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Come on.
Dan Patrick
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Dan Patrick
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They've done it.
Dan Patrick
They upset the US Venezuela is the 20 WBC champions. Yeah, it was great atmosphere there. That's what you want. And you're watching Team usa and I know it's, it's probably a, a big blanket to throw over this. I don't know how much it meant to Team USA like, this wasn't, you know, the United States against Canada and hockey in that moment, it just felt like Venezuela. It meant everything to them. And I don't know if you can make somebody care more. I mean, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, I'm sure they wanted to win. By the way, Aaron Judge getting roughed up on social media. Hey, can't play big in the big games there, but, you know, it was just, it was a good jump start to the season. That's the way I viewed this. Good jump start. And, you know, you could take inventory and know who some of these players are or maybe attached to their countries as we move on. So I thought it was a really good couple of weeks for baseball. Now we go into a little more spring training and then opening day is around the corner. There's going to be talk. John Smoltz yesterday was saying, hey, why don't we do this and have a final Four at the All Star Game and then have a championship? You have the All Star Game and then you'll have Cooperstown with the hall of Fame induction ceremony. I get it. But I would rather let my players play in spring training than in the middle of the season. They want to play in the All Star Game. Okay. Normally you'll get guys who play maybe just a couple innings, but we're trying to, we're trying to make it bigger than, I think, what it can be. And keep this in mind. The next WBC is in 2030, so there's no real. Oh, next year or the year after that. You got the Olympics coming up as well. So this momentum that we have to. Now let's do something different. Look, 2030, that's a long way away. Yeah. Yeah. So it doesn't happen next year. And then you're going to have the Olympics coming up. And then I think it's 2030 the next time we have the WBC. Yes.
Fritzi Seaton
Marvin, are we going to do the show from the next wbc?
Dan Patrick
I don't know. I'm gonna be retired.
Fritzi Seaton
Little reunion.
Dan Patrick
No, no, not for that. No, not for that.
Marv Paulie
We only got back together for that.
Dan Patrick
For the wbc.
Marv Paulie
Yeah.
Dan Patrick
You know, what's the event that could bring you back just for a one off? The wbc?
Marv Paulie
It would kind of be awesome. Really?
Dan Patrick
No, it wouldn't. No, it wouldn't.
Caller JC
Okay.
Dan Patrick
No. But congratulations to Venezuela. Yeah. But they did Care, I mean that you had those guys sobbing, they're singing their country's anthem, they're getting their medals. Although you could tell where, you know, Kyle Schwarber, Mason Miller, I think they got their silver medal. And they're like, no, we're not. It's like, you know when they gave out teddy bears at the Olympics to Canada, you got these tough guys there and they give you a teddy bear. I go, nah, don't think we need to do teddy bears.
Todd
Yes, Todd, at least in Wimbledon, you know, there's a trophy and there's a plate. Both of them are decent looking trophies. You want the, you know, you don't want the plate, you want the trophy. But you know, either don't give anything out for second place or make it something a little more substantial.
Dan Patrick
And you have these moments. Bryce harbor had one of those moments last night where it's the two run homer to tie the game. But how many times have we seen these big moments get forgotten? Harper's moment will be forgotten. How about Germaine Jermaine curse in the super bowl against the patriots? Super Bowl 49, that unbelievable catch, Julio Jones's catch against the patriots. Super Bowl 51. Raj Davis, the Indians Game 7 home run against the Cubs in the World Series. Kind of forgot about that as well. And then I mentioned Aaron Judge. So his struggles continue in big moments. Over four with three strikeouts last night. You go back to the 20, 24 World Series where he batted 222, four for 18, seven strikeouts in five games against the Dodgers. I'll take him, you know, if, if you don't want him, I'll take him. I'm pretty good, certainly in the regular season. But stepping up in the moment, Bryce Harper had his moment last night with a two run homer, but Schwarber didn't do anything. I think he had four strikeouts or they like to say punch outs. And then Aaron Judge as well. All right, poll question for the first hour of the program. Seaton's going to be one.
Marv Paulie
We got a couple options for you here. The World Baseball Classic should be, it should stay in the preseason or it should be part of the All Star break.
Dan Patrick
Okay, well, I already stated my piece on it. I, I don't want my players. All Star is an All Star break and the, and the season is long and this is July and I, I'm fine with spring training. I, but once again, we're not going to be playing for four more years with this format. And I think that's why in everything that we have with this, it's going to dissipate and we're going to forget, like, man, who won the last time? Oh, yeah. Venice. Venice away. Oh, that's right. But it's four more years. Like Japan bows out, you know, now we start the regular season. Yeah, Seaton.
Marv Paulie
But they. Sometimes it's harder when you have something great on your hands. It's more difficult. Or the bigger problem is knowing what to do with it.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Marv Paulie
You know, I mean, this clearly causes. Gets. Generates some excitement, gets some momentum for the game, which is. Which is great. Now it's like, damn, what the hell do we do with this?
Dan Patrick
Yeah, you can't do anything. You can. You can talk about it. You know, Buster, only the great writer with the mothership, he talked about, he echoed what John Smoltz pointed out. But once again, this is four years down the road. I think people think this is an every year occurrence and it's not going to be. And then you have the situation with Mason Miller, okay, You're not coming in unless it's a save situation. You got to negotiate. You know, the Venezuela had to negotiate with the Cubs, you know, when their closer came in. Mason Miller with the Padres. And then you're negotiating, hey, he can only come in. In a save situation. How long are you going to be able to pitch? You know, and that changes the game. So we got to kind of be all in on this. Like, I love the four nations, but I love that because the United States and Canada, you know, that rivalry, and you're dropping the gloves and you're fighting and it really meant something there. You can't tell hockey guys to go, hey, take it easy, you know, hey, he's only going to play four shifts tonight. That ain't happening. It's going to be, hey, we're playing, we're winning. Yeah, Paulie.
Paulie
It was interesting last night, ninth inning. They need their best closer, Mason Miller. And Mark Derosa goes with Whitlock, the reliever out of Boston, I think, and clearly that's a second tier guy compared to Mason Miller. Could you have gone the other way and said, I'm not coaching this team in four hours. I can't be fired for this.
Dan Patrick
No, you can't do that. Yeah, you can't.
Paulie
What if you asked Mason Miller?
Dan Patrick
No, you can't because you have an agreement with the Padres and I don't. You can't. Now, I think players in other countries, if they had the opportunity, like the closer for Venezuela. Who's the Cubs closer? What is it? Plencia.
Paulie
Daniel Palencia.
Dan Patrick
Okay, He's. He's fun. I get the feeling if it wasn't a save situation, if it was reversed and it was the Mason Miller situation, he probably would have said, hey, I'm coming in. Because if you look at his teammates, look at how emotional they were, like, this wasn't just a, hey, this will be fun. This was, oh, my God, we got a chance to win. And I get the feeling he probably would have said, hey, I'll take the heat from the Cubs. I'm going to be in that game. Yeah.
Marv Paulie
See, I feel like, you know, looking ahead four years from now when you have Venezuela winning and Japan, United States and Dominican Republic underperforming, those are built in storylines heading into that next one that are really great.
Dan Patrick
But you don't know how many players who played in this year's WBC will be there in 20, 30. Like, you'd like to have that boy. He's going to get a chance at redemption. Or, you know, Aaron Judge, Kyle Schwaber probably won't be playing. Bryce Harper probably won't be playing in four years. But, yeah, I mean, it's disappointing that you can't capitalize on this because you had a moment. It was fun, enthusiasm. And I love the spirit of these other countries. You know, we get caught up in, you know, play the game the right way and they, you know, they celebrate differently, bat flips, all of that. It. It meant more to them. The spirit of the game, the passion of the game was very, very evident,
Marv Paulie
and there's no room for that.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, we can. What is with this excitement?
Marv Paulie
It's.
Dan Patrick
Stop that. Play the game the right way. You know, just run the bases and sit back down. I used to be. I. I used to be one. Oh, come on. And then you. I love passion. Now if you're down, you know, 9:1, and you hit a home run and you do a bad flip, then you should be smacked. But I love the passion.
Fritzi Seaton
Yes, Marvin, it is wild when. Why are you having fun playing a child's game?
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This is crazy.
Fritzi Seaton
Act like you've been there before.
Dan Patrick
They haven't been here before. Yes, Mark.
Fritzi Seaton
Also, I do love the legends that come back for their respective countries, like Johan Santana is the pitching coach. You saw Miguel Cabrera. You saw Andy Pettit, obviously, Andy Pettit since. I mean, I won't say last time I saw him, but, I mean, yeah, it's been a while. Ken Griffey Jr. Was there last night. Gary Sheffield was there last night. So it was a great TV production. Also. Albert Pujols.
Dan Patrick
I know, the Dominican Republic. Paulie goes, man, there's a guy in the dugout who looks like Albert Pools.
Nick Wright
Just like pool.
Dan Patrick
And I said, it's Albert Pools. He goes, oh, I keep going, is that that guy? Looks like Albert Pools.
Paulie
Only took me seven innings.
Dan Patrick
All right.
Paulie
To be fair.
Dan Patrick
All right. But yeah, it was fun to see it, but, you know, trying to figure out what to do with this energy. I just think it's a great jumpstart for the seat. Like, I'm excited for opening day. Yeah.
Marv Paulie
See, I really thought that was Bryce Harper's moment.
Dan Patrick
Yep.
Marv Paulie
I really did. I thought that. I was like, gosh, that's his career right there. That is the exclamation point on his career. What a moment.
Dan Patrick
Has he been in the major leagues for 15 years?
Paulie
Yeah, he started at 19.
Dan Patrick
Isn't that amazing?
Nick Wright
Yep.
Paulie
He's going into year 15, 2012 at age 19. He was rookie of the year. I think he's got seven All Star appearances, two MVPs and a bunch of average years. He also has an NLCS mvp.
Dan Patrick
Okay, foregone conclusion. Hall of Famer right now. Two time mvp. Washington won a World Series after they traded him. Yes.
Paulie
Paulie, this is a two part discussion and we used to discuss this with McLovin. Bryce Harper is going to the hall of fame. You make seven, eight all star games, you have two MVPs, you're going. But you could also make the case that was his career. Everything it was meant to be or predicted to be. Those are two different topics.
Dan Patrick
Well, he was the chosen one. He was on the COVID of Sports illustrated. Just like LeBron when he was what, 15? Not exactly the LeBron of major league Baseball, but you know, a very good career. Yeah, yeah, yeah. More.
Fritzi Seaton
You didn't say that with much confidence.
Marv Paulie
Yeah, that doesn't sound.
Fritzi Seaton
Yeah, it doesn't sound like hall of Fame.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, no, I don't think he's a first ballot hall of Famer, but he's going to be a Hall of Famer. I think he's at times been a great player, but there are dips in his career.
Paulie
Yeah, Pauling, that's exactly right. He's had three great seasons. He's had about 10 good seasons. And some of those seasons he hit, you know, 249 with 34 homers. There's nothing wrong with that, but not when you're expected to be one of the greats of the game.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, see, but he, he had two
Marv Paulie
MVPs and they were six years apart. Yeah, that's pretty good. That's not like he had two or two really great seasons out of three or something. He showed a certain amount of sustained excellence. That's hall of Famey.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, okay, but that's kind of what I'm saying. It's hall of Famey.
Paulie
You put a Y on the. You know what it means.
Marv Paulie
Just for the sake of the conversation, I don't know that I'm a die hard first ballot hall of Famer. I'm just saying that two MVPs six years apart feels hall of Fame.
Nick Wright
Ish.
Dan Patrick
Okay. Yes.
Todd
Todd, if you don't match or exceed wild expectations, I don't think you get dinged to the point where you don't belong in Cooperstown. It's something he'll have to live with as a person, as an athlete, that I could have been much better than was expected of me. But you, you know, you still get into the hall, even if it takes a little while.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I get it. We're the one that put the expectations on him. Sports Illustrated put him on the COVID Yes.
Todd
Todd, do you think it would take a lot of luster off the WBC if they did it like the Ryder cup and did it every two years instead of every three or four years? Like we were saying, some of these guys may not even be on the team, but they'd be more likely as far as what the storylines if they were playing two years from now, as opposed to waiting for and just keep that momentum going a little bit, Meet halfway, you know.
Dan Patrick
Let me take a break. Think about that. I see what you're saying.
Nick Wright
Teasable.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Nick Wright
Nice.
Dan Patrick
Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Todd, welcome. Okay.
Todd
Every once in a while, I surprise the group.
Dan Patrick
How about we take a break? Just getting started. Phone calls coming up. We'll talk some football. Our good buddy Nick Wright will tell us why the Kansas City Chiefs getting Justin Fields, that's a great move for them at least. I'm going to ask him the question. I assume he's going to be fine with Justin Fields as his quarterback to start the season. We'll take a break. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific, on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app.
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Dan Patrick
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Fritzi Seaton
Come on.
Dan Patrick
No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour, so they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.
Marv Paulie
So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?
Dan Patrick
No, I mean we could make. Yeah, I guess we can. If Trugreen's doing all the work. No one makes it easier. They handle the treatments, the timing, everything.
Paulie
I feel like you see them everywhere.
Dan Patrick
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Todd
I'll play, but I'm not mowing.
Dan Patrick
I didn't think you were. Your wife, will or your son. Get your own golf course quality lawn@trugreen.com truegreen.com Let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up. I saw where Matt Leinert, former USC great Heisman Trophy winner, I guess somebody, maybe a recruiting coordinator at usc, asked if he would allow them to unretire his jersey number 11 at USC and he said no. And why do we retire a jersey? Can we, can we honor a jersey? Do we have to retire? You know, the Yankees have retired 22 numbers, including one through 10. Now I don't know if Matt Leinert will unreti. You know, as he said, hey, I'm going to unretire my jersey and get. Well, you know what, Marvin, Play that. And then we'll get to Nick Wright. So here is Matt Leinert being asked to unretire his jersey at usc.
Paulie
When I was at usc, I got my number retired. There's been multiple times where people at USC have asked me if I would unretire my jersey for some five star prospect. And do you want to know what I told those guys straight up? Absolutely not. I am never going to unretire my jersey for some random dude who, by the way, now could wear number 11 and transfer after a year. The only person that will ever wear my USC number 11 would be Cole.
Dan Patrick
Okay. Cole being his son. We apologize for that. That slipped by the goalie there. Yes, Paul.
Paulie
Which bothers you if anything? Matt Leiner saying no, or Matt Leinert
Dan Patrick
being asked a recruit saying, hey, I want that jersey number. Yeah. As Leonard said, hey, somebody may come in, they might be here for a year. I'm going to un retire my jersey number. And if you win a Heisman at usc, I think you get your jersey retired. But we can honor like the Cowboys, don't they honor numbers? They don't retire them. Yes, Todd, but Matt and no one
Todd
else that's in that situation should be asked directly being put on the spot. And I have absolutely no problem with him saying no. That was. It was retired. That's the number no one gets to wear you.
Dan Patrick
And it's multiple times that he was asked. Yes.
Marv Paulie
You know, I don't know that I've ever really thought about the concept of retiring numbers as not being a good idea. But that, you know, like a ring of honor is. Makes way more sense than retiring number.
Dan Patrick
Let's bring in Nick Wright, host of First Things first on Fox Sports 1. And what's right with Nick Wright. You can find it on YouTube, wherever. Get your podcast
Nick Wright
to me again, please.
Dan Patrick
What now?
Nick Wright
Because I'm sitting here listening, okay. To just a chorus of bad takes and my mic's not on and I can't fix any of it. Like, I don't know what they. Every take I heard there was was bad. The first of all, retiring jerseys is awesome. And you're like, oh, the Yankees, they've retired 22 numbers. Well, luckily we're not running out of numbers. Luckily we got plenty more to come, so we're fine. That's first of all. Second of all, it's not the recruit's fault for asking the recruit that wasn't born when Matt Leinert was playing for usc. He doesn't know every school that's recruiting him the list of retired numbers. It is the school's fault for then asking Leinert like you can't put it on it because I remember something happened with Steve Largent Seahawks number and they went and asked his family no, if you make it should there should be gravity to retiring a number and then you can't then retroactive like didn't happen Lawrence Taylor and Abdul Carter you can't then go ask the guy to un retire it. I had another take here but I forgot it. There was just so many bad takes in there. Oh I know I don't have a take. I have a very very.
Dan Patrick
Wait a minute, hold on, hold on. What Paul?
Paulie
Okay, Nick, let's say the New York Giants team they've retired 14 jerseys in 100 years. Unless the earth ends in 400 years they're going to run out of numbers at some point based on this pace.
Nick Wright
Right, I understand which is why it is now now the threshold to have your number retired only raises it becomes much much harder as it should. And so I'm fine with that. Also you're anticipating Paul a 400 year future with where we don't where it's still there is a taboo on three digit jersey numbers. Who's to say that world doesn't exist Somebody all of a sudden's number 1 54. There's nothing wrong with that. Can I tell you a quick Matt Leiner anecdote I'm going to two years ago I'm at Yankee Stadium for the World Series walking through the concourse and I'm walking and I see someone who's a little taller than the crowd who I don't instantly recognize except. And I'm walking by myself and I'm pretty secure in my masculinity and sexuality. But I'm just being honest with my friends Dan Patrick and crew and I in my brain, my inner monologue is that might be the most gorgeous person I've ever seen in my life. Just standing almost like ascending past the crowd. And then I'm like wait, this person is walking towards me. Wait, this person is extending a hand. And then I realized, oh, that's Matt Leiner who I've worked with. But I was just so disarmed by just seeing him in the wild in his natural beauty.
Dan Patrick
Did you tell him that?
Nick Wright
I. I think I told him on the air the way I told you guys. Maybe I didn't mention being comfortable, my sexuality part of it. I didn't want to make him uncomfortable.
Dan Patrick
Well, but yeah, you haven't been around Brady Quinn then so you know, you
Nick Wright
know, not my type.
Dan Patrick
Brady. Brady Quinn is cgi. You know, speaking of bad takes, you're Matt Leiner. Okay. All right.
Nick Wright
Did you want my college basketball top five?
Dan Patrick
You got one?
Nick Wright
Because I've been thinking about it. Yeah, Well, I feel like there are three must includes.
Dan Patrick
Okay. We're going to do players you saw.
Nick Wright
Oh no, I can't do that.
Dan Patrick
Okay.
Nick Wright
I don't have that ready.
Dan Patrick
Okay.
Nick Wright
Kareem is my five. Lu Alcinder Walton's my four. I'm gonna play them both and I think they'll figure it out. And pistols my two. There is a debate at point Oscar magic. I'm going to go Oscar. And then there is not a hole. But the only hard position to fill is your three. And you have a different ways you could go with it. I lean Larry Bird. I would listen to you on if you think I am being too much of, you know, a slave to the history and that the youngest guy on my team is Larry Bird. That does seem a little odd. I'm being honest. But I don't. The I, I don't know that anyone else comes to mind. And it is the greatest college basketball players of all time, unlike almost any other ranking are going to always be these old timers because nobody is going to play three or much less four years moving forward. So like you'd have to go to like a Doug McDermott type. And he's not. He doesn't make my team. With respect.
Dan Patrick
Well, you could have Grant Hill in there over Doug.
Nick Wright
I was so I thought about Grant Hill. I wanted to find a way for my guy Jerry McNamara and his greatest biggies tournament ever to find at least, at least somewhere beyond the roster. I did not have a, you know, a Tim. The greatest college basketball players I've seen. I'm gonna Hansborough. Hansborough would be better remembered if he never played in the NBA. He was such a dominant college.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, but you gotta put Leitner in there over Tyler Hansbrough.
Nick Wright
This is gonna make you. I didn't see Leitner.
Dan Patrick
Well, you didn't see Oscar.
Nick Wright
No, but I, I was just saying guys that I've seen. I, I was doing a new list where I did guys that I've seen.
Dan Patrick
Wait, you didn't see Leisler?
Nick Wright
I was born in 84, so technically I saw him, but I have no memory.
Dan Patrick
Okay.
Nick Wright
Like the first college basketball team that I have vivid memories of is the AI Georgetown team.
Dan Patrick
Okay.
Nick Wright
So, you know, so like 96, 90 something. Tim Duncan's the greatest college basketball player that I, you know, that I watch start to finish And I, Jerry McNamara, you know is a really of my lifetime. Mellow have the best season. I'm a Syracuse guy, but Mellow had the best season. Durant probably was the most dominant. If you don't care about the winning portion of it in college, like the most dominant single season of, you know, this century, in my opinion.
Dan Patrick
Talking to Nick Wright, you can check him out on YouTube, wherever you get your podcast, what's right with Nick Wright. And of course, Monday through Friday, first things first on Fox Sports 1 help me understand the logic of the Miami Dolphins here.
Nick Wright
Oh, you know, I actually support what they're doing and I think that just taking your medicine and saying, we, we're not gonna do a half measure here. We made some very, very aggressive moves thinking we were championship contender. We weren't. And rather than piecemealing it, we are ripping it down in a way not, I mean, $300 million salary cap, 150 million in dead money, and by the way, still 45 million in dead money coming a year from now on to his deal, we're gonna deal with that now. I think the reason people take issue with that is, well, then why sign Malik Willis? And my answer to that is Jeff Halfley has, you know, familiarity with him in order to evaluate any of, I assume they're going to draft a receiver. Like young players on the roster, you need to have a level of competency at quarterback. And if they end up being having the number one pick, but they think despite that Malik shows them enough, then they can really supercharge the reload by flipping that number one pick. And if they, you know, if he plays well enough for them not to have the number one pick, then they sign the right guy. And if not, it's not like they signed him to a five year huge guarantee it. So it. And even if they get the number one pick and draft a quarterback, you still might be like, okay, but Malik, you start next year and then maybe he's a trade chip if he plays well. So I think what they're doing logically, if I was, if you said, nick, you're taking over the Dolphins, I would have done a lot of the same things. Like, let's take our medicine right now and then try to move forward. But they are going to be the worst team in the league by a lot. By a lot next year.
Dan Patrick
Who's more all in, the Broncos or the Rams?
Nick Wright
Oh, the Rams. I don't, I don't necessarily view the Broncos as all in. I think that they made a smart trade. I like the waddle trade. He's only 27. He's on a reasonable contract. Like I usually don't like trading first round pick plus for aging player, but he's not really aging. He doesn't make a ton of money. The Rams are again that's, there's, there's not a lot of franchises that I think are, you know, run well and by well I mean the way I would do it. But the Rams recognizing we, we have the oldest excellent quarterback in the league. So let's, let's not treat 2029 as valuable as 2026. I think it's super smart the Broncos saying our window is open, opening. So we don't want to go all in but we also want to take advantage of the moment and it's a very interesting thing with the disbursement of receivers across the league. I would argue right now, this moment there's more talented receivers than any other time in NFL history. But there's also two divisions that don't have any of them. The AFC west and the AFC east where Jalen Waddle walks in and he's the best receiver in the division by a lot. DJ Moore, who I don't love but walks into the AFC east and he's the best receiver in the division by a lot. When neither one of those guys would be the fourth best receiver in the NFC north, so to speak. So they, you know, I think that was a smart move by Denver.
Dan Patrick
More surprising that the Chiefs brought in Justin Fields or Travis Kelsey came back.
Nick Wright
I right after the Super Bowl I thought Travis was going to be done. As the off season went on. I then came to believe he's gonna run it back another year. So I wasn't. By the time we got to the announcement, I wasn't surprised. I was surprised that there were folks, some friends of mine in the NFL media that were willing to be like breaking news. Travis Kelce listening to other teams. No, he wasn't like I've never like there, there was a 0% chance he was going to play for anybody else and I think everybody knew that. I really like the Fields edition because they, they gave up nothing. So he's price wise very cheap for a backup. Three million bucks. Gardner Minchu is the Chiefs backup. Last year just got paid 7 million. You can say well they traded a sixth but because of the NFL's weird comp pick formula, had they signed a backup they would have lost a seventh. So they ended up essentially getting him for nothing. And I wanted the Chiefs four years ago, Dan to sign Cam Newton so we can Run quarterback sneaks again and maybe have just make teams when they play. The Chiefs spend 10 minutes of practice that week dealing with the Wildcat quarterback run package. And so now Cam's still available. Nick, I know I, and I pitched it to Cam, but, you know, Cam's building his media empire. I, so I, I, if you're, if you were to tell me Patrick is going to miss the first month of the season, which I do not think is going to happen, I would have rather had Kirk Cousins as my backup quarterback. If you were to tell me Patrick's going to be there in week one, I would rather have Justin Fields because once Patrick is back and healthy, Kirk Cousins serves no utility. I think Fields can get on the field even once Patrick is back in health.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I agree. I like the signing. I've been a stubborn Justin Fields fan. I, I mean, he, he was in a bad situation. I thought he played okay in Pittsburgh and maybe he does that, you know, reclamation on the third team. Sam Darnold like, gets an opportunity to like Malik Willis did in Green Bay.
Nick Wright
For him, this is the either Kansas City or the Rams would be the two places I would want to go if I were him. Where it's like you don't, you know, I know he might have to play in the beginning for Kansas City, but get a year under that coach, learning at that quarterback's feet and then see if you can recharge your career. Can I. I don't know how much time we have. Can I ask you a favor?
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Nick Wright
Because you are, you know, I am friendly with Charles Barkley. At least I was the last time I saw him. He. Maybe he's maybe not anymore. I would hope I am still no reason not to be. You are legitimate friends with him. The next time you see him, can you, can you ask him, does he still like the NBA? Like, like. Listen, I think it's a fair question.
Dan Patrick
It's just a fair question.
Nick Wright
And I want to be clear. I think Charles is the, the greatest in the history of the world at what he does. And I think a lot of people have failed trying to be Charles Barkley when you. There's only one Charles Barkley.
Dan Patrick
The.
Nick Wright
And I'm not acting like we get this compliment a lot, but the greatest compliment that I ever receive about the TV show First Things first is when people say it reminds me of inside the NBA, which again, I'm not saying we that compliment a lot, but whenever we get it, it means a lot to me. That's one of, if not the greatest Sports TV show ever. But man, oh, man, I wish they liked basketball still,
Dan Patrick
I think. Well, the difference is you guys do research on first things first. Like, you guys are still studying it. I think, you know, Charles and Shaq, I don't, I don't know if they really care. Like, you know, they're jaded with this. And now that we've allowed them to do it, you know, it's not like Charles is all. That's like with Charles with March Madness, I'm like, don't put him on March Madness.
Nick Wright
But. So here's the thing, though. At least with March Madness, he's excited and intro, like, what he's not going to do with March Madness is be like, why are we talking St. John's they're not winning the championship. Like, the Chuck's almost vendetta against the Lakers, which actually seems like his media criticism of how the media talks about the Lakers is, to me, misplaced. Because if we want to say, listen, Celtics, Thunder, spurs, everyone else can't win the championship, that's probably correct. Like, that's. I, I think the vast majority of times one of those three teams wins the title. But after those three, the Lakers are looking eye to eye or looking down on every other team in the league. And so to then dismiss them, it's like, well, then we're dismissing Denver, we're dismissing the Knicks, we're dismissing the Pistons. And that, to me, is misplaced, given what they've done over the course of the year. In my, My humble opinion. And again, I say it on the front end, really. I'm not really a afraid of any enemies, but I do want to be friends with Charles Barkley one day. And so I just want to talk about how much I love and respect him, but I just don't like that.
Dan Patrick
I'll see if I can broker a deal there.
Nick Wright
That would be great. Do you think you, me and Chuck one day could gamble together?
Dan Patrick
I don't gamble.
Nick Wright
What if I. What if you. What if I buy you in?
Dan Patrick
No, you. It's.
Marv Paulie
It.
Dan Patrick
No, it's a gateway drug. And I, I don't. I don't. I used to be.
Nick Wright
Yeah, but, but, but at your age, what are you worried about?
Dan Patrick
Like, they're like, but I don't need the money.
Nick Wright
It's. It's. You know what? Oddly, and I think Chuck would back me up on this. Sometimes it's not even. Not only is it not about needing the money, sometimes it's not even about winning. Sometimes it's, you need the loss. You need to feel a lot.
Dan Patrick
Oh, no, no, no.
Nick Wright
I need to walk out of there
Dan Patrick
and be like, oh, you know what?
Nick Wright
That's gonna hurt.
Dan Patrick
I'm gonna trust your opinion. I. I don't need to find. I don't need to feel it myself. What's the, what's the biggest loss you ever suffer? Like, where you go that. Well, I could bring me to tears.
Nick Wright
Oh, this is a great March Madness story. This is great because this is not, you know, as you get older and make more money, the dollar amounts, you know, shift. But the biggest loss as a percentage of my net worth.
Dan Patrick
Yeah.
Nick Wright
Was the 2008 NCAA tournament final. Kansas. Memphis, right. Memphis is a three and a half point favorite. I am fresh off being on who Wants to Be a millionaire and winning 50 grand and gambling all the time and, like, and making $8 an hour doing radio. And I have a bookie in Kansas City that I gamble with that I convince him. I was like, listen, I. This true story. I was like, I had a dream that Memphis won by three, and I don't want to bet Kansas plus three and a half. I want to bet Memphis minus two and a half because I want to root for Memphis, but they're going to win by three. And I was like, so set me a price. So I had to lay 1 4. I had to lay -140. So I laid. I, I bet literally net worth, which, you know, I, I think it's 14 grand is what I had left of the 50 to win 10. Biggest bet of my life by a mile. And Memphis is up three with a second left. And Chalmers hits the shot. And then they, they admit that was the Derrick Rose missed free throws. Chalmers hits the shot. Kansas wins in overtime. And I, and I went from being the only person who in the world who was going to bet Memphis. And one time back at zero. That's what, that's what it was. But I felt alive, Dan. I remember that story 18 years later. That's a little tear comes to my
Dan Patrick
eye thinking about it. I'll work on the Charles Barkley thing. Thanks for joining.
Nick Wright
That would be great.
Dan Patrick
All right, thank you. Thank you, buddy. That's Nick Wright, host of First Things first on Fox Sports 1 every afternoon, Monday through Friday. What's right with Nick Wright on YouTube, wherever you get your podcast. Yeah. All of our takes were bad on Matt Leiner. We'll come back and discuss that 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
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Dan Patrick
No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour, so they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns so you're saying
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Dan Patrick
JC in Detroit. Hey jc, what's on your mind?
Caller JC
Dan, I really enjoyed your conversation with Nick, which led me to a bigger question. And I have a smaller question also. When you're considering your all time greatest teams, are you more in the camp of, oh, the entirety of their career and their accomplishments or like their peak extended period of time or as I like to call it, kind of a LeBron corollary as far as greatest of all time.
Dan Patrick
Well, I, I tend to look at the totality of your career because you can have a couple of years where somebody is sensational. But you know, we were talking about Bryce Harper. He's had two MVP seasons, but then he's had, you know, some seasons that were not great numbers. You know, maybe B level, C plus level, B minus level, something like that. But yeah, I'm looking at the Totality of somebody's career. Carrie in Minnesota. Hi, Kerry.
Caller JC
Hey, good morning, Dan. And Dan. It's long time. First time. Six feet and a firm 200. I really just wanted to say I really enjoyed your, your interview with John Schmoltz yesterday. You know, I thought when he was playing he was always a class guy. And yesterday he had some interesting ideas on the All Star game slash week. And you know, it always, when I see him, I'm a lifelong Twins fan and it always takes me back to the 91 World Series. You know, he pitched a great game into the bottom of the 8th and unfortunately for him, Jack Morris picked a greater game and you know, the Twins winning in extra innings and you know, I don't know about you, but I don't think we'll ever see a game like that again with, you know what the pitchers going that deep.
Dan Patrick
No, no. I mean if you go five, it feels like boy kept him in there a long time. Yeah. Those days are gone and you can't fight it. I mean, you can try. It doesn't matter. It's a workhorse. Is maybe going six innings. It's just, you know, that's, that's baseball, that's analytics. Back to the Matt Leiner story, that he doesn't want USC to unretire his jersey. And I get some point, I don't know how, you know, like what constitutes retiring a jersey. Like, what do you have to accomplish where you go, yep, we're going to retire that jersey. Like the New York Giants, Eli Manning, you gonna retire his jersey? They've retired his jersey. Okay, like I get Lawrence Taylor, but all right, so do you retire Phil Sims jersey? They retired his jersey. Right. The yankees have retired 22 numbers. Every single number from one through 10. I understand what Liner's saying. Wait, you're retiring my jersey? Now you want to unretire because some, you know, high school seniors coming in and wants number 11 because he wore 11 in college. No. Now, unless they say, hey, you know, we're going to miss out on this five star recruit if he wants to wear number 11. And I'm, I'm going to guess their recruiting coordinator is probably saying that. But to ask him, according to Matt, numerous times, like, why numerous times? Why not just once? Yes, Todd.
Todd
And you're not all in on playing for that school. If it's so much about the number, where's the passion and desire? I want to be a USC Trojan if I can wear your number.
Dan Patrick
Yeah, I understand why Matt would be like, no, hey, don't keep asking me. I I didn't agree with what Nick was saying.
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This “Best Of” episode blends humorous, insightful takes on the latest in sports, with Dan Patrick and his crew discussing recent major events in baseball, including Venezuela's upset win over the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic (WBC), and key storylines from college basketball and the NFL off-season. Special guest Nick Wright joins for lively debate on retirement of jerseys and roster-building strategies in pro football, sharing candid stories and laughs with the team.