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You don't gotta even lift a finger. We've had a fun show so far. Thank you so much. Kennington Smith came through and joined us from The Athletic. Talked all things Alabama football and SEC.
Kalyn DeBoer was introduced today. Spoke to the media. Seems like a fun guy. People like him.
Not like Saban. We talked USA basketball. USA men are getting all warmed up and ready for the Olympics.
They smashed Serbia 105-79. We talked about the MLB All-Star game from last night. And in 20 minutes from now, we're going to have a conversation with Jason Mackey from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Hickey found something. Hickey, you found somebody fast, man. That was quick.
Hey, those thumbs when you want it, they work for you. Yeah, that man found somebody fast. Well, I've been asking about Paul Skeans. I'm going to ask Jason Mackey if this guy has a pulse. Because he looks like he looks like an accountant. Looks like he enjoys bologna sandwiches, just bologna and bread. He has the personality of a cardboard box. But I'm sure he's fun, right? The guy's dating. What's this woman's name?
Livvy Dunn. Gotta be fun. Has to be. Has to be. 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. And then right before the break, we also talked about Bill Belichick. Tom Pelissaro says, yeah, Nick Saban is sitting around doing a lot of television right now. Bill Belichick, he ain't trying to sit around doing TV. This is just one stop for Bill Belichick as he wants to come back and coach next year. And I guess he has to wait for one of these hotshot coaches or not a hotshot coach, but he has to wait for one of these coaches on a hot seat to get the boot. Hickey and I talked about some of the teams that that could be.
Hickey brought up some good ones. Hickey said like Jacksonville. Maybe Buffalo he wakes up and says, hey, I want to get back at the Patriots. I said the Dallas Cowboys maybe if he wants to deal with Jerry Jones. I mean, the Eagles, Nick Sirianni fails with the Eagles and they just say, hey, get out of here. We don't want you. Harry Roseman is like goodbye.
We'll see. 855-212-4227 or Bill Belichick could wake up next year at this time and still not have a coaching job. 855-212-4227. Todd is calling from Wisconsin. Todd, you're on the JR sport re-show here on the Infinity Sports Network. What's up?
Hey, JR. First of all, I want to start. You are absolutely awesome. This is a tremendous show.
Hickey as your sidekick is incredible. Getting to Belichick. I personally am a huge Packer fan. I just would think that the one fit for Belichick would be the Chicago Bears.
They get set up perfectly for him. He's done. I just can't believe they brought him back this year. But I think it's beneficial for the Bears that they did bring him back. He will suck again this year and I think Belichick is the man for that job. You don't think with all the influx of talent and especially on the offensive side of the ball with Williams and Odunze, no confidence that they'll be able to maybe even maybe compete for a wildcard?
You know, it's a possibility. Wildcard, you know, and I guess for the Bears that's their Super Bowl because that's what it seems like it has to be. Like I said, being a huge Packer fan, I do love the Bears. It's one of the teams that, you know, the history of the Bears and everything, I love that team. And I do hate to see what happens to that team every year, year in and year out. But like I said, being a Packers fan, also on the other side, doesn't hurt me to see them lose every year. But if they want to get this stuff right, I think that's the way they need to go.
Hey, when you think about George Hollis and the potential of Bill Belichick to coach the same team and maybe even break the record, that would be pretty amazing to see. Hey, Todd, thank you for calling from Wisconsin, man. You take it easy. You're the man. Appreciate it.
Thank you so much. Hickey, that would be cool, right? I could see Belichick in Chicago.
That seems like more of a match, right? It would be, look, it would be another good spot. A lot of talent there. I mean, there's a lot of belief, right? Or I guess an assumption that Caleb Williams will pan out how we think he will. So as long as Bill is OK with still a younger, we'll say, even in a year, you know, one year in unproven QB. Look, guy knows how to win and there's been, you know, not a lot of winning in Chicago.
We're going to find out sooner than later. Well, I mean, over the next several months before this year is up, we're going to know who and what Caleb Williams is at the NFL level. And all things considered, people expect him to be good.
Do I think he's going to wake up and throw 30 touchdowns? No, but I think they're going to win, especially with all of the offensive talent. You know, I only mentioned Roma Dunze, who they just drafted. They were also able to bring in DeAndre Swift. They got Keenan Allen, who's over from from I want to call them San Diego every time. So damn bad.
Los Angeles. Cole Komet is still there. Like Caleb Williams has weapons to work with.
If he is not out there just turning the ball over, they should be good. At minimum, they should be average eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven an average for a rookie quarterback. The guy taking number one overall. Hey, sign me up. Douglas calling from Ohio. You're on the J.R. sport show. Douglas, you're live on the radio.
OK, Douglas, Douglas had to make a bathroom run. John is here from Arkansas. You're on the J.R. sport show. Hey, what's up, J.R.? What's going on? Hey, just wanted to say real quick, I listen to you.
I called a couple of times. Real good show. Love it. But this guy just said he's a Packers and a Bears fan. So you heard me laughing at him.
Here's the part. And I think I understand where he was coming from. He appreciates the Bears. He appreciates the history of the Bears. He also said he enjoys seeing the Bears lose.
And so I can understand that. Like you can you can respect the tradition and the history of a team, but then also still want to see him lose. I think that's where he was going. I don't think this guy was saying he likes the Lakers and the Clippers and the Yankees and the Mets. No, I don't I don't think he was Red Sox and Yankees. No, I just I think the man just appreciates football.
And he said it very clearly. He likes to see the Bears lose to. All right. All right. I'll accept that. But, you know, I know people who say they're like Chiefs fans and Broncos fans. That's not allowed, man. Well, I mean, we can go on and on for for for teams that fans that are rivals. Look, fans are very fickle, John, as you know.
And thank you for calling from Arkansas. Is there anything worse than let's think about the trifecta? Is there anything worse than a Yankees, Lakers and a Cowboys fan? Like. I can pretty much assume you were maybe what?
Probably. No, not even you could you could be from the 70s into the 80s into the 90s. You could be in the 90s because you think about the Dallas Cowboys. And you can think 80s, think 90s, Yankees, think late 90s, Lakers, late 90s, 80s. Nothing worse than front running fans.
But you know what? I can't knock a quote unquote casual fan. I can't. Like find me. Please find me. A fan of both the Yankees and the Red Sox.
Find a find that person for me. Is it possible? Hickey, is that possible? He says anything is possible. I bet you there's at least one person that roots for both. No doubt about it. How could you be a Yankees and a Red Sox?
How how is that possible? I'm sure they have one they favor more than the other. But hey, you know, as long as they're not playing, I want both to win.
Could somebody less like saying is someone out here of a Michigan and Ohio State fan? You can't do that. I mean. Can you? You can't do that. Impossible. I think in this country there is there is one of those in every city.
No. How how do you like Michigan? Hickey, I was on the campus of the Ohio State University. They have M's crossed out in like street signs and textbooks. Oh, yeah.
Every single M. Every. Yeah. It's look, it's people take different, you know, levels of intensity.
And I think there are some people, whether it's, you know, hey, my dad went here, my mom went there or. So now I'm a fan of both? I think there is definitely people that you'd be shocked to hear that are truly fans of both, even in the most bitter of rivals.
Well, Hickey, I like. I like I root for all the New York teams. You know, I like the Yankees. I like the Mets.
If the Yankees are playing the Mets, I hope the Yankees smash them. I like the Jets. I got no problem with the Giants. But if the Jets play, the Giants hope they kill them. I like the Falcons. If the Falcons are playing the Jets, I hope the Jets whoop that ass.
But it's just like realistic rivals, just if you're casual. Like, I can't imagine you said it exists, I guess, because it's two parents, a parent goes here, a parent goes there. Maybe I can understand if you are. What's the Kelsey's mama name? We don't need to know her name.
It's not important, right? Donna Donna Kelsey. Damn, you remember her name? How about I was thrown in our face, you know, every day.
It feels like during football season. I called her Kelsey, the Kelsey's mama. And you go, Donna, Donna, I would not have remembered her name for the life of me. Today's show, every interview she's been around.
What does she wear? Because the two. Well, obviously, because the two sons, like unless and then that they weren't even necessarily rivals.
I mean, outside of Super Bowl, unless you're that mother and you got to roll up wearing like a split jersey, like there's no other reason to root for these teams. I know the McCordy twins. I know their mom. I don't remember. Hickey, you know their mama name?
No, no, no, not that one. And the McCordy's mama. McCordy shout outs to Jason and Dev. Great guys. Excellent human beings.
I love them. Like unless you're that mama and you got a half Patriots jersey and a half Dolphins jersey or whatever the hell else Jason was playing at the time. Reasonable, reasonable. But no more this two teams split jersey rival stuff. Unless you're casual. Unless you really are not a true fan, like. Go ahead. Be a Clippers and a Lakers fan. Go for it. Be a White Sox and a Cubs. Be a Michigan and Ohio State fan.
Go for it. Just just a casual fan. And on the other hand, I think we've reached the space of fandom. Where a lot of people aren't necessarily fans of teams. They're fans of individuals.
I learned this a long time ago. My younger cousin told me, I said, oh, you like the Oklahoma City Thunder? He's like, no, I don't like the Oklahoma City Thunder. I like Russell Westbrook.
And I had to go, oh, excuse me. So wherever Russell Westbrook goes, you're a fan. Yeah, OK, I get it.
That's news. Me, I just like the teams. I could give a damn about the names on the back.
Just tell me about the front. Yeah. Hey, Jay, I called you a few times, man. I do love your show.
You're awesome. But I'll tell you straight up, you don't you don't even know how bad it is up here in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with Green Bay Packer fans. It's nuts. There should be there should be Lions fans. We're Michigan. They're Green Bay Packer fans. And I'm just like, so there's a there's a hell of a rivalry up here between Lions and Packers in Upper Peninsula.
Let's put it that way. When you go below the bridge, that's all Lions fans. But up here in Upper Peninsula, it's mostly Packers fans.
Well, I would I would imagine the majority. Well, thank you, Sean. I appreciate that.
Well, it's only four hours away, so I think they can get to Lambeau pretty quick, you know, when they go watch a game. But yeah, it's crazy up here. Reasonable. Well, thank you, Sean. You're welcome, brother. All right. No doubt about it. Yeah, I'm not going that far up. Corey is here from Wisconsin.
You're on the JR Sport Reshow. Hey, what's up, guys? I just want to put my two cents in here. And I argue about this with my friends and family constantly because I have a lot of people that are always telling me that they have two favorites or this is their favorite thing. They also have a favorite of another thing. And it drives me nuts because the definition of favorite is the single sole one that you like the most. So you can be a fan of multiple teams, but it can't be your favorite team. Your favorite team is one team and you got to pick. Can't pick.
Then you're a fan of no one. Damn. Well, damn. Corey, what do you teach English?
Damn. Hickey, what is that? What is that guy's problem? He must be an English teacher. He's sitting around studying a dictionary. What's his problem? Damn. This man went to Merriam Webster to make an argument about fandom.
Is it that serious? I don't think so. You can have as many eight. Listen to me.
J.R. wisdom. You can have as many favorite teams as you want me. I don't care. Have three favorite teams. Be a fan of the Royals. The White Sox and the Tigers.
Let all three be your favorite. It's the J.R. sport we show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. We're going to take a break. And speaking of baseball, we're going to have a chat with Jason Mackey from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. I need to find out about Paul Skeens. I need to know if Skeens has a pulse.
I need to know if he has a personality. I need to know how to all star game was. We'll talk to Jason Mackey on the other side of the break.
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Hoping that this man can answer them. We're now being joined by Jason Mackey from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Jason, thank you for taking the time to join us. Of course. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it. No doubt. Well, first of all, how was the experience out in Arlington?
Not bad. They did a good job. It was fun covering Skeans and watching him pitch. That was my favorite part of it. Yeah, these All-Star games are busy and crazy and fun and a lot of stuff to write and a lot of intrigue. Very much enjoyed them. It was an experience and they did an excellent job as a host, as you would expect for Arlington.
Well, I'm going to ask you about Skeans in a second. Did you get a chance and help me? Maybe they changed the carpet. Is it still a pink carpet? Is it still pink? For walking in or what do you think? Yeah, it's T-Mobile pink carpet with all the athletes, those All-Stars walking in.
No? No, I can very much confirm that the carpet was red. I was standing right on it as Shohei Ohtani walked in and Paul Skeans walked in and ended up tracking down Libby Dunn to talk a little bit about Pittsburgh and those guys getting acclimated to our city. I was on the red carpet yesterday, can't confirm it is red.
Okay, no longer sponsored by that phone company then. Jason Mackey is joining us on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. You talk about Paul Skeans. He was the guy that everybody wanted to see last night.
We even got the matchup with Aaron Judge as he decided to hit the ball to third base. Is Paul Skeans a human being? He seems so relaxed, so chill.
I'd have to imagine when the microphone's off and he's hanging out with his girlfriend. He's a goofball, right? He has to have a personality. Paul is a great dude. And he's very much human, yes. I should ask him that on Friday.
Be like, are you a human? But he's got a fun personality. He's a really, really, really good kid. I've known Paul from the time they drafted him, the very first starting affiliated ball.
Had a pretty good relationship with him. Think the world of him. Get on the mound and he's a machine. Put him in settings like the All-Star game and he handles himself extremely well. I had a couple national people say to me, I can't believe how mature he is. He comes off as somebody 10 years older.
I would completely agree with that. We in Pittsburgh see him prepare a lot and how much he puts into studying the other team's lineup. When I go back to spring training, you see a 22-year-old kid, not often, a day he's not pitching. He's got a laptop out and going through spreadsheets and scouting reports. He's a very mature, very intentional kid.
But yeah, he's got a fun side to him. Jason Mackie is here with us from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. There's been a lot said about the games that he's been pulled from, throwing no hitters. Obviously, we all want to see him pitching for the next decade plus.
What are your thoughts on what we might see the rest of the season? Are they going to hold the reins tight? Are we going to see him pitch through the year? Are they going to slow him down?
What do you think? So they went at this a specific way to try to avoid a shutdown like Strasburg in 2010. They started him extremely slow, started him in the minor leagues.
He was like two, three innings a start. And the goal, honestly, JR, is to keep him pitching the entire season. That's a win for the Pirates if that happens because that means they're contending and they want to keep schemes going. They need to have enough of a pitching staff to make that happen. They'll probably go to a six-man rotation. But that's the plan is to keep him pitching.
Now, if they lose and tumble out of contention, yeah, they'll probably shut them down. And they have been very conservative with them on pitch counts. And I understand why. I don't love them pulling him out of the no-hitter. People are going to have negative opinions about that.
And I certainly get it. I just I hate the overall climate of baseball where you're pulling a guy out. Ninety-nine pitches in the seventh inning. I mean, they would they hardly would be the only one that did that. But yeah, I mean, they're going to try to get all the way through with Paul. Well, when you think about the team and hole right now, they're sitting at five hundred forty eight and forty eight.
You think about the expansion of the playoffs. What are your thoughts on the Pirates as a whole actually ending up with one of those spots? Yeah, I mean, I think they have a chance. Yeah, they put themselves in a pretty cool spot with their starting pitching.
And Mitch Keller, you've probably heard that name, Jared Jones, the other young guy, along with schemes. Even Bailey Falter has been really good for them. And their bullpen has gotten a lot better as the year has gone on. So to me, if you're keeping the runs against total down, which they largely have, it gives them a chance. Now, the question I have with the Pirates is their offense. It's been too inconsistent. And that's why they've lost a lot of games. They haven't been able to score enough runs.
So that's the big chatter, the big talking point here. Are they going to add to the offense? Are they going to bring in a bat?
So, I mean, I think it's there. I think it's an opportunity that we haven't had a lot in Pittsburgh to see the Pirates playing meaningful baseball late in the season. That's what, certainly, Pirates fans want. They want the team to, you know, add a bat or two and try to make a push.
So, yeah, I think it's certainly possible. Jason Mackie is here with us, the JR Sport Reshow, coast to coast. You know, I've been out to Pittsburgh.
I love it. I've walked by, you know, the stadium when they've been in the doldrums. And the place is still filled with fans full of enthusiasm. And I have to go, man, these people are coming to be punished, but there's some real diehards. How has the attitude towards the team changed, if any, over the past month or so?
Has the electricity jumped up just a little bit? It's an awesome place to live and work, man. And I was born here. I've lived here for basically all my life.
I'm 40 years old. It's crazy. You know, people just want the Pirates to be good.
That's all. They just want them to be competitive. It's a great baseball market.
Now, over the past one or two months, it's been an interesting place. Because the Pirates, for the longest time, they couldn't win or lose more than, you know, about two in a row. And so, you know, they win two and everybody's all excited to say, we're back, go to the playoffs. You know, and then they lose two and everybody freaks out and says, you know, fire everybody and sell the team.
So, I mean, you're like very, very opposite ends of the spectrum. And it's coming from a place of emotion. You want to see the team do well. It has been unexplainable to a degree how they can look really, really good and then really, really bad the next day. And a lot of times that happens at the plate. So, I mean, you know, I think there's a recognition here, JR, of just what the Pirates have in front of them.
People, you know, want to see them reach their potential. You know, you could encapsulate the Pirates in one player if you look at O'Neal Cruz. Like, he's so exciting, so fun, can do so many freakish things.
And then he does things that make you want to throw your remote control to. So, I mean, that's kind of where the Pirates have been. Yeah, well, I mean, for a team that's sitting at 500 right now, sounds plenty of reasonable. Jason Mackey is joining us from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I know you're still on your way back from Dallas, Arlington, DFW. I'm trying.
What does that mean? So, I flew into Atlanta today and I was there for about three and a half hours before they canceled my connecting flight. And then I just said to heck with it and I got a flight tomorrow morning. So, I'm going to spend an extra night in Atlanta. You're staying out here? Oh, you're my neighbor. Good for you. We're neighbors.
We're neighbors for a night. Do you need a suggestion where to, like, lose money tonight? You need a suggestion? I think I'm good on the money-losing part. I've done my share. I think I'm just going to grab some dinner, go to sleep, and make my flight in the morning. But maybe another. I hear that, Jason. Hey, did Hickey, did someone steal his phone? I guess, yeah.
Not only is he not going to spend money, he's not going to spend any more time with us. That's it. Oh, man. What happened? Did a stripper kidnap him? He came to Atlanta. He got jacked by a stripper.
Oh, my goodness. Smart man hung up before he could incriminate himself. Marco, did you just hear what happened? You scared him, man. That's what that was.
I said, do you want to lose money in Atlanta? And next thing you know, Jason just disappeared off the face of the earth. He freaked out. He was like, you know what? I'm not dealing with this. The hell with you, JR. You're not getting me in trouble. I thought my next question was going to be about Livvy Dunn.
Oh, here he is. Hey, Jason, what happened? I thought you got kidnapped by a stripper. I can assure you that I did not. You invited me to Atlanta and then I probably seemed like I hung up on you.
I did not. I'm sorry. Listen, that is a very Atlanta thing to do. People call me, they say I'm here. What do you think I do?
I go click, too, so don't worry about it. Anyway, you did say, speaking of Pittsburgh, forget the city that I live in, talking about Pittsburgh, you said you were talking to both Skeans and Livvy Dunn about the city. How have they embraced the city? Have they been to, like, Primanti's yet? Are they sick of it?
What's going on? I think so. I think they've been to Primanti's.
It was kind of a cool thing. Whenever Paul was selected to the All-Star Game, Livvy got, like, balloons and Primanti's sandwiches from Primanti's. I don't know if they actually ate them, I should ask. With her shape, if she ate one, would she, like, live? I don't know.
That's a lot of miles on the treadmill to knock that off. I don't know, but I do love my Primanti's. But no, in all seriousness, they both have genuinely loved it, and I was asking Livvy about that on the red carpet. And, like, I'd like to think that Pittsburgh's a pretty respectful city if we see people out, you know, you can, you know, give them their space, maybe acknowledge, wave, etc.
But don't be an idiot, and we try not to be that. You know, Paul was out with Jared Jones at a concert, and people were kind of disrespectful, hanging out with them. I mean, they're absolutely, you know, celebrities and then some. Here, you know, there was a picture of them on a boat cruising the Allegheny River with the Roberto Clemente Bridge in the background, like, you know, he's living his best life in Pittsburgh. But yeah, they've found it extremely cool. Livvy talked about that. Paul's talked about that a bunch.
They're having the time of their lives and really enjoying themselves. That's a beautiful thing. Beautiful thing. Well, listen, I'm gonna let you get some rest, Jason. I wish you nothing but the best on your way from the wonderful airport we have here back up to Pittsburgh. And then we'll catch you on down the line and talk some more schemes.
Where can people follow you and all your work with the Pittsburgh Post Gazette? All right, posthypinggazette.com will get you to our content and then the at jmackiepg on Twitter. And thank you so much for having me. It's my pleasure. I listen to you as a fan and an honor to be on. No, I appreciate the time. We'll be chatting up real soon. Thank you so much to my main man, Jason Mackie.
It's the JR Sport re-show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. Now, before we do, Marco, have you had the Primanti sandwich down in Pittsburgh? Once.
I did once. Very good. Oh, my God. Very good. And I thought I was going to have a heart attack after that, man.
Let's say this. I got to go back because it's got to be 20 years ago. It did hit you hard, but it was really good. But I do have to go back because I feel like I got to taste it again.
It's been too long. I kind of forgot how it tastes. Hickey, are you familiar with this sandwich? Had one on campus back at school, so very. Oh, my God.
They had they had one at Penn State. Oh, yeah. That's actually one of the bars we went to, like a ton. Very popular.
Oh, my God. I didn't even know they had more than one. I thought there was just one spot in Pittsburgh. Yeah, I thought there was a couple in Pittsburgh. I didn't know they had it on campus. Branching out. I didn't realize that.
They have moved east. Man, because that sandwich, for anyone not familiar, it's like what is it? It's like Texas toast and French fries and and mayonnaise. And what's the meat on there?
What is it? Well, you can get I think you can get anything you want on it. But that was the thing that I like is it was the coleslaw. But it wasn't mayonnaise. It was like an oil and vinegar coleslaw because I'm not a mayonnaise guy.
So that's why I dug it. But I think you can put whatever you want, whether, you know, cheesesteak, roast beef, turkey, like you could put whatever the hell you want on it. They make it in front of you. You know, the thing is on the other side. You want you. I feel I felt like I walked out of there and I smelled like I worked there for like a week.
OK. And I felt like it, too. That place is good. I may have to eat that once every 10 years if my body can handle this good.
But I would not advise you. Hickey, we talk about you can't be a fan of like two particular teams. You know, there is somebody that is eating a Primanti sandwich every day. Somebody is.
I would agree. That's probably a Steelers and a Browns fan. Somebody and they're rich, too, because what is that saying with like 15, 16 bucks?
Not cheap. You're right. Yes. That's like what's the what's the one down on Houston, Cats?
Oh, Cats is Deli. Yeah. Is this somebody?
I don't know. No, no, no, no. Is it?
Nobody goes to Cats. Is this is there one guy that goes to Cats every day? Probably. Oh, damn. Yeah. Hundred percent. Oh, my God. Now, one sandwich is how much in it? Thirty bucks.
Probably at least right now. It's a heavy pastrami. Like they give you a lot of meat.
That's a mountain of meat. Now I'm done on that. No, I had it once and I think I got through half the sandwich.
I can't. No, I one is too damn expensive. I don't spend thirty five, forty dollars for a sandwich and two like you don't need that much pastrami in your life.
Never mind in one sandwich. Yeah. You know, that was the place I'd go every bunch of years. You know, you know, I haven't been in a couple of years. Cats.
OK, let's go to Cats. And I think I'm retired on that. I'm good.
I think I've been enough in my life. I'll save my 30 bucks and implementation, man, because that's where I need to go. You know what I need? No, not not the three of us. If we open up a sandwich place and just make it heavy that we can make money like these places. Is that the key? We have to make food that will kill you and that you can only eat once every three years. But one guy can eat it every day and stay alive. That's what we need.
I feel like you'd mess up your your client base, but apparently it works. So you might be onto something. They got a place in Vegas, the heart. It was a place for a heart attack. What is it? You know what I'm talking about?
It's called a heart attack. That's tremendous. I think I'd go just for that.
They sell T-shirts. I survived the heart attack. Definitely. Yes. The place is called like the Heart Attack Grill or something like that.
And when you go in, you got to they you can wear a nurse's gown and they have a scale there as well. Marco, I'm not joking. I wish I was joking.
I wish I was. Yeah, I'm good with the heart attack. I'm good with it. I don't need a gown. I don't need a scale. You know, like you're going to fill me up with something that's going to repeat on me for a week. And I'm going to feel like I can't breathe and bloated for three weeks. I don't need to know what the scale says.
And I'm not putting on a gown. And there's something about if you go over the scale, you eat for free. I don't know.
Or you get something. The rest of the restaurant. The restaurant serves deliberately unhealthy junk food that is high in fat, sugar and cholesterol, which if eaten frequently may increase the chance of a heart attack, hence the name.
And so here's a here's a terrible story. And the establishment is a hospital themed restaurant. The nurses are waitresses. The doctors are waiters. They give prescriptions to the patients who happen to be the customers.
The patients can wear hospital gowns and wristbands. Those who do not finish their food will receive a paddle spanking by one of the nurses. OK, now that part I was not aware of. But what I do know is there was a gentleman, there was a fellow who ate at the Heart Attack Grill every day. He ate there so much. They made him like the mascot, put him in commercials. And Marco Belletti, you want to know what happened to this man? Dead?
Yes. Where? What do you mean where? Where did it happen?
Oh, no, no, no. I don't I don't think he died in the restaurant. When you when I assumed honestly, when Marco said dead and you said, well, I'm like, well, sweetie, I don't know. We're dead.
Where did he die? I mean, I don't know. You know, does he have like his little seat?
Also, as you know, they made a golden seat where he sat. I don't know. Well, I think we're passing over. It seems a little risque to like some with the paddling. I feel like there's there's kind of a crossover here, not just the bad food. I feel like we're heading into like brothel territory.
It's Vegas. I thought that you're going to tell me where he died in the brothel right after. No, no, he didn't. No, he died due to the die from the spanking.
No, I could handle the activity after the whole. No, I think he died from the burgers. OK, it was the burgers, heart attack grill. The spanking's on the side. That man finished his food. OK, that man finished his food. You get a spanking if you don't finish your food. With it or on the side. Oh, my God. Oh, man.
Take a burger, fries, spanking on the side. It's Las Vegas. What a place. Anyway, I would never go in that place, although I'm the guy who's eaten 10 pound sandwiches once every couple of years, but not every day.
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That's 855-212-4227. What an amazing guest we just had on. Thank you again to Jason Mackey from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette for joining us in the last break to talk about everything MLB All-Star related.
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Hickey I should ask him out after the show. Shouldn't I? Right. He needs to go to bed though. He doesn't need to hang out with me.
I'll say not great when you're talking about that and the phone quote unquote accidentally drops. I shouldn't know he has he has his flight is early. He didn't say I assume but he didn't say you know, we're going to find out.
We'll find out. He should be off till Friday, right? So we got to you know, stay out late tonight. Maybe have Thursday's recovery.
No, no, no. He got up. You got a plate. We'll figure it out in the break. OK, Hickey. We'll see you in a break. It's only a short flight, but you know, you're only in Atlanta once for a cancel flight. Hickey.
I'm trying to go to sleep tonight by myself. Eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. It's eight five five two one two forty two twenty seven. What do we got here? Well, A, at the top of the hour, we got a new top six list, of course, because it's Wednesday. We're going to talk about the top six NFL rookies to watch in twenty twenty four.
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I'm going to tell you the top rookies that you need to pay attention to and why. Let's go to Nathan. Nathan is calling from Wisconsin. You're on the J.R. sport. Show us up, Nathan.
Hey, J.R. I just wanted to when you were talking about the heart attack grill in Las Vegas. Yes. So the deal is if you're over three hundred and fifty pounds, you get to eat free and. They cook everything in large. Oh, my God.
And it's the only place that will sell you lucky strike cigarettes unfiltered. On top of it. And yeah, if you don't eat your meal. Yeah, either the nurses spank you for what for how many bites you had left. Well, how do they know? Oh, because they keep track and then they figure out how many bites are left from your burger that you didn't finish.
They can look at a burger and go, there are six bites left. So you get six weapons or spanking six. Oh, yeah.
Yep. If you look it up on YouTube, they're not white spanking either. They actually use a paddle and they make you bend over on a bar. And yeah, they crack you good. Now, is this this is something that you have only seen on YouTube or have you experienced this?
I haven't experienced it. I had a friend that went out there because he's about the same size as me, about 420 ish. Oh, damn. You can go eat for fun. I'm jealous. I got to pay for mine.
I got to pay. How much is a burger? Yeah, it all depends on what you get.
So like if you get like a single burger, but it comes with a whole bunch of toppings. If I remember correctly, it's like five or six bucks. Oh, that's cheap. OK, in Vegas, that's cheap. That is cheap for Vegas. OK, right.
But they also had the heart attack one that you're thinking of. I believe it's eight patties, excuse me, 12 slices of cheese. What?
A whole bunch of pickles, lettuce, onion, and I want to say 14 strips of bacon. No. Yeah. Yeah. OK. That that'll put somebody crazy like that.
That'll put somebody in a hospital that'll put them six feet under. Yeah. Well, Nathan. Oh, yeah. You said and you said and. Yeah, there's more. What's the more. Oh, no, no, that's OK.
I got to hit commercial. Nathan, don't don't ever go to that place, OK? Don't ever eat there. Don't do it. Oh, I know. All right. Good man. Good man. Well, thank you. Thank you, J.R. My man, Nathan from Wisconsin.
Oh, my God. Nikki, who you can't nobody could eat that. Eight patties, 14 slices of bacon. Eight patties is that's four double.
Can I do math? That's four double cheeseburgers from McDonald's. That seems I mean, if you think about it that way. If you think about it that way. Because there's there's no way you could put eight patties.
You got to you got to separate it. Nobody could put eight patties in their mouth. Nobody. You want to know what they call them? Look at the menu right now. What is the names of the heart attack? The quadruple bypass. Yeah, yeah. Right below it. Add 20 bacon slices for three ninety three.
Very cheap. My goodness. You got to eat this with a knife and a fork. Oh, my God. The hot dog is called the coronary dog. And what is it like a chili dog? You can add 40 slices of bacon. I'm guessing this is what he's saying. The octuple bypass.
Octuple bypass. Oh, my God. For thirty five bucks. It's amazing this place is still open. Wow. I thought the guy who died, I think his family sued. I could be wrong. We're going to find out about it. It's the J.R. sport show on the other side of the break, though. It's a top six less top six NFL rookies you need to watch.
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