Green Light with Chris Long - Stanford Steve! NFL Win Totals, Coaches & Players Under the Most Pressure & NBA Finals

Episode Date: June 6, 2023

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talking sports with Stanford, Steve. We have a good time. We've got Macon and Nate, both in We're going to start off a little home run derby recap. You can check that out on YouTube. Make sure you give it a watch, give it a like, give it a comment, and subscribe to Green Lights YouTube page. Making gives out a couple green lights and red lights. Talk sports with Stanford Steve, and then it's a little around the world in the back half.

We ask about cheap shots, athletes who will forever be linked, and have a couple fun questions. You'll please enjoy this show. We're happy to have Steve back. We'll catch you on Thursday. with me today. Fresh off the home run derby. Winner, winner.

Yeah. You won. I want to get to the sports. I want to get to the weekend. We had William Hayes in the house. Came to visit his boy, dude. Me and Will are tight. And after we retired for about four years there,

he didn't know how close Charlottesville, Virginia, was to High Point, North Carolina. So he didn't make the track. He never looked on the map. And recently we were on the phone and it kind of came up and he said, oh shit, three hours. That's nothing. So he made the trip up. We'll talk about that.

We'll talk about tonsler league here in Charlestville. But first, red light green light. You got a red light green light? Yeah, plenty. How much time do you have? I got all day. All right. Green light.

Debrick. always improving oneself. De Briggs going to nursing school. So we had a 10-year, all-pro NFL career. He took a couple classes at a community college, got the prerex out of the way, and now he was going to nursing school in the fall. Matt scared me last night because he was like,

did you see this? And I was like, yeah, I didn't give me the phone. And it's a picture of DeBrick of Charlotte Ferguson, like, looking off into the distance, and I was like, oh, no. And then I just found, I thought he's going to nursing school, so congratulations. Pretty impressive.

Revealed it on a peanut at Roman Harper's show. Second Axe, yeah? Second Axe. I bet that's pretty good. I kind of sputtered to the finish there with my higher education. Yeah. I was at Beach Week, North Myrtle, shout out Speegey, the galleon. And I was calling professors to be like, hey, how to go.

Yeah. Like, you got like a B-minus, buddy, you're fine. You were nervous. Yeah, and I was on a victory lap too. You got to let it go, man, you know? Enjoy your beach week. No. It was a good time.

Speedy? What's Speedy? It was the best time. Really? Yeah. You didn't go to Beach Week? I had one beach week. It was really lame.

I don't even remember where it was, really. Picture a club, put it on the beach, and then put that beach in South Carolina. No shit. Yeah. That sounds good, dude. A ton of 18 to 22-year-olds. Yeah.

Well, it sounds good. if you're 1822. It was fun times. We got kicked out of our hotel the second day of Beach Week. Really? What'd you do? Landon Bradley.

Did it involve smoking? Landon. Oh, yeah. We got in trouble with her. Definitely. You forgot that part. But we were smoking like on the balcony and they had like police like outside

like looking at balconies. Kids now can just, you know, they can smoke. Yeah. But it was a different time. It was like prohibition. That's how we're going to talk about our beach week. Yeah. It definitely was a different time.

Yeah. Hey, red light to pineapples potentially. Really? Okay. So, controversial. Sometimes it's frustrating to come to work here because everybody's high and, and also negative and no one listens to my good ideas, you know?

So I said today, I said, M.G. I says to myself, I says, be a pineapple, all right? Stand tall. Wear a crown. Be sweet inside, right? And I was saying this to a colleague, and she said, oh you mean like a like a swinger exactly and I said huh and she said that's like that's that's pineapples are used as a secret way for swingers to identify themselves well guess what we've had as a

door knocker on our front door for the past three and a half years the goddamn pineapple really I had no idea we didn't switch it out from the previous owners here's the part that you should feel slighted like nobody's knocked plenty of people have knocked but I didn't know what they were talking about Maybe you missed the code word. We talked about this last week. Yeah. The pineapple. Are you serious?

Yeah, we did. Remember? It was exclusively in retirement communities. Yeah. So pineapple is like the international, you know, let me bang your wife. Yeah. Symbol. Yeah.

You know? And there's a lot of people. Come on in. There's a lot of people like you. I'm here for the orgy. There's a lot of people like you that are just donning pineapples on their front porch. Without any idea. Willie nilly, dude.

Without any idea. You're one of the... Damn, dude. Have you gotten weird knocks? Yeah. It's probably a knock. I mean, him being upstairs in your A shirt with cereal, eating cereal, probably. Yeah, remember that?

I don't eat cereal. I was trying to bring my kids by on Halloween. And this guy's up in the fucking bedroom with lights are off in the house because he didn't want any Halloween people. And he's got an A shirt on staring out the window eating like Apple Jacks. And he looks like a damn serial killer. That's why you're not getting any knocks. Serial killer.

The cereal part doesn't check out because I don't need cereal. But I do recall this. We leave a, now we accept children on Halloween. Maybe your hours were off. Coldly. The kids like walk down your driveway and like, like, oh, is a cold front come through? Holy shit.

Red Light, we can do this all day. This NBA finals presentation? Yeah. Back in my name, if back in my. day, if you were a basketball player on a basketball team, you were wearing all the same shoes as everybody else. I remember those black converse cons that the UVA men's basketball team was for in the early

90s. I looked out there last night on the floor with the superimposed NBA finals logo with the superimposed corporate logos with the off wood gradient 528, which is trying too hard. We get it. You're a mile high in there. We get it. Yeah. With that logo that you love.

in the restricted area. I see KCP in pink and blue shoes, Bruce Brown and Christian Brown and highlighter yellow, Kyle Lowry's in royal blue, Jeff Green Purple, Hemie Butler, sky blue, Cody Martin's in a green, gave Vincent's

in a slime green, what are we doing? You know what you're doing? What is it with kids these days? I know, this is not a good, it's not going to be a popular take. When you were doing this, I was like, he's going to be the anti- sneaker freedom guy. Like, this is not. I'm pretty sure they get fine for this.

You're old school too now. I'm pretty sure they get fine for this and they probably don't care, but it's more on the market inside on the reverse is these companies and these artists, like who do these special things for the playoffs on these guys' shoes or, hey, if you wear my shoe, like these guys are probably getting paid like a good amount of money to wear these particular shoes during these games.

You think it offsets the fines? Yeah, just like, you know, NFL. Like, I mean, like guys, hey, if you wear my shoe, like I'll pay the fine. But they used to find us for high socks more than anything. Yeah. Like high socks and shit like that. And spatting.

And spatting, yep, that sort of thing. Well, Nike would take your money away. Y'all had to wear those going back to college. Now that Cody Zeller was in a very nice black shoe and black sock. Look great. And you know what my wife said when Cody Zeller was on the floor? Who's that? What is that guy doing on the floor?

Yeah. And that's what's so funny about Cody Zeller, dude. Like, if you look at his pictures, he didn't always look like, you know, like, quintessential suburban dad but he does it looks like he won a contest and he got like zapped onto the floor in the NBA finals and that's what won the heat the game

let Yokin score she didn't like his swag though let okay well Meg didn't like his face last drafted player on everything well and interesting no here's what you're doing though you're filling your time they used to be spending live betting games by doing shit like tracking sneakers

it was distracting this is a It was distracting. Exactly, dude. How is it? Is it better? No. No, you miss it. Well, no, I actually don't.

It's far less stressful. The bottoms of my feet used to sweat a lot. They don't anymore. A guy did holler at me about some professional tennis, though, this morning got the juices flowing a bit, but no, I'm staying away. Could you? Staying that way. What's the play?

What's the play? Uh. Oh, guy asked for a play from you. No, a guy said, hey, a good buddy is this guy who plays professional tennis. Okay. Guy also listens to the show. I thought there was a pathway to fixing tennis matches. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, I'm good.

Got the juices flow. And it's not like, he's not like a top 100 guy, so he can fly under the radar. I thought you were about to say you're about to get like a good deal on lessons or something. Nah. He didn't need lessons. 88 mile per hour serve. Like 112 in high school. 112, 113 is where we were.

What? I tried to go under just for comedic effect, but yeah, you hit the ball hard. Yeah, thanks. Only six foot arms, though. Got short arms. Yeah. I was hitting the ball hard today.

So that, yeah, that's dynamic segue there. You motherfucker, dude. You still got your jersey on? I got my dirty Yermen Mercedes jersey. I was out there at McIntyre today going toe to toe with, the favorite Nate Collins. He was minus 120, I believe, to win. But I think I covered.

I lost three to two. I don't know if you could bet the spread on this thing. I mean, you can't bet the spread if you didn't let me finish out my home runs. I still had an out left. You had two pitches left. So what? Okay, we both had, what, Reed, what was it?

We did three frames each of 10 swings. Yeah, and I did it in 28 swings. You had two remaining plus the baseball. because we had a money ball, baseball. Exactly. Let him know. You act like he won the home run title in 28 swings. I did.

Three home runs, dude. The probability of you hitting another one was nothing. Bro. What was the probability of you winning? Hey, I stood there with class, dude, as you trotted around the bases. You and your jackassery. You tried to trip me.

No, I didn't. No, I didn't. There was a lot of chirping coming when Nate was at bat. There was a lot of chirping. They were playing songs. We saw a day. Dave Matthews, make. Dave Matthews was running through McIntyre.

And before I got in there, he had run by and Tom invited him into the home run derby. And he declined lightly. He was my good luck charm. Yeah. Well, on the way back, because he just donated a well to Waterboys, so I want to shout him out for that,

he and his wife, Ashley. So really cool of them. I got to thank him in person. And yeah, it was funny. as shit because like Dave Matthews running by your, your, uh, your home run derby and you lose anyway, you know, that was a big moment for me and I lost. So it was just you two participating. Yeah. Aren't you all respectfully not very good? No, not as good as JP, no. Yeah. But he had four home runs this year. He's not really good. I'm pretty good, dude. I'm pretty good now.

I mean, some, some would argue I hit for contact better than you. Were you the one at second base? Because I've heard people talking about the second baseman. I'm not going to the outfield. I was trying to be there not because I thought it was good because I didn't want to throw my arm out. The ball found goals. When you say some... Maybe I'll move to catcher.

When you say some would say that you have contact with the ball better than me. On defense, you're like a manager. Who says that? Who says that? Wait, I didn't hear that. How about you hitting the ball as hard as me? Oh, contact?

I bet the numbers. would back it up. No, no, no, no. You said some would say. Who's the sum? Oh, nobody. It's just a phrase. No, I would say. I would say I hit for contact better than you. I think the tape doesn't lie. I'm a better softball player than you, but it's fine, bro. We have a, we're team. You're like a manager on you know, you know, I played a little bit. So here's the deal, dude. All these barbs aside, you won the home run derby. Terrific. Thank you. Thank you. And I lost and I had to smoke, um, one of those big ass cones. Convenient losing punishment.

Why? Because you love drugs. Exactly. You love smoking. You agreed to the bet. Of course I'm agreed to the bet. I agree to all bets here. He agreed to the bet in the terms where I got to smoke the whole thing by the end of the podcast.

And I walk in and I'm halfway done with this thing. It's as long as fucking... I'm still waiting for my co-cutter. My cold cutter prize, bro. Raw cone, dude. I win a lot of things here. And Nate's like, oh, will you just make bets we don't honor? Dude, I'm dying for this bet.

Hey, man. I'm over here. Remember the Colcutter? I won that. What did I win, guys? Yeah. Okay, you win some ham. Yeah, a little sliced turkey.

Hey, get him his cold cuts. The cold cutter. How do you say it? Oh, no, no. I can tell you. Calcutter. The Calcutter. The Calcutter.

Nate, sincerely, how do you maximize exit velocity. How is it swinging your arms really hard? Is it where you make contact? Do you have to let the ball travel far enough? Is it as simple as squaring it up and getting good wood on it?

Here's some Oscar Meyer for you. Oh, you know, I'm known for good wood. So it's about just getting that good wood, great contact. What do you tell yourself right before you make contact? I honestly think it's a cheat code because his girls at the, game every time sitting right behind home plate umpire was risen or up last game neither here nor

there guys like 74 all right but that's like a cheat code to have people there that my parents came and i hit the cover off the ball dude my parents came and i hit the piss out of the ball yeah in the rain yeah what are you being a hater bro i've given you your props now you know you got to give me mine when my folks showed up it was like uh cove creek 13 year old year MVP Your parents showed up. You only hit one home run. You're 38 years old. Yeah, in the rain, dude.

It's awesome. You don't like it. No, I shouldn't shame parents supporting their kids. That's tight as hell. But like you're 40. To their defense, they had 38. Two kids on the field. They had two kids.

To be fair, if it was just me, probably not. MC Kyle. Okay. Yeah. Always the baby. Dad after the game. See, the way Kyle hit that ball. he's just it's just different

oh yeah he's just always hit it different yeah like dad did you see my triple geez and honestly if there were more people in the derby you you probably I would I would have bet on you for last place okay like hands down like okay I agree like minus minus like 450 minus 450 yeah like you last place

like if like JP was in it because I think Kyle probably in a home run derby I think Kyle, he would probably beat me in a home run derby on that field. JP, I think for sure. But for now, I'm the champ. So, like, it feels good. It was the first one. If you want to do another one, like, I love to do another one.

We can rematch, like, boxing. Oh, I'm down, bro. You know how we, like, talk shit. But I will say this, you're not a role model. I'm not or you're not, bro. You're not, bro. You're the one who took out the phone. You're the one when the sweat is really on.

Like you get into your trolling bag and today It doesn't matter I wasn't trolling I was doing good competitive Little junk talking and then when I went up And you and you blanked that middle round You took out you took out the speakers And started playing music and doing all these other antics Getting the hype up, dude

Getting the hype up getting the hype up And it worked for me Yeah, not a role model Why do you say that? Because you know I want my kids you know Hey, you got to act like you've been there before. Oh, yeah? And it's evident to me you've never won a home run derby.

I haven't, and it's my first one, and it feels so good that I won it over you. Shout out to Oakley's. It feels good to lose it, though, too. Shout out to Rockcone. Shout out to sponsors. And Oakley's because I probably wouldn't be able to do it if I didn't have these glasses on. You took your glasses off mid-round twice. Wow, you're trying to take my marketing money.

Hey, I'm not trying to take it, but maybe if you would award them for the whole round, round, they would have helped you get that one or two extra home runs you would have needed. And you could have been here in this position. I'm sorry, Oakley only works with role models. Okay. So congratulations. But this is how normal people feel when they get high, I think. Like I was sitting here and I was stuck, man, trying to prep for this show.

Luckily, it's about a bunch of bullshit. And in the middle, we're going to talk to Steve, Stanford Steve, back on the show. been a while some NFL talk but we had William Hayes in town this weekend he is an all-time hang dude miss my buddy he he and I you know how you have some house guests over and you feel like you're on you're like kind of on call like you're nervous you're like what what do we do now like how do I entertain this person William likes to sit on the back porch it was awesome he was up from 5.45 in the morning until I woke up at 9 because the kids weren't in town. And he was sitting on the back porch.

All he wanted to do after Friday when we took him on the river was go back to the river. He said, can we kayak in your pond? Dude, I drug my kayaks down in my truck. And we kayaked in the pond for 20 minutes. And he was like, we kind of looked at each other. It was like, this and doing it. So we drug the kayaks out of the pond. and I said we can be at Sugar Hollow in, you know, 30 minutes.

And he had like an array of questions, are there bears? I had this nightmare about a bear when I was a kid. I hate bears. He was worried about that on James River, but this was actually a place where I thought we might see some bears. And we were still suffering from food poisoning from, you know, the weekend. We had a lot of food poisoning Friday, Reed. He wanted to keep, you know, he knew it was food poisoning.

he just wanted to add to it. He was like, I keep poisoning me. He just kept getting food poisoning. Yeah. And even on the river, he said, tomorrow I want to do a bigger river. And you said, you said, we'll take you to West Virginia. We'll take you to the new river. And he said, yeah, he was talking all this shit.

On the way to the river, does the kayak flip the whole thing? We dropped him right in the rapids and hope for the best. He made it through perfect. And he, and his confidence shot. By a mile in, the guy's like, I need something more challenging. And I'm like, what? He's like, are there any more challenging rivers in this area?

And I said, yeah, we can go to the new river. Like tomorrow, he's like, I'm going to go to the old river. So my man was just in, like, vintage William Hayes form. He was also, he was asking how high the river got, you know, when it flooded. And then he was like, oh, it gets that high when I pointed out on a tree. like it probably gets up there and he's like I could I could ref that I could kayak that right

and he's a you don't think I could do it I could definitely do it dude he's one of the funniest human beings uh is he not like he's hilarious he said he said in the floods you don't think I could do it all you really need is good balance and control your stick control your stick yes yeah I remember that yeah he's a fucking he's a he's a classic

and then he said uh lesson of kayaking if you're not moving you'll you'll get left behind. Exactly. And that was on the flat part kind of towards the end. He was FaceTiming Robert Quinn for like an hour and fell way behind. And evidently had to paddle like his life dependent on it. But he loved it.

He had a good boat from Appomattox River Company. Nate Conley let him share in Nate's flotilla. Did Nate stay dry this time? Yeah, Nate stayed dry. I did say dry. The speaker didn't stay dry though. Speaker did. I lost the speaker.

We seen an eagle. That was cool. What? You see an eagle? We saw two. Speaker that was recovered. Speaker was recovered. And Will said when it was underwater, he said, I feel like I could have heard that through the water, like the vibrations.

Yeah, he's ridiculous. So, I mean, and then he left, and we went to Tonsler last night to see our team. Elite company. Elite company. So our surprise is ranked the number one team. But tell people about the league, though, first. So, Charlestville has a summer basketball league, similar to some of these bigger leagues in different cities like New York, like the Rucker Park or the Dykeman, like summer league. It's like an A ball affiliate.

Yeah. It's like a pro. It's like a pro-am summer league, like I guess. And you have from, I think maybe high schoolers to grown men, some collegiate players. Some good basketball players, man. Yeah. Like a lot of good competition. And West Bellamy, he took over the league, I believe, last year, and they've done a real good job of just putting together something nice for the community a few times a week during the summer.

Awesome environment on a Sunday. They got like five back-to-back games, people doing cookouts, fans everywhere. It's awesome. Yeah, and our team is stacked. When I walked in, we were standing there and I was like looking at the two teams. And a guy who I didn't know, but Nate's buddies with was like, that team right there is like unfair. And I was like, wait, hold on a second. Let me look at my sheet here.

And sure enough, that's the team that we're sponsoring, elite company. And the story behind it is supposedly last year there was a bunch of players that I guess they felt like they were stars on their respective teams and didn't like their coach or the teams they were on. So they said that they didn't want to play with those teams anymore. And those guys were defectors. We're defectors and kind of they joined and made their own. That is such a great story of us. Their own team. And that's the team.

And supposedly now were ranked like talent-wise, like top one or two of the league. Here's the key, though. The play of the night, though, was Matt bringing his, his, uh, B. G. Oh. This baby girl. Oh, we're talking about that? I didn't want to put that out there. We've been kind of talking about it.

Macon's been tracking the relationship. Oh, really? Yeah, it's a veritable fuck fest. Nah, it's more than that. Let me tell you. Matt, well, don't be, you know. Matt looked like a G. He pulled up to the hood basketball event with his chick, and they stood courtside at the

basketball game for a little bit. Yeah, man. He did, you did look like a GM. And then, and then there was a really, there was a funny moment where we were sitting across the court. And like, people got their lawn chairs and everything behind the baseline. And like, it's like deep back there. And Matt and his BG are across the court and trying to get to us. And you could either go across and we can walk right across everybody.

This is so funny. Or you could walk like all the way out to the street and around and around the corner to us. And we were like, what's he going to do? do it's probably like minus 300 odds that he takes the street uh and this was a big moment but he took the street why didn't you why didn't you just walk across the sidewalk in front of the 15 people sitting on the wall respect for the game you try not to walk right on the base oh my goodness respect for the game sounds like respect for the court uh but yeah make it was no she had a great time and really enjoyed meeting you guys she knows Nate and Chris from listening to the pod and

actually told me something interesting this week that uh she's been listening since COVID and said that like you and Macon helped her get through COVID listening to you guys appreciate that there we go there we go day ones all right cool well yeah that's uh you know he's risen got her through COVID and then and then set her on the course for the rest of her life bringing you into the fall down exactly Is that a fire truck? No, it's wedding bells. Is that the pitter-patter of rain on a tin roof? No, it's Matt making love.

Pitter-patter. Is that somebody eating a plate of food? No, it's the reception at the wedding. Is that a choo-choo train I hear? Oh, it's like wedding bells or some shit. Okay, good. All right. So anyways,

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Head on over to oakley.com, O-A-K-L-E-Y, for more information today. Steve! gentlemen white steve been a long time i make it a long time hey man how are you fair to midland i reckon midland yeah yeah midland texas first summer with two kids huh uh sort of yeah the boy was born august 10th so you know yeah you tell me let it yeah that no you're you're in it yeah um buckle up yeah steve just uh it's baseball season you know so on the weekends now i got I go to the like coach pitch and shit like that. But it's awesome.

Yeah. Waylon is into the NBA, man. He is. Really? He's all the way in. So we got to talk a little NBA here. No, no mullets in the NBA, though. No, no mullets.

But Waylon cut his. So he's, he's an adult now. He's adulting. But my dog loves the NBA, loves Jalen Brunson. So if we can get him on the pod anytime soon, Waylon wants to come in and pitch him a couple questions. Steve. how the hell do you do the sports center show right now it's hard to do a podcast there's not a lot

to talk about you know uh free agency in the NFL by the way side pretty much even though there's some good names out there um are you really into sports this time of year is it an act absolutely uh yes because it's funny scott i were talking about this last week he's got a countdown uh to when he's off for the summer and we always revert back now to when we had to do Sports Center, when there were no sports during the COVID. And nothing, nothing was more mentally draining for a TV staff than those days, man. Like it was, let's have Wojohn again, see if there's an NBA update. Let's have Pass it on to see if there's a baseball update.

Like it was, we did bad beats of last dance. That's how. No way, dude. That's deep in the catalog. Our research staff went back, checked the line. Like, yes, that's what we did. It was, it was, so nothing is as bad. I get it.

It's not, you know, everybody's college baseball, women's college world series and softball is not everybody's cup of tea, but I love the college baseball. I think it's tremendous. I did find my new favorite Virginia athlete name ever last night, Connolly Early. Yeah. I mean, that's just a, if that's not UVA, I don't know what is, but what a majestic map. Yeah.

I raise you majestic map. So yeah, I'm in on the baseball. The NBA finals, obviously, is an unbelievable story. It felt like we ran out of things to say about the heat after they beat the bucks. And like, I just don't know what else to say. They're playing out of their minds. And they deserve all the credit because they're doing it. So there's that.

I love the Stanley Cup. I'll watch as much Stanley Cup playoffs as I can. Those stories there. I do find it interesting. We could have a most spoiled fan base on our hands of the Las Vegas Golden Knights. The success they have had is pretty nuts knowing how they've only been around, you know, a couple years. Doesn't hockey do the expansion thing differently? They set you up for success, right?

Grab the good ones. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it puts a lot of onus on the teams that have to give up the players. Their stories, you know, and, but I still say since then, making, they've done a, like, they have not been afraid to spend money. They went out and did the Eichel deal. That was a risk because of, you know, what you believe there with the, with the medicals. But it's an awesome story.

I got a chance to go out there when I was out there for March Madness to go to a game. And it's everything it's cracked up to be. It is a ton of fun. They deserve it. I just think about, you know, down there, if they don't ever keep up the spending and keeping the players and, you know, focus on winning games, what it would look like because we know there are some dreary parts of Las Vegas. And I could see them migrating to Team Mobile. But it's an awesome story.

And Florida has been tremendous in what they've done. So we were thinking, you know, if the heat won the whole thing, it'd be definitely the most. unexpected championship probably in the four major sports i don't know i don't know baseball i don't know hockey as well but i know in football and in the NBA definitely an eight seed winning the whole thing would be crazy but like on another level probably the least star studded roster to win a championship in the four major sports would you agree i mean outside of jimmy butler and an aging kevin love It's a bunch of undrafted guys. Yeah.

Yeah, it's amazing what they've done. And yeah, the lack of star power for sure. And I think you see that with the attention or the focus and, you know, time spent on it because people do want the stars involved. And that's why I think it's so cool that they've been able to do it. And we know how annoying the Miami fan base could be. So they are enjoying this to the max. So yeah, as far as all-time teams start, you know, less two teams come to mind.

It's a 2015 Virginia baseball team and a 2019 Virginia basketball team. I think that haven't had the big stars. Making thoughts. The rib cage. That's fine. I mean, I'd take no offense to that. I'd rather have a team first group win titles, which you just noted.

They did. Another one, like I saw this on one of these lists, like they were ranking the champions post the Bulls and the Pistons got just absolutely dumped on on that list. They were like way down the list. It was on ESPN. And that was like a team basketball group. But they had stars, though, like fringy stars,

not like, you know, not COVID. be shack type stuff. The 80 Raiders, Matt just pointed out. I can't remember a ton of guys on that team, but I'm not like a historian. Their Damashek could. The 94-95 rockets were 60, but they still had the dream.

They had the dream. They got players. The one that everybody points to is the seven, it's before our time, but the 77 bullets. Yeah. They won 44 games. Yeah.

Oh, wow. But they had reference. And they won an NBA title. And I think that, you factor that in, when that happens in your league, like the timing of Magic and Bird, like, that's why it's looked at as highly as it is because that's what they had as far as a championship team. So I think that those guys do deserve all the credit and love they got for elevating the league and bring it to a whole new life. Matt was like, when you said the bullets from 77, Matt goes, they had Wes Unseld.

I don't know if you heard it, but, yeah, like, yeah, Wes Unsett probably qualifies, I guess. Yeah, no. What do you think, man? What do you think of the rest of the series? You think they have a legitimate shot to win this thing? Or is this just like the one game? Because I know that in game two, they probably had a better shot than game one. They were shot physically, the flight, the two-day turnaround. I figured they'd cover last night, but I was surprised they won. Yeah, I'm to the point. I'm not surprised by them anymore. They just keep, you know, Martin hasn't done anything in this series, but that's fine because Duncan Rock, Evans and goes for 20 plus. Vincent goes for 20 plus. What did you think, Chris, I saw a bunch of people tweeting about it, but the idea that they left Boston that night and flew right to Denver knowing the altitude they were faced with. I hate it.

I hate it. And getting that in five in the morning. So I hate that. I didn't even think about it, but now I, like, I thought that was a curious decision. That was dumb and probably zap the energy out of them because you can't acclimatize or, you know, like get used to the altitude in 24 hours. Like, you can't get used to it in 48 hours. Like, I'm sure somebody's going to argue with me about it. But as a player, I remember we went out to Wyoming and we went out early and tried to, like, work out and shit like that.

It only zaps you. I didn't like that. Yeah, I, that's, I'll tell you what, I mean, I know those guys are drinking on the flight, too. So there's nothing worse than a mile. Maybe so. Maybe so. Yeah. The Colorado hangovers are old enough to really feel them. But yeah, no, like the Duncan Robinson thing was crazy.

He wasn't just hitting threes. Well, and he only had 10 points, and he had 10 points in those three minutes. The right time. Start the fourth quarter. That contract was worth it. Yeah. Yeah. If they win this whole thing, I mean, he helped bail him out.

I mean, they could not. They started up 10-2 or whatever it was. And Malone's like super mad about their effort. He's out there talking about like no defensive effort. He pointed out the start of every quarter. they've been dominant the heat have so i don't know i don't know about calling out your team's effort publicly if that's like a tactic from him former virginia assistant michael malone there steve hey west unseld scored seven points a game for the 77 bullets

hall of fame yeah that's what i'm saying he put the pistons up you know he won rookie a year and mvp the same year she'd fucking uh chauncey billis rip hamilton i mean you know that was a team man but they had west He's a NBA head, bro. He took offense. Um, yeah. So anyways, we'll, I'll probably bet the heat again next week. It's just so fun to bet this. Yeah. I was just like, I don't understand these people are trying to go against. Just take the points. Every game. They're getting 10 points. I wonder what they're getting at home. Two and a half. Yeah. See, that's where it gets to be the danger zone. My bite of three. They're not a great home team either. That's the other. Yeah. And Denver has. And Denver has. And Denver has. hadn't lost at home in the entire. There you go. You did your homework today. Watch the game, you know.

Yeah. Take notes. The first time they've beaten them in 10 tries, I think. Steve, what do you think of Denver's Unis? This is a, this is a, just a catastrophe of uniforms in this series. It's brutal. Really, really, really bad. I just, it's bad.

Let's, let's talk NFL. Okay. Because I already put a couple win total bets in. Did you? Yeah. I took the Ravens over. I took the Lions over. I'm looking hard at the Steelers over.

I don't like betting all these overs, Steve, personally. Yeah. It's easier to root for teams to lose. Correct. It is. I know, especially in that league, too. I do, like, I know it's boring, but like, the Chiefs, I think, still at 11 and a half.

Like, they're not going worse than 12 and 5. They got, what is it? Three toughest games are the Bills, bangles, and Eagles. And all three of those, they get at home. And Mahomes is 27 and 3 in his career against the AFC West. You know, like, I just, I don't see those guys having a tough time. I like the Saints over. What's that at?

They play the 10, 9 and a half. Is that because of the division? Yeah. Yeah, I would think minimum four and two against the division. Five and one is probably a lock. They get to Texans, Colts, bears, and Titans. They have four games against the top three quarterbacks that were just picked. And if, and if, you know, depending where the Titans are,

they could play Levist too. I don't know, man. I'm looking at the division, and it feels like one of those things where we might be, you know, underestimating how frisky the Falcons could be. and or how frisky the Panthers could be if this kid's ready to play at all because that defense is stacked I'm not saying it's going to be a cakewalk but yeah five and one and it feels a little bit uh ambitious yeah okay bucks are going to be i'm really interested in the falcons are going to be a dumpster fire bucks dumpster fire Caleb oh god yeah be a shame I uh yeah i don't see them having much success

if any. I like the Jags over. I do too. Nine and a half. I like the bucks under. I mean, you get, I mean,

I call it a dumpster fire. There's a few here, dude. I mean, and it's about that time of year. The Rams, six and a half. That's going to be an interesting one.

I got to feel like a lot of people are going to bet the over there. Have fun. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You know, I mean, I just,

I wonder what Stafford has left. In Vegas respects, Atlanta, eight and a half. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. I mean, yeah. What's going on? When they start, you know, the, I don't get into all the analytics, but like, when you

start looking at who they're playing and the percentage of, you know, division games and stuff like that, they, they are set up better than the other two teams for sure. Broncos in Carolina and Tampa. Broncos eight and a half. But Sean Payton is the second favor for coach of the year. I don't know. Something done that up there. Come back coach of the year?

No, coach of the year. Just coach of the year, man. Think about it. You're sitting on a gold mine when it comes to winning that award. I mean, like, you could fix Russell Wilson the whole thing. I mean, and people respect the hell out of them. So they're going to be watching. There was one I liked here. Oh, Vegas under, maybe.

Yes. You know, like I haven't seen it move since Jimmy G News. Some books moved it to six and a half. It had been seven and a half. Yeah, so it moved a whole. Raiders got four trips to the Eastern Time Zone. maybe they go two and four. They play Rogers and Allen outside the division.

They also got to go to Chicago. I don't think Jimmy G's going to be healthy for 10 plus games. And Brian Hoyers, they're backup. Yeah, that's a tough one. I got the under there. Which darling would you rather zag on and go under? Seahawks or lion? Seahawks, eight and a half, lions nine and a half.

Well, that kind of answers. I mean, like, yeah, I already bet the lions. I wouldn't bet the under on either of these guys, but definitely I think the Seahawks. I think I'm actually, I mean, when we're doing all the Rogers Jets stuff, like I'm way more interested in the Packers with that. I just, like now we're really going to see what LaFore brings to the table, you know.

They're super, you know, super high on Jordan Love. And we just haven't seen it. You know, those guys are there every day. And when you look at that division, now, now you talk about pressure, the lines are putting a lot on themselves, you know, what they did in the draft, what, you know, how Campbell goes about things. Good for him. I mean, that's the way he wants to bring it.

Good. But I just think the Packers, the roster is still pretty good to me. And I like what they did in the draft. And, you know, I think Minnesota is a team that comes way back. Yep, you think. Wow, okay. Because I had, um, My guy, Barnwell, had an awesome note that I, that I was reading.

Is that Vikings number really eight and a half? Wow. Dude, it, they were at 13 and 4 and were 11 in 0 and games decided by one score. But they can't get to 9 and 8? I'd rather bet the under. That's insane. I'd rather bet the under. And I think the division's tough.

I think it's good. Look, I'd rather bet the under. Unless that juke. They do play that NFC cell. Yeah, I'd, you know, I don't know, man. I feel like, do you think Kurt Cousins is going to be the quarterback there in two years? So how many games do you think they're going to win? No.

You know, I mean, they could win 10, 11 games and he could lose a playoff game. But, you know, I think everybody knows they're going in a different direction at some point here soon. And that could play out. And I feel like that whole other division is on the up. Yeah. So I don't know. You know? I don't know.

I bet a lot of people are on the over. If I had to, I'd probably bet the under. And I've made a killing on the up. Vikings every year. Yeah, you're, you are a Viking. A Viking. Prognosticator. I know. They put Eagles, Niners, Bengals,

chiefs, and chargers. Yeah. No cakewalk. Steve, who do you think is under the most pressure in the NFL this year? Josh Allen. I wasn't in love with him last year. I don't think, I thought the defense was, was obviously the problem. I don't like the antics and things we saw.

the field with digs. I don't know what's going on there. I just, I feel like that's another one. The division is all getting better. I mean, people are, you could write off New England all you want. There's still going to be a pain in the ass. I don't care what anyone says. They are going to get a pain in the ass to play. I don't, I know that, you know, they made a bunch, would they get Floyd today as a pass rusher? Shane Ray's back. Yeah. I'm not laughing, you know, because it's just wild. I forgot about Shane Ray. It's been five years. Yeah.

And he got Ed Alver back. And, well, they got Puna Ford, too, right? Somebody else, Steve. Somebody else. They got Von Miller back. Dalton Kincaid. Oh, yeah. Kingade.

That's right. Maybe the best tight end in the draft. Maybe. No, I don't know. I still like Michael Mayer. Yeah, I think, you know, Mac's going to be under a lot of pressure. man, you know, like immediately, but I think he's actually going to thrive because I think Bill

will help. Yeah, he has a coach, man. So the pressure doesn't like, if you, if you said, hey, I'm going to put you under a hot lamp, but you actually have a guy who can call an offense. Yeah. That's done it before. I still love Maddie P and everything. I just don't think it was a great situation. Him and Joe Judge, like, that was like, you know, one of those things that as a coach, I might not even done. Matt's down there in Philly now. I ran into him. last week. It's funny as hell to see him in Midnight Green. Yeah, I don't know. I think Bill's

under pressure. You know, I'm not saying he's going to, you know, he's the goat. He's not going to lose job. But I do think a couple years after Tom, you know, like people want to see them around the corner, especially, you know, talking about him as the greatest coach of all time, which he is in my book,

but there are people that want to poke holes in it. And this year would be a big year for them to get back in the playoffs. Aaron's obviously under a lot of pressure. You know, obviously he's going to be a biggest story. I think he goes well, but I think he's under a lot of pressure. Mike McCarthy's seat seems to be perpetually hot. Yeah, it's hot.

Good one. Very good one. Dak as well. Dak as well. Dak as well. It's just not a team to get you can get excited about, you know, except for 11. on the defensive side of the ball.

Yeah. Just sort of that. Well, they've proven it's hard to get over the hump for them for whatever reason. They're always good. I was going to say Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch even more so, I think. I mean, you know, like they've done a great job. They've got a little bit of quarterback cover injuries. I know, but it's almost to a point where it's like, all right, well, secure the position,

you know, like make it a priority. Yeah. And, you know, we'll see what, what's going on with health there at quarterback. But, like, Sam Darnold, I don't know, man. So I think it's more the compounding effect of, like, wasting talent. Everybody's favorite job that's never open, Brandon Staley, L.A. Chargers. Yep. Yep. Definitely going to be under a lot of pressure.

I mean, it was surprising to me that all they did was throw a new coordinator at that. But, you know, talking about odds, I like Justin Herbert MVP odds. I mean, I put in a bet. I forget where it was, but I mean, you never know, dude. These are not big bets. It was like plus 800 or something. You get service down on the river? No, no, I don't.

No, the red phone only. Got it. What about Lamar after getting paid plus $1,500? No question. Has a weapon or two. Yeah, what's Herbert's? plus 900. I was plus 800.

I was close. Jalen for the same reason, you know, that guy is. You think he has another level? I think this level would be pretty damn good every year. If he could just stay here, you know what I mean? That's, that's what I'm interested. That's the other level. Everybody getting their narratives going, like, all right, how much better do you want?

Yeah. And, you know, I thought he played one of the, Kelsey put it really well in the interview last week. he said he played one of the best games by a quarterback in the Super Bowl. And it's hard to argue with that, you know, outside of the turnover. That's one that's going to, you know, bother him for a long time. But I think, I think showing that you can get back to that level, to me, is the next level, if that makes sense. You know, not to join the ranks of Trent Dillfer.

You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win. What else do you like besides Damar Hamlin at a minus 400 for coming back? player a year. I think some other people have that in mind. Yeah. See, I didn't even think about it. I did my buddy show out in Vegas and they're all over it. Like once he steps on the field, that award is his. I understand. Yeah. I just feel like you talked about the Niners. I feel like that's his quarterback friendliest system as there is. And I think Sam Darnold, a fly, I think it's 40 to one. I think it's worth it. Because in that system, you have everything you want. as far as toys to play with for a quarterback.

And I think the narrative of a quarterback leading a team that's, you know, the one thing they need is a court is that position, him being in the spotlight and doing well, I can see that happening. So I just, I've always liked the kid. I know he hasn't lived up to expectations. I feel like this is a great fit because the versatility he has, He is a mobile dude.

I just, I don't doubt Shanahan. And I just, I could see that being a really, really good situation. And I think it's worth the fun. Gordon Palmer said he wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in the Super Bowl. I mean, you know, and that to me says he, he, because he works with the kid. I know there's pumping somebody's tires and then there's going out on a big limb. I think he believes in the guy. I think, you know, I hate to give the guy another chance and another chance.

but yeah, it wouldn't be my choice. But yeah, they must see something in them. I also like talking to people in the officers, like people with the Niners on the staff, like they were so damn confident with Purdy going into Philly. Like they were dead set. They were winning that game. And to see the turn that that took and no one,

they knew it, you know, like we don't have anything behind us. And one guy that can't get hurt is the guy that did. And that's how ugly. But, yeah, they are a fascinating follow. Because to your point about Shanahan and, like, I think they've done wonders. And I don't know what else people want, would they want them to go get Brady?

You know, like they, yeah, they, they screw like, Trey Lance got hurt. They took a swing. They took a swing. I mean, it was the, it was a wrong call. But, I mean, that was their shot. They still had plenty of success. A bunch of teams would take their past.

couple seasons, you know, compared to what other teams have done. So I don't, I think they're, they're going to be fine. I trust those guys. And, you know, when you look at, you know, as far as a division, like, they're not, there'll be some, you know, some funky games because they play those teams twice, but they are head and shoulders better roster-wise than any team in that division. So I think they could run the table in that division. That's what I, you talked about making Lamar and the Ravens like that division now now you're not you're in you know that that's a toss up every every division. No question. I think this year with and that's why I think it's the toughest division. I like those brownies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's hard to but yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's not a bad

pressure pick there. Yeah. What about Anthony Richardson at plus 900 for rookie of the year? I've been hearing good things. Who do you think starts more again? games. Gardner Minshu or Richardson? Oh, that's interesting. Richardson. Yeah, seasons longer, you know, might make a difference. One game on the back end. Yeah, I could see it. Yeah, give him a month, a month. We give Minchew a month. Coach of the year odds, we've got Dan Campbell with the highest odds, plus 850. Amigo Ryan's at plus 2,000 feels like a fun thing to sprinkle. Frank Reich with the Panthers

at plus 2,000. Shane Steichen at plus 2,500. Who's the favorite? Dan Campbell plus 850, followed by Payton at plus 900. Iber Fluse plus 1100, solid plus 1,500. So I think Tomlin lurking down there

is always a good bet. He's at plus 2,500. I mean, I could see Bill getting a... Bill ain't winning. Come on. come on they make a run with that schedule that be they won't vote for yeah solid solid is interesting solid plus 1500 what's mcdaniel macdial macdial plus 2200 yeah yeah it's it's boom or bust for them man they're so fucking talented

i mean it's a tough spot because the you know it's i don't know if you're selecting that coach are you like holding the talent of that team against them historically yeah The magic question. Joining us on the Greenlight Hotline is Emmy Award winning producer Stanford Steve Cochlin. Steve, what's it like to win an Emmy? It's great. I think I'm still trying to get all the stickers off my last one that my kids put on them. They use in their Barbie house.

So probably have to try and hide the second one. Yeah. Keep the Knicks and marks off of it. Put it up high. Do you give a speech or anything? Are they a Smilia trophy? just mail you a trophy Steve

what about this Florida documentary are you into it Swamp King I haven't read I obviously everybody sees a dock and I'm to the point like

like who's producing it is like is Tebow involved oh no like everybody's going to want to see the off to field stuff and I still say like that guy and what he brought to the table covered up are we going to see all the stuff that he covered up yeah that that's or is it going to be more about exactly and

i just don't know if we're going to get the the true story because that's what it's it's come down to it's the untold series so within uh it's the same producers as the mantaito uh that documentary the Malice of the Palace Documentary The Netflix guy, okay Yep All right Also the NBA

betting scandal in 2007 I want to hear some salacious shit about Chris Leak You know How did he get clean through that whole thing He must be a He must be a great guy

But no I don't want to hear it Yeah that's it Stephen You know how on this show We say hello We say the name of the place Then we say hello Yeah.

Sports Center anchor Randy Scott the other day. There was an Aaron Rogers T's, and he said, when will this member of Gang Green get the green light? And then he said, green light, New Jersey. Hello! Did he really? Yeah. Now, we haven't been able to pull the clip.

Do you have more pull over there to get a Thursday, June 1st, SportsCenter, A.m., pull for us? That would really help us here in the marketing department. Okay. Off the air, we could get together. I'm on these top codes. And I could get you that clip. Wow. That sounds great.

That's really cool. Yeah, thank you. For a price. Can you, I'll just take that in exchange for a gift card to the chicken strip. Yeah, dude. Come down, dude. It was popping this weekend. You know what's sad is, you know, the Jonas brothers have this Waffle House song now. Yeah. And I just, I'm the only one of my family that's been to a Waffle House.

My kids have not had to, and I looked it up. The closest one is in Charlottesville. No way. Yeah. Special guests in August. Yeah, you should come down in August when me and Mac can have to stay in there for 24 hours together. Okay. Is there a hotel close?

I'm sure it's right next to a holiday inn. Yep. I just, nothing gets out in. I just stayed there for eight days. I'm a royal name. I'm up in Rochester for the PGA championship. Oh. Oh.

oh yeah let's see there might be a hotel right by it but yeah uh we'll see it is it by the chicken strip waffle house yeah right down the road you can stop okay well maybe you can bring uh what is it raising canes i had raising canes friday night there you go oh it was so good grubbubbed it you're getting all unhealthy on me yeah well i was hungry we were on the river all day okay steve we appreciate what what one more question is your brus you're brother back from Italy? No, I think he's just going to move there. Good question. Holy. How much weight has he lost? Um, he's 20 pounds a week ago. Yeah, 20 pounds. I need to talk to him. Yeah. He needs to get in the gym. Look at him. Ronnie. Softball record?

We lost, um, five and five. We lost the last game. No, we won the last game. We lost the second of last game to Ceramico Tile, the best team in the league. That was our only shot to get in the playoffs. So we're looking for dead ringers, man. We're looking for people around Charlestville that can actually play, unlike me and some of us. What was the record with Kyle in the lineup? Very good, but honestly, we have a secret weapon, John Phillips,

former tight end from Virginia, played in Dallas. He hit like 11 dingers. Am I underselling it? 12. Yeah. That was amazing. Yeah. And was it just a stud at the hot corner.

Yep, stud. And what a making bat for the year? Thousand. He never got out. No. That was a good. That was a better way of putting it. Yeah.

Yeah. But he didn't come to the games is what I mean to say, which is fine. No errors. What are we doing? What are the kids. What? Kids. Come on.

It's a guy's night. Yeah. Do you have any groundwork laid for honey? Guys night. Yeah, but that's when like I want to go to a like a Virginia game, you know? I'm just going to say not involving Virginia athletics. Hey, you got the Cardinal or the Texas Aggies tonight? Tough one.

Hopefully the good guys can win that one. Yeah. We also could, if Stanford loses, though, we're going to get A&M versus Texas. I know. I know. Come on down for the Super. What do you guys got? Winner of Coastal and Duke.

Oh, I got Coastal winning that one. Okay, probably so. Can we beat Coastal? Yeah, we can be Coastal. Okay. ECU people had a good time in Charlottesville. Go to here until they ran into a bad back backie with all that smack. Yeah, they travel well, that purple and yellow.

They do. You guys got a good squad, man. You should be in Omaha. Thank you. Appreciate that. That's a good vote of confidence. Yeah. Kyle Teal, first rounder.

Yeah. Jake Gailoff. Transfer from Northwestern, right? Ethan O'Donnell is a transfer from Northwestern. Good player. Another great Virginia name. Yep. And your boy Connolly Early.

Going to start one of these bad boys. So Virginia just went to Omaha. Yep. ESPN breaking news. Okay. Thank you, Steve. Still can't get over to Lax loss. I'm sorry.

That was rough. Bad. At least Mike Golick Jr. is happy. He had to, like, donate to UVA. All right, Steve. Thank you. All right. You guys don't work too hard.

And the bosses say, hey, we need content. Don't work too hard. Call me up. All right, buddy. Bye, Steve. All right. Bye, guys. If you're in Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana,

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Cachuck threw a punch while his, while his Panthers teammate was holding Nicholas Hogg down. And so he was just holding him down and Cachuck through a couple of these. What are the all-touching? time cheap shots. I'm okay with the punch. You're okay with that they got that real thick glove on. It's just a little love tap to the nose, but the guy was like, helmet on. You're right. He did not have his helmet on, which normally like in a fight helmets are on, right? But in the aftermath, he's like, all right. Okay. All right. Let me see. Oh, yeah, that's not great though.

That's not great. Realistically, that's not great. I think that's fine. You think it's fine? Yeah. Is that Kachuk? Yeah, that's Kachuk. That's our guy. Easily the all-time worst cheat shot. Damn, and he's had such a like, you know, Cinderella story. He got smoked. It's been great to root for that stuff.

One of his cats got the same deal. You scroll a little bit in the comments. You'll see a screenshot of another one. This is hockey, you know? This is playoff hockey. Rudy T. and Kermit Washington. That's it. That's what comes to mind.

That was a real one. Your boy Tom Brady, kicking, kicking up to the D-Lymer's nuts. That's one of the most underrated cheap shots. It didn't get covered at all. There was another one late in the year, too. But yeah, that's a bad. That's a bad one. How about Chris Paul hitting Julius Hodge in the nuts?

Yeah, I'd like to hear Ryan's take on that. You know? Seems to be able to... Ryan, he of the heat cannot win a basketball game in the playoffs. Well, that happened. I think he's mad about the Celtics. So. There are a lot of ones in boxing too.

You had Holy Field missing in the ear. Yeah, no question. I mean, that's an all-time or two. Actually chew on part of your opponent, like, and detach that part from their body is, like, insane. Like two people hitting home runs against each other is not a derby. I think, I don't know that biting somebody's ear. is really a cheap shot.

It's not a shot. That's the only... Why is it not a derby? A derby. Like more than two, I feel. Yeah. I haven't looked up the Miriam Webster definition, but what y'all did, I think, is a competition.

The competition. Whatever you want to call it. I still won. You did. That's not in dispute. Yeah. An annual horse race for three-year-olds is what y'all are saying. y'all did.

That's exactly right. A sporting contest open to the general public. It was open to the public. We had, we had Barstandings. We had Dave Matthews walked by. We had some. One of our foul balls. Yeah.

Balls. Yeah. It was like way down there. It wasn't, yeah, three home runs in 28 at bats. There were balls going over your way. You know, not. I mean, Reed, you could have easily entered too if you want to talk junk.

Oh, I was. I wasn't talking, I was just... It sounded like it. You said it. It sounded like it. I put my money on the winning. Your four winners hook line and sinker now. They're trying to devalue what you did today.

But the people who are talking barely hit the ball even to the grass during the entire season. So at the end of the day, I feel... You don't handle success well, do you? I feel great about winning. You don't handle success well. It's the role model thing. Why is me telling the truth like not being a role model? Where did I love?

I'm just saying these guys did hit at least the outfield, you know? I saw that hit his outfield on the roll. Also shacked all your balls today. He's talking shit, bro. I know. Unfortunately, it's not wrong. Oh man, I can't wait till next season. Listen, nothing's worse than the owner of the team playing second base and just booting

grounders, but... Bro, I cannot wait to the blooper real, bro. You had a... You had a tough season. but I'm not going to lie. It is very, very comical watching you try to shack. And I'm not saying, I know I can't do better, but the fact that you were there and you were there the entire season,

it was very, very fun. Wait, we're not putting out a blooper reel, all right? Yeah, why not? Hell yeah, we have to, bro. Put it out. We have to. We look terrible. We've got a blueprint reel, but we've got highlights too.

It's bad. It's bad. Next year, we might put you in the field. Oh, that's fine. Yeah. That's fine, bro. Yeah. I mean, like, I just don't think anyone.

else wants to play catcher like i do i'm the best catcher some guys that are back in the back of the box and i think i had just so many outs playing catcher as you did that second base we probably true probably true we it even out because you fucking run like um uh like uh i can't even even i there's no human being that's slow enough three double plays we had double plays bad dude in the indiana kentucky baseball game uh the other day peter shiruto hits a home run and his teammate Tyler Cernie placed a crimson chain around his neck. It was a no-no. It was an injection, resulted in injection because he brought it out from the dugout area.

You have to keep your props in the dugout area. Is that too strict a punishment? Yes. Overkill. Is this all still stemming from the turnover chain? Like all these teams doing like a celebration? Yes. In our sport, we have a team that does a, there's a turnoffer.

turnover chainsaw. There's an actual, like, fucking chainsaw on the sideline. So this is, I mean, baseball needs to grow up, get with the times. This is some archaic shit here. What's next? The guillotine. And is it because he put it on while, like, on the field or, like, what the- It has to stay in the dugout.

It has to stay in the dugout. Brought into the field of play. And so who got ejected, like ultimately. Cernie, the guy who brought the guy who hit the home run. Oh, yeah. Because the guy who hit the home run. He's just walking. Yeah, he was just walking.

He just got laid. Yep. You know? That's what it is. It wasn't a lay? It looked like a lay. Yeah, it did look like a lay. So this is too far.

Yeah, it's too far. You know? Get it together, baby. Too high? Too high? Too high. It's a major league reference. Yeah.

Oh, right. They're in the outfield, they're in their bleachers. Guy hits a dinger. Yeah. It's like, oh, no, too high. But he's like too high. And then they panned the guy in the,

in the booth. Bob Euker? Bob Euchar. Yeah, nah. But too high is a great, great line. Like it shouldn't count because it's that high. Yeah, it's double entendre here because I don't remember it. Yeah.

That's art imitating life. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. You got it. We've got a couple mailbags. Name a restaurant from your childhood that's no longer around. Ranch one. What's ranch?

Never heard of it. Oh, my God. And they had the best chicken things. fingers and like french fries but they had like those real like a full potato like pushed through a machine so like the ends still had the the potato skin on it they were really good and I think everything in there maybe was made in peanut oil which gave it like a different type of fried taste but I remember being young and anytime I will be going to MSG to watch a Knicks game yeah like with my

friends or like with my parents or whatever I would be so excited because like Like that was what one of those skins. That was one of the things. You said about Patrick Ewing? No, the potato skins. No, the chicken fingers and fries from Ranch One. And then it, like, it used to be, like, in our malls, like, up in Westchester, New York and different places.

And then it just, I don't know, it just disappeared. It sucked. I don't know. It definitely didn't suck. Well, why didn't it still here? Who knows? Who knows, dude. Okay, walks.

Like, Flaming Walk. It was this place Flaming Walk. When I was a kid and I lived in Cali, they had a Benihana's. So you get to see like the major leaders of the flipping onions up there, big flames, like the whole thing. And then we moved here and they had this place called Flaming Walk. They actually, before there, they were a place called Chang House. Do you remember Chang House? Sure.

So all these walks are going by the wayside. Coincidentally, the Flaming Walk burned down. Yeah, which is like, yeah, it's art. What is it? Art, imitating reality. Life, yeah, you got it. whatever yeah uh so yeah anyways walks are they're like an endangered species around this part i miss you know you know there's one down down their target right um oh like a walk yeah where you can sit

in habachi style but is it like a target walk no it's actually all the people from flaming walk they just work in there no way i kid you not bro they got out so they went to they made it out they got out turns out those guys got out yeah like i'm not even joking Does Target know they burnt down the Chang House or Flaming Walk? Did you just rat on that? That's so funny. I guess. Is that going on your record?

It is the same guy. I don't know. It's the same people. It's pretty good, too. One structure fire. But have you seen him blip an onion? Dude, the guy is a pro. I'm going to Target now.

Thank you. Pizza Hut. It used to serve pizza quickly. The buildings were shaped like a hut. That's the best part. Missed that spot. What? That's the best part.

Wait, oh, you guys are doing that thing. They're, they're sprinkled here and there. It was just a pizza hut on Main Street. They're not in. The pizza huts that are shaped like huts

look like I am legend pizza huts. You need to have the actual hut on the top of the, to see the roof. They're abandoned. Like the arches. Yeah, can't just be a storefront. Yeah,

I miss that too. Name two athletes who will be forever connected. Oh. this could be a positive connection and Chris Long and LaGarri and Kermit

Me and Lagart Blunt I guess like yeah like weekly linked you know I don't you know I'm not saying it's a bad answer

I'm not saying like people walking around you guys both left you guys won back to back super boys and we were on the same

softball team and you were same softball team I think I think the test is you've mentioned one name you automatically

think of the other yeah Yeah, I guess so. And Nancy Kerrigan qualifies. Nancy Carrazen. Tarynne. Tanya Harding. I get it.

I think that's the number one answer. Is Nerman Moe? Bo and Bosworth. At Wimby? L.T. and Thaisman. L.T. and Thaisman. Yeah, because everybody knows. Yeah.

Do you ever watch that video? I don't have it in my head pictures, actually. I'm sure I've seen it. Yeah. It's interesting. Like, you wouldn't necessarily think of Thaisman and you think of L.T. But you definitely would think of L. If you thought of Thysman.

Well, Maybe, I guess, Serena and Venus. Yeah, I guess. Yeah. They are linked. What about? And then Peyton and Eli. Yeah.

Right? Like, I mean, they're forever linked. Tony Parker and Rick Berry or Brent Barry? Brent Barry. And Dr. Tony Parker and Chris Brown. But Chris Brown isn't at. Well, he is an athlete.

Yeah, kind of. Stretch, though. Delante West and? Okay. Oh. I'm just testing the theory. Stress testing the theory. Yes, it worked.

Definitely worked. You can permanently change the price of one item to a dollar. What is that item? Easy. A gallon of gas should be a fucking dollar. Like, I think, like, you know what I mean? Make gas affordable. Like for a dollar a gallon?

Yeah, a dollar a gallon. I think that's fair. Say it one more time? That would be environmentally destructive. People would use more. He just won a home run title. He can put as many green gas as gas. But look, when I was a kid, like, I distinctly remember being a kid,

and I believe, like, before I was driving, gas was just around the, I know inflation and everything like that. But if I can choose, that's my thing I would choose to be a dollar. Real estate. That's also destructive. In what way? I think it's great because then you'd have to be here all the time. you'd work, you'd just be a podcaster.

What if, what if, what if my wish got granted and we just, we were like the best podcast ever? I don't know. Three cents out of pop adds up. It does. I would make text messages a dollar. Like, did you really need to send that text message? Amen. That's a great answer.

They used to do that before. Like per, like per character used to be, right? Like, back in the day. And an emoji is $10. Emojee's $10? But an eggplant emoji. Three. Hey, kids, we used to wait until the nights or the weekends to make telephone calls.

Seven or nine. You imagine? I can. I lived it. What kind of car would Jesus and Satan drive? Jesus is Westphalia, like a Westie. Like a van. No, Jesus is the brand new.

the Tesla truck that's like not out yet he's coming through in that and then Satan's definitely in a stretch Hummer limo because he's taking up everyone's parking spots yeah he's using diesel gas like fucking up the environment um yeah those are out of style yeah and I don't think those are environmentally friendly at all I think Satan drives a tow truck Or it's fucking bad, dude. Or the, what you call it? Bad way. The twisted metal ice cream truck.

Ice cream. Yeah, twisted metal. Remember that game? Such a great game. I see Jesus in an outback. Subaru? Yeah. Like the long station wagon?

Yeah. Crunchy-ass Jesus. Probably a kayak on the top. Yeah. For sure. Carpenters, man. The guy's got to earn a living. Yeah, some tools.

Probably a paddle board then. Probably a paddle board then. A nice wooden paddle board he made. Yeah, khaki sack, holder. Rickshaw. He's just pulling everybody around in a rickshaw doing things for others. He's a dream catcher guy? Yeah.

Okay. Dream catcher from the rear mirror. Yeah. And he's, do you think he has his own sticker, the fish sticker on the back? Mm-hmm. He's probably got a bunch of local businesses on the back of that. Yeah, true. You know?

That rotate. They're on like a rotation. DeSantis, 24. Yeah. What about Satan? Santus, 24. Same thing. Satan, Satan, Satan.

Connor Roy, 24, Jesus. I don't know. I would think Jesus would like. Nate, I don't know enough about Satan to really be able to give you an answer. He'd be driving the Kia that he stole. Cias are right now like the most stolen cars.

Yeah. Because supposedly you can steal them. So you think Jesus would... With an iPhone charger. Grand theft auto. Yeah. The Kia boys. Yeah.

Okay. Satan or Jesus? Satan. Okay, good. Who is the greatest mayor of all time? Marion Barry. On January 18th, 1990, Mayor Barry was arrested in a Washington hotel room while smoking crack cocaine and groping a woman who was not his wife. You want to know it was bad?

The only name, I can. Same time? Yeah. You know the only name, the mayor that comes to mind when you say that for me, being from New York, is Mayor Giuliani. And I know that's not a good answer either. Giuliani, man. Yeah, he got peephole, didn't he? He was the one that was in Borat, right?

Yeah. Yeah. He went out sad. What about you? Well, there's a couple dog mayors here I have written down. In 2012, Idaho, California, Max, a golden retriever, was elected mayor of this thousand-person town. And then when he died, they just gave it.

Talk about a nepo baby. Max the second. just becomes mayor. You gotta be kidding me. So yeah, so in 2014, Duke the dog was the mayor in Coromatt, Minnesota, and then Bosco beat two human beings, dude. He ran against two human beings in one. How would you feel if you're one of those two people that lost to a dog? Not well. Like, honestly. Not good. Like, like, maybe this isn't the right line of work. But like, no, but if you're being serious about it, too, like, like, that was,

probably really hurt your feelings, right? Or you probably feel some type of way. Yeah, at first you'd be like, yeah, this is a big fucking joke. I don't know. Dogs. It's a good idea for 2024. Like, have you seen how smart at border collie is? You think a dog would know what to do?

I did see this pretty cool TikTok of this sheep dog and this owner saying like, we don't force sheep dogs to work. They just love to work. Yeah. And there was this dog. He would just open up his door. Yeah. And this dog would just sprint out and just get ready to go to this gate and round up all

these sheep and push them to where they need to go. This is our elected official. Our elected official. I have a lab that actually eats poop. Okay? The dog, I have two dogs that don't know how to get back up on the porch. We've lived in the house for four months now. So yeah, it's troubling.

It's troubling. Mayor Brian Vincent. Paddle VA. Okay. Oh, yeah. Mayor of Farmville. Paddle VA, Appomatics. Kate Winslet.

All right, y'all have a good day.