Hour 1 – In the Line of Fire, John Smoltz

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1: "In the Line of Fire" with John Smoltz

Release Date: July 9, 2025

Introduction to the Event in Lake Tahoe The episode kicks off with John Smoltz joining the show from the picturesque setting of Lake Tahoe, where the American Century Golf Tournament is underway. John sets a vibrant scene, highlighting the presence of numerous A-list celebrities from sports and entertainment.

Golfing with Celebrities John Smoltz and his co-hosts, Seton O'Connor and Paul Pabst, discuss the golfing prowess of the event's participants. Notable figures such as Steph Curry, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Charles Barkley, and Grant Hill are mentioned, emphasizing the blend of athletic talent present.

• John Smoltz [02:42]: "Adventure should never come with a pause button."
• The hosts humorously critique the golfing skills of their celebrity guests, noting unexpected shots and playful interactions on the practice range.

Celebrity Interactions and Anecdotes The conversation delves into personal anecdotes, including interactions with Ray Allen and humorous attempts to improve his golf or basketball techniques.

• John Smoltz [09:20]: "I can't help you with your golf shot, but I can help you with your jumper."
• These light-hearted exchanges showcase the camaraderie and competitive spirit among the guests.

Poll Questions and Audience Engagement The show incorporates interactive elements, such as poll questions, engaging listeners in debates about career choices in sports. One prominent poll asks:

• "Which career would you rather have? A pro golfer for 20 years or an NFL quarterback for 10 years?"

The hosts and guests discuss the merits of longevity versus peak performance, sharing personal preferences and insights.

Discussion on Sports Careers: Baseball vs. Golf A significant portion of the episode focuses on the challenges and mental fortitude required in different sports. Todd Fritz shares his experiences transitioning between baseball and golf, emphasizing the mental aspects of golf.

• Todd Fritz [28:54]: "I've never been nervous literally in a baseball game other than the first time I threw a pitch when I got signed."
• The conversation highlights the solitary nature of golf compared to the team dynamics in baseball, underscoring the unique pressures of each sport.

Casting John Smoltz: A Humorous Segment In a playful segment, the hosts engage in a mock poll about casting actors to portray John Smoltz in a hypothetical movie. Names like Jason Statham, John Malkovich, and Bruce Willis are floated, showcasing the show's humorous side.

• Todd Fritz [36:12]: "I was in a couple of movies. I was in 'The Change-Up,' but I got cut, so I didn't."
• This segment adds a layer of entertainment, blending sports talk with light-hearted banter.

Mental Toughness in Pitching vs. Golfing The discussion returns to the mental resilience required in pitching versus golfing. Todd Fritz elaborates on strategies to maintain composure and control the game, drawing parallels between the two sports.

• Todd Fritz [38:09]: "The key is not to convey to the other person who has the edge."
• John Smoltz emphasizes the importance of mental strength in high-pressure situations, using historical examples from his baseball career.

Prominent Sports Figures and Future Prospects The hosts touch upon current sports figures like Shohei Ohtani, Jacob deGrom, and Aaron Judge, analyzing their impacts and future prospects in their respective fields.

• Todd Fritz [35:37]: "If he never hits for one year and just pitches, he'll be the best pitcher in baseball, period."
• This analysis provides listeners with deep insights into the evolving dynamics of modern sports careers.

Closing Thoughts and Upcoming Segments As the hour winds down, the hosts reflect on the day's events, discussing the upcoming segments and teasing future guest appearances, including Big Cat and contributors from "Pardon My Take."

• John Smoltz [50:38]: "We have a couple of final thoughts here, but we'll be back after this break."
• The episode concludes with a promise of continued engaging discussions and sports analysis in the following segments.

Conclusion Hour 1 of "In the Line of Fire" with John Smoltz offers a dynamic blend of sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and interactive segments. The engaging dialogue between hosts and guests provides listeners with both entertainment and insightful commentary on sports careers, mental toughness, and the intersection of athletics and personality.

Notable Quotes:

• John Smoltz [09:20]: "I can't help you with your golf shot, but I can help you with your jumper."
• Todd Fritz [28:54]: "I've never been nervous literally in a baseball game other than the first time I threw a pitch when I got signed."
• Todd Fritz [38:09]: "The key is not to convey to the other person who has the edge."

This comprehensive summary encapsulates the essence of the episode, providing a clear and engaging overview for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

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[John Smoltz]

Adventure should never come with a pause button.

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[Bridget Todd]

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[John Smoltz]

And then boom. It's everywhere.

[Bridget Todd]

And that was that moment.

[Greg Rosenthal]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick.

[John Smoltz]

Show on Fox Sports Radio. No, it's early, it's crisp, but we're here in Lake Tahoe and it's going to be a gorgeous day. The American Century Golf Tournament. They've been doing this for 36 years now. Steph Curry is here, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Kelsey Brothers, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill, and us. Although we're down to Danette Fritzi now, this was late notice, by the way, that we decided to go to Tahoe. And Fritz, he had already planned a vacation to go to London. He wanted to go to Wimbledon. Now, I did get a shout out yesterday on Pardon the Interruption from Michael Wilbon for some reason. We'll bring that up to you in a moment. But Fritz, he's out. But Marvin is here. Seaton's here, Paulie's here. Back room guys are here. We're ready to go. And celebrity filled field here. Beautiful setting here. Now we're right off of the practice range. Now, you would think most of these guys are pretty good golfers. Think again, because we had some stray shots that came in here yesterday as we were getting set up. There are some guys who, you know, this is where, when you play in these events, everybody thinks you're, you're decent, you know, you're a pretty good golfer. That's not the case because the gallery, you can tell the gallery to move out of the way and they think you're joking. But really there's some people who should be telling the gallery, get out of the way because I could hurt you. So we're here yesterday and we're just watching some of these guys. Now Paulie is fanboying. Paulie, be like, hey, I, I just saw Matt Ryan. He could be like a small forward. And I go, you've been around Matt Ryan before?

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, Paul, it's a weird scenario when guys are wearing golf stuff like football players or hockey players, or you see them in their natural build. Like, Matt Ryan's a tall dude, like six, six tall and kind of thin. He looks like he played like power forward at Dartmouth or something like that. But then you see Kyle Lowry, the NBA player. That guy's like 6 foot tall. He looks like an NBA second baseman. He's kind of squat and stocky. And he almost smoked you, by the way, with that errant drive.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, I know, I know. They should make the bad golfers hit balls at the other end, so they can't hit it into our set. So we might get some strays here today as the they'll. Now, this is just a practice round today. I think Barkley gets in later today and hopefully joins us on the show tomorrow. Yes.

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, that's the thing about our location here is that I can't tell if those golfers are bad and that's why they're hitting us, or if they're actually that good and they're just firing them over here.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, you know how, like, when the.

[Seton O'Connor]

Cart goes by and you're on the driving race, you're like, ah, let me see if I can just hit the cart while it's going. Oh, we're kind of a stationary card out here.

[John Smoltz]

I didn't think of it that way. But Paulie goes, I just saw Aaron Rodgers. He's jacked Jack. I go, what is wrong with you?

[Paul Pabst]

Well, again, I was like, aaron Rodgers spent summer at the beach. It looks like he's been spending the summer at the gym.

[John Smoltz]

But then you go, and Zach Levine, he looks like an NBA player. He could golf. I know. Got a great swing. But Marvin's here. Seaton. Paulie. Yours truly, John Smoltz will join us. Coming up in a little bit. Big Cat and pft commenter from Pardon my take Barstool. They're gonna stop by. They got a big announcement. They said, we want to make a big announcement here on your show. I said, okay, Paulie, you were told the big announcement, but you were told not to tell me about the big announcement. Yeah. And you didn't.

[Paul Pabst]

It was a full embargo. Big Cat said, this is on the double secret proration. So they will announce it on the show.

[John Smoltz]

Double secret embargoed.

[Paul Pabst]

Actually, I don't know if you use the word embargoed.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah, it's very professional, though.

[Paul Pabst]

Media term.

[John Smoltz]

So Big Cat. Pft. Pardon my take. They'll join us. Joe Buck is going to stop by and the Rams wide receiver Devonte Adams. Are we taking phone calls today? Best and worst of the weekend. Since we weren't here on Monday and Tuesday, maybe. Well, Tyler's not doing anything since he's back at the Home Office. 877 3DP Show Email Address Deep Funny.

[Seton O'Connor]

The guy who said isn't doing anything. He's easily the most stressed of anybody right now with all that's on his plate.

[John Smoltz]

So we're. We're entrusting Tyler?

[Seton O'Connor]

I don't know. I just.

[Todd Fritz]

I.

[Seton O'Connor]

The button's red now. It Was blue. I don't know.

[John Smoltz]

Hey, buddy. Hey, I just want to call you real fast. Just the interview.

[Seton O'Connor]

Hey, this clock is ticking. That's supposed to be ticking. That clock is ticking. Is that supposed to be okay?

[John Smoltz]

I just want to make sure. So Tyler is there and he's got the, the weight of the world on him because we, we left him alone. 8773-DP-SHoM email address tpdanpatrick.com twitter handle@dpshow go to danpatrick.com and click on the toy box link and you can follow along. There's tons of content there. We got games, interviews, poll questions. And go to danpatrick.com first hour. Brought to you by Express Employment Professionals. They never charge you a fee to help you find a job. Get Started ExpressPros.com all right, Poll question. Seaton, are you going to do the honors today?

[Seton O'Connor]

I mean, I believe so.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

All right, we've got one here from Paulie. This is, this is about as poly of a poll question as you could get.

[John Smoltz]

Really? Thank you. Yeah, yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

I mean that as a compliment. I'm like, this is exactly which air quotes good career would you rather have? Okay, a pro golfer for 20 years. This is an NFL quarterback for 10 years. Although I might, I would change that to just playing in the NFL for 10 years.

[John Smoltz]

Okay.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah, yeah, that's a good call.

[Seton O'Connor]

And then baseball player, you know, basketball player, NBA, MLB. Which would you rather have a 10 year running but a 20 year run as a pro golfer?

[John Smoltz]

Gary Pauling.

[Paul Pabst]

And it's not hall of Fame, it's not super bowl wins, we don't know. But you just have a nice meat and potatoes 10 year career as a second baseman or as a pro golfer who maybe gets a win at the Honda or the Nissan Open, but not a memorable career, just more longevity.

[John Smoltz]

No majors there.

[Paul Pabst]

Correct.

[John Smoltz]

All right. Yes.

[Seton O'Connor]

Well, one of the things that I find really interesting about watching these dudes because, you know, there's yesterday, there's like, oh, Ray Allen is like chipping over here out of this bunker. It was awesome.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

You know, you see his bag? You know, it's got the Jordan logo on it. It's got all Yukon stuff. It was rad. You know, but he was so focused and like dialed in on really getting this. I'm trying to get. And he looked great. You know, you could tell that he had the same intensity about golf probably that he had about basketball.

[John Smoltz]

Ray Allen looks like he could still give you maybe 10 or 15 minutes.

[Seton O'Connor]

100%.

[John Smoltz]

And in great Shape. Now, the running joke here is, of course, I told Ray Allen that he held the basketball incorrectly.

[Seton O'Connor]

When, you know you're doing that wrong.

[John Smoltz]

When he came into the studio years ago. So I see him and he's over chipping right by us yesterday. And I go, hey, you want me to help you with your shot? And he looks up, and then he starts laughing. You can't escape us. I know. I said, I can't help you with your golf shot, but I can help you with your. Your jumper. And he just. I think he's. He's either entertained or wants to smack me. It's somewhere in between. But he's. He's telling me his strategy. Like, these guys, you know, when they. You're looking for that competitive outlet. Like, John Smoltz saw him yesterday. He's like, if this thing works, I'm winning this thing. He. He show, you know, he holds the putter, and I go, okay. Like, these guys, some of these guys, there's. There's probably 10 to 15 guys. There's 90. 90 celebrities. 10 to 15 guys who can actually win, compete, and they're intense. Ray Allen is already telling me his strategy to win this thing yesterday. Smoltz is already locked in like crazy. And then you get, you know, other guys who are out here just to have fun. You know, Barkley's not going to win anything. Larry the Cable Guy's not going to win anything. Oh, wow. I don't think.

[Paul Pabst]

Calling it.

[John Smoltz]

I don't. I don't think so. But his games improved.

[Seton O'Connor]

Dismissive.

[John Smoltz]

I know. Yes.

[Paul Pabst]

See, I had an idea for a new character for Larry the Cable guy. Lawrence the streaming guy. Kind of modern in a little bit like that. He had to have thought of this.

[John Smoltz]

Yes. Because I, you know, there's a lot of cord cutters out. Right. You know, whole new bit. Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

I'm streaming now.

[John Smoltz]

So Fritz, he's not here, but he. Trust me, he's here with us, whether it's email or text in London. And all of a sudden I get these notices that Michael Wilbon is calling out, giving a shout out to Todd Fritz. And I'm thinking, okay, pardon the interruption, but it's at the start of the show. Like, why would Fritzi be trending at the start of Pardon the Interruption? Yeah, Paulie.

[Paul Pabst]

So they were talking all sports on pti, of course, and they were talking a little bit about Wimbledon, and the best American man, or one of the best is Taylor Fritz. And then, you know, what happens next.

[John Smoltz]

I can't help but look forward to A Fritz. Todd Fritz. I'll let you get to mostly that, but Fritz and Alcaraz is going to be. It figures. Be one hell of a match. Todd Fritz. All right, play the next clip. Yeah, I want to start. It's. It's not. It's Taylor Fritz. It's not Todd Fritz. It's Taylor Fritz. And I always have trouble with his name because I always think of Taylor Swift. But I'm going to start with him, and if I don't get a text from Todd Fritz later, I'll be disappointed. That was great.

[Seton O'Connor]

That's unbelievable.

[John Smoltz]

That was great. And then Paulie goes, do you think Wilbond did that on purpose? I go, no, no, he did. He did not give a shout out to Fritzi to open up. Pardon the interruption.

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, Paul, I know, but we started talking about seat and I were like, if you think about how many texts Michael Wilbon has received from Todd Fritz over the years, of course he thinks of Todd Fritz before Taylor Fritz, a tennis player.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. I don't. Is Taylor Swift supposed to be here with the Kelsey brothers here?

[Paul Pabst]

I have not heard that.

[John Smoltz]

Okay, but then Colin Yost, who is Saturday Night Live, the weekend update guy, he's here. Is Scarlett Johansson, his wife here?

[Paul Pabst]

Checking.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. I mean, it's a star studded cast here.

[Seton O'Connor]

A lot of fun outdoors activities to do as well, if you're not golfing.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah, yeah. We haven't been on the lake yet. Not yet. And I wanted to reenact the Godfather 2.

[Paul Pabst]

Fredo.

[John Smoltz]

Fredo, yes. Yeah. Because that was. That was here at Lake Tahoe.

[Seton O'Connor]

I think that's why Todd didn't come.

[John Smoltz]

He was almost positive he was playing the Fredo part. And I kept thinking, you know, maybe we do all these different endings to the show in the different places we travel where, you know, guys have, you know, got snuffed out.

[Seton O'Connor]

So maybe we end to the show. The very last one. It's like who shot Junior? Like the end of Dallas. Remember that cliffhanger? That was a big one. Maybe, Dan, you're in the shower and it ends with the freeze frame. And then we never know.

[John Smoltz]

There you go. Or we could go to the corn fields and Field of Dreams. Just disappear. Yeah, or maybe I just go out on a boat. I don't know who's going with me, though.

[Paul Pabst]

Fredo should have known better than sitting in the front of the canoe. You gotta sit in back of the canoe with a hitman behind you.

[John Smoltz]

I know.

[Paul Pabst]

I mean, it wasn't like a kid with him. It was. It was Michael Corleone's hitman.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

You got to know better.

[John Smoltz]

Well, they were going fishing.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah. Leave the gun. Take the canolies situation. But, buddy, you gotta.

[Paul Pabst]

The other guy didn't even have a pole with him.

[John Smoltz]

He just had a revolver.

[Paul Pabst]

God, that's a hint.

[John Smoltz]

We gonna go with the sunglasses, Marvin? Yeah. It's a little bright out here, so, you know. I'm gonna keep the sunglasses on. Okay, why not? We're walking down the street yesterday, and Marvin is dressed in all black. And then he had his sunglasses on as well. I mean, you did look like my bodyguard. I did. I wasn't guarding anything. Anything at all. Yeah, it looked impressive. But it looked apart, though. Yeah, they. You know, some of the older women stayed away. They weren't gonna walk up.

[Seton O'Connor]

All you have to do is the hand, like. No, that's. Stand back.

[Todd Fritz]

When we go to dinner tonight, I'm.

[John Smoltz]

Gonna put that same uniform on, okay. Yeah, yeah. We're going to the pairings. Parties we get to. Yeah. So Paulie always has to remind me if I have a. Maybe a beef or a feud with somebody just in case I might see them. And I don't know if there's anybody that I have to worry about.

[Paul Pabst]

I could run through the list later.

[John Smoltz]

You should. The beef list? Yeah, just in case. Yeah, the beef list.

[Paul Pabst]

We have it.

[John Smoltz]

Thank you. Oh, dear. Yeah, moving on. I had that in college. Yes. So Paulie will be like for meat Friday, guys. Yeah. Oh, by the way, I said we got to make arrangements for meat Friday here. And then Seaton goes, yeah, it'll be breakfast. I mean, you don't have to have meat Friday. What, for lunch?

[Seton O'Connor]

Just for lunch?

[John Smoltz]

Yes. Not just for lunch.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah.

[John Smoltz]

So breakfast. So we'll do a meat Friday here in Tahoe, and it'll be meat breakfast. All right, let's come up with a poll question, and then we'll have John Smoltz play of the day coming up as well. 877 3DP. Show operator. Tyler is sitting by. All right, any other poll questions that we want to consider here?

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah, we're running with the. The best career. You know, the thing is, that's interesting about which career you would want is that you could be a professional golfer for 20 years, or you could play any one of those other ones for 10 years and then play golf for the rest.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

Or not play golf, but golf for the rest of your life.

[John Smoltz]

You could. Yeah, I think I'd want to play in the big sports. I'd want to be a 10 year guy, probably basketball. Yeah. Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

I think I'd go center fielder for 10 years. You get to play outside?

[Seton O'Connor]

Heck, yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

You know, in baseball, you don't practice as much. You just play, you know, you don't just sit there all week going to practices and meetings and practices and meetings. It's like, hey, there's another game. Let's. Let's play ball. And you're out in the sun.

[John Smoltz]

Little vitamin D. You know what I watched last night? No.

[Paul Pabst]

Guess what you watched. Are we playing? Guess what you watched.

[John Smoltz]

Do you want to play? Guess what I watched?

[Seton O'Connor]

Save it.

[Paul Pabst]

One hint.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. Sad. NBA Summer League. No, but I did watch that. I did watch that. A lot of guys who have numbers in the 60s and 70s. Good point. Guardian wearing number 67. Yes.

[Seton O'Connor]

What you watched last night, that was sad.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

A lot of videos on Facebook.

[John Smoltz]

No, I did that during the day.

[Paul Pabst]

Oh, you were right, though.

[Seton O'Connor]

Damn it.

[John Smoltz]

I did that during the day. I love those videos where guys jumping off a cliff. Yeah, you do. You know, they're showing me celebrity houses. I mean, you know, you see that.

[Seton O'Connor]

Video, the fight, the two guys who are on the golf course that they fought.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. That was.

[Seton O'Connor]

Oh, my God. It's like the best video.

[John Smoltz]

And then you hear the woman going, you know, to her husband. Get in there. Get in there. Yeah, yeah, get in there.

[Seton O'Connor]

Something about that dude. He's grabbed the other guy by the shirt collar, and every time he punches him in the face, he goes, bang.

[John Smoltz]

He was narrating the fight. He had his own sound effect. Yes.

[Seton O'Connor]

And he's like, dude, don't do this.

[John Smoltz]

You don't want to do it. You don't want this. Bang.

[Paul Pabst]

You can find this on the Internet. You can find this on your phone. If you haven't saw it.

[Seton O'Connor]

Seen it.

[Paul Pabst]

It was a pretty decent sized guy fighting a former NHL enforcer who's got to be 65250. That the other guy.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

Used to play in the NHL. I'm not gonna give his name out, but he was fighting two guys at once. Calmly. Calmly. Like it was an activity. Like he was wearing khaki shorts and just killing these guys.

[John Smoltz]

Yes. My theory reigns true. You never want to fight the guy.

[Bridget Todd]

That says, you don't want to fight me.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah.

[John Smoltz]

Not, I don't want to fight you. No, no, you don't want to fight me.

[Bridget Todd]

I don't want to, but you don't.

[John Smoltz]

Want to fight me. Theory range. True.

[Seton O'Connor]

I. I end up watching, well, more videos than I care to admit on the Internet of people fighting.

[John Smoltz]

I Do I?

[Seton O'Connor]

I, for some reason I, I'll just keep scrolling through. And I know the more you watch them, the more they load your feed with it, but I'm like, oh, man, let's watch this one. I watch a lot of videos of people playing. This is by far one of the most entertaining things I've ever seen.

[John Smoltz]

I hate it. Especially when you're watching drunk people at a sporting event.

[Seton O'Connor]

That's not.

[John Smoltz]

I hate it. I hate it.

[Seton O'Connor]

Sometimes they're great though. No, there was the one, there was one that was like real famous from a while back where this dude, he's got on like a white shirt and he's in the row above the other guy, which is sort of like the power position. And the guy in the lower row takes a couple of swings and the guy that's above him in the white shirt sort of dodges.

[John Smoltz]

It does Matrix. He's all like, oh, yeah, well, you.

[Seton O'Connor]

Can'T catch up to me. And then that guy gets smashed in the face about as hard as I've ever seen and it just crumples. And he went from dancing like this to like just a mess. And then he's trying to play it off with his girlfriend's hair.

[John Smoltz]

He's like, no, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.

[Seton O'Connor]

No, I'm good.

[Todd Fritz]

He's just a mess.

[John Smoltz]

All right, I'll tell you what I watched after the break. We'll take a break. John Smoltz will join us up next. We're live from Tahoe. We're back after this.

[Todd Fritz]

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[John Smoltz]

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[Seton O'Connor]

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[John Smoltz]

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[Greg Rosenthal]

25 years, 25 players before training camp kickstarts a new NFL season, NFL Daily is going to look back. It is a special six episode series where myself, Greg Rosenthal and some of the top NFL minds like Kevin Harlan, Mina Kimes and Bill Barnwell make the case for each player. We're taking a look back giving you NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years. So who made the list? You know Tom Brady's on it. Where's Patrick Mahomes? He's on it. How about Lamar Jackson?

[John Smoltz]

Jackson takes it himself. Look at him dart back and forth. Oh, he broke his ankles. And he's got it. Touchdown. He is Houdini.

[Greg Rosenthal]

You are gonna have to listen. To find out, listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years starting on June 30th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[John Smoltz]

Sun's coming up here in Tahoe. I'm looking at the odds to win this. Marty Fish, former tennis player, then Tony Romo. Austin Reeves has the third best odds to win this. Sneaky pick there. Austin Reeves, who I think is going to join us tomorrow on the show. John Smoltz is in there. Mark Mulder, Annika Sorenstam is also in there. So these are odds to win this. I have some odds to not win this. The worst odds to win this.

[Paul Pabst]

Odds to not win.

[John Smoltz]

Odds to not win. Charles Barkley is 7500 to 1. The Miz is 5, 000 to 1. Who else is on here? DeMarcus Ware, 500. So those are the long odds there. Steph Curry is up there. He's got pretty good odds to win this. So that's. Let me see anybody else on there at. Aaron Rodgers got pretty good odds. You know, it probably got the 15th best odds to win this. John Elway is playing here. Kelsey Brothers are here. Jerry Rice is here. Mike Golick is in the field here. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know that. You know, you walk around, all of a sudden you go, I think that's Roger Clements. And you go, that's Roger Clements. Yes.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah, it is. That's Roger Clemens.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes.

[John Smoltz]

All right. Guess what Dan watched last night. Okay. Go, Paul. You.

[Paul Pabst]

The hint you gave was sad. And we were just talking baseball.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

It has to be Field of Dreams, the ending scene.

[John Smoltz]

Well. Oh, the Oakland A's. I was watching the Sacramento A's last night. Wow. Yeah. They were roughing up the Atlanta Braves. And I'm. I'm watching with Mario and the big German's brother Jay. And we're just sitting there. I'm smoking a cigar, and I'm watching Oakland. Well, Sacramento A's baseball. And I did watch Ohtani homer. He let off the game with a home run. And what else did I watch last night? Another baseball. I watched the Giants as well. So I watched. They won in their lasted bet. So, you know, the time difference. You know, we're watching west coast baseball, and I got to see Sacramento A's roughing up the Atlanta Braves.

[Seton O'Connor]

You know, we're only about two hours from Sacramento, too. You could have made the trip.

[John Smoltz]

I could have if I could have done that in an afternoon game. Although I feel bad for those guys because they're major leaguers. And when you tune in, you're like, oh, man, that's a minor league team. That's got. Oh, no, no, that's the major league team. Yes. Paul. Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

The A's game should be in standard definition, to match the ballpark. Just they're 38 and 55, 17 and a half out. They've won one in a row. But they're not the worst team in baseball. They're like fourth worst.

[John Smoltz]

No, they are.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah. I think the White Sox are way worse and of course, the Rockies.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. Speaking of baseball, John Smoltz, he stopped by yesterday. We had a chance to talk to him. He, of course, is the lead analyst for Fox Baseball. He's a Hall of Famer as well. And I ask him what is tougher to master, baseball or golf? Golf. Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

It's just there's too many elements that, you know, no teammates to bail you out. Right. And you got to be fundamentally sound and mentally strong because there's always a weakness in some part of your game and the golf course will find it, even if you try to stay away from it. So I've never been nervous literally in a baseball game other than the first time I threw a pitch when I got signed. And in golf, I can play practice rounds with anybody, I'll play anybody. Because there's not the same pressure when you get in a tournament. It's different.

[John Smoltz]

But you played with Tiger before.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[John Smoltz]

No pressure.

[Todd Fritz]

No, you just know if you miss the green, you lose. I mean, and plus, I, I said something to Tiger. The same thing I said to Maddox in their sports. I said, greg, how hard is it to pitch when it's O2 on every hitter? Like, seriously. But he got O2 on every hitter. That's what made him so special. And I told Tiger, I said, how hard is to play golf when you know what club to hit every time? He said, you know, his ability to be creative and just pure shots after. I mean, that's obviously why he's the greatest ever play.

[John Smoltz]

But also, the ball isn't moving right. It's right there. And it's, it almost paralyzes people and it's not moving.

[Todd Fritz]

Well, professional golf ruins all casual golfers ruins because they see the professional golfers stare at a two foot putt for about a minute and a half. They go through their routine. They're very, I mean, they're playing for tons of money. They're playing on incredible conditions. And then you watch the average golfer just try to do the same thing. And it does parallel. The longer you stay over the ball, the worse it gets, unless you're a professional. And so there is truth to the ball's not moving. And then you think about, you know, if you have any negative thoughts, you're done and then if you have anybody telling you, don't do this, you're done. Because the brain only remembers, don't hit it right. So you hit it right. And at least in baseball and on the mound, I controlled the tempo, I controlled the action, and I could take out certain aggression if I wanted to. Where you can't do it on golf, you can. The matter you get, the more intense, the more adrenaline. It's bad for golf. It can be good for other sports.

[John Smoltz]

We talked about this a couple of weeks ago when Ohtani was coming back, and we thought, could you just have him for one inning and make him a closer as opposed to trying to move him along so he can get to three innings and then four innings and five innings and then. And I don't know if you run the risk more of Tommy John as a starter than you do, you know, closer. But you were both.

[Todd Fritz]

Well, I can tell you this. Everyone thought it was going to be easier on my elbow when I went to the bullpen, and it was worse because you're up and you're getting heat, hot, hot all the time, and you don't always get in. I had 125. Stop keeping track. 125 times I was up in a season. I got into 78 games. So imagine all those other times that you don't get in because the score doesn't work. They score a run or either way. So it's got to be controlled. The problem with Ohtani is he could come up in the bottom of the eighth. So when does he warm up? So the ninth inning doesn't work as well as. And you could make it that way where he could control the ninth inning. And let's say it's his day to pitch and you're up by six. So the closers roll.

[John Smoltz]

Why are you adding logic to this? We're trying to get. We're trying to go viral here that Spolt says he should be a closer.

[Todd Fritz]

I'll tell you this. There is a greater possibility that could happen in the postseason than a regular season. So I think there's things that can be worked out. He's such a freak of nature that I probably wouldn't take him long to get ready. He's so athletic. I did the last game. Everything about him looks great on the mound. And. And I know I take grief no matter what I say because there's people on other side. Right. So that's why I don't have any social media. But I gave him the ultimate compliment I could give somebody and believe Me, they got on me for, for this because they didn't understand what I was saying. I said, it's hypothetical, it'll never happen. If he never hits for one year and just pitches, he'll be the best pitcher in baseball, period. Hands down. It's not even a debate. He's trying to navigate one of the greatest hitters of all time and trying to pitch. He's got so many things and so many balls in the air that he's trying to juggle. If all he did was concentrate on pitching what my eyes see and what he's able to do, hands down Now, Jacob deGrom was one of the best ever when he was healthy. And now that he's come back and he had the part time hit like when he was in the National League, but all he had to do was think about pitching. And it's a lot, it's a tough job, but all you have to do is think about pitching. It's a lot easier than if you have to think about getting, you know, batting practice or scouting reports. My back's a little tweak. I follow one off my calf. You know, all those things that, that, that never go into the play of a pitcher. And so I don't know if people thought I was slighting them or if. I don't know, it doesn't matter.

[John Smoltz]

You, you got off social media.

[Todd Fritz]

I've never been on it. I'm not. And there's a reason.

[John Smoltz]

I mean, is your wife on or your kids?

[Todd Fritz]

No, my kids beg me forever. And now that they see some of the things they see, they go, dad, you were smart.

[John Smoltz]

Social media, because I, how does it not affect you?

[Todd Fritz]

Because I don't know. Somebody will tell me, okay, but it's fine. You know, they'll tell me like, hey, you're rooting for the Dodgers. Hey, you're rooting for the Yankees. Or hey, you hate the Yankees. Because I would meet those people. Like I would find a place and meet them and want to talk, see if they could say that to my face because that's the kind of person I am.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, you would do.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh yeah. If I had social media, I would want to meet them somewhere. Oh, that, yeah, that would never work.

[John Smoltz]

That's not good.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, so what? I don't know. I don't care. And you know, I like people not knowing where I'm at.

[John Smoltz]

You should talk to Joe Buck.

[Todd Fritz]

I, I have. And he, he. And it's. Look, that, that industry, I get it. I've probably lost a whole great opportunities in Things that could come about if I had social media, but I'm fine with it.

[John Smoltz]

Has Aaron Judge graduated into. And I. I don't know the expression, but Bonzian.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes. Yeah. He's got called up to another league.

[John Smoltz]

So he's in. He's in with Barry Bonds now.

[Todd Fritz]

He is.

[John Smoltz]

Is Ohtani in there?

[Todd Fritz]

Absolutely.

[John Smoltz]

Anybody else in there?

[Todd Fritz]

I think Soto has the impact on a club that Bonds would have on a club he. Soto's not going to put up the numbers that Bonds did. But when you talk about impact, him standing in a lineup and never swinging, making that club better, that's the Bonds effect.

[John Smoltz]

Okay.

[Todd Fritz]

Because the guys before him are going to benefit because you don't want them on base and you don't want to face Barry Bonds with men on. And I think that's the same thing. What, what Judge has done is closed windows of pitchers, getting him out, like windows of opportunity. Swung a little bit too much, expanded his own. That's gone. You still can get him out. He's human. But, but what he's done is gone to the next level now. And it's struck fear in every pitcher. They no longer can approach him the same way. Soto's the same way. He's not going to chase. And Ohtani can be in so many different ways. You know, when he's a full time pitcher and a hitter, maybe his legs aren't as this big of a game like we saw last year, stealing 50 bases, but it's, it's, it's interesting to watch the progression now. Fair or not, Judge is going to only be judged in the postseason.

[John Smoltz]

All right, I got a couple things here for you. If you're casting actors to play you in the, the John Smoltz movie. Now I've got some ideas.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, Throw some at me.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. I got Jason Statham.

[Todd Fritz]

Not sure.

[John Smoltz]

Need big action hero.

[Todd Fritz]

Okay.

[John Smoltz]

You'd like him. Okay. John Malkovich.

[Todd Fritz]

That's a good one.

[John Smoltz]

Bruce Willis getting closer. J.K. simmons, he was in Whiplash.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm leaning towards Bruce Willis.

[John Smoltz]

Okay, so Bruce Willis and then you could play yourself.

[Todd Fritz]

I do have some acting roles. I have been in a couple movies.

[John Smoltz]

What were you in?

[Todd Fritz]

I was in the Change up, but I got cut, so I didn't.

[John Smoltz]

You weren't in it.

[Todd Fritz]

But I still get paid. But, but you weren't getting 20 bucks every two weeks.

[John Smoltz]

What, what else were you.

[Todd Fritz]

I was in. Oh, now I'm drawing a blank. Great movie about. Oh, no, I'm embarrassed. The baseball with the bad legs. Great story. Oh, my gosh he had the two braces. He made it to aaa. Oh, it just. It's awesome movie. I'm an old time announcer. I've got the hat on. Yeah, man. This is embarrassing because I did it and I kind of killed it, I mean.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, you did?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, I watched it and I was pleased with my. With my role.

[John Smoltz]

Let's see, how about this? If I said you can start a guy, bench a guy or cut a guy. Albert Pujols, start Venture. Cut. Alex Rodriguez, start Venture, cut. Or Joe Maurer, start, bench or cut. Wow. So who's starting?

[Todd Fritz]

You're good at this game. I'm starting Albert Pujols.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. Benching.

[Todd Fritz]

I am going to bench Joe Mauer and cut a rod. Only because I already have a right hand hitter starting.

[John Smoltz]

Okay.

[Todd Fritz]

So I wouldn't need another right hander. So I got a lefty on the back bench.

[John Smoltz]

Okay. All right. Yes. Paulie.

[Paul Pabst]

The movie was called the Hill, starring John Smoltz.

[John Smoltz]

The Hill, absolutely.

[Todd Fritz]

Thank you for saving me a very.

[Seton O'Connor]

I get to save.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, you get to say.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, thank you.

[Todd Fritz]

It was the Hill. Great story. Dennis Quaid.

[John Smoltz]

And people say that I look a little like Dennis Quaid.

[Todd Fritz]

I can see that.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. Handsome.

[Todd Fritz]

I can see that.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. Absolutely. Very distinguished. My final question to you, and it didn't happen very often for you, when you go to the mound and you know you don't have anything, what is that feeling like of really trying to pretend or fool?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. And that's what I had to learn. I was awful at it. I was very. I'm a guy that wears his emotions. Passion bucket. You know, we've talked about that. I've had an empty passion bucket before. I've emptied it. But I had to learn from Glavin how to fake it. And I would have a bullpen session. Sometimes it'd be phenomenal. I'd go out and I'm like, what happened? And it'd be the opposite. So I learned that the bullpen session was just a warm up. And to get in the game, you had to be. You had to be. When. When a pitcher stands on a mound, the hitters at the plate, someone has the edge and they know it. The key is not to convey to the other person who has the edge. And that is a huge key. And some young players do it really easily. 1996 Last start, World Series against Andy Pettit. I was exhausted, closing in on 300 innings and I had nothing. Zero. And I kept coming in the innings. I always used to glab was my guy to Kind of like Glive. I got nothing. And he goes, trick him. Come in the second inning. I said, I can't throw my slider. I got nothing. Trick him. He said that eight times and I lost one nothing. But I got into through eight innings when there was no reason based on the way I felt. So I had to learn it. And I was bad early and pretty good late.

[John Smoltz]

But that's pitching as opposed to throwing.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. And that's. That's what we've talked about before. And these guys are not going to be given that opportunity anymore. They don't have it. They're out. And then this. And they're fine with it. Management's fine with it. But anybody who loses velocity or gets hurt doesn't have the opportunity to continue to pitch with a new toolbox like the CC Sabathias. When they lose their stuff. Those guys are gone. Like he was a 96, 97 mile an hour stud. Learned how to pitch at 90. Kershaw be the last one we ever see. And that saddens me for a sport that I played and love and. And I hope we turn that around. I hope we find a way to not be so addicted to the, you know, the radar gun and velocity.

[John Smoltz]

Nobody is. Would teach Clayton Kershaw's motion.

[Todd Fritz]

Nope. And that's what makes it unique and great. And. And I think that's gone too. Like, you see the robotic sidestep. Like everyone's picking up pitching out of the street.

[John Smoltz]

But it's like golfers trying to be Tiger. It's all cookie cutter.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. But at least golf. Jim Furic always. Everyone's got a repeatable, different swing. And when you take the wind up out of the rotation because it's simpler to pitch out of the stretch, you're losing something of which is a luxury that lets you pitch out of the wind up. I don't understand why guys can't learn how to pitch out of the wind up and use that as a. As a weapon instead of just being on the stretch and seeing it like that.

[John Smoltz]

John Smoltz. Who guarantees that he will win this tournament? I did.

[Todd Fritz]

I. We don't have a time stamp on that. But I guaranteed I will be the oldest winner to ever win this tournament.

[John Smoltz]

Tournament. You were. You. You're very cocky. Yesterday.

[Todd Fritz]

I was. I was.

[John Smoltz]

I. I didn't even say hello to you. And you said, if this putter's working, I'm winning this thing. Right? Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. I'm. I'm. I'm in. I'm in. A good place, but I've been in a good place before and this tournament does some funky things to you. But I will be the oldest player to ever win this tournament. Let's get it done sooner than later.

[John Smoltz]

Thank you, John. My pleasure.

[Todd Fritz]

Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show weekdays at.

[John Smoltz]

9Am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports.

[Todd Fritz]

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[Greg Rosenthal]

25 years, 25 players before training camp kickstarts a new NFL season, NFL Daily is going to look back. It is a special six episode series where myself, Greg Rosenthal and some of the top NFL minds like Kevin Harlan, Mina Kimes and Bill Barnwell make the case for each player. We're taking a look back giving you NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years. So who made the list? You know Tom Brady's on it. Where's Patrick Mahomes?

[John Smoltz]

Touchdown Kansas City.

[Greg Rosenthal]

He's on it. How about Lamar Jackson?

[John Smoltz]

Jackson takes it himself. Look at him dirt back and forth. Oh, he broke his ankles and he's got a touch touchdown. He is Houdini.

[Greg Rosenthal]

You are gonna have to listen to find out. Listen to NFL Daily's top 25 players of the last 25 years starting on June 30th on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

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[John Smoltz]

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[John Smoltz]

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[John Smoltz]

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[John Smoltz]

I get right back there and it's bad.

[Greg Rosenthal]

It's really, really, really bad.

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[John Smoltz]

Oh my God. The play of the day. This is the play of the day. Check this out. Daily. It's on high drive way out in the right field. He goes off the bricks. This game is tied. Daily's on the mark home. Bailey's on the moon and the that's your play of the day. Patrick Bailey. A walk off inside the park home run for the Giants. Third catcher in baseball history to hit a walk off inside the park home run in the first since 1926. By the way, the inside the park home run went 414ft. That would have been over the wall A home run in 29 other baseball parks. Play of the day brought to you by. The folks have been doing it for 40 years. Tirerack.com helping you find the right tires for how and what and where you drive. Backed by free road hazard protection chip. Fast and free convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. Full disclosure. We, of course, talked to John Smoltz yesterday. And so it was a taped interview. While the interview was playing, we had somebody who came up and said something about bomb dogs. Now, Paulie, who has food on his mind, constantly goes, okay. And then we realized they were bomb sniffing dogs, not hot dogs. But Paulie is like, bomb dogs, all right. Haven't heard of them, but I'm okay. Next thing I know, there's a woman who is bringing up the dog to sniff around for bombs.

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, Paul, One of the staffers here goes, yeah, we got bomb dogs coming up for the set. Like, oh, bomb dogs. He goes, yeah, we got bomb dogs. He said it like one word, not bomb dogs. I was like, great. Is that a local South Tahoe place? Burger dog joint.

[John Smoltz]

A little early for bomb dogs, but.

[Paul Pabst]

Never too early for.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah, I mean, not really, but. Yeah, not for Dylan. No. But I. I was like, this gorgeous dog came up, started sniffing around for any bombs and high energy. Oh, a lot of energy. Great animals. Been doing it for seven and a half years. She's nine. But yeah, bomb dogs. Alrighty. P. PFG and Big Cat from Pardon My Take will join us. They got a big announcement, apparently, next hour. Joe Buck will join us. Devonte Adams as well. You got some guys playing today. This is sort of go out and play with some amateurs. It's a celebrity pro am. So you got guys on the range behind me. And then you'll have another group that goes out in about five hours from now. And this once again, all preliminary stuff as they get ready to kick off American century, the 36th year. Yes, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

Yeah, there's a nice list going out just in the bit. Jerome Bettis, Jay Bilis, our buddy, Brian Baumgartner, Kevin from the office. Charles Woodson, Grant Hill, Matt Ryan a little later. And then in the afternoon sesh, Baker Mayfield's playing. I didn't know he golfed.

[John Smoltz]

He strikes me as a competitor. Yeah, no, gritty, gutty.

[Paul Pabst]

Is it Colin Yost or Jost from snl? I've heard it both ways today.

[John Smoltz]

Well, maybe we should find out before we have him on. Or do we wait to have him on to ask Him. Is it Colin Joster? I thought it was Colin Yost.

[Seton O'Connor]

That's Colin Jost.

[Paul Pabst]

I thought it was Jost.

[John Smoltz]

I thought it was Colin.

[Paul Pabst]

Colon.

[John Smoltz]

Ghost. Colin Colon.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yoast.

[John Smoltz]

Colon Yoast.

[Paul Pabst]

Steph Curry's going out later.

[Seton O'Connor]

Colonial. Sounds like an SNL skit. Like, have you had your colonos?

[Paul Pabst]

There was a skit in the 70s called Colon Blow, and it was a brand cereal called Colon Blow in this.

[John Smoltz]

I. I get what you figure. Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

Francie was here.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. Yeah. So you go to the bathroom, Dan? Yes. Of course you do. Of course you do. All right, so we have a poll question. 8, 7 7, 3 dp show if you would like to call up and keep us company here in Tahoe. Do we have results from what people want to do with their lives? Paul, do we have that? Or Marvin, do you have. Or Seaton, do you have any results?

[Seton O'Connor]

I have many results. We also put up a couple of poll questions there with John Smoltz, because you had asked him who he. If you were casting John Smoltz the movie, who would play John Smoltz?

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

The options right now that we have, we have J.K. simmons.

[John Smoltz]

Okay.

[Seton O'Connor]

This is a pretty good.

[John Smoltz]

A little too jacked. Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

John Malkovich. That's.

[John Smoltz]

I don't think John could throw a pitch, though.

[Seton O'Connor]

Maybe not. That's true.

[John Smoltz]

He can play poker.

[Seton O'Connor]

That's true.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. But I don't think he could throw up a fastball.

[Seton O'Connor]

We have. Who's our guy? Jason.

[John Smoltz]

Jason Statham, which is bold. I think he is. I think he's athletic, but I don't think he is athletic in that way. He would be the guy who goes to the mound and has a terrible first pitch. I'm gonna guess. Yes. Marvin, the big issue is trying to find somebody to play John Smoltz in 1991. You can't have J.K. simmons or John Malkovich be John Smoltz in the 91 World Series. We're just having fun. Marvin, don't. I'm not here to work. Okay, you are. You are.

[Seton O'Connor]

They also put up Bruce Willis on that list. That's a pretty good one.

[John Smoltz]

Oh, yeah. In. In. In. In his prime.

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah.

[John Smoltz]

Bruce in his prime. Well, what was it? Moonlight?

[Seton O'Connor]

Yeah.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah.

[Seton O'Connor]

Moonlight was a big deal.

[John Smoltz]

Yeah. With Civil Shepard. Yeah. That guy could have played Johnson.

[Seton O'Connor]

The tension right there, I'll tell you, those two.

[John Smoltz]

It was some sexual tension.

[Seton O'Connor]

John Malkovich has 43% of that vote right now. We also put up there. Which do you prefer? Smoltzi the closer. Smoltzi the starter.

[John Smoltz]

Okay.

[Seton O'Connor]

By the way right at 56% prefer the closer, believe it or not.

[John Smoltz]

Now, he did talk about Ohtani and the reasons why he wouldn't be a closer, but he did say come postseason time, he could see a scenario where Dave Roberts is going to bring him in. And, you know, it might be a rare occasion, but just to bring him in and pitch one inning. But I thought that was interesting. Gave you all the reasons why and the number of times that you get up in a bullpen and you get ready to go into a game and something changes in the game and then you. So all the wear and tear on his arm. John said there'd be more wear and tear on Ohtani if he was a closer than as a starter. Because I think we were all thinking, if you had that guy in like a perfect scenario. But John says, hey, if he's batting in the eighth, how's he warming up to come in for. For the ninth inning? So John adding some logic. And we, of course, don't deal in logic. We like to deal in the possibility just in case. But yeah, he threw water on that. Alrighty, so phone calls. We'll get to those coming up. Big cat that PFT will join us as well. The baseball All Stars were announced. We'll talk about that coming up. Because there's a rule that's been in place since, I think 1936, and that is every team is represented in the All Star Game. And then it felt like Mike Sweeney of the Kansas City Royals probably had four All Star appearances because he was the only guy on the Kansas City Royal easily. Somebody's got to represent the Royals. Well, you did have guys, you know, you had Frank White and George Brett and Saberhagen. But this was the early 2000s. This is past the George Brett era. Once again, you're a buzzkill. I'm. I'm replacing Fritzi. Oh, nobody can replace Fritzi. All right, one hour in the books here, Tahoe. Hour two on the way. Paulie's here, Seaton's here. Marv, yours truly and the back room guys. We're back after this Dan Patrick show.

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[John Smoltz]

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[Greg Rosenthal]

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[John Smoltz]

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