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So hit me up. I want to go to a new topic, new hour. I want to talk some baseball because I've got to admit, last night I was pretty conflicted. On the one hand, I could not be more pumped for my Wisco half am and their beloved, clutch as hell Brewers. On the other hand, you know I feel for the finest city in America and everybody in San Diego who was convinced that this was the year for their Padres, that this is the year, that they're a team of destiny.
We talked about it late last week. Nobody is playing better baseball coming into this series than the Padres. Not only the hottest team in baseball, maybe the best team in baseball. Funny how two days can change everything so dramatically. Because coming out of the weekend, all of a sudden, it looks like the Brewers might be the team of destiny, and the Padres might be looking like they're about to fall short of the NLCS for the fourth straight season.
I'm not sure I have ever heard a ballpark louder than Milwaukee during that walk off last night. That was a sound I will never forget. Watching from home, I can't even imagine being a Brewer fan in that yard for this moment last night. Chirio hits it hard. Freaking pandemonium!
I mean, what a stunning scene, stunning at bat off the best closer in baseball. Dude's running it up there, 104, mixing up devastating sliders. Jackson Chorio just continued to battle until he got a pitch he could drive, and he won the game. And then after that incredibly intense AB, I still cannot get over the sound—the way that thing sounded. Never mind how it looked, but how it sounded.
The explosion from Milwaukee fan as soon as the ball came off the bat. Check out the ballpark cam without any of the broadcast audio. It's somehow even louder than it sounded on Fox. Check this. I'm not sure if you're picking all that audio up on radio, but if you're watching that on the stream, it's just incredible.
I'm not sure I can remember a ballpark being any louder than that. It's also been a long time since I've seen two postseason games decided by such a thin margin. That's why Padres fan is so upset right now and hurting. They were one pitch away from winning Game Two, and then they were nearly one swing away from taking a ninth inning lead on Saturday as well. But incredibly, that would be home run ball that would have given the Padres a four-three lead in the top of the ninth on Saturday.
Actually, hit the roof in Milwaukee and was caught on the fly in left field for an out. I mean, an absolutely brutal beat, brutal beat. But no, San Diego, this is not the time to break out the tin foil. There is no conspiracy here. Those are actually the ground rules.
And Milwaukee didn't close that roof. The Brewers did not close that roof, looking for an edge. The league makes the decision. The league makes the decision in the postseason.
So there is no foul play. There is no dirty angle. It was just a terrible break, like an insanely horrible break. You know, and then everybody want to break down.
Well, had it not been shut, looking at the exit velo, would that have been a home run? And Padres fans said yes, yes, yes, yes. But then a lot of the nerds and dorks came out and said, actually, wouldn't have been the only ballpark that would have been a home run in, according to the nerds and the dorks, was Houston. I don't know the answer to that because I really don't know that stuff like that. But look at this: if you're watching on the stream, it's incredible, and the catch is made.
The ball hit the top of the roof. It was towering.
Now, would that have left the park? Don't know. That doesn't matter because the roof was closed, and the roof was not closed because they were looking for some kind of angle or looking to get over. Major League Baseball makes the decision in the postseason whether or not to shut the roof, and they shut the roof. And they didn't close it for the top of the ninth either.
It wasn't like, oh, oh, here comes their big stick. Here comes France. Close the roof right now. That's how Padres fans making it sound. Like we got our big slugger coming up.
Oh, they shut the roof on us. I mean, it's just a bad break, Padres fan. You know, I'm not rooting against you either. It's a bad break. Here's the good news, though: your Padres are coming home to you tomorrow night, and you still have that amazing atmosphere.
I know you will show up and you will show out. In fact, until last night, I was saying that San Diego was the best atmosphere in the postseason until last night, and you know what? It might still be. I'll give you this much, Padres fan: the Wild Card Series at Petco definitely had better vibes than the vibes at Chavez Ravine this weekend, which were essentially dead, half empty. And yes, that is coming from Dodger Jim.
I know, I know, it was hot. I live here. I know how hot it was. Hot as hell. But never a good sign when you're using the same excuses as USC football and the Coliseum.
All right, totally different deals. SC has not made the playoff under their current head coach. The Dodgers are going for a threepeat. All right. Do not compare the Dodgers and USC.
See, then it's almost impossible for me to defend SoCal. But then again, I don't defend SoCal. I've said it. I've said it. This is not a great sports town.
It's a great sports town when you win. USC has been in a decade-long lull. Lincoln Riley has not made the playoffs since he got here, and they threw all that money at him. The Dodgers are trying to threepeat, but you would have never known that judging the vibe at the stadium this weekend. The Dodgers themselves barely showed any life last night in getting bullpened by the Braves.
They had their Cy Younger on the mound, and the Braves had to go the bullpen game. And now the Braves have set themselves up beautifully to go home to the ATL and put Chris Sale on the mound for Game Three. I can't stress that enough. The fact that they won Game Two without having to use Sale was genius. That was so enormous for them that they win a bullpen game against Blake Snell.
Padre fan, back to you. My point: if there is any consolation, it's that it was also a rough day for Dodger fan. And I know them losing is almost as fun to you as you winning. It was just one of the single best days ever for my Wisco half fam. Man, that series is something.
Fly ball off the roof, one pitch away from winning with your ace on the mound, the best closer in baseball, and you couldn't get that last strike, couldn't get that last out. Wild, wild stuff. All right, let's go to the phones. One eight zero zero six three six eight six eight six. Let me get some baseball reaction in here too.
Let's see, Smackelford. The series is the roof. The ceiling is the roof. Signed the Brewers. Didn't have to be.
Shouldn't be. She's kind of a fluke, man. That was a towering fly ball, but that is the rule. And again, stop acting like the Brewers saw who was coming to the plate and said, "Up, time out, close the roof." It wasn't their call; it was baseball's call, and it wasn't done in the ninth. Sean in El Paso Viejo via the chat.
Sad as it is. Padres ain't coming back from getting their heart ripped out in the ninth, two nights in a row. That's what's in. Hey, man! If they do, they have even more grit than Justin Herbert.
At UCLA, Dodger Dog below the roof signed Hans Gruber and Padre fans shoot the glass. Blow the roof, shoot the glass. Scott DJ never should have been in there for two innings. I was about to go there. They did ask Mason to go two innings.
Hey man, he got within one pitch, dude. Had to have that game. I'm not. I'm not saying it wasn't a big ask. He got within one pitch, one pitch.
You see this watch? That's this guy's handle. You see this watch? Those games hurt. One taken away.
You see this watch? And one given up. You see this watch? He wasn't taken away. It was just really bad luck.
You see this watch? Really bad luck. That watch costs more than your car. You see this watch? Nine hundred seventy thousand.
And Richard Torres. Dodger fans are spoiled. It. You know why? Because they win the division every single year.
They've gone back to back. They're trying to threepeat. Hey, they're SoCal fans, man. They're not going to care until it matters. Problem is, they may lose before it matters.
Thank goodness, though, Dodger player did not point the finger at Dodger fan. We've seen that lately. All right, let's go to the phones. Matt in LA, yo, brother, what's going on, Matt? Roll me Rome, from Hawthorne to Hotlanta, from Agoura Hills to Augusta.
You're welcome, you pukes. Give me back my jungle karma, cause despite you hate fueled rhetoric. Fueled rabble rousers, you got nothing but blue steel the hard way and a silver and black attack coming to you, candy asses. Matt Tober will not be derailed. Matt Tober will not be deterred.
Like a fat Atlanta fan in line for his third concession stand run, like Ira Craig at a bar with only lint-filled pockets and a BO stench. Chasing them like seven up to a whiskey shot. Matt Tobure rolls on. The Dodgers' offense will awaken, pimp. In Georgia, kind of like Ray Charles' career with a late rebirth, and the Raiders will rebound from that heartbreaking loss that Mahomes and Teytay's hubby always seem to hand the Raiders.
So last Sunday goes out the window quicker than Ira Swell's diet plans. The Dodgers will be challenged throughout, but the threepeat is undeniable. The Raiders will continue to grow and get to the ten win plateau. That like a three hundred and fifty pound scale reading to Ira Swell seems untenable. It's only the beginning.
You pukes. You milk shops will feel it. Enjoy the Matobo metrics because it don't stop you, sissy la la's. War sprinkles and bitches, corn stock and ear umbrella. But unwarned burn dog haters and jungle barbecue team naysayers, because my man Hemsky is the truth.
Ouch, bro. I don't know, dude. Just screaming it louder than you normally do doesn't make it better. I'm a little nervous about the Dodgers. That was a huge win for the Braves.
Damn, somebody pull Matt off of Ira Swells. There were no less than three Ira Swells references in that call, and maybe more. Three that I can recall. And only one sprinkles in bichatall reference. Irae swells.
For some reason, I find that amusing. All right, when we come back, Aaron Taylor will be joining us. He he's mixing in bum smack and fat smack on you, Irae swells. Fat bum. Your personal information is valuable, and you know what?
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That's the pros. Get them in, so I can get them on the other side of this. Right now, though, I'm pumped for this. We're gonna talk some college ball, maybe a little bit of pro ball. We are joined right now by a Super Bowl champion.
He spent six seasons in the NFL with the Packers and the Chargers. Played his college ball at Notre Dame, where he was a two-time First Team All-American. He won the 1993 Lombardi Award as the nation's top offensive lineman. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He is a CBS Sports College Football analyst.
He is Aaron Taylor. Aaron, it is great to see you, dude. How you doing? I've been good, well, brother. How you been doing, man?
Good, man. It has been a minute or a minute and a half. It's great to see you. You look great, and I'm glad you made some time.
So, let me ask you first. You were in studio for CBS's coverage of Ohio State's 17 point win over Iowa on a day where Buckeye star Jeremiah Smith set school records for career receptions, receiving touchdowns. It's starting to feel like a one horse race for the Heisman Trophy. Aaron, what do you make of him?
Well, he's an absolute stud, man. You watch what he's done the last couple weeks—ten plus catches, two hundred yards—in back-to-back games with teams trying specifically to limit what he's done. And you take a look at Iowa. We know how good they've been defensively over the years, particularly there at Kinnick, and they couldn't figure it out. Phil Parker had no answer for that, even though that they knew where the ball was going.
Seemingly, Jim—that's their entire playbook. Watching a guy. Like J.J. Smith play is a treat. It's why you love this sport.
And I was at Ohio State maybe three years ago when he was a true freshman. All the buzz was about this kid. And I was like, When did you know that he was going to be the guy? They're like, The second he stepped on campus. In fact, he won the Iron Buckeye Award.
I said, What's that? They said, That's the award that goes to the dude in the off season that was the biggest meathead in the gym. Wow. That means with the respect of all the seniors and the captain. Is true freshman walked in there on the air bike, staring down in all the competitive drills, and we're breaking dudes left and right.
So JJ Smith isn't good just because he's the most talented. He's the good because he's got the best mindset and the best work ethic, and he's could be the best receiver statistically and practically that we've ever seen come out of Ohio State, and that's saying something considering their history. Coming out of Wru, that that is a great anecdote. When did you know? I don't know when he was six.
He was that freaky. Talking Aaron Taylor, great story.
So Northwestern celebrates the opening of their new stadium. Let me jump over there on Friday night by destroying Penn State. Aaron, does that win tell you more about Northwestern or about Penn State? Yes, I think it tells us a little bit about both. I think it does because you take a look at what's happened to Penn State, man.
They're a shell of who they thought they were going to be, and they really look like the Ohio State team from last year. When you look at Ohio State this year, this year's Ohio State team would have whooped last year's Ohio State team.
So Ohio State seemingly has gotten better with none of the same players that are there, because those players are now unhappy.
So if you're a Nittany Lion fan, you had to be really concerned—not just that you lost that game, but the way that you lost that game, which was having the ball shoved down your throat. And Danton Lin, the defensive coordinator who came over from USC, has to be thinking, "Man, what in the hell did I get myself into?" But when I watch the tape, Jim, it's awful on defense. They're not physical. They're not tackling. They had no answers.
Now, given Chip Kelly was dialing up. Double wing and and running all these different old school offenses, and and really was stressing out the defense. But it's it's incredible, seemingly how quickly things have turned awry in Happy Valley. And if they don't spend some money, it's going to stay that way. And you love what you saw out of the Wildcats.
Jerry Neuheisel, Rick Neuheisel's son, Rick was out there and saw it with his own eyes, and he came back and he said, "Man, they may have what they finally need to." Turn this corner. This facility and the buy-in of this program is going to take these dudes from librarians to be in freaking Neanderthals. And when you can play physical football like that, being in that area of Chicago where they have a recruiting hotbed, that's just the thing that the Big Ten conference is needed to have that middle class elevate. We all thought it was going to be Wisconsin that would lead that charge, but it very well may be Northwestern. Man, that's so interesting, Aaron Taylor joining us.
What about Wisconsin?
So obviously. That win over Penn State is not as impressive as it would have been. What about Wisconsin?
Can Luke Fickle work his way out of this? Can you see them taking a step this year? Where does that leave them? I think they're a much better team, especially on the defensive side. Nobody can run the football on, and that includes Notre Dame, that struggled mightily.
A game that I was at in Green Bay, my old alma mater. It was weird. My brain was like, "What is happening right now?" I'm in Green Bay in Lambeau, and there's all these Notre Dame folks here. I didn't know what the hell was going on. But I don't think Notre Dame did offensively either, because Wisconsin beat them up, and it took them a while deep into the second half to kind of settle down and figure some things out.
Notre Dame has finally figured some things out on that side of the ball. They ran the ball extremely well on the road in some inclement weather against North Carolina last week. But it's it's a function of they've got a quarterback that can use his legs. Colton Joseph is what they've needed. You combine that with a good defense.
Now all of a sudden you've got the DNA of a Wisconsin team of old, where you're going to beat people up and out physical them on the defensive side, but have some sort of modern creativity. Until they can get the bodies back there that they need to be able to run the football like they're accustomed to doing. Aaron Taylor, breaking it down for us. Aaron, I was going to ask you about your alma mater.
So Notre Dame was tested by North Carolina before they finished off that win, thirty-seven twenty-six. There's a lot to like about Marcus Freeman's squad this year, but given that the schedule has not been that demanding, how good of a handle do you have on who and what the Irish are this year? I thought last week, as close as it was, taught me a little bit about them because they finally ran the football with some authority. It's really hard to tell, Jim, who's who and who's worth a damn now because of the transfer portal and how you know how much turnover there on these rosters.
So I went back and I looked at the last ten years of national championship winners. I wanted to see what that profile looked like, and there was you got to rush the passer, you got to protect the football, whether you. Force a lot of turnovers, or don't turn it over at all. Your turnover margin has to be elevated. You have to be explosive offensively, but the average yards per game running the football over 200.
Notre Dame was in the 140s, 150s. That wasn't good enough. Last week they got over that hump. It's the best I've seen them look on tape this year. Those young tackles have kind of settled their footwork.
That defense got challenged a little bit last week. That's the worst game they've played by far this. Season, but that is a championship caliber defense that can rush the passer, that can stop the run, that can take that pass game that Notre Dame's always had, coupled with the run game. I'm curious if we can put it all together in BYU, and that game in Provo is going to really test us. But the almost the one game season for the Irish, and maybe for Miami as well, is that November seventh contest.
That's going to be the one. Remember, Miami beat us last year, and that's what knocked. Out of the championship this year, the mantra in South Bend's been "leave no doubt." Well, November seventh, they'll get their opportunity. Can't wait for that one. That one's circled for sure.
Aaron Taylor joining us.
So CBS as a big game in the Big Ten on Saturday, number thirteen Oregon going up against number twenty one UCLA. Absolutely love this game. Dan Lanning told me last week that UCLA reminds him of Indiana last year. We've seen the instant impact that Bob Jesni has had on the Bruins. I mean, it's been incredible.
To see how different that culture is already. How do you see this tremendous matchup in Eugene? I've been really impressed with UCLA when I went and visited them in the summer. You could see, oh man, the culture was different. I didn't know who Bob Chesney was.
It was going to be all fluff and talk, and is he one of these rah-rah guys? Nah, man, it is for real. I've got a buddy that's on that staff that I didn't even know was on that staff, and I've talked to him. And just hearing things and watching them on tape, there's a cultural shift there that hadn't existed before. The way that that's been embodied is the way that they run the football.
They have a top five rushing offense. Nico, the quarterback, does a tremendous job of getting rid of the football. They've got some guys that can go down the field and get it. They got a couple running backs that are super dynamic, and they play ten offensive linemen. I counted when I was charting their game tape from last week, ten, and that's by intention.
It's a philosophical stance. We don't want just our five best on the field. We want our ten best because we want ours to be better than yours and wear you guys down late into. Games and when you watch the tape, that's exactly what happens.
Now it ain't always the prettiest, and it ain't always the most fundamentally sound. But those dudes got a bad attitude. They come off the football and they just come in hockey waves, man. I think with the window dressing, the shifts, the trades, the motion, the misdirection, they put a lot of stress on defenses. And to me, Jim, that's the matchup of matchups this weekend is to see that front seven for Dan Lanning's unit.
For Oregon, that we thought was going to be the best that he's ever had, possibly the best in the country this year, that's been torched for the most part. How are they going to handle an offense that UCLA hasn't seen in quite some time? That's going to be a fun one, and likely will determine or go a long way to determine who wins that game. No, it's so great. What an intriguing matchup.
Aaron Taylor just breaking it down for us. Here, one last thought. I got to get your thoughts on Nebraska. I love Nebraska. Nebraska has not been Nebraska for a long, long time, but they're out five and zero for the.
First time since twenty sixteen, number seven Indiana coming to Lincoln.
Now, I was there back in the day. I am old enough, Aaron. You and I know what it was like back in the day. I remember going to Lincoln in the early nineties. I remember how unbelievable that place was.
Indiana's coming in. Do you think Matt Rule's offense, which is averaging forty four per game, can hang with the defending champs? I think they can hang with them for a little bit, but I think we're going to start to see the the cream, you know, separate and rise to the top a little bit. Indiana's had a little bit of a slow start; they've had some of their own kinks that they've been working out. Where Nebraska, and I think a lot of that is due to quality of opponent.
Has has hit the ground running, so this is going to be a first real matchup for both of them. Really, you look at Indiana; they haven't been really tested much, but I think the game against Rutgers last week they took some steps, ran the ball for 300 yards, something that was kind of commonplace last year. Josh Hoover, the quarterback, is settling down and kind of figuring out his role. He's a super accurate quarterback. He's avoided turnovers, which is critical.
But man, this is an opera. Opportunity for Nebraska, and I heard Rick Neuheisel talk about this on the radio this morning. He said Nebraska is going to beat Indiana. That that would actually be good for the league because, again, we've all universally stated this, and I started saying this two to three years ago. That the Big Ten has been really top heavy.
You've had Ohio State, you've had Indiana, you've had Oregon, you've had Michigan. Going back to twenty one and twenty two, when you know they won the Joe Moore Award in back to back years. And won the national championship, but besides that, it was a bunch of also rans.
Well, if you can get the Northwesterns to come back, the Nebraskas to come back, to get the Michigan States to be perennially good again, and get the occasional ten win season, now you're cooking with grease.
So this is a hell of an opportunity for the Go Big Red crew, and if they can get that done, man, hats off to them. But I think their luck comes to an end, and they walk out of their five and one. I see it working. Aaron, one last thought, if you don't mind, because you mentioned Lambeau, you won your Super Bowl championship during the ninety-six season. When you look back, what do you remember most about that year and protecting Brett Favre when he was at the peak of his powers?
Man, just the dudes, Jim. Like we just had our 30 year Super Bowl reunion and went back, and Ron Wolf was there. Like we're all doing pretty good, and and everybody's you know doing well, and it was great to see everybody. But we had such a tight locker room. I don't know if you remember, but we signed Andre Rison in probably October and November that year.
We were banged up at wide receiver, and we needed some help. And everybody's like, "Why would you bring bad mood Rison into the locker room?" Well, Ron Wolf told me then, and he told me again a couple weeks ago when I saw him in Green Bay that he knew that our culture was good enough to where we would force him to raise his bar and standard instead of bringing ours down. And that just goes to show you—I said it once, I said it a thousand times—culture matters. Football is a people game, and if you don't have good people in that building, I don't care how much talent you have, it ain't gonna be enough. Hey, and if you have one second, I got.
You we so we sent our son, our older son, to Wisconsin, and we have a place in the North Woods in Eagle River. But the first time that I ever ventured out of Cali to Wisconsin was that year. I was at the NFC Championship game when y'all played the Panthers, and I had never been in weather that cold, dude. Lambo was freezing. I'm an Elly native.
I had never seen anything like it. I wanted to see it for myself, and it all lived up to the hype. All the tailgating, everything was going on at 7 a.m. I was there a few days earlier. I went to the Hall of Fame.
I went to Fuzzy Thurston's bar. Like I had never seen Green Bay, man. It lived up to all the hype. Do you remember what did you think the first time you landed and touched the ground in Green Bay? Damn, this place is small.
Yes, and I—I thought at the time, man, I was like, man, that's going to be a negative, but it ended up being a positive because Green Bay is the only collegiate experience in the NFL. It's a town of a hundred thousand, so win, lose, or draw, they're a hundred percent behind you. You're a big fish in a small pond, which is great, but there's nowhere to really hide. But man, I got recognized back there, and people are taking pictures, and you know, there were some Notre Dame people there from, you know, I've been there twice and. September, but it's just a good place with good people and a great place to play football.
You don't have all the distractions and all the other things like a lot of shiny objects here in New York City where I'm at. If I had been here at 21, I may not be sitting on this call. Especially if they had camera phones back in the day, Jim. You know what I'm saying? Dude, I know you're saying.
Back back there, it really helped us to come together because you couldn't go anywhere at night without bumping into five teammates that were going to make sure you were making good choices. Is that the truth, right? If you want to. Find something to do. You had to go to Chicago.
You had to go to Milwaukee. You had to get out of town, and you find it if you wanted it. Aaron Taylor joining us on the program. Super Bowl champ, also a CBS Sports college football analyst. My dude, it is so good to see you.
What a great job! Great to get you too, brother. I appreciate you so much, man. Appreciate you so much. Do it again, bro.
Okay, all right. You're the best, Aaron Taylor. That was so great, so fun. Super Bowl champ, six years in the NFL, and a great, great, great analyst and breaking it all down for us.
So much thanks to Aaron Taylor. What a great catch-up. Love it when that happens. All right, when we come back, looking for ATPs. Ask the pros.
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Sjtb Golf, dear Jim, my ATP is for you. Has the Ragdoll gotten a name yet? I like Code Two. No, DJ has shot down every single name. She has not volunteered a single name, but shot down every one of my names.
And I've come up with about a half dozen. I think would work. I was watching the new Ragdoll. And remember, we got the rag doll from a breeder up north, and she named him Chicken. And we we hated it, but it's kind of funny.
But it won't stick. We wanted to get the cat home and see what the cat's personality was like, so we're still like calling him Chicken. But I watched him. Janet got this little. Little kind of hybrid scratching post with a couple of balls that swing from it, and the the dude's a little maniac.
He weighs less than four pounds right now, and they're big cats. They become like twenty pound cats. Like if you ever if you have nothing better to do or you're into it, Google rag dolls. Like twenty three pounds, enormous cats. Cody the ragdoll legend was never that big.
But this one's a tiny little guy. But I've never seen him the use of both hands like this cat on a speed bag.
So I try. I'm like he's like Ray Leonard. This cat.
So I try to tell Janet, let's name him Ray. Ray. Ah! Like like she's shooting down everything.
So no, no name yet. I've got a feeling this cat's not gonna have a name until he's like five. Here's another one. Tommy Woj, name the kitty scrumptious. I mean, it's kind of, it's not bad, but Janet will shoot that down too.
I don't know what Janet is looking for in a cat name, but believe me, her names are much worse than mine, and she's shooting down every one of mine. Hey, Bud Sealant. Scott M. DJ Jim, cue for you and Tommy as baseball fan. Of course, there's arguments between the Padres and Brewers fans as to whether that Ty France ball would have not only been a home run, but maybe literally left the stadium.
You've seen the replays. What do you think, Scott? I'll let Tom answer it in his way. I'm just telling you all the analytics and metrics dorks. Have put the numbers in, and what came out was the only other ballpark, or the only ballpark, where that ball would have left was Houston, because of the short porch.
But it's neither here nor there, right? It hit the roof. That's the rule. There are rules. The ball is live and in play if it hits the roof, and the catch was made.
My feeling is it probably would not have left the park, but I'm basing that on what all the nerds and dorks and ivies—no offense, Tom—all the ivies have to say when they input the data. Either way, this is the rule. Everybody knew the rule. Had the tables been turned and it happened to them, it would have happened to them. It just was a really unfortunate incident.
Which brings us back to the next game. Do you run Mason Miller out there for two innings? I I don't have a problem with it. You know, with with all with all the specialization, the bullpen games, this, that, and the other. Man, this is what you play for.
The guy needed one more pitch. He's the nastiest, filthiest guy in the bigs. He's your hammer. Yeah, it's a big ask. It's six outs.
It's a big ask. But he got within one pitch. Pimp, we all know Mister Dolores' illustrious time spent calling Cavaliers games when Le Bag was there. My question is, did he call any other sporting events? And can we please hear that audio?
Thanks, Jim. Go Big Red for life. Jeff and Bugaha. Alvy, do you have any other audio? Hey, Alvy.
How's it going? Still good on this end, Alby. How's it going in there? I can't hear anything.
So, going over to Jeff in Bugaha. Yeah, the last game I did was, I believe it was. They moved me over to a. I was doing East. Playoffs, so not just okay, Alby.
I know you don't listen to the show while the show is going on. What he asked was, did you call any other sporting events besides the Cavs? No, and is there audio? I kind of only have one lane when it comes to sports announcing. That's in the past.
Sorry, Jeff. I just don't have the time to to to to listen to the show as it's going on live. The energy to do other sports, but I do still have. We still have. Still have video of you know the the Bam Outabaiu block.
Well, let's have it. Let's do that. Let's go back. One sixteen, one fourteen. Heat Williams inbounds to Tatum.
Tatum hops up. Wait, what's this? Bam Outabaiu rejection. Do do no no. Bam Outabaiu.
Get that out of here. Bam Bam. No slam. Thank you, ma'am. That is ridiculous.
That is awesome. That is not ridiculous. That is awesome. Getting that back, I should go back. I should.
I still have a lot left in the tank. I could probably yes, you do. See, again, that was another classic example of an audio drop that we played for years and years and years and years, but we never ever matched up the video to that audio. You see, Alvy, you're not sitting on e. You got plenty left in you.
I got plenty left. You got plenty left in you. So what does that mean? Do you want to go back to the association, or you want to try another sport? No, I'll probably stick with the NBA.
That that was pretty hype. I don't think I could do the NFL. That was pretty hype. Plus, I play in the NFL, so then that's isn't there some sort of conflict? I gotta I gotta look that up.
I'm in the NFL. I can't really call. Bro, you can't call games. You're in the NFL.
Well, and it's one thing for it's one thing for Bacon to have five percent ownership and call games. Dude, you're an actual NFL player. You can't call. Plus, I'm rehabbing. I I still got a banged up wing, and then I'm doing this still.
So yeah, this is a lot.
So yeah, let's just stick with the NBA. You know, the seasons, pre-seasons are around the corner. You know, maybe I could call some people. Not around the corner. It's already started.
Pre-season already started. Oh jeez. Did you not see? Did you not see Joker go wrap around on the baseline? Yeah, that was that was madness.
That's crazy. I should call that madness. All right, thank you, Jim. No, thank you, Alvy. Thank you for engaging finally.
Good question, though. Watch this. What? If you're watching on the stream, the Joker. Wrap around baseline, maybe the greatest dime ever.
When you consider it's a center, dude. That was all the way the length of the baseline. I don't think I ever saw Irv do anything like that. I don't even think I saw Pistol Pete back in the day do anything like that. That's a seven footer.
I don't think Bob Cousy was even doing anything like that. I don't think White Chocolate was doing anything like that. That was a seven footer. I don't care if that was an exhibition. Get a free Wix oil filter when you buy five quarts of Valvoline Full Synthetic Restore and Protect Motor Oil at O'Reilly Auto Parts.
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