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If you're watching on Peacock, our streaming partner, and we say good morning to our radio affiliates. IHeartRadio, Fox Sports Radio as well. There was a front office executive who recently was quoted as saying he thought that Cooper Flag would have more of an impact on winning his rookie year than Victor Wembanyama. Well, okay, there's a couple things wrong with this. Cooper Flag is going to a team that's better than the San Antonio Spurs. You start there. Is Cooper Flag going to be as good as Victor Wembanyama's rookie year? And the answer is no. No. Is he going to be a 2010 guy? Is he going to lead the league or up there and block shots? No, he's going to a team where he will fit into a team. Victor Wembanyama went to San Antonio as the team. And that's the difference with this. San Antonio wasn't good. That's why they got the number one pick. Dallas lucked into the number one pick. They shouldn't have gotten it, but they defied odds and they got Cooper Flag. If Cooper Flag went to Washington, now we can have an apples to apples comparison. Victor Wembanyama, despite not having a point guard his first year, was great. Now there were times where he would be out of place. He would be muscled a little bit. He didn't. He couldn't establish position and a point guard. A better point guard would have put him in better positions. And that's why I thought, give him a legitimate point guard and you're going to watch him go and he's going to be the best player in the sport. I don't think Cooper Flag is going to be the best player in the sport. I think he's going to be a very good player, potentially a great player. And what I love is that it'll be at both ends of the floor. There won't be this argument of, yeah, he's good scorer, but he doesn't play any defense. That won't be the case with Cooper Flag. But to say that he'll have more of an impact on winning than Victor, that's not true. Switch him up. Victor Wembanyama on Dallas and Cooper Flag on San Antonio. Yes, Marvin. If Wemby was on Dallas, they'd be a championship contender. Yes. Yes. And. And they might be a championship contender with Cooper Flag, with Kyrie when he comes back. It's a very good team and they should be a really good team. They should be a top five team in the West. When they're healthy, they should be a top five team. But you can't compare Cooper Flag to Victor Wembanyama. It's not fair to Wembanyama, who went to a bad team. Yes, Marvin. Also, can we get rid of this term? This term kills me. Can we get rid of generational talent every single year? There's not a generational talent. It's generational. Gosh, that grinds my gears. Forgive me. Okay. All right. Keep your head up. All right. Come on, it's me Friday. Come on now. Yeah. By the way, the youngest first round in the NBA Draft since the ABA NBA merger. Just under 19 years of a. 20 years of age, I should. I should say. And there were no freshmen drafted last night. It was almost of, oh, yeah, I know that guy. I remember that guy. That guy's played a few years at Creighton or he played a few years at Florida. That was the feeling I got last night when I'm watching this. And, you know, we love to hand out grades. You know, we love to do that immediately. Who won, who lost? You can't. Especially with the NBA. I saw two different experts, I guess, assessing what the Brooklyn Nets did. One had laughing stock. Another one said, I'm going to give them an A. An A for their draft picks. They drafted four guards and they drafted a big man out of Michigan, Danny Wolf. I have no idea. There's been so many times where I've said, I had no idea that guy was going to be that good. You can go Kawhi, Greek, freak, even Shea Gilgames, I mean, these are recent. I have no idea. Now Joker, I didn't know anything about. Nobody did. If they did, they wouldn't have drafted in the second round and they wouldn't have drafted him. Where they go to commercial break, to a Taco Bell commercial, they would be like, oh, saw Denver, they got a steal here, like it never happened. And trying to handicap an 18 year old, try to do that with your own kids who might be 18 or 19 years of age, you can't do it. I have no idea how good Dylan Harper is going to be. Ace Bailey, BJ Edgecombe, I have no idea. Now I could see things. I could see signs or glimpses where you go, oh, I like that. I like to see them. You know, there's a few things, but what do you do in big games? How does your shot look? What do people say about your work ethic? Like, those are just basic things that I would want to know. I got to know if I got somebody who wants to be great, who wants to work at being great, who understands what it takes to be great. Team player. Do you play defense and offense? How does that shot look? Are you a good free throw shooter? Like, these are just simple things that I would look at with every one of those players and then you would have red flags that would pop up with certain aspects of their games. But if they're 18 or 19 or 20, nobody's a finished product. And I don't know if anybody can say Cooper Flag is supposed to be great. Dylan Harper is supposed to be good. Ace Bailey, potentially. He don't, I don't even know if he wants to play for Utah. That's, that's not a good start. And then you'll get guys who are drafted in the second round, where you go, how do they slip pot? It's trying to assess talent. Trying to assess that guy is going to become. That might take three years, four years, but we do want immediate results. And it's unfair to an 18 or 19 year old because most of them haven't received great coaching. AAU is not great coaching. Now, there are some, but you get to college and Tom Izzo has you for six months. Okay, Caliperi, you know, how much can you really change somebody with an AAU culture going into college but giving out grades? I mean, I read them. I like to, I like to see what people say. I just don't put any value at all, any stock. Because if somebody comes back and says, why did you like the Nets draft? Well, I figure if you take four guards, maybe you get two that are pretty good. Maybe they're building blocks. Maybe you use them to trade for something. I don't know. I mean, Danny Wolf, I watched him at Yale, I watched him at Michigan. Good passer. Okay, so now you got five guys who can pass the ball for the Nets. Okay. They're worse things to have. Yeah, Paulie. And also the development. Tyrese Maxey was the. I think he was the 20th pick of the draft. Not a high end pick, not a low pick. His first year, he started eight games and averaged eight points. Last year, he averaged 27. But it took three years, four years to get there. And I remember seeing him, and I even said to Marvin, I said, he'll be the best player on the team. One day. They'll. They'll build around Tyrese Maxey. But it's only because you're watching them play, and then you see the graduation. Like, they went from this to this. It's like Anthony Davis, I said, he's unbelievably skilled, and nobody thought that he could be. You know, it's like Patrick Ewing came in and people didn't realize he could shoot a jumper. Anthony Davis had a handle, and because he had a growth spurt, so he learned how to handle the ball because he was smaller. And I said, that guy will be the best player in the draft. Now, sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't. I mean, Luca, I only saw highlights of him in the European League, and I should have factored in a little bit more of how old they were and how old he was. And he was the mvp. And playing in those leagues in those conditions, in those environments, there's no NBA environment in no arena that comes close to some of those places that he played in. Yes, Mark. And you saw the first round of the draft where they were just nothing but freshmen. Yeah. Being drafted in the second round, you saw super seniors getting in there in the first round is basically a. We have the potential to see this with the super seniors that were picked in the second round. We've already seen your best work or why were you in school for four years? If you were that good, you wouldn't have been in school for four, maybe five years. Also, here is something. I don't know the time frame on this, but it's going to happen here in the next, probably two Weeks. And that is voting on if they're going to expand March Madness probably going to be maybe two week period. And I don't have this nailed down. I'm just from what I'm told, and my college sources have been impeccable throughout all of this going back, you know, to Covid. It might be one of those where it's kind of voted on in summer and they sneak it past us. Nobody is asking for expansion, by the way. There's no rallying cry like college football. It's like, man, you got to go to 16. Like that happened. As soon as you get to 12, you go to 16. That's not happening in college basketball. Do I think there's going to be expansion? I do. Do I think it's going to go to 72? I do. There's still the possibility that it could go to 76, but I think they're going to vote on that. And I think they'll be, you know, they're going to expand it a little bit and I think you can do it. And it doesn't really impact the tournament. It'll just be more of those first four games. And I think if we kind of beef that up, it can be more of an event. I don't like you play into the tournament. I just don't like that you're either in the tournament or you're not. But if. If they want to have language that says that, that's fine. But I think they're going to be voting on this in the next two weeks. I think they're going to expand. I don't think 76. I think it's going to be 72. So they add four more teams. Once again, nobody asked for it, but it just felt like there was this groundswell and some of the coaches are talking about this. Well, of course they are. More opportunity to make the tournament. Let's. Jim Boeheim said 96. I was like, jim, what is wrong with you? In retirement. Yes, Marvin. Just more coaches to complain when they don't make the tournament. No, nobody gets to complain like you were 17 and 14. You have plenty of opportunity not to lose 14 games. Yes, Todd. And we can't call it the first eight. So it's the first four. The next four. We got to come up with a cute title. Yes. Everything has to have a title to it. And if we have alliteration, even better. March Madness. Yes, Marvin. The first is four. Well, it's the first is eight. Maybe. This awful idea. I know, but I. I believe it's going to happen and the vote is going to take place, I think soon, but nobody asked for it. Poll question, Dylan, for the final hour of this program. All right, Dan. Well, we teased it last hour, but have you ever been hit hard by a fictional character's death? Oh, yes or no? Okay. Yeah, I forgot all about that. Bambi hit me pretty hard. That's a classic. Yeah, Bambi did. I didn't understand that when I was really, really young. Still don't understand it. And I remember my mom talking to me about life and death. And I, I don't know, was I five? Like, I didn't, I didn't, like, I didn't know pets died. I didn't know Bambi was going to die, but kind of crushed me a little bit. So, fictional character. We talked about this with Marge Simpson. They, I guess faked her death or people thought that she died on the Simpsons and that's not the case. Any other fiction? Todd, did you have a fictional character growing up that died that impacted you? Not really. I got teary eyed from Bambi. Also, Old Yeller. Did old yellow die or. I don't know. I don't remember what happened to the dog very much so. Yeah. Yeah, that was kind of sad. Gold Yeller was a bummer, too. I thought Lassie lived on forever. And I found out little Timmy, you know, lost Lassie. They had a couple of Lassies on there. Yes, yes, Paulie. When I was a little kid, it was a big deal. At the time, MASH was the most popular sitcom. Spoiler here. Henry Blake. Yeah. Passed away in the middle of the show. Like halfway through the series. He left the show and it was a shocker when they announced that he died. Yeah. Marvin, did you have anything that jolted your childhood? Thomas, the Macaulay Culkin character in My Girl, he had a. He had an allergic reaction to bees and then he hit like a big beehive and he didn't make it. Didn't make it. Saw the glasses just laying there like, no. Yeah, Paul. That was a big deal. When that happened, a lot of people were like, little kids are in the movie theaters and thought this is this feel good young relationship movie. And then Macaulay Culkin's character dies. I don't remember. I didn't see the movie. Oh, spoiler. Yeah. No need to see it now. No need to see it now. Nobody. Alex in Utah. Hi, Alex. What's on your mind today? Hey, good morning, gentlemen. I haven't seen Mago Girl either, but just from the COVID I know I don't want to watch you just because I know it's going to be devastating. I can't watch Macaulay Culkin. Yeah, that's a good poll, Marvin. So real quick, I just want to. I don't think people paid enough attention to Paulie's theory about the step back. I did a little bit of research and step back jumpers are on the rise in the last decade. And I just think about the mechanics of pushing back with one foot and then stopping all your momentum with the other foot. I don't think that doctor gave Paulie enough. He didn't mull it over enough. I think we need a second opinion on that one. All right, thank you, Alex. Paulie thought that the step back jumper may be leading to the rash, the epidemic of Achilles injuries. I think having shoes that aren't high tops could have an impact on this. But yeah, there's more step back jumpers because nobody was doing a step back jumper 10 years ago. There has to be more step back jumpers. I, I think it might be more of that. You don't wear high tops anymore. And maybe the support. The Mets lost a pitcher last night, guy that the Angels drafted, Canning, he was just backing up. So you have these random injuries that bring about the same result of a torn Achilles, ruptured Achilles. I mean, who was taking a step back jumper when they did this? Paulie. See, I don't necessarily think that the injury could always happen on a step back jumper. I think it's the. For the past 10 years, my guess is that guards, especially shooters, are practicing the step back jumper hundreds of times daily. And, and that leads to stress on the calf and the whole area. And I can't think of any other explanation for the recent ones in the past 10 years. Yeah, I'd go with the shoes. I'd go with high tops. Nobody's wearing high tops anymore. Of all these guys who blew out their Achilles, how many were wearing low cut shoes? Dame, Durant, Halliburton, all low cuts. Kobe. So that's had something to do with it. Maybe, I don't know. The NBA is, you know, they, they're doing some real research on this. You know, maybe they come up with something there, help you prevent this. All right. He's got one of the great nicknames, the big Dumper. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal raleigh. He's got 32 home runs. He is. He's doing things that haven't been done before by a catcher prior to the all star break. He'll join us coming up Next here. Dan Patrick show. 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How often do you go up to the plate trying to hit a home run? Well, usually when I do, it doesn't work out very well. So it's, you know, the, I guess the old saying, you know, kind of happens by accident. So, you know, pitchers, you know, you gotta take advantage of the mistakes when they do. And I'm just trying to square it up and hit it through the middle of the field. You're in there with some pretty famous people here. Like when you look at what you've accomplished, the number of players to reach 30 home runs before the end of June, Babe ruth, Ken Griffey Jr. Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, Shohei Otani, Aaron Judge. Pretty good list there. Doesn't seem very fitting for my but how do you do you embrace this, that you belong? This shouldn't be viewed as who is this guy and where did he come from? Are you surprised at how great you have played this year? I mean, you know, you always want to have that confidence as a baseball player going into the box. You want to feel like you're the best player in the world. Right? But, you know, I think you know the real side of it. No, I don't. You know, it's Hard to kind of fathom, you know. You know, especially when you rattle off names like that. So anytime you're in that kind of, you know, company with, with hearing those names, you know, you're doing something, you know, pretty good. So really just trying to, you know, keep my head down and try to keep going, you know, not really trying to think about that too much and just trying to see how far I can go. You get recognized outside of Seattle? Outside of Seattle? Yeah. Not very much. No. Sometimes. Yeah. But you could walk out of your hotel in Arlington right now. Oh, yeah, easy. And. And go anywhere. You could go to lunch, you could wear your jersey, you could wear your full uniform and people might not realize who you are. Yeah, it's. It's, you know, just a pretty average looking dude. So I'm not, you know, Aaron Judge. He's a pretty big dude. You can, you can kind of recognize him. Not. Not me quite so much. Okay. But you got a great nickname. I think it's. Yeah, one of the better ones. So. Okay. When you first heard it, who gave you that nickname? So, Jared Kelnick. We came up to the minors. He played with us for a couple of years with the Braves. Now he, he tweeted it out as soon as I debuted. And, you know, I think people thought it was really funny at first and then. Wait, but what leads him to call you the Big Dumper? So I have a. I have a, you know, big butt. And that's, that's. It's kind of been a running thing since I've been in high school. You know, it's just kind of been. It's like, wow, he just, you know, just kind of sticks out. Like, that guy's got a really big butt. And he was always commenting on it in the minor leagues and then. And then obviously get called up and that happens. Didn't really play well and then start playing well and people just kind of like took off with it. They loved it. It was really funny. And Seattle's kind of made it. Made it there kind of thing, so. So it's kind of a Kim Kardashian thing, you know, it's. Yeah, kind of like that. Kind of like your, Your calling card there. Is there a sponsorship here with the Big Dumper? No. I mean, not yet. I mean, we'll see. We'll see what's out there. Maybe getting on the show. Maybe we'll get some. How about. How about Dude Wipes? Dude Wipes would be a good one. It kind of fit, right? Toto Toilets there you Go. Any kind of bidet. Your agent should be doing this for you. I know you should. They should be on it after the show. Yes. I mean this is a big deal there. Big, big opportunities. We're talking to Cal Raleigh, the Mariners catcher. Who was your like idol or who did you kind of pattern yourself since you're a switch hitting catcher? Not many of those. Yeah, you're right. There's not a lot of those. I'd say I grew up die hard Red Sox fan, so Jason Vertek was kind of my guy growing up. Have you met him? Yeah, I've got to meet him a few times. He's on staff with the Sox right now, so I got to chat with him a little bit. But yeah, I loved him. Obviously him being a switch hitter catcher and you know, him having the, the sea on his chest, you know, as the captain was, was a really cool thing growing up and just somebody I idled and. Or was my idol and it was great to watch. And you know, I watched a bunch of other catchers as well, you know, Posey, Molina. Those are some really good ones as well. But, but bear attacks, the one that sticks out. I was wondering if there's any correlation between being a catcher and being a good hitter because you're so used to seeing pitches that you call for these pitches, you know what it looks like, the spin change up, how it comes out of the, the hand. Is there any correlation there of helping you as a hitter by being a catcher? Yeah, I mean, I believe so. I mean, you know, I think as a catcher, you know, I spend most of my time doing scouting reports talking with pitchers about how they want to attack hitters, going over their weaknesses. So I think you can kind of flip flop that and, and use that as an advantage as, as a hitter. And you know, you can kind of, you can kind of think along sometimes with, with other catchers and other pitchers and see how they're attacking you and go off the patterns and, and pass how they pitched you. So it's taking some time to kind of learn how to do that. But, but so I'd say that it definitely helps being a catcher because you can, you can understand that part of it a little bit. But at the end of the day, you still got to go out and, and put a good swing on the ball and, and find something in the heart of the. Blake, how do you feel when the pitch you call for is hit for a home run? You don't feel good? I mean, do you apologize? Have you apologized to your pitcher? Gone out to the mound. Yeah, because sometimes, I mean, you know, I think at the end of the day, it's all about execution, you know, when it's coming out of pitcher's hand. But there are some times where you're like, you know, maybe I, I messed that one up, or, you know, I think it just goes hand in hand as a, as a battery, you know, as a pitcher and catcher, you're working together and, you know, sometimes you mess up, sometimes you get it right, and it's just kind of how it goes as, as the catcher, you know, you, you, you wear some of those a little harder than others, depending on the situation and depending on what you call it. So, you know, sometimes it's on the pitcher, sometimes it's on the catcher and just kind of how it goes. How long are you allowed to admire a home run that you've hit? I think you can take a good look at it, but, you know, you don't want to, you don't want to be that guy. You don't want to take too long and, you know, you don't want to show anybody up on the opposing side. And next thing you know, you're one of your teammates is getting thrown at or you're getting thrown at, so. But once you get past first base, Cal. Oh, I, you know, I, I have a pretty decent job. You know, I don't take too much time around the bases. I just, you know, you gotta show love to the bullpen because they're rooting you on out there. So you give them a little point and then, and then you cross home and you, you go get the gear on. That's kind of how it goes. What's a home run sound like? I mean, typically, they sound pretty loud. Usually when you get them good, you don't. It doesn't feel like you hit anything. It just kind of feels like it was just like a smooth swing, like a. Almost like a dry, dry hack. So it feels good. And when you get it sweet, though, you can. It's pretty loud. The crack of the bat. And what's the stolen bases? What do you got, nine stolen bases? Yeah, I got nine this year. I. Are you deceptively fast? Are you sneaky fast? Sneaky fast? I think I still, I broke the record. Our manager, he was the catcher for a while with the Mariners, Stan Wilson, and he, he held the record for a catcher in the Oregon. I broke it this year and I thought about doing the whole. Ricky, just hold the base up over, sign it for him after the game. Today I'm the greatest. That's right. Of all. Did they give you the bag after you set the organizational record for stolen bases? No, that was. Unfortunately, it was only like seven, so it wasn't a whopping number. Johnny Bench, to me, greatest catcher I ever saw. And he's very impressed with you. Has some great things to say about you. That's the highest praise I think you could get because Bench was a great athlete, power hitter, and I think the greatest defensive catcher of all time. So, yeah, that's. I mean, getting. Getting that kind of love from him. And what he said was, you know, it means the whole world to me. So I got to meet him this year at the. At the Gold Glove banquet. Oh, cool. Got to talk with him for. For a couple. A couple hours and just sit and talk ball with them and it was just amazing. Hearing the stories and getting to chat with them was awesome. Well, great to talk to you. Good luck. I think you're second in the MVP race according my odds this morning. I've got Aaron Judge and then you, so I appreciate that. I mean, that's not bad. Not bad company here. Just try to keep going. Yeah. All right, well, you can stay anonymous, maybe just walking around, but not when you come to the plate. So continue to do that and let's work on a sponsorship there. Cal, I appreciate you. Thanks for having me on. All right, that's Cal Raleigh. You can call him the Big Dumper. He's fine with that. Great nickname. And sneaky, sneaky athletic as well. Stealing some bases there. But he's hit home runs before. I think people maybe would be surprised that he's led catchers. And what's the all time record? Kansas City Royals catcher, Perez. Yeah, he had 48. I think that's the. The all time record. You'll see guys, though, that have unbelievable first halfs of the season. And I think Reggie Jackson hit 37 home runs first half of the season, and I think he hit 10 or 12 the second half of the season. Might ended up with 47 or 49. Yeah. Paulie. Yeah. The catcher list is Salvador Perez in 20, 21 and 40. 48. Javi Lopez in O3 with 43. Javi Lopez, yeah. Todd Hunley, 41 in 1996. Then you go back to Roy Campanella, 1953 with 41. Mike Piazza, 1999 with 40. Wait. Oh, home runs. Okay. Yes. I thought you were talking stolen bases. I'm going. Wait a minute. Mike Piazza. Hard to picture. Yeah. I can't imagine pizza. You Know that they give him the green light. All right, couple of phone calls. Dan in Connecticut. Hi, Dan. What's on your mind today? Hey, guys. Hey. Stratford, Connecticut, 6 foot 220. First time caller, long time listener. So we going back to nicknames. When I was in college ball and then went to pro ball, luckily, I just heard Cal rally for the Seattle Mariners. My nickname was payoff. And when I got the pro ball, payo for the Latin Americans was fart in Spanish. So during spring training and during all my years of pro ball, they would recognize me as pale and then go payo and walk around. And I got pretty famous for that. All right, well, thank you, Payoff. That can't be good. I don't think so. I mean, I can. I can accept the big dumper. I don't think Payo. I'd have maybe a little problem with that. And they're making the sound effect and calling you that. I just. Double E problem. Thank you, Todd. Jacob in Illinois. Hi, Jake. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan, thanks for taking my call. First time, long time. 57150. I had a question or I really wanted your opinion on the NCAA tournament expansion. They've had these first four games in the past couple years now, and I've always been a little thrown off. How come they have. You'll have two 11 seeds playing each other. Instead of all these 16 seeds that get directly into the first round instead of the first four, shouldn't the first four be 16 seed versus 16 seed and then play your way into the tournament? Well, I think they like that 16 seed that's always going to be there to start March Madness. But there is a formula for the teams. It's the last teams that go in, but you know, the 16 seed is already in the tournament. These other ones, you know, it's just where they are that they. They've already had the 68. And now you add. Or 64, and then you add the other four. Yeah, Marv. Yeah, I love that because I don't think the 16 or 15 should be in it. It should be those 11 12s that barely got in those other 16 seats. They had to win their conference tournament. Yeah. So why should we have to go to Dayton? We won our conference tournament. We should be able to go to the actual tournament. The 64. It should. Yeah. An automatic berth. Yeah. 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No onions. Really? Shallots. Shallots, yeah. In the family. In the Onion family. There. The Onion's brother. Yeah. Stepbrother. Great movie, by the way. Step Brothers. That's a good one. That's a great one. Not my favorite Will Ferrell joint. Why? I don't know. I think Blades of Glory is my favorite of his. What? What? Yep. Oh, well, then I don't feel so bad that you don't like Step Brothers. My mind doesn't count. No, no, no, no. That Blades of Glory is hilarious. Step Brothers is spectacular. It's good. Oh, my God. We're just not agreeing on anything today. I know we're not. But I think that you have done this to everybody today for some reason. You got weeks, our camera guy going at it, you know, Tyler saying negative things about you. Mario badmouthing you. Ray, it's his birthday. He's ripping you. This is all standard, though. You just. It might not be as out in the open. Yeah, we're airing our lunch. Yes. Todd, when they were asking for bunk beds and Step Brothers. There's more. There'll be more room for activities. That was hilarious. I thought Step Brothers was great. Great kicking and screaming as far as PG for movies. That's up there, too. No, no, no, it won't. No, no, no. Talladega Knights, I thought was great. That's great. Old school. Great. Elf great. Great. Yes. Mark, for most people, is Anchorman the consensus number one. Yeah, yeah. Anchorman, great. Yeah. He's had a lot of great movies. He hasn't really missed ever. No, he has. And they all miss. Yeah, they all do. You didn't like Bewitched? No. Bewitched is pretty good. I like Bewitched. We're just not going to agree today. We're just not. What is something we would agree on? Todd is whiny. Now, see, I think Todd's a sweetheart. Okay. He's got my back here in the back. Yeah. I can't see him, but yeah, yeah. Seaton's got all of his soccer scarves there for a reason so he doesn't have to see Todd Dylan in Tennessee. Hi, Dylan. What's on your mind today? Dan? 6 foot 200. The wife and I have been going to some Cape Cod League baseball games this summer and there's been a real lack of enthusiasm on the third strike call. So I told her I'd call you up. There we go. There we go. Needed her to have an example of what a real one sounds like, so I appreciate it. What's your wife's name? Laura. Hey, Laura. That's what I just. I just threw Dylan out. Although you're going to the Cape Cod League, I appreciate that. I've been there. Move on. Great setting. Jeff Bagwell, Cape Cod League. Was he a Cape Cod guy? I remember seeing him in New Britain. New. The Brit Sox. Remember seeing him in the minor leagues. Yes. Paul, when you can get chowder at a concession, that's good baseball. It's where you make your name for yourself. I remember there's a video out there. Ken Kaiser. Ken Kaiser was the home plate umpire. And I hope I have the story right. Ken Kaiser, left handed umpire. Like he would always punch you out with his left hand. And when he called like close play at first and he would just do that, he got hit one time in the mask with a pitch and I think he was accusing the catcher of doing it on purpose. So Kaiser got blasted right in the mask and then he, he threw the ball to the pitcher on the ground. He was the home plate umpire. And I think he gets hit right in right between the eyes. And he is so upset at the pitcher. Yes, Paulie, I got the video. Kevin Millar was at the plate. It's a Yankees game. Ken Kaiser, I guess was a former wrestler. Big, strong dude. He gets very upset and like you said, he rolls it right back to the pitcher. And it looks like they're going to get into it. I've never seen that before, that the umpire gets the ball. Well, I've never seen a catcher purposely not catch it to hit the umpire and he rolls the ball back to the mound. It's pretty wild. I know. How about this day in sports history? I Just got one for you. Okay. This is fun. In Atlantic City, 1988, Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in only 91 seconds. Yeah, I was there. It was there. That was a big deal. And I remember Danny Aiello the actor, and Matt Dillon the actor. And I remember being ringside and that fight didn't last long. It was almost like it was over before he even threw a punch. Because Tyson came in the ring and all I did is stare at Michael Spinks. And if Michael could have just hit a. Just tapped out just like there. If there was an ejector seat, he would have sat in it and just said, ah, keep your money. Who had the best week in sports? Todd. The best week in sports? The Utah Jazz. In their draft, they weren't afraid to select Ace Bailey with the fifth pick, even though he was reportedly one of the teams that he or his agent didn't want him to go to. Then they go up and get Florida's Walter Clayton Jr. They get John Tanji out of Wisconsin in the second round at pick 53. Nicely done by the Utah Jazz. Can I pronounce John Tanji right now? I don't know. You don't even know who he is. But you said nicely done out of Wisconsin. Yeah, of course, but those are. Those are three. Dylan, what did you learn today? Bogle job Markovich, taken 47th overall by the Bucks. He's from Serbia. Could be the next Jokic. They actually don't look dissimilar. See Marvin, the Mavericks, they get the number one pick. Adding him on with Anthony Davis and Kyrie Irving. Good for Dallas Paul, who had the best week in sports? I'll give it to tight end University. You got Taylor Swift to play your jamboree. It's a good day. He was with. Who is it? Kane. Kane Brown. Kane Brown was up there? Yep. He thought he was the musical entertainment. He said, you know, it's kind of. He sent out a tweet, basically saying I show up thinking I'm the entertainment for the night. And then Taylor Swift comes in and starts singing. Todd, what did I learn on today's award nominated program? Jeff with 1F in New Orleans gave you a hard time by night liking Mayo, so maybe he should F off. Yeah, I'm not a big Mayo guy. I'm just not ketchup mustard. That's about it. I don't even do relish. Very simple life. Thanks for the phone calls, emails, tweets, the all around support. Hope you have a great weekend. A safe weekend and we look forward to Reconnecting on Monday. That's Monday. We'll talk to you then. Then, then, then, then. I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time, have you ever had to shoot your gun? Sometimes the answer is yes. But there's a company dedicated to a future where the answer will always, always be no. This is Absolute Season one, Taser Incorporated. I get right back there and it's bad. Listen to Absolute Season 1, Taser Incorporated on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? 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