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This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Final hour on this Thursday, Dan and the Danettes. Dan Patrick Show. Come on in. Stay a while. Gang's all here. Fritzy, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly, the backroom guys. Today is picture day here. Everybody got haircuts. They're dressed up. And we are going to do our pictures today. Backroom guys. Everybody looking fresh. Mario the director got a fresh haircut. Anthony got his. You know, the sides cropped closely. I'm not sure if Tyler did anything different than just being Tyler.
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No hat?
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No. Oh, no hat today. Okay. He wanted to know if he'd get a picture with my dog Winnie, because Winnie stays in there during the show. And he said, can I decide what my picture is going to be like? I said, yeah, because go ahead. I don't know what we're doing with these pictures, but last time we did a picture day was, I don't know, 10 years ago, something like that, maybe longer. Was McLovin here?
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Yes.
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Oh, he was. Okay.
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All right.
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Yes. Paulie.
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Did you guys ever have, growing up, grade school photos go bad?
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Yes.
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Do you remember the year, the moment?
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Fifth grade. Fifth grade. My mom decided to give me a haircut, and it was called a burr. So she basically shaved my head, a buzz cut. And that was a rough day. That was a rough picture. And I don't know why that she decided. She sat me down, actually. I was in a high chair. Like a. We had a high chair. And. Because I. You know, younger siblings. And she said, here, I'll give you a haircut. Because I said, I think I need a haircut. School picture. I remember another one I had, I think my sophomore year. Bad year for acne and hair. Look, I'm just bad. Just really. It looked like I had not showered in weeks, and maybe I hadn't, but it was bad. When you go back and you look at that and you're like, oh, boy, I never had a good school picture. Yes, Todd.
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I always had this big Afro. And I'm looking back and wondering why I didn't get more of a haircut. I just had, like, this big nerf ball in my head. And I. Looking back, I can't believe I had that much hair when I have, like, none now. But the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me that was hair related is I don't know why the sixth grade teacher thought it would be a good idea to check us all for lice in front of the class. Individually was sitting on a wooden chair facing the class. And she made some kind of comment to me, which ended up being my nickname for a few weeks, called D Day. Because she decided to announce to everyone, you got some dandruff there. You might want to try a new shampoo out loud. Not whispering in my ear, not taking me into the hallway to have a chat with me.
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It's awful.
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And so one of my friends decided D Day might be a fun nickname. And it lasted at least a couple of weeks, if not a month, because dandruff boy, D Day, he thought he was. That was hilarious. How would you do the. Check people for license dandruff in front of the entire class like that.
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What about you, Paul?
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I had a first grade photo. My photos were always decent, you know, decent outfit. My mom would make me dress nice. And in first grade, I remember walking in and there was a photographer and a lady from the school, like from the office, and she took. She had a thing of water and a comb, and she dipped it in water and plastered my hair over to the side. I look like I had issues. I mean, it is a horrible picture. I'm also missing a few teeth here or there. I'm going to send it to you guys as soon as I find it. It's a horrible picture. My mom goes, what happened to you? Which is never a compliment for a child.
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How about you, Marv?
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I really don't have any. I just do have a picture from maybe first or second grade. I have a Bobby brown Gumby and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. And it was just a sign of the times. Like, you know, the Gumby, every little step back.
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Oh, the hair. Like a fade.
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Yes, it was a high top fade and it was low on one side and it was going up like a ramp. Boy, I thought I was cleaner than the bill of health, D. But it was a sign of the times. And I gotta find it because my wife was like, this is the best picture ever. Yes, Todd, that was your prerogative to go with that.
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I see what you did there.
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See, I'm crazy.
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Yeah. I actually have a very similar story to Paul's. Like, second grade, maybe. I went in, sat down, Photographer was like, wow, you're a mess. Let me clean you up. And he, like, messed with my hair and he was like fixing my collar, doing all of this crap. And, you know, you know, little kids sit there, you smile. We got the picture back. My hair was all messed up. My collar was sticking out on one side. My tie was hanging out the other side. And my mom and dad were like, what the hell did you do with your picture? Like, I don't know. The photographer did it.
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I didn't do that.
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Like the heck.
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And I wonder if these photographers kind of do things on purpose, you know, is there a sadistic side to them where they go, you know, how about we mess this one up here?
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Yes, Tom, they themselves may have had some kind of traumatic experience. Instead of being sensitive, I'm going to screw up. Other children's pictures.
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Pictures this week on Sunday night basketball, Lakers, Mavs, Rockets, Warriors, Sunday and the NBA playoffs coming to NBC and Peacock, which is where you can find this program. Thank you for downloading the app. And we say good morning to our radio affiliates as well. I mentioned bad April, April Fool's Day jokes. I thought the Cleveland Browns had a funny one where they released a picture of their helmet. But the, this is their new helmet, but it is a, a logo of their old, of their helmet. So that's the logo on the side. So all it is is a picture of a smaller picture of the actual helmet as their logo.
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It's snarky.
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I thought it was good. I thought it was funny. And usually we're laughing at the Cleveland Browns. I'm laughing with the Cleveland Browns today. I thought that that one was pretty good. If you're just joining us, Kurt Cousins is going to join the Las Vegas Raiders. I guess I'm a little bit surprised because I thought he was going to go to someplace where he knew that he had a chance to compete for the starting job. Now you go in as a backup, maybe the opportunity to start some games this year. But I thought maybe Minnesota would be the place. We had Jeremy Fowler of ESPN on national reporter and he said Arizona and the Rams. Now, I'd been told the Rams to keep an eye out for the Rams, but you know what? He's 37. I think Matthew Stafford's 38. Like, it's not like you go, we got a, a young backup here. We do. He's a year younger than the starting quarterback, but he ends up with Las Vegas and he's reunited with Clint Kubiak, who he worked with for three years as his offensive coordinator. Alrighty. 8 7, 7, 3 DP show operators sitting by Tyler will take your phone calls. Matt in North Dakota leads us off this final hour. Hi, Matt. What's on your mind?
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Good morning, Dan. And Dan, especially to D day back there. First time caller, six foot and an attainable 190 pounds. Thank you earlier this morning, you were talking about Tiger woods and in particular about being wealthy and not having anybody be able to tell him what to do, that kind of thing. I thought that, you know, a lot of his problems have started since his dad passed away. And if there's anybody in your life who can, you know, put up with you being somebody, you know, with wealth
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and that kind of thing, it'd be your dad.
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Any thoughts on that?
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Yeah, I mean, I, I guess you could draw a correlation. But, you know, his dad did say that, you know, Tiger was going to be a religious figure. So I don't, you know, I don't know if it was a. I'm going to tell you right and wrong. I know that his dad did tell Tiger to break up with a girlfriend because he wanted him to focus on golf. This is when I think he was in high school. But I, I don't know what role his dad was playing when Tiger got more famous. Because if you're going to talk about your son being a religious deity, I don't know if you're parenting him in a disciplinarian way. RP in Jacksonville. Irp, what's on your mind?
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Yeah. Hey, thanks for taking a call, Dan. First time call any show. But I just wanted to reiterate what you've been saying about Tiger. I was a position myself and had a car accident and got really hooked on pills. Over 40 a day. I was doing and I was doing stuff stronger to invite and it was pretty insane. So many rehabs I can't count. Cost me over a hundred thousand dollars to get my medical license back. But one thing I heard you say yesterday and day before, which I really appreciate and really needs to be emphasized, is it is up to that person, Tiger whoever. Addiction drill. And 100%, like I said, I've been in many rehabs, but until you make that decision, and it is a thousand percent up to you, you have to make that split decision. I'm not going to go get that pill. I'm not going to go find someone to get these pills. I'm not going to take that drink. So I just wanted to say I really appreciate what you're saying because you're 100% right. It is up to that person. It doesn't matter how many rehabs you go to. I don't care if you go out of the country, it is 100 up to you.
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Yeah, you, you have to empower yourself. And maybe you're not used to listening to anybody else and, you know, if you got that Kind of money. You got people who, you know, they listen to you. They don't tell you. Maybe you have advisors, and hopefully he does. But, you know, Tiger shut out a lot of people. You know, a few years back, he got rid of some people that he didn't think were good influences on him. But this comes down to Tiger and the Tiger, the influence he has on himself. Yeah. Sue, you know, I'd like.
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Over the years, I had tried to quit drinking a lot. Many, many, many, many times. And most of the times it was because I had done something really stupid that I felt bad about or, like, got in trouble for something. Whatever's like, oh, man, I gotta quit drinking. I gotta stop. I can't do that anymore. And it never stuck. It never. It never worked, ever. And then now I'm at about. I'm coming up on a thousand days without having any alcohol, which I. I honestly, I can't say that. The last time I went a thousand days without alcohol is probably in third grade, maybe fourth grade. I started drinking very young, and the thing that changed this time, as opposed to all the other times, was I just woke up one day and was like, you know what? I think I'm done with this. I didn't get in trouble. I didn't have any, like, crazy guilt hanging over me. I didn't have any. Like, oh, man. I got to what. There was no pressure whatsoever. I was like, you know what? I've been hitting it really hard for a long time. And as a matter of fact, we went to Dublin. And in Dublin, I had the time of my life. I was like, this was the one of the best trips I've ever taken in my whole life. And someone on social media said, hey, people do this thing called Sober October. You know, Like, I saw that people, I get ready for Sober October, this and that. I was like, all right, why don't I just do October, and I'll just. I'll just quit for one month, and then I'll be back for the holidays kind of thing, you know? And two weeks into October, I was like, man, I haven't felt this good in a long time. Why don't I try to get to Thanksgiving? Why don't I try to get to Christmas? What if I can make it to St. Patrick's Day? And by the time we got to St. Patrick's Day, I was good. I was. I'm never going back kind of thing. Or if I do, it's not for a very long time, but it's the motivation to get there. Sort of to that caller's point is what's the most important thing? And for me, always being guilted into it or pushed into it, wasn't it, it had to be me being like, I think I'm done with this. You know, I think, I think, I don't, I think I'm gonna stop drinking for a while. I'm not gonna say forever, I don't know, but I'm just not gonna do this today, you know, and that, that's the only way that it worked for me. I didn't get into a car accident and whatever.
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But you have to have reasonable goals. You have to set reasonable goals. It can't be, I'm going to go cold turkey because you're going to fall off the wagon, you'll have slip ups. It's natural. But if you say I'm going to go without drinking for a week, okay, that's manageable. And then it's two weeks. And then now you, maybe it's a month now it's to that holiday. Now it's past that holiday. People, if you say you're going to do cold turkey, it doesn't work. You're going to slip up. Yeah, see?
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Yeah. And like, you know that it, it was that it's like, let me just not do this for a month. And then I realized the pressure of the word forever. Yeah, I'm not drinking again forever for the rest of my life. I'm never drinking again. The pressure of that was way too much. So I just removed that and just said, today I'm just not going to drink today. Maybe tomorrow I will, but today I'm not. And all of a sudden months and months and months passed. And that just gave me like a certain freedom, a lack of pressure of like, all right, maybe someday I will have. Glad there's days that I'm definitely like, man, I get that itch. Man, I would love a sip of whiskey right now, you know, but, well, the thought of resetting the clock back to zero is way worse than whatever joy a glass of whiskey is going to bring me, you know, and you
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can be in settings, people who smoke. If you were in a bar having something to drink and then you got to have a cigarette, you go outside, you know, you just get into those environments where it's normal. And I remember waking up and you'd feel terrible, but it would dissipate. And then you forgot how terrible you felt when you woke up. And then because you can wake up and you go, I'm not drinking anymore. And Then all of a sudden, it's four in the afternoon. You go, you know, I get to 5 o', clock. I have a couple of drinks here. But I ran into a friend the other day, and he and his wife just had a baby, and he was a big drinker. And so we were talking, and I said, hey, you know, I can meet you out. Let me know. He goes, you know, I'd rather not. And I got. Oh, got. You know, they gotta be home with the baby. And he goes, no, no, no, no. I. I just. I'm not gonna drink anymore. And I was shocked. The former hockey player, you know, big drinker. And I said, oh, nothing happened. He goes, no, no, no. I just woke up. And I said, I don't like the way I feel anymore. And I have a baby here, and, you know, my wife. And, you know, I'm selfish. I said, good for you. Like you. You had the wherewithal. You decide. That's when. That's when things change. As I said yesterday, I had to take somebody close to me with my brother, and we had to basically trick them into getting into a car to take them to rehab. And he went kicking and screaming. His wife was mad at us, MF and us. We didn't tell anybody. And, you know, we saved his life. Well, he was going to die. We saved his life. And it's one of the best moments I ever had with one of my brothers. It's like, you know what? Let's do this. And he. But he. When he was in rehab, had to realize, I'm here. Why am I here? I don't want to be here. I need to leave. I'm like, I'm gonna come pick me up. And my brother and I were like, we'll bring you some coffee. We ain't coming. We ain't coming. And then he settled in and all. He's been sober for 10 years. Yeah, Paulie.
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And the thing with pills compared to alcohol, I don't have experience. But Ryan Leaf has told me and told us many times he could hide the pills because, like, I remember he went to the seven, the bar downstairs with us, and he had a ginger ale. And we're like, oh, look at Ryan, the ginger ale. We're all having a pitcher of beer. And he told me later, popping pills in the bathroom between wings, and he goes, it's easier to hide. For him, it was.
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But even if you take these pills, you know, it could be, oh, I got supplements here, or, you know, this is aspirin, whatever. I've been some of the greatest liars or they they think they're great liars are drinkers and drug addicts because they have to lie every single day to survive. So sorry for the detour there, but not sorry. Let me take a break. We'll come back right after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker.
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I'm trying to run as fast AS T mobile 5G home Internet, Zach.
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Really?
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No.
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Find exclusions and details@t mobile.com Todd reminded me I hadn't spoken about Victor Wembanyama in an hour's time and he said, shouldn't you be bringing something?
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They just got seven more blocks, like in the last two minutes. They have a day game today.
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All right, I won't say anything about Victor Wembanyama, but Dwyane Wade, hall of Famer, talked about Wemby's mentality. Listen, they gonna make the case hard. And Wemby's making a case for. I love Wemby. I think if you're a basketball fan, you have to love this guy's mentality more so than anything. Obviously the way he plays phenomenal. But his approach and his mentality to the game of basketball, it has a little old school in him. And that's what we like as older dudes. We like a little, little talk and we like a little I should be MVP talk. Like we, we like that because we like, man, we don't hear that no more. Like everybody too nice and too complimentary of each other. He ain't about none of that smoke. So that's Dwayne Wade on the check in with Dwayne Wade. I agree. He doesn't act like he's 22 years of age. Tom Pelissero just sent this over. NFL Network insider Kirk Cousins will make $20 million fully guaranteed playing in 2026. Now the Raiders aren't paying him the $20 million. So here's how it breaks down. According to Tom Pellissero, the Falcons are going to pay 8.7 million in 2026. The Raiders paying the 1.3 minimum base salary. The Raiders pay Cousins $10 million, fully guaranteed roster bonus on the third day of the league next year. The raiders hold a two year, 80 million dollar option for 20, 27, 28, which is unlikely to be picked up. All right, so he'll make some good money there. Feels like you're paying him enough that he's going to be your starter day one. That kind of the Feeling that I got from that. It's a lot of money for Kirk Cousins and if you're going to bring him in, you want to bring him in and probably have him start the year. Yes, Paulie.
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And I was thinking about the upsides and downsides of this. Let's say Kirk Cousins starts a few games, Mendoza takes over and does. Well, what if at the trade deadline, someone needs a quarterback?
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Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure.
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Could be factored in.
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Yeah. Fish in Pennsylvania. Good morning, Fish. What's on your mind?
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Hey, Dan. And the boys along the lines of April Fool's Day joke. I'm all for a good prank, but. But it can just get mean. And I think the. I don't know if the guy sounded or not. The ultimate is the fake lottery tickets. Oh, nice. And I think there's video of a guy at a Christmas party or work party who won enough of a mat. A large enough amount. They actually quit on the spot and started berating his boss.
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So he thought that he had won the lottery, but he got tricked into it. And then he said some mean things about his boss as he's quitting.
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Yes. Before they. Before they told him it was a prank. He quit on the spot and was berating his boss or boss as an owner. Like got up on stage, I believe. I couldn't find a video, but it's out there and.
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Okay, we'll get some of our best people on it. The 76ers scored 153 points last night. They did win. Paul George, remember him? He had 39 points. So Philadelphia is out of the play in tournament now. Sixth in the Eastern Conference. All right. Celtics scored 53 points in the first quarter. They defeated the Heat 147. 129. Jalen Brown had 43 points. Tatum, by the way, had a triple double. Let me see. I mentioned. Oh, I did. I mentioned Victor Wim Benyama had 41 points and 18 rebounds and 37 blocks. Oh, I'll just do it to annoy you, Todd.
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On the first six minutes of the game that was.
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You should mention that the Sixers beat the Wizards. Wizards are one of three teams who have lost four games this year when scoring 130 or more points. The Mavs and the bulls. Last year, three or more teams all losing at least four games when scoring 130 points. Last time that would happen in 1969. 1970. Man, it is. It is wild. 44th time this season a team has scored 130 or more points in a loss. Brought to you By Panini America. The official trading cards of the DP show. Tripp in Vegas is back. Hi, Tripp. What's on your mind today?
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Hey, good morning. Dan had a comment about the Raiders and a question for feeding with cousins coming in. With his faith and being such a stand up guy, I think him and Mendoza will mesh. I just hope Kubiak can clean up all the discipline problems and all the nonsense from just bad play on the field. And with Tom Brady, as great as he is as a player, it's about time for him to stand up and do something for the Raiders from the front office. And then my question for Seaton is congratulations on a thousand days. But isn't that really the equivalent of 6,000 days since you sit next to Todd? Wow.
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Shot.
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It is surprising I haven't been driven to drink again, but I'm powering through one day at a time. You know, I'm better. Better some days than others, I can admit. You know, I have my bad days.
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I was, I was gonna let you hit that softball. Stephen in Valencia. Hi, Steven.
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Hey, good morning, Big Dan. Boys 6 4, a very deceiving, athletic 250. One. I would say that the two week no shower in 10th grade probably led to the acne problem and then to
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the under, kind of in the vein
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of the underdog layoffs. If you had to lay off 20% of the crew, why would it be Todd?
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I wouldn't lay anybody off. So I can. There's only 12, 13 of us, you know, like everybody. I need everybody here. No, I thought there were a couple
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hundred people on the show. You hear the different reports. There's really so many people that work on the show.
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Oh, I know. That was. That was when Colin Cowherd said that I had like 30 producers. And I went, I don't even have 30 employees. We have 12. Paul in North Carolina. Hi, Paul. What's on your mind today?
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Hey, good morning, Dan. Dan, it's. Hey. I listened to the show yesterday on the podcast. I'm in the restaurant business, so I listened to the show late last night. So I wanted to touch base on the abs thing where you guys were talking about my first take, the CB Buckner play from two nights ago. My first takeaway immediately went back to Armando Galarraga and Jim Joyce play at first base. And that play been, if that play had been reviewed, how different Galarraga's life might be. He was a perfect game on his belt. But with this abs, man, when I watch these games, my first takeaway is, damn, these Umpires are good. I was watching the Yankees game yesterday and we're back to back pitches which overturned 1 on 3/10 of an inch, another on 1/10 of an inch on 100 mile an hour fastball like these guys are barely missing. And I understand there's some egregious calls, but I think it's a little unfair what these guys are doing, Major League baseball is doing with these umpires. I know the fans love it and it is fun. These umpires are put on a pedestal, make the taking masks off, announce their own bad calls. No other sport, when we're reviewing a play, is one official or one umpire put under a single scope of the review. And I just, I think if we could somehow put a leeway in where maybe if a call is missed by less than half of an inch or the width of a baseball, whatever negligible distance is, maybe the calls overturned but the player or the team isn't charged the challenge, maybe they keep it because these guys are missing calls by just the thinnest of margins. And to miss a call by a tenth of an inch on 100 mile or fastball and make the guy take his mask off and say, hey, I was wrong by 1/10 of an inch. To me, I love it, I love what Abs is doing, but I think there might be some, some, some adjustments made where these umpires are kind of embarrassed to make.
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I got it. I agree with you absolutely, Paul, but baseball is the one that is trying to slow roll this into the game, let everybody kind of get familiar with it. And I think because of these umpires being embarrassed that we won't be having this. I gotta tap my helmet. They should use it on every pitch. That way the umpire is not embarrassed. This is, and it is inevitable that it's going to happen. But this is just up on the screen. You could have so much interest in this drama, dress it up and you don't have to embarrass the umpire. I'm absolutely on board with that. And when we get the commissioner on, I'm going to ask Rob about that. Like we're singling out the, the umpire. Now, there have been some egregious calls or missed calls, and but for the most part, these umpires are probably rating out at 96, 97%. But you know, you got to factor in the batters, the hitters. How many of those hitters have been embarrassed by bad calls by these umpires? But nobody said, oh, I feel bad for that guy, man, that calls wrong. He struck out with the bases loaded. Nobody said anything like that. It was like, oh, that umpire, man, he's got a wide strike zone. Why does he have a wide strike zone? I mean, to me, I never understood that. But baseball should have said, no. We have a unified uniformed strike zone. This is what it is. That's it. It's not open to interpretation. It used to be there'd be an umpire who, you know, Wade Boggs talked about this and, and Tony Gwynn talked to me about this. He said, both said if, if I take a pitch, that umpire knows that that's not a strike. And even if it is a strike, if, you know, I was going to get the benefit of the doubt. Now, Tony Gwynn didn't need, or Boggs didn't need a benefit of the doubt. They weren't going to strike out, certainly Tony Gwynn. But, you know, there's certain guys, there are certain pitchers, you know, Maddox and Glavin and Smoltz all talked about that, especially Glavin. They lived on the, the, the black. And, and you know, the way Tom threw, he had to, he had to be a crafty left hander, you know, so it's gone both ways. But this is something, I think baseball and I think Rob Manfred's done a lot of good things and I think this is a good thing too. We're headed towards automated balls and strikes, but let's do it. You still have your home plate umpire. There's still calls that need to be made, but you can put it up on the jumbotron. You don't have to have anybody tapping their helmet or doing a thumbs up or thumbs down on a call. Nobody gets embarrassed. Get the call right. Have some fun with this. The anticipation on this. But, you know, now the strategy of when you do this. We had a, a walk off last night, but you have to, you know, hold on to that or make sure the other ones that you challenge you get right. Because you'd hate to have one in the bottom of the ninth inning and you don't have any challenges left. Yes, Todd, was that a cool moment
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or like the walk off ending to a game? The Orioles Rangers game last night where they challenged. The last pitch there was a ball and then it became a strike. Game over. And that's how it ended. I don't know what to feel about that.
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Two outs, top of the ninth. A 12 fastball and landed near the upper outside corner of the strike zone. The Rangers hitter, Evan Carter, didn't swing, allowed it to be called a ball Baltimore had not yet lost using the automated ball strike challenge. And so they had gone 2 for 2. Therefore they still could use it. And they did. And that was the. The first. Is it automated walk off or first abs Walk off review off. Yes. Paulie.
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If you go to mlb.com they just started a thing yesterday where you could see every team ranking in challenges. ABS challenges. You could see hitters. Are they four for four on the season on challenges. And you could see every single home plate umpire in mlb Baseball redundant in mlb of how many challenges against them. So name by name umpires, names we didn't know before.
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But this is what I worry about now. I'm just going to bring the human element into this. If you're a hitter and you question a call, that umpire is going to be pissed at you. Maybe not outwardly, maybe covertly. And you're going to be like, hey, okay, you're going to embarrass me? Even though the hitter is up there for survival, the umpire is thinking he got the call right? Then you're going to get these umpires. Are you going to hold a grudge because that guy is trying to embarrass me or going to embarrass me? Yes, Todd.
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And this is an 83 game in April between the Orioles and Rangers. Again, we've mentioned this before. What happens when this is a deciding playoff game or a World Series game and a team's throwing their glove up when they're about to celebrate advancing or winning the whole thing. Wait, wait, no, no. It was a ball after all. Oh no, it was a strike. And like it just, it's going to ruin some special moments. I really believe it.
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I hope I'm wrong.
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Okay, thank you, Todd. Yes, Paul.
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Patriots, Falcons, super bowl, game winning, touchdown in overtime. Pause your celebration. Review now. Celebrate. Yeah, it's happened before.
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Yeah. Yes.
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Yeah.
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The other problem too, that's like really happening with this is because of social media and the way the TV game has advanced in baseball. You. I saw a post on social media. I'm going to get these numbers wrong. But you'll get the point where it was like, all right, everybody is focusing on these six of eight calls that were overturned or whatever, but there was actually something like 880 wrong calls in that one week, the opening week of baseball. Say there's 880 pitches that were called wrong and they only got about like 120 of them overturned, which is, which is a crazy number to look at. And that's the start of the baseball season. This is all new. We're going to be able to watch that the entire year heading to the postseason. Like Todd was just saying, where they like. Man, they've gotten 450,000 calls wrong this year. That's a crazy number to look at.
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And this is something the commissioner is going to have to address. Why not just make it all automated balls and strikes? That way we get the call right and nobody gets embarrassed. Take a break. Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow 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. Guys, if your hair isn't playing like it did in your 20s, it's time for a real comeback. Not another workaround because throwing on a hat is not strategy. Nutrafol supports healthier hair from within. It's physician formulated, clinically tested and recommended by dermatologists, giving you a clear, legitimate plan so you can stop covering up and start showing up with confidence. Nutrafol now offers hair growth supplements tailored for men at every age. Because the root causes of hair thinning change over time and your routine should change as well. Nutrafol for ages 18 to 49 to help improve hair growth and achieve thicker, fuller hair in three to six months. And new Nutrafol Men 50 Plus. The first and only hair growth product specifically formulated for those over 50. Nutrafold, the number one dermatologist recommended hair growth supplement brand trusted by over one and a half million people. Nutrafol.com enter promo code Dan Patrick for $10 off your first month subscription and free shipping. N u t r-a f o l.com use the promo code danpatrick neutrophil.com promo code Dan Patrick. Hey Donald, really flying on that treadmill.
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what's the meaning behind the song, Marvin?
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D
This is for my man Fritzi. He said the older lady that took him out.
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A
Yeah.
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D
This is the song she wanted him to sing. Simone. Todd, can you sing for me?
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A
This girl is poisoned.
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D
Poison. That's what she would say. There's a little callback from earlier today,
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but there was a big age. Separation.
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D
Yes. I was 19 and I think she was like in her mid-30s. I don't know what her exact mid-30s. She was like 33 or 34 or something. And that was a lovely few weeks until I think she realized, enough of this. This is ridiculous. What am I.
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A
Wait, she broke up with you?
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D
I don't even know if it was a breakup. I don't think we were going out. I think. I think we were just enjoying each other's company for a period of time. And then we went our separate ways. I don't even remember.
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A
Did your mom know what was going on?
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D
She did.
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A
She did? Yeah. She knew about Simone.
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D
No, because it was my. It was their anniversary. That's why we're on this boat in the first place. Where I met her, she was sitting with her sister across the way. And I guess someone stood them up and they didn't show up. Two guys or whatever. And she was out there smoking on the deck. And I went out there and I said some corny line like, I can get used to this. Like, it was one a big boat and it's nice. And she's like, it's lovely out here. And then next thing we know, she's giving me her card. She's a hairstylist on Kings Highway, Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. And now we're going out to Nine and a Half Weeks Movie and hanging out in the last row of the Nine and a Half Weeks Movie.
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You were in the last row of the theater? Yeah.
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And I never really did that kind of stuff at a movie theater before, but I'll leave it at that. I've heard of people doing that, but I wasn't a participant ever in that. But she showed me around a little bit.
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A
Pee Wee Herman did that. Yeah.
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D
And there's always that guy with the flashlight back there. That's like. Excuse me.
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C
What's going on back there?
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Sorry, Christopher. Mad Dog Russo joins us tomorrow. And Louis Riddick will be on the program as well. Fred in Sacramento. Hi, Fred. What's on your mind?
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C
Good morning, guys. Love your show. Great show as usual. How do I follow Todd's story? That's gonna be a toughie. But anyways, I think I got a winner for the Las Vegas expansion team. You know, Vegas is known for gambling and restaurants and penthouses. Well, the penthouses are in the towers of the building, so. How about the Vegas towers?
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Vegas towers. Okay. Tall people as well. Ken in Vegas. Hi, Ken. What's on your mind today?
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C
Well, good morning, Dan. Great to be on your show. Loved it for years. So I have two ideas. Well, one idea, one question. For the Vegas basketball team. We have a plethora of sidewinders in the Mojave Desert, so it seems like that could be a team name. Possibility. And a question. Will the Dan's house video be reshot because Paulie is working on a trigger and not a riftic.
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Yes, yes. We shot the reshot the opening. That was last week. Yeah, yeah. Today's picture day, though, everybody. You get your picture today. Looking good. Thank you, Ken. Matt in Kentucky. Hi, Matt. What's on your mind today?
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C
Hey, good morning. DP@DAN ETZ. Longtime listener, second time caller. Six four and a true dad. BOD 235. Wanted to call in. Got to watch my Celtics take down the heat in historic fashion last night. 53 points in the first quarter, first time since 1970. Jalen Brown doing MVP things. Dropping 43. Here's my question for you, though. Why is Joe Missoula not getting more credit?
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He is. He is. Got the second best odds to be the coach of the year. He is getting credit. But Joe came out and said the coach of the year is a stupid award because it's really about your staff. Speaking of staff, JB Bickerstaff is your favorite to be coach of the year. Then Mitch Johnson and Charles Lee, but really it's J.B. bickerstaff and then Joe Missoula. That's it for NBA coach of the year. Yes, Paul.
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I have a theory that Joe Missoula is not more embraced because he doesn't really embrace the media. He's quirky. Yeah, he is, but he's not. I don't know what the right word is. He doesn't play the game with the media too well. Night to night.
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Terry in Seattle. Hi, Terry. What's on your mind?
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C
Hey, Dp. Thanks again for taking my call. You know, with regard to the Vegas basketball team, I was thinking of the Las Vegas Roadrunners. And then with regard to Kirk Cousins going to the Raiders, you know, I think if the Raiders do this right, and that's a big if. Kirk Cousins seems like a pretty high, you know, morality, Morality guy. And he could probably teach Mendoza every pitfall there is in the NFL if they do this right.
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A
Yeah, I don't think we'll have to worry about that with Mendoza. He could maybe teach some of his new teammates a little bit.
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B
Go minivan shopping.
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A
Yes. This day in sports history.
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B
Paul, I just have two. In 1985, the NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45 second shot clock for men's basketball to start with the 86 season. Remember before that, teams would stall when they got the lead. And in 1984, John Thompson led the Georgetown Hoyas to the national title.
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1986, the NCAA votes to add the three point shot. The distance 19ft 9 inches. Embarrassing. Like 19ft 9 inches and a three point shot at that. Come on, you're better than that. Oh, here's one for you. This guy stole a base in his 1097th game of his career. His first stolen base in his career. After 11,000 or 1097 games, he would finish career with two stolen bases in eight career attempts. 1996, Marvin.
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D
Cecil Fielder.
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A
Get outta here. Come on, come on.
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D
I need to get back on sports Jeopardy. Win something.
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Cecil Fielder had two stolen bases in his career. His first one came after 1097 games. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the day. By the way, I've been watching some Laker G league basketball. Ronny James has been playing well. Okay, I got. I know.
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B
I'm corduroys in G league basketball.
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A
I know. My wife said we need to have a corduroy intervention last night.
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E
And he sent us a screenshot of a post from Facebook. Yester was like, oh, man, this dude deep.
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A
He's in deep.
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C
I know.
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A
I go on Facebook and get my corduroy.
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B
Excuse me, Dr. Phil. We have a guy here, he's got a corduroy addiction.
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D
You gotta stop wearing them corduroys.
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A
But Ronnie has played well. I know it's G league. I know, but he actually has look like an NBA player while playing in the G league. Okay, you're watching the Lakers.
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D
The Los Angeles South Bay Lakers.
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A
Bay Lakers. Big day tomorrow. We crank up the rec tech grills meet Friday. Looking forward to that. Let's go around the room, see if we learn anything on the program. Todd, you learned anything today?
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I did. Wemby says screw it. We don't care about our lack of playoff experience. The spurs will try to win the title now.
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Seaton, what'd you learn?
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Kirk D. Cousins is back.
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D
Marvin, today you're laughing with the Browns?
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Yes. I thought it was a funny April Fool's Day joke.
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B
Paul Kirk's getting paid again.
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Todd, what did I learn?
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Paul in North Carolina? Concerned baseball's umps getting too embarrassed by getting a call wrong by the slimmest of margins.
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Fun day today. Look forward to our meet Friday. Thanks for joining us for Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly and the Brgs. Have a great day everybody. What's up cousin?
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