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Hey guys. Hey, guys. What's crappin'? Yeah. Fuck you.
What's graphing in? All right, Paul, take it away. Let's do it.
Okay. For those that don't know how this game works, Paul asks it, mmm, or mm-mm. And then we say, mm-hmm, or mm-mm. But we actually just don't do that anymore. Yeah, occasionally, unless I kind of force you to be like, hey, what's the game?
No, nobody was better at it. Nobody. Than Toby. Delvey. For those watching, you would do He was so good.
And he really committed to the bit, which I always appreciated. All right, I'm going to, there were so many ways we have to start with sandwich. Sure. Here come the negative comments about Grant eating. Grant gives us his time.
He's got a little break here between. Yeah, we're very appreciative of Grant's time, especially Grant's. Particularly. Yeah, great. All right.
We have to start with Giannis. We, you know, we should, we, I want to talk about, hopefully, we have time for the brewers and for Giannis. We have to start with Giannis. uh the shams report this morning have you guys read it in its entirety I read it, yeah. Grant, I assume.
It was very thick. But yeah, I will say. Um as a shams hater. When he writes a story and it says ESPN was told by six people in the room. Totally.
Out of a possible like 15.
So half the team answered Sham's text: like, hey, what happened in there? Oh, I'm glad you asked. Let me tell you. What didn't Bobby tell you? Let me fill into some deets.
So yeah, I um I read it with, with, with, with, you know, I read it. In many ways, I could take this question. I'm going to ask it to you the way that I saw your boy. who you hosted a show with Once Upon a Time, Paul Henning. The way he put it.
I think he still has me blocked. Oh no. When did that happen? Years ago? He no.
He had blacked me about something Bucks. And then he we got we got back. And then he was one of those guys that are like. I don't want to drive through downtown if they take down 794. And I was like, fuck you.
Of course. You guys saved our bucks.
So come on. We did. We did one show. And then we did a show called. Did you know about that, Grant?
Saber Buck Show? Yeah. And we did one show and then the bucks were saved. Yeah. It was cheaper to keep them.
So it was cheaper to keep them. The I'm using I'm going to use his words. Headings, words. Because I think it's a way to get into the topic. The best thing you could do if you're the Bucs.
Is fire Doc Rivers immediately and let Giannis play on Friday with his brothers in front of Milwaukee one last time. This is the approach. You would take. It's a two-parter. Fire Doc today.
Obviously, six or fifteen players are like, let me tell you something, brother. While you keep firing on a random Tuesday, it's the best time. It's the best time. And hopefully, this is just a random Tuesday. And the Bucs should let Giannis.
Play in the home finale with his brothers. Two-parter in order for you guys to both mm-hmm Or that that is what you would do.
Okay, Fire Dock Rivers today. Mm-hmm. Mm-mm. Make him add a couple extra L's to his Hall of Fame enshrinement resume. What's the point?
You, you, there were 15 different times to fire him. Like, yeah, I don't, I mean, like. Games where I just was talking about not with you guys, but there was one night where we thought for sure Kid was getting fired. And then he was, I was at the game. He was an hour and a half late for his presser.
Mm-hmm. And Sparky's like, I need kid. I'm like, he hasn't fucking talked. You know. Um But he didn't.
And so that, but that was like a, that wasn't like um. Oh, my opinion is. That was Oh no, this is the kind of game where a coach gets fired immediately after. Sure. I think he had benched Jabari or something.
It was something Jabari related. Or even Monroe when Monroe was They tried to make him the sixth man. Oh. Grapeman roll. Uh But Doc said like 10 of those.
Yeah. This year, many referenced in. That's Sean's article.
So I don't. I don't see the point. I mean, you've got to fire him as soon as the season's over. I'm not so sure that's still going to happen. I will add separately.
I am discouraged. that the article probably correctly had mentioned that Eden's and Haslam will decide in the next week the fate of Doc Rivers. You know, there's Jimmy Haslam views Doc Rivers the same way Mark Atanasio views Andrew McCutcheon. Also, by the way, Doc Rivers. Also, it's Doc Rivers.
It's like a Doc Rivers. Comments made by Jimmy Haslam in the past week. He also. Deshaun Watson has a great chance of being the Brown starting QB this week. He does.
I've been saying that for a long time.
So maybe we should. But anyway, it should. The two owners, the two, whatever, like, they should not be. You gotta beat on a Pro Bowl quarterback to do it, but. Yeah, it should be tough.
But anyway, the ownership should not be that. There's a basketball. Head to make those decisions, but apparently that's. John Horst isn't talking to the media, probably because he doesn't make any decisions anymore.
So, you at least answered part one there, Bart, of you would not fire Doc today. Grant, you want to take that part, or you guys want to the Giannis should be allowed to play Friday night in Milwaukee with his brothers? I can just say, I wouldn't fire Doc because at this point, I don't.
Okay. I don't know what the point is. I don't know what's accomplished by that, unless it's like the spirit of the final games would be better with Darvin Ham at the helm. Or you want to get a look at Darvin Ham, you know, one of those. It just doesn't be accomplished.
It wouldn't accomplish anything.
However, the vibes would obviously be better. And if that was never more important, it would be because six of the players are like, let me deal with, I mean, like, that is damning. Firing Doc now is like taking a cyanide pill, but then shooting a bullet through your skull before the pill kicks in. Yeah. Dark.
That was my relatable analogy.
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All right, so we've hit the first part. I am so So longing to get Doc Rivers not on the team. And by the way, here's the other benefit: if it was me, I asked the question of if it was you, not will the Bucks do it, but if it was you.
So I'm actually gonna, having heard your answers and not knowing what mine was, I'm gonna definitively go with, I would fire Doc today. Because it would relieve me of the possibility of not knowing that Doc is the coach next season. That's a good angle. That's a good angle. Great angle, Paul.
That's a good angle. Thank you. Very well done. To that one. Giannis should be allowed to play Friday night in Milwaukee with his brothers.
One last game, one last hurrah. I mean, maybe it's not. They're going to go to marriage counseling, as Giannis said. They're going to. See a couple therapists, but Gianna should be allowed to play a Friday night in Milwaukee with his brothers.
Please, Bart.
So I will say that um My grandpa once came to a soccer game where We kick the shit out of Beaver Dam like 10 to 1. Nice.
So I got some field time. I was a goalie. I'm sure I gave up the goal to shitty Beaver Dam. I mean, we lost to. Mayville and I lost to Menasha, but then they had an illegal player, so we got that win back.
No. That was an interesting practice. Um My dad was the coach. Half the team hated me.
So And I shouldn't say hated. In the past tense, they've not let it go, it might have even gotten stronger. Time does heal most wounds, but in soccer it accelerates them. What was the question?
So, my grandpa saw me. I passed to my brother. I gave him an assist. And he he brought that shit up for the next 20 years before he died. Nice.
And, um, nice that you brought it up, not that you died.
So Well, he's been dead for five hours. It's fine. I'm over it. Jeez, Louise. It's been 10 years.
Um. R.I.P. I Think That it's very special. That LeBron is playing with his son. We don't That's a big fucking deal and everyone hates LeBron.
And he shits on our cities. But fuck man, that's a big deal. For sure.
So this is a big deal. That You know, Alex is lobbying Thanasis.
sort of dunks. Sure. Um Is why that so like Alex and Thanassus got some run together, right? Yep. Those are they're they're both on the team because of Giannis.
Right. Obviously. The NASA's was he even missed a year. Just stayed here to rehab, front row seats, gets back on the team. There's a lot of like well we we like Yeah, we want to give What the fuck's his name?
Campaign a try, but we gotta. Extend Pete Nance.
So Could we get rid of Thanas? Oh, fuck. No, no, no, no. We gotta. And then Alex.
I mean, what the fuck? Right. He's not an NBA. With all due. With all due.
So if I'm Giannis. And I've manufactured not one, but two of my brothers. To play on the court at the same time. Yeah. I think I'm cashing out.
Yeah. I think I'm like. I think I'm like. And I don't mean leave the bucks. I mean like...
I am satisfied with the amount of money I want at the casino. I need to leave here. This is this is good. No, he's begging to get on the court to play with like And that should be like, wow, what a moment. What a, yes.
If I'm honest, I do want to, but think for a second. How preposterous it is. That either one of these guys, nay, both, are getting real NBA minutes. On a team that like All right. You could Cormac Ryan could have used those minutes.
Fucking, you know. I'm just saying. Right. You're right. You know, you're not wrong.
It's just, I roll my eyes because we've just fallen so far. Right. Everything the Bucks have done has been to extend your window. Everything. The moves may not have been smart.
The moves may have been Smart, but didn't work out for whatever reason. You don't know. Sure. But they have done Everything. And if you're.
Watching. Your shitty brother. With all due. Throw it to your Better brother or shittier brother? I don't know.
If you're watching that. And still being like, oh, I'm sad because I didn't hit my Nike incentives. Yeah, we should hit that note. Yanis Yannis is not in the wrong. Here.
Yannis This this organization is But don't Make us. Just stop. There's a scene that's going to be. If I'm going to blame one person on the box, I get... I can't blame the guy who Got us a championship.
I can't blame the guy who's brought so much. I can't. Blame him when there's other people to blame. Jimmy Haslam's to blame. Doc Rivers is to blame.
You know, dame's to blame. Whoever. But Giannis is really But he's not he's like half assing he's like Just do it or don't, man.
So I was thinking when he said the thing about his brothers. It's like Haven't you done it's like you climb Mount Everest and you're like Well, now stand on all fours so I can stand on your back and be even higher than the last human. Like, what do you want? Every he wants everything.
So those are my thoughts. I want the world. Literally, good for you, way to go. I want the whole world. Way to go.
Really, really solid. I want you to answer, Grant. Let me just say. I don't know what that's from. I want to lock it all up in my pocket.
Is it nanny? No, it's from Rilliwonka, yeah. Oh, is that Varuca salt? Uh yes. Isn't that a band?
It is a band. Veruka salt is also a band. Paul's so happy right now. Oh, if you hit musical show tunes with me, and I'm going to like, Grant, you know that I love heavy. breakdown Drop D guitar music.
And Showtunes. Like It's a weird Venn diagram, but that is what you like. Yeah, that's what I like. It's like my favorite foods are pizza and the soil of earth. Yeah.
There are dozens of. There may not actually even be dozens of us. There are threes of us. Threes. Um Grant, I want you to answer, but We should, here's what I want to say: we should applaud.
that an NBA player who is asking to play In a meaningless game. is asking to play. Like that should that is a good thing. For the league, if every star player, if every player, forget star player, Had that attitude, the league would be better. Fact.
Like, there's no, there's no, and I don't, can I, may I? You may. But I have a however coming up. Why does he want to play? Like for Nike.
Well, no, so now he's already to play with his brothers. How about, hey, I don't know what's going to happen. I need to be on the court for these fans as much as I can. Just in case. How about that?
Just you mean just to say it. Yeah. For sure.
First off, he's lost, he's already missed 42 games.
So the Nike incentive thing is done.
So, for what it's worth, playing in the game doesn't get him whatever. This is the first time I've heard of that. I've heard of it. Set up that deal. Yeah, that's very stupid.
Yeah, why does Nike? Why does Nike give a shit? If Nike cared about, well, guys, we want to sponsor athletes, but we got to make sure they're playing in games. There's got to be something where they like. Don't have to, it's got to be some tax thing where it's like this is viewed as a bonus, and we think he's going to get it anyway, but we'll write it in as a bonus.
So it's got to be something fucking stupid like that. Wait, I mean, it could also just be like, this is how many times our shoe is. seen by millions of people they don't give a shit they're fucking nike I don't know. They don't need to pay Giannis. You go to any fucking elementary school.
These kids are Nike head to goddamn toe. He st so Yana should be In theory, I'm not sure. He should be applauded for wanting to play in a meaningless game that is better. For the fan That's better for Everybody involved, except for the team and the franchise, who is taking enormous. risk by l by I mean We knew I think we talked about it at the time, but like when when Dame went down I think we kind of, well, there goes two years.
Like, that was a two-year fuck. Like, you just can't, there's, there's no, you can't even, let's wave and stretch, and then let's use that money for this. But, like, you're always, now you're just digging further. And even if it would have worked, you still, even if the Bucks were a sixth seed in this year's playoffs, you'd still have this. Miles Turner, Damian Lillard.
$22 million of dead cap money per year for five years burden on your hands. And so. The risk to allowing Giannis to play for sentimental reasons. Zero. Benefit and by the way, maybe that also increases the Bucks' chance of winning that game, likely it does.
which is not good either. Like, there's no upside for the Bucks other than like Do your guy a solid.
So Let me give it to Grand. I've not officially entered the part B yet, but Grand, I want to hear your thoughts before I. As I genuinely still don't I think I know what I want to say for the answer, but I'm still slightly debating. Grant, the Bucks should let Giannis play on Friday at home with his brothers in front of the Milwaukee crowd. Mm-hmm.
Or mm-mm.
So M my answer flatly is mm-mm. But I completely and totally see both sides. I completely understand Gianna saying, okay, well, I might be done in Milwaukee.
So let me play one more time for the fans, and then I get to suit up with my brothers. That's not a big ask. And I get that. That is not a huge ask. And I get the bucks side of them saying.
Dude. We're going into this offseason where we might have to start a rebuild that could define a decade of our franchise. It's not a risk that we can take. And I would see the buck side. I really like Bart's framing of it.
Like I think I think I'm gonna I'm not going to steal it from my show, but I'm going to bring that up as an excellent point. Like, Yannis, you have done. A, B, C, one, two, three, and the Bucks have moved mountains at every point to try to help you. Not everything's worked. But every move they've made has been with a spirit of aggression.
Trying to help you. We're going to do something. We're not going to sit on our hands. We're not going to hold on to this money. We're not going to hold on to this pick, or we're not going to have a down year.
So I'm with Bart that Giannis should be like, you've done. Enough. Your brothers are here. Your family's made it here from Greece. They're making NBA money.
They're in the league with you. I want it to come from Giannis. That's what I would love. I would love for the Bucs to. to not have to you know I guess use the stick here.
I would hope that Giannis and the Bucks could sit down and Giannis could come to some understanding: be like, okay. I see where you're coming from. Like, I get it. I feel like he should be able to see that. as I think it was in the Laurie Nicol article, I believe, was when Giannis said The thing that Bartz talked about with in the past about the swim lessons and everything is Giannis said, I get to live a normal life here.
My mom gets to be, you know, like everything's good. Like, I need to also, I, Giannis, need to also like appreciate that aspect of it. And if I'm traded, no matter where I go, I won't have that. And by the way, there is You know, Giannis is already generationally wealthy, but there's a $270 million. Stay with Milwaukee and you get this money on, you know, in his very near future.
Like, if in two weeks, They go to couples counseling and they leave that. And part of the Mediation is the bucks being like, here's a check for $270 million. Come on. Like that there should be a commitment there. My concern is Indianis wears his emotions on his sleeve and There's pros and cons to that.
But if he's this desiring to play for the you know for the home finale He wants to be traded. You would have another chance to play for the home crowd. But the Bucs have given you everything. Did the season end this weekend? Monday.
When's the playoffs start? Is next week the plan? I think the plan is next week. Yeah, it is next week. The plan is next week.
A week from today, I think. Get the shit over with. For real. For real. But anyway, if I hear a guy that wants to desperately play that game, the Bucks have given him every indication that they'll continue to roster one or two on an Akumbos at a time.
So like, I'll do it again next year if you want to come back so badly. I think the Biggest thing here is I have to go like You know, sentimental would say realistic would say strongly, I have to go with the no way, too big of a risk. You can't watch the guy get injured. I think you got to play him. Bart Winkler in charge of the team plays Giannis.
I think you got to take away any. Reason. Any logic like If you don't play him, he'll be like, I was ready and you didn't play me. Take away anything that he can use. That's already happened, though.
They've already cost him his Nike bonus. They've already cost him opportunities to play with his brothers in front of the home crowd against Boston. And like. You're you're right. There's More aggravation from Giannis if they don't allow it.
But I mean, the bridge is already as fully burnt. Start the fucking Adeta Kunbros. Let him play for two minutes.
Okay, that's fine. Two minutes.
Okay. Take him out. But if like If that checks your box. But by the way, here's the other thing I want to say on this. Is Giannis the first player?
Should ever fake the same injury twice in one year? I don't know. Had he considered the Nike bonus at the time when he first faked it? Is Giannis the first player in NBA History? Yeah.
To tattle on their own team. About an investment. Didn't James Harden say he wanted to fucking kill Daryl Morley? Daryl Maury. Yeah.
Uh He was at that camp. I remember the, I don't remember what words he used, but I can never play. He's a liar. I can't trust him.
Something to the fact. But To be clear. I don't think I've ever heard of scene recollected on a player who's like, hey, NBA PA. Go fucking get these. My team, go get them.
Like, that is. Ooh, like, I mean, it doesn't mean he's wrong. Like, now they can dispute over, like, you were supposed to do three on three. No, I wasn't. That's part of the return to play protocol.
No, it's not. But Yana's told on his team, man. Like, they're being investigated. Like, we took it, I think, rightfully, Shams has every reason for us to doubt his. Honesty in this particular situation.
Grant rolls his eyes, Bart and I align. Grant, those eyes are getting a fucking workout. They are, really. They are. But having said that, This was not a Sham's.
This particular thing was not Sham's manufacture. This is literally. Giannis' fault telling on his team, being like, investigate them. Can I also say one thing that I would bet? I would bet.
that the bucks behind closed doors Uh Are very upset with how Giannis has approached this season. I think the Bucks are ready to be done with this guy. I think they're like, we can't do this anymore. And I think. There's a world in which if Giannis commits to the Bucs last.
Summer and says, All right, I wasn't sure, but you have Miles Turner. I'm good with this. I'm down with this season. And he had been a good soldier throughout, even when it went sideways, instead of getting cold feet by Halloween. If he approaches the season differently, I bet the Bucks might approach the situation differently.
If Giannis had been a good soldier and played along well, and there was no noise and no drama all year, maybe the Bucs feel a little bit differently about this. But I feel like the Bucs now are looking for opportunities to draw lines in the sand. And that started a couple of weeks ago with the Ramona Shelburne story. And I think this situation will probably be more of the same.
So, just to be clear, Grant and I are not playing Giannis in the home finale. Bart is. Is that a? Fair summary for you, Bart? You're doing it?
You're letting it happen. I don't know. I I don't know. I I think I would just throw my hands up and be like Fine. He's turning this into a YMCA league.
This is an NBA franchise that won a title five years ago. And now the superstar is like, let me play with my brothers who are not. Like Thanasis is all right. Yeah. Like there is a certain ego from a GM and an owner that would be like, you're not turning this into the Fucking Captain Kangaroo show.
So you and your brothers can talk about this on a podcast. That we subsidize so you can do a live show with Ric Flair that no one gives a fuck about. respectfully.
Okay. Mm-hmm. And then half the brewers are there for no reason. To meet the nation. Only in Milwaukee could Jacob Mizaruski and Rick Flair and Fanasis Eddie Dacumbo ever be in a room together.
Correct. Yeah. That doesn't mean what you think it means. Yeah. Ha ha ha.
All right. We are laughing.
Sorry to make this short. I got to go. And let's do lots of brewers. Do you want Grant and I to talk about something for 10 minutes? Yeah.
I do. I was just saying if I want to wait till next week, but you never know with a baseball season. The Brewers. Have Something The brewers have devil magic. Ask us if we think they're cheating.
Is that what you're asking? No, the brewers are cheating. I look forward to listening. All right, Paul. Bye.
The grant the Contreras thing's weird because like his brother's on our team. Speaking of brothers, from one brother to another brother. Yeah. Uh like contraris. They fucking hate him.
Everybody does. And then his brothers on the team. Mm-hmm. That's weird. I think William's a little bit of an odd.
I think they're both, they're wired a different way, man. I think with Wilson, it just it presents differently. Do you think he got hit last night? No, I don't think it hit him. Do you think he tried to take out The guy at second.
Yeah, even spikes up. Yeah. And I also think it was, I think Woodruff was onto it. Like, he was trying to fire up his team, and there's something there. It takes a little out of me that he's doing this as a member of the Red Sox.
The final boss of Contreras is: you're on the Red Sox now? Playing first. You know, I didn't catch anymore. I know he hasn't caught in a while. It's like, oh, grandpa's up saying shit.
Yeah, well, he's in hospice. He'll be dead in a week. Let him fucking let him. Oh, he got it. Oh, he wins spikes.
Who gives a shit? He's going to be done soon.
Well, and isn't that kind of what Yelich's comment? Indicated when he's like, we've seen this thing for 10 years. Like, it's just, it's fine. I do like when Yelich is slightly disturbed or annoyed. I like that vibe from him.
I like when he's fired up. Good or bad. Um I think last night goes differently if it's not Woodruff on the mound. I think if it's Miz. Or your rebate.
I think that escalates in a way that it didn't. Um with Woodruff. I think he was the right guy to be on the mound in that situation. At what point Does it get to the point where we say Okay, are we cheating? What the fuck's going on here?
I mean, they could look. Might be. I just think the Brewers have. How would they even be cheating? They're cheating because they play a full nine innings.
I think they try hard. They don't. I think a lot of teams, especially shitty ones who feel like they're not going anywhere, they get to two outs. They get to two strikes. Yeah.
There's a lot over 162-game season, there's a lot of cheese to nibble on the margins. Right in these games. I think the Brewers, I think they built a roster of guys who mostly haven't been paid. And who'd need to grind? Murphy said it last year.
He's like, half of these guys are scared. We're going to option them if they don't do. you know, do it the way that we want them to do it. I don't think they build a team just Differently from a lot of the ways that other franchises are doing it.
So they're cheating, and really, it's just managing out of fear. I I wouldn't connect it that way. I think their number one priority offensively in the past couple of years has been swing decisions. We want guys who swing at the right pitches and never swing and miss.
So when they start cue balling balls all over the infield, And a team like the Red Sox. who are shitty at fielding, like, yeah, that's what it's going to look like. I talked to Paul last week about the ABS. He obviously Paul would just do three hours of that a night. We don't need the players, we can just have the ball on the screen.
And he can just sit at home and guess. Paul, someday it's going to be AI playing baseball. Good. There'll be no mistakes. Yeah.
We'll get it right. Isn't that what you want? No. Uh What do you are? I guess my take on it is: if you're going to do it for some, you might as well just do it for all.
Which is the way it was always going to go. And now I'm seeing the people like when the ball only touches the strike zone by like a millimeter. I see people on the internet like, well, we don't need to overturn that. You know, we can have a buffer.
So, oh, no, oh, no, you people. Paul, first and foremost, we wanted to get it right. We're getting it. What the fuck do you mean we don't need to overturn that? I want to go, Bart, I want to go closer than a millimeter.
I wanna go to the microscopic level because clearly the most important thing is getting it right. Technically, if you go small enough, everything's just made out of atoms. And so is there really a difference between the ball And the air which it travels through. Technically when I shake your hand, I'm not I'm not touching you. Our atoms are coming pretty darn close.
But I'm not touching you. See, I've got a brand new worldview because we sent a rocket around the moon and we got these brand new shots of the Earth from space. Everyone's like, this is a good reminder. We needed to see how beautiful our home was. Yeah, because none of you ever go outside.
None of you just watch, it's beautiful out there. I didn't need to, I've seen pictures from space before. I know most of you don't believe those pictures are real. Whatever. All right, I'm opening a pack of cards with you.
Okay. Do you want to go? Late eighties Donras baseball. I wouldn't know most players, I'd imagine. or early nineties football.
Both are before my time. You pick. Make a difference to me. It's baseball season. Let's bring up the card cam.
Oh, this is a shitty. This is a shitty fucking. Yeah. It's the red donris here. All right.
Here we go. What do we got? We got oil can boyd. Red sock. Mark Parent?
Do you know Mickey Sasser? I always liked him. I know that name. Kevin Roberts Romine? Rick Shu.
Yeah. S C H U These are fake people. Rick Sarone. Alejandro Pena. Mm-hmm.
Randy Bush. Yeah, I know that name. Twins legend. Alex Trevino. Stan Javier.
Or Stan Javier. Woohoo, Molly. Paul Molliter. I'll keep that one. A Steve Avery rookie.
Steven Avery? Yeah, on the where's his hometown, Manitowoc? It says Stephen, parentheses, Steve. Avery. Oh, he's from Trenton.
Okay. Well, they could have killers there too. Different Steve Avery. Oh, look at this. Steve Cummings is also Steven Steve Brent.
What the fuck? Yeah. Davis, I always liked him.
Okay. Juan Agasto. No fucking way. This guy's name is Kevin MMA hat. Yeah.
Mahat. This is the official baseball player of mm-hmm. Kevin Umahat. Mahat. And a Karl Yostremsky puzzle.
That's kind of fun. Yeah. I had something I wanted to ask you, but now I can't remember.
Well, it's because I had to open up a pack of cards. It came to me in a sudden while you were opening the pack of cards. Did it have something to do with early 90s baseball? No. No.
Mm. No. What are these? Are these nine? Yeah, 90.
Oh, I know what it was. Stephen Avery from Manitowoc, did you vote in the dives of Wisconsin final between Chewys and Manitowoc and Bluffside and La Crosse? Note a bluff side win. I didn't check. I don't think Bluff Side is a dive, which is another thing.
I don't know. I'm sure this has been talked about for a million years on the internet, but I don't technically know how to define a dive. But I don't think Bluffside is dive-y. Judy's is just a shithole. I don't know if that's a good idea.
That's like it's a volleyball bar, isn't it? There's no courts.
Someone else has talked about this on Twitter. There's no courts.
There's a patio out there. What am I thinking of then? I'm thinking of Alpine. Washed. Yeah.
Yeah. Oh, is Bluffside right by the tracks? Yeah. Oh, yeah, it plays a shithole. What are you talking about?
I don't know if I've ever been inside. a nice place. Yeah, all right.
Well, you're free to go. All right. Well, it's nice to see you. It's nice to see Paul too. I'll send my regards.
Unless you want to open a pro set. No, you save those. I was entertained by it. I was more entertained by it than I thought I would be. Yeah, that's the thing.
It fucking it's it's a stupid idea that I guess I'll watch this pack. I guess I'll see who's in there. I mean, if he opened a pack from 30 five years ago, gotta see if he gets any brewers. And then I rip a Paul Molliter. Fuck.
All right, Grant. Are you going to wrap up or do you want me to leave? I'm gonna wrap up. All right. No, I'm I want I'm gonna do a voicemail.
Oh, okay. Unless you want to stay. No, no, no. That's fine. It's David's Masters predictions.
No, no, no. I. I have less to add about that than I do about cards. Have a good one. Hopefully I can talk to you tomorrow.
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Restrictions apply. All right. Carlos plays voicemail line. This is David in Buffalo. Hey, Bart, what's going on?
This is David from Buffalo. We're going to give you some master's predictions here. um for the tournament coming up this weekend You know, obviously, with Scotty, the uncertainty with his driver. Lori's back. More college back.
All these top players right now have a lot of uncertainty about them and You know, Justin Rose obviously would be a great story, but he's 45 years old or so. And I don't know if he really can win a master's. He's in close. But can he really finally do it this year? And he was so close last year.
I think right now the favorite is Grythen. Brighton, you know, everybody can say, well, it's just Liv, he won the tournament on. He's the hottest player in the world right now, these big-name guys. And You know, I look at his game. I mean, every year he's been in the hunt at Augusta, it's just been He's just got I think if he's got to tighten up his irons a little bit, he's always punted pretty well there.
So I think his design is good. I think he's the favorite. I think Tadeki is definitely going to contend. He's got a great short game and he's won there before. His driver can be a little more consistent.
I think he's definitely going to be a factor. Um, Corey Carters is my dark horse pick. I know he's going to be in the top ten. I don't know if he could win, but he could be a dark horse pick, you know, good long shot. on the take if you're into that stuff.
And then I say that. I think here's a couple other predictions I'll give you. I think the one big Oberg misses the cut. If he just can't close out tournaments, then I think the pressure of playing at Augusta will get him. I think he misses the cut.
Um, I think Schepler is never really a factor. I don't know how much he's played or practiced with Um, you know, it has a son, has the second child been born yet? Has it not been born? I don't know. No one really knows because Scheffler is kind of quiet.
He doesn't do social media speak. We'll miss the cut. We talked about him last week on the show. And then I think I'll say this: I don't think any of the amateurs do well. I think Augusta to me has just gotten so difficult that I think it's set up for guys who hit it long, hit it high, and guys who can really have.
That full throttle game where they put pedals in the middle. And you're not going to see a first timer. You're not going to see a guy who hits a blow. You're going to see a guy who's in full flight, playing his best. I think that's Bryson right now.
So thanks for the time, buddy. Hopefully, we get a great tournament this weekend at Augusta. I'm out. Yeah, Bryson. Was going to be my pick from the one thing I read.
I'll probably, when I do the pools and stuff, I do, I'll, I'll play him. Um, Regarding the Masters, I just think it's a shame that Pat McAfee is not going to be able to do his show there tomorrow at the Par Three. I think that if there's any two like American institutions, that go together. Um, you know, Pat McAfee and day three, the Wednesday of the Masters. Um were the two things that it's like hot dog and you know Catch up.
Um it it just goes together. Like Kid Rock and Bud Light. It just uh It just goes together.
So I'm bummed about that. I am happy that at least he's infiltrated my WWE. And that the story of two decades that can be told with Cody And Randy is using Jellyroll and Pat McAfee. and WCW-like ratings techniques. to to pop a few tickets at Vegas.
when they should not have been at Wrestle WrestleMania was at Vegas last year. And then you were going to have it in New Orleans. And then at the last second, you rug-pulled them and said, We're going back to Las Vegas because it was so cool. last year and then you jacked up your ticket prices and think people are coming back. What a fucking mess.
But that's what I think. I'll take Bryson. Thank you all. For stopping into the Winklerverse. Tell your friends.
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