KFC Radio - CCK Podcast: Smoke and Myths

Episode Date: September 14, 2020

Did Babe Ruth really hit more homeruns than all the other teams in one season? Did he actually call his shot? Did he hit a HR for a dying kid in a hospital? Unbiased nathinla baseball journalist and baseball historian reveals the truth. Also what is the worst thing someone can call your dick.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/kfcr

Hey, KFC Radio listeners, you can find every episode of KFC Radio on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Kevin! Oh. Kevin! You're just ridiculously stupid. Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome back! Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! Is this Kevin? Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Is this Kevin? Welcome back. Oh yeah, man, how you doing? You good? I know you like that. I know you like that. Oh, come on, you've been back, man. Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Ow! It's Wednesday. Oh, yeah. You didn't hear him? You might have thought that was an actual dog behind the glass. No, it's just Zah. It's the metaphorical dog. Zah might be more of a dog than, like, your family dog.

You might have a bulldog that is. Zah would really be a bulldog. What kind of – what breed of dog do you think everyone on the show is today? Zah would be a bulldog. He's like stocky and thick, and he's like very well-liked. There's not many people who are like, oh, I don't like bulldogs. They're very lovable. They're very enjoyable, and you got that thickness.

You're a bulldog. Yeah. What would you be, Rocket? I'd probably be like a German shepherd because I'm not allowed in certain apartments. Like, yeah, they ask what breed. And they show a picture of the Rocket and they go, no, he's not welcome here. Yeah, no, no. He's not welcome.

What would I be? What's like the laziest? You think I'd be a pit bull? Oh, I guess in some regards. I think you'd be a pit bull because it's like you're probably not allowed at certain apartments. But on the same note, it's like you could be tamed into like a cute little house dog. Well, pit bulls are... Are you saying like what?

They can be tamed, but... My doctor's sister has a pit bull and it's the cutest little thing. Just very lovable wouldn't harm a fly but you know pit bulls are like not you know they're like

they're the dogs that like are not allowed around kids you know I can't be a pit bull but you could also like you could be like a pit bull

in the sense that you know when you're around kids like you're this lovable dog but then like when you get out in the streets

and you see someone you don't like it's like yeah I definitely I definitely need like a like a junkyard dog vibe where it's like i will fucking i'll snap on you you know uh it is it's a dog day and from here on out in the fall it will be dog day every wednesday potentially some fridays because uh casey's gonna be doing a lot of football content. So certainly every Wednesday while they're filming, I believe, the college show.

I'm not sure which one. But you can put it on your calendar in ink. Wednesdays this fall, CCK, 2 to 3, Dawgs. Dawg Day. Now, it's very apropos that I'm looking at Rocket right now because we also got a setup in the studio where I can see that German Shepherd mug of yours. And behind you in the launch pad is a television. And on the TV right now is high heat with Mad Dog Russo.

And I will stand for no Mad Dog slander on this program. And so I got a bone to pick with you because i will defend russo to the death yeah yeah so like people like josh donaldson of all people tweeted me and said why do you even watch that show um i watch it because he's a motherfucking legend the original dog by the way yeah you can you can watch a show where you agree with absolutely nothing i'm sure there's people that listen to cCK that feel that way. And it's, it's not so much that I watch it because I'm like,

yeah, like preach mad dog preach. It's more just like, if he says something stupid, then it's fodder for me. Like it's, it gets my brain going. If he says something that's so ridiculous,

then now I can like research it and be like, well, actually it's, it's X, Y, and Z. Like it's, it's good for me. It keeps my brain sharp. Well, uh and be like, well, actually, it's X, Y, and Z. It's good for me.

It keeps my brain sharp. Well, listen. Dog is much like Francesa in the sense of they're fucking legends of the game. They've been doing it for a while. At this point, they're old school. They come from a different generation where they have certain...

They haven't evolved into certain when it comes to statistics or reputations and whatnot. I get it. Listen, we'll be this way one day. We'll absolutely, I'll be there. I don't speak for you, but I will absolutely be this way. I probably already am in a lot of regards where it's like I came from the 90s

and early 2000s and when it comes to music and sports and certain things, I'll be pretty set in my ways. But Dogg is a legend for a good reason. I mean when it comes down to his banter and his discussion. You know and his like energy and craziness. He is literally one of a kind. And I will say I'm not going to go as far as him.

But I do get what he's saying. I don't believe that there's a reputation of winning, but I do believe that there are certain franchises that do have to overcome some sort of like an intangible hill because there are certain franchises. I think the Padres, like the Twins are one of them. Until the Twins beat the Yankees. But I think the Padres,

why would you not think the Padres are one of them? The Padres have been to the World Series. It's been a long time. It's been a long time since they've been there. I mean, Tony Gwynn was on that team. But if you look at the Minnesota Twins, and Twins fans would probably be the first people to tell you, hey, this team ain't shit until we get past the Yankees. And this is probably the year to get past the Yankees.

Well, I mean, but what do you, what's your, I mean, the Twins won a World Series. I mean, I wasn't alive for that. Yes, you were. Or no, I was. In 1990, I was one. It's like 91, 90, yeah. So you were around. I mean, what's...

Or no, the Reds won in 90. I think it was 91. Yeah. Yeah, it was either 91 or 92. So what's your, you know, the Padres went in, what, 96? Six. Six, so. And the Twins won in 91 or 92.

91. So why 91? Why? That doesn't make sense. I mean, I'm not saying that, like, the Padres have this history of winning. I'm just saying that it's a new era. And the point that you're making, like there are some teams that need to get over the hump. Like the struggles with the Yankees are historical, but they're also recent.

Like it's still happening. Whereas with the Padres, it's like, all right, this team has sucked for a while and they revamped. They have young, exciting talent and they're good right now so i don't think that like the padres sucking up until this year has anything to do with what they could do in the postseason but like the twins know like we got to beat the yankees like we we lost to them last year we've lost to them forever but the padres have just lost to like everybody for the longest time the padres have been irrelevant like At least the Twins have been this disappointment because they've been good, they've won a division, they've set the record for most home runs in a season

only to get steamrolled by the Yankees seemingly every fucking time they make the postseason. I for sure get it, but I think there is something to, I mean, of course, when you just load up with talent, that's what matters the most. But when there is this, no one in the organization from top to bottom, on the field or off the field, management, front office, all your support, like staff, when you haven't done it yet, I mean, there is. I think there's a lot of teams

like that across all sports i've always said like the sacramento kings are just like never gonna win a fucking title in the nba and i and i do believe i would put the padres into that to that mix now at the same time i am acknowledging all of this is silly if you just give the padres a ton of fucking talent you know it doesn't matter but you know i think the rockres a ton of fucking talent, it doesn't matter. But I think the Rockies are kind of one of them. I was just talking with Hubs about Arenado and how he signed that extension and how it's crazy to be locked up there. And he was talking about how they sneaky have some – Why?

Is there an opt-out or what's the deal there? Yeah, there's an opt-out. And also, I think his – he doesn't have a no trade clause. It's like it's something like a limited no trade clause. Because, I mean, the whole offseason, Cardinal fans thought that he was going to St. Louis. And because the question was, sorry to interrupt. But the question was, what do you think?

Who do you think Steve Cohen's like splash will be or who would he want it to be? And we were talking about Real Muto and how he's obviously the best catcher available. I do think the Mets will really go after him. But I think that he wants like a franchise type of Splash to be made. And I was saying like I wouldn't put a passive to do some sort of – for a guy who's not even available yet, like a sign and trade or something with like a Lindor or – and then Arenado came up. And it was like, I think I think if there is a way to get him out and it sounds like there is, he will.

Because he has got to regret that. Right. Because he's one. It's one of those franchises. You're not going to win the Rockies. The Rockies could make the playoffs this year. But like, are they a World Series threat? No. And I think I'm sick of that, by the way. Making the playoffs this year really does not they a World Series threat? No. I'm sick of that, by the way, making the playoffs this year. It really does not. That can't be a barometer for future. Yeah, I mean, seriously. I'm in a great spot right now.

The Mets need to go 11-6, I believe, to wrap up to B500. All the while, there's still two games out. It's like, alright, you might make the playoffs, but if you're barely a 500 team, you're not really talking about a true contender. Yeah. Yeah.

Like you're going to make it and then not get a good draft pick. And you're obviously going to get steamrolled in the playoffs. Like you could make the case that Red Sox fans are in the best position of anybody. I love this one. If you win the World Series this year, like if the Red Sox win, I mean, if the Red Sox won the World Series this year, obviously that's sox win i mean if the red sox won the world series this year obviously that's not going to happen people would be like well yeah i mean like you know they they just had the most dominant season two years ago like they've had four world series titles it's just it's number five of this ownership group like whatever but if it's a team

that hasn't won in a while and they want to be like yeah we did it like if the mets won i know that you would celebrate it but people would be like yeah it was a shortened season whatever like they're outside circumstances so for my position the Red Sox just won the World Series two years ago and if you're gonna lose like I would much rather be the Red Sox than the Mets because it's like you're on the front like either you're not gonna make it at all and you tried to make it or you're gonna barely make it and get steamrolled so if you're if you're in my position they are the worst team in baseball as of right now entering play today they would get the number one pick so this would be the year to suck it's quick it's painless 60

games you get in you get out you get the number one pick you add a stud pitcher from vanderbilt whether it's kumar rocker or jack lighter and then you keep it moving and then that's how you rebuild for the next one like the red sox like did you see the stat that i tweeted last night about the since 2008 i don't believe i did tell the people so i kind of do like stats on demand now just because i get bored and i like to look shit up and someone's like you're the king of of oh oh you mean requests requests. Yeah. Because usually when you make up your own tweets, your own stats, you're the king of since this date or weird frameworks that only you think of. But my argument to that is that, I mean, this year it doesn't fly so much, but over the course of 162-game season, you have to look at it in fractions.

Like, you can't just be like, all right, anyone can look up, oh, this year this guy's hitting 283 with an 820 OPS. Like, cool, everyone has baseball reference. But if you're like, oh, well, over the last 60 games he's doing this. Like, your perception of him may have been skewed because he started off hitting 200 over the first month and a half. But over the last month, he's the best hitter in baseball. There's definitely some validity to it.

I would just say. It's all validity. I think Jared since Karabas. Jared over the last Karabas is your nickname when it comes to stats. But you have to do it that way. It's too long of a season. And baseball is the perfect sport to do it in. It's the perfect sport to look at it from this date to this date

because it is a daily grind and trends are very popular where guys will suck. They'll be great. And then you want to highlight like, like again, if a guy's hitting 250 on the season, it's like, well, I'm not going to pay attention to a guy that's hitting 250, but it's like, well, he started out hitting a buck 17. So that means that's a big deal. He's raised 385 over the last month.

Like that's a big deal he's raised 385 over the last month like that's pretty good also like if you want to do like um over the last three or four seasons aaron judge has missed a thousand games yeah and it's probably that number 2017 aaron judge has never played a fucking baseball game saying things like that just you know off the top things like that yeah so i think one of the one of the stat requests that i took last night was someone judge has never played a fucking baseball game. Things like that. Just, you know, off the top. Things like that. Yeah. So I think one of the stat requests that I took last night was someone tweeted me and they were like, you need to give more love to the Tampa Bay Rays for being like a world class organization. And I was like, no, you're right.

So I looked at it and I said, you know, their entire franchise's existence through 2007 when they were the devil rays, they were the laughingstock of Major League Baseball. They were terrible. Their lone highlight was Wade Boggs getting his 3,000th hit, which was a home run. That was it. And then in 2008, when they became the Rays, that was, and I remember when they went to the World Series,

I made the joke of like, you know, they have their, like they're in the World Series against the Phillies. So Evan Longoria is going to throw out the first pitch because he's the most important player in franchise history, and he was like a rookie. So you have this laughingstock of an organization through 2007, but since 2008, their winning percentage is the fifth best in Major League Baseball.

Yeah. And then I looked at it, and I was like, well, all right, so who else is it? So it's the Yankees, the Dodgers, the Cardinals, and then the Red Sox. The Red Sox have the fourth. But I said, you know, it's very impressive what the Rays are doing. I'm actually surprised that the Sox are in there because of those down years. Yeah. 2012, 14, 15, and now 20.

They've had four last-place seasons, and they're still the fourth-best winning percentage in Major League Baseball since 2008. So that's pretty impressive. That is crazy. That means you're winning like 100. It feels like you need to win like 130 games on the winning seasons to offset it. But, yeah, I think the raise.

How sustained success is so hard because it's like, you know, you can have these other teams like Cleveland. I think since Terry Francona got there in 13, they might have like the best or second or third best winning percentage in Major League Baseball. But we're stretching this over 13 fucking years, and the Red Sox are right there. They're number four, and that's with four last-place seasons. I give all the credit in the world to the Rays because of what you said, the money issues and the payroll, the fans. And I remember – this was many years ago, but I'd imagine it still applies now. because of what you said, the money issues and the payroll, the fans. And I remember, this is many years ago, but I'd imagine it still applies now,

they hired some cat from Goldman Sachs to run the show over there. Maybe not GM, but one of their very important operations guys, whatever, was a finance guy from Sachs and ran the team as such. And I'm excited for that because I think that is going to be like a Steve Cohen move. I feel like he's going to treat it like a fucking hedge fund and find value in arbitrage and all that kind of shit that you would do in finance. You do it with baseball.

A lot of teams are doing shit like that. It's the modern way. Pitching coach, what's his name? Matt Blake, the pitching coach of the Yankees. He was just like some dude with a regular ass job and then he just like knows pitching really well it's like all right cool you're hired he's 35 years old although I'll be honest uh he's gonna need to start working a little bit harder because boy does that pitching not really inspire much confidence the Yankees two runs last night though and it's just you know it's one of those things where it's

like oh well certainly they won that game then, right, Jared? Because the Yankees offense had to score more than two, right? Right, Jared? Yeah, no. Right? They won that game, no? Yep. I mean, I felt like last night as the Mets lost to the Orioles in an embarrassing fashion.

Well, it doesn't really matter because helping out the cause for the anti-Yankees fans out there, the Yankees now a mere half game up in the playoffs with the threat of falling completely out of the postseason. And let me just say, if that is to happen, that is one of the more – I mean, were they not like the heavy favorites? I mean, the Dodgers were probably right up there. The Dodgers were still the favorites, but the Yankees were up there, yeah. But, I mean, once they signed Cole, it was basically, you know, Hubs and the like are throwing the parade already, and they're just not a well-constructed team at the moment. I mean, yeah, they have enough names that I think over the course of the next few years,

if all those guys play and click, they'll certainly be great. But that's a big if because, A, you've got guys like Judge and Stanton who just don't play. Can we even call those guys baseball players anymore? I would say that they are signed to a baseball team. They're baseball employees. Right. That's a perfect term for it. They are employed by the Yankees.

They have signed a baseball contract. Are they baseball players? It's much like, is Gary Sanchez a catcher? He plays behind the plate. He is a baseball plate, a home plate. Occupier. Yeah. I was going to say protector, but occupier.

Occupy home plate. Hashtag occupy home plate is what Gary Sanchez does because he doesn't actually catch the ball. And Aaron Judge, he doesn't actually play baseball. And the Yankees, they just don't win baseball games. Does Aaron Boone manage baseball games? He certainly doesn't. Aaron Judge, Aaron Boone is a bench occupier.

He's a dugout occupier. I feel bad for Aaron Boone. a bench occupier. He's a dugout occupier. I feel bad for Aaron Boone. Oh, I don't. I don't. You don't? No. I do.

No, I think, you know. I mean, what the fuck are you supposed to do? It's like you lose all your best players. And even the people were saying, oh, Glaber's hurt. Glaber's hurt. It's like, well, Glaber's hitting like $1.70. So he stinks. And then like the next man up mantra of last year

where they have Gio Urshela and Mike Ford and all these random dudes just come in and perform at all-star caliber levels. Who would have thought that wasn't going to last? Yeah. I feel like that's not sustainable over two years. No, of course not. David LeHue is outstanding.

That was a great find for the Yankees, but they've lost 15 out of their last 20 and I John Heyman dug up this awesome stat it was uh how the Yankees were 7 and 0 against the Red Sox but what their record is against everyone else shout out to John Heyman for doing that research I haven't seen anybody else talk about that so shout out to him no yeah that was an awesome find by him um I think I've been calling it for a month, and people think that I'm trolling. Most of my tweets are just factual statements, and you can interpret them however you'd like.

Unbiased. Unbiased. Unbiased. And a month ago, when I was saying, hey, the Yankees are 7-0 against the worst team in baseball, and then their record against everyone else, it's not very good. And everyone was like,

oh, well, I guess the games against the Red Sox don't count. I was like, I'm not saying the games against the Red Sox don't count. I am, however, saying that maybe they're not as good as you think they are if this is what their record is against the rest of the pack. And lo and behold, a month later, they're clinging to a playoff spot. They're trying to fight off the fucking Baltimore Orioles. And let's not forget, Kevin, a game back of the Yankees and a half game behind the Orioles is the Detroit Tigers who had literally the worst record in baseball last year. So shout out to them. It's,

it's going to be a fight to the finish. And you mentioned mad dog Russo earlier in the takes that he has mad dog was talking about, well, you know, I just don't see the Yankees at the Yankees. I'm going to miss the playoffs, but they're going to be looking at a really lousy spot in the postseason.

Maybe a number six. I was like, mad dog. They might not even get number eight. They might not to be looking at a really lousy spot in the postseason, maybe a number six. I was like, mad dog. They might not even get number eight. They might not even be there. What are we talking about number six for? Bro, if the Yankees miss the playoffs, when? No, I'll say if.

I'm not going to go there yet. If the Yankees miss the playoffs, you can talk about Corona all you want, shortened season. I mean, I certainly, the season is fraudulent. Uncle Stevie's coming anyway. I get it. But regardless, with the talent that they had, the signing they made, and the cockiness they rolled into the season with,

not making the playoffs is one of the more embarrassing moments for them. And there's been a lot. There's been a lot of embarrassing Yankee moments over the last couple decades. That is at the very, very top of that list. I mean, you've been saying it about— They could fall below.500 tonight. I mean, that is—

They lose tonight by 21-22. Hubs threw out the must-win tag tonight. It's a must-win game. I don't know exactly what he means with that. Like, okay, so if they don't win, what? Are you going to console? Is it over for you? But must win.

And it kind of is because, you know, there's, what, 17, 16, 18 games, depending on how many you've played, left in the season. It's getting late early. It's time for the Yankees. And I don't think they have really what it takes to step up. Yeah. They sound very deflated when they talk after the game. I mean, that's porn that I watch every single night.

I don't watch porn. And watching Aaron Boone try to, like, stay positive with some of these quotes is just like, you dumb motherfucker. Brian Cashman gave them a rah-rah speech before the game last night. Didn't work out. Didn't work. Didn't work out. Didn't work. Didn't work. But I know that I'm sure most Yankee haters are rooting for the Yankees to not make the playoffs at all. But I feel the same way about the Yankees that I do about the Astros

in that I will get, especially for content purposes, because I'll obviously come work and we'll do live streams for the Yankee postseason games. But I will get more enjoyment out of seeing them eliminated from a playoff series. Maybe even if it's by the Twins. Like, that'll be great if they line up with the Twins or something like that. Wouldn't that be something if the Twins exercise the Demons? Oh, man.

Or the Rays. I mean, like, they might not even get there. I mean, if they get the eighth seed, they're going to draw the Rays, I would assume. I don't really know how the formatting works, but if the one gets the eight, then you're going to get the Tampa Bay Rays who they've had fucking spats with this year. I'm sure the Rays would love to dismiss them from the postseason. So we'll see. We'll see what happens.

You always get a little bit cocky and I understand where you're coming from because you've won many titles and even if the Yankees were to win one, they're still playing catch up with you guys. I don't need to get picky and choosy. Beggars can't be choosers when you're a Mets fan rooting against the Yankees.

I want them out as quick as fucking possible. Sure, it would be even better to watch them get, like, swept and embarrassed by the Twins. But I'd rather them. I actually do believe it would be more embarrassing overall for them to just not make it, period. And that's where I'm at. I actually do believe it would be more embarrassing overall for them to just not make it period. And so, uh, and that's where I'm at. I mean,

as a Met fan, here's, here's where your head needs to be. If the Yankees don't make the playoffs, I think that that would be a worse result than if they get eliminated in the post season, which means Brian Cashman is going to be playing for his job. So if you're out there saying,

I want JT Real Muto. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, all right. So now, uh, JT Real Muto. Yeah, it's like, all right, so now JT Real Muto, he's the best free agent out there. All right, you're a Yankee. We're going to trade Gary Sanchez and probably fleece some team and get some fucking awesome player in return for him. And then Garrett Cole. Garrett Cole's not going to suck forever, I don't think.

So they could easily come back tenfold the next season, fuck the Mets you know you have your championship in a legitimate season versus like if they won this year and it's 60 games okay um i understand yes it would be very much like oh wait they missed the playoffs for the first time and forever they go out they buy a world series in 09 where you are mistaken my friend is if you think is no one's gonna outbid you think if you think that that ste's not going to go get a player the Mets desperately need, a catcher who can actually play ball, which is something they've lacked sorely since our guy Paul LaDuca, and really more importantly since Mike Badd.

Yes, he is. I mean, these guys are not really players that you really want. He's supposed to be. He can hit. Yeah, right. But if you think that Steve Cohen is going to lose a bidding war specifically to the New York Yankees as his first order of business, sorely mistaken, my friend. Did you see the stat that I tweeted yesterday? Speaking of picking timelines, I think it's great to pick windows of time.

Brock Holt got released by the Brewers and went to the Nationals. And over the last five games, I think he has 12 hits. And Gary Sanchez has 13 hits all season. All season? All season? Yeah. That's embarrassing. Have you looked at my man Dom Smith dom smith's uh uh he's killing

he's an mvp candidate oh bro dom smith everybody the yankees love to talk about uh pete alonzo and say like he's like the third best uh shortstop uh first baseman in in new york and really um you gotta nobody ever factors in my man dom it It's like, sure, whatever, fine. He's not having the best of years. What about my other first baseman who might be better than all these motherfuckers? Dom Smith is, I'm trying to find his exact numbers. His extra base hits, it's bananas. It's like all he hits is doubles and home runs, and he has like a couple singles.

I mean, he's slugging the shit out of the ball. I would probably guess that he has like more doubles than Gary Sanchez haschez has hits like period yeah no gary sanchez sucks objectively and and and i will give credit to yankee fans because i feel like this is the least delusional season that they've ever had like i feel like they are watching this team they're watching players on this team like they're out on gary sanchez they're like no he sucks like we're not going to defend gary like if you tweet stats about gary they're like no we we know he sucks right and if you talk about how bad the yankees have been they're like yeah it's fucking embarrassing it's pathetic this team sucks they're not going anywhere i i feel like this is the most honest with themselves group of yankee fans that i've ever encountered on social media well the thing

is jared even the 27 rings bros which is staggering they still exist someone in the year of our lord 2020 just the other day legitimately unironically used the 27 rings argument with me on social media and it's like i really truly in my deep like in my heart of hearts i cannot believe there are people who still say that and don't realize that the rest we all universally agree, and even a large chunk of Yankee fans agree, it's embarrassing when you do that. And I can't believe it happens.

But I think even those guys have been around long enough now to have not witnessed any winning. I mean, even if you're the most delusional, pinstripes, bombers fan, it's been one in 20 years. And that eventually has to come to the light for you like you finally have to realize that and understand what's actually happening and it's kind of refreshing to hear hubs i walked in today i said hubs how you doing and he said i i'm closest i'm the closest i've ever been to killing myself i said oh go join the kirk minahan show you'll fit

right in because everybody on the minahan shows apparently killed themselves and now yankee fans are right there with them and i it's music to my goddamn ears to finally hear them because even when they're down they've always still kind of fallen back on their history and i think even now they're not they finally aren't doing that and it's really it's refreshing it's a breath of fresh air to hear them understand just how mediocre they are so i have a theory and i don't have the data to support it. But if I feel like if we did have the data, it would be cut and dry. 100% correct of a take. I think that if you in 2020 are a 27 rings bro, that the percentage of Yankee games that you watch now is probably 15 or fewer and the non-27 rings crowd are probably

watching 90 or more of the yankee games like if you're if you're watching if you're like a hubs type because hubs is not a 27 rings guy and neither is frankie neither is marty neither is tommy uh they're also younger so like they haven't really, they don't remember. They can't be a 27 rings guy. Yeah. Yeah. They didn't see any of it. And even 2009 is still a distant memory of their childhood. So I think if you're whipping out the 27 rings, you wear a Yankee hat as a fashion statement. You're from New York, so that's your team, and you're not really watching every single game. But if you're a day-in and day-out Yankee fan, you're not saying 27 rings. You're just not. That's not because you probably would feel absolutely ridiculous using that as a defense for this team.

I would sincerely fucking hope so. If you still are, yeah, you're either just not a baseball fan or you are. And most of them are. I will say this, too. I mean, Yankee fans do not know how to really argue baseball and bust balls and talk shit because for the longest time they didn't really need to. And now, finally, I think they're realizing, you know, you got to learn how to, like, spin zone. You got to learn how to come up with, you know, frameworks and structure these things because right now, if you're going to be honest with yourself, this team just not good and there's just nothing good to say yeah and i've seen that

take from yankee fans like they're not resisting and and i feel like that's almost uh it takes away from it a little bit because they're not squirming anymore they're kind of like they're universally lifeless and that's why if they do make the playoffs, that'll give them a little bit of a jolt because it's like, all right, it's suck. That season was fucking brutal. This team is awful. But we got here by the grace of God. We're in the postseason. Everyone is oh, no, we got a clean slate.

Let's just see what happens. Like, that's how you get the life back. And yeah. And then you just fucking choke them until they slowly stop moving. I would not... I don't want to get greedy, but I would love, like, a surge to wrap up here. I'd love them to win, like, their next 10,

and then they go into it thinking, like, the world destroyers or whatever the fuck they call them, like, oh, destroyer of worlds is back, and then, like, they just get swept or something. It would be... That, like you said, I don't even know if I need porn if that happens. Let's hit our first break, our only break here. If you're on the line, hang out.

We're going to get to our calls next. If you want to call us up, 833-85-STOOL. You want to hate on the Yankees, you want to talk, whatever you want, open season on a dog day. All quarantine long, I told you that Mack Weldon was my go-to clothes. They were my sweatpants. They were my boxers. They were my hoodies, my t-shirts, everything.

Now the quarantine's over for me and I'm back to work. I'm still rocking with Mack Weldon every single day. I wear it to the office. I wear it out afterwards. We're hitting the bar. We're socially distanced, whether I'm home, at work, or out. It's Mack Weldon all day, every day. They've got soft knit polos, tees, joggers, active shorts.

They've got button ups, casual shirts. They've got jeans now. They'reblown uh clothing brand for every situation whether you're working out hanging out or going to work and right now you can get 20 off your first order when you go to macweldon.com slash cck they also have the loyalty program where um they reward you for consistently ordering with them. So they will, your first level, you get free shipping for life and your second level, which you get once you unlock it by spending 200 bucks, you get 20% off every order for the rest of the year. But if you want 20% off right now, go to macweldon.com slash CCK and Mack Weldon guarantees you to be comfortable no matter what.

So if you don't like your first pair of underwear, you can keep it and they'll refund you right now. No questions asked. That's Mack Weldon.com slash CCK. We're back. That was a little audible right there. Zod's computer froze. He didn't come back from the break, so we just threw a little,

it ain't unusual. What a fucking curveball that was. I'm also just quickly. Mars attacks? Yeah, but I don't. Yeah, that song is big time. Part of it yeah I mean I do not remember Mars Attacks that well so

forgive me forgive me for that I'm also just quickly posting reposting right now today's one minute man is about the Kardashians and their run is over on reality TV and I will just say this real quickly. It is the end of an era.

And if you can't admit to yourself, you don't respect the Kardashians. You're a hater, plain and simple. And that's fine. I'm a hater. There are things that I irrationally hate, but I will always own up to it. It's like Tom Brady, I hate him because I'm jealous.

I hate him because I'm a. I hate him because I'm a hater, things like that. But I acknowledge their greatness. The Kardashians are the best at being famous. They are the best marketers. And when people say they don't have talent as if it's a knock, it's like, yeah, they don't have the traditional thought of talent, of music and sports and whatever. And they still made billions. How can you hate on that? They are the quintessential don't hate the player, hate the game. The Kardashians, everyone in this world is vapid and selfish and clout chasing.

They just happen to make millions. You do that same shit and you do it for like your close friends on Instagram. They do it and make billions. So don't fucking hate. you would want to get rich off a sex tape if you could too you you know what they're not talented and they and like whatever then you go do it you go do it with your family you can't because you're fucking ugly and you're talentless and you're not captivating and you're not motivated and so uh the kennedy the the kardashians are the modern day kennedys they are american royalty and anybody who you don't have to like uh the kennedy the the kardashians are the modern day kennedys they are american royalty and anybody who you don't have to like them i don't watch the show but you

have to respect them and that's the one thing they seem to not garner is the respect of people and uh i i just can't wrap my head around that anybody who can make money doing what they do to me american fucking dream man it is it is and is. And it was a long time coming. I mean, they needed OJ to do it, but once they got there, it was game over. Let's take a couple calls. There's been some people waiting on the line for a long time. Let me see. We did a little bit of baseball.

Let me get to some other shit real quick. Oh, you know what? Let's just keep hating on the Yankees. What's up, Zach from Canada? You better not be a pro Yankee fan, or I will cut you right off this program real quick. What do you got, Zach? on the Yankees. What's up, Zach from Canada? You better not be a pro Yankee fan, or I will cut you right off this program real quick. What do you got, Zach? Fuck the Yankees. Blue Jays are taking the American League East.

Fuck the Rays. Blue Jays are coming for that. You know what? We're going to bring another AL East title back to Canada. It's been a few years, but I'm excited for it. Well, back to Buffalo. But I understand your point. Yes, back to Canada.

And really, that is the AL East this year. It's a two-dog race between not the Yankees and the Red Sox. It's the Blue Jays and the Rays. And God bless the Orioles, too, who are, you know, I'd have to say they're one of the biggest surprises, if not the biggest, the fact that they're even in the mix when they were supposed to be, like, historically bad, right? Yeah. I mean, you know, the Padres. you could see the talent with the Padres. You could see the talent with the White Sox.

But, I mean, the Orioles, I mean, I declared them mathematically eliminated from the postseason after opening day when the Red Sox beat them like 10-1 or whatever, 13-1. I was like, yeah, they're done. But, no, they're flirting with their half game back of the Yankees for a playoff spot. That's huge. The White Sox are another team that I think ordinarily, despite when they snuck that one in in 2005,

I would ordinarily say that they're one of those franchises that also kind of has to overcome their reputation. I know that I believe I'm on White Sox Dave's list as far as I'm not allowed to celebrate or some shit, whatever his list is. The White Sox are very similar to the Mets, and it sounds like the White Sox have really accumulated just enough talent that they might be able to overcome some of their ways. But they're one of those teams that's like, until it happens, when your biggest signing, I believe still to this day, is Abreu at like $61 million or something. Grandal passed them. Okay. So with what? How much?

I mean, it was like $75 million. Yeah. I mean, until you come up. When $73 million is your highest ever, until you start playing with the big boys, I think it's going to be hard to win a title. But if they do finally start to spend around that core they put together i could understand them certainly breaking out of that you know padres rockies type of uh mets type of like you know tier where it's like you know you're

just never gonna fucking it's never gonna fucking happen uh so shout out to the white socks about this list so i knew about the list that White Sox Dave has people that disparaged the White Sox and couldn't be a part of their celebration when they were winning so when I was beefing with White Sox Dave I was very careful to not come at the White Sox

like not use that card why? what do you fucking care? who cares if you're on White Sox Dave's list? well I don't actually care if I'm on the list or not, but I didn't want to use anti-White Sox speech to be used, not just from him, but from the fan base. I mean, I've been high on the White Sox this year. Yeah, big time.

And I'm pretty high up on White Sox Twitter right now. So I think that was definitely in my head where I was like, all right, if you're going to beef with White Sox Twitter right now. So I think that was definitely in my head where I was like, all right, if you're going to be for the White Sox, Dave, you better not be using the White Sox as a means to combat him, even though they weren't good at the time, because I knew that they were going to be good eventually, and I wanted to be a part of him, a big Lucas Giolito guy. I'll say this.

I don't care about being on White Sox Dave's list, but what's shaping up right now in this office seems to be a Yankees-White Sox type of rivalry with Marty Mush running his fucking flapping his gums about the Yankees. And while, you know, I guess White Sox-Dave, I guess we can't really be a united front anymore. The Sons of Uribe was the original White Sox-Mets connection because we both had Dark Sexy, which I guess Clem and White Sox Dave are still together in the Suns-Uribe. I guess I'm out of that.

Was Bartolo on the White Sox too? I mean, Bartolo's played for every team in baseball. So, yes, yeah, he was there. I believe, was he there when they won? No, I don't think so. No, I don't think so No, I don't think you got a ring with him, no I think he was in Anaheim I think that was the year he won the Cy Young

For the Angels I fucking love Bartolo So my point being, I guess based on the list I would not be I don't want to celebrate a White Sox win of any sorts But if it's shaping up to be some sort of Yankees versus White Sox thing You can bet your fucking bottom dollar any sorts, but if it's shaping up to be some sort of Yankees versus White Sox thing, you can bet your fucking bottom dollar I'll be dancing on Yankee graves wearing fucking the

White Sox pinstripes if I care to do so. 2009, he was on the White Sox. I feel like he had a moment with them out of the pen. Remember when Pedro came out of the pen in that one fucking playoff game and it was a big deal? I have visions of him doing that for the white socks but i guess not if it was in 09 but yeah i mean he's been he's been around i think he's been on them twice he was there in 2003 too all right so i feel like you know three yeah i mean i i just look bartolo's

whole story i feel like uh his big sexy book didn't get like the traction it deserved i don't know if that book ended up not being that good or who actually wrote it um but i feel like his big sexy book didn't get the traction it deserved. I don't know if that book ended up not being that good or who actually wrote it. But I feel like someone needs to do his career justice and really write that story because he's unbelievable. He's just one of the best to ever. He's one of the best stories ever. The scandal with the double family, the steroids, the zillions of teams, the big sexy, the resurgence, the training in the – he's just – The home run. The home run is just amazing.

Off of James Shields, big game James, a.k.a. what could have been with Fernando Tatis Jr. I mean, it's – Yeah, yikes. The connection is just crazy. Let's take a little scandalous inside barstool call real quick john from boston he wants to talk about baby brandon versus kirk minahan what's up john what's going on dog

what do you got great yeah so i just gotta i i'm it's not you guys because you guys both get the Kirk situation, but how can a guy 300 miles away, like, control all the lesser planets in Barstool Sports? Like, if you're in front of me, you can affect me. But he's 300 miles away. Like, how can he be in so many people's heads at Barstool Sports? Like, Baby Brandon's a disgrace. Like, he got owned, and then he acts like he's a big tough guy,

and then he gets owned again, and then he cowers. Like, how can he be such a little bitch? I don't get it. Well, what you speak to right now is actually a bigger thing, John. Thanks for the call. First of all, the Internet really, you don't have to be, you know, geographically near anybody to get inside heads. You know, people like myself and Jared do it all day long to people all across the fucking country and the world.

Every day. Specifically people in the Bronx. But what I do believe is interesting. And I think it really, you can account for a lot of the issues and drama and beef and storylines at Barstool, there's not enough non-content interaction with people to ever squash the beef. If we talk shit and then we hang out, we're good because you realize that it's just busting balls. I mean, it's always awkward with Barstool because a lot of the shit you talk is always going to be truthful. Every joke is like half true. And so if I say some shit about you and you say some shit about me, we probably mean what we're saying.

But if you're friendly, we either grab a beer after work or we're hanging out at our desks and we talk and we have some fun. And you do a Friday Night Pints or whatever. And you realize like, all right, it's all good. We're cool. When you're not around in the office the way that Kirk is or Dave's been away all summer and things can fester that way because your only interaction are tweets and podcasts and deke quotes and shit like that where all you're doing is talking shit and being negative. There's no positive to balance it out. And that's always been the way at Barstool. You know, like when me and Dave have talked shit about each other over the years, there's never been moments where we're like we also go to dinner and like you realize, hey, like we're cool, right?

It's just it's just beef for a lot of people. And certainly when there's a a big uh physical gap so i mean kirk is up there uh he's always just like lobbing grenades and then there's no way to ever you know uh talk it out because there's no like friendliness there's no social aspect to barstool and so that's what just ratchets up all the drama all the time is he still online no no oh okay yeah i like i've had my fair share of beefs but i feel like i don't think i've had any with like people that i wasn't actually cool with at the time like me and white socks they were cool now i don't think we were at the time when we were going at each other like two years but you kind of

i don't did you make a concerted effort to like squash it or did you eventually just like i don't know he came to new york you hung out you realize like ah he's a good dude or whatever it is or was it like a hey let me call you and be like i mean i've had conversations with a couple people where they've like directly been like yo is this real or are we good you know what i mean yeah and i think that can either happen like on purpose or it can kind of happen naturally where it's like, Oh, all right. You know, you said some shit, but I get it. It's all in the name of content and we're cool. Yeah. I think, I don't know. I mean, with hubs, it's always just content. Like we were like hanging out on weekends and shit and like we sit across from each other in the office.

So like that was never really like a real thing where we had to be like, wait, are we good? Like we've never had that moment. Um, I guess, yeah it's with newer people like there was a there was like a time period where like if you were new you just like i was the first guy that people would come at like new people would be like oh how do i make a name for myself i'll fucking go at this guy they wanted the smoke they thought they wanted the smoke. Yeah, but you always think you do, and you never do. Next thing you know, you get too much smoke. It's like goddamn California right now. Have you seen what California looks like?

Yes. It's very bad. It looks like if you went to Mars, Mars would be less red than these places in California, all because of the fucking gender reveal. What's happening is apparently when there's smoke in the sky the like blue and and colors like blues and greens have a short wavelength and reds and oranges have a long wavelength and the smoke like allows that wavelength to like display so all of a sudden the whole fucking sky lights up red also the temperature's dropping like crazy because there's so much smoke it's almost like when the goddamn dinosaurs got hit by the fucking meteor and the the like the smoke is blocking out the sun so it's

it is like insanity and i feel like there's always these fires in florida uh in california every year but this year particularly seems to be crazy but that's what happened they came at the rocket they wanted the smoke and next thing you know everything's red and temperatures dropping and it's nuclear winter and they should have never even asked for that smoke. Yeah, I think I've done a pretty good job of staying out of Barstool beefs recently, but I just know that the postseason is going to bring something. Yeah, but you know what? Sports-based beef is always, you can always kind of fall back

and be like, you might end up crossing some lines, but when it's like my team's better than your team, that's always rooted in a silly. silly me and frankie me and frankie got personal last year yeah yeah that's true but i mean you're cool are you cool with him now yeah i mean like that was over before like the postseason was over yeah i think it's different like what happens with kirk uh and what's going on i believe i haven't really kept up with what's going on with brandon but like when it when it's birthed out out of criticizing your work ethic or your style or your humor or whatever, something that's a little more personal, that's different than, like, I think the Yankees suck and I'm a Red Sox fan.

When it starts from a place of sports, it's way different than when it starts from a place of personal. Things will get personal, but when it starts there, that's when I think the real beef, that's when people actually, there will be no friendship, there will be no squashing it, there will just be blood. But Kirk, it's never going to be about sports.

Never, never. I mean, it's always going to be more about your political beliefs or your work ethic or whatever it may be. But, I mean, like I said, who knows what's going on. I guess Blind Mike is taking a leave of absence. Wish him the best of luck. I know that's not great, his situation, Blind and his issues. And Kirk, obviously, you never know with him.

I said to Kirk, when steve robinson is the normal stable one of the bunch you got a wild fucking podcast i'll tell you that much so uh check out the kirk manahan show for for for just more uh like just ridiculousness you go to see the kirk manahan show what are you saying yeah i've i've felt bad laughing but like they did this segment of blind mike explaining that like he's actually going blind now like for real like before he was just kind of blind uh and now he's going legit blind and they were like he was explaining it and being very serious and they were putting a laugh track to it i mean that's where see here's the thing

kirk has always said uh you can come at me for anything you want. That's always where Kirk is kind of a man of honor in this game, where it's like he will sewer you and talk shit about you as a person and come for your most insecure and serious of moments. And that's what people get upset about, but he'll turn around and be like, you can say the same thing about me, you can make fun of me being depressed and suicidal, but it's like, dude, I'm not a sociopath, it's like if you walk up to someone, and you just punch them in the fucking face, and you say, well, you can punch me in the face if you want,

it's like, yeah, but I'm not a crazy, violent person, I'm not going to do that, well, you can punch me in the face if you want. It's like, yeah, but I'm not a crazy, violent person. I'm not going to do that. Well, Kirk is putting that into action, though, where it's like, yeah, I will make fun of you. I'll put a laugh track behind you in your absolute lowest moment because you technically are allowed to do the same thing to me. But nobody in their right mind ever would because only one person is crazy enough to do these things. It's Kirk Seamus. I'm in the hand. That's right. He's podcast Jesus. ever would because only one person is crazy enough to do these things it's kirk seamus aminahan that's right he's uh podcast jesus welcome fans for creating him for for teaching him everything that he knows literally creating him i mean like he would he would probably do in

like fucking the radio.com app right now if it wasn't for me teaching him what podcasting was uh what's what's your your word you got there? What are you rocking on that shirt there, Rocket? It's a one of one right now. Babe was a fictional character. Babe Ruth really, there's two of the best conspiracy theories ever is that he wasn't real, that he was black, right? Mm-hmm.

I mean, he wasn't a fictional character. I don't even think it's like, it's not even a theory. He's the Hulk H hogan of major league baseball where they were like all right we need a star to market and a guy hitting more home runs than whole team it's just it's fake i mean it didn't happen um so you think it was just like the media the newspapers everybody would just like agreed to the storyline and wrote about it. Yeah, I mean, like I covered high school sports for like a year or so, like 10 years ago, whatever, for like the local newspaper. And I didn't go to the fucking games. I just you'd call the coaches and you'd you'd talk to like the players on the team and then

they'd tell you what happened and then you write about it. That's probably what happened back then. What about the fans in the stands? They don't go home and say like, no, Babe Ruth didn't hit any home runs today. That was a lie. You ever talk to them? Talk to the fans? No, I never did.

Do you think that they just kept quiet or do you think they were, like, killed? Do you think it was like, if you're going to talk about it, you're going to get wiped out? Yeah, I mean, I haven't seen any game footage of Babe Ruth. You see a lot of batting practice footage of Babe Ruth. Yeah, sure, sure. And then him calling his shot was like the fucking Zapruder film. It was from like 30 feet behind home plate, and it was all shadowy. Couldn't have even been Babe Ruth.

The tale of he hit those home runs for that kid who was sick, that didn't happen. That legitimately didn't happen. Maybe the other stuff you can contest, but that didn't happen that like that legitimately didn't happen well you know maybe the other stuff you can contest but that didn't happen the people that come at me being like you only say this about babe ruth because he was a yankee and this and that that's not true uh so remember the red socks first of all there's first yeah the red socks created him first second i've always said the ted will Ted Williams red seat never happened. It just did not happen.

No, no fucking chance. They say that it's 502 feet. It's like 700 feet. Manny hit a home run over the monster that they just ever so suspiciously labeled as 501 feet because they didn't want it to be the longest home run ever hit at Fenway. So the red seat is 502 feet away, and it's up in the right field bleachers. They mark it with the red seat. And David Ortiz in his prime took a metal bat to batting practice. And he was like,

I didn't come anywhere close to the red seat. Like David Ortiz in his prime with a metal bat could not hit it to the red seat. Like it just it simply did not happen. It's just not real life. No. It is. But like it makes for, you know, it makes for better stories. It makes for, you know, folklore that grew the game.

And, you know, that's what you're all about, right? Growing the game for the kids. Absolutely. Every day of my life. That's the goal. I wake up in the morning and I'm like, how right? Growing the game for the kids. Absolutely. Every day of my life, that's the goal. I wake up in the morning and I'm like, how do we grow the game for the kids? Let me ask you a quick question as we wrap up here. What is the most condescending, backhanded compliment?

There's a specific word I have in mind that a girl could use to describe your dick. Cute? Cute? Cute? I think cute is a direct shot i believe that there is a word that many girls will use if you're if you're idiotic enough to to ask the question of like is my dick big or or have you ever had a bigger dick than mine or whatever that a girl will then will respond your penis is X.

That I think is actually a death. You would think it would be a good term, but it's actually a death knell for you and your penis. Adequate? See, no, these are words that if someone said cute or adequate, it's like, that's a bad sign. If a girl says to you, and we talked more in depth about this on KC Radio. It's coming out tomorrow, so tune into it. If a girl says to you, you have a perfect dick, when you're discussing, when you're asking specifically about size or performance,

if she says, oh, no, it's perfect. It's just perfect for me. Or it fits perfectly. If you hear the word perfect, you're fucked. That's all I get about my dick. That might not be a good sign rocket That might not be a good sign I don't know I mean I guess it

Depends really um Well we're out of time Tune in to KC Radio tomorrow we explain it further I'm sure there's some people scratching their head I'm sure there's some people who don't quite understand it I'm sure there's some people who have been told they have a perfect penis and thought it was a good thing.

We'll tell you why it's not tomorrow, so tune into that. What's cooking? You got anything coming up in starting nine, section 10, other than just bashing the Yankees for the duration of the regular season before they miss the playoffs? I don't bash them. I just tell facts, and the facts are just not good right now. I think we might be having a special guest lined up either next week or the week after.

Very, very, very talented baseball player. Might be in the running for some hardware this year. Woo, baby! All right, so tune into it. Section 10, start 9. Check out KFC Radio tomorrow. Shout out to all my dogs out there. We'll see you tomorrow for another edition of CCK.

Until then, stay hot.