Loading summary
Transcript223 lines
- [00:00]
Tony Kornheiser
Hey, it's Tony. If you're hearing this, it means that Nigel has flushed the mouse and forgot to have me record something new. So who knows who our guests will be today? Maybe Mick Jagger, Sandy Koufax, Dalai Lama. Long hitter. The Lama? Probably not, but I guess you'll have to tune in to find out. But first, let's keep the sales weasels happy.
- [00:18]
Jason Samanow
Wow.
- [00:19]
Tony Kornheiser
What's up?
- [00:20]
Unnamed Speaker
I just bought and financed a car through Carvana in minutes. You?
- [00:23]
Jason Samanow
The person who agonized four weeks over.
- [00:25]
Tony Kornheiser
Whether to paint your walls eggshell or.
- [00:27]
Unnamed Speaker
Off white bought and financed a car in minutes.
- [00:29]
Tony Kornheiser
They made it easy.
- [00:30]
Unnamed Speaker
Trip transparent terms, customizable, down and monthly. Didn't even have to do any paperwork.
- [00:35]
Tony Kornheiser
Wow.
- [00:36]
Jason Samanow
Mm.
- [00:37]
Tony Kornheiser
Hey, have you checked out that spreadsheet.
- [00:39]
Unnamed Speaker
I sent you for our dinner? Options finance your car with Carvana and experience total control financing subject to credit approval. Where'd you get those shoes? Easy. They're from dsw. Because DSW has the exact right shoes for whatever you're into right now. You know, like the sneakers that make office hours feel like happy hour, the boots that turn grocery aisles into runways, and all the styles that show off the many sides of you, from daydreamer to multitasker and everything in between. Because you do it all in really great shoes. Find a shoe for every you at your DSW store or dsw.com.
- [01:21]
Tony Kornheiser
Previously on the Tony Kornheiser Show. I mentioned this the other day when I talked about the first series of games that I was so surprised. Made me laugh because I was so stupid about this. When the woman who came out to sing the Finnish anthem, I was. I said I was so surprised. It was actually in Finnish. It wasn't in English. I thought, how stupid are you, Tony?
- [01:46]
General George Washington
This is General George Washington and you're.
- [01:49]
Tony Kornheiser
Listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show. So normally I would open with a bunch of stories. For example, Chessy vomited three times between 5:30 and 6:30 this morning. Very productive. I felt that everybody would want to know about that. I missed my friend Jody Forstadt's birthday yesterday because Carol told me about it after I got back from pti. So I couldn't actually go on the air and say anything. I mean, I had. I got this lovely letter about The Arch in St. Louis. Letters like three years old. And it's really nice. I finally got it. Then I wanted to talk about the hockey and how. What their ratings were and all of that. And the golf last night and Tiger woods hitting a 99 yard shot when he was 199 yards out and his teammates laughing at him. But we don't have time.
- [02:34]
Unnamed Speaker
Or he goes back three times to confirm the yardage.
- [02:36]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. And they say 99. So he hits a wedge, and then it came up 100 yards short, hit a perfect 99.
- [02:42]
Unnamed Speaker
I'm more surprised the wedge he thought was 99 went 117.
- [02:45]
Tony Kornheiser
Is that how far it went? So he would have been over, would have been over the ground anyway. But that's, we're going to put that on hold, put that in abeyance for a little while because our friend Jason Samanow, the Capitol Weather Gang is with us. And I want to ask him about a storm that had all the earmarks of a major storm, which now, in the words of the Capitol Weather Gang two days ago, has tanked. I want to talk about that, but first I have to tell you. Wilbon attacked you yesterday. Not you personally, but your company, the Capital Weather Gang, attacked you on the PTI show. And I, of course, defended you and said that you put all these things out there as to how much it could be. But you say, we're five days out. We don't want to make a prediction now. It's volatile. Things could happen. And he attacked you. Did anybody tell you that?
- [03:32]
Jason Samanow
You know, I had not heard that. But, you know, we're used to it, I think, you know, when you're in the prediction business, it can be tough sometimes. So you got to have a thick skin. And, you know, in reality, we did, of course, include all the qualifiers.
- [03:45]
Tony Kornheiser
Yes.
- [03:45]
Jason Samanow
You know, we said, we said, you know, you can have all the ingredients on the table, but that doesn't mean you're going to make a good cake. You can mess it up, you know, so that's kind of what happened here. We had a lot of the ingredients on the table, but not everything came together just right. And there's a reason why the blockbuster snowstorms only occur once every 10 years here in the D.C. area, because they're rare events. And so you need a lot to go right for them to come together.
- [04:09]
Tony Kornheiser
Well, I was totally defending you. I read this thing religiously. Not, not, you know, in May when the weather's always the same, unless there's a big storm, then I will, of course, read it. So I defend your methodology, and I do that all the time. I would, I would ask in this circumstance, how long ago was it that we were at the simulator room with Al Serafino and he said 11 inches a week ago. It's at least a week yeah, It's. He goes 11. And then it got. And then you listed these things. The namm, the Euro, the German, you know, the Dutch, the Mexican, whatever it is. And some of them were predicting, you know, 14 inches of snow. And each time you said, well, you know, what might go out to sea. And you brought your guy Wes Junker on, and he said, we don't know. We're not sure. When do you commit. When is the. When's the drop dead date for Capitol Weather gang, when you say, this is what we really believe is going to happen?
- [05:03]
Jason Samanow
Yeah. I mean, usually once you're within 72 hours, you're going to know pretty well. So it was like, I think on Friday and Saturday, it looked pretty good for a snowstorm. A lot of the models and the most reliable one, the European, was, you know, gung ho for this.
- [05:16]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [05:17]
Jason Samanow
But then everything started to fall apart on Saturday night. Like, all the models just started to lose it all at once. And by Sunday, it was clear. It was kind of like, you know, if you're a sport team, you got, like, a big lead in the first half, but then, you know, the other team grabs momentum and, like, and all of a sudden you're. You're down by, like, 14 points at the end of the third quarter and, you know, you're done. That's kind of what Saturday night was. You just. We lost all the momentum, and by Sunday, we were done. It wasn't happening.
- [05:46]
Tony Kornheiser
You are dependent on the models. You do not do your own modeling. You're dependent on the models. And then you. Then you curate the models and then you make a decision. Yes, that's how it works.
- [05:56]
Jason Samanow
Yeah. I mean, you understand their strengths and weaknesses, and you kind of look at what they're showing and try to figure out, you know, whether it makes sense given the. Given the pattern and all of that. And, you know, there was a lot to like about the pattern last Friday and Saturday, but, you know, there were a few things that weren't perfect. And so that's why we. We put those qualifiers in there. And so again, you know, rare events are rare. So you only get a big snowstorm of 10 inches or more, you know, every decade or so in D.C. or a foot.
- [06:25]
Tony Kornheiser
You know, there. There is a term that I've been told about by Kevin Sheehan for years called fear casting, that people go out there and it's usually television people, and they go out there and go, this could be 85ft of snow, you know, and it doesn't happen. Sometimes it happens. You can Hit big. You guys don't do what I would call fear casting. What happened with this. What happened specifically with this thing that caused you to use the word? The system tanked.
- [06:57]
Jason Samanow
Yeah. I mean, basically, in order for this to be a big storm, you needed kind of two systems to merge, one coming in from the north and one coming in from the south. And basically what happened was the one to the south got too far ahead of the one to the north, so they couldn't merge. And it's also. Also, the one to the south is just coming a little bit too far south for us to be. To be right for a snowstorm here. I mean, it's great for Norfolk. They're expecting like 5 to 10 inches down there, even Richmond, 3 to 6. But yeah, it just went a little bit too far south and it got a little bit too far ahead of the northern one, because if the two had combined, you know, right off the coast of North Carolina, then we would have been talking a big storm for us. But, yeah, it just didn't happen. And as I said, you know, that became clear Saturday night and Sunday.
- [07:38]
Tony Kornheiser
This is exciting, though, isn't it? In your business, it's exciting when there's a chance of something totally catastrophic.
- [07:45]
Jason Samanow
Yeah, absolutely. It's like the super bowl for us. And, you know, I think, you know, it's been a pretty good winter. We've had a couple of good storms, and this one looked like it had the chance. It had the highest ceiling.
- [07:55]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [07:56]
Jason Samanow
You know, if those two systems emerged and all that. But, you know, again, you know, that's why we put the qualifiers in there. And it looked good. I mean, like, four of the five best models all had it, like Saturday morning, and then it just all fell apart, you know, so.
- [08:10]
Tony Kornheiser
So the last snow we got, you had it perfect. You said four to six in my backyard was six right on the nose. You had that one perfect. Is that like, how often do you get it? How often are you within, you know, really a good stretch where you know what it's going to be?
- [08:30]
Jason Samanow
I think more often than not. I mean, you know, we have. We had a bust earlier this winter, I think, when we predicted like, you know, to 1 to 3 or 2 to 4, and it was less than an inch. So that happens, you know, and I wouldn't even call this storm a so much because we didn't. We really hadn't issued a forecast yet. We just said, you know, these are the possibilities and, you know, there's the potential for a high ceiling storm. But we never said you know, this is going to happen. This is how much to expect. We were kind of just, you know, it's three or four or five days out. It's more of a game than it is a forecast. But then, you know, once you get within that, you know, 72 hour range, you kind of have to issue a forecast and, and you know, and you know, and stand by it. So yeah, I mean, I think, you know, for these snowstorms we do pretty well on balance. I mean, you know, the tools have gotten really good. Modern day forecasting is much better than it was, you know, 15, 20, 30 years ago. We've, we have a lot more tools in the toolbox to do our job. So. But yes, no storms are tough here in D.C. because you know, we're often right on that rain snow line. We're sometimes right on the edge of the storm like we are with this one. And it's still not clear with this storm whether we're going to get, you know, maybe a dusting or so tonight or tomorrow. We're kind of just on that northern fringe and you can't rule out a little bit. So you know, with temperatures cold sometimes, you know, even with a dusting in an inch, it causes problems. So we're going to be watching that.
- [09:48]
Tony Kornheiser
You know, can I get into one term of art here? Is there a difference between a dusting and a coating or is that the same thing?
- [09:57]
Jason Samanow
It's kind of the same thing. I tend to use dusting when it's a drier snow, which this would be in a coating if it's a wetter snow.
- [10:03]
Unnamed Speaker
Yeah, but still in the conversation family, right?
- [10:06]
Tony Kornheiser
Conversational snow. Okay.
- [10:08]
Jason Samanow
Yeah, conversational or mood snow as we call it.
- [10:10]
Tony Kornheiser
Mood snow. I like that. Although I don't, you know, I've reached that point here. I have one other question for you. This applies to me specifically and obsessive compulsive behavior on my part specifically. It's so windy lately. Why is it so windy? Why is it windier than I remember?
- [10:30]
Jason Samanow
We have a great windstorm. Well, not, I mean, not have you lost power, but it was an impressive windstorm, I would say on Sunday when we gusted over to six.
- [10:38]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [10:39]
Jason Samanow
Trees down and stuff. Yeah, I think There are over 100,000 without power in the area. But in any event, yeah, I mean, you know, like wintertime I think, you know, February, March, April are windiest months of the year. And yeah, we just had a strong pressure system building in. And when you have that big change of pressure in a short time that's what causes wind. And so. Yeah, we got that. You know, we've looked at the long term data on wind and maybe there's a slight signal towards it getting a little windier, but it's not. It's. There's not. It's not really emerging from the noise that much. So. Yeah, I mean, I think maybe you're just noticing it more. I don't know if there's really a strong signal there. Maybe, you know, maybe it's just something you notice more as you get older. I don't know.
- [11:20]
Tony Kornheiser
When you get older, you get crazy. I'm. I just. I'm so crazy now. My son thinks I belong in a home. I'm really not.
- [11:27]
Unnamed Speaker
He can't sleep.
- [11:27]
Tony Kornheiser
No, I can't sleep because of the weather. Anyway, Jason, thank you. We're. We're with you. You're the best read in the paper every single day for me. Thank you.
- [11:35]
Jason Samanow
Thank you so much. I appreciate it.
- [11:36]
Tony Kornheiser
Jason Samano of the Capitol Weather Gang. I have time to tell a couple of stories.
- [11:40]
Unnamed Speaker
I'm the most prepared dad at school. Pickup after reading the Capitol Weather Gang every day.
- [11:45]
Tony Kornheiser
They're really good. And what they do is they say, look, this is what could happen.
- [11:48]
Unnamed Speaker
Yes.
- [11:49]
Tony Kornheiser
We're not aligned with it yet.
- [11:51]
Unnamed Speaker
It's the reflection.
- [11:52]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. So I like that. So I should. Let me just talk about Chessy vomiting this morning because I know people like to hear about that because people have dogs and cats and things like that. So the other day, Jessie went out for a walk and she got her face on what was described to me. She went out with someone else. It was described to me as a lid, a plastic lid. Maybe from a drink, you know, maybe from a fast food drink.
- [12:17]
Unnamed Speaker
Like a deli container, maybe. Was it a big. Was it a big lid?
- [12:21]
Tony Kornheiser
It was this. It seemed like a regular lid on a, you know, on a soda.
- [12:25]
Unnamed Speaker
Okay, so like a soda cap.
- [12:27]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. Right. So, you know that thing that's probably about 4 inches around or something like that.
- [12:32]
Unnamed Speaker
That would not be a soda cap.
- [12:33]
Tony Kornheiser
Well, what's a soda?
- [12:34]
Unnamed Speaker
That would be a deli container lid.
- [12:36]
Tony Kornheiser
Okay. I don't know. I mean, it was described to me. I don't know. But plastic with a dog is not good, as we have found out with Chessy's Frisbees. Why we use only cloth Frisbees now because she would eat the plastic and you can't poop it out. So it comes up the other way and she vomits. So we were told that she got her hands, her paws On a lid and probably ate half of it. Okay, that was on today is Wednesday. That was on Monday. I think I know this lid that was on Monday. So. Well, I can show it to you now in the bathroom where I pulled it off from the floor. So she throws up twice. The first two times just liquid and then she throws up a third time and plastic comes out, which is good. Very happy, you know. Well, I don't know. I mean, I thought maybe she'd throw. She hasn't thrown up again. That was in a two hour period and it's two hours since then and she hasn't thrown up again. So.
- [13:38]
Unnamed Speaker
Did she look like she was in pain?
- [13:40]
Tony Kornheiser
No, but you know, she stands. The dogs stand and they go outside and get grass. They heave. Right. You know, sometimes where dogs when, when they need to throw up, eat grass and that makes them throw up. So I think she's better now. But this led to my one question, which is what is a dog's internal temperature? Our internal Temperature normal is 98.6, often.
- [14:03]
Unnamed Speaker
A little bit lower.
- [14:04]
Tony Kornheiser
But yes, now the stuff that comes out is sort of hot. I mean, relative to her surroundings. So I wonder, is a dog in the 80s? They run hot.
- [14:14]
Unnamed Speaker
A healthy dog's temperature typically falls between 99.5 and 100.
- [14:18]
Tony Kornheiser
2, 5. Okay, okay. That would explain. It's hot. Yeah, it was hot. You know, it's when the dog poops and you have to pick up the poop and in the winter you go, whoa, hot. And once the store run is a dog. Okay, so okay, so it's as high as over 100.
- [14:33]
Unnamed Speaker
Yes.
- [14:33]
Tony Kornheiser
Okay, well I needed to know that. And I don't have any other good stories. The Tiger story, I just said I don't have it. It's not really a story. He said, what's the distance? They said 99. Hit a 99 yard shot. What was the difference?
- [14:46]
Unnamed Speaker
If you're a non golfer, this makes no sense to you, but often a caddy, the first number and he's you can recognize because he's asking how far is go? It looks farther than 100.
- [14:56]
Tony Kornheiser
I mean if you're out on the golf course and you're not hitting into a screen, you are aware you're 200 yards from the green. Yeah, but you got, you're not aware here. You have to ask.
- [15:10]
Unnamed Speaker
Well, you can still. There's still depth perception to this. The screen still shows something.
- [15:13]
Tony Kornheiser
Anyway. His teammates, Kim and Kisner laughed at him. They collapsed, literally collapsed in laughter, laughing at Tiger. Tiger shot was pretty good. Shot. It just was 100 yards.
- [15:24]
Unnamed Speaker
Wrong number.
- [15:25]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [15:25]
Unnamed Speaker
Play to a different green.
- [15:26]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, it was just. It was. And I. I want so much to like the tgl.
- [15:32]
Unnamed Speaker
Watch it with Bootsy. So last night, he's watching the first 10 minutes before we take him up for bedtime. The other day, they have all sort of chip ins, which were exciting to watch. They changed the pin where you could see the ball getting closer. So it is, it is working. It's hard to remember this is the first season of it, but now I'm more convinced than any anything. I just want to see you and Wilbottom in the SoFi center playing like a real match, miked up for 18 holes.
- [15:56]
Tony Kornheiser
I would do that. I would do that.
- [15:58]
Unnamed Speaker
Like a nine hole match. Get SVP out there.
- [16:00]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [16:01]
Unnamed Speaker
Oh, absolutely.
- [16:02]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. I mean, Scott, Scott is doing the intros like twice.
- [16:05]
Unnamed Speaker
You already have the space.
- [16:07]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, I would do it. I mean, I think it would be fun. Wilbur be complaining about everything, cursing, screaming. He would bring in the Capitol weather gang and attack.
- [16:15]
Unnamed Speaker
Well, they could do live weather. Look ins.
- [16:17]
Tony Kornheiser
We're indoors. What's the difference?
- [16:19]
Unnamed Speaker
You can change the weather.
- [16:21]
Tony Kornheiser
You can.
- [16:21]
Unnamed Speaker
I think you can really on a lot of sims, you can make. You can change the conditions.
- [16:25]
Tony Kornheiser
Why would you do that?
- [16:26]
Unnamed Speaker
I mean, if you're, if you're only gonna play pebble beach once, why not get the full effect?
- [16:30]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [16:30]
Unnamed Speaker
Get the wind, all that sort of stuff.
- [16:32]
Tony Kornheiser
That's funny. Okay, we'll take a break. Tim Kirchen when we return. We're in this week, couple of weeks where we're struggling to find things to talk about. I'm Tony Kornheiser. You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser show. You've heard me talk about Collars and company, makers of the amazing dress collar polo. Well, now they've taken things to the next level with their brand new Maverick performance blazer. And you have to check this out. These blazers are sharp, perfect for travel. Why? Because they're wrinkle resistant. Just throw it in your bag. When you get to your destination, slip it back on. No wrinkles, no stress. Finally, no more figuring out how to travel with a blazer. And it's not just about convenience. The Mavic Performance blazer is made with stretch fabric so you can move comfortably all day long. Plus, it's packed with smart features, inside security zip pockets, a built in optional pocket square, and even a sunglasses loop. While you're at it, pair the blazer with The Collars & Co. Famous Dress Collar polos. They've Already sold over a million of these comfortable polos with the signature dress collar on top. So Visit Collars and company. Use the promo code Tony for 20% off today. Use the code people. That should send me one of these. Yeah, I'd like to see this. A non wrinkle blazer. Yeah, because then I don't have to carry a steamer around with me all the time.
- [17:47]
General George Washington
You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser show.
- [17:51]
Tony Kornheiser
This is the stamps.com read. Flexibility in your workday means you can decide when and where to invest your time. Like focusing on the important parts of the business that only you can do. With stamps.com, tedious tasks like sending certified mail, invoices, checks, documents or packages can all be done on your time, not someone else's. Stamps.com simplifies your postage needs and adds valuable flexibility back into your workday. Stamps.com handles all your mailing and shipping needs wherever, whenever. Lets you seamlessly connect with every major marketplace and shopping cart. If you sell products online, that's probably really good. If you. If you have to do this all the time, send stuff out. You can also access all the USPS and UPS services you need to run your business right from your computer or phone, anytime, day or night, day or night. No lines, no traffic, no waiting. Have more flexibility in your life with stamps.com. sign up@stamps.com and use the code Tony for a special offer that includes a four week trial plus free postage and a free digital scale. No long term commitments or contracts, just go to stamps.com code Tony. Use the code, people.
- [18:57]
General George Washington
You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.
- [19:06]
Dan Byrne
Tom Brady is the goat again. The homesy couldn't seal the deal. We've seen Ohtani pitch and hit. We've seen Ohtani steal. Kobayashi eats a hundred hot dogs, calls that a meal. And now we're in the era of Bradley Beal. Now we're in the era of Bradley Beal. The 20s were the time of Ruth and Homer's. He did lead Secretariat on the 70s. The superstar Steed Ollie owned the 60s with strength and speed. And now we share the planet with Joel Embiid. Now we share the planet with Joel Embiid. Ain't we lucky? Such is our claim to live in such a time with the immortals of the game. Chamberlain scored 100, just four kicks. Sayers was a touchdown machine. One time he scored six. You should have seen Gretzky. He had a million tricks. And now we get to share the air with Bo Nix. Now we get to share the air with Bo Nix. Ain't we lucky such is our claim to live in such a time with the immortals of the game.
- [20:12]
Tony Kornheiser
Bradley Beal signed the stupidest contract in history offered to him by an owner who has no idea what he's doing. Bradley Beal is incredibly rich. He's a nice player. He's a nice scorer. What has he done for Phoenix? Exactly. They're a 500 team with Durant, with Booker and Beal, you know, three alleged superstars. There are 500 team. My editorial comment is over. Dan Byrne was brilliant plays in Tim Kirchen. And we're going to talk about at least two issues in baseball that I think are pretty interesting. Rafael Devers saying that third base is his and Mike Trout conceding. I got to do something different because I'm getting hurt all the time. Speaking of Joel Embiid, Mike Trout plays as few games as Joel Embiid plays. So let's start Tim with Devers saying third base is his. That's not a maybe. Is that a good thing? I don't think that's a good thing for a team. But what do you think?
- [21:11]
General George Washington
Well, it's not a good team where a player is deciding what's going to happen instead of the general manager and the manager. Now, the story isn't over yet. He has every right to step forward and say, I'd rather not move. Tony. This guy is a great hitter. If he plays 10 more years at the position like he's had, he's going to be in the hall of Fame. That's how good he has been. He's also a below average defensive third baseman. And the guy they just signed for $40 million a year, deferred, is the best defensive third baseman in the league. So if you're interested in making your team better, you take the best defensive third baseman in the game in the league and put him at third base. However, it's not that easy when Des has been your best player for the last five years. And who knows if he's going to be able to produce at the plate if he's an everyday designated hitter, which very few teams use these days. This is a complicated situation. But Alex Cora is the manager. He's in the middle of this. He loves Raffy Devers and vice versa. And he loves Alex Bregman and vice versa. So they're going to figure this out one way or another. But some feelings might get hurt. Yes.
- [22:32]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. So I'll take the worst case scenario because that's what people who are sports columnists do because that makes their life interesting. The worst case scenario is completely undercuts Alex Cora. He goes public and he says, I'm not DHing. I'm not going to second. Third base is my position. And. And so Cora doesn't know what to do. He's a terrible third baseman. There's a metric that ranked him 36th out of 43 third baseman last year. And the other guy's got a Gold Glove in the league Devers plays in. Devers apparently says Chaim Bloom, who used to be the head of baseball ops with the Red Sox, said, you know, you're my third baseman. And I believe Alex Cora said, well, he's not here anymore. So hot. You know this. It could end amicably or it could end with Devers being traded. What are your thoughts on this?
- [23:20]
General George Washington
I don't think they're going to trade Rafael Devers. What I think is more likely than that is that Alex Bregman plays second base. Tony, that guy can really hit. And if you put that kind of production at second base and you keep Devers at third, then you're going to get a lot of runs scored out of that infield. And I have no doubt that Alex Bregman, the Gold Glove third baseman, can make a really easy transition to second base. Remember, he used to be a shortstop and they moved him to third. You know how hard that is? I've written that story about five times. Alex Rodriguez, Jim Fragozzi, Rico Petrocelli moved from short to third and really struggled. This guy didn't. And even though it's almost unprecedented that a third baseman of this caliber moves over to play second base every day, it's almost unprecedented. I think he can do it. So I think that. And Bregman has come out and said, I'll play wherever you want me to play. I just want to play. So this is going to end up. The Red Sox are going to be a good team this year, and Alex Core is going to figure out how to do this without trading anyone and without anyone's feelings really getting hurt.
- [24:33]
Tony Kornheiser
What is the more important. I won't say difficult. What is the more important position in the infield? Second or third?
- [24:43]
General George Washington
In theory, second.
- [24:45]
Tony Kornheiser
More action at second. Because you double plays and. All right, it's more important.
- [24:49]
General George Washington
Yeah, but. But the double play isn't what it used to be, Tony, because ever since they changed the rule about how you're not allowed to slide into the second basement of the shortstop.
- [24:59]
Tony Kornheiser
Right.
- [24:59]
General George Washington
A terrible rule change. You don't have to have great feet to play second base anymore. You don't have to be great on the double play because no one's allowed to hit you anymore anyway. It's different story for a different day. But second base to me is a harder position to play. Having said that, fewer third basemen in the hall of Fame than any other position because it is so difficult to play and because of what it demands. You have to be a big time run producer in theory to play third base. So this is again a complicated situation. But nobody handles complicated situations better than Alex Cora.
- [25:37]
Tony Kornheiser
You're familiar with Devers, who's essentially an offensive player, but is there a position on the field where you could, you could see him playing other than third? Is there any or is there none?
- [25:47]
General George Washington
Yes, he could be a first baseman. But Tristan Cassis is their first baseman and he's a big, strong slugging first baseman. And even though he hasn't done it full time for a full year, he has a chance to be a really good hitter. And we don't have too many big time slugging first basemen anymore either. That's a story for another day. But the problem with putting Devers at DH is that, Tony, we don't have like DHS anymore per se. We don't have Big Poppy, Don Baylor or Edgar Martinez. Teams use the DH to give a player a day off. If you have a guy, Devers, who's going to be there every single day, then everyone else is going to have to play a position every day. So that's why putting him at DH to me doesn't make that much sense. Either trade Casas and put Devers at first or you keep them all. Convince Devers that it's going to be okay. You play third, Bregman play second. A lot of stuff still going on there.
- [26:49]
Tony Kornheiser
Okay, let's move to one other position. Change in the news, Mike Trout. Mike Trout is now conceding I get hurt too much. Mike Trout played 244 games out of a potential 648 games in the last four years. That's Joel Embiid territory that just, it's no good. So he has moved from center to right. I was always taught that right field. The most important thing about your right fielder was he had the best arm on your club. That the hardest throw is from right to third. That's the hardest throw. Is it an easier position for Trout to play the way Trout plays? Are you, are you thinking this actually will help him?
- [27:37]
General George Washington
I think it will, but it will only help him slightly, Tony. He's not going from center field. Designated hitter.
- [27:45]
Tony Kornheiser
Right.
- [27:45]
General George Washington
He's still got to run. He's got to cover the lines. He's got across the foul line. He's got to run into walls down the line. That doesn't have to do that in center field. But a really good center fielder has to cover a lot more ground. There's a lot more running involved. And in theory, you could stay slightly healthier playing a corner outfield, but this is not going to keep Mike Trout completely healthy. I mean, he gets hit by a pitch that has nothing to do with what position he's playing. So is this worth a try? Absolutely. And again, Mike Trout isn't the great, great defensive center fielder that he used to be. So you can make a move like this, keep him healthier and not lose a whole lot in center field.
- [28:31]
Tony Kornheiser
How about the terrible luck of the California Angels, who I still call the California Angels? They have Ohtani. He walks away. They never play a playoff game with him. They spend a lot of money on Rendon. He's Joel Embiid times 10. He doesn't play ever. At all. They have the best player in the game in Trout, and he plays, what, three games, three games ever in the playoffs. Like, it feels cursed, does it not, to be an Angel?
- [28:59]
General George Washington
Yeah, it's terrible, Tony, but, yeah, that. People have been talking about this for years and years, and other than winning the World Series in 2002, there's a lot of things that suggest things are cursed there. People, you know, players, several players. And I'm not going into specifics, it's too depressing. But several players who are on their team died while they were on the team.
- [29:22]
Tony Kornheiser
Yes.
- [29:23]
General George Washington
And it's really. It's really sad. And, you know, it's. I don't know if it's going to turn around anytime soon. They're in the wrong division because that division is pretty darn good. They lose Johannes, Mike Trout. And by the way, Tony, I'm just. I told people the other day, Mike Trout still a Hall of Famer no matter what. And I. People arguing with me whether Mike Trout. Yes, Mike Trout is a Hall of Famer if he retires today, yes, he's a Hall of Famer. And I had people telling me, no, no, he's not. I said, please, we're not going to continue this discussion, all right? His first 10 years were ridiculous. He did things no one else has done. So let's be clear. That hall of Famer is going to move from center field or center Field to right.
- [30:06]
Tony Kornheiser
Do you think that in the middle of the night, Mike Trout ever gets up and says, I should have gone to Philadelphia when I had the chance. I could have gone home. None of this would have happened?
- [30:17]
General George Washington
I don't think so, Tony. This guy is so different. All he cares about, and this is the irony of the whole thing, all he cares about is just playing. He doesn't want to be, like, the face of baseball. He didn't want to be on every commercial. He doesn't want to do a million interviews. He doesn't want to be out there. He just wants to play. And yet these injuries have kept him from playing. He also grew up at a time in a house where when you make a commitment to something, then you keep the commitment. That's what his mother and father taught him. So when he signed the deal with the Angels, that means he's on the Angels, he's not on the Phillies. He's not on anybody else's team. There's something really to admire about Mike Trout for thinking that way.
- [31:04]
Tony Kornheiser
I'll get you out of here on this. I was thinking of questions to ask you, and I didn't want to get embroiled in the whole Dodger thing and the salary cap thing, but I thought, here we have Major League Baseball about to start in a month or so, a month and a half, whatever it is, and we have two major league teams playing in two minor league stadiums. How do they, you know, what does Manfred feel about that? How is. How is that being received? The Oakland team and the Tampa Bay team are playing in minor league stadiums.
- [31:34]
General George Washington
Yeah, it's. It's a bad situation, Tony. You know, Bud selig told me 20 years ago, 20 years ago, we have to do something about Tampa Bay and Oakland. We have to. It was 20 years ago, and it still isn't completely figured out. In fact, two teams playing in minor league stadiums. I can't see in any way how this can be good for the game.
- [31:59]
Tony Kornheiser
Can't be good.
- [32:00]
General George Washington
It's just a question of how bad is it for the game. Now, the Rays didn't have any other choice, and the A's probably did, but ownership didn't handle things very well, and that's why we are where we are. But this is really unfortunate for, especially for the American League, that these two teams are going to be playing in minor league ballparks. That's not the way it's supposed to happen.
- [32:24]
Tony Kornheiser
I know they're nice ballparks from minor league ballparks, but they're minor League ballparks. It's the thing I was saying the other day about Matt Mack McClung. It's the NBA All Star Game. He's a G league player. It's great that he won. I hope he makes a million dollars. I loved him at Georgetown. He's not supposed to be in the NBA all star dunk contest. These teams are not supposed to be playing. I don't care how nice it is. It's the minors, right? They shouldn't be there.
- [32:52]
General George Washington
Right. They shouldn't be there. They don't. The A's had a choice. The, the Rays don't have a choice. And I keep reading. Well, you know, they don't draw many people in at the Rays ballpark at Tropicana Field. And they'll pack the play certain nights, sign Brenner Field. That is kind of not the point. The point. And it will be different. It'll be unique. But it's, it's not good that this is going to happen. And it's going to be a difficult. I mean, the Rays have a, you know, a playoff contending team and I think it's going to be a lot harder when you're playing your games. 81 of them in a minor league ballpark.
- [33:29]
Tony Kornheiser
Tough division. They are in such a tough division. We're going to lean on you a lot, if you don't mind. Thank you, Tim.
- [33:35]
General George Washington
My pleasure, Tony. I'll talk to you soon.
- [33:37]
Tony Kornheiser
Tim Kirkjian, boys and girls. We'll take a break. Barry Zverluga will join us. He is down in Florida right now at the Nats spring training camp. We'll talk about a bunch of things with Barry. I'm Tony Kornheiser.
- [33:49]
Barry Zverluga
You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.
- [33:52]
Tony Kornheiser
This is the Trade Coffee ready? Make coffee at home. It only takes one minute to transform your coffee routine forever. Thanks to our friends at trade. With trade, you'll discover that the secret to making amazing coffee is starting with amazing coffee beans perfectly matched to your taste, roasted to order and delivered directly from America's top small batch roasters. No matter how you brew or what coffee maker you use, getting coffee from trade is the easiest way to instantly upgrade your at home coffee experience. You have. You have coffee at home, right?
- [34:20]
Unnamed Speaker
I do.
- [34:20]
Tony Kornheiser
Yes, you may. You brew your own coffee?
- [34:22]
Unnamed Speaker
I do. And it's great because you can learn about where coffee's coming from and it can encourage you to try new roasters.
- [34:28]
Tony Kornheiser
But to that point, trade is the number one coffee subscription in the US bringing fresh coffee from over 50 of the country's top small batch roasters. Trade experts have taste tested thousands of coffees to curate over 450amazing roasts. Regardless of how knowledgeable you are about coffee, just take a short quiz. They'll match you with the perfect coffee and if you're not sure what you want, try their best sellers. You can always switch up your preference based on what you end up liking. And since every bag is roasted to order, you'll taste and smell the difference from your very first cup. I have bought this. I've spent my own money on it. I recommend this.
- [35:01]
Unnamed Speaker
You've been very happy with the don't.
- [35:03]
Tony Kornheiser
Settle for okay coffee. Head to drinktrade.com Tony to receive up to three bags free. Three bags free. What's it? Something something. Have you any wool? Yes sir. Yes.
- [35:15]
Unnamed Speaker
Three blind mice.
- [35:16]
Tony Kornheiser
No, no, it's not three blind mice. No, it's something else. Someone will email us. That's drink trade. I got off the topic here. That's drinktrade.com Tony to get up to three bags free Baba Black sheep Baba black sheep. Have you any wool?
- [35:31]
Unnamed Speaker
We're all just taking it to ourselves.
- [35:32]
Tony Kornheiser
Yes sir. Yes sir. Three bags. Let me go back on this. That's drinktrade.com Tony to get up to three bags free with any new subscription drinktrade.com Tony.
- [35:44]
General George Washington
You'Re listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.
- [35:47]
Tony Kornheiser
This podcast is brought to you in part by Stash. Saving and investing can feel impossible, what with Stash, it's not just a reality, it's easy. Stash isn't just an investing app. It's a registered investment advisor that combines automated investing with dependable financial strategies to help you realize your goals faster. They'll provide you with personalized advice on what to invest in based on your goals. Or if you want to just sit back and watch your money go to work, you can opt into their award winning expert managed portfolio that picks stocks for you. Stash has helped millions of Americans reach their financial goals and starts at just $3 per month. Don't let your savings sit around, make it work harder for you. Go to get.stash.comtonyk to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase and to view important disclosures. That's get.stash.com Tonyk paid non client endorsement not representative of all clients. Not a guarantee Investment in advisory services offered by Stash Investments llc, an SEC registered investment advisor. Investing involves risk offers subject to teas and siege, which stands for terms and conditions. You are listening to the Tony Kornheiser Show.
- [37:02]
Barry Zverluga
The Tony Kornheiser Show.
- [37:07]
Tony Kornheiser
This is Josh Langland. He says, here's my debut song titled down in the Valley, was written and recorded on the Olympic Peninsula in the great state of Washington. My music is tough to nail down to just one genre, but there's no doubt I've been heavily influenced by the Oneiders, the Herdsmen, and Captain Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters. Thanks for spinning my record down in the Valley. Josh Langland. Michael, if people like Josh Langland want to send in their original music, how do they do it?
- [37:35]
Unnamed Speaker
Send us your music by emailing it to jinglesonycornheisershow.com Just remember, you can listen.
- [37:40]
Tony Kornheiser
To these songs in their entirety without me yapping over them at the end of the podcast. Josh plays in Barry's for Luga, who's in Florida or was in Florida for a couple of days. And we will talk about where he's going next. But I was so happy to read the column that you wrote, and I understand this is a local story, but I'm so happy to read the column that you wrote that talks to Mark Lerner. I won't say he's reticent or recalcitrant, but he's not the most public guy in the world. I mean, I know about him because the socialite is his best friend and all of that and that the learners are going to be in for the long haul. Now, I think that's really good because I think they have been, on balance, very good owners and local owners, which is, I think, important. Not carpetbaggers. But how do you feel about it? And what do you think has to come next? Because they're in, they're in a division with three stud teams spending a lot of money.
- [38:41]
Barry Zverluga
Yeah, and that's the thing, Tony. I think you have those feelings about them because pre pandemic, from 2012 to 2019, they spent enough on payroll and hired people who were smart in development enough that they contended each of those seasons, won a World Series, went to the postseason five times in a seven year stretch. They had top 10 payrolls, six times at least in spending on major league payroll. They, they were committed and they got results. And I think it was important to talk to Mark Lerner for me, because in April 2022, his family put the team on the market or at least opened themselves into, you know, bringing on new minority partners and getting an injection of cash. A year later they said, no, we're taking down the for sale sign, but really offered no explanation or, you know, insight into their decision making. And so I think in a world where, you know, Josh Harris, the owner of the football team, is having the end of the year press conference except explaining the direction and what he thinks about things. And Ted Leonis, for all his faults, will give you his thoughts on the direction of his two teams. It's important for the steward of the Major League Baseball team in Washington to say, this is where I think we're headed and right now that is the Lerner family is committed to keeping the team. I do think his answers to are open to being parsed. One, he said, unless something changes. And you know, what could that change be? Could that change be an offer nowhere? Yeah, that's one thing. And secondly, you know, when I asked him about you've committed large sums to payroll in the past, you, you bought max Scherzer for $210 million in the past. Like will you do that in the future? His answer was very much. If Mike Rizzo, the general manager, brings us a move that we think he thinks we should make, we'll talk about it. That's not, we'll do it.
- [40:55]
Tony Kornheiser
That's right.
- [40:56]
Barry Zverluga
I think that's right. In a world, as you said, in the National League east, where the Mets are going to spend almost as much as the Dodgers. The Phillies already have a payroll that's in the top three in, in all of baseball. And a general manager in Dave Dombroski who doesn't do anything for the future, only does stuff for the present. And the Braves to a lesser extent are really good at drafting and developing and keeping their own players. You know, that's the neighborhood the Nationals live in. And a $70 million payroll is going to look like, you know, a low rent condo compared to these giant mansions. So I think it was super duper important for me in my role to get him to talk. But I don't think that our interview answered all the questions about what will happen going forward. If in fact this young core that they have develops into what they think it will be, which is the foundation for a contender if and when you add veteran, more expensive veterans going forward.
- [41:57]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, they're adding one year guys, you know, but at least they're adding guys at first and third with a certain amount of power. Because your 160 pound shortstop cannot lead your team in home run. You just cannot let that happen. There was a statistic in your column jumped out at me. They had the most losses in all of baseball in the last five years, I never, ever would have thought that.
- [42:19]
Barry Zverluga
It'S 5:1 over Pittsburgh. But it is true. And I think that's something that I, you know, I don't want to dwell on the negative, but I think, to be realistic, like, this isn't just a quick retool and it's not, you know, a retool where night in, night out, they're super duper competitive. Like they're coming off back to back 71 and 91 seasons. Yeah, I talked to Mike Rizzo, you know, extensively down there. I was there for five days, came back yesterday and you know, I'll write, I have stuff in my notebook right. As we go into the season. But he's very much like, look, people are tired of rebuilding, go out and win some ballgames. Like that doesn't mean they're going to go, you know, they're going to win 90. But it's got to be different than it has been because there clearly is rebuilding fatigue and it just doesn't. It's not just that it feels that way on a night to night basis when you turn on the TV, it's that, holy cow, since 2020, since they won the World Series, nobody has lost more games.
- [43:22]
Tony Kornheiser
Amazing to me.
- [43:23]
Barry Zverluga
Yeah, it's just, it's, it's a kind of a stunning turnaround and it leads you to ask the questions of ownership that I was fortunate enough to be able to ask.
- [43:32]
Tony Kornheiser
Absolutely fair. Let me shift to hockey and let me just get on Ovechkin quickly. He's going to break it this year, isn't he?
- [43:40]
Barry Zverluga
Well, I mean, there's a couple, couple ways to pace it, Tony, that says he'll break it this year. And one is his goals per game that he's played. And remember, he missed 16 games with a broken leg, which is astonishing in itself. Still on pace to score the 42 that he needed at the beginning of the year, he needs 16 more to pass Gretzky's 894. If you do it by how many goals per game he's scoring right now, he would break it on April 10 at home against Carolina. I think it is. That's what, about three or four games to go in the regular season. If you do it in how many games he has scored? 16. Looking back, his last 16 goals have come in 23 games. That gets you to the same date. April 10, 2000. April 10 against Carolina at home. Now his, his pace is insane, but what we've learned about him, not only this year, as a 39 year old but over the course of his 20 year career is like, write him off at your own peril. Like, oh, he can't sustain that pace. He can sustain that pace. I would. It comes at a time too, Tony, where he's not dragging himself to this record or being dragged to this record. He is running through the tape on a team that has the best record in the NHL. So, yes, it's an astonishing combination of events. And the two storylines, a team charging into the playoffs and a legend going for what many thought was an unbreakable record, are hand in hand helping each other in a way that I could not have possibly drawn up at the beginning of the season. It's just a marriage of storylines that was completely unpredictable.
- [45:22]
Tony Kornheiser
By the way, if I'm the coach of that team, Spencer Carberry, every single time there's an empty net situation, I throw him out there. I put eight out there. You know, I don't care how he gets these goals. If he gets to 895, I don't care how he gets it. Let's stay with hockey. This the thing that the NHL is doing, the recognition that their All Star game was awful. All the all star games except baseball are awful. And the tournament they have put in has, has been so perfect because you had the United States against Canada in Montreal and now you get the United States against Canada in Boston. You got to go to it, right? If you're writing a column, you got to go to it.
- [46:03]
Barry Zverluga
Well, and this caught me off guard, Tony. I mean, I thought, well, okay, they're tricking up a four team tournament and obviously, like, without Russia. Yeah, you know, there's a lot of the best players that are not, are not in the tournament. I was at spring training. I'm in my hotel room on Saturday night, coming back from dinner, I was like, oh, okay, let's flip this on Canada in the US and you know, nine seconds in, there's been three fights and I'm texting hockey people like, wait, wait, what's the. Is this over tariffs?
- [46:31]
Tony Kornheiser
What's the bad anthem and tariffs?
- [46:32]
Barry Zverluga
And it was, it was really, you know, hey, we are here to compete and these two teams are going to play each other with NHL players in the Olympics next year. There's no fighting in the Olympics. That was the US saying, like, let's go. This is like 1980s hockey. It's not, it's not an accident that the Kachuk brothers, who have a dad who was an old time NHLer, were the ones like setting the tone to compete. And, you know, Sunday, of course, I'm texting Matt Rennie, Rennie, the deputy sports editor at the Washington Post, saying, hey, if it's us, Canada on Thursday, like I got to be in Boston, right? And you know, there's no other answer, so I'll be on a flight tomorrow morning. And I mean, that's, it's just going to be riveting stuff. And for a sport that doesn't draw the casual viewer enough, they have hit the perfect note. And I can't imagine what the numbers are going to be like tomorrow night and how they will compare to other national hockey broadcasts over the last, you know, over this century. It wouldn't surprise me if, if it takes the cake as number one because it's a perfect melding of like, style of play, competition. There's a geopolitical thing that like lays over it all very, very, very riveting stuff.
- [47:49]
Tony Kornheiser
Do you think the NBA, shouldn't the NBA be saying we have to do this as well? We have to, this works.
- [47:55]
Barry Zverluga
They have to do something different. And I don't know, is that, you know, is the talent deep enough to do something like an Olympic style 4 team?
- [48:05]
Tony Kornheiser
Yes, sure.
- [48:06]
Barry Zverluga
Country thing yet. And what are the teams? Is it France? So you get Wemby in there, you.
- [48:10]
Tony Kornheiser
Have France, you have Canada, you have the United States, and then you have a catch all of Europe, Australia and Africa. That's what you do.
- [48:19]
Barry Zverluga
And that's, that's, it's clear from the way that, you know, Wilbon used to call the NBA All Star Weekend, basically a national holiday. It's not that anymore. It's an hocus pocus junk. Yeah, just kind of a, it's in disarray and all. You can't follow what the events and the formats are. And meantime, you know, hockey takes a backseat to the NBA all the time. It found this opening and ran through it and seized it. And yes, it causes a two week delay in play from the regular NHL season and that, you know, there's some logistics involved in that, but man, it couldn't have gone better for hockey at a time when the NBA is just not drawing eyeballs like it used to. They've got to address it in some way.
- [49:13]
Tony Kornheiser
So they went head to head with the NBA All Star weekend on Saturday night. I don't know what the numbers were, but normally you would think that the NBA would double, at least double what hockey did. And I doubt that happened. This, these numbers, the hockey numbers, excuse me, were the equivalent not of a game seven in the Stanley cup series, but of a game one through six in the Stanley cup final. That's how well they did, Barry.
- [49:39]
Barry Zverluga
And that's, like, for a sport that needs it. And not just in Canada. I mean, I was just, you know, we evaluate this stuff anecdotally. Right. And I'm sitting there watching this game, and the number of texts I'm getting, not from the same group of, like, Caps fan friends or, like, hockey fan friends, but from, like, people who. I was like, oh, my brother's watching this thing. Or, oh, this person. Like, it was a disparate group of people that were like, this is riveting. Like, I can't turn this off. And I was like, you know, spring training, you got to get up at six in the morning or whatever to get over to the ballpark. I had been thinking, I'll watch this for two periods and, you know, shut the lights out. That's not what happened. Like, you couldn't have turned it off. Even as the game got a little more. A little slower in the third period, the competition was. Was riveting. And again, the sport needs it. It hit a home run when it needed a home run.
- [50:35]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah.
- [50:36]
Barry Zverluga
And people will look forward to this event in the future when and if.
- [50:39]
Tony Kornheiser
They run it back, if they run it again. There's no guarantee. There's no guarantee next year they'll have.
- [50:46]
Barry Zverluga
The Olympics, which will be, you know, at some level, even more. Even more riveting. But. But, yes, I think they've. They've got a great blueprint. The players buy in. Like. It's so amazing, Tony, that, like. And this is one of the differences with the NBA right now. It's like, there's no reason for the NBA players to care. The NHL, I mean, that's a pure competition thing. There's nothing really at stake. There's no.
- [51:12]
Tony Kornheiser
That's an exhibition. It's an invention exhibition.
- [51:15]
Barry Zverluga
But you are. You have your country's name emblazoned across the front of the chest. And they showed that for whatever reason, that matters. Like, pure competition for competition's sake. Like, that's awesome. It's just awesome.
- [51:31]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah. Enjoy it. Enjoy it. Thanks, Barry. Thank you.
- [51:34]
Barry Zverluga
Thanks, Tony. Appreciate it.
- [51:35]
Tony Kornheiser
Barry's Re Luga, boys and girls. We'll come back with email and jingle. I'm Tony Kornheiser.
- [51:40]
I
Attention, sports enthusiasts. Keep the adrenaline pumping and elevate your game day with Chumba Casino. It's completely free to play. No purchase necessary. Whether you're cheering from the stands, on the move, or relaxing at home, Chumba Casino brings the Thrill of social casino directly to your fingertips. Experience the ultimate social casino adventure with reels of casino style games. Offering hundreds of exciting options to choose from and fresh new releases every week. There's always something new and thrilling to explore. From action packed social slots and classic blackjack to engaging bingo in solitaire, the fun never stops. Plus, enjoy generous daily login bonuses and a fantastic free welcome bonus to kickstart your social gaming journey. Dive into the excitement. Discover a world where you can play for your chance to redeem some serious prizes and have a blast along the way. Don't miss out. What are you waiting for? Join now and immerse yourself in non stop fun and adventure with Chamba Casino. Get in on the action today@chambacasino.com and make every day a Chamba Day. VGW group Void War prohibited by law 18 + DNC supply.
- [52:41]
Tony Kornheiser
You're listening to the Tony Kornheiser show. That's James Bug, not Jim Bug at Columbia. Who said Kornheiser? That's Norwegian. I said. No, no, Swedish. No, it's really not James Bug playing guitar there. It's very, very lovely. Nigel's ill and he's coughing and you.
- [53:25]
Unnamed Speaker
Know you're very uncomfortable.
- [53:27]
Tony Kornheiser
I don't want him to do the Bethesda bagel ad.
- [53:29]
Unnamed Speaker
Yeah, it's very difficult for me to speak to it.
- [53:30]
Tony Kornheiser
Michael, do the Bethesda bagel.
- [53:31]
Unnamed Speaker
Bethesda bagels. We love them. You will as well go online to find the location nearest you. They have a new one up in North Bethesda, I believe.
- [53:39]
Tony Kornheiser
Oh, there you go. There you go. Well done.
- [53:41]
Unnamed Speaker
Thank you.
- [53:42]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, that's very good. That's it for the mail.
- [53:44]
Unnamed Speaker
Coughed all over the bagels.
- [53:45]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, don't do that. Yeah. Did you cough on them?
- [53:48]
Unnamed Speaker
No, I didn't handle them.
- [53:49]
Did you drive with the windows open?
- [53:50]
I did.
- [53:51]
Tony Kornheiser
Here we go. Stop coughing. Face somewhere else. Come and talk of all the things we did today here and laugh about our funny little ways While we have a few minutes to breathe and I know that it's time that you leave but darling, be home soon I couldn't bear to wait another minute if you dawdle it's not just these few hours But I've been waiting since I've toddled For the great relief of having you to talk to. That is John Sebastian singing the Lovin Spoonfuls. Best song. Their epic song. Just love that.
- [54:20]
General George Washington
Really love it.
- [54:21]
Tony Kornheiser
Thanks to our guests today. Jason Salmonow, Tim Kirchen, Barry Zverluga. Thanks as well to today's sponsors. Remember, you can listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Odyssey. If you get the show through Apple Podcasts, please leave us a review I can do all the words to Darling Be Home soon, but I can do all the words to so many songs. It's just a freakish, useless talent that I have. I don't remember anything that happened last week. And I remember these dopey songs from Brian Pyle in Derby in England. You are correct. This is about my problem with Finland. What is written across their chest doesn't look anything like Finland because it's finished. It's Finnish. Yes, you are correct. It is pronounced Suomi with the accent on the first syllable of Su O Suomi, Suomi, Suomi and softening on the second syllable, me. A word of advice. When you go to Finland to buy your hockey jersey, they will ask you kata ciella via cortia, catela via cortella. Your answer is catay sella because it means cash. Means cash or check, I guess is what that question is.
- [55:26]
Unnamed Speaker
Oh sure.
- [55:27]
Tony Kornheiser
If any other questions are asked of you, may I suggest you answer minu a vasuta, which translates as I'm tired. After all, it would have been a long flight. I would emphasize it like Madeline Kahn does in Blazing Saddles, which is very funny. I can't make that movie again. Nathan Ackerhelm Charlotte, North Carolina it is to my great dismay that I just went on Rosetta Stone's website and did not find Finnish as one of the offered languages. I expect you to call their customer service department as soon as possible. Probably true. I probably should do that. Okay, Joe Pearson, I needed this correction. I'm so grateful somebody did this because I had the wrong person. Joe Pearson in Indianapolis says, while I agree that former Go Go Belinda Carlisle is indeed a talented artist, she did not perform at the Saturday Night Live 50 concert. Instead, that was Brandy Carlisle. I found this out yesterday and I was hoping somebody would write about this.
- [56:26]
Unnamed Speaker
Not Rick Carlisle.
- [56:27]
Tony Kornheiser
No, Brandi Carlisle. An exception. Not even spelled the same way. Belinda Carlisle is spelled the same way as Rick Carlile. Brandi Carlile. C A R L I L E. There's no S in there. An exceptionally talented singer songwriter has already won 11 Grammys and two Emmys and is in the running for the Best Original Song Oscar for Never Too Late from the movie of the same name. In public Consciousness, she might be best known for facilitating Joni Mitchell's return to live performance unannounced at the Newport folk Festival in 2022, which was Mitchell's first live performance in decades. I don't blame you for messing this up. I blame Nigel and Michael. They should have known better. And by the way, not only did Fred Armisen play drums for the B52s, he was also behind the drum kit for Devo. I didn't know that, but I. My. A friend of mine told me it was. It was not Belinda Carlile. It was Brandy Carlisle. So I got that wrong.
- [57:18]
Unnamed Speaker
And I think we may have.
- [57:19]
Tony Kornheiser
Great.
- [57:19]
Unnamed Speaker
Oh, she's terrific. That Fred Armiston was actually Prince as well in that game.
- [57:24]
Tony Kornheiser
That wasn't. That wasn't Fallon.
- [57:26]
Unnamed Speaker
Yeah, we had some other emails.
- [57:27]
Tony Kornheiser
Oh, I thought it was Fallon. Yeah, I'm a God. I'm an idiot. Jason in San Francisco, hearing your thoughts on the SNL 50th anniversary special and especially Cher led me to finally sit down and pass along quite possibly the best dating story in family history. My great Aunt Casey grew up in Beverly hills in the 50s, where her peers were the children of movie stars, crooners and comics. In the 60s, she started singing periodically in studio sessions and eventually fell in with the Coldwater Canyon scene where she was courted by a who's who of the time. One evening, a persistent acquaintance convinced her to go out for a night on the town. He walked in to pick her up and she said, I'm sorry, I don't entertain armed guests. Phil Spector then took the gun back to his car. They had drinks and headed to see a few new artists at a small nightclub. The first act was a young couple by the name of Sonny and Cher. Follow that. Okay. The second was Ike and Tina Turner. Phil did not get a second date. That is a great story from Dusty, Michael, Fred, George Dreher in Steinbeck, Manitoba in Canada, our 51st state, soon to be. Just one correction and one plea for Nigel and Michael was Fred Armisen doing the Prince impression with Maya Rudolph, not Jimmy Fallon. Okay, I'm wrong. I am with Mr. Tony on the Miley Cyrus performance on this anniversary show. However, and this is where the plea comes in. Please, boys, show Mr. Tony her performance from the 40th. She does a rendition of Paul Simon's 50 Ways to Leave youe Lover. I have a gut feeling this will change his view of her. Thanks for the calm waters, boys.
- [58:57]
Unnamed Speaker
50 Ways to Cook a Chicken.
- [58:58]
Tony Kornheiser
Yeah, so I guess she's great in that.
- [59:00]
Unnamed Speaker
I guess so. Look that up.
- [59:02]
Tony Kornheiser
She looks like she's in pain. When she sings her motions, she looks like she's in pain. Travis Britton in Boise, Idaho. One quick question for you Tony. How do you know who Questlove is and you can't get Bad Bunny's name right? I have a great collection of single gloves. Can you please tell me if you need a left or right handed? More than happy to send you a box of all my single gloves. And if you read this on the mailbag, I'll be more than happy to put in an assortment of random single socks. Thank you for time and consideration, Big Bunny. I mean come on, come on. Jeff Steiner Dear Dr. Tony Just a thought about your missing glove. Could it possibly could be possible Just taking up a relationship with Keith Richards missing scarf might be worth investigating. That was the moment for me. Keith Richard in the stands. Yeah, just gets Keith Richard looking good too. Peter O'Brien while walking to the bakery this morning in Dortmund, Germany on the corner of Sonnen Straba and Dresden Straub Strauba, I think I found the elusive glove or hand shoe as the locals call him, a hand shoe. If it is yours and you are coming to retrieve it, let me know and I will treat you to a schnitzel and a beer. P.S. i can't find your preferred toothpaste here. I use don't dent when I'm here if that is any help. D O N T a donta don't attend.
- [60:20]
Unnamed Speaker
No thank you.
- [60:21]
Tony Kornheiser
Jeff Paddock Canandaigua, New York Every time you play the pipe organ mailbag jingle, I'm reminded of a short lived pizza restaurant in Groton. Or is it Groton, Connecticut or Groton, Groton Connecticut in the early 80s called pizza pipes and Pandemonium. They had a large pipe organ that played nostalgic music while folks enjoyed their pizza. Place always went nuts when the Lone Ranger thing was played so great. I also remember well the Rathskeller at Syracuse University in 70 drinking age was still 18 so everyone could indulge and they gave away free french fries when the basketball team scored 100 points in a game, which they did frequently in those days. It also hosted a wide array of up and coming musical acts that would go on to greatness. The most notable was probably Bruce Springsteen. Thanks for helping us seasoned citizens remember those fun times. Michael Sandler Warrant in Virginia Rathskiller might just be a popular college pub name. I wrote you last month about my University of Maryland hoodie sweatshirts that is now 40 years old and down to a nickel per wearing. I went to Maryland for two years then transferred to GW for my junior and senior years. The top floor of the student Union had a dining option called the Rathskeller, which served alcohol later at night and entertainment sometimes. I haven't been there in many years and did a quick Google search. Apparently it was renovated into office space in 2001. The best thing about the GW Student Union in the late 80s were the two things across the street. Tower Records we could browse for hours on end, and Minouche, the hot dog guy who was out front most nights until around 2am you could smell his freshly grilling onions and peppers blocks away. And he never forgot your name, even years after you graduated from Paul in Alexandria, Virginia. I loved your show with Hakeem Jeffries talking about his experience at Binghamton. I graduated from Suny Binghamton in 1989. It was still called Suny Binghamton then and had the complete opposite reaction to you and Akeem about snow. I grew up in Buffalo and my impression was wow, I can't believe how little snow Binghamton gets. Just a foot in my freshman year. I distinctly remember we got a dusting of snow on May 1. That did happen in Buffalo too, I'll admit. My wife Katherine, also a Binghamton grad, class of 91 and I listen to your show all the time. We love your Binghamton discussions. Isn't that nice? That's very nice. Thomas R. Bogart, Scapoose, Oregon My streak of consecutive days running for leisure or exercise remains at zero. That's it. That's the list from Paul Simon in Atlanta, Georgia. Obviously not that Paul Simon. No, Tony, you are the genius. That's funny. That's funny. Dylan from Des Moines, speaking of the Ozark Mountain daredevils. Do you know they're popular across the pond too. A little known artist out of Liverpool by the name of Paul McCartney happens to be a fan. I've attached a photo of Paul wearing their Car over the Lake album T shirt for reference. It's great. It is. It's Paul McCartney. The young Paul McCartney. And one more the tour is coming to PGA in two weeks for the Cognizant, formerly the Honda Classic. Are you aware the Cognizant?
- [63:12]
Unnamed Speaker
Well, I'm aware that this was the the Honda was the one of the longest standing sponsors and they got dropped. Or they dropped.
- [63:18]
Tony Kornheiser
It just so happens PG and I are going to LA to see the kids and grandkids. My back door is behind the 15th tee box, which is the beginning of the Bear Trap. You and Michael want to come down for a few days? You guys can stay here, be on property for the weekend. There's A car available barcode so you can come go as you please. You'll have to supply your own bathrobes with fridge and bar will be stocked. You can invite Sands for a barbecue. Regards, dg. It's the greatest emails we get.
- [63:39]
Unnamed Speaker
It's the barcode to get through the gate.
- [63:41]
Tony Kornheiser
Absolutely the best. Got on your bike Tank. Everyone is always do wear white.
- [63:45]
General George Washington
Okay. We wound up 5 and 11. Not very good. But there were some worse than us. I guess that's one positive way to look at it. We weren't the worst team in the league.
- [64:01]
Dan Byrne
Tom Brady is the goat again. Mahomes. He couldn't seal the deal. We've seen Ohtani pitch and hit. We've seen Ohtani steal. Kobayashi eats 100 hot dogs. Calls that a meal. And now we're in the era of Bradley Beal. Now we're in the era of Bradley Beal. The 20s were the time of Ruth and Homer's he did lead Secretariat owned the 70s. The superstar Steed Ollie owned the 60s with strength and speed. And now we share the planet with Joel Embiid. Now we share the planet with Joel Embiid. Ain't we lucky? Such is our claim to live in such a time with the immortals of the game. Chamberlain and scored 100, just four kicks. Sayers was a touchdown machine one time he scored six. You should have seen Gretzky. He had a million tricks. And now we get to share the air with Bo Nix. Now we get to share the air with Bo Nix. Ain't we lucky. Such is our claim to live in such a time with the immortals of the game.
- [65:24]
J
I was my head underwater and I'm dumb I'm not like my father I get so high then I fall in the valley where was my mind? But I was lost since you found me I was lost and she found me she found me down in the valley down in the valley I was lost and she found me she found me down in the valley down in the valley down in the valley down in the valley.