PHNX Arizona Diamondbacks Podcast - Happy Arizona Sports Holidays

Episode Date: December 24, 2021

Happy Arizona Sports Holidays! What would make good gifts for the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns, Arizona Coyotes, and Arizona Diamondbacks?On this holiday episode, Makayla Perkins, Shane Dieffenbach, Espo, and Leah Merrall discuss what they would gift each Arizona sports team for the holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome into a special holiday edition of the Phoenix Sports Podcast presented by Drap King Sportsbook America's top rated sportsbook app. I'm your host, Michaela Perkins. And joining me today is Shane Deepenbach, Espo, and Liam Merrill. Happy holidays, guys. Are you excited for the holiday season? I love it. Oh my God.

Okay. We got Scrooge on the show today, apparently. What is that all about? Are you not a holiday person? Oh, my God. I'm excited for the holidays. Come on. I'm excited for food.

I love things that taste like Christmas, most of all. Okay. I like to bake things that taste like Christmas. There we go. You can't relate. No, I can't make anything. Were you the one that did the Marie Callender's Pie thing on social? What are you talking about?

Our social media, our social media manager has no idea. It was a viral tweet of somebody that made a Marie Canep Calendar There's pie that you can just put in the oven and it was completely burned. Yeah. I said for leaving a pie in the oven for what looked like four days. At least I can take accountability for my actions. I burn everything I touch. You guys, stop.

It's a holiday season. You're supposed to be nice to me. Oh, I actually got you something. You did? All right. Nice. This podcast is already starting off so well. Well, I'm excited for the holidays.

My family celebrates Christmas. I know Leah, you already celebrated Hanukkah. but tis the season to be jolly. Do you know what I celebrate? Probably nothing because you're a grumpy old man. Festivus, December 23rd. Is that a disease? Look it up.

Look it up. If you don't know what Festivus is, look it up, all right? Yeah, I'll definitely get on to that. So today we are not going to be doing the Valley Sports Temperature Check because it's going to be a happy episode. And things have started to decline in the Valley. And it's all about the holidays. So we have a really fun episode for today. It is all about gift giving presents, which is what you do this time of year. And the topic of the day is what would you give each team in the valley for the holiday season if you could give them a present?

Can we, before we get into that, can I just say what I would give another team or take away from another team, I guess? I would take away Mahomes' family from him so he can focus on football. I don't know if you saw anything. We covered this on The Bet Show. is tragic. I can't imagine what Christmas in the Mahomes House looks like. Well, I'm sure it'll be all over TikTok, so we'll find out.

I hope they don't, I hope they don't go to a restaurant. Yeah. Oh, God. I was so mad that that restaurant walked back their comments. They walked it back. They did, yeah, they apologized for their fake apology. Why would you apologize? I thought it was hilarious.

Just own it. He totally deserved it, so sad that they had to walk it back. But all right, let's start with our gift items, I feel like we have to start with the coyotes because they're probably the most obvious thing that we would give a gift to and that would be a new arena. The team that she covers, the name of the team that she covers is a trigger word for her. Every time she hears coyotes, she's like, oh. Leah, I'm fine.

I haven't won this month. In the spirit of gift giving, I think the coyotes would, we would give them a new arena, right? Like, are we all on the same page about that? No. Aspo, what would you give the coyotes as a holiday gift? I'd give them a centerman, anybody that can play, some extra goals. You know, like anything that could make this easier on coyotes fans, there is not a group of more passionate people that support their team no matter what

that get screwed more than coyotes fans. I would just like them, even if it was just for one game, to see, like, the best hockey possible. And that's what I would give them because the fans deserve it. Yes, an arena needs to happen. but I would like them right here right now to get to watch some decent hockey. That would be nice for them. All right.

That's a good one. Shane, do you have one too? I mean, I think that is more important. It's not more important, but I think that fans deserve that more than they deserve a new, nice arena.

I think that fans would prefer seeing Clayton Keller get a hat trick at Oceanside rather than seeing the coyotes lose 20 more games. All 12 of them that could watch it at Oceanside. Yeah. They could fit in there. Watch your head on the pipe on the way of up. Teleportation. Wear a scarf so you don't get pneumonia.

Teleportation would be nice too. So the East Valley fans could get to the West Valley. That's a good one. The gift of teleportation to the fans. Leo, what would you give? I would like the first overall pick in the 2023 and I shall draft. Give them two. Give them the first two.

22 and 23. Yeah, we'll take Shane Wright and Connor Vodard to please and thank you. And Austin Matthews. And we'll take Austin Matthews in 2023, 2024. They might raise the salary cap by then. So we'll take that too. Those are all great answers. Definitely more creative than the arena that I would give them.

Give them all a big hug. They honestly might need that pretty bad. It's been a rough couple of months. I know Leah definitely needs a hug. I know what I give them. Amnesia. There you go. So they can forget the last, you know, a handful of years and all the rumors and all that crap.

No, even better amnesia because you can bet against, you can bet on the puck line consistently and not feel bad about it. Well, that just means lack of empathy is what they need, not amnesia. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. I would, and for the fans, I would gift the ability that any, like, combination of the words Quebec and Houston. Oh, my gosh.

No, that was my gift. Oh. That those words just, like, physically cannot be said or written anywhere. Yeah. Quebec? The correct pronunciation. Quebec? Quebec.

Quebec. Quebec. Good to know. My gift to the Arizona Coyotes would be. specifically to the fans and that would be to never ever have to hear a relocation rumor again in their entire lifetime that was my gift i'd give them a week i mean a week would be a nice reprie yeah anything is better than what's happening now um i think those are all great options how about for our phoenix sons what is something that you would give to the sons for a holiday present Do you guys want to go first or do you want me to?

You go ahead. I would give them the movie Scrooge. Have you ever seen that? Or a Christmas story, a Christmas carol, which is the same thing. I'd give that moment to their ownership where they would get a chance to go back and look at their misdeeds and decide to walk it back, admit that they were Scrooge. Any of those things would be nice. I think the league's giving them that right now, which isn't bad. Yeah, definitely.

To me, everything else is going pretty well, right? But that's one thing that would be nice to have some perspective. Would be nice in terms of that. If I'm looking at in terms of basketball, a trade for that one small piece that you need, a Tori Craig, a Justin Holiday, even a Thad Young maybe, just that one piece that makes you feel a little bit better coming into the playoffs in May, which is a long time away. A lot bad can happen. We know that here in Phoenix. But if we're sitting here now, that's where I'm at. All right, Shane. Two whistles of blowing. One, Tori Craig. I really want Tori Craig. You really want

I miss him so much. So that would be a good gift. Also, I would give some slack to Mr. Landry Shammit because everybody is so mean to him and his little tiny head and his little tiny body needs to just get some rest and relax and stay off Twitter because people are so mean. Especially with the betting stuff, that stuff makes me so mad. Who cares? Stop making your degenerate bet if you got that big of a problem with Landry Shamet. And I get he hasn't been this world beater from three,

but he's also been way overperforming on the defensive end. And he's, the contract isn't a big contract. I think it's still a steel. I really enjoy Leonard's chairman. So yes, I'll give some slack to Landry. Oh,

I got another one real quick, if you don't mind. Last Jalen Smith minutes, all right. The Walmart Hakeem Work does not need any more minutes. Oh, boy. More Abdel Nader minutes. Leah, what would you give to some?

I would say I would give them back the opportunity to go replay game five of the finals. That is a good one. Go back in time and give Javelle McGee to the son of the finals. You guys are twisting the knife. That's not, that's, oh, gosh. Just thinking about it more just hurts. That's my trigger. You've got the word coyote.

I've got Larry O'Brien trophy. My gift to the sons would be the attention from the national media that they deserve. So that is what I would gift the Sons because they constantly get either overlooked, discounted, or just shit on. You don't think that Kendrick Perkins' barking was enough for the sun. That was incredible. That was probably my favorite moment of my life was watching that happen. As McKeel, you've had a sad life if that's the case. But McAil Bridges, as he said about the national media, and I'll paraphrase, if there's any children listening, F them, right?

FM. Just Fem F them. F them kids. Not the kids. The media. Kayla hates kids. I hate children.

Oh my God. No, okay. Merry Christian. This is a hot at all. It's okay. He and I are one of the kind. Same kindred souls. Before we get on to the other two teams in the Valley, I got to tell you guys about

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There probably should be because we are. There's no value in it. It would be like minus two thousand. It's like, yes, it's happening. It's definitely happening and it's sad. Hopefully we're not in the March 2020 position. Stop. There's my trick-of-world.

All right. 2020. We're just triggering everyone on. Michaela is when we brought up children. Children. A humbug. All right. Let's move right on to the Cardinals.

What would you guys give the Cardinals as a holiday gift? Carla Murray, a couple inches. The amount of times he gets the ball bat out of down. I said it audibly for the first time in his career against the Rams. I said, wow, that man is small. You could see it. I never thought it would affect him as much as it's doing right now. I mean, it's just specific games where it's happening because he's able to get out of the pocket.

But when you get schemed against like the Rams did, you allow no pressure. and Aaron Donald's hairs on fire coming off the edge, it's hard to get a ball out quick when all the linemen are six foot plus. Well, the tiny man is very tiny. He's the Johnny venerable of quarterbacks? Oh, geez, sorry, Johnny. You bring that up, God, too.

Why was that the look that I got it? Because he's not here to defend himself. Him and his tiny hands aren't here. No, but I would give Kyler Murray a couple of inches, I think. All right, Kylie Murray some height. Espos, what would your gift be? I would give the Potsville Maroons their title back from 1925 and break the damn curse. This team is cursed and I feel like the injury to D'Andre Hopkins is just another sign of it.

You can't have nice things if you're the Arizona Cardinals. And I think it's because they stole something nice from Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Just give the damn thing back and let's get our championship. It's so true. That's a great gift. If you don't know what Espo is talking about, the PHANX Cardinals crew did a deep dive on the, curse of Potsville on their podcast last week. Make sure you go check that out.

You can subscribe to their podcast wherever you get your podcast. We also talked about it on last week's episode of the Phoenix Sports podcast. So make sure you go check that one out too. It's very interesting and I am fully convinced that every team except for the sons who just broke their curse as of last year are cursed in the valley. They didn't break their curse. There's no title in Phoenix. I think they broke it last year by losing in the finals.

They were up too long. And they got back to a sweat. How is that breaking a curse? I think this year... Just shut up. Whatever you're about to say stop it? I'm getting a McElvoodie. I think the curse is broken.

So... Oh, my God. If you want to hear more about curses, make sure you check out last week's episode of the Phoenix Sports Podcasts available on Apple Spotify. If you want to hear some curses, I'm about to do it if you keep talking about this, all right? Leo, what would your gift to the Cardinals be?

I would give them the rest of it. of their schedule entirely on the road for the rest of the season. That's a good one. My gift is really obvious. I would donate my MCL to DeAndre Hopkins so that he would not have gotten hurt and could still play football. I say this with all due respect to you. No, I already want to hear it. Can we give him the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, TL of somebody slightly more NFL ready?

There is nothing wrong with my MCL. No, there is. Your MCL is fine. Have you ever done resistance training for your MCL? No. Your MCL is like, is like noodles. All right. Well, I would give DeAndre Hopkins a ironclad MCL so that he didn't tear his and he would not be hurt right now and he would still be able to play for the rest of the regular season. I sustained an injury like that before.

Not the same, not the MCL, but somebody has landed on my legs before and it made a boo-boo and it hurt. And that injury was a lot more, was a lot worse than that. If you see the slow motion of it. No, I can't. Oh, it's gross. Somebody lands on them and he goes, owie. It's just not good. Yeah, I also have had any injury and knee replacement surgery, and it is not fun.

Do not recommend. You want to give you your MCO? The left one is fine. The right one that's... No, that just means you're susceptible. All right. Well, anyway is... Are you in a full knee replacement?

No, I had... I have a... I was hoping, Vince Carter. I have a cadaver of my knee. There's a dead person's knee, like a bit in my leg. Merry Christmas. That's beautiful. Two tricks and a lie.

Oh, that is a good one. All right, let's wrap this up and what we would give to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who I almost forgot was a team here in the Valley because they haven't been playing baseball. And baseball is on pause right now because of the CBA. What would you guys give to the Diamondbacks as a holiday gift? They need so much. They do need a lot. Give them the movie that Derek casted on the P.H.

That movie would be a banger. He casted parts for eight players and coaches on the 2001 World Series team, and I thought he did a fantastic job. Kurt Schilling played by Kiefer Sutherland. There's just a bunch of other good ones. So check that out if you haven't seen it yet. That's what I would give them. All right.

I could dig that. I feel like we talk new arena for the coyotes, but I feel like the Diamondbacks getting a new ballpark, one that feels like a baseball stadium and not an airplane hanger. would probably go a long way. Would you rename it, Bank One? Why not? At least their mascot would finally make sense again.

I just just something that feels more baseball. I think that part of the problem here in Arizona is that just doesn't feel like baseball. When you go to a game there and it's too big, there's just it's too much. I would find a way to give them a nice stadium that gives the feel of traditional baseball. Yep, absolutely. Leah? I would give them fewer games that they have to play. I think the number of games they have to play and the MLB is outrageous.

And that would be my gift to the Diamondbacks and all the other teams. Have you guys ever done something 162 times in a year? That is as painful as that? I can't imagine that. It's not. Oh my gosh. I don't know what to get an argument. Yes.

I've come and hear almost 160 times this year. some days are very painful. Stop. You know what I would do? I'd give them more fans, but keep the same noise level where it is. Because going to those games, it's so peaceful.

Oh my God. And it's not what it's supposed to be like. Jared Kellnick is in front of me on the Mariners, and you can heckle him and you can hear everything you're saying. It's fantastic. If I could give the Diamondbacks of the present, I would give them the ability to not trade Max Scherger because that was horrendous.

So they could go back and not do that. That would be what I would give to the time. There are a lot of deals like that for the GVACs that you wish you could go. Yeah, maybe you shouldn't have done that. Yeah, there were quite a few. But that is what we would give the Valley Sports teams. Let us know what you would give the teams in the Valley for a holiday present in the comments. Or if you want to go ahead and give us a good rating on Apple Podcast, that would be amazing too.

That could be your gift to me because I would love for you to give me a good rating on this podcast. You get nothing for this holiday season. But the holiday season is all about family. And we here... Worst transition ever. We here at PHNX, our family. We actually just did do a secret Santa gift exchange, which was really fun. And I got nothing.

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So make sure you sign up for a membership at go PHNX.com. We would love for you to become a part of our family. Speaking of family, do you guys have any fun family traditions for the holidays that you do every year? We used to have a Christmas party where we'd make lasagna. Oh, lasagna. I don't know if we're having it this year with everything going on. You can make us lasagna. You know, I think I might.

We make it from scratch. It's beautiful. You're a fellow Italian. So we make an Italian breakfast bread called Casadil. Yeah, it's a cinnamon in the center. Oh, that sounds amazing. You do that every Christmas morning or Christmas Eve? No, I don't do anything.

My brother makes it. My grandfather used to make it. As my Kayla would say, that shit sounds bust and bustling. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Leah, what about you? Do you have any fun holiday sessions for Hanukkah or anything you do in that holiday season? celebrate Christmas.

There you go. I used to, I used to go to Canada for Christmas every year and we would go up to my cottage. I know that sounds like so Canada cliche. That's so Canada.

I swear she's lying. It's a denim cottage. Every, like, Canadians just have cottage. We have a pet moose. I have seen a moose at my cottage before. But there's a beaver that lives on the lake.

Anyway, I just keep a more Canadian. Did it teach you the alphabet? Yes. Anyway, and I used to go and we would watch Christmas vacation, which is the best Christmas movie on a Christmas Eve. And then we'd wake up and my grandma would bake. Okay, just, I'm choosing to ignore you right now. And we would make, my grandma makes scones and jam from scratch.

Wow. And we would have scones and jams and then open our stockings, open our presents. And then usually like go skating on our lake. This sounds like the best Christmas. But we haven't done this in years because like I haven't been to Canada. two years because of COVID, like all sorts of things. We'll sneak you in. Thank you.

Because this sounds amazing. But only if you take us with you because this sounds like a storybook Christmas. It really is. Honestly, there's no Wi-Fi at my cottage, though. That sounds even better. That's not great for me. Let's put Saul in your cottage for a week. Well, I promise you it's a real place.

That sounds amazing. And die-hard is the best Christmas. No, I knew you were going to say that. Let's get out of here. Let's go. I can't do this. My family doesn't have any Christmas traditions. unfortunately, I've been trying to get them to start one where we wear matching PJ sets on Christmas Eve

and we exchange one gift to each other that's a game that we will all play on Christmas Day. But my mom's really not on board with that. So my family does not have any Christmas traditions, but I'm working on it. If a Drap King's Sportsbook could bet on which of our traditions was best, I'm pretty sure they would take Leia's. As well as my Christmas movie choice, thank you. Leah's is straight out of a Hallmark Christmas movie. It's not fair.

Yeah, but I haven't done it in like five years. It snows ice cream. Although you can't bet on Christmas traditions on the drafting sports book out, there are a ton of other things you can bet on. Make sure you use code. Cricket. Yeah, drone racing, cricket, all of those great things.

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This sounds like something we can definitely. Cricket racing. Oh, no. We're going to do that. Business fed, your cricket racing. Sponsored by P.HNX Sports. You can't steal that. That's Shane.

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You guys are my work family. So I enjoy spending time with you most of the time. The past 35 minutes was not one of those times. Do you want to ride home? Yes, please. Thank you again for watching. Thank you all for watching. Have a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate.

Enjoy the holidays with your family. And we will see you next week. Every time my YouTube bell rings and Angel gets its wings. All right. It.