It is the JR Sportbree Show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. I'm coming to you live from Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to everybody tuned in all over North America. I'll be hanging out with you for one more hour. So whether you're in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Maine, Toronto, Canada, Vancouver, maybe you're in icy Louisiana, that still sounds crazy to say maybe here in icy Georgia. Florida, I don't know where you at. I hope you're good. Much love to you. Shout out to everybody in California too.
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Infinity Sports Network, YouTube, you can watch the live stream. We've had a busy day, a busy show, a busy day. Jimmy Butler suspended again. The New York Jets have themselves a new head coach in Aaron Glenn. Ben Johnson officially introduced as head coach of the Chicago Bears. The Jacksonville Jaguars. Man, nobody wants their job. It's a hard knock life.
I'm in Atlanta, Georgia. Thank you to super producer and host Ryan Hickey in New York City. And of course, it's Wednesday. So I gave you a new top six list. Just gave you a list of some of the best Major League Baseball players who are not in the Hall of Fame. Yesterday, Ichiro got in, voted in. Not unanimously. One knucklehead decided not to vote Ichiro into the Hall of Fame.
What a dummy. Cece Sabathia goes in. Billy Wagner goes in.
And it made me start thinking about guys who are not in the Hall of Fame. If you missed the full explanation and all that good stuff, you can hit rewind on the free Odyssey app. And then you can also hit rewind on the stream on YouTube.
Just search the Infinity Sports Network. Get the fancy explanations and all of that stuff. Yeah, I'll give you a quick recap. Top six Major League Baseball players not in the Hall of Fame. And number six, I gave you Sammy Sosa. And number five, I gave you Mark Maguire. And before I gave you Roger Clemens. And number three, I gave you Alex Rodriguez. And number two, I gave you Pete Rose.
And at number one, I gave you Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds never admitted that he did anything. But in more recent years, Barry Bonds certainly admitted that he has been a jerk.
And I'm sure that that hasn't helped his his stock or his profile. A matter of fact, this is Barry Bonds having a chat with the mighty 1090 radio station. And he basically said, ah, yeah, when I was a player, I was a dumbass. I'm stupid. I was a jerk. Man, I was an idiot with the press. And I stated that before I was just a dumbass with the press. But I wasn't done with people. They made a story out of like it was people. But I was never mean to the people.
I was just not a smart media person. Is somebody tell that to Jimmy Butler? What a guy. Jimmy Butler missed a team playing today. He's now been suspended another two games as he's trying to force his way out to the Phoenix Suns. And this is kind of crazy.
How about this? This just came down the pipe a few minutes ago. Chris Haynes, NBA reporter. He said the Milwaukee Bucks do not want Bradley Beal. Bradley Beal has to want to move his, well, kill off his trade, his no trade clause. This is hilarious.
This is sickening and hilarious at the same time. Listen to what Chris Haynes had to say about the Bucks not wanting Bradley Beal. Contrary to popular belief, I was just informed that the Milwaukee Bucks have not inquired about Phoenix Suns star Bradley Beal.
In fact, it was explained to me that a connection between the two is nonexistent. So if Phoenix is able to acquire Jimmy Butler, it would not come via the Milwaukee Bucks taking on the Stargard. Can we just send Jimmy Butler to the moon? They should take his salary and just distribute it to the poor and tell him to go get a job. And this guy's had, he didn't have a great upbringing. This guy knows what it means to be homeless. And now I guess all that's out the window.
Whatever. He's just like, I'm gonna force my way into a contract extension and I can only get that from Phoenix. So I'm just gonna be a jackass.
Show up late to work. I'm tired of Jimmy Butler. Eight, five, six, seven. Eight, five, five, two, one, two, 42, 27. That's eight, five, five, two, one, two, 42, 27.
We're talking about some of the greatest baseball players who are not in the Hall of Fame. Allen is calling from Toronto, Canada. You are on the JR Sport Brief Show. What's up, Allen? Yeah.
Hi, JR. Great show as always. Rafael Palomero, 20 years in the major leagues for three different teams. Lifetime batting average to 88. 569 home runs, 3,020 RBIs. He's only the fourth player. I mean, he was the fourth player at the time of having 500 home runs and 3,000 hits. And he was a four-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove winner.
And darn, the way he lied. That's the only reason he's not in. He was eligible in 2011 for 11% of the votes. And eventually, he's off the ballot as of 2014. He had 4.4% in 2014. So he's off the ballot.
He'll never get in. But you look at his numbers. 1,835 RBIs. Anybody who has over 1,500 RBIs is in the Hall of Fame.
So he definitely has the numbers. I would replace him with Mark McGuire. Mark McGuire does not belong in the Hall of Fame at all. He has 583 home runs, but the rest of his career is very pedestrian. Rafael Palomero played the outfield as well as first base. Mark McGuire was way below par as a fielder. And 1,626 hits, that's not very much. 1,414 RBIs, 12 stolen bases. Rafael Palomero had 97 stolen bases.
Rafael Palomero had 288. Take a breath. Take a breath. Thank you.
We'll stop it. Pause. Pause.
He does not belong in the Hall of Fame at all. Listen, Allen. Listen.
Listen very carefully. Sure. You want to know what never came out of my mouth over the past hour? Uh, no. Do you want to know? Do you want to know?
Sure, yes. I never said anything about any of these guys deserving to be in the Hall of Fame. I said they are some of the best players to not be in.
Now, I will tell you this. I saw Rafael Palomero play. I saw Mark McGuire play. What I am not going to do is compare liars. If you want to go ahead and compare the liars, you go ahead and do that. I know how great Rafael Palomero is, and I'm surprised you're going to talk about how great his mustache is. But between he and Mark McGuire, they're both a bunch of liars. And if I have to think about the impact on the game of baseball, brah, I can tell you with 100% certainty, if I go back to 1998 and I go back to 1999, you want to talk about impact on the game? Most everybody in America knew who Mark McGuire was.
You had to be a baseball fan to know about Palomero. Okay? What about Man Ram too? He definitely belongs in there too.
He'll never get in there since last year's eligibility. I'm not asking you about the whole list of people. You named one guy.
And how dare you mention Palomero and not talk about his mustache. What's wrong with you? Yeah, I know. Yeah.
Come on. Where's your mustache? You have one?
Never had one. I had a beard at one time. You had a beard with no mustache?
Yeah. Joe Frazier was my favorite fighter of all time, and he had a beard and I got a beard exactly like him. Never had a mustache.
My dad had a mustache for many years. Above your lip is naked? Yeah. Okay. All right.
I'll stop there. Hey, thank you, Alan. I appreciate you.
Yeah. Always a pleasure being on the line with you. Great, great show as always.
Thank you so much, Alan. He's like, I'm going to compare Rafael Palomero to Mark McGuire. Like, bro, I'm not starting a baseball team. I'm talking about a bunch of liars and cheaters.
Come on. I'm talking about the best players that are not in the Hall of Fame. I think all things considered, just based on who he is and what he accomplished and the attention surrounding it.
If Palomero wasn't a cheater, I did not take stories. If he didn't stand in front of Congress and say all of that, then he might be in the Hall of Fame. Yeah, he was an excellent hitter. This man is basically in baseball purgatory. When's the last time you ever heard anything about him? It's been a long time. He's sitting on a ranch somewhere collecting money. The guy's not throwing out no first pitches. He is gone. He gone. Mark McGuire? Come on, man.
There's no comparison with those guys. 855 212 42 27. That's 855 212 42 27. Dave is calling from New York. You're on the JR Sportbreeze show. What's up, Dave? How are you doing tonight? I am amazing. How are you?
I'm doing okay. It really got a lot of old memories going. It's not the Hall of a good guy. It's not the Hall of Morality. It's the Hall of Fame. All them guys, they brought baseball back. They saved baseball. And the league knew what was going on.
They turned a blind eye just because they knew what they were doing. Hitting bombs. All those guys. Fantastic hitters. Bonds, Sosa, McGuire.
All of them. Who cares if they hit a 450 foot bomb or a 400 foot bomb? They still had to hit the ball. The only one I feel bad for, because he didn't take the needle and he was hurt all the time, Ken Griffey Jr.
I know he's in the Hall of Fame. Could you imagine what his numbers would have been if he would have done what they did? Or maybe he shouldn't have left. He shouldn't have left.
But what a shame. But all those guys, they saved baseball. Even Pete Rose. I couldn't stand him, but it was fun to watch him play. He's taking guys out at the knees.
He played hard as hell. He never bet against his own team. I don't see what the big deal is. Because you can be influenced and the game can be a sham. I understand that. You get behind the 8 ball, next thing you know, you owe people favors, you owe this, you owe that.
I do understand that. But the guy was... Well, he's no longer here that much, you know, so he won't be alive to see it if they ever, ever, ever, ever let him in. It'll be a long time from now.
Like Joe Jackson going all the way back to there. Yeah, but we don't even, nobody was around in 1920. Nobody listening to me now knows what took place 100 years ago.
They said that he was involved and then he's not involved. And now it's too late now, so just leave it alone, you know? Yep, leave it alone. But it's just a shame. It's like, you know, they're holding these guys, they're holding these guys to the fire. Well, I'm not going to call it a shame, Dave.
And thank you for calling from New York. I ain't calling it a shame. Like you reap what you sow.
If you cheat, these are some of the potential ramifications for us. So I don't feel bad for them. And to be, now to be very honest, I don't give a damn if these guys go into the Hall of Fame.
I don't get a check. And Dave is correct. There's no such thing as the morality police and Major League Baseball turned a blind eye. That's correct because in a lot of cases, they didn't even care if these guys were taking steroids. They didn't care to go through and test and check and all of this. And this is legal. This is not. They did not care.
They didn't care. And so we do know that there is a double standard that exists. But if you're going to be an ass like in the case of Barry Bonds, like I'm not going to be mad if I get punished for it later.
That's your fault. Major League Baseball was wrong. They are a business. They're going to do whatever they can to make money. Come on, the NFL is a business, right? The NFL knows playing football games, you can go out there and get your ass whooped and get hurt.
But let's add 18 games. But y'all care about safety, right? You have to put out all this money because the players were hurt and y'all turned a blind eye, but it's all for entertainment, right?
And so baseball did what a lot of businesses do. Screw the people who are making us money. They're just cogs. We can replace a cog.
I mean, I can go buy a city bus right now, not from the city, but I could buy me a city bus and I could constantly replace the pieces and I could move people from point A to point B. And as long as I got the pieces, I can make the ship run, make the boat run, the bus. Who cares?
Ain't nothing but pieces. Barry Bonds is gone. He's done. We got Otani now. We got Judge now. You want to know another 15 or 20 years, there's going to be another guy and another guy and another guy.
And so everybody could sit around and argue. These dudes don't care. The only guys who are hurting are the players. There's somebody like Roger Clemens who goes, oh, boo hoo, they sucked the life out of it for me. Well, they got a syringe with your DNA on it. Come on. That's your fault, not baseball's. They didn't stick a needle in your butt.
You did it. I feel sorry for none of these guys. Don't care.
Not me. Put a needle in my butt. I can't remember the last time I had a needle in my ass.
It was probably a baby. 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. Hickey, are there any names that stand out to you that you think deserve, well not deserve, like a good baseball player who's not in the Hall of Fame? Anybody? Hickey's answering the phone. Let's talk to this guy, Gerald from Wisconsin. You're on the Gerald Sportbree show. What's up, Gerald? Hey, I'm going to get back to some football. We were talking about the Tennessee Titans not wanting a quarterback out of the draft. I got a guy for them. If they reach out to Gooty, they might be able to get Malik Willis for a second round pick. The Gouda Coons?
Maybe a third and a fifth. Oh, a Gouda, wait, Gerald, this is a national show. You called Gooty Gootin Coons you're talking about from the Packers? Yeah, I did. Okay, I'm just making clear, hold on, somebody in San Diego don't know who the hell Gooty is? Okay, my bad.
It's okay. I don't know why they would want to, if they have, I don't know why the Titans would want to trade. Okay, we want to make a Liberty connection?
I don't know. I got the number one pick. I'm not going to just trade for a backup QB when I think I already got a backup QB starting for my squad. I'm just saying, you know, Green Bay made them good.
They can have them back for a little bit bigger price. Okay. Well, thank you, Gerald. Okay, maybe. Green Bay made them good. All right. Yeah, so I'm going to trade for a backup quarterback and I'm not saying he could go out there and be the greatest quarterback in the NFL that we have not seen really play on a full-time basis.
I don't know about that. They got the number one pick. Take a quarterback.
Take a guy with high upside. We know it's not Will Levis. 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 42-27.
That's 8-5-5, 2-1-2, 42-27. Lee is here from Cincinnati. You're on the Gerald Sportbree show. Go ahead, Lee. Hey, Gerald. Thanks for taking my call. People who are around the area where you are right now in Atlanta might appreciate this. The guy that I think should be in the Hall of Fame is not Steel Murphy.
What do you think? I think he had a good amount of years in the 80s and then fell off as he got older. If we had a Hall of Very Good, I'd put him in there.
And I know the MVPs, but the Braves, nobody cared about them in the 80s. He had good years, but it was very, very good. But I wouldn't call Hall of Fame.
Well, the only reason I was, because he was, I mean, during the, the way that I've always looked at the Hall of Fame, and I totally, everybody has an opinion about this, but I look at, if there was a guy, like for a five-year stretch, considered at the very top of the game, then he should be considered for the Hall of Fame. And Murphy was 82 through 87. He won the MVP in 1883, but you know, he hit 36, 38. He was leading league in home runs. He hit 44 home runs, even in 87.
Everybody knows he didn't do any juice, but that's besides the point. He was also a Gold Glove center and right fielder at the time he was playing. So I just, but he's the one guy I think, if there's anyone who should be in, he should, but he's not. But yeah, you're right. Hall of very good.
He'd definitely be there. Yeah. I don't think it was, I don't think it was long enough, but we'll see. Hey, thank you so much. Appreciate you.
Thanks man. Always lead from Cincinnati. 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. We just had that guy call up about the Tennessee Titans. I'm gonna get some more of your calls on the other side of the break. Talk some NFL, all these coaches moving around, guys got new jobs.
Some teams don't have jobs that are desirable. I'm looking at you, the Jacksonville Jaguars. And then of course, we're going to go through a few things that took place this day in sports history. It's January 22nd.
What has taken place in the past? You're locked into the JR Sport Brief show, Coast to Coast on the Infinity Sports Network. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. It's the JR Sport Brief show here on the Infinity Sports Network. 855-212-4227.
That's 855-212-4227. It's Wednesday and besides telling you or sharing with you a new top six list and going through some of the best Major League Baseball players who are not in the Hall of Fame. Of course, there was a lot of football news today. Ben Johnson formally introduced as head coach of the Chicago Bears. Aaron Glenn, it's official. He is the newest head coach of the Jets. He goes from being defensive coordinator with the Lions. Ben Johnson being offensive coordinator with the Lions. And now, as Dan Campbell said, he has some work to do.
So good for those teams. Unfortunately, if you are a fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars, you still don't have a coach. You also do not have a general manager. Trent Baalke was fired today. Instead of firing him two and three weeks ago when they got rid of Doug Peterson, Shad Khan was asked by the media. Well, you fired the head coach.
Doug Peterson is gone. And now you're going to keep on the GM. But what happens if the new coach doesn't want to work with the GM or they think it's a bad idea?
Shad Khan basically said this to Trent Baalke's face. He's like, well, I fired a guy. If they think it's a bad idea, listen to this from a few weeks ago. If they were to say, I would like to reevaluate the front office and the general manager, what would your response be? My response would be, how would you improve it?
And then if it is credible, you know, I mean, you want to do it. Well, today he did it. He fired Trent Baalke. Oh, they mutually agreed that it's time to part ways. Only today after news broke earlier in the morning that Liam Cohen, the offensive coordinator from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it was reported that he does not want to coach the Jags. He told them, no, thanks. I don't even want to interview you.
You could remove my name from consideration. And then Trent Baalke got fired, if we want to call it that. They mutually agreed to part ways. So, yeah, I mean, if you want to find a bigger disaster than the New York Jets, then take a look at the Jacksonville Jaguars. They got a quarterback in Trevor Lawrence and they got a team that nobody wants to coach.
Good luck. And then I told you about the Tennessee Titans. Man, they got the number one overall pick.
And we don't know what the hell they're going to do with it. They have a new general manager who came over from the Kansas City Chiefs, Mike Borgonzi. He's running the show there. Chris Brinker is the president.
Him and Rand Carthon did not get along. And so now he's the boss of everything. And he said, yeah, we got the number one pick and yeah, we got Will Leviss at quarterback. But that doesn't mean that we're going to get another quarterback. What?
Listen to this. As we all know, we have a big opportunity ahead of us. First with free agency and the NFL draft is fast approaching. And it's a pivotal moment for this team. This will be Mike's first opportunity to put his stamp on our roster. And we're excited to get to work. There's a lot of talent available. And we know that Mike's approach to player evaluation and his commitment to building a team that can contend year after year gives us the best chance to succeed. Aw man, what?
What does that mean? They going to draft Travis Hunter at number one? They going to make him play quarterback, wide receiver and DB?
Can he do that? Tom Brady's ex-wife told us that my husband can't throw and catch at the same time. Let's see how dumb the Tennessee Titans are. I mean, look, if you don't believe in Cam Ward, then I guess you don't pick a quarterback. You just roll Will Leviss out there to throw more interceptions. I'm going with a QB.
Roll the dice. Come on, man. They just trying to sell tickets?
I mean, after three years in that new place across the street, Nissan Stadium, who's going to want to watch Travis Hunter? Think he's an attraction? What is this? It's not Otani. 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. We got a lot of callers here on the line. I'm going to ask you to just give me your point and let's go quick. Let's let's try to be considerate.
Try to get on as many people as possible. Norm is here from Buffalo. You're on the JR Sport Reshow. Go ahead, Norm. Hey, JR. How are you today?
Hey, real quick. Number 41. Relief pitcher. Back in the 80s. Pick your brain. Do you know who I'm talking about? I don't.
Go ahead. Quickly, Norm. Jeff Reardon. Played for the Mets, the Expos.
Won the World Series in 87 with the Twins. For the Hall of Fame? He's not in the Hall of Fame. Oh, but that's my point. That's my point. You've actually asked us to say people that have records that should be in the Hall of Fame that are not drug users.
They didn't abuse the game. They were a great player for the game. A man for the game. He was a relief pitcher. 20 or more saves for 10 straight seasons. Rolaids relief man of the year in the 80s and he's still not there and he should be.
Okay. Well, thank you, Norm, for calling from Buffalo. Yeah, I don't think the Hall of Fame is missing him.
He's another guy. He played a long time. He's in the Hall of Very Good. 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. Dustin is calling from Boise, Idaho. You're on the JR Sport Reshow. What's up, Dustin?
Go ahead. Hey, JR. I'm faking Robinson to know. For what? A great player to not be in the Hall of Fame? Another cheater? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Of course, sir. We're talking about whoever. Robinson Cano was great. Man, I love watching that guy play. Batted 301 through 17 years.
The last years. He was hurt. He was a hurt drug user and he got fat and lazy. Come on. Hey, he was good, man. He was feared when he was batting.
Come on. No, he wasn't. His best years were before he went out your way towards Seattle and Boise.
Oh, no. His best years were with the Yankees and then he took the money to go to Seattle and he was just a cheating bum. And he got hurt.
Okay. I like watching the guy play. I think he was really good, man. I thought he was great.
Yeah, when he actually cared. Hey, Dustin, thank you for calling from Boise. Appreciate you. Yes, sir.
No problem. Robinson Cano. Hickey, you putting Robinson Cano in the Hall of Fame? Hell, no.
Robinson Cano. Are these streets still icy? Hickey, I did looked out the window. Oh, my God. Anyway, 855-212-4227. Scott is here from Maryland. You're on the Gerald Sporby show. What's up, Scott?
Hey, thanks for having me on. So I'm going to throw Keith Hernandez in there for Hall of Fame. Twelve gold gloves, an MVP, two World Series winners, batted in the three slot for good Cardinal teams and good Met teams.
He was good. That's probably the best first baseman of my lifetime. Yeah, defensively. I think overall, I mean, what he did with the bat doesn't equal to what he did defensively. I mean, I just. Well, 298 hitter and he did win a batting title. Yeah, but when you think about actual production throughout the course of his career, his numbers pale in comparison to Hall of Famers. I mean, it's just it's one thing to be a wizard defensively.
It's another thing to just consistently be able to say, I'm going to kill you with the bat. I don't know about that. All right. Well, hey, thanks for letting me talk.
We'll agree to disagree. All good by me, Scott. You as well, Scott. Thank you for calling from Maryland. Edwin is calling from Maryland.
You're on the Gerald Sporby show. Go ahead, Edwin. Hey, G.I.
Hail to the Redskins, first and foremost. I wanted to say I was a big fan of CeCe Sebastian throughout his career. Well, not throughout his career.
I started watching baseball in 2011. So from the end of his career. Yeah, he was done. Yeah.
Yeah. But I was wondering, I thought about this when he was coming up on being in the Hall of Fame. And I was thinking, is he going to be the last African-American player for generations or decades to make it to the Hall of Fame now at this point?
And what would you think about that situation? Man, I have no idea. Well, Mookie Betts is on his way to the Hall of Fame. He's black, right? Oh, yeah. Yeah, that is true. That is true. I forgot about black.
There are a couple of black people playing. What? OK. True.
OK. We forgot a black person. Sorry, Edwin. Go ahead. Thank you. Thank you. OK, you got it.
Thank you for calling from Maryland. There you go. Yeah, but Hickey, Shohei Ohtani, he's not black, right? Shohei Ohtani not black? Last time I checked. No, he's not.
OK. Marco Balletti. Shohei, he doesn't count, does he? No? I don't believe so. No. OK.
I get it. He's like, hey, C.C. Sabathia, black guy. When's the next black guy getting in?
That's a good question. Would Mookie Betts be the next black guy to get into the Hall of Fame? Would he be? He's still playing. They got to be somebody here, right? I think Kenny Lawson's got a shot.
I'm serious. Is he still on the ballot? Yeah, I think so. Veterans Committee stuff? I don't think it's Veterans Committee. I don't think so. But I could be wrong.
I don't remember when his career ended. Oh, my God. You know what? You might be right. Because Kenny Lofton been gone a minute now. Yeah, you might be right. Maybe the years have gotten by me.
I thought about this and we don't have to think about it. He's a Hall of Famer. He just passed away.
It's crazy. Ricky Henderson. Did Ricky Henderson ever formally retire? Probably not. I can't imagine he would.
Do you think? I remember when he when he was still like a couple of years away from playing, he still thought that he was going to go out there. Because he could. And play. What? Do what? Oh, come on. Once?
Please. Ricky could still play. Even when he was done, Ricky could still play.
He could still run and he could still get on base. Can he do it today? Today, too?
Not today. That's asking a lot now. OK. And so he's like, damn, did Ricky Henderson ever formally retire? I think I saw Ricky play when he was on the Newark Bears. He must have been 48. He was the best player in the field. The Newark Bears? Oh, yeah. Independent ball.
Best player in the field. That was no, no, no, because he was with the Mets. He had to have been what, 41, 42, 43? I'm telling you, I don't remember what year it was. I saw him with the North. I would say Carl Everett was on that team.
Oh, my God. They let Carl Everett play. Did he choke anybody? I don't remember. Not that night.
I was only there for the one night. I want to say Ramiro Mendoza pitched. He might have been throwing 75 miles an hour. I mean, these guys were old. Wait a minute. Carl Everett.
What do you think he's doing right now? He's at a cigar lounge, right? Maybe. Talking about dinosaurs?
Possible. They don't exist according to Carl Everett. Carl Everett does not believe in dinosaurs. He's right.
They weren't in the Bible. Glenn Allen Hill has fallen thinking about spiders. That's right. Be careful with those glass, you know, tables. Yeah.
Jeff Kent is washing his motorcycle. Who split themselves? Oh, that guy. He split himself with a drone.
With a drone? Bauer. Oh, yeah. Trevor Bauer. Yeah.
Well, he's still trying to play. Then somebody cut themselves with a knife peeling an apple. Who did that?
I don't know. There's a lot of stories. Joel Zumaya, a guitar hero. He got carpal tunnel from Too Much Wrist Action. There's a lot of, I mean, Ricky Henderson went out in the aisle, I think, one time because he had frostbite from falling asleep in the ice tub. There's all kinds of stories. That sounds impossible. What? What sounds impossible? Falling asleep in the ice?
Falling asleep in the ice tub? I mean, you go find Ricky Henderson and ask him. It's my life's mission now. Honestly, some of the stories with Ricky Henderson, some of them were proven false. The ones that were false or true, it doesn't matter.
They're all hilarious. So that's probably one of the lower end of believabilities for some of the stories. We are left with Ricky Henderson's stories for the next, I don't even know how many years, forever.
Between him, I feel like I get a new Dennis Rodman story every day. Yeah. Yeah.
It's a crazy, crazy world. Yeah. Different stories.
Different stories. But yes. We don't have personalities like that anymore. These guys, some of them are just jackasses. Yeah.
I wonder if like the cameras and knowing too much about people and everybody getting a little bit more, I don't know. And so for instance, and there is no answer here, who the hell is the most eccentric player in baseball? We don't have one. Anybody? I can't think about anybody. Nobody, right? Nobody.
I'm sure there are. Kike Hernandez? Kike? Because he does the crotch bump? Yeah.
Nobody knows who he is. No, I mean, it goes back to the same thing too. Like we don't even have great nicknames anymore. That's part of it.
Like I feel like we've lost, I don't know, some of our flair, some of our ability to really kind of tell the story. All the athletes are just, well, if they're not boring, they're just nuts, right? I mean, who's the most eccentric NFL player right now?
Do we have one? Are you going to put Tyreek Hill there or for a different reason? The last one was the guy who quit. What's his name? Antonio Brown.
Yeah, there you go. That's the last eccentric NFL player. He got frostbite in a cryo chamber, so maybe, you know.
With the Raiders, with his feet? What is it, forgot to put the socks on or something like that? Oh my God. These players, they're not eccentric. They're just obnoxious. That's probably a better word. Like Jimmy Butler, there you go. There he is.
Anyway. You're listening to the JR Sport Brief. Back in the days when I was young, I'm not a kid anymore, but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again. It's time for This Day in Sports History.
You see, back in those days, we had radio and you couldn't see anything and it was primitive and lousy and we liked it. On the JR Sport Brief Show. I wish I was 50 years younger and I'd kick your ass. It is the JR Sport Brief Show here with you on the Infinity Sports Network. It is January 22nd. The year is 2025. Let's go back to January 22nd in 1962. There is no disputing the importance of this guy, an honorable human being and a player. Jackie Robinson. This man was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this day, 1962.
What do I say? Man signed with the Dodgers in 1947, breaking the color barrier. He was rookie of the year. He was the MVP two years later. Dodgers won a title in 55.
And when he went in in 62, Jackie Robinson, well, this is what he had to say at his Hall of Fame induction speech. I never thought at all that I would have this wonderful honor coming to me so early in my lifetime. And to have the writers to elect me on the first time is a thrill that I shall never forget. We have been up in cloud nine since the election.
I don't ever think I'll come down. But I want to thank all of the people throughout this country who were just so wonderful during those trying days. I appreciate it no end. It's the greatest honor any person could have. And I only hope that I'll be able to live up to this tremendously fine honor. It's something that I think those of us who are fortunate again must use in order to help others.
Man, I hope I live up. I mean, for a man who is gone at the age of 53. That's how you leave a legacy, how he behaved, how he just shout out to Jackie Robinson. God rest his soul.
January 22nd, 1989. Bill Walsh. Yeah, West Coast offense, three Super Bowls held it down for the Niners in the 80s. He said, I am out of here. He went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993, one of the greatest coaches ever, and went back to Stanford.
Jerry Rice, he did an interview with Audiorama. He said, man, when he left, I was sad as hell. It was like my my father leaving because we had such a great relationship. So in a way, I was I was a little angry, a little hurt, a little hurt also, because I think Bill could have stayed around a couple more years and and won maybe two more Super Bowls. He regretted that.
He just felt he just felt like he was burnt out and he decided to walk away. And I remember in the locker room, he just broke down and started crying, you know, just like a baby because he knew that was his last football game. Well, we know the 49ers, they did not stop there after Bill Walsh. And God rest his soul, Bill Walsh, he passed almost 20 years ago, 2007.
How about this? This day in sports history, January 22nd, 2006, Kobe Bryant destroyed the Toronto Raptors to the tune of 81 points, the second most points scored by anyone in NBA history following, you know, 80, excuse me, 100 by Bolt Chamberlain. The Lakers beat the Raptors 122 to 104. Listen to Kobe's stat line. In 42 minutes, he took 46 shots. He made 28 of them. He took 13 threes.
He made seven of them. He had six rebounds, only two assists. He was 18 of 20 from the free throw line.
He busted the ass of Jalen Rose, who hates to hear about it to this day. Listen to this final free throw from Kobe. This would be 18 for 20 from the line and an 81 point game, 55 in the second half. Ladies and gentlemen, you have witnessed the second greatest scoring performance in NBA history. Man, that dude was cooking.
I'm sure that was running on NBA TV all day today. 855-212-4227. We got a really roll roll.
I want to talk to our, get our callers in. You got 10 seconds. John from Maryland.
What's up? Hey, yeah, I wanted to, uh, put in a vote for Kenny Lofton. I thought he, uh, should be in there for sure. The year that he, his first year on the ballot, he was on with 10 people who ended up getting voted in over the next couple of years. He only got 3% of the vote. So he got taken off the ballot. Yeah. He was, he played a long time, but I don't think Kenny Lofton had a super, super major, major impact.
And he was on teams that were stacked as well, especially in Cleveland. Thank you, John, for calling from Maryland. Kevin from Palm Springs. Go ahead. Very quick. Hey, J.R. I love this show, but I got to say, the commission says there's no baseball to get you kicked out. But ever since, pork bats, pie thorns, it isn't until after the fact they say, okay, you get, you know, you're cheating.
I don't know, man. The whole culture of baseball has been around cheating. There's one thing, yeah, we know there's a lot of cheating everywhere. Thank you, Kevin, for calling from Palm Springs.
But when you talk about betting, you talk about messing up the money and influencing the game in a way that really messes up the money and gambling, which is why I say, yeah, it's a double standard, but it's a big business. Thank you to everybody who tuned in and locked into the show. Thank you to super producer and host Ryan Hickey. Thank you to Greg for helping hold things down as well.
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The J.R. Sportbrief Show here on the Infinity Sports Network. It's a wrap. Please be safe, be well, be cool, be smooth. We'll be back tomorrow, 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 Pacific. Bart Winkler coming up next. Thank you for listening. Thank you, Hickey.
