Hour 1 - Venezuela Wins World Baseball Classic

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 1 (March 18, 2026)

Theme: Venezuela’s dramatic upset over the United States to win the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), reactions to the game’s outcome, and broader discussion on international baseball, the future of the WBC, and the spirit of competition.

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Main Theme & Purpose

Dan Patrick and the Danettes break down Venezuela’s emotional victory in the 2026 World Baseball Classic final over Team USA. The crew discusses what the win means for Venezuela, Team USA’s performance, the WBC’s place in the baseball calendar, and the international energy surrounding the tournament. The hour is filled with analysis, humor, sports history references, and audience call-ins exploring deeper questions about passion, national pride, and the evolving global landscape of baseball.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Venezuela’s Stunning Victory Over Team USA

• Replay and immediate reactions to the game’s final out
  • [05:27] Caller (audio clip): “Nine players fall to their knees.”
  • [05:31] Dan Patrick: “They can’t believe it… They upset the US. Venezuela is the 2026 WBC champions.”
• Importance to Venezuela vs. Team USA
  • Dan Patrick: "It just felt like Venezuela, it meant everything to them. And I don't know if you can make somebody care more... it was just, it was a good jump start to the season." [05:34]
  • US team's attitude questioned; the passion & emotion of Venezuela is spotlighted.
  • Notable that Venezuela’s players were “sobbing, singing their country’s anthem, getting their medals” [08:16].

2. Critique of Team USA’s Performance and Fan Reaction

• Discussion about US star players struggling under pressure
  • [08:14] Dan Patrick: “Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper… I’m sure they wanted to win. By the way, Aaron Judge getting roughed up on social media. 'Hey, can't play big in the big games.'"
  • Bryce Harper’s two-run homer to tie the game noted as a nearly defining moment for his career, but the moment (like many others) is likely to be forgotten outside Venezuela. [08:57]
  • Judge’s history of struggling in 'big moments' examined, with stats from recent World Series. [09:17]
  • Dan Patrick admits: “I’ll take [Judge], you know, if you don’t want him, I’ll take him.” [09:40]
  • Recurring theme of US stars not wanting "second place" medals or mementos.

3. The “Meaning” of the WBC and Baseball’s Global Passion Gap

• Why the WBC means more to some teams
  • [14:07] Dan Patrick: “It was fun, enthusiasm. And I love the spirit of these other countries… the passion of the game was very, very evident.”
  • [15:01] Dan Patrick (joking about old-school mentality): “Play the game the right way. You know, just run the bases and sit back down... But I love the passion.”
  • [15:23] Marv Albert: “It is wild… Why are you having fun playing a child's game? Act like you’ve been there before.”
• Passion and celebration
  • The Latin and Caribbean approach—bat flips, singing, emotional outbursts—contrasted with old-school American “act like you’ve been there” mentality.
  • Dan ultimately supports the expressive approach, so long as it doesn't go over the line (i.e., don't celebrate when losing big).

4. What to Do With the WBC's Momentum? The Scheduling Debate

• Future format: Spring Training or All-Star Break
  • [07:36, 10:27] Dan Patrick: “Do it at All-Star break like the Final Four?” vs. “I’d rather let my players play in spring training than in the middle of the season.”
  • Poll question: “Should the WBC stay in preseason or be part of the All-Star break?” [10:16]
  • [11:27] Dan: “But once again, this is four years down the road. I think people think this is an every year occurrence and it’s not..."
  • John Smoltz/others suggested tweaking the format, but Dan is skeptical.
• Player/team dilemmas:
  • [13:00] Dan explains the negotiated use of MLB stars, e.g., Mason Miller and national teams:
    • MLB teams restrict how their pitchers can be used, only in certain situations.
    • Players from other countries might be more likely to “just go for it” because of what the tournament means to them.

5. Hall-of-Fame Debates Sparked by the Tournament

• Bryce Harper’s place in baseball history
  • [16:29—18:55] Long segment on whether Harper (and players like him) live up to their hype or their “Hall of Fame” credentials.
  • Fritzy Seaton: “That’s Hall of Fame-y.”
  • Dan Patrick: “Not exactly the LeBron of baseball, but a very good career.”
  • Consensus: Harper is a Hall of Famer, if not a first ballot lock.
• Notable Quote [17:28], Dan Patrick: “He was the chosen one. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, just like LeBron…”

6. Frequency & Future of the WBC

• Should it be held more often? Ryder Cup style?
  • [19:18] Marv Albert proposes: “Would it take the luster off the WBC if they did it like the Ryder Cup and did it every two years?”
  • [19:36] Dan Patrick leaves the topic open: “Let me take a break, think about that…”

7. Calls & Audience Reactions

• James from Virginia [31:02]
  • “If you’re going to show up and put on the jersey, then show up and play. If you can’t play, then don’t even show up at all. The reason Venezuela won last night were two reasons. One, everybody on that team…was fully invested in that game and they wanted it more than the U.S.… But that celebration was amazing when they announced champions.”
  • Dan and Marv respond, questioning whether “wanting it more” explains everything, noting the US only lost 3–2.
• Larry from Arkansas [32:45]:
  • Compares Europe’s passion in Ryder Cup golf to national teams in WBC—asks if it’s a “systemic” or “entitlement” issue in the US.

8. The Globalization of Baseball

• Could MLB do more with international passion?
  • [38:12—39:16] Questions from callers about more MLB games in Latin countries, how international players are recruited, and the difference in atmosphere.
  • Dan Patrick notes the “Caribbean Series” and how electric those environments are; laments the lack of that same energy in places like Miami for the Marlins: [29:55] “That stadium was rocking last night. If there wasn’t a team in Miami and you saw the WBC, the first thing MLB would do is — man, they should put a team in Miami. This place will be rocking every single night, and it’s just not the case. They're the most irrelevant franchise in MLB.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan Patrick on Venezuela’s Win [05:34]:
  “They upset the US. Venezuela is the 2026 WBC champions. Yeah, it was great atmosphere there. That’s what you want.”
• Dan Patrick [14:07]:
  “It was fun, enthusiasm. And I love the spirit of these other countries… the passion of the game was very, very evident.”
• Dan Patrick on WBC’s meaning:
  “It meant more to them. The spirit of the game, the passion of the game was very, very evident.” [14:55]
• Marv Albert on Team Passion [15:23]:
  “Why are you having fun playing a child's game? This is crazy. Act like you've been there before.”
• Dan Patrick on US “passion gap” [33:24]:
  “Might be just more individual in the United States… Instead of all of a sudden, you got Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods who don’t like each other, and then we’re going to pair them together. Europe has surpassed us, and it comes down to, I think, that camaraderie.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [05:27 – 08:16] — Venezuela’s win, celebration, US reactions, and what the moment means.
• [08:57 – 10:16] — Forgotten sports moments, Harper’s home run, and poll question on WBC’s future.
• [11:27 – 13:00] — Format/timing of WBC, player usage restrictions, and “what to do” with the energy.
• [14:07 – 16:29] — Passion in international play; Bryce Harper’s legacy and Hall of Fame discussion.
• [19:18 – 19:36] — Should WBC become more frequent? (Ryder Cup comparison)
• [31:02 – 34:58] — Fired-up audience calls on importance of passion and playing for the jersey.
• [38:12 – 40:28] — Globalizing MLB, international games, and differences in local atmospheres.

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Further Notes & Lighter Moments

• Stat of the Day and Bracket Challenge reminders.
• Dan makes jokes about “pant down” Dude Wipes and prostate exams, keeping the show light even during deeper discussions.
• Lighthearted banter about lawn care ads and joking about playing golf out back (“Get your own golf course quality lawn at trugreen.com”).
• [47:09] – Basketball court banter: Dan jokes about being called “Kelly Tripuka” in the rec gym, and how playground nicknames relate to basketball stereotypes.

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Overall Flow & Utility

This hour is a lively, layered discussion—balancing insight and humor—about baseball’s global aspirations, what competitive intensity looks like across cultures, and the challenges of making international tournaments matter to all. Venezuela’s win is treated as a turning point, both for them and for the international profile of baseball, but doubts remain about how to recapture or maintain WBC’s moments of passion and unity.

Most useful for:
Anyone who missed the WBC final or wants broader perspective on what Venezuela’s victory means for baseball, US sports culture, and the future of global competition.

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Transcript

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[Caller]

nine players fall to their knees.

[Dan Patrick]

They can't believe it.

[Caller]

They've done it.

[Dan Patrick]

They upset the US Venezuela is the 2026 WBC champions. Yeah, it was great atmosphere there. That's what you want. And you're watching Team USA and I know it's, it's probably a, a big blanket to throw over this. I don't know how much it meant to Team USA like this wasn't, you know, the United States against Canada and hockey in that moment, it just felt like Venezuela. It meant everything to them. And I don't know if you can make somebody care more. I mean, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, I'm sure they wanted to win. By the way, Aaron Judge getting roughed up on social media. Hey, can't play big in the big games there, but, you know, it was just, it was a good jump start to the season. That's the way I viewed this. Good jump start. And, you know, you could take inventory and know who some of these players are or maybe attach to their countries as we move on. So I thought it was a really good couple of weeks for baseball. Now we go into a little more spring training and then opening day is around the corner. There's going to be talk. John Smoltz yesterday was saying, hey, why don't we do this and have a final four at the All Star Game and then have a championship. You have the All Star Game and then you'll have Cooperstown with the hall of Fame induction ceremony. I get it. But I would rather let my players play in spring training than in the middle of the season. They want to play in the All Star Game. Okay. Normally you'll get guys who play maybe just a couple innings, but we're trying to, we're trying to make it bigger than I think what it can be. And keep this in mind. The next WWBC is in 2030. So there's no real. Oh, next year or the year after that. You got the Olympics coming up as well. So this momentum that we have to. Now let's do something different. Look, 2030, that's a long way away.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. So it doesn't happen next year and then you're going to have the Olympics coming up and then I think it's 2030 the next time we have the WBC. Yes.

[Marv Albert]

Marvin, are we going to do the show from the next wbc?

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know. I. I'm gonna be retired.

[Marv Albert]

Little reunion.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, not for that. No, not for that.

[Fritzy Seaton]

We only got back together for that.

[Dan Patrick]

For the, for the wbc. Yeah. You know, what's the event that could bring you back just for a one off the wbc?

[Fritzy Seaton]

It would kind of be awesome. Really?

[Dan Patrick]

No, it wouldn't.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

No, it wouldn't.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

No, but congratulations. To Venezuela. Yeah, but they did care, I mean that you had those guys sobbing, they're singing their country's anthem, they're getting their medals. Although you could tell where, you know, Kyle Schwaber, Mason Miller, I think they got their silver medal. And they're like, no, we're not. It's like, you know when they gave out teddy bears at the Olympics to Canada, you got these tough guys, there's. And they give you a teddy bear. I go, nah, don't think we need to do teddy bears. Yes, Todd, at least in Wimbledon, you

[Marv Albert]

know, there's a trophy and there's a plate.

[Dan Patrick]

Both of them are decent looking trophies.

[Marv Albert]

You want the, you know, you don't want the plate, you want the trophy. But you know, either don't give anything

[Dan Patrick]

out for second place or make it something a little more substantial. And you have these moments. Bryce harbor had one of those moments last night where he had the two run homer to tie the game. But how many times have we seen these big moments get forgotten? Harper's moment will be forgotten. How about Germaine Germaine curse in the super bowl against the patriots? Super Bowl 49, that unbelievable catch, Julio Jones's catch against the patriots. Super Bowl 51. Raj Davis, the Indians Game 7 home run against the Cubs in the World Series. Kind of forgot about that as well. And then I mentioned Aaron Judge. So his struggles continue in big moments. Over four with three strikeouts last night. You go back to the 20, 24 World Series where he batted 222, four for 18, seven strikeouts in five games against the Dodgers. I'll take him, you know, if, if you don't want him, I'll take him. I'm pretty good certainly in the regular season, but stepping up in the moment. Bryce Harper had his moment last night with a two run homer. But Schwarver didn't do anything. I think he had four strikeouts or they like to say punch outs. And then Aaron Judge as well. All right, poll question for the first hour of the program. Seaton's going to be one.

[Fritzy Seaton]

We got a couple options for you here. The World Baseball Classic should be, it should stay in the preseason or it should be part of the All Star break.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, well, I already stated my piece on it. I, I don't want my players. All Star is an All Star break. And the, and the season is long and this is July and I, I'm fine with spring training. I, but once again, we're not going to be playing for four more years with this format. And I think that's why in everything that we have with this, it's going to dissipate and we're going to forget, like, man, who won the last time? Oh, yeah. Venice. Venice away. Oh, that's right. But it's four more years. Like, Japan bows out, you know, now we start the regular season. Yeah. Seaton.

[Fritzy Seaton]

But they. Sometimes it's harder when you have something great on your hands. It's more difficult. Or the bigger problem is knowing what to do with it.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Fritzy Seaton]

You know, I mean, this clearly causes.

[Dan Patrick]

Gets.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Generates some excitement, gets some momentum for the game, which is. Which is great. Now it's like, damn, what the hell do we do with this?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you can't do anything. You can. You can talk about it. You know, Buster, only the great writer with the mothership, he talked about, he echoed what John Smoltz pointed out. But once again, this is four years down the road. I think people think this is an every year occurrence and it's not going to be. And then you have the situation with Mason Miller, okay, You're not coming in unless it's a save situation. You got to negotiate. You know, the Venezuela had to negotiate with the Cubs, you know, when their closer came in. Mason Miller with the Padres. And then you're negotiating, hey, he can only come in in a safe situation. How long are you going to be able to pitch? You know, and that changes the game. So we got to kind of be all in on this. Like, I love the four nations, but I love that because the United States and Canada, you know, that rivalry, and you're dropping the gloves and you're fighting and it really meant something there. You can't tell hockey guys to go, hey, take it easy, you know, hey, he's only going to play four shifts tonight. That ain't happening. It's going to be, hey, we're playing, we're winning.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, it was interesting last night, 9th inning, they need their best closer, Mason Miller. And Mark Derosa goes with Whitlock, the reliever out of Boston, I think. And clearly that's a second tier guy compared to Mason Miller. Could you have gone the other way and said, I'm not coaching this team in four hours. I can't be fired for this.

[Dan Patrick]

No, you can't do that. Yeah, you can't.

[Paulie]

What if you asked Mason Miller?

[Dan Patrick]

No, you can't because you have an agreement with the Padres and I don't. You can't. Now, I think players in other countries, if they had the opportunity, like the closer for Venezuela, who's the Cubs closer, What is it? Plencia?

[Paulie]

Daniel Palencia.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. He's. He's fun. I get the feeling if it wasn't a save situation, if it was reversed and it was the Mason Miller situation, he probably would have said, hey, I'm coming in. Because if you look at his teammates, look at how emotional they were, like, this wasn't just a, hey, this will be fun. This was, oh, my God, we got a chance to win. And I get the feeling he probably would have said, hey, I'll take the heat from the Cubs. I'm going to be in that game. Yeah.

[Fritzy Seaton]

See, I feel like, you know, looking ahead four years from now when you have Venezuela winning and Japan, United States and Dominican Republic underperforming, those are built in storylines heading into that next one that are really great.

[Dan Patrick]

But you don't know how many players who played in this year's WBC will be there in 20, 30. Like you'd like to have that boy. He's going to get a chance at redemption. Or, you know, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwaber probably won't be playing. Bryce Harper probably won't be playing in four years. But, yeah, I mean, it's disappointing that you can't capitalize on this because you had a moment. It was fun, enthusiasm. And I love the spirit of these other countries. You know, we get caught up in, you know, play the game the right way and they, you know, they celebrate differently, bat flips, all of that. It. It meant more to them. The spirit of the game, the passion of the game was very, very evident,

[Fritzy Seaton]

and there's no room for that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, we can. What is with this excitement?

[Fritzy Seaton]

It's.

[Dan Patrick]

Stop that. Play the game the right way. You know, just run the bases and sit back down. I used to be. I. I used to be one. Oh, come on. And then you. I love passion. Now if you're down, you know, 9:1, and you hit a home run and you do a bad flip, then you should be smacked. But I love the passion.

[Marv Albert]

Yes, Marvin, it is wild when. Why are you having fun playing a child's game? This is crazy. Act like you've been there before.

[Dan Patrick]

They haven't been here before. Yes, Mark.

[Marv Albert]

Also, I do love the legends that come back for their respective countries. Like Johan Santana is the pitching coach. You saw Miguel Cabrera. You saw Andy Pettit, obviously, Andy Pettit since. I mean, I won't say the last time I saw him, but, I mean, yeah, it's been a while. Ken Griffey Jr. Was there last night. Gary Sheffield was there last night. So it was a great TV production. Also, Albert Pujols, I know the Dominican Republic.

[Dan Patrick]

Paulie goes, man, there's a guy in the dugout who looks like Albert Pujols, just like Pools. And I said, it's Albert Pools. He goes, oh, I keep going, is that. That guy looks like Albert Pools.

[Paulie]

Well, it took me seven innings.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Paulie]

To be fair.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. But yeah, it was fun to see it, but, you know, trying to figure out what to do with this energy. I just think it's a great jump start for the scene. Like, I'm excited for opening day. Yeah.

[Fritzy Seaton]

See, I really thought that was Bryce Harper's moment.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Fritzy Seaton]

I really did. I thought that whole. I was like, gosh, that's his career right there. That is the exclamation point on his career. What a moment.

[Dan Patrick]

Has he been in the major leagues for 15 years?

[Paulie]

Yeah, he started at 19.

[Dan Patrick]

Isn't that amazing?

[Paulie]

Yep. He's going into year 15, 2012, at age 19. He was rookie of the year. I think he's got seven All Star appearances, two MVPs and a bunch of average years. He also has an NLCS mvp.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, foregone conclusion. Hall of Famer right now. Two time mvp. Washington won a World Series after they traded him. Yes.

[Paulie]

Paulie, this is a two part discussion and we used to discuss this with McLovin. Bryce Harper is going to the hall of fame. You make seven, eight all star games, you have two MVPs, you're going. But you could also make the case that was his career. Everything it was meant to be or predicted to be. Those are two different topics.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, he was the chosen one. He was on the COVID of Sports illustrated. Just like LeBron when he was what, 15? Not exactly the LeBron of major league Baseball, but, you know, a very good career. Yeah, yeah, yeah. More.

[Marv Albert]

You didn't say that with much confidence.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Yeah, that doesn't sound.

[Marv Albert]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like hall of Fame.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, no, I don't think he's a first ballot hall of Famer, but he's going to be a Hall of Famer. I think he's at times been a great player, but there are dips in his career.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Pauling, that's exactly right. He's had three, three great seasons. He's had about 10 good seasons. And some of those seasons he hit, you know, 249 with 34 homers. There's nothing wrong with that, but not when you're expected to be one of the greats of the game.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, see, but he he had two

[Fritzy Seaton]

MVPs and they were six years apart. Yeah, that's pretty good. It's not like he had two or two really great seasons out of three or something. He showed a certain amount of sustained excellence. That's hall of Famey.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, okay, but that's kind of what I'm saying. It's hall of Famey.

[Paulie]

You put a Y on the. You know what it means.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Just for the sake of the conversation. I don't know that I'm a die hard first ballot hall of Famer. I'm just saying that two MVPs six years apart feels hall of famish.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yes, Todd, if you don't match or

[Marv Albert]

exceed wild expectations, I don't think you get dinged to the point where you don't belong in Cooperstown. It's something he'll have to live with

[Dan Patrick]

as a person, as an athlete, that

[Marv Albert]

I could have been much better than was expected of me. But you, you know, you still get into the hall, even if it takes a little while.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I get it. We're the one that put the expectations on him. Sports Illustrated put him on the COVID Yes.

[Marv Albert]

Todd, do you think it would take a lot of luster off the WBC if they did it like the Ryder cup and did it every two years instead of every three or four years? Like we were saying, some of these guys may not even be on the team, but they'd be more likely as far as what the storylines if they were playing two years from now, as opposed to waiting for. And just keep that momentum going a little bit, meet halfway, you know, Let

[Dan Patrick]

me take a break, Think about that. I see what you're saying.

[Paulie]

Teasable.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Nice.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Thank you. Todd, welcome. Okay.

[Marv Albert]

Every once in a while, I surprise the group.

[Dan Patrick]

How about we take a break? Just getting started. Phone calls coming up. We'll talk some football. Our good buddy Nick Wright will tell us why the Kansas City Chiefs getting Justin Fields, that's a great move for them at least. I'm going to ask him the question. I assume he's going to be fine with Justin Fields as his quarterback to start the season. Well, we'll take a break. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every weekday morning on my podcast, Straight fire with Jason McIntyre. This isn't your typical sports pod, pushing the same tired narratives down your throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you win big at the sports book, and all the best guests. Do yourself a favor and listen to

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Paulie]

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[Dan Patrick]

Fergusonhome.com all right guys, two words for you. Prostate exam. Yeah, you just clenched up a little bit. Are you imagining the finger right now? Yeah. Relax. Prostate cancer screening starts with a simple finger free blood test. Around one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But that's no reason to re clench. When caught early at localized or even regional stages, prostate cancer can have over a 99% five year relative survival rate. Did your tight end just relax? Good. If you're over 40, 40 or older and have a prostate visit, relax. It's a blood test.com you'll find out if a PSA blood test is right for you. The PSA blood test can be the first step in screening. Talk to your doctor to evaluate your risk, determine when to get tested and discuss screening options and the next steps. Sponsored by Novartis. Big news yesterday in the NFL as the Dolphins continue to clear house and they're trying to clear money. But they right now have $175 million in dead money this season with guys who aren't on the team anymore. That's more than 12 baseball teams entire payrolls this year. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick Show. But you got two agon and now Jalen Waddle is gone. Tyreek Hill is gone. But you bring in Malik Willis, which I don't I still don't understand this. And I do feel bad for Malik Willis because he might go there. And unless they're going to be adding some people, you know, if, if A.J. brown wants to relocate to Miami. Okay, you're not paying Malik Willis a lot, but I wonder if they said to him, hey, by the way, we're going to be trading Jalen Waddle, just to let you know. And then maybe he would have said, well, maybe I'll go to Arizona instead. Yeah, Seaton.

[Fritzy Seaton]

That. I don't. Yeah, we all sort of assume that the Dolphins are rebuilding and that they're just going to, you know, sort of like, burn it all to the ground and start over. But like you said, they did sign Malik Willis. And it's not the craziest thought to think that you're going to take that first and the third that you got for Jalen Waddle and turn that into A.J. brown. That's not the worst plan in the world to me.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But then I don't know if A.J. brown's going to say, hey, I want to renegotiate my contract because I want to get paid what is commensurate to these other guys. Yeah, see, he might.

[Fritzy Seaton]

But I know I. Some of the lists that I've seen of where, you know, there's only like three or four teams he's willing to go to. The Miami Dolphins were one of them.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I feel bad for Malik Willis because I, you know, now he's. He said, look, I wasn't ready when I first got in the league. He didn't play against great competition in college. And, you know, he flamed out. Now you get that second chance. And, you know, some of these guys who go to the second chance team or third chance team go in with a pretty good roster in place. It does, you know, Achan, they gonna keep him. You got two really good running backs in this year's draft, or both are out of Notre Dame. So you might have somebody who's willing to give you something for. Hm who's a very talented running back. Alrighty. We'll talk a little bit more about that with Nick Wright next hour. Your phone calls are welcome. And how often should the WBC be played? You guys, I think, were surprised when I said it doesn't happen until 2030. And let's, let's face it, if you didn't have that moment, that seminal moment when Ohtani struck out Mike Trout, I mean, that's what we remember from 2023. That's the last one. But that's when we were like, oh, my God, that's what we want to see. You saw two of the greatest players, and they were going head to head, and you had the championship on the line. And it was Otani's big moment, and he strikes out Bryce Harper. That's all we remember from that wbc. But it was enough that it was like, okay, man, rivalries, create new rivalries. But. But then it goes away, and then all of a sudden it comes back. Now we have to wait till 2030, and it might, you know, some of the luster taken away because we're going to have the Olympics as well in between. Yeah, Paul.

[Paulie]

So the WBC started in 06, then three years later in 09, they had one. Then they went to four years, 2013, four years 2017 because of COVID they skipped a turn, went to 2023, which you just talked about, and because of COVID they cut it to three to 2026. Now they're going back to four.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. I don't know if you do it writer cup and it's every two years. I'd be fine with that. We, we tend to add more, you know, you know, just like March Madness or college football playoffs. Like, we, we want more. We don't like the. Let's wait for it a little bit, build up the anticipation. But I think you, I want baseball to capitalize. I think this was a great couple of weeks and, you know, we got to see, you know, we got to see talent around the world and, you know, this might spark the United States to be a little more all in next time around. Yes, Marvin.

[Marv Albert]

Watching the WBC made me feel bad for the Miami Marlins because that stadium was rocking last night. If there wasn't a team in Miami and you saw the wbc, the first thing MLB would do is, man, they should put a team in Miami. This place will be rocking every single night, and it's just not the case. They're the most irrelevant franchise in mlb.

[Paulie]

Oh, oh, are they?

[Dan Patrick]

The A's. But now they're going to Vegas. You would think that Miami, Tampa, it's like you love your spring training, but you don't love your regular season. And you know, in Tampa's had some really good teams, but, you know, getting a new stadium, Miami, you know, even though they won a couple of World Series, just never. There's no atmosphere. Like, if you, if you're from Miami or you're a Marlin fan and you watch that atmosphere, you're like, why can't we have that atmosphere or at least half of that atmosphere here. James in Virginia. Good morning, James.

[Caller]

Oh, thank you for taking my call, brother. Happy Wednesday. DP Dan that's man salutes the commanders. You know, this crazy, it's crazy how the WBC has just engulfed man. It has turned into something wild. But this talk about how they need to break it up and do it at different times to help the MLB players, that is garbage, man. I don't even want to hear it. It's the weakest argument around. If you're going to show up and put on the jersey, then show up and play. If you can't play, then don't even show up at all. The reason Venezuela won last night were two reasons. One, everybody on that team, coaching staff, players to fans were fully invested in that game and they wanted it more than the U.S. and secondly, it wasn't the pitching. I mean school should have started that game and Miller at the end for sure. But when you have your three through seven hitters, including a, a pinch hitter, go over 17, that is on them, man. That's on them. Hey, I'm all about it. Let it go every four years, it's cool. But show up and play and represent the way Venezuela did. It was tough to watch. But that celebration was amazing when everybody, when they announced champions, everybody ran to the stage fully invested, man. That's what it takes. Y' all have a great day.

[Dan Patrick]

James. James fired up. Not even football season. He's usually not critical of anybody.

[Marv Albert]

Yes, Marv, I'm going to disagree with James from this perspective. The US lost 3 to 2. They didn't lose like 13 to 2. So like, oh, they wanted it more. I'm not sure if they like maybe they did, but it's not like they blew him out.

[Dan Patrick]

Larry in Arkansas. Good morning, Larry. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan and Dan. Hey, I just sort of wanted to piggyback though on the Ryder cup and the athletes compared to the wbc. Our US Athletes even at the Rider cup don't say you look at the Europeans and how, how fired up they get, how team they much the team means to them. And then you look at our guys and it's not near, near that way. And I just wonder if it's something systemic, you know, on how our golfers and our baseball players and raised with the best, you know, equipment and fields and all that or if it's an entitlement kind of a thing. But I'd just be interested in your comment on that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, it Might be just more individual in the United States. Whereas these golfers in Europe, they'll end up, you know, traveling together, sharing a room together. They grew up in that atmosphere. And so I think there's more of a knowing each other instead of all of a sudden, you know, you got Phil Mickelson and Tiger woods who don't like each other, and then we're going to pair them together. You know, Europe has surpassed us, and it comes down to, I think, that camaraderie. I don't know if they're better players, but the camaraderie is evident there. And with these countries. I mean, Venezuela, with everything Venezuela has been through, and they came together, you could see it. And that, that's what was fun about that. A collective. You know, Bryce Harper is, you know, multi, multi, multi millionaire. I mean, all of these guys judge. I mean, you know, MVPs, they're gonna be hall of Famers. Some of these guys on Venezuela, not even on roster, you know, major league rosters now, they do have a lot of talent, but I'm just saying, you know, it's a smaller group to pick from, but it's a stronger group, I think when you put them on the field of what they're playing for. And you saw that Venezuela was playing for more than the WBC last night. Ryan in Detroit. Hi, Ryan. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. Good morning. I was watching SVP last night, and he was doing a like a recollection of the Miami of Ohio 1999 run. And he played about a minute of SportsCenter from that night, which was you and Kenny Main. And you, you pulled out a catchphrase that I hadn't heard or hadn't remembered, which was a swish went in and you said it. It's as quiet as a church. And that made me think about some of the other catchphrases. Obviously, the whiff.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller]

But do you have any other catchphrases that are top of list for you?

[Dan Patrick]

I kind of liked you can't stop him. You can only hope to contain him. And usually that was somebody who was not a big star. And I think the first time I used it was a guy named Benny DiStefano, and I think he played for the Astros at the time. And Benny D. Stefano hit a triple or something. And, you know, he's running the bases. And you can't stop Benny D. Stefano. You can hope to contain him in fuego. Was always fun, the whiff for a strikeout. But I think the phrase you're talking about softest church music might have been the, the comment that I made. And that was actually from an old SEC announcer who would talk about,

[Marv Albert]

I

[Dan Patrick]

think somebody's jump shot or something was as soft as church music. Yes, Todd.

[Marv Albert]

And something as simple as gone for the home run. You know, that was powerful too, from what I remember.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Caller]

And.

[Dan Patrick]

And that's where I did. I didn't want to have a catchphrase that stood out and, and overshadowed the highlight that you wanted to. I just wanted it to be. I'm going to compliment it the best that I can. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Joe Dean.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep.

[Paulie]

Joe Dean, SEC basketball analyst 69 to 87. Softest church music.

[Dan Patrick]

Soft is church music.

[Paulie]

That's nice.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep. Thank you, Ryan. Chris in Texas. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. First time, long time. 57185 Hey, I was just wondering, like after watching the WBC and all these great international players, why are they not drafted into the MLB like other professional sports franchises? And maybe that's something MLB could do to kind of create some parity in lieu of salary cap or something.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you still have to pay. I mean, you don't get them for free. Hey, we're. We're going to give you a tuition, a waiver. We're going to give you room and board and books now. Yeah, you're still gonna have to pay him. And there are a lot of these players who are on major league rosters. Zach and Knoxville. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind? Hey, Zach. Try again. No. There you go.

[Caller]

Can you hear me?

[Dan Patrick]

Yep. Got you.

[Caller]

Okay. Sorry about that. I too like Marvin Misremember where I last saw Andy Pettit and also wanted to ask you if you think that the major league should. There's so many roots and so much ties to Latin America and do you think that they should do like multiple series down there throughout the year? I know international games are big with the NFL and everything like that because the crowds are the ones that really make that World Baseball Classic.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't know what Rob Manfred thinks of that. Of, you know, can you go for a weekend series in the. Doctor could you go for a weekend series in Puerto Rico or Venezuela? Probably not Venezuela, but you know, can you go to certain countries? Could you do. I mean, we, we play games in Japan. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

MLB has one called the Mexico City Series. Summer 2026. Actually April 2026. So it's coming up in weeks.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay.

[Paulie]

A two game set. Diamondbacks, Padres, April 25th and 26th.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Sweden.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Like I'll go to local sporting events, right, for like minor league baseball or like second tier soccer. Whatever it is, it doesn't get a ton of attention. You get a couple thousand people there or whatever. But the best nights always universally are when it's a certain nationality's night. It could be like Jamaican night. You it's lit. It is the most fun you'll ever have and then the next week after that or two weeks after that, it's like a Puerto Rican night. It's the best time, it's the most Polish night. It's the most fun you could have. But you can't do that every time, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

But can you make each team? Well, yeah, I'd have to explore a little bit that, you know, am I going to have a major league team and their country is Italy, Ireland, whatever it's going to be, you know, it's like the Dodgers in Japan, you know, can you do that? Can you do it in spring training? Could you do it in the regular season? You'd have to make it, you know, a three, like a three game series if you were going to these places. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

The NFL has been doing this couple years now. It's called the global markets program. Every NFL team has a partner country. The LA Rams are with Japan, a bunch of teams are with Mexico, like the Arizona Cardinals, the Dallas Cowboys. It's a bit territorial. Argentina is with the Miami Dolphins and so on and so forth.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. Up next, our play of the day. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live baseball fans.

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[Dan Patrick]

Security usually means extra steps and complications, but with Apple Pay, secure payments are simple. Your transactions are authenticated with face id, touch ID or passcode, so security is built in when you check out. Plus, your name isn't shared with merchants and they don't see your actual card number. Whether you're shopping in store online or an app, protecting your money should be simple. Pay the Apple way. Terms apply.

[Paulie]

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[Dan Patrick]

Fergusonhome.com all right guys, two words for you. Prostate exam. Yeah, you just clenched up a little bit. Are you imagining the finger right now? Yeah, relax. Prostate cancer screening starts with a simple finger free blood test. Around one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But that's no reason to re clench when caught early. At localized or even regional stages, prostate cancer can have over a 99% five year relative survival rate. Did your tight end just relax? Good. If you're over 40, 40 or older and have a prostate visit, relax. It's a blood test.com you'll find out if a PSA blood test is right for you. The PSA blood test can be the first step in screening. Talk to your doctor to evaluate your risk, determine when to get tested and discuss screening options and the next steps. Sponsored by Novartis it's only natural you see these golfers mistaken the true green lawns for an actual golf course. Have you noticed that.

[Marv Albert]

Come on.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour, so they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.

[Fritzy Seaton]

So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?

[Dan Patrick]

No, I mean, we could make. Yeah, I guess we can. If Trugreen's doing all the work. No one makes it easier. They handle the treatments, the timing, everything.

[Paulie]

I feel like you see them everywhere.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Beautiful lawns. And you know, it's true Green America's number one lawn care company. And chances are they're already in your neighborhood.

[Marv Albert]

I'll play, but I'm not mowing.

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't think you were. Your wife, Will, or your son. Get your own golf course quality [e-mail] truegreen.com Let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up. Oh, my God.

[Caller]

The play.

[Dan Patrick]

The place gonna play of the day. This is the play of the day. Check this out. Sit Noah from second. The pitch. Suarez in the air, left center field. Pro Armstrong on the run. He can't get there. It's a base hit. Sonoho will score. Suarez just second. Venezuela leads 3 2. One of the most beloved players in baseball has just given Venezuela the lead in the ninth. Team USA lost three to two. Lost three two in the previous WBC championship, lost to Japan in 2023. And of course, Venezuela last night. That's your play of the day. Play of the day brought to you by tire rack. They've been doing it for over 40 years, helping you find the right tires for how and what and where you drive. Ship fast and free. Backed by free road hazard protection. Convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tire rack.com. the way tire buying should be. During the commercial break, we were shooting hoops, and I think I picked up three of the basketballs. We have a whole rack out there, and the three that I picked up had no air in them. Like, what is going on out here? I got to get somebody a designated basketball filler. Maybe come up with a better title than that.

[Marv Albert]

Yes, Marvin, our BRMVG or mvbrg. Jay is out there filling up the bowls right now.

[Dan Patrick]

Jay's doing it. All right. I'm good. I'm in good hands. My balls are in good hands.

[Paulie]

They always have been.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. And then did you give me a Kelly tripuka when I was shooting?

[Marv Albert]

I did, yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marv Albert]

I wasn't gonna call you like Alex English or somebody like that.

[Dan Patrick]

I Know, but you called me, you know, it was a white guy.

[Marv Albert]

Well, Rex Chapman make you feel better.

[Dan Patrick]

He had hops. He. Rex wasn't as good a shooter as me. He's. He wasn't.

[Marv Albert]

Rex can shoot it, though.

[Dan Patrick]

No, it can jump. Got a mid range jumper, exclamation point, gaspar.

[Marv Albert]

When you played pickleball.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

With the brothers.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

Not brothers.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, brothers.

[Marv Albert]

Did they call you anything? Like, did they call you a white basketball player?

[Dan Patrick]

No, no. That happened to me one time in. On a playground in New York where they called me. I don't know, it might have been Skiles. Like it was just kind of random. Or Nash, they're like, okay. Nash can shoot and be like, okay. But yeah, it. No, when I play pickup games. No, they, they didn't do that. But it, I, it does happen a lot.

[Marv Albert]

Yes, Marv, but you got to take that as a compliment if they call you a good player.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

Like, hey, somebody want to grab Peyton Pritchard over here?

[Paulie]

Yeah, someone grabbed Googliotta.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Or maybe, you know, if they called me Caitlin Clark. Hey, if somebody get Caitlin Clark here, I'd take it as a compliment. No, just because of the range, you know, how deep you're shooting.

[Marv Albert]

I got you.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. All right, let's see. Carlos in Virginia. Hi, Carlos. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan. Good morning, Danette. First time caller. 59190, the WBC we have as a Puerto Rican, we have able, double able all year long. And then we have in the 80s and we still have Winterbowl in the 80s and 90s, mayor libraries of players used to come and participate and live the experience of the Latin American countries. Then after that we had the Caribbean Series where we compete between each other. And it's always like you see in wbc, he's live, he's living his power. We, we love each other, but at the same time we compete with passion against each other.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. You watch the, you know, the Caribbean series. I mean it. That is passionate. And there will always be like winter ball where you're like, man, these guys don't like each other. Fresh in Milwaukee. Hi, Fresh. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

What's up, DP and Dan X. Well, man, got a great question for you today. Hoping everybody can give me an answer since we on the eve of the nca. Thinking by position, what's your all time starting five in college?

[Dan Patrick]

I. I'd have to have a day to think about that. Fresh. I'd have to have some time for My all time starting five. Wow. I know I'm starting with Lou Alcindor. I, it doesn't matter. Like I'll take the first pick. I'll take him. I'll give you the next, you know, four picks and then. But I get Lu Alcindor to start. Yes.

[Marv Albert]

Is Leitner considered a power forward?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

You got your power forward.

[Dan Patrick]

If I want Christian Leitner.

[Marv Albert]

Who else?

[Dan Patrick]

You? I don't, I, it's all a college basketball down through the years.

[Marv Albert]

Christian Laitner might be top three. Walton Alcinder and it might be Leitner.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. You're talking about resume. Absolutely. Absolutely. You know, Brianna Stewart might have the best resume of anybody who's ever played the game. You go four for four in college and you're the most outstanding player all four years. She's won I think a couple of titles in the wnba. I think a gold medal. She wins everywhere she goes. Now she doesn't have a game that you're excited about or you remember as much as Stewie is winning another championship. Sue Birds another one decorated. Yeah. Paulie.

[Paulie]

And also if you look at your all time starting five for college basketball, it's not what they did in the pros, it's what they were as college players.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

Danny Manning might be a pick from Kansas or one of my favorites of all time. Glenn Robinson at Purdue was a man. Now his pro career was not as good, but in college he might be on my list.

[Fritzy Seaton]

Yeah,

[Dan Patrick]

yeah. There's way too many players. I, I, it'd be hard for me to have an old time starting five. Marvin, you got one.

[Marv Albert]

Because you would think of a guy like Pearl Washington out of Syracuse. He didn't do much in the pros.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marv Albert]

But as a point, a bunch of guys around me, Pearl Washington might be your pick, but I'm, there's tons of guys I'm sure we're going to get called.

[Dan Patrick]

It's way too many, right?

[Marv Albert]

Way too many.

[Dan Patrick]

Like Chris Jackson, Mahmoud Abdul Raul. Great call when he was at lsu. That might be the quickest jump shot I've ever seen off the dribble. It was lightning. Lightning. And, and his change of direct because you tuned in and watched lsu. Stanley Roberts, I thought was more talented than Shaq, but he didn't have a great pro career, obviously. Chris Jackson averaged 30 a game in college and made it look easy. And then you saw Shaq, that just boy, that big guy. If he ever learned how to play basketball, he might be really good. And then he learned how to play basketball. Yes.

[Marv Albert]

Todd, where would one of your all time favorites, Pistol Pete be on the list? How long would it take to get to him?

[Dan Patrick]

It take a little while because I don't want one guy taking, you know, 35 or 40 shots. Oscar Robertson, Jerry west, when they were in college, I mean they're, they're just way too many players. Bill Walton, you know, Walton was as close to Lu Alcindor as anybody. I mean Bill was a perfect basketball player, not a great shooter, had weird form but, but Walton was a just about a perfect player, understood the game, passing everything, team first, all of that. But I'm taking Luau Cindor if I get to start. One hour in the books on this Wednesday. More phone calls coming up and our good buddy Nick Wright, unknown from Fox Sports will stop by as well. Fritzy Seaton, Marv Poly, yours truly, Hour two on this Wednesday. Right around the corner.

[Marv Albert]

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[Fritzy Seaton]

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