on top of each other. Damian Lillard is making 60 million dollars, or will make 60 million dollars. And sure, he wants to go down to Miami. He could make that money up in Portland. He signed the contract in Portland. You could be a basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Shay Gilgus Alexander, let's say he spends the rest of his career in Oklahoma City.

He can make upwards of 60 million dollars per season. You don't have to go to New York to get the most attention. You don't have to go to New York to get endorsements. You don't have to go to New York to deal with the stress and the pain in the ass media and the cameras in your face and the dumb questions. You don't have to go. You can hang out anywhere and you don't have to take the beating. I said this last hour, people can Shohei Ohtani to New York Yankee this and New York Met that.

They can, they can do it. The Yankees and the Mets got the money. But if I'm Shohei, I'm staying with the Dodgers.

So I'm staying in L.A. and I'm going to the Dodgers. Who wants stress? Hey, Shep, you want stress?

Absolutely not. Nobody wants stress. And that's not to say that Shohei or any other athlete would go to New York and be stress.

But there's more work now. Joey Gallo ends up on the New York Yankees. And I feel like every other month he talks about how bad he feels, how he let the Yankees down. And it bothers him that he went to the team that he grew up rooting for and the fans ate him alive. And he deserved it. He said he's not going to just have to live with that for the rest of his career. He's going to have to live with that.

For the rest of his life. Jared, do you have a quick question for you, though? Yes. You do bring up the aspect of pressure. And obviously there's that famous bite of Novak Djokovic a couple of days ago being asked about pressure.

Correct me if I'm wrong. And you alluded to it. I do think that certain pressure is unwarranted. However, you talk about the ineptitude of that Angels franchise and what they have done in his six year time frame. It's been another disaster.

Wouldn't you rather have that frustration, that stress, that pressure to an organization that does not know how to win if you spot it at the WNI? Well, that doesn't have anything to do with it because he ain't staying there. He's leaving. Right.

But so he can go. My point is it does look better. It does look better playing for the Yankees, though. It just doesn't. Well, it's not a comparison of this or that or the stress.

He didn't have a choice in the matter, or he did initially. But my point is he can stay in Los Angeles with a good chance to win with a team that has actually won more recently than the New York Yankees and not have to move. And so, yeah, of course, yeah, you can look at the New York Yankees and you can go, oh, yeah, would I rather have a chance to win than to play in the Angels? Yeah, of course.

Sure. But the real choice that's staring him in the face isn't so much about, oh, the Dodgers or, oh, am I going to stay with the Angels? Oh, I'm going to go to the Yankees. It's lifestyle. It's lifestyle. And would you rather have stress and win or would you have to be relaxed and win, especially when you've already been in a spot? And also be clear, when you're a professional athlete, a lot of the athletes, they're not staying and they're not living where they're at. And you're in the course of the season, you know, you're not home. These dudes got wild hours for a 7 p.m. game.

These players are getting to the stadium in the afternoon. 7 o'clock first pitch, 7 10 first pitch. Let's say somebody arrives at at 3 p.m. or 2 p.m.

The game finishes at approximately 9 30 to 10. You don't get in your car and you don't get home until about midnight. You go to sleep, maybe you go out, maybe you get something to eat, and then you go to sleep and you get up and you do it again. And then you do it again. And then you do it again.

And again. And then you do it again. And then you have to get on a plane and play in Arizona. And then you go to California. And then you go to Seattle. And then you go home to do it again. And then you have off time and you try to go on vacation. It's a grind.

And so if you're already grinding it out, wouldn't you want to chill? New York is great. I love New York. New York is where I'm from. I love it. But for a professional athlete, New York doesn't carry the same type of weight that it has in the past.

It does not. I don't think Aaron Rodgers woke up and said, hey, I want to go play in New York because it's New York. I think Aaron Rodgers woke up and said, I'll go to New Jersey because Hackett is there. And then he said, hey, I want to go play in New York.

And they got a good defense and they got a good team. I don't think it was so much about New York. I think Kevin Durant had an option to go to the New York Knicks and said, oh, I'll skip a river and I'll go play in Brooklyn. I think people are starting to realize, and professional athletes certainly understand this, being New York isn't enough just to attract a free agent. Having money can. Okay, Verlander goes and Scherzer goes.

Okay, yeah. And Steve Cohen had the money. I don't think it was so much about New York. You can win anywhere now.

If I'm Motani, I ain't moving. In New York, eh, overblown sports now. Hate to say it.

A lot of complaining-ass fans for no reason too. Fire everybody, fire this guy, fire that guy. Well, what do you want to do next? I'm not sure. I don't know. I just want to fire the guy.

Okay. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. 855-212-4CBS.

That's 855-212-4CBS. Let's send every eligible future free agent. Let's send everybody to New York. Let's send Otani to New York. Let's send him to the Yankees, and let's send Soto to the Mets. Let's send Soto to the Mets, and Otani to the Yankees. Let's send Otani to the Mets, and Soto to the... Let's send everybody to New York. New York.

Unlikely, right? being New York. isn't enough anymore. 855-2124 CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief Show. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio.

All the differences of opinions, all the difference of backgrounds and yet I believe all of us and all your listeners and yourself included, we can do this and always be friends. Call in now at 855-212-4CBS. It's the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on CBS Sports Radio. Been thinking about New York overall as a sports town. So many conversations about potential free agents being traded to New York whether it's Juan Soto or Shohei Otani. It's like, why don't we leave the West Coast?

Why bother? 855-212-4CBS. It's 855-212-4CBS. Jacob, he's calling from Birmingham, Alabama. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Jacob? Hey, JR. Happy Friday, man. How you doing?

I'm great, man. What's on your mind? Well, I wanted to talk about the hottest team in Georgia right now and that would be the Atlanta Patriots. I mean, the pace that they're on and certainly as most people know, it is impressive. Now, if they can keep the current pace that they're on, who's to say that this can't be one of the greatest teams that really we've ever seen?

Yeah, well, I mean, absolutely. If they go out and win 120 plus games but I I think that's a that's a nice benchmark. Who cares about that if they don't win a World Series?

I think that's the only way to go. I have to concur with you on that one because very seldom do you see the team with the best record in baseball and up and in the whole thing but what I have to say is that's what I've seen from this Braves team. They just even with the pitching being slim and kind of far between with Strider being really one of the only aces that we have along with Spenser Strider.

Yeah, kind of ties it all together. Yeah, well, we but between Freed and Soroca and some of these other injuries that they've had, it's been, it's been pretty, I don't want to say amazing but it it showcases the depth that the Braves have. I mean, who would have expected Spencer Strider to to be an all-star here just pretty much in the second season and already advanced to what he is and then also have Elder being an all-star as well. He's a dude who pretty much has been an all-star. So, yeah, to to the shock of of many, the Braves are deep.

The deepest hell. Their offense is absolutely amazing. Led by Ronald Acuna. Their pitching depth is has been just amazing. They can do better in the bullpen but all of that will go for naught. Look, they can win 115, 16, 17, 18 games. Nobody will care if they don't walk away with another World Series and that that I think that'll be one of the best 18 wins, you know.

Right. And in the years previous, there have been years where there have been rumblings like, hey, this might be the team that could do it and in 2021, I mean, nobody really expected much of the Braves. We didn't even expect to make a playoffs. We ended up winning the game. Well, now, now, the expectation is there. I I think at minimum, if the Braves aren't in the NLCS, people are just going to go, you know, at this point, it's just seeing how the rest of the season turns out and and how their health goes.

I mean, they're beating up on folks and the Braves are I think it's a matter of, hey, let's wait and see until September and October rolls around. Thank you so much Jacob for calling from Birmingham. 855-2124 CBS. Let's go from Birmingham, Alabama. Let's go to San Diego. Let's talk to Zach.

You're on the JR right now. You're the best voice in sports radio by far. There's no doubt about it. You know, I'm from San Diego but I love New York. Been out there a couple times. If I had to move anywhere, I'd be I'd be living in the old little Italy in the Bronx but anyway.

Oh, okay. New York City, great place. Great place. Maybe America's second finest city if you know what I mean but Yankees fans in particular, I think Mets fans have enough humility but Yankees fans in particular are some of the most delusional uh to just type of fans in this whole league and I just want to let all the Yankees fans know the Padres could go over the next seventy. We're not trading Juan Soto this year. We have him under control for next year. He's not going nowhere. You know, Padre, we won last our sixth of our last seven and uh you know, uh we gotta do a lot to get in the playoffs but but even if we go over the the the season, Juan Soto is not going anywhere.

I promise you that. Why is Derek Derek Jeter supposed to be the baseball guy? Why do you think Derek Derek Jeter is going to be the baseball guy? Uh because again, because New York, New York is so is so self-centered. You guys think you're the center of the universe and maybe you're the center of America. You know, it's a great city.

Great city. There's no, there's no doubt about it but it's just you, you, they're delusional. There's delusional. I, I, I, I promise you, Juan Soto is not going anywhere. Uh Shohei Otani, I promise you, he's going to stay on the west coast.

He's a Dodgers, Giants, Padres or Mariners. Yeah. And uh that's just that. You know, being a Mets fan is not easy. But Yankee fans are just, are just, I can't, I can't tell you how many trade proposals I've seen with Juan Soto in it. It's just, I'm telling you, it's not going to happen.

I, I just, all the Yankee fans, it's not going to happen. You live in a great city, you know, but it's just, it's just, it's delusion. Okay. Well, thank you, Zach for calling from San Diego. Appreciate you. He called uh New York uh fans.

He called the Yankee fans delusional. Okay. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go to Boise in Idaho. Let's talk to Tim.

Shout out to everybody listening on 93.1 out in Boise. You're on the JR Sport Reef Show. Tim, what's up?

Hey, um we're having the conversation right now. Um one of the things that uh you sparked my brain here because just a couple weeks ago, my son and I were at New York and one of the funniest things he says uh he's 12 years old. Um he's trying to name teams and he's just like, oh yeah, New York sports teams. I know the Rangers.

He's a hockey kid. Yeah. Uh no, the Knicks.

I know the Mets but I'm trying to figure out that other New York sports baseball team. Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, because he's forgetting the one franchise that never lets you forget that they exist. So I just thought it was really funny. It just really kind of tickled my memory there.

But yeah, I have to say the Yankees They definitely feel like you know, it's a privilege to do business with them. And that you should be happy that you can do it. Um I just thought it was hilarious because you know, out of the mouth of babes. Yeah, no, I mean, kids say stupid stuff. Not that your kid is stupid but they say stupid things. Oh, I don't think it's stupid at all.

I just think it's hilarious. To forget the Yankees. Oh, yeah. No, this is it. Only a kid would forget the Yankees exist.

Only a kid. Oh, yeah. Yeah, exactly. They don't want you to forget that they exist.

They don't want you to forget that they exist. Well, appreciate you. Alright, thank you. All the best. Thank you. I'm like, yeah, only a kid is going to forget the Yankees.

Only a kid. Ryan is calling from San Diego. You're on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Ryan? Hey, JR. Uh, Will Brief here. Long time Padres fan and also JR.

Appreciate the time. Um I disagree a little bit here. San Diego needs a guy who's not going to be able to get a free agency market.

He's a Scott Boris. Product as we all know, Scott was going to test that market at the end of the year. He's not going to end up in San Diego for the long run. The next few games here. The next series we got to get a win series of facilities. You got to get a win series against Toronto. If we don't so gone, we got to trade for some better people.

We all know what's got Boris. In the free agency market. Damn Well, what about all the assets that they traded?

You can see J Abrams is in Washington. What about all the guys they gave up? We've seen that though before. You know the Padres have been stepping stone for a long time. I was a bad boy and spring training in 98.

Wow. I love Padres the death but you know what I'm saying? I don't know how he's got a lot of value. I don't see us trading anybody else.

Tyler has said that he's instilled great faith with a J Prowler. So in the end, all. So does the only viable asset I see as a trade trade. Are you here? I mean, otherwise, go ahead. No, I understand. I hear that. Forget all of that.

What's going on now? I think I'm clear on on what you think you're going to do. I'm going to do it.

I'm going to do it. Oh, that's nice. Did you ever have to like grab Ken Caminiti any drugs or anything like that? No, no, absolutely not, man.

No, I'm not. Kevin powers is a good close family friend. I was fortunate to hang out with That guy. Rest in peace, Tim.

And, uh, a great a great guy he was, but not to get off subject. You know the Padres are it's a do or die right here in this new series. We we play great today.

Hopefully, we we continue this new series and we don't have to trade anybody. Well, at the end of the day, I think that's at the end of the day, we all know what Scott Morris does and you know, he's a businessman. Well, thank you, Ryan. You you've let us know that. I mean, that's what Derek Jeter said. It's do or die right now.

Just do or die. He's right. 855-212-4CBS Fernando is calling from San Diego. You're on the Gerald Sport Brief show. How are you doing?

How are you doing now? You're very talented. You know, I listen to you all the time.

Thanks. I want to talk about the NBA before that. This is a wonderful country. You know, when there's baseball and when basically it's over, you know, we got football. When it's football, we go to basketball. You know, we have all the wonderful sports.

Other countries don't have one. What what I'm really concerned is the other day when I heard that new player that went to Dallas that he went to China to get a new shoe deal. That's it hurts me because because and he got the, you know, he needed to make a new shoe deal and what really bothers me is that we have a couple owners from the NBA and a couple of players, even the superstar, they go to China, make business in China.

Meanwhile, they also kiss a slave. You know, they they it is communist. They make his money and they're treating the the basketball and the NBA. You know, the uniforms, everything, the shoes for children that they're slaves instead of make it here in America and why the why the young guys, the talent guys stay in America, make the money here. Don't don't feed the communists because they they treat slaves to make the the shoes and the uniforms and you know, money is not going to take you to heaven.

You know what I mean? Being good and and putting the money in our country is better and I love basketball. I love all sports but NBA, it hurts me but the owners and the players making deals in China. Well, what about baseball? Baseball got Nike on the side of their uniform. Yeah, baseball too. Everybody's it it it it it it it hurts. It hurts because you know, those slaves are doing that.

You know, those are really. It must be but why is it specifically the NBA and everybody's wearing it though? Yeah, I don't know. I don't know. Everybody. Well, yeah, it's everybody. I just, you know, because I love basketball. You know, it's why even companies are going to to China. Why that the young Fernando Fernando Fernando Fernando. Yes, sir.

First, the guy's name in Dallas is Kyrie Irving. Right. And second of all, it's a global economy.

Everybody has to give and take a little bit and there are double standards all over the world and everything that you could think of. I think that's the summation of of what you just said. Otherwise, we could talk about this for hours. We could teach a class. Somebody is teaching a class on us right now.

Globalization is real. Fernando, I appreciate you for calling from San Diego, man. Thank you. We can talk about that forever. It's the JR Sport Show on CBS Sports Radio.

I ain't going to be here forever but I'll be here for a few more hours. I'm going to get some more of your calls on the other side of the break. That's eight five five two one two for CBS. That's eight five five two one two for CBS.

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If you live in Arizona, I got some good news for you. A matter of fact, if you're a sports fan, good news to you in the future as well. I'll explain on the other side of the break. I'm going to get some more of your calls. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief on CBS Sports Radio.

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Thanks for taking my call, man. I really like your show, dawg. It's a great show that we listen to up here whenever we're out. We get the chance. Let me say I love your show, man.

I live in Brookhaven, Georgia, right? And I'm a truck driver. You make my night every night that you on the air. I want to say that. Call in now at eight five five two one two for CBS. Oh, listen to me. You make my night by listening. I appreciate you. Eight five five two one two four CBS.

That's eight five five two one two four CBS. You know, I have some exciting news for all of my my friends in Arizona. And so what I'm going to do because I don't want to I don't want to rush it here in this break. I'm going to share it with you at the top of the hour. If you happen to be in Phoenix, Arizona, man or the metropolitan area in Phoenix, you should be thrilled. I'll explain at the top of the hour and then I hope this is something what I'm going to share with you that spreads all across North America. We have some callers who've been waiting patiently on the phone lines. I want to talk to them and then I'm going to share the good news at the top of the hour.

Let's go to I guess Orange County. Let's talk to Mike. You're on CBS Sports Radio. What's up, Mike?

I think it's Mike. What's up, Mike? Hey, how are you doing?

I'm amazing. What's on your mind? So I just had this thought that the Padres, you know why they got rid of Cruz? Cruz Nelson Cruz. Oh, Nelson. Yeah, because he's old and he stinks.

No, that was to make space for Shohei Ohtani Not just him, but also this young phenom phenom coming out of Lake Elsnore. He's a catcher Jacob JC Cromwell. Look him up. He's a stud. Thank you, Mike.

I got a question for you, Mike. What you been doing tonight? Just hanging out.

What does that mean though? Hanging out where? At my house. Okay. You having fun? Yeah. All right. Thank you, man. You have a good night.

Appreciate you. Okay. Hey, Shep, you sure he's at his house?

No. In a warehouse. Does he know where he is?

He does not know where he is. Well, what do you think you've been doing in the house? I think some of it has to do with a cylinder. I'll leave it at that. A cylinder? Yeah. Well, explain.

Continue. Well, what do people drink out of? Right?

A can is a cylinder? Yeah. Yeah.

Technically speaking. You think he's been drinking? That's the way he slurred his words. That's beer, right? That's not vodka. That's not vodka slurring.

Correct. Now, what I will say is I don't know everybody who calls this show speech pattern. So, I can't say for sure, hey, JR, this person, because that's not fair of me. That may naturally be how that person sounds. To say that that guy sounds like he was drinking? I'll say it.

I got no shit sounding. If he wasn't, my apologies. I'm sorry. Got you. I guess when it comes to that, I want to be respectful.

Understanding that some people may just slur the words in general. Sure. Well, I'm not going to... Well, he sounded like he had some beers.

Okay? Yeah, he did. Can we just say it sounded like he had some beers? Friday night, he was from Orange County.

Is that what he was saying? OC or Orange County? Yes, he was from OC, yes. Orange County. Yeah, he was having some beers then.

Okay. He was having some beers. Hey, John is calling from San Diego. Maybe he had some beers. Hey, John, have you had some beers tonight? Yeah, you bet I have.

How many? Well, slow down, John. Slow down. All right, all right, all right. Sorry, sorry.

It's okay. How many beers have you had? I'm about six in.

About six in. Six? You've had six beers tonight? It's the light beers. It's the light beers. What type of light beer? Coors Light. Coors Light. Six Coors Light, you've been running to the restroom, what, every 15 minutes? Yeah, you're about to do. Yeah, pretty much.

Once you pop the cork, you know, here we go. Oh, I know. I like his laugh.

His laugh is funny. Oh, that's funny. Hey, listen, John, I feel bad for any, there's somebody listening to us right now. My apologies as I've been there. Yeah, no, that's all right. That's all right. No, no, no, listen, John, John.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. People are listening to us all over North America. There are a lot of people in their vehicles right now. They gotta pee. And we talking about peeing.

Somebody's peeing themselves right now. It's terrible. That's true. That's true. Anyway, sorry, go ahead.

This is a crass conversation. All right, so, you know, now I'm hearing, I'm hearing these, you know, cause I'm, you know, I'm a Padre fan. You know, that's, that's my National League team. My, my American League team is White Sox.

I was from Chicago. That sucks for you. Go ahead. So, yeah, I know, especially, yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly, exactly. Well, it sucks both ways, actually, right now. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Go ahead.

Well, well, it kind of does. I mean, you know, the Padres, all right, what I'm getting at, my, my main thing is everybody is getting on Juan Soto. Yeah, trade his ass, you know, do that.

My thing is, is no, you know, don't trade them. You know, he's still, he's getting comfortable, you know, you keep him, you keep him another year and he's going to be fine. He's already, you know, he's already, it took, man, I don't know, I don't know what his whole thing was, but it took him a long time to get, to get, to get revved up and yeah, that's the time zones. Maybe it's the time zones. I don't know. It might be, it might be the time zone thing, you know, but I think he's very comfortable and, and yeah, I was thinking, and that my other note of this was, yeah, there was that possibility. There was a talk at getting Ohtani, but now that ain't going to happen.

That ain't going to happen. You know, you're a man of reason, John. I appreciate you. Are you having more beer after six? Are you done? Oh no, I'm well, it's Friday night, brother.

You know, so what does that mean? You going to have six more? Yeah, buddy. Yeah.

Sorry. Whoa. Yeah. You betcha. Twelve beers?

Twelve? Okay. Well, well, it's Coors Light, man. So it's basically only, it's, it's basically I don't know if I've ever had a Coors Light. I don't know.

I've had a Bud Light, but, but I'll still drink a Bud Light. I don't care. Hey, thank you, John. Alright. Alright, JR. You take care of my friend. We'll talk to you soon, huh? Thank you so much. Thanks, JR.

Call any time. I haven't had a Coors, have I? I don't think I've ever had a Coors Light in my life.

And if I did, it was one. A light beer. Light beer.

Well, you don't lighten the calories, right? Hey, Shep, you like, do you like beer, Shep? I'm more of a pinot noir type of individual, JR. You like wine? I love wine.

Okay, well, that's fine. But do you, do you not like beer? Just say you like beer. No, I liked beer when I was like 18. 18?

And you're not supposed to be drinking beer when you're 18. Oh. I had a separate...

So, what happened? You turned 21 and you just got sophisticated? I turned 21. I was like, look, I had beer when I was a freshman, sophomore in college.

And so it's time to upgrade. What beer, what beers were you drinking? Heineken. Heineken. You know, Coors Light, Miller Light. Coors Light. So it's Coors Light.

Budweiser. What's the purpose? Just for the calories?

I think just to keep it light. But also to get the thrill of, you know, excitement of drinking beer. Hey, listen, I went to a NASCAR race in Michigan. And I don't know, man, they were handing out, I think it was Bud Light. Yeah, Bud Light.

Shout out to Bud Light. What's a NASCAR race without a six pack, right? Six? Oh, man.

Okay, 12. Excuse me. People sideways all over the infield, man.

It was nuts. I know Bud Light is in the news a lot for not good reasons. It's just, it's beer, people.

Come on, now. Just beer. Drink it. It's beer. Who cares? Beer.

Big deal. Anyway, a matter of fact, Charles Barkley had some interesting comments to say surrounding that whole Bud Light fiasco. We'll play that for you on the other side.

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