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are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio NBA Final regular season games. I mentioned Fernando Mendoza is going to sit this one out and I don't know. You know, might have to do with his mother not being able to travel, but he wants to spend the time with his family. I remember covering Barry Sanders and Barry Sanders was going to be at home with his family. He didn't go to the draft but, you know, Barry wasn't the number one overall pick. Now, if I'm the NFL, I'm like, okay, how do we get Fernando Mendoza? It's like you go to a play opening night, and the star is not going to be there. He'll eventually be there, but he's not going to be there that opening night. And this draft is void of stars, name recognition. You have Jeremiah Love, now, he's the other big name. But, you know, this was about Fernando Mendoza. And if I'm the mothership and you want to have features, you know, your, your lead up to the draft, the Raiders are on the clock, and Fernando Mendoza walking in with his family, what's he wearing? And, you know, then you get that opportunity, get an interview with him, he gets drafted, he gets to hug the commissioner, and then you talk to him again after he gets drafted. So you get to spend, you know, a good hour on Fernando Mendoza leading in, you know, to that first night of the draft. Speaking of Jeremiah Love, I had him as second on my Heisman list. I thought he was wonderful this year. I thought he was must see tv. Here's the problem I have and it. And I guess it's a good problem. But the Tennessee Titans at number four, they're the ones that a lot of these mock drafts have them taking Jeremiah Love, the Notre Dame running back. And while I love Jeremiah Love, I don't want to take a running back unless I know my team. Like, that's the missing piece. Now, this is why I thought the Giants taking Saquon Barkley, it was a smart move. It was at the end of Eli's career. I thought that they were ready to win and he was going to be that safety valve. He was going to give you 1200, 1400 yards. He was going to catch, you know, 40 or 50 passes, and he was going to be a weapon. But if you take him that high, you got to make sure that you're able to use him on a good team, because you don't build around a running back. Now, years and years and years ago, you could build around a running back, but that's not the case anymore. The Raiders, they drafted Ashton Genty, and while I loved watching him in college, I didn't think he played well. I didn't think he was a threat. He had 900 yards, 975. And he averaged a 3.7 yards per attempt. Number six pick overall. Well, he might be the right guy. It just wasn't the right time for him because the offensive line wasn't Any good if I'm Tennessee, I think long and hard about. Okay, I take Jeremiah Love. How is my offensive line? Because if we're confident our line is pretty good, not average, then take Jeremiah Love. But if you're not confident that that line will be opening up holes for him, you're going to have him for four years and then you might be getting better, and then you're going to have to pay him. But if I'm taking Jeremiah Love, like, Washington to me is the destination because they had a down year, injuries, and you put Jeremiah Love in there with Jaden Daniels, now we got something. We got something going on. But I got to have the right team around him. It's just like a quarterback, and I have to have the right team ready to go for that running back. And I don't know if Tennessee is that team right now because you might waste him. And he gets, you know, a thousand yards, which isn't a big deal anymore, but a thousand yards and your team wins, you know, six games. But if you have that missing piece and it's like, man, I. I got a home run threat right there because that's the guy. Because if I'm the Titans, I have the fourth pick. Do I trade out of that? Can I trade out of that? Can I get alignment that I think is worth that pick? And alignment makes more. You know, we don't like when our team takes a lineman, a defensive lineman, an offensive lineman. We like when you have that pick that everybody knows. Oh, my God, Mill Kuiper, love that. You know, it's when you get some guy, you know, Jimmy Lipper out of NC State, and you go, yeah, but then you get to the playoffs and then all of a sudden they're saying, oh, this is how they built their team. They got that center and then they got this guard, they got that tackle and free agency. That's how you win championships. That's how you advance in the playoffs. It's nice to have the shiny pieces, but if they're covered up, you know, the gold looks like pewter. And that's the big difference I have with this going into this draft. Jeremiah Love is a home run waiting to happen, but I got to make sure that I have a team that can allow him to hit home runs. Yes, Marvin.
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Yeah, I think the best case scenario was maybe 10 or so years ago when the Cowboys drafted Ezekiel Elliott fourth overall, and he had a great offensive line and he came out like gangbusters, and I think he led the league in rushing. Yeah, that's the best case scenario, that's the time when you get a running back with the fourth pick in the draft, when you have your offensive line solidified already.
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Yeah. And then they got to the next contract and I said, don't resign him. You got five years out of him. Let him go. And they, they resigned him. But you know, the Titans with a new stadium, I mean, you, you want to roll into this with some momentum. Cam Ward by all accounts is a franchise quarterback. But the more I look at these mock drafts, Jeremiah Love is probably going to be a top five, top six, top seven pick, maybe. I think the commanders are they at seven. And if that's the case, I would gobble him up if I'm Washington. But they're in a different position than Tennessee is. But, you know, this isn't one of those drafts where we're going to look back on all the big names, even the wide receivers. Like there are some wide receivers where you go, oh, yeah, I remember that guy. This is lacking star power. But that doesn't mean we won't look back and go, God, I got that guy in whatever slot, whatever round, and it might be a guy that is an offense defensive lineman, maybe an edge rusher in here who turns out to be great. But that's where it's tricky. You know, we don't have the star power with quarterbacks and the quarterback is not showing up for the draft. And Ty Simpson is probably going to be a first round pick, even though there are a lot of draft evaluators, including my friend who said I don't have a first round grade on him. That doesn't mean he won't go in the first round because there are people who are still looking at Arizona, the Jets or the Steelers. Those are the three teams that everybody has been told they could be drafting Ty Simpson. So look, I'm going to the draft. We're going to be there for three days in Pittsburgh. We look forward to it. We love the atmosphere. You get to talk football in April. Nothing wrong with that. I just don't. I don't know if the focus will be completely on just the draft because you're going to have to be introducing people to some of these players, which is fine. I love doing that. If you find that guy and you go keep an eye on him. And it feels like every year where you go, man, I love that guy. And this might be one of those drafts where it's somebody you not quite sure about or you haven't heard, but then you remember, oh, my gosh yes, they talked about him on draft night. Yes, Marv.
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The NFL draft, espn, NFL Network. They got to put a montage of defensive linemen making big plays in the super bowl and in playoff games just to let teams know this is what wins championships. Because the name, name recognition alone is not going to move the needle.
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Well, you go back to Aaron Donald, when Aaron Donald was taken, they didn't know what they had. They're like, you got a short guy out of Pittsburgh and then all of a sudden he became one of the best defensive linemen in NFL history. You don't know. And that's where you go, where'd that guy go to school or how did he end up there? It doesn't matter as long as you end up in the NFL and you get your chance. Yes. Pauling.
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And what you're saying about running backs. I just picked a draft from a couple of years ago. 2022.
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Okay.
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The best running backs from the 2022 draft. The three best. James Cook, middle of the second round. Having a very nice play.
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Him a lot.
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Kyron Williams out of Notre Dame for the Rams. He's a fifth round draft pick. He's basically almost free. And then Kenneth Walker iii, Super Bowl MVP take in the middle of the second round. You don't need to draft a running back high. And it's actually dangerous.
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But Jeremiah Love is different, right?
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Yes. Yeah, I would put him on that level. Jameer Gibbs, but he can be a kick return. I mean, Jeremiah Love, he. He 90 yards. Like he's in scoring position when he's 90 yards out. There aren't that many players in recent memory who are in scoring position 90 yards out. But he's, he's fascinating. I just don't know if I would be taking him if I'm Tennessee at number four. Unless I am sold that my offensive line is good. Yes. Paulie.
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Tennessee last season had the third worst rushing offense in the league. So clearly they're looking to help it. But you know what? The worst rushing offense in the league. The Las Vegas Raiders.
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Yeah. Wow. It's about your offensive line, really is. And I think what happens is I don't know if we're developing offensive linemen that, that can play at the next level because college is different than the NFL with the style that you're playing. How many good teams are you playing? And. But having a great offensive line or guys who are really good at playing their position, because we don't talk about that. We talk about edge rushers. You'll talk about cornerbacks, you talk about quarterbacks, wide receivers. It feels like that's the group that we talk about, certainly quarterbacks, wide receivers, and then the edge rusher. But we don't focus on is there a plethora of really good offensive linemen? And I don't think that there are. I don't know. And I've talked to Ross Tucker about this before. Ross played offensive lineman. But I don't know if we develop them with the skill set to be ready to play in the NFL. They're developed to play in college football. It's like, you know, quarterbacks getting under center. These guys are having problems. Like Fernando Mendoza hasn't been under center. You're going to have to learn how to be under center. But that's what's kind of interesting. Like you couldn't play the position unless you got under center. Now you're in a shotgun all the time. But if you have an offensive coordinator or a head coach where we want you to be under center occasionally, you're not learning that in college. I don't know how many quarterbacks played under center in college, even for a few plays, because you'll hear a quarterback go, well, I got to learn how to play under center. Well, it is a learned skill. You gotta, you're at the line of scrimmage, you're calling your plays and all of a sudden getting the ball now backing up if you're gonna throw seven yard drop, five yard drop. But I always thought that quarterbacks would benefit being under center because now play action is, is more deceptive that the, you know, the defense can't really see everything if you're in shotgun. I can see you when you're going back to pass and I like when you're going back to pass because you're kind of going back and surveying the entire field there. Now you might say, yeah, but you still got to go back seven yards. You got to plant, step up in the pocket. But I just thought when you're under center, I can do a lot of different things there. If I'm in the gun, it's, you know, if I hand the ball off, there's no real deception there. And I always thought like, Boomer Siason was wonderful with play, play fake play action. He was great. One of the best that I ever saw. And I always thought that that was such a benefit for the offense and, you know, a detriment to the defense because they're like, I can't really. And these, you know, these running backs, if you're around them on the field. They're like five, nine, man. Nobody's six feet tall. Eric Dickerson is not coming through that door. But. Well, Derek Henry, he's coming through the door.
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He's unique.
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Yeah, he's tearing. He'd be breaking open down the door. But these guys are small. Why not take advantage of that deception? And Fernando Mendoza. Now you get Ashton Genty with a legitimate quarterback. They'll bolster the offensive line. I got Brock Bowers is my tight end. Now. There's promise there. And your head coach just won a Super bowl with Seattle. But these are all the things leading into the draft that I'm always curious about. The philosophy of what somebody is looking at when they're looking at that player and who trades down. There's. You might get GMs making really smart decisions. This draft. Seaton brought this up earlier this morning. He goes, there's no guy. You're really going to go, I'm going to reach for that guy. It's. Man, we'll just take that guy right there and that's it. Although we forced into smart picks. Yes. Yeah. That's so fun. No shiny fun object over there. All right, get the tackle. Yeah. Alrighty. So just some football there. Randall Shamblee is going to join us from Augusta. Get ready for the Masters. I never thought I'd see this in my lifetime. Where we would say this golfer against the field versus the field. But this is where we are with Scotty Scheffler. Scotty is entering that Tiger. Hey, Tiger. Or the field. Scotty Scheffler on. Or the field. I'll always take the field. Even with Tiger, I had to take the field. Even though that pick would come back to haunt me pretty much all the time. Like, damn, he did it again. Yeah, Paul.
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But Scheffler and Woods are the opposite. On the course. It's like.
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And off the course.
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Right.
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And off the course.
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But like, Tiger would wear red on Sunday. Scotty Sheffler would wear like, a beige V neck on Sunday. His beige V neck.
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Yeah. You know, the best thing that ever happened was when he got arrested. Oh, yeah. Scotty. Best thing that happened when Scotty got arrested.
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Man of mystery.
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Yes. Do we know this guy? Rebel, and he's got a secret life. Yeah, I just had another kid, you know, probably has a minivan, you know, two of them. Yeah. Both beige. 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. Fox Sports Radio is taking over YouTube and you can be a part of it. Just go to YouTube and search Fox Sports Radio. Hit that subscribe button and smash that notification bell and catch all the videos from your favorite shows. Two pros and a cup of Joe Dan, Colin Cowherd, Stu Gotz and company Live Covino and Rich, the Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington, the Jason Smith show with Mike Harmon and the Ben Ma Show Fox sports radio on YouTube. Subscribe. Hit that thumbs up icon and comment away. This message is brought to you by Apple Card Apple Card members can earn unlimited daily cash back on everyday purchases wherever they shop. This means you could be earning daily cash on just about anything, like a slice of pizza from your local pizza place or a latte from the corner coffee shop. Apply for Apple Card in the Wallet app to see your credit limit offer in minutes subject to credit approval. Apple Card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City branch terms and more@applecard.com Are you one of the 7% of adults in the United States who are searching for an alternative to sleeping in a bed? Then let me introduce you to Z Kliner, the revolutionary recliner designed by Flexteel. The Z Kliner meticulously engineered with restful sleep in mind, making it an ideal bed alternative. A healthy life starts with a healthy night's sleep. Z Kliner is more than just a recliner. It's a personalized comfort experience. It features multiple power adjustments like recline, headrest, lumbar, zero gravity reducing pressure on your body, tech integrations like charging ports for easy modern living. We know life can be messy, stressful. That's why Z Kleiner is upholstered in a moisture and stain resistant fabric perfect for all day enjoyment, even homes with pets and kids. Z Kleiner A complete Sleep solution Get started. Unmatched comfort z kliner.com DanPatrick today to find a Z Kleiner at a store near you.
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The March tournament brings volatility upsets and momentum shifts. With webull predictions, you can trade strategic positions on college basketball outcomes, react to matchups and assess probabilities as the tournament unfolds. Whether your bracket is busted or you're on the way to the top of your leaderboard, bring your strategy to your trades in real time. Get started by downloading the Webull app today or visiting webull.com event Contract trading is speculative and may not be suitable for all investors. Customers should carefully consider the associated risk before investing. Visit webull.com disclosures Struggling to see up close?
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Make it viz able with viz B I Z Z. VIZ is a once daily prescription eye drop to treat blurry near vision for up to 10 hours. It works. The most common side effects that may be experienced while using VIZ include eye irritation, temporary dim or dark vision, headaches, eye redness. Talk to an eye doctor to learn if VIZ V I Z Z is right for you. Learn more@viz.com check it out. Brandle Chamblee, on loan from Golf Channel Joining us in Augusta I didn't think in my lifetime I'd ever say a golfer against the field, but here we are. It feels like with Scotty Scheffler. Is that fair to say it's Scotty versus the field at the Masters?
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Yeah, I think he separated himself not quite to the extent that Tiger did, but to your point, I didn't think I'd ever again in my lifetime see a golfer with such complete control tee to green as Tiger woods had. And that's what we're talking about with Scotty. He's not quite the putter that Tiger woods was, so he doesn't distance himself quite to the extent that Tiger did. But I think that's a fair statement.
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Dan, the familiarity of coming back to the same course. Now, I know they change it, they tweak it, but is that why Cinderella stories don't usually happen at Augusta?
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I think that's part of it. I think, you know, Augusta is such it's a unique golf course. You don't play a Hillary a Hillier golf course on the PGA Tour. Every lies either above your feet or below your feet. So you've got to have for the most part, an upright golf swing to pick it off those weird lies. And you got to hit the ball so high to get it to stop below the hole on those devilish greens. So there are not that many people that can do those things. There's just not that many people that also have a blend of power and finesse around the green. It is really a place where the best players go to show off, and so there's not much room for anybody else. The average world rank of a winner there the last 10 years is around ninth. So that's a trend in the game of golf generally. But more specifically at Augusta, I didn't
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know how Rory's game was going to react after winning last year because that's the exhale. That's when you can go out and just play now and nobody's going to say, hey, you've done everything, but you haven't won the Masters. Well, now he's won all those. He won the Grand Slam, but I haven't seen that exhale. Now I can go out and just play. Why?
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Well, I think he. He's reset his goals. You know, he kind of stated it at the end of last year. You know, he. He said he, he wanted to win on Away Rider Cup. He said he wanted to win the Grand Slam again. So he's sort of reset his goals. You know, he's 36. The window closes pretty fast. I mean, okay, he's. In this era, we've had Tom Brady and we've had Federer, and we've had great examples of longevity in the game. And he looks like he's headed in. He's got great team around him from a fitness standpoint. So maybe he's got another 10 years, and if he does, maybe he can win the Grand Slam again. And I, I think he's. I think he's hungry again this week. He's, you know, he's certainly having a good time. He said he, it. He said he could never wait for the Masters to start in the past, and this one he wished would never start. So he's really enjoying himself. I don't know if he'll play with quite the intensity that he has because of the, you know, the enjoyment that he's getting out of this week. So that's enough to make me, you know, probably not pick him this week.
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I don't know if PGA Tour can declare victory, but it feels like that with Live Tour, that, you know what, there's no big names in the last, what, two or three years who have gone to live, and it just feels like they're going to, you know, have their tournament like the fight is over. Maybe there's still curiosity there. But did PGA Tour win?
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They did, yeah. I mean, even when live events are broadcast in the United States and even when they're broadcast and finished in prime time on the east coast, they garner 35, 50,000 views. More people watch pickleball than that on TV. So. And these are the best players. I mean, Bryson DeChambeau, John Rom playing on the east coast, finishing, then they're just not galvanizing anybody to watch them around the globe. They'll get a few people out. They make it easy for people to come out. But, you know, Brooks Koepka leaving Live tour was a boon for the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed leaving the live tour was a boon for the DP World Tour. But the PGA Tour and, and, you know, if you Listen to Bryson DeChambeau, he's trying to play both sides against the middle. He's asking supposedly for $500 million. I don't think the Saudis are going to bite there, I think has a pretty much an inflated view of his value because, again, people don't watch him on TV. They may go to his YouTube videos, but they're not watching him on TV.
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Bryson DeChambeau, Golf Channel lead studio analyst and live from the Masters, Must see TV before and after the coverage. You haven't said anything that's got you in trouble here this week, have you?
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No, I've been on my best behavior.
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Why?
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Why? I don't. I don't like that. You know, no drama there. I'm always like, oh, let's have Brando on. He said something.
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I ruffled a few feathers here and there. But, you know, there's. There's the decreasingly less controversy in the game of golf. That's probably not good. It's better when we get a little controversy. The great thing about majors, Dan, is that it does bring live players back so that you get this sort of Ryder cup feel. You know, Patrick Reed comes in here playing great. John Rom comes in here on a tear, and so does Bryson DeChambeau. So it's likely we'll have this great back and forth between one of them and, you know, one of the popular players on the PGA Tour.
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A month ago, did you think Tiger was playing in the Masters?
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I did. You know, two weeks ago, I thought he was playing. I'd. I'd heard he was practicing. I heard he was grinding away. I saw him hitting balls at the TGL event. He looked. He looked okay. And, yeah, I thought he'd be here. It's. It's sad. And I think everybody in the sports world hopes he goes and gets the help that he needs.
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What's his future as a golfer?
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You know, I just don't think he should play anymore, personally. I mean, I mean, obviously he's a golfer. He wants to get out there, and he can play the Champions Tour and get in a cart and go play with his best buddies, Fred Couples and Steve Stricker, who did that sounds really fun. But he's, you know, he pushes himself to his physical limits. So if he goes back to practice and he goes back to grind, the same thing's going to happen. He's going to push himself to his physical limits. He's going to get injured, it's going to require surgery, it's going to require prescription pain medicine. And, you know, it's. It's hard not to imagine him getting on that treadmill again. So he's done everything you could ever possibly do in a game of golf. Every other thing in the world is open to him, from designing golf courses to the governance of the PGA Tour, et cetera, et cetera. So, you know, personally I, you know, we will miss him as a competitor, but he gave us so much.
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Dan, if Tiger never started lifting weights. Finish that sentence.
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He would have probably won 125 golf tournaments and 25 majors. You know, if you go back to when he was a wispy teenager and Jack and Arnold played with him in a practice round here, I believe it's 1995 or 6. They said he's going to win more Masters titles than us combined. Well, Jack won six, Arnold won five. So they were predicting 11 plus Masters titles. He averaged 346 yards off the tee then. And that was not with a solid core golf ball and that was not with one of these big headed long drivers. 346 yards off of the tee. That's what they saw in him. He traded speed for strength. Maybe it helped him think he deserved it. Maybe it helped him be intimidating. And you know, I'm sure he wanted to, to treat golf like a sport, so. But his body broke down pretty quickly and I don't, I just don't know that he was training properly or he got the proper rest. Either way, I don't think it did him a whole lot of good.
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I think you wanted to look like an athlete, Brandle. Exactly.
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I do too. You know, you could say that's vanity. You could say, but when you look at him, he was very intimidating and you can't, I don't think we can disregard the intimidation factor. When, when people would get paired with Tiger, they would always say, you know, I want to get paired with Tiger. I'm like, well, really, do you? Because the cost of playing with Tiger was okay. So if you got paired with Tiger on Saturday and Sunday, and this was, you know, when I looked this up, maybe like 2005. So it was damn near a decade. If you got paired with him on Saturday and Sunday, you were ostensibly playing as good a golf as Tiger, otherwise you wouldn't get paired with him. And then the difference between what you had shot and what you shot with Tiger was three and a half shots. So the cost of playing with Tiger was three and a half shots. There's never been a more intimidating golfer than Tiger Woods.
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Yeah, I think the vanity part of it as well, you look at those old Videos where, you know, the shirt, it's like draped on him, you know. Now, if you didn't know what he did for a living, you'd say, is he a football player? I mean, he looks like he's a defensive back.
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Yeah, that's who he hangs out with. You know, those are his buddies. And, and he did help turn this, this, this game into a sport. Rich Lerner told me he did an outing with him like a year, a year and a half ago. He walked up to him and, you know, patted him on the back. He said it was like patting a piece of absolutely rock hard ripped. And, you know, he did make the sport look cool and he looked awesome. And, you know, you can't argue with the record 15 major championships and 82 tournaments. But the injuries changing his golf swing, this kept him from being the all time major winner.
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Was it worth it, Randall?
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I don't think so. But, you know, if Tiger was sitting here right now, you're an idiot. It was, it's a sport. You got to train. And I'm not saying training is not necessary at all. That's not what I'm saying.
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But why isn't Scotty Scheffler jacked?
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Scotty trains differently. I think they learned from the mistakes that Tiger made in the gym.
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Rory's jacked.
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Rory trains differently, though. You know, there's more big movements, more fast movements. If you look at the exercises they all do now, it's nothing like what Tiger used to do. I mean, Tiger was on the COVID of Fitness, Men's Fitness or something. And he went back and looked and it, it was not the stuff. You know, as you go along, you learn, you learn how to train. And these guys learn how to train for fluidity of movement and speed. Not necessarily. You know, Tiger looked like he could lift a Buick off of you. And these guys just looked like they could. You know, they look like speed swimmers. They look like gymnast than gym rats.
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Have you ever been in the building during the champions dinner?
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No.
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Have you ever tried to look, are there windows where you can look into the champions dinner?
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Well, they, they, you know, before they go in there, they have cocktails on the patio. So we have cameras leering in it. Look, they're having a Nazalia. Who's having a bourbon up there.
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Why don't you walk in and just grab like a drink off of the waiter's tray and, you know, just act like you belong there.
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I think I would be escorted off from last year. Ever See me on Live from We're Always sitting on our set, Dan, just pontificating about the menu and the wine and frivolous things like that.
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When I played in the mid-90s, and I went into the players locker room, and you got to see everybody's. I don't. I wasn't supposed to go in there, I don't think. But you see the nameplates. And I remember looking in Jack's locker, and there were two green jackets in there, so not six. Yeah, they. It wasn't locked. And I just remember I went in there and I was like, well, I'm here. I might not get back. There wasn't any security. And I thought, you know what? Why not? Yeah, I mean, I'm a big deal. I'm on SportsCenter. Of course, they're not going to throw me out of this place. But I remember looking in the locker room like, oh, my God. Then I remember touching the jacket and like, I better get out of here. But they did. They showed me the wine cellar. Now, I was told that you always wanted to get an assessment, like you always wanted to get your letter, because then it was a good thing to be told you owe this. This amount of money because when you don't get it, then you're not going to be coming back to Augusta. So one guy says to me, the guy who was my host was. I don't know, he's probably 75 years of age. So his dad made him join many, many, many years ago. And he said, somebody brought up, why don't we have a wine cellar? Well, that guy got a letter from Augustus saying, you're going to pony up for the wine cellar, because it was a makeshift wine cellar. I went down there. There was a large bottle of champagne, and it said, Ike. So it was Eisenhower had some wine champagne down there, and there was no wine cellar in Augusta. And this guy was told, you're going to pay for the wine cellar.
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You know, you. Down there is probably when you know, a gift, you know, when he liberated France or something. It's rumored to be the best wine cellar in the world. And, yeah, be careful what you wish for. You're likely to get the bill for it. But if you. I don't know if you saw Rory's menu.
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Yeah, but.
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And I don't know if you. If you're a wine lover, but if you're a wine lover and a buddy of mine's got great psalm friends, and they were like, that's the best wine list they've ever seen at a champions dinner. Rory knows his Wine.
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Yes, he does.
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And it was, you know, they, they, they at Augusta Country Club where we're at when we're getting ready for the show before we go over to Augusta National. They recreated the Champions dinner for us last night. Minus the wine.
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I was going to say. Was that a Chateau Lafitte?
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A
I think I had a duck horn.
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Okay, that's all right. All right. If not Scheffler, then who?
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If not Scheffler, you know, I would go with Ludwigelberg first. Ludwig comes in here, you know, playing his rear off the last three events. And I think because he hasn't won, sort of keeps him hungry. Twice he's played at the Masters and he's finished second and seventh. And if not Oberg, I would go Cameron Young, who similarly comes in here playing his rear off. And it's played twice at Augusta and finished seventh and ninth. And then below that, just below that, I'd go Fleetwood and Matthew Fitzpatrick. And if you're looking for a nice bet on a first timer, I'd go Chris Goddard.
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Yeah, Goddard played well. He had a stretch there. Played really well, Oberg. He has had three straight top five finishes.
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There you go. You got the cheat sheet, don't you?
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Yes, I do. I did some homework here. Absolutely. We'll be watching. My best to Rich Lerner. And it's Must See tv live from the Masters before and after primetime coverage, Golf Channel recap analysis. Randall, say something to get you in trouble, okay?
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Okay, Dan.
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I'll try.
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Take care.
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Make way for the Commissioner, Major League Baseball. He's been there since 2015. Rob Manfred back on the show. Commissioner, good to see you. How's morale?
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E
Hey Dan, morale is very high here at mlb. Off to a great start, great World Baseball Classic and really good start to the season.
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C
I'm curious about you had the fight last night and when that does that get to your desk of you getting involved in that?
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E
Yeah, usually that kind of on field incident Mike Hill will handle. He makes a recommendation and you know we kind of go from there, though. Only if it's a really kind of out of the ordinary problem, would I get involved.
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C
When's the last one you got involved in that?
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Gosh, I can't even. I. I think the last one I got involved with involved a player and a fan incident. It was several years ago, and I can't tell you the player or the
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team, to tell you the truth, but good sign. It's rare. It's rare. The ABS kind of letting that kind of trickle into Major League Baseball. How would you say reaction's been so far?
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I think the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. You know, I thought that my expectation was that the players would really like it. The opportunity to, you know, correct a miss at a crucial point in the game. What actually surprised me, Dan, is how popular it's been with fans. I don't know if you've been in a ballpark yet, but, you know, the challenge happens. Everybody's kind of glued to the jumbo. John. It's amazing.
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C
Oh, I love it. I guess my only if you want to call criticism would be the umpire. They can't be taking this too kindly. That they're being embarrassed might be a strong word, but they're being judged by everybody. Everybody is reacting to that umpire. What kind of reaction have you gotten from the umpires on this?
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I think the umpires have reacted with professionalism. I mean, we had a lot of conversation with them about the implementation of this. I think it's important to bear in mind, and it's important for me to say publicly, you know, they're right. 94, nearly 94% of the time, which is an astounding number when you think about how difficult it is. And most of the challenges are pitches that are in or out by less, you know, less than or about half an inch. So, you know, you can't be too critical of people. I mean, I understand, you know, you do get fans that they get on them, but I think they knew what to expect. And in general, our umpires want the game to be as good as possible, and I think they see it as an improvement in the game.
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C
When do we get to full time?
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You know, look, I think that we're a few weeks in to implementation. I think that we made a good decision by, you know, listening to fans, listening to players, that we should do a challenge system. We shouldn't go to abs. So we're just too early in the process for me to even think about any change to the system right now. I think we're pretty satisfied with where we are.
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C
And I like the element of the stadium with the fans. And I would be dressing it up, you know, it's like a game show, you know. Yeah, was, you know, was it right, was it wrong? You show it, the crowd reacts. I think it's, it's a fun element where you're, you're treating with something serious, but it is a fun element with that. And I think that it's not overwhelmed.
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I agree. I think it's a, you know, a form of fan engagement. The other thing I think that is important to keep in mind is, you know, we poll our fans about these changes, you know, routinely, before we do them, after we do them. And, you know, the challenge system was the one that our fans overwhelmingly favored.
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C
What do fans not want when you do these polls with them?
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E
Oh, there's things that they don't want.
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Trust me.
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C
Well, that's number one. What's number one? Where you go, boy, they don't like this.
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E
Yeah. Look, I think the of the things that we've done, the one that's the most controversial among our fans is the extra inning world. The run around second base. That's the one that is, you know, the most evenly split among fans.
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C
I hate it.
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Well, you know, it is an interesting thing. I, I think that overwhelmingly players like it. You know, it does prevent the 18 inning game and the prospect of somebody who's an outfielder trying to go up on the mound and pitch and getting hurt, I really do see it as a health and safety issue. But in recognition of your view of the world, our most important games that are playoff games, we play them out still.
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C
Yeah, yeah, but I'm the, you know, get off my lawn guy that. It's just, it's still a weird visual where you go and we go to the 10th inning and you see some guy at second base. Is it, is it here to stay?
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E
Look, I think that it is here to stay. I think the health and safety concern, the popularity of it among the players. I think it's one that is going to be with us.
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C
He's the commissioner, Major League baseball. Your contract expires January 29th.
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E
Yeah, yeah. Early in 29th.
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C
Right. Okay. But you could sign up before then if you wanted to extend, correct?
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E
Yeah, I could sign up before then if I wanted to extend. Rarely, you know, has commissioners contracts in baseball gone all the way to the end. But, you know, I was upfront with the owners when I did my last deal that this was going to be it for me. And I'm pretty committed to that position.
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C
Are you involved in approval of stadiums?
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Yeah, there's certain. The commissioner's office has certain requirements for stadiums that are reviewed to make sure they're in conformity with, you know, major league requirements in terms of what a stadium must be.
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C
But as far as, you know, a roof retractable, like, those are local decisions,
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you know, in terms of whether they're going to be retractable. The basic design of the stadium, those are ones that clubs make.
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C
But what happens if a team says, you know what, we want to bring our fences in?
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They have to check with the office to make sure that the dimensions of the field still conform with the minimum standards that we require.
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C
Labor issues are never good content for radio or tv. But let me just ask you, from a fan's perspective, what is it that I need to know about Major League Baseball moving forward with the potential labor issues?
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I think the most important thing for our fans to know is we're going to provide them a great 2026 season. And while they're watching that great 2026 season, we're going to be working hard to get a labor deal done.
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C
What's the big holdup? What could potentially be the big holdup?
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E
Just not at a point in the process where I can really give you a good answer to that, Dan. It's just too early, man.
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C
You're shaking me off here. You're like. You're like Kershaw on the mound here. What's going on here? Usually you give me a little bit of something.
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E
Listen to your own introduction. There's nothing good about this conversation. Right.
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C
What sport do you learn the most from, aside from baseball?
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E
Oh, I pay a lot of attention to football and basketball. I think that, you know, I'm a fan of both of those sports growing up and, you know, pay a lot of attention to what they're doing. You know, for example, like NBA games, I watched their instant replay carefully because I think it's something that runs contrary to an issue that. That we've been very aggressive about, which is time of game. Obviously, you want to get it right, but you don't want to interrupt the flow of the game or delay the game, make it longer. So, you know, that's an example of something we pay a lot of attention.
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And that takes me back to the abs. Because you want to speed up the game. You're slowing down the game because you're going to review it as opposed to it's going to be on the jumbotron with every pitch eventually. And therefore, you know, it will keep the game moving, that we won't be slowing down. So how. How important is that? Tap the helmet and get that review. How quickly you get that review.
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Yeah, it is an issue. It is the one topic on ABS that I've raised in the last couple of our staff meetings, and the data shows we're like a minute and a half longer associated with abs. That's a price I'm prepared to pay.
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Who came up with robots like that? That, to me, was the negative part of this. People go, are you gonna have robots behind home plate? I go, no, there'll be umpires like, but who did the media do this? You can blame the media.
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I mean, we. As a matter of fact, I. If you kind of look back when people are asking me about it, when they asked me about robo umpires, I uniformly correct the fact that it is a system that assists a live person in doing his job better. His or her job better. You know, we always call it abs. And I agree with you that the moniker of, you know, robot, or the overlay of referring to it as a robot is a negative thing.
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C
When's the last time your phone rang after midnight? East coast time? Baseball wise,
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E
it's been a while. I mean, you know, there's periods of time where it happens, but it has been a while. And certainly not during the 2026 season yet.
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Okay. All right. Well, we're off to a good start.
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You know, we have been kind of, you know, look, we had the little uproar in the Angels Braves game last night, but, you know, it's been pretty quiet so far in terms of the play of the game on the field. The games have been great and, you know, most positive so far, the wbc.
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I hate that we're going to lose momentum on this again. Can you do it every two years?
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You know, look, I think that we're going to have a meeting on the wbc, which we always do, after it is completed. I think that the event was so successful this time that we need to talk about frequency, regularity of schedule. You know, we haven't even. I mean, it's one thing to not do it every year. Our problem, because of COVID and labor negotiations, whatever, it's. It's not even. You can't even say it's every four years. And, you know, we do need to get into. Given how popular it is, we need to get into a regular rotation. I think the most important reason for that is fans. But I'll give you another reason. You know, our broadcast partners were out in force at the WBC partner finals. And you know, I think this is going to be a piece of our national broadcasting agreements. And obviously to do that it has to be on a regular schedule.
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C
All right, well, we'll keep an eye on you. We're grading you all the time.
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E
As you should. As you should, Dan. You know, I mean, you know, know we, like you said you got umpires who are subject to scrutiny. I certainly should be as well.
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C
I go back to Bowie Kuhn. I was there. Bowie's last day in office.
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A
Really?
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Yeah, I went when he was packing up.
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Yeah, I'm, I missed Bowie. But I was actually, when I first started as an outside lawyer, I was in a meeting where Peter Uber off, Faye Vincent, Bart Giamatti, Bud Selig and I were all in the meeting and there were only seven people in the room. Which you think about, that's five out of ten, right? That's pretty good.
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C
Okay, last day. You get to take one thing out of the office.
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E
You know, I have a. I'm going to betray myself. I have a drawing of Mickey Mantle that a fairly well known baseball artist did sort of as a. I had done a speech for them and they it was the honorarium for doing the speech. You know, I grew up a Yankee fan. My very first game was in 1968. It was Mantles last year, but believe it or not, he hit two home runs in the game, one from each side of the plate. It was the last time he ever did it. And I'm taking that Mickey Mantle drawing with me, no more matter what.
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C
Thank you Rob. Good to talk to you again.
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E
It's great to talk to you Dan, as always. I always enjoy it.
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C
And so the commissioner, Major League Baseball, Rob Manfred.
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