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A (4:36)

It feels pretty good. Dan, how many shows? You probably got the similar amount of shows.

B (4:40)

Yeah. Yes. And I haven't won either. I haven't won a.

A (4:45)

So you've won for sure.

B (4:48)

What's your role as a bench coach for the Blue Jays.

A (4:53)

Anymore? It's getting. It just feels less and less. I think when I first came here, John was, you know, in his first year of. First full year of managing. I thought, you know, I felt like my role was to come in and just be a voice for him and be another set of eyes as he went through. Feels like it's getting less. I kind of look. DeMarlo, Halen and myself are here. We're both over 60, and I call us the perspective coaches. We got to keep things in perspective as the season goes and it gets a little crazy. You lose a couple games and you got to try to keep it in perspective. But in general, you know, going through the game with John and staying up, I do more the offensive side of, hey, you want to pinch it here? We want to run, you know, just kind of staying on top of a few things because he's usually thinking about pitching or what he's going to do next inning or whatever, and I just try to make sure I'm just kind of keeping up with the game for him.

B (5:50)

What was going through your mind when you're trailing in game seven?

A (5:55)

You know what? Trust. This has been a team that all year long, like, through this postseason, we've came down to, like, we need to win last day of the season, to give ourselves a few days and get healthy, get our pitching together. We get down a couple games, we lose the game in New York, we got a lead. It could have. Could have turned. And all year long, this has been a team that I could sit here and go, you know what? I trust these guys, and that doesn't mean it's going to work out. But for the most part, these guys show up and they play. They're a team, and they are really fun to be around.

B (6:33)

Of all the teams that you're going to face in the World Series, and it happens to be the Dodgers, what are you thinking when you go back to Los Angeles? What kind of feelings?

A (6:44)

No good. I had a great run there in LA and. And walked away from there, you know, feeling good. Didn't feel like, you know, any negativity towards those guys. And then going back, it's. It's really more. It's kind of like going to New York at this time of year. It's like, hey, what do we have to do to win a game? Right? And it's. It's business. It's. It's pretty much that for us. Obviously, I've never been in a World Series, so I'm going to enjoy this. I've been enjoying this ride with this team. Again, it's a fun team. It's a team you can trust. It's probably the best word you can say as a coach or a manager is that you can trust these guys.

B (7:28)

What's it been like, though, all of those years where you're watching somebody else win a World Series or go to a World Series?

A (7:37)

You know, different phases of that. Obviously, early, earlier, as a player, you always feel like you're going to get there. Always felt like we were going to win it. You know, any level that I've ever been, we've won. And. And I always felt like we were going to win in New York. As a player, I felt that way. As a coach, I felt that way. A coach in L. A, I felt that way. Miami maybe had one year there, we had a little run, but it wasn't quite as. As good as I would have liked there. So, yeah, I've always felt like was going to get there and have a chance to win.

B (8:11)

What's it like now to have a younger son? I think you have three grown boys, but now a younger son. Watching dad on the big stage in a World Series, it's.

A (8:24)

It's been a lot of fun watching him go through this. And the difference, I think, with my older boys, you know, we never got on this run, so they didn't do this, you know, extra month of baseball where you get to go and you get to have the celebrations and you get to go through, you know, losing the first couple games here and. And having to, you know, have some must win games in different spots on the road. But to have him go through it and kind of see his love of baseball grow, and that's what's been kind of fun this year, is he's just really kind of gotten into baseball. You know, Kirk gets a couple homers. The next thing you know, Louie wants to be a catcher, you know, and then it's like, okay, this is great, you know, so it's been fun to watch him go through it.

B (9:14)

But go back and this is, what, 95, when you hurt your back or you have to make that decision that you're going to retire and how old are your boys, then, like, if it doesn't happen, you're going to continue to play for a little while longer. And that team was going to World Series, so you may have held on even longer, but you wouldn't have been at home with your boys at that time. So, I don't know, can you look at it as a blessing that you did get hurt and then you retired so you could be at home.

A (9:47)

100%? I don't. I feel like I had a choice at that point in 95 and I was actually starting, I finally had kind of found a routine, you know, with my back that I was able to start to figure out, okay, I can play, do this much work, and I stay fairly healthy, right? So that part I'd kind of figured out, but the family part I couldn't figure out because all I was doing in 95 and really 94, I probably would have retired after 94 if the strike didn't come Along. All I was doing, Dan, was in Jersey. The kids weren't really coming anymore. They were at an age where they were starting to play Little League, and they didn't want to come to New York and sit around then do nothing. So all I was doing off the road was come. I'd go home, I'd go to the bedroom, I'd go down through the kitchen, grab a cup of coffee, and go to the ballpark and rinse and repeat every day. And that just wasn't enough at that point. And for me. So the baseball part, I still loved. I still felt like I was. I was starting again, starting to get where I could produce again. But that other side of it, like, the thought of my boys me trying to play more and not being a part of their lives, I just couldn't do that. And. And I'm so glad I. I did. Did what I did, and. Because I don't think they would have known me near as well if I would have kept playing. And, yeah, I lost out. You know, at the end of the day, I didn't get rings. I may have had a chance for, but I would do. I would not. I would not change it at one, one bit.

B (11:28)

Don Mattingly, the Blue Jays bench coach and former batting champ, you know, we met in 1983, and there is actually a report that I did on CNN on you. I think it's from 1984. It's on YouTube. And I will say I look pretty damn good back then. But you. You had that mustache. You look pretty good back then.

A (11:56)

I don't even want to look at those pictures because you feel. You feel good on the inside.

B (12:00)

You feel the same.

A (12:01)

And then you see the mirror. You're like, oh, my skin. The skin was a lot tighter in those days.

B (12:08)

Did you. How did you feel about Donnie Baseball as a nickname?

A (12:12)

You know what? I didn't mind it because, number one, it came from Kirby, who's just awesome, awesome guy who kind of. He started this baseball, baseball, baseball thing at a dinner we would do in Rochester.

B (12:24)

Puckett gave you that nickname?

A (12:26)

Kirby.

B (12:27)

Oh, wow.

A (12:28)

And it started in Rochester, New York. We did a dinner for Kenny Kaiser. He's passed away, God rest his soul. But we do it for him every year. And you kind of hang around afterwards. You know, you might have a few drinks, and Kirby's talking and gets going, and Donnie Baseball, baseball. Donnie Baseball. And it just kind of. It stuck somehow. I don't know how it got passed on. But then I thought later, I said, you know, I've probably been called a lot worse. So I'm like that. I just like that one's, that one's okay.

B (12:58)

Critique. Well, not critique, I guess. Analyze Shohei Ohtani at the plate.

A (13:06)

I probably shouldn't do that. I shouldn't do that. But I mean, I haven't looked at him really, really close. But I think like anyone, there are places to go to get him out. Right. And that doesn't mean you can go there all the time. That means you got to find different ways to get there.

B (13:27)

But the strategy of having him lead off, could you imagine in today's game you might lead off?

A (13:34)

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think it's, it's, it's different, Right. I think it depends on your lineup. Right. I think the year, one of my biggest years, Billy put me in a two hole and that was ahead of his time, you know, hitting in front of Winfield behind Ricky. So that was a great spot to hit. I always felt like the two hole was probably the best spot to hit in. If you have a really, if you have a deep lineup and that means you're eight, nine guys are getting on base, which for me in that, that year, I think was Willie Randolph hit ninth with maybe a 400 on base. And Ricky, it was just a perfect spot. But yeah, the game, I think we've, we've seen it with Atlanta, when they did it with Solaire in the World Series, they threw him in the one hole. He hit some big homers. It gets him an extra at bat. Because that spot comes around. If it's a close game in the ninth, you're getting to the ninth, that that spot's probably coming around for the extra at bat. And who do you want to get at a, you know, a leadoff guy that. Maybe a high on base guy, but. Or do you want the guy that can change the game right there?

B (14:38)

So you don't want to give me any secrets. You don't want to give the Dodgers any secrets on what you think of Ohtani.

A (14:43)

I mean, probably the whole league tries to do the same thing, Dan, with the information that they have today there. You know, everybody knows where you can go or where the spots are to get him out, but that doesn't mean when he's swinging good, he doesn't get there. And, and it doesn't mean you can just keep going there. Right? You can't just keep doing it. You got to find different ways to get to that spot or those spots, whatever they are. And that's, that's what makes it tough. That Makes him tough. Mookie, I mean, Freddie, they got a club now, so, you know, we're going to show up and play. So it'd be a series.

B (15:22)

What's your favorite Ricky Henderson story?

A (15:28)

I probably look at. Think of it differently, I think. Not necessarily story, just memories, right. Of, you know, when we go to Oakland, Ricky would. He invited me out. We have lunch at his house with this girl and just seeing his place, and I remember he had this beautiful weight room. I'm like, man, this equipment's nice. And I said, use this in the winter. He's like, nah, I basically do push ups and sit ups and run sprints. So he had this beautiful weight room that he never really used. But I just have memories like that, just him. And I just kind of hit it off, you know, on the field and off. And, and I thought that was, that's, that's what I think about.

B (16:06)

Did he talk in third person to you?

A (16:10)

No. I mean, I think we all kind of like, take this stuff a little further than it needs to go, right? But, you know, Ricky, Ricky was sharp for me. He was a. He was a player that knew what he was doing and, and, and was smart. I felt like off the field too, wasn't doing crazy stuff.

B (16:28)

Do you feel like an underdog in this series?

A (16:32)

Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I think you have to. I mean, the Dodgers have got experience. You know, they won last year. They've showed.

B (16:40)

It's.

A (16:40)

You see a little bit of the Bulls, like in Michael's years with the regular season, doesn't really. It's like, if they get in, who wants, who wants to play them? So they've got that experience in that pedigree. But the great thing about our club, and I say, I've said it a couple of times, they just show up and play. It feels like sandlot with our guys. I mean, I'm okay. They look like they're having fun. They've always just showed up and play. We lose two or three in a row during the regular season. They show up and play. We won five or six in a row. They look the same. They show up and they play. And I think that's what we'll do. I think we'll show up and we'll play. We play pretty good baseball. We catch the ball, we run the bases decent. We can put it in play a little bit. Their starting pitching is really, really good. Those, those, you know, the four guys they threw that last series, they're all number ones. So, I mean, it's, it's going. It's going to be a battle.

B (17:37)

Do you think about the hall of Fame.

A (17:41)

Now and then more when people bring it up, only, you know, and. And I've started. I think I've changed over the years. You're kind of like, yeah, whatever. I've played my cards or whatever. But I think I look back at it now and go, you know what? There's not a guy in there, a picture in there that I don't think I could hit.

B (18:01)

There really isn't.

A (18:02)

There really isn't. There's never been a guy that I didn't think I could hit. And I know that if I was on the field with those guys, I wouldn't be out of place. And that's. But after that, I don't. What am I going to do? You keep going.

B (18:16)

Yeah, but we put in guys who got injured and their careers cut short. We do this in all sports, especially football.

A (18:24)

Yeah, Dan, you know what? You know, I'm not going to politic. I'm just. I basically did what our club does. Showed up and I played. Now I'm raising boys and getting along in baseball, getting older. I think I'd be just as happy being a bench coach or an advisor or coaching Louie's 10U team. You know, it's just like. And just get a different perspective over time. So that part of my life is those cards have been played. But I do feel like. Like I. I know I. I wouldn't be out of place on a field with any of those guys.

B (19:03)

So. Randy Johnson, Steve Carlton. No, no problem. Bring him on.

A (19:08)

No, Yeah. I say bring them on. I don't say no problem. You know what I mean? There's guys that give you problems that. But you figure them out. You got to try to figure it out. And. And Randy was kind of the opposite. I hit Randy early really well. As he started to get the slider over, he gave me more and more trouble. Right. And that doesn't mean that like Carlton, I faced him, but he was. He was kind of past his prime. I didn't get to see the nasty slider and the. And all that, But I just think. I just know that I. I figured it out. I figured it out. I've never felt like anybody ever overpowered me and nobody that I felt like through. Too hard for me any of that kind of stuff and just kind of always figured it out.

B (19:53)

Great to talk to you again. Congrats. Have fun. We'll be watching. And thanks for joining us.

A (19:59)

Thanks, Dan. It's always good to talk to you. And I didn't get thrown out of a game this year.

B (20:03)

I know. I thought I could have gotten a uniform, a Toronto uniform. I got. I got your Dodger uniform over there still on display in the mannequin.

A (20:11)

Oh, my, oh, my.

B (20:13)

And I have your hitman poster in the man cave as well.

A (20:17)

I like it. I like it to him. All right, you guys have a good one.

B (20:21)

Thank you, Donnie. So Friday night World Series Donnie Baseball. I did. I did not know that Kirby gave him that nickname, but Kirby was such a enthusiastic guy. He was always in a good mood. All right, let me take a break. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio appointment. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for 22 minutes of piping hot baseball talk featuring the biggest names and newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe in analytics or the eye test, we've got all the bases covered. New episodes drop every Thursday, so do yourself a favor and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob Parker on the.

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A (27:06)

Paul, you mentioned the Jazz getting that big point spread.

B (27:09)

I was trying off the top of.

A (27:10)

My head to think of Jazz players.

B (27:12)

And I was having a tough time. Lowry market still there? Yes, he is. He's a good player. They got Ace Bailey in the draft. But as far as star power. No, they don't have that. No. Is Mike Conley Jr. The third still there? I don't think so. Wasn't he. He was in Minnesota, I think. Is that his last stop with the Timberwolves? Does that sound right, Marvin? Yeah, I thought it was the Timberwolves. His last stop. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if Utah has like Ace Bailey. Could be. Could be a star. Lori Market can put up some really good numbers. I thought he was going to end up with Golden State. Yes. Marv, Sorry. Who's your random NBA team this year? You always have a league pass team. Well, I gave you Orlando last year. I gave you Detroit last year. They produced. I haven't figured that out yet, but I still have a little bit of time. I have a first week of the season and then I'll give you my. My rando team, where you go keep an eye on them. Because Detroit, Detroit was a playoff team and you had the injuries with Orlando, with Paolo, Ben Caro. They're going to be a force. Desmond Bain. Wagner. Wagner, yes. Paulie.

A (28:28)

On the topic of faceless teams, the Washington Wizards. I've got the depth chart here, which.

B (28:33)

Believe me, I didn't have any clue about. Anyone know a Wizard off the top of your head? Current Fritzi? No, he's not gonna know. Marvin will know. Trey Johnson, second string, but I'm gonna give it to you. Okay, Blue. You know who's out there. C.J. mcCollum's kicking it down there. Poor guy. Yeah, but he'll get his shots up. Yeah, poor guy. Yes, Marvin. Is the coups still there? No, no, they dumped him. They have the kid from Israel, Alex Saar. No, no. Bilal Kulibali. No, you were making that up.

A (29:22)

That's a real name. I looked it up.

B (29:24)

They got Chris Middleton running things there. Oh, no. I know. Feel bad. He's like a nice guy. Well, he won a title, though. Yeah. So would you take a title? Who is the guy that isn't there? Somebody with a weird. Bob Carrington. Danila Denny. Yes. Yes. That guy. I think he's from Israel. I felt like you were all over that one. I was. I thought he was going to be a good player. I don't think he's there anymore. He's not. You know, my. My boy Marv Bagley is there.

A (29:52)

I love Marv Bagley.

B (29:53)

I know you do. I was first team. Yeah. Yeah. Bags. From bags to riches to bags. Danny was a ninth overaller. I know. I thought. And I saw his highlights. He's currently both of them. Trailblazer. Oh, yeah. All right, now he had highlights. They. But that's the problem. You fall in with. Fall in love with highlights. You're like, man, that guy looked really good. Do you watch the game? No, but I saw the highlights. Yes. Marvin, I feel like when you go to the wizard, you just become goofy. Like, Kyle Kuza was the third best player on the championship team. And when he got to the Wizards, look how goofy he is. Jordan Poole, same thing. A big part of a championship team. He got punched in the face. And they were like, you know what? As a punishment, you're going to watch, you're going to Washington. Rather get punched. I'm the one who got punched in the face. He got punched in the face. Then when they got traded. Damn, man, that's. Yeah. Paulie, who knows any Brooklyn Nets players off the top of their head? Somebody named Johnson. There's no Johnson's on the squad. Oh, There's Johnson's. And that's the problem with that title. Yes. Marvin, my guy. Danny Wolf. Danny Wolf from Yale in Michigan. Yeah, he's there. Marvin loves Dan. Oh, my God. Loved his game. He would come in and go, man, that guy is good. And I'd be a seven footer who was good passer. He was at Yale and went to Michigan. Cam, I'm giving that to you. Cam Thomas. Okay, first name's enough. Yeah. Marvin, our boy, Michael Porter Jr. Yeah. Third. That's right. Yeah.

A (31:28)

He's gonna get you 14 out there.

B (31:30)

Yeah, man. No one's gonna be watching the yes. Network this season. I know. That's where I. And Eagle. Of all the great things he's done as announcer. He's been the nets announcer for probably 20 years. He's had to witness some. Some of the worst basketball. Yeah. Paulie, how's your Portland Trailblazers depth chart knowledge? The room. I'm talking Simons gone. Damn. Your guy Seaton, you just mentioned is on the squad. Yeah, yeah. Denny Ajavita, something like that. Danny Ajita. What's just moved there? Drew Holiday. Yep. He's a. A Trailblaze. Yeah.

A (32:12)

Martin.

B (32:13)

Martin. Marvin's guy. Donovan Kleene is running the post. Oh, sorry. It's Scoot. Scoot. Henderson. Yeah. Scoot and paddle. Yeah. Don't they have Robert Williams? There is a Robert Williams. Yeah. I'm gonna give that. Know your blazers. No, he. Let's see. This is where Todd goes. Lionel Hollins, Maurice Lucas, Jerome Kersey, Strickland. Okay, this music was playing the last time they were relevant, so. Wow. Back in the 90s, Jerome Kersey. Clifford. Yeah, Clifford was good. He was good. Yeah. Paulie, can you name a Devin Booker teammate on the Suns? Anybody? Don't they still have a player that they can't get rid of because he has a no trade clause? Bradley Beal situation. Yes. No. No. Is he out? He's with the Clippers. Oh, that's right.

A (33:19)

Par for the course.

B (33:21)

Yeah, and they gave him a side job too, where he's making 40. $40 million. He. You know, what's. What could happen here. Now I'm talking out of school. And. And this isn't a topic to talk out of school, but I. The Clipper situation with Kawhi could get, you know, really interesting. And now the Wall Street Journal is on this story. So what? It's not just Pablo Torre, but what happens if they void his contract with the Clippers and Kawhi can play where he wants to or has to go play some. I mean, once again, I think there are some things that might be on the table here at some point. Yes. Paul, I hate to be mean spirited, but if you're the Clippers, would you mind if he left your franchise? What's going on? If you don't have to pay him. Yeah, yeah. That's the only thing. I don't know if you can somehow get out from under that contract maybe. Yeah. Yeah. Marv. Yeah. That has been as disappointing of a signing as we've seen in a long time because they did it right after he came off the hot streak in Toronto to do what he did in Toronto and nothing happened. But apparently during negotiations, he was asking for a lot of stuff. Him and Uncle Dennis. Yes, they were asking for the moon and the stars. Lakers. Yes, a lot of stuff. But the Clippers have been hungry, you know, desperate. And it shows. How about the Hornets? Ooh, I'm taking off. Lamello ball. Sorry, it's too easy. Okay, name a Hornet. Mark Williams, the guy that almost traded.

A (35:06)

I don't have him there.

B (35:07)

There's a couple Williams on the squad. Mark is not one of them. And we took Lamelo off. Yeah. Remember Brandon Miller? He gets some shots up Alabama. They got a shooter from Duke in the draft. Oh, yeah, that guy Free the caniple. Yes. Yeah. He can play.

A (35:28)

Con can apple.

B (35:29)

Yeah, he can. He can do it. I was right. Elgin Baylor, 1959, had 52 points. That's the most points in a season opener for the Lakers. Bloop. Bloop. Okay, thank you. Nailed it. Yeah. Nailed it. Yep. Got it. Yeah. Nobody knows about yesteryear quite like I do. It's now that I have a problem with. By the way, Fritz, he keeps sending me Instagram. This has been for years now. He'll send me Instagram things to watch, you know, throughout the day and night for after the show. Not. I don't distract. I don't have Instagram. Even if you click on the link, it will suddenly open up. Even if you're not. No. So all of these George Carlin stand up routines. That's very unfortunate. Yeah. So when you send it and you go, hey, watch it later. Kind of funny. And I go, I still can't watch the Instagram. You know, I'm a Facebook guy. I know. But I'll see some kind of comedic moment that pops up on Instagram and I think of you because you could appreciate a joke and it's. And I'd like to know how long if you stay on a Facebook topic do. Then they change the whole algorithm of we're giving you all of these videos because I. I clicked on a guy jumping off a cliff and so. You mean in a good way? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, yeah, he was. He. He does this as a sport. Now I get all of these videos of people jumping off cliffs and bridges. And like, if you. I mean, you gotta be careful. Sometimes you click on something and then all of a sudden it's like, well, I didn't ask for that. Yes, Tom, I think it only takes a matter of seconds. I'm no technical person, but I've had that situation too. It's like I just watch this for three seconds. I. Why do they think I want to keep getting this in the rotation? Yeah. I. It'll be this pattern of somehow Sydney Sweeney comes up with pictures and videos. Coincidence? Yes. You know, one time a long. A long, long time ago. So funny. I was on a call. Huh? I was on a call for something with the show. And we were new. We were in the attic. Okay. And I didn't really understand how this stuff worked. And we were going over our new website and the ads that they put, and I was like, why does mine keep coming up? All of this stuff or whatever. And they're like, awkward sounds. Well, it might have something to do with your search history. Oh, boy. Oh. Oh. I guess that's how this works. Oh, understood. That's where you go in and go, clear all. I should have cleared my browser before all. I'm like, why is like this type of material keep coming up? I don't understand. And it wasn't explicit. However, it had certain subtopics that could only be explained by one thing. Oh, I wonder. Oh, got it. You're right. Yes. Yes. Paul. According to Wired magazine, if you're scrolling through Facebook, Instagram or anything, if you stop on something for three seconds, that's the magic number. And they got. Once you get past three seconds, they're going to start feeding you that.

A (38:29)

Offshoots of that.

B (38:30)

Well, I get a lot of clothes because, of course, I revamped my wardrobe this year. Of course. And, you know, I got some corduroy and I've got some nice, you know, hoodies. And now I get. I'm inundated with that could be shoes, tennis shoes. Yes, that'll be the 3 second violation that you need to be aware of. Mississippi, too. I better get out of here. Yeah, yeah. Springsteen videos, somehow Bob Dylan videos. Neil, like, just you're going by and you go, oh, I don't remember that. And then it's like, click. And then all of a sudden it's like, next thing you know, you're just inundated with that. But, Todd, I do not get Instagram. Just want to let you know, I hope that you'll reconsider because there's some good stuff. I don't even know how to get Instagram. I wish I could show you. I don't know either. I think someone showed me how to do it. Yes, Paul, now here's the question. Todd's been sending you Instagram videos for decades. Now that he knows you neither look at them or have it. Will he stop? No, I don't think I will because I'm hoping. Is that the one you're able to see somehow? Yeah, but I do click on them. What do you get? Just nothing. They won't let me. Yeah, I don't have an account. I don't have X either. Formerly known as Twitter. Yeah, I don't have that either because I'll click on that. And then it says, hey, you want to download? And you're better off. You're not missing anything. Thank you, Todd. David in Ohio. Hi, David. What's on your mind today?

A (39:51)

Hey, Dan.

B (39:52)

Got a quick thing. NBC just locked down Michael Jordan.

A (39:56)

Makes sense. Ever since LeBron won the championship in the bubble, MJ's been doing all his.

B (40:01)

Interviews from his own bubble. His mansion, man.

A (40:04)

Hasn't left the house since LeBron held that trophy.

B (40:06)

NBC didn't sign MJ. They just tapped into the Jordan bubble network. Thank you. All right, David. David working on his roast material with Michael Jordan. Perhaps you've heard of him. Zach in Texas. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind today?

A (40:20)

Hey, Dan. 622-25. Yes. You guys were talking earlier about kind of the best broadcast sports theme songs. And I want to nominate the kind of early 2000s ABC college football theme song that they played kind of leading up to the intro of Brent Musburger and just takes me back to my childhood. And I just love that theme song. And it kind of goes, you are looking live at the Dan Patrick show.

B (40:59)

Thank you, Zach. Todd, you remember that theme song? Vaguely. I have to listen back. That means no. That means no. That's tough. If Todd didn't know the theme song, then. I know because you are Mr. Theme. I don't know if it existed. You are a theme songer. Which one is this one? That'll be our very own Sunday Night Football. Unless I'm not hitting the right note. Cause the NFL rocks on NBC. We'll take a break. Last call for PH calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow right after this. Fox sports radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live Sunday night Packers Steelers Aaron Rodgers. That'll be on NBC. That'll be Sunday night starting at 7 Eastern on NBC. And Peacock, good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, full NBA slate tonight. This day in sports history. Final results of the poll question. All of that coming up. Bryant in Virginia. Hi, Bryant. What's going on? Adp?

A (42:15)

Good to be back on a little bit of a league path. Candidate, my 6 foot 10 and under Toronto Raptors. I might be your only Raptors caller, so I don't think anyone's going to fight me for your unofficial rappersentative. Also, who will go down as the greatest boring player in the NBA? It's a little early, but Tim Duncan or sga?

B (42:38)

Well, I would say Tim Duncan's the leader in the clubhouse of. Of greatest player in NBA history. Greatest boring player in NBA history. I don't know if we've ever done that category before. Yes, Paul, Is there a friendlier phrase and boring. How about low highlight person like Carl Malone didn't have highlights. He was repetitive, like water torture. Yeah, but he did dunk a lot on the break with Stockton. Okay. Yeah, he did. And he would shoot jumpers and he looked imposing. Who would be in the boring category? Boringly great. Chris Paul low on highlights. Yeah. Kind of boringly great.

A (43:25)

You loved him on your team.

B (43:27)

Yeah, but boringly great. Who else would be. Is Kevin Durant boringly great? No. Okay, once again, we're just kind of spitballing here. Just throwing it out there. Yeah. Who else? Paul, I thought you were going to say. I hesitate to say this. I hesitate to say that. Any other boringly great basketball players? Yes, Marvin, we were saying DeMar DeRozan is not a highlight film but a very effective player. Not a great player. No. But lots of great dunks in the. In the. Boringly great. A lot of mid range jumpers. Anybody else that you could think of? Yes. Yes. Todd. Was Joe Dumars boringly great? No, because I think by association the team was. There was a lot going on with the team. You could make a case he was the most boring guy on the team. The mbg. Yeah. Didn't say much, didn't cause controversy. Just played. All right. Yeah. Kind of boringly great. Yes. Marvin I'm sorry. I don't want to do this, but Kareem. No. Nobody had seen anything like that. What was exciting, though? The skyhook. Okay, okay. Like, 80s, 70s Kareem. There'd never been anybody, a big man who had that athleticism, that grace, and he had the most unstoppable shot in the history of the sport. Yes. It's tricky because you have to be great, and maybe your personality might be boring, but then you have some highlights. Yeah. Or, you know, like. I don't. I mean, Ray Allen was a great shooter.

A (45:24)

Oh.

B (45:24)

Early in his career. He would dunk on you. Yeah, he would. He would drive. Yeah. See, that's why it's a fine. The more you really try to narrow it down, it gets more and more tricky. Yeah. And maybe Kareem was boringly great because he made it look so easy and did it all the time. Yeah. Paulie. I'll go old school. Moses Malone. Mo fo, fo, foe. Yeah. He was just kind of a worker. Great, great rebound. That's so boring. I know that the workers are so boring. They are. They are. Lunch pail guy. Yeah. Yeah. The fact that we've forgotten to say Joe Johnson means he's automatically in the category. But he's not great. A lot of all star appearances. He's boringly good. Whoa, hold on. Don't mistake the name for the play. Joseph Joe Johnson. Joseph Joe Johnson was electric. Yes. Todd. Dennis Johnson, now dj, when he played in Seattle, was really athletic. Now when he played with the Celtics, he didn't play that way. He was just a really good point guard and even a Hall of Fame player. Yes. Seaton. Joel Embiid fit in there. Nah. I think I find him. He's pretty polished. He can do a lot of different things. How about boring? Carl Anthony Towns. Relax. Relax. He changed the game. The innovator. There has to be somebody obvious we're missing as the most boringly great player. Yes. Tom, where's Chauncey Billups on that list? How great do we think Chauncey Billups is? I don't think he was that exciting. I think you're looking for all time. All. Yeah, that's not it. We're looking at top 20, top 25 players, maybe. And Chauncey was a, you know, good player, but not a. Not a great player. You know, like, Taan Prince would be in there, too. And you're like, he was a great player, a good player, but not great enough to make the boringly great list. Yes. Marvin John Stockton. Boringly Great. There's no. Man, look at that pass. Well, a nice crisp bounce pass. Absolutely. I would get excited over that, but. Yeah, I understand. Yeah. I would say Stockton. Yeah. Stockton up there. Maybe the most boringly great player with Tim Duncan. Yes. Paul. Way back in the day, Adrian Dantley. Not a lot of dunks, a lot of pump fakes. That's boring. Yeah. Come out and watch Adrian Dantley pump fake because he was only 6 4. Yes. Mark. He'd get in the post like. I thought he was 6, 8 post like. And playing for the Jazz. You were killing it in Utah. He would. He. That would have made him. No, never mind. Yes. Was Wes unselled. Exciting to watch. I remember just a little bit as a kid. You may know better than me. Great. But I don't remember like major highlights like 6, 7, center and. And. But he was a rebounder. He wasn't a scorer. So. Yeah, he hall of Famer. Boringly great. What did you learn today, Todd? I learned that Don Mattingly refers to his team, what he thinks of them. Trust. He trusts them to continue to succeed. Seaton o'. Connor. Kirby Puckett. Greatest baseball nickname of all time. Created Donnie Baseball Marvin. Four states are rooting for the Dodgers. Paul. The all boring team. Yes. Todd Ross Tucker says the beauty of Joe Flacco. He just doesn't care. He's slinging and should keep throwing it to Jamar Chase every time. Get a new job. It's easy with express employment professionals. Express local connection. 870 local markets. Get started@expresspros.com to find a location nearest you. That's ExpressPros.com enjoy your day. We'll talk to you tomorrow.

A (49:01)

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