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to Pistons tonight, game three.

0:56

Pivital. Joe Tour used to

0:58

say the most important series The

1:00

most important game of a

1:02

seven game series is the third

1:04

game He said you're either Going to

1:07

be up three oh down three oh or take

1:09

a two one lead. He said it swings

1:11

the whole series And he would

1:13

always save in the later years. He

1:15

would save Mike Messina for game three

1:18

Because he trusted him the most

1:20

so the big game for the Knicks So

1:22

I did some digging call some people

1:24

I know Because that's what I do

1:26

for you. I try to be your

1:29

eyes and ears. And I wanted

1:31

to know who was at fault

1:33

for game two, for the ball

1:35

sticking with Brunson, for

1:37

the fact that he passed the

1:39

ball 12 times to Carl

1:41

Anthony Towns. Carl Anthony

1:44

Towns did not score a bucket

1:46

in the second half. A

1:48

zero. A big fat zero. He

1:50

passed the ball more. Twice as

1:52

much. More than twice as much.

1:55

to heart and the bridges.

1:58

Those guys are not... year,

2:00

not Bridges. Yeah, Bridges. Those guys

2:02

are not near the offensive threat.

2:05

That called Anthony Townsend. So when

2:07

we did the show on Tuesday,

2:09

I took Umbridge with Bronson. You

2:12

know, why you dribble in the

2:14

ball for 17 seconds out of

2:17

a 24-second clock, shutting everything down.

2:19

Everybody's standing there watching you. It's

2:21

not basketball. It's phantom. You have

2:24

four guys standing around watching Jaylon

2:26

Bronson dribble. So I gave a

2:28

lot of the heat to Brunson,

2:31

and I gave some of the

2:33

heat to Carl Anthony Towns for

2:36

not demanding the ball. The one

2:38

guy I didn't give heat to,

2:40

and I was told by several

2:43

people that I really respect, that

2:45

he deserves some heat, is Tom

2:48

Thibido. Thibido has to tell Brunson,

2:50

you gotta stop. You gotta get

2:52

the ball of towns. You have

2:55

to. You have to. That's

2:58

his job. He does not get

3:00

absolved in this. He's an excellent

3:02

basketball coach and I think he'll

3:04

make adjustments tonight. I think the

3:06

Knicks are going to win the

3:08

game tonight. But he's at fault.

3:10

Brunson is at fault because Brunson

3:12

is a really smart player. And

3:14

I think he knows he messed

3:16

up in game too. You can't

3:18

dribble that much. That's what Carmelo

3:20

Anthony did all the time. And

3:22

he didn't have his talented, a

3:24

supporting cast as Bronson does. That's

3:26

what Julius Randall did. That's one

3:28

of the reasons that Julius and

3:30

Jaylin didn't really mesh. They liked

3:32

each other personally, but their games

3:35

didn't mesh. And even after game

3:37

two, Bronson said, unfortunately there's only

3:39

one basketball. Yeah, that makes it

3:41

imperative that that basketball gets passed.

3:43

Has to be passed around, has

3:45

to be moved around. We've got

3:47

to see that tonight tonight. We

3:49

have got to see that tonight

3:51

and it is is on tibido

3:53

to make it happen. Not only

3:55

did the Knicks play a game

3:57

that they lost, they played a

3:59

boring plotting game. Now it doesn't

4:01

matter if they win, I don't

4:03

care if it puts me to

4:05

sleep as long as they win,

4:07

but you can't be boring and

4:09

bad. You can be boring if

4:11

that's the point that you're trying

4:14

to take the air out of

4:16

the ball, you don't want the

4:18

pistons to have the basketball. as

4:20

much, but you can't be boring

4:22

and bad. They were boring and

4:24

ineffective. And one of the things

4:26

that Thibito said after game two,

4:28

well, you know, we were one

4:30

shot away from, you know, maybe

4:32

winning the game, I get it.

4:34

But you can say it about

4:36

any game. And that's what I

4:38

said too. If Bridges hits that

4:40

three, if Bronson hits that three,

4:42

if the foul was called on

4:44

the dunk by heart, maybe the

4:46

whole thing's different. But it's a

4:48

48 minute game. And we do

4:50

concentrate on the last couple of

4:52

seconds because that's the last thing

4:55

that we see. So we always

4:57

want to say, well, that's what

4:59

happened. That's the reason they lost.

5:01

But there are a lot of

5:03

other reasons why they lost. And

5:05

the biggest thing to me is

5:07

the ball sticking to Brunson. He's

5:09

got to move the ball. I

5:11

think when you watch the game

5:13

tonight, starting tonight, you're going to

5:15

see that ball moved around the

5:17

perimeter a lot. And you're going

5:19

to see the ball in Carl

5:21

Anthonytown's not going to do it.

5:23

You've got enough gravitas as a

5:25

star NBA player. Hey, J.B. Get

5:27

me the ball. I haven't touched

5:29

the ball the whole second half.

5:31

I've got to get the ball.

5:34

I don't think Brunson's going to

5:36

ignore you. They got caught up

5:38

in the fact that they fell

5:40

behind, which they can't do again.

5:42

You can't play from behind all

5:44

the time. The Pistons are a

5:46

good team. They're not a bad

5:48

team. So you don't want to

5:50

put yourself in an early hole,

5:52

because then it becomes climbing up

5:54

a grease grease pole. You might

5:56

get all the way near the

5:58

top and then slide right back

6:00

down again. Because the energy that

6:02

you expend to erase a 15-point

6:04

deficit, sometimes there's so much energy

6:06

that you can't get you over

6:08

the top. I am really intrigued

6:10

to see how they come out

6:12

tonight. Really, really intrigued. Let's go

6:15

to Richard and Manhattan. Richard. Go.

6:17

First round NBA games. The home

6:19

team is 120. Oh, I'm sorry.

6:21

The home team is 112. Right.

6:23

So 12 and 4 for the

6:25

home. That's 75%. Knicks haven't looked

6:27

too good at home. How are

6:29

you a one-point favorite in Detroit

6:31

tonight knowing all it is? How?

6:33

They're begging you to bet Detroit.

6:35

They're begging you. I don't understand

6:37

it. Well, I think that the

6:39

bookies think and Vegas thinks the

6:41

Knicks are just better than the

6:43

pissons. That's the way to understand

6:45

it. Okay, past performance has no

6:47

determinate to future. Okay, I can

6:49

see it, but I don't know

6:51

the way of... But do you,

6:54

I mean, you're a smart guy,

6:56

do you believe that? That past

6:58

performance has no determinate to future?

7:00

No, it shouldn't. It shouldn't, I

7:02

think... But doesn't it expose some

7:04

things, Richard, about what could be

7:06

problematic? Yeah, I guess so. Okay,

7:08

Michael, here's another point. But Major

7:10

League Baseball does not want 11,

7:12

12, 13 games. Am I correct?

7:14

They want the game ideally over

7:16

in extra innings into 10th inning.

7:18

Am I correct? Yes. Ideally. That's

7:20

why they had the stupid rule.

7:22

Well, if it's stupid, that's fine,

7:24

but we'll keep it with that.

7:26

Why did they just stop it

7:28

second? Why don't they have the

7:30

ghost runner at third? Because then

7:32

it's a mockery of a farce.

7:35

It's too easy to score from

7:37

third. But now I mean

7:39

you have to play a little baseball to

7:41

get him over. Let me interrupt you. Do

7:43

the teams not and it's been proven I'm

7:45

not going to mention the names of the

7:47

teams because it seems like I'm partial but

7:49

I'm not. But all major league teams with

7:51

a man on second in the 10th inning

7:53

do not move the man over the third.

7:56

Is that because A. They don't think the

7:58

next guy can move him to third. They

8:01

think the odds are better of scoring

8:03

when a man on second and no

8:05

out is better than the odds of

8:07

a man on third will run out

8:09

or is it C a little of

8:11

each? I think you're a little off

8:13

though Richard they don't do it in

8:15

the top of the inning because they

8:17

feel they have to score multiple runs

8:19

because the team also has a runner

8:21

at second and in the bottom of

8:23

the inning. If the team in the

8:25

top of the inning, you do see

8:27

teams move a guy over the third

8:29

because all they need then is a

8:31

sac fly. So you'll never see it

8:33

in the top of the top of

8:35

the top of the inning. What they

8:37

have to do, they have to come

8:39

up with a way that the game

8:41

should be over by the 10th inning.

8:43

That's what they're going to have to

8:45

do. Even if it's not fair to

8:47

the team that's batting in the top

8:49

of the 10th, something, they've got to

8:51

come up with something. Because that's a

8:53

good rule. I mean, the clock rule

8:55

was fantastic. You don't want to see

8:57

12, 13, 14 in games. Let me

8:59

stop you. Let me stop you, Richard.

9:01

You love baseball. You love baseball, right?

9:03

Yeah. I love baseball. I love baseball,

9:05

right? Yeah. I love baseball. I love

9:07

baseball. I love baseball. I love baseball.

9:09

I love baseball. I love baseball. I

9:11

love baseball. I love baseball. Make somebody

9:13

score in a real game. You're turning

9:15

into a carnival game by putting a

9:17

free runner at second. How do you

9:19

get there? It's not baseball. Nine out

9:21

of ten innings. It's not a carnival.

9:23

I can handle 10% of the game

9:25

being a little bit carnivalistic. That doesn't

9:27

matter by that time. You're tired. You

9:29

want to go home. You want to

9:31

turn something else on. You know, if

9:33

you know the game is going to

9:35

end in the 10th inning. I think.

9:37

ends the game. Yeah, but your reasoning,

9:39

right, that they want to end it

9:41

on the 10th inning is not their

9:43

reasoning. Their reasoning is they don't want

9:45

to blow out pitching staffs. That's their

9:47

reasoning. Managers don't want to use their

9:49

whole bullpen and have it impact the

9:51

next game. My point is, oh, you

9:53

don't want to use their whole bullpen,

9:55

then have your team do situational hitting

9:57

and get a run in. Don't get

9:59

it. Don't let it go 17 innings.

10:01

Because I'm going to tell you what.

10:04

played a 20 in-in-game. Yankees and Cleveland.

10:06

the Mets at City Field, we would

10:08

have opened the show with that. Baseball

10:10

wants to be on the front page,

10:12

the back page, they want to be

10:14

on the tip of the tongue on

10:16

people that do radio shows. Those are

10:18

the kind of things that do it.

10:20

Putting the Manford man at second base

10:22

is not baseball. It's the same thing

10:24

as the stupid overtime rule in college

10:26

football. You're

10:28

moving away from the actual game

10:30

to end the game. Play the

10:32

game the way it's supposed to

10:34

be played and you will not

10:36

play 17 innings. And when you

10:38

do, guess what? Great for the

10:40

sport. We have a water cooler

10:42

here at ESP in New York.

10:44

Everybody, all the sales people, be

10:46

standing around there. Could you believe

10:48

that game yesterday? You know, Judge

10:50

hit that home run in the

10:52

19th inning. Everybody be talking about

10:54

it. Nobody talks about hey, did

10:56

you see the Manford man scored?

10:58

No, dumb awful. I hate the

11:00

rule I love the clock rule

11:02

I hate the extra reading rule

11:04

hate it despise it David in

11:06

Manhattan David Michael before I make

11:08

my next point I have to

11:10

say I completely agree with you

11:12

It's just you know the cousin

11:14

the Yankees in 2017 you may

11:16

remember played an 18 and a

11:18

game that was one of the

11:20

greatest games I ever watched absolutely

11:22

2004 the Yankees and Red Sox

11:24

who felt like they went to

11:26

extra meetings every other time they

11:28

played and every pitch mattered. That

11:30

was as good as baseball gets.

11:32

I agree. So it's just it's

11:34

just unwatchable as they say. Yeah

11:36

I mean I wouldn't say it's

11:38

unwatchable as they say. Yeah I

11:40

mean I wouldn't say it's unwatchable

11:42

it's unfortunate it's unfortunate I just

11:44

don't like it it's not the

11:47

real game but what was your

11:49

other point David? but you had

11:51

Mitchell Robinson playing a very traditional

11:53

post-subsenter cleaning up a lot of

11:55

the mess. And I didn't see

11:57

as much of that because I

11:59

don't think Robinson had as many

12:01

minutes in game two. So here's...

12:03

my side of you were the

12:05

next. Put Robinson as the starting

12:07

center, traditional sender, slide cat over

12:09

to power, go forward, slide OG

12:11

over to small forward, and then

12:13

what's the dilemma? What do you

12:15

do with Bridges and Hart? Option

12:17

one, you put Bridges, you started

12:19

on the, started on the, started

12:21

the game at the tip off

12:23

just as a courtesy, but you

12:25

keep them on the bench and

12:27

you play every single minute that

12:29

Bronson is not on, that's just

12:31

his game. Right, and he's suffering

12:33

as a result of that. So

12:35

how about when every time, every

12:37

second that fronts and is off

12:39

the court, you have bridges able

12:41

to be in the tail bridges

12:43

again? I don't, I don't hate

12:45

what you're saying, David, but there's

12:47

one fly in that ointment. I

12:49

don't think you could play Mitchell

12:51

Robinson more than more than 22

12:53

minutes, 20 minutes. And although they've

12:55

played a little bit together, the

12:57

mesing of Robinson and, and, uh,

12:59

and cat, it's not perfect. So

13:01

is really the time to be

13:03

doing that. It would strengthen your

13:05

bench if you're taking bridges or

13:07

heart off the bench, but if

13:09

you get both the big guys

13:11

in foul trouble, who's coming in

13:13

them, precious at Chua, and then

13:15

you have a short rotation. It's

13:17

not terrible, I just don't think

13:19

that Robinson could play as long

13:21

as he needs to. And one

13:23

other thing, without I say a

13:25

steward in there. They haven't been

13:27

really punishing you in the paint

13:29

offensively. And Cat is the second

13:32

best rebounder in the NBA, statistically.

13:34

And I know they got out

13:36

rebounded in game two. And I

13:38

hate to put effort on to

13:40

it because you should have effort

13:42

in every game, especially in a

13:44

playoff game. I think the Knicks

13:46

will control the boards today. But

13:48

it's not, what you brought, not

13:50

a terrible idea. Not a terrible

13:52

idea. Jose in Brooklyn. Jose. Okay,

13:56

can you hear me? Yes, how

13:58

you doing man? I'm going to

14:00

go. Good. So I was calling

14:02

it because I always have this

14:04

mentality of like an old school

14:06

like center position and I watch

14:08

the Nick games and this is

14:10

what does piss me off. And

14:13

I don't understand why my cat

14:15

doesn't get to the low poles.

14:17

That's one. He always takes the

14:19

the post of play at the

14:21

top of the people in life.

14:23

But that's his game. Because he's

14:25

a great three point shooter. No,

14:27

I know. I understand. But sometimes.

14:29

I'm not saying all like once.

14:31

Maybe five plays. Call a play.

14:33

When it becomes a half court

14:35

situation, call a place for the

14:37

guys for the low close. I

14:39

want to see them sometimes, not

14:41

all the time. And it would

14:44

help, but games slow down a

14:46

bit, as far as like energy

14:48

wise. Like if we're exhausting too

14:50

much energy, some of those plays

14:52

down low would be nice. Another

14:54

thing too, that's just with cats.

14:56

My other thing is with Michael

14:58

Bridges is nice. He's got a

15:00

sweet jump off. He could score,

15:02

right? implement him or a little

15:04

bit more on a pick and

15:06

roll from the top of the

15:08

key so he could get to

15:10

the right side on the left

15:12

side of the paint where his

15:15

sweet jumper works. Yeah, but here's

15:17

the problem with that Jose. He

15:19

has not hit shots at a

15:21

rate that you would give him

15:23

shots in a playoff game. He

15:25

just has it. He's shooting terribly

15:27

from the field. He's shooting terribly

15:29

from three points. No, I don't

15:31

think you can design play for

15:33

him. If he can get points.

15:35

off the way the offenses run,

15:37

transition, yes, he's very athletic, but

15:39

I'm sorry, I'm not calling plays

15:41

for him. They called the play

15:43

for him at the end of

15:46

the game, he had a wide

15:48

open three and he bricked it.

15:50

It wasn't like around the rim

15:52

and out, he hit the front

15:54

of the rim, which means that

15:56

the pressure got to you. No,

15:58

I can't be an advocate for

16:00

getting him more involved in the

16:02

offense. or previous caller had a

16:04

good idea. If you put him

16:06

on the court when Brunson's not

16:08

in there, that's a different story.

16:10

Brunson clogs things up for him.

16:12

Let's go to Jamie and Yonkers.

16:14

Jamie. Hey Michael, how you doing?

16:17

I two things. One is Tim's

16:19

comment after the game is not

16:21

being one shot away for winning

16:23

the game. Silly. That is not

16:25

what the head coach of a

16:27

52 win loaded rosters should be

16:29

saying. To me that's like loser

16:31

talk. And they weren't one shot

16:33

away Jamie. They, I mean, to

16:35

get to that point is what

16:37

made the mistake. You know what

16:39

I'm talking about. Yeah, absolutely. He

16:41

was wrong to say that. Yeah,

16:43

they were one shot away from

16:45

tying it, but the reason they

16:48

were put in that bad situation,

16:50

Jamie, is because they played poorly

16:52

up to that point. Can you

16:54

imagine if Aaron Boone were to

16:56

say something like that? Aaron Boone

16:58

says anything, people jump him. Tibido's

17:00

on a honeymoon. That's what I'm

17:02

saying. Yeah. And I was looking

17:04

for some clarity on this. I'm

17:06

pretty sure that a year ago,

17:08

when the Nick Center situation was

17:10

being discussed, even on your old

17:12

show, There was some option of,

17:14

yes, everybody loved Hartnstein, but there

17:16

was going to be a way

17:19

to get him if they traded

17:21

Mitchell Robinson. That it would free,

17:23

and I don't know how the

17:25

machinations of the NBA salary cap

17:27

work and all that, but like,

17:29

I'm pretty sure your channel was

17:31

reporting that. Well, I don't know

17:33

who was reporting it, but it's

17:35

not true. They were, they were

17:37

tapped out at offering him, I

17:39

think it came out to 18

17:41

million. That's all they could offer

17:43

him coming off the contract that

17:45

he previously had it's in the

17:47

CBA So he was signed to

17:50

a certain contract for two years

17:52

the next contract could only go

17:54

up a certain amount So the

17:56

Knicks cleared the space to get

17:58

to even the 18 They had

18:00

a clear space to get to

18:02

the 18 they could not go

18:04

over the cap to sign him

18:06

it had to be within the

18:08

money that they had available and

18:10

they capped out at 18 so

18:12

once Oklahoma City went to 33

18:14

million So he essentially got a

18:16

$100 million three-year deal. The Knicks

18:18

couldn't do it. Knicks desperately wanted

18:21

him back. There was no way

18:23

that they could do it other

18:25

than that if he gave... them

18:27

a huge discount. And for a

18:29

guy who never made big money,

18:31

why would he do that? And

18:33

he desperately wanted to stay in

18:35

New York. But why would he

18:37

do that? So the Knicks, I

18:39

think, could have offered him what?

18:41

48? Maybe, no, no. If it's

18:43

$18 million a year. Yeah, it

18:45

would have been, he would have

18:47

been costing himself $12 million a

18:49

year. I mean, you could love

18:52

a place, but come on. And

18:54

we all talk about our Aaron

18:56

judge left a lot on the

18:58

table. But it wasn't that. So

19:00

let's say the Giants were going

19:02

to offer him 40 million a

19:04

year. That's 4 million a year.

19:06

And with California state taxes, even

19:08

not that much. And he did

19:10

take a discount to stay with

19:12

the Yankees, but Hardenstein's been with

19:14

the Knicks for two years. So

19:16

no, they did everything they could.

19:18

Let's go to John and chat

19:20

him. John. Hey, Michael. How you

19:23

doing, John? Good. This series against

19:25

the Pistons, I don't think it's

19:27

a good match up with Kat.

19:29

I mean, the soft tag didn't

19:31

come out of thin blue air.

19:33

He's in the Detroit a little

19:35

pushy and everything else. If Kat

19:37

dominates the next three games, then

19:39

I'm wrong. But he played well

19:41

in game one. Yes, but Michael,

19:43

he was brought here to dominate

19:45

here to dominate. I don't see

19:47

it. I called before. I would

19:49

have kept the team the way

19:51

it was last year. All they

19:54

needed was a shooting guard to

19:56

improve. When they were all together

19:58

last year and healthy, like 20,

20:00

25 games in the middle of

20:02

the season, they played with everybody

20:04

against everybody. Even Boston. I know

20:06

they must have gotten blown out

20:08

last year, but I don't remember.

20:10

They were competitive against everybody and...

20:12

That team yelled perfectly together. I

20:14

don't know why they broke it

20:16

up. I know heart and sign.

20:18

Could they have could they have

20:20

front loaded heart and signs contract?

20:22

No, they're 25 million. No, they

20:25

offered heart and Stein all they

20:27

could offer him. Once Oklahoma City

20:29

came in with that offer. Now

20:31

the soft tag, I don't think

20:33

that, I don't think that the

20:35

pistons have punked Carl Anthony Towns,

20:37

but you know, you're saying he

20:39

should dominate. Well, how can he

20:41

dominate when Jaylon Bronson's dribbling to

20:43

basketball? You need the basketball to

20:45

dominate. He got passed from Bronson

20:47

12 times in a 48-minute game.

20:49

So you can't say he's not

20:51

tough in game too when he

20:53

played very well in game one.

20:58

If you want to say soft, maybe

21:00

he's too nice of a guy and

21:02

he didn't grab Bronson by the throat

21:04

and say, you better get me the

21:06

ball. But I don't think the pistons

21:09

have pushed him around where he's gone

21:11

into a shell and he's afraid to

21:13

actually combat them. No, I didn't, I

21:15

didn't see that at all. Jonathan and

21:17

Rochester, Jonathan. Hey, good afternoon, Michael, how

21:19

you doing? Good, how are you? I'm

21:21

doing all right. Huge fan since I

21:24

was a kid. This is my second

21:26

time calling. I just had a point

21:28

from the mix. First, I feel like

21:30

Michael Bridges just doesn't sit with us.

21:32

He's not a third or a fourth

21:34

scoring option. He kind of is just

21:37

out of place. Why not do kind

21:39

of what the Spurs did? Or even

21:41

a young James Harden. He put him

21:43

on the bench. I don't know if

21:45

it's... Ms. Robinson or whoever the case

21:47

may be, I just think if he

21:49

had more opportunities to be a number

21:52

one or number two scoring, I shouldn't

21:54

fit us more. The second thing is,

21:56

if Donald's make fights, they like to

21:58

bang, they're playing us tough. Why is

22:00

the precious that you are not receiving

22:02

any minutes? I thought maybe he was

22:05

hurt or something. I looked at it

22:07

and said, just be and play coach's

22:09

decision. So I'm like, why not maybe

22:11

put him in a little bit? Because

22:13

every time they switch, O.G. and Obey

22:15

often, the Cal Bridges get on Kay

22:17

Cunningham, he gets bullied. I feel like.

22:20

President Trump has been a good role

22:22

player for us. I know he was

22:24

a throw in, but he plays good

22:26

when he comes in and leaves let

22:28

him get a couple of files and

22:30

something on Cade. I don't understand why

22:33

he's not playing. Well, I mean, the

22:35

bottom line, Jonathan, is, you know, in

22:37

the playoffs, you shorten your rotation to

22:39

seven or eight. You're going to go

22:41

to Precious Achua if somebody gets into

22:43

both Robinson. and Cat get into foul

22:45

trouble. I don't think that precious a

22:48

chew is the answer to guard Kate

22:50

Cunningham. So we have a problem with

22:52

the way Kate Cunningham was guarded in

22:54

game two, but they shut him down

22:56

in game one. So the Pistons made

22:58

an adjustment, they kept running off screens.

23:01

So O.G. kept running into screens and

23:03

then the switch, you know, it got

23:05

them a preferable matchup. They've got to

23:07

come up with something to counteract that.

23:09

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23:11

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28:35

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28:37

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the show. What a big day

40:17

in sports. What a big day

40:19

and it was smarter the Yankees

40:21

and the Mets. Step aside. You're

40:23

both in first place. Mets have

40:25

the best record in baseball. Let

40:27

the NBA draft have Thursday. Let

40:29

them have it. So you can

40:31

watch it on ESPN. You can

40:34

listen to it on 1050 ESPN.

40:36

You can listen to it after

40:38

we had the Knicks and the

40:40

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40:42

we will join the NBA draft

40:44

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40:46

you want to listen to the

40:48

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1050 AM. 1-800-9-1-9-37-76. Let's go to

40:54

Lake way out in Spokane or

40:56

Spokane. I'm an idiot. There you

40:58

go, perfect. Yeah, no, you're all

41:00

good. A lot, it's kind of

41:02

a hard name to pronounce. No,

41:04

no, I'm like, I'm a professional,

41:07

I should be embarrassed, they should

41:09

actually take my SAG after card

41:11

away, Spokane, please, go on. There

41:13

you go. So I have a

41:15

quick Ben Rice question for you.

41:17

Obviously he looks great, he's hitting

41:19

the ball well. The problem is

41:21

I'm not sure about his future

41:23

on this team. Obviously when Stanton

41:25

comes back that kind of creates

41:27

a problem because Ben Rice can

41:29

basically DH play first and play

41:31

catcher and a lot of those

41:33

spots will be taken especially when

41:35

Stanton comes back. And then also

41:37

just in the future years, you

41:39

know, I think the hope of

41:42

the organization is that Wells is

41:44

the catcher for the next 15

41:46

years. Right. And in a few

41:48

years, Judge has to go to

41:50

first. Or DH. Sure. Yeah. Is

41:52

there a pass for Ben Rice?

41:54

I don't know, it just feels

41:56

like, especially when Stanton comes back,

41:58

if he comes back, that there

42:00

isn't really a great way to

42:02

structure the... lineup that gets him

42:04

and Stanton in the lineup and

42:06

if rice is bad is working

42:08

obviously you want him in the

42:10

lineup so thanks for taking my

42:12

call well I you know I've

42:15

been asked this question a lot

42:17

on air and off air and

42:19

I'm supposed to have an answer

42:21

when Stanton comes back I have

42:23

no idea how they will get

42:25

Ben Rice at bats I mean

42:27

they could get him summoned bats

42:29

you know he occasionally play first

42:31

base for goldsmiths The goldsmith is

42:33

hitting in the 370s, so if

42:35

that goes on, you're not going

42:37

to want to sit him. Yesterday,

42:39

he was the DH and Ben

42:41

Rice played first. They like Jayce

42:43

Escar as a backup catcher, but

42:45

even if they say to Escar,

42:48

okay, when making Ben Rice to

42:50

back up, Jayce a sensor plays

42:52

once a week. So, barring an

42:54

injury, I don't see the avenue

42:56

to playing rice. You

42:58

could sit down standing against some

43:00

tough right-handers again, but you're not

43:03

going to give him the abats

43:05

that he's getting now Where he's

43:07

compiled all these impressive numbers on

43:10

base percentages around 400 I Believe

43:12

he has six home runs might

43:14

even be seven. I don't have

43:17

it in front of me So

43:19

I don't know I wish I

43:21

knew I've asked Aaron Boone can

43:24

rice play third? No Can he

43:26

play me outfield? No? So that

43:28

eliminates that He could play first,

43:31

DH, or catch. And the fact

43:33

that Askara and Wells are left-handed,

43:36

that screws that up. The fact

43:38

that the Yankees are short on

43:40

right-handed hitters, you don't want to

43:43

sit goldsmith or Stanton, so that

43:45

messes that up. I'm sure there

43:47

are minds brighter than mine, because

43:50

I can't even say Spokane. brighter

43:52

than mine, now to try to

43:54

come up with how you play

43:57

them and then not figuring it

43:59

out. I'm with the

44:01

team every day. I listen to

44:03

everything that's being said. Even if

44:05

it's not on the record, I

44:07

just want to have background. No

44:10

one knows how he's going to

44:12

play. No one. No one knows

44:14

how he's going to get playing

44:16

time. And of course he's going

44:18

to get some playing time. The

44:20

occasional start, for, for gulchmit. The,

44:22

the occasional spelling of Stanton. And

44:24

by the way, Stanton will come

44:26

back. It's not if. He will

44:28

come back. I

44:30

don't know how he's getting the

44:32

bats. And you'd hate to lose

44:34

that bad, especially if he's playing

44:36

the way he's playing right now.

44:39

Oh, that would sting. Because there

44:41

aren't a lot of guys hitting

44:43

on the Aggies. Goldsmith's not hit?

44:45

Oh, not culture. Bellinger's not hitting.

44:47

Volpe's not hitting. Chisholm is not

44:49

hitting. Chisholm is not hitting. So

44:51

you've got three guys that are

44:53

the offense right now. Rice. Goldsmith

44:55

and judge. And they still are

44:58

leading the American League East. So

45:00

I'll say exactly what I said

45:02

about the Mets too. Mets just

45:04

swept the homestand. Mets have the

45:06

best record in the major leagues.

45:08

And Juan Soto hasn't hit yet.

45:10

And Sean Manaya hasn't pitched yet.

45:12

All good things, all good things.

45:14

Believe me. The one thing I

45:16

always disagree with. When you talk

45:19

about like a Ben Wright thing,

45:21

they'll go, well, that's a good

45:23

problem to have. And at that

45:25

point when people say that, I

45:27

throw up a little bit in

45:29

my mouth. A problem is a

45:31

problem. A good problem to have.

45:33

Okay, it's not like you're going

45:35

to die. It's how are you

45:38

going to get this guy at

45:40

bats who's been raking? That's not

45:42

a good problem to have. Because

45:44

there's no answer to how you're

45:46

going to do it. Another thing

45:48

that makes me throw up in

45:50

my mouth. Well, I mean I

45:52

have no control over so why

45:54

would I worry about it? Those

45:56

are the things you worry about.

45:59

I never worry about things that

46:01

I have control over. Because if

46:03

it doesn't work out it's on

46:05

me so I don't worry about

46:07

it. But if I don't have

46:09

control over it like death I

46:11

worry about it all the time.

46:13

All the time. You should worry

46:15

about things you can't control. Now

46:18

I know you can't impact it

46:20

by worrying but you should worry.

46:22

Don't worry about things you can

46:24

control because you can control them.

46:26

That's the whole phrase. trying

46:29

to teach here. Let's go to Chris

46:31

in Pennsylvania. Hello Chris. How you doing?

46:33

Hi. I'm doing pretty good. Good. I'm

46:35

caller. Welcome aboard. Hey, I just wanted

46:37

to make two points or rather ask

46:39

two questions. The first one is with

46:41

regard to Marcus Stroman, do you think

46:44

it's somewhat of a positive that he's

46:46

injured because there's a good chance he

46:48

won't hit his innings and then we

46:50

won't be stuck with his contract next

46:52

year. And the other question I had

46:54

with regard to Dominguez is there ever

46:57

a point with a switch hitter where

46:59

they're hitting so poorly from one side

47:01

that you just tell them to stick

47:03

to the other side even if they're

47:05

facing a lefty hitter in his situation?

47:07

Well, I guess there is a point.

47:10

I don't think there is a point.

47:12

I don't think they're close to it

47:14

because last year, if you remember, Chris,

47:16

they told Oswaldo Cabrera just hit from

47:18

the left side, even against left at

47:20

bats. against left-handed pitching throughout his minor

47:23

league career because of injuries and COVID,

47:25

they think it's in there. So I

47:27

don't think they're at that point yet.

47:29

Now the other point you asked is

47:31

that I don't think it's ever positive

47:33

that somebody's hurt, but with Stroman, his

47:35

knee hasn't gotten much better, so he's

47:38

gonna end up missing about a month.

47:40

I don't think he's hitting 140. I

47:42

just don't think he can. Because he

47:44

made 28 starts last year, and he

47:46

gets a 154. So I don't think

47:48

he's going to make 140 and that's

47:51

unfortunate for him. It's going to cost

47:53

him $18 million. But the longer he

47:55

stays out, you're missing start-up-to-start. So he's

47:57

missed three starts already. Probably going to

47:59

miss three more starts. So let's say

48:01

he gives you five innings to start.

48:04

That's 30 innings right there. Last year

48:06

he had 154. You're already down to

48:08

124. I think it's going to be

48:10

very difficult for him to get to

48:12

the 140 threshold to get the guaranteed

48:14

18 million. But I would never say

48:17

it's a good thing that somebody's hurt.

48:19

I feel sorry for the This is

48:21

what he does for a living. He

48:23

wants to pitch. Don Arnold and Roseburg,

48:25

they do a talk show for a

48:27

living. It starts at 3 o'clock. It's

48:30

coming on in moments. You have to

48:32

stick around. I'll be back again tomorrow

48:34

at 1. I'm excited about it. We'll

48:36

talk about who the Giants and the

48:38

Jets took in the first round. We'll

48:40

talk about the Knicks and the Pistons.

48:42

We'll preview the Yankees and the Mets.

48:45

I've got so much to do. That's

48:47

why it's the quickest, the quickest, two

48:49

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48:51

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48:53

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48:58

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49:00

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