PHNX Arizona Diamondbacks Podcast - We're Going Streaking!

Episode Date: December 1, 2021

Streaks are fun! Just ask the Phoenix Suns who are riding a seventeen game win streak! Join Makayla Perkins and an all-star panel of PHNX Beat Reporters: Leah Merrall, Derek Montilla and Greg Esposito as they talk the best streaks in Arizona Sports history, including the bad ones. 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 the Phoenix Sports Podcast presented by drafting sportsbook America's top rated sportsbook app. I'm Michaela Perkins. I'm your host for today. I'm obviously having trouble speaking, so this is going to be a long one. It's always good when your host can't speak. Yeah, it's a good way to kick it off. Joining me today is Derek Montia, Greg Esposito, and Liam Merrill. We are super excited to go streaking.

You know what? I don't know how to respond to that, but I love that this is the only show that I get called Gregon. So thank you for that. Well, I wasn't to go Gregory. Yeah, Gregory's my Gregory. That is my given name.

How are you guys doing today, this lovely Wednesday? Fantastic. Yeah? Yeah, oh, yeah. I think it's a little cold to go streaking, but all right, whatever we're going to do. It's December 1st, it's like 80 degrees. It's a good thing to consider it.

Yeah, what are you talking about? It's like 140 you hear most of the time, so 80's cold. We live in Phoenix. It's never too cold to go streaking. All right. Words to live by from the Kayla Perkins. Let's get being started with our Valley Sports temperature check. We've got a lot to talk about today, which I'm super excited about.

We have a $50 super chat. This is to get Craig Morgan to eat a hot dog with ketchup, by the way. Oh, my gosh. That's a real super chat or fake? Is this real? It looks like it's fake. This is real. Is it?

Okay. That's real. I guess this counts. Hold on. Craig said he'd actually do it if somebody donated $50. Yeah, we said if someone's at a $50 super chat, we would, Craig would eat a hot dog with ketchup. All right. What is wrong with ketchup on hot dogs?

Craig is. She threw a computer. Well, we're going to need that $50 to maybe fix. This podcast is going to be off the rails today. If you can tell about the title, it's going to be, uh, it's real. Damn, Cherson. It's real. It's the camera.

Does anybody have an idea of how to say that person's name? Faisal? Faisal? Faisal. Thank you for the $50 super chat. Yes, thank you. I promise you, Craig is not here right now, but we will deliver that to you.

He will be eating a hot dog. We're also going to post it on social media in case anybody misses it. So we will make good on that $50 super chat. Not just a hot dog. It has to be hot dog with ketchup. That was the problem. I love that we're now soliciting money for our host to do ridiculous things.

For $15,000, I will eat a live scorpion. All right? Oh, my God. For 20 grand, I'll shave the mustache. That also reminds me if you're watching this on Twitter right now, head over to our YouTube channel so you can join it on the chat. We love it when you guys let us know you're watching and you chime in on the conversation. We will always read your comments on the show.

So if you're watching on Twitter, head over to YouTube right now. Let's get started with our Valley Sports temperature. check. Like I mentioned, we've got a ton of great stuff to talk about today. Let's start it off with the Cardinals who are coming off a buy. They're sitting at 9 and 2. They are crushing it right now, the best record in the NFL. Do we think that Kyler is going to play on Sunday? God, I hope so. Yes, I think he is. I don't know. They're two and one with cold. I'm not, you know, there's a bit of house money you're playing with, but I expect if Kyler is capable, he will play, but I'm not as worried as I may have been a few weeks ago if he doesn't.

You're playing Chicago, not the greatest of teams. So if you have to go with Colt McCoy, I'm not overly worried. The guy I want to see back is DeAndre Hopkins. Because if he comes back and you have to play Colt McCoy, that makes it a lot easier on Colt to be able to keep the winning going. But D-Hop's the guy, I'm most concerned about getting back. Yeah. And just so everyone knows, Tricia Sousselor, P. HNX Cardinals' host, was at media availability today for the Cardinals.

And they did say that both Kyler and DeAndre are limited in practice. They both have been practicing. Obviously, there is no timeline for return for DeAndre or Kyler. Kyler, when speaking to the media, said he was hopeful that he could play on Sunday. But he said that for ever since he's been injured and hasn't played. So obviously, that doesn't really carry much weight. Obviously, we all know, though, he would like to be out there on the field. But I kind of agree with Espo.

If Kyler doesn't play, I'm not too stressed about Colt being under center. And I think that if they're going to have to go with Colt again, a game against the Bears is a good time to do it. And all-time great Cardinals' name. Stony, Colt, these are some of the great Cardinals' names of all time. I love Colt as a quarterback, a gunslinger. Like, it's just perfect. How perfect would it be if he played for the Colts?

Colt McCoy for the Indianapolis. Colts? Both need to stop right now. Someone needs to stop both of you right now. But I will say this. I think that with it being week 13, they need to focus on the playoffs now, right? So even if it means sacrificing a win at this point with the way the division is,

that that can happen, right? And they can make sure that Kyler is healthy and at 100% before getting him back. That's the most important thing. Yep. I 100% agree. I'm not as worried about talking about the, the coyotes as I have been in the past, which I think is a small improvement. They're a little warm.

Is that fair? Vege and wedge. Yeah. Not in last in the NHL. But is that good or bad? Yeah. Depends on how you look at it. Right now the coyotes are sitting at 5, 16, and 2.

They're not the worst team in the NHL, like Leah said. It's got to be Seattle. Nope. It's Ottawa. Ottawa. The Canadian team count? You just made the entire country. I'll see what they have to say.

I'm going to resend a $50 super check. I love you, Canada. I will say that it's kind of interesting that they are kind of failing to fail, right? It's very on brand. They're going to pick third or fifth or something. I mean, did Ottawa openly say that they were going to lose before the season started? Because I would only imagine how I would feel about that if a team that openly said they were going to lose was doing better than my team. But, yeah, no, I mean, the veg and wedge connect.

is doing great. And I think that, you know, at the very least, the players don't want to lose. So that's what we're seeing right now at this team. Yeah, Leah, what do you like about that? Wedgie-Vegey combo in that? They give the coyotes a chance every game. And that's all you can ask for as a fan. I think every fan went into the season knowing this is not going to be a winning season.

Right. Sure. By any stretch of the imagination. But you also want to watch some competitive games and your heart pounding at the end and not be so upset. Like those blowout losses in the beginning. season we're just like you felt so dejected after and like how am I going to get through 82 games so I think in the last two weeks the coyotes have had a lot of close games a lot of overtime games a lot of

you know down to the wire a lot of third period comeback so they've definitely been a lot more exciting to watch and like you said the wedgy veggie tandem has given them a chance every game didn't did you have like 47 stops in the shutout 46 his first ever career shutout that's crazy on monday against the jents right yeah I did not expect them to win that game at all, especially not won nothing. I was shocked, but I loved how extremely excited Coyotes fans were because after that win, I saw all over Twitter, they're like, this is the reason that we still support the team. Like, there's still reasons to get behind them. And I love the passion of Coyotes fans. It's probably the most admirable fan base in the valley.

So have they, is it settled? Is it veggie? It is, well, we've settled it. Okay. And we asked Wedgwood, and he said it's veggie. and when they talked about him in the press conferences, all the players and the coaches say veggie, but the Arizona Coyote's Twitter account is still trying to push the milkman agenda,

and I'm against that. So we can go anchorman style and start a fight with the coyote social people. It's on. All right, good to know. It's going to happen. I'm going to take it to Twitter. I like Vegomatic. No, no.

That's an old reference. It's a very old reference. Leah, before we move on, I know that you mentioned that there could be a potential reinforcements coming. Nick Schmaltz has started skating again, which I think would provide a huge boost to that team. What's the update that you have for him? So Schmaltz has been skating on his own and Craig Morgan had just reported this week that he's going to start skating with a stick again. So that's a positive. There's no exact timetable, but it seems like he's going to be on his way back soon, which is good for a team that has very little center depth. The team needs all the help

they can get so great to see him coming in soon. All right. Well, not all doom and gloom about the Coyotes, we're getting a little more positive. We love that. Speaking of doom and gloom. Yeah. Hey. Moving on to the dive-of-backs. They finalized their coaching staff yesterday, right?

What are your overall thoughts on the new, I know they just have five new coaches came on? Well, okay, so four of the five have already been with the organization in some capacity. Okay. And the only new addition is Damien Easley, who will be the assistant major league hitting coach. he was actually a player for this team back in 2006. So another guy kind of coming home. The interesting thing about the way that they aligned the other coaches is that they're going to do a hybrid style that's been used by teams like the Dodgers

and the Giants where their coaches are going to be involved in both the minor league and the major league level, right? So Drew Headman, for instance, and Rick Short, both of them took over as the hitting coaches interim hitting coaches midseason. they will be assistant major league hitting coaches, and then headman will be the director of minor league hitting, and Short will be the assistant minor league hitting coordinator. Same thing with the pitching situation with Dan Carlson and Barry Enright,

both will be major league pitching coaches, assistants, and minor league pitching coordinator. So the reason why that's important is because the Diamondbacks have talked about their commitment to their minor league system and that being the future of this team. And not any longer the future like down the road, like the future now, the future in 2022, the future in 2022, with the coaches that they've brought on, they have shown how committed they are to this.

I mean, the coaches are absolutely humble about it. But I mean, when you talk about, you know, Jeff Bannister, Joe Mather, and especially, you know, Brent Strom, there is quantifiable evidence that they made the teams that they became a part of better. They will credit the players all day long, but especially like Mather with what he did with Cincinnati and Strom with the Houston Astros, you can't. argue that they didn't help make this team better. So it's exciting for the future and the prospects that are going to become major league players and how they're going to be coached with such experience, you know, at a major league level. But honestly, I started getting behind the idea of how much better these guys are going to make the guys on the roster, right?

The debacks talked about their roster moves yesterday. We thought Christian Walker might be non-tendered, but he was tender to contract. Taylor Clark was the only non-tendered player. So the Diamondbacks are kind of showing a commitment with the exception of not picking up the option on Cole Calhoun and a couple of other situations where they are still committed to the guys on this team. Like they might be bringing in young guys to have that mix of veterans and they definitely need depth. But I think that they're, you know, they want to see what coaches like Mather and Strom can do for the existing players that are already able to play at a major league level. but how much better they could potentially make them. Yeah, well, I mean, they definitely have brought in some big name coaches,

but on the other end, they have not really brought in any new big name players this off season. I mean, they brought in Jordan Leplow this week. Yes. But aside from that, there just hasn't been any big splashes. What are your thoughts on Jordan Leplow joining the team? And do you anticipate them bringing in any big free agent acquisitions this off season? I like Jordan Leplow. He had a big home run in the playoffs.

He has a lot of experience. And again, he adds to the depth. that they need in the outfield that they don't have right now. We can move Cattal Marte back to the infield. Get him out of the outfield, absolutely. But the Rangers spent over half a billion dollars in free agency. Yeah, the Rangers just went full Padres from 2020. They're like, we're spending money on everyone.

And honestly, when you look at the moves, it's, you know, time will tell if that half a million dollars was well spent. But it's often said in baseball, it's not how much you spend, but how you spend it. The Rangers seem to think that throwing all the money in the world is going to, to fix their problem and overcome the Houston Astros in that division. And I just don't know with the acquisitions they made if they're, if they spent money in the right way. That's all. And I really don't like committing to baseball players for over five years.

Some of these 10 year, 13 year contracts are insane to me. Yeah, they're crazy. But, you know, it's, it's becoming more common. I just think that right now, uh, the, the crazy thing about this whole situation is I'm kind of happy the Diamondbacks aren't getting that Black Friday fever of being all panicky before the imminent lockout and just buying

something, right? You know? I love, you are very much where Sun's fans were a while ago, where it's like justifying, try to feel better about the moves. Well, the lack of moves, right? But I guess my point is, is that like a lot of teams seem to be trying to solve their free agency needs or their positional needs quickly before the lockout so that they at least have a plan. And I think the players want that certainty too.

So they want to get a deal before the potential lockout as well. I just think the Diamondbacks have said what they were going to do and that they haven't really hidden that they weren't going to make a big splash and free agency. So I wouldn't be surprised to see them kind of go shopping in that post-Black Friday bargain bin where they like wait for Sunday where the deals are still going on, but there's not much left, but they'll pick up a couple of DVDs for five bucks and Blurray. Race that better? You know what I mean?

I haven't owned a DVD in years. Oh, man. It's that knockoff of that movie I wanted to see. Yeah, I'll get that. It's $1. $1.00. Come on. We're definitely going to have a lockout. I think Sports Illustrated just

said that the negotiations between the league and the MLBPA have already ended today. So we're moving towards a lockout. Are any of you bothered by that, by the way? Does anybody care that we're not going to have baseball on time? Well, it's no. We don't know if we're not going to have baseball on time. I don't. I don't. I think

that they do have a ton of pressure because baseball is dwindling in popularity. And honestly, people have too much media to consume. Honestly, they have other sports. You can switch over and watch baseball on the KBO now, right? And people have, and some people are still doing it. Speaking of which,

one of the D-BACs players, Henry Ramos, just signed with a KBO team. So he will be... Wow, thank you for that fun facts. Yeah, that's what I mean, like, honestly, man, I just think that they need to get the negotiations done very quickly because people will I mean people will turn on the entire

situation they'll just see it as both sides being greedy and not getting it done despite the fact that there's a lot on the table to try to make baseball better and I think that's a lot of what the players association is interested in doing is making baseball this lockout could not have come out of worse

time may I interest you in a lightly used John Lester sure absolutely put them in the cart Well, not how I use players are the Diamondbacks favorite type of players. So you're saying a lot of things around the table to make baseball more interesting or better. Is part of that going back to the 1980s?

Because I feel like that's the only way that it'll regain the popularity. The 1980s were so good. No, we're not. We're never doing that. But I think that there's an expanded playoffs on the table, and they're very interested in competitive balance. What's interesting is that they just want to set a baseball floor. Instead of a ceiling, they want to make all the teams spend at least $100 million, which the Diamondbacks did not do last season.

So, I mean, it would help a bit, but will it? I mean, still teams will spend that amount and not a dollar more. But is that to potentially force out, and sorry, this is a nerdy question I want to know, but does that potentially force out owners that aren't willing to do what's necessary to have a team and have that competitive? We have no idea how much these owners make. And so, like, that's the craziest thing is they can talk about their losses and all of this other stuff. But baseball has set it up, you know, that teams have all sorts of revenue coming in from different sources. Even if the other, like the Diamondbacks, for instance, even if the other teams in the division are selling out and you're not, you're getting the cut of all of that, right?

So it's like the owners are taking care of pretty much. But I think that, I mean, really, there's just some that don't see. the reason to spend the money when there's no chance to compete in their division like the diamondbacks in the NOS. Yeah. I mean, you can you can throw all the money at it like the Padres did and still finish in third and finish outside of the playoffs. All right. Well, there you have it. That's our value sports temperature check.

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All right, you guys, let's go streaking. The excitement level is so low. I'm just uncomfortable. Why is nobody excited to go streaking except for me? I'm with us, but it's cold outside. All right, we have got to talk about these Phoenix Suns. I have never in my life been more excited to talk about the Phoenix Suns. Last night, they beat the Golden State Warriors who, for whatever reason, Stephen A. Smith is obsessive.

with and things is a better team than Phoenix, but Phoenix quickly proved them wrong because they won. They're on a 17-game win streak, which obviously... What's that like? I know what a 17-game losing streak's like. So just imagine the opposite. You got it, there you go. Which ties a franchise record. They're going to take on the Pistons tomorrow, which I feel like is a game they should win. If they do, they'll beat that record at 18. Espos, I mean, come on. What a time to be a Suns fan. without a championship it doesn't matter oh okay that is not where I was expecting you to go

I'm sorry oh god jeez I have a little more excitement over there it's definitely it is it is fun to watch this team and coming off of 10 years of just coyotes level basketball and what you want with the diving backs like I feel for you guys because that was a decade

Like I covered really, really bad teams of Lottomper. Don't pity us. It's not pity. I feel it. And I want you to look at what I'm going through at the ultimate hope that there can be light at the end of the tunnel. Driving through our neighborhood and his Mercedes Benz with his $300 glasses all talking about. I used to be you. That screw you guys.

It's great. I love not losing. I love winning. 17 in a row is like. Nothing you've ever experienced, nor will you, and it's just, it's fantastic. This is much better. Too far. I went too far the other way now?

No, no, this is much better. Look, this team is something special. I said it on the Sun's show. They may be the best Sun's team in history. The only team that has a claim to this is the 0607 team that they just top. That team won 17 straight, but you may remember a couple days ago hearing, oh, the Suns tied the 0-607 team. They had a 15-game win streak as well in that season. So 17 and a 15-game win streak.

There was only three games in between those two wins streaks. They went one and two in them. So they went 33 and two over a 35 game stretch. That's next level. But the difference between that team and this team is the fact that this team, is the fact that this team, can win in all sorts of ways. Defense, out hustling teams. That 0-607 team was predicated on high power offense.

So this is a different beast. It is very exciting to watch. Obviously, there's a concern with Devin Booker's injury, but they don't feel like it's going to be serious, maybe a week or two that he misses time, but it's not a long-term thing. This team can win without him as well. It's harder, but they can do it.

That was my favorite part of the win last night. Obviously, I'm not happy that Devin Booker got hurt. I would never want. I would never wish that or want that. But the fact that they were able to win over Golden State while missing him for an entire half is that speaks volumes to this team and the talent that they have. And, you know, Stephen A. Smith went on a rant yesterday about how the son's championship window was closed, which is the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. And he was talking and making fun of the fact that they have Frank Kaminsky and blah, blah, blah. I'm like, yeah, and they have Frank Kaminsky.

Frank J. 31 this year. They have people that can step up when they need them. Frank Kaminsky, Jay Crowder, like, it is so cool to watch. Last night was incredible. The biggest thing about last night was the defense. The fact that this is the first game, Golden State has been held under 100 points this season. And 43 games.

Right. It's been 43 games since they've been held. Since their last. Right. And you just had Mikhail Bridges who didn't put up much on the stat line, but was probably the most valuable player of last night's game with the way that he played defense all night long. Like it was just, it was incredible.

Like I just couldn't believe the way that they turned it up, especially in Booker's absence. Once he was gone, it was that next man up mentality, right? Well, yeah, I mean, but that's how this team has been. It doesn't matter, you know, who, who needs to step up, they just do. I mean, there's nights where Devin Booker and CP3 shot horror. and they win because Javelle McGee and Diannaryton step up or Cam Johnson or McHale Bridges have big offensive nights. You know, last night was a prime example. Landry Shammett doesn't shoot well throughout that entire game.

Fourth quarter, they need a big shot after Devon's been hurt and Cam Johnson goes out with cramps and he hits a big three to basically close out that game. It does not matter. This team finds ways to win. That's the hallmark of a great team, not a good team, not a really good team. That's a great team that does that. And we're on the verge of that with this son. Everybody was getting in on it.

I think Monty wanted to get on it. I think he wanted to put all the jersey. He just ran out there mid-game. Which was probably the highlight of, in a game that had a lot of highlights, that one was the highlight for me. Because Monty Williams is such a buttoned up, knows the rules, knows everything. Yeah. And he just assumed that Steve Kerr was taking a timeout. In your face, timeout.

And he got almost to the free throw line before he realized, oh, shit, I got to turn around right now. Dapped up at least three players before you got. I loved it. You can't blame the guy. Monny's a great coach. I have a question for ESPO. After last night's win, speaking of streaks,

who is the second longest winning streak in the Western Conference right now? And how many games? Well, it was Golden State at 7 was the second. I'm going to guess what. It's like Utah, too. Lakers. Houston Rockets with three in a row. Oh, that, which the bottom feeder in the West has the second longest street.

So they take it out, they're supposed to take on, they are taking on the, they're not supposed to. They are. They definitely are taking on the Pistons. Everything is up in the air in life. Do you think that they can beat the Pistons and get that record of 18 wins ago? Can they? Yes. Hell yes, they can beat the Pistons.

Will they know? Is this a trap? Stop. Very well could be a trap between two Warriors games without Devin Booker. If there's a letdown, that could be the letdown. I just don't see Mottie Williams letting them get in that mind space, or a headspace. If there's a loss, I think it may be Friday against the wars again, because Golden State is going to have something to prove.

Steph isn't going to shoot an all-time worst second-sture game. And if he does, hand McHale Bridges the damn defensive player of the year trophy after Friday's game. Absolutely. If he does that again to Steph, because nobody else will have that, will have that kind of impact defensively. So, yeah, they definitely can win. I think they will win against the Pistons. Friday could be a bit of a challenge against the Warriors for a second time. If they can beat the Warriors on Friday, though, then they've got the Spurs, the Celtics right after that.

So I can probably see if they can be the Warriors, I mean, they have a chance of extending this thing all the way out to 21. You know, if they beat the Warriors on Friday, screw it. Go for 34 and behold the NBA record. We're going for you. We're going for you. Why the hell not? Any other fun streaks with the sons that you can think of, Espo? I know you mentioned the 017.

You know, there was, I believe it was 29 straight years they made the playoffs or something. And I think it was like 28 of 29 years. They made the playoffs until whatever the hell the decade before last year was. So that's a fun streak. But really, when it comes to it, it's this one. It's the 0607. Yeah. The 92-93 team had a 14 game one streak.

But that's, yeah, the upper echelon is those two from 0607 and then this one. You know what, the bubble streak. The eight million in the bubble. Yeah. The bubble six started on. I think very much should be included because that was the first sense of normalcy that any of us had with everything going on. You know, they do the impossible because nobody expected anything. And that kind of started all this with this son's team.

So that's probably up there in terms of fun and memorable for me. It also gave us a gem of a social media thing. Shout out to Tanna Hughes. The Who's Next Video of Aiton Dancing? One of my favorite social trends I've seen. I loved that. That was so fun. So shout out to the bubble sons.

We love you. Not to mention, I think going 8 and no and not making the playoffs really just motivated them in a way that, you know, you couldn't have otherwise by even making the playoffs. All right. Well, we kind of already alluded to it.

There have been other streaks that have happened with other teams. Leah, I don't know where you're going with this. I don't know if it's going to be good or bad. I think you might have, you might hit us with both. Yeah. Have the coyotes done anything streak, streak wise lately?

Yes, this year, in fact, 11 straight losses to start the season this season, which tied the 2017-18 season where they also had 11 straight losses, which at that time was the worst start to an NHL season for a team since the 1943 New York Rangers. So, oh, but both times, both times they stopped the shriek. And both times it was picking up goaltender Scott Wedgwood off of waivers. coming in, he happened to be in the same city as the coyotes both times, came in, won their 12th game of the season and stopped the street at 11. That is real? Yes. It's the most bizarre coincidence ever. I literally had no idea that that's what happened.

Yep. Yeah, it's weird. That's insane. Yep. That's like lighting striking twice. Exactly. I actually think it's less likely than lighting striking twice. You honestly might be right.

I wonder if drafting sports would have the odds on that. Someone could have won a lot of money on that. Plus $40 billion. Oh my gosh. The 11 rate loss is to start in those two years. 2014-15 lost 10 straight between February and March. That was the year that McDavid was the projected first overall pick. So there's kind of a tank kind of thing going on for them.

But they didn't do well in the draft lottery. It drafted third that year. Damn, that. Ouch. And in 2003, four, won two of the last 20 games of that season. So, you know. Do you have any happy ones for us? I do.

Yes. In 2010, the Coyotes won nine straight games, helped the team make the playoffs for the first time in 10 years. That's right. From 2002 to 2010 or I guess eight years, they hadn't made the playoffs. So that streak was great. And then the most memorable year, at least for, the most memorable year for Coyote's fans, 2012 the year they made the run to the Western Conference final. The team went 11-0-1 in a month. They lost in a shootout that month, but that was the month that helped the team get into first place in the

Pacific, make the playoffs, have that run. And as of today, that is the only team banner in Healer of Arena, the division championships in 2012. So it's an important streak. Exactly. Take what we can get. Hopefully, you know, 10 years. Next year, it'll be 10 years since that. run. Crazy. It's been a long. Like how the sun's had their little 10 years off.

The coyotes. They're coming back. They're on the up and up. What about the streak of a new owner every other year? Is that count in the streak? At least we can get a couple of years under the same way. I don't know if you guys feel the same way, but like I get so nervous when streaks start and the longer they go on, it causes me like the most anxiety like ever

because I'm like, oh my God, like I don't want them to break it. I don't want to miss it up. Like I don't know how. feel about streaks. It's a it's painful. Craig chiming in here on an individual level, Brian Boucher's five consecutive shutouts in 332 minutes, one second without allowing a goal in the 2003-04 season. Thanks Craig. But that was an exciting run. I remember that and I mean that's such a crazy thing for one man to do that 332 minutes and you felt like with every shot you're like, is this going to come to an end? It's like it doesn't really matter but something about it

It just causes so much anxiety. Welcome to the chat, by the way, Craig. You're going to be eating a hot dog with ketchup. I just want to let you know. He knows. Oh, Craig. They're not that bad, I promise you. To put in perspective, by the way, I was in college when that streak happened.

That's how long ago that was. So we need another one of those great streets. How about the streak of the coyotes drafting first overall for two years? We'll start that. That means you're going to have another rough one next year, too. We'll do it for a badard. Oh, those losing streaks are cute. Lindsay Smith asking, do you guys have any superstitions?

I have a superstition about the losing streak, like when I was writing and covering games. That's right. You did write a story about it. I felt like I was, well, I did feel like at times I was causing the losing streak because I would set up my article as that once the Diamondbacks were down. And I was like, yeah, I really feel like I'm not helping this situation out. But the real curse is Baxter, of course, when they decapitated him and wore his head on TikTok. That's the real superstition, I believe in, because that started really bad things for the Arizona. Hit us with it.

What's your streaks for the debacks? Oh, let's talk about it. Oh, let's do it. The all-time franchise worst losing streak in history. They had two of the three worst franchise losing streaks this season, a 17-game losing streak and a 13-game losing streak. They also, it gets better than that. Let's not forget. They also had a 24-game road losing streak, which is the longest road losing streak in the modern,

the modern era of baseball. Modern era of baseball goes back like 5,000 years. I love modern years. If it's since 1800, it's modern era of baseball. 1892, yes. Am I from drama? If Derek was a TikTok trend, he would be that one. Is it me?

I was wrong? Shane is sighing heavily because he hates it whenever I start quoting TikTok. So thank you, Lindsay, for that dual purpose comment. Listen you guys talk about these losing streaks. I feel like Craig thinking about eating ketchup. I know. I feel bad. I mean, it was bad, but it's kind of like what you were saying about some of the moments with the coyotes fans, right?

They had good moments, the Diamondbacks, despite Michaela not wanting to acknowledge it. They had two no-hitters this year. No, they had one no. They had two no hitters this year. Hey, you can only pitch as many innings as allowed in the game. Thank you, Espo. The eighth inning of the no hitter is the hardest inning of a no hitter. That is correct.

It didn't get to the eighth inning. It doesn't count. No, it doesn't count. Did the game end? Oh my God. The game ended. The game ended and the guy didn't give up a hit. Is it a no hitter?

It doesn't count. Yes, by definition, there were no hits in a game that was official. No. No. It doesn't count. I'm sorry, Diamondbacks fans. I know you love that. Madison and Bumgarder,

no hitter, but it was not a no hitter. He has the dumbest rules. No-Hitters this year. Yes, if you're going to shorten the games, then if the guy gets no-hitter, it's no-hitter. I will say that, honestly, it's it didn't seem like they deserved to be this bad. A lot of people said this team, like, talent-wise wasn't this bad, and I mean, you can beat up the injury things and all that stuff, right? I will say, again, kind of like your statistic, the interesting thing about their two longest, losing streaks was they were both stopped by Merrill Kelly.

So Merrill Kelly was their streak stopper. Scott Wedgwood. Yeah, he was the Scott Wedgwood. Why is it with the teams in the valley and having lightning strike twice? What is going on? I'll say Kelly was their most consistent starting pitcher. And the biggest problem was the fact that at one point they were starting four out of five guys that weren't part of their initial starting rotation.

So that's going to cause your team to win or lose over 100 games. I find the superstition stuff still going on in the chat. Yeah, I wanted to bring that back. So say Jay says his superstition is never betting on your team. You always bet against your team so you can hedge emotionally. Never bet against your team. It says the degenerate behind the Mac. Yeah, I get what he's saying.

I don't just prove of that. I also try not to put my players for my team on my fantasy football team. I want to separate those two things. My whole strategy for my fantasy hockey team this year was no coyotes. That's a good strategy Just like betting against the coyotes was a great strategy I only draft players on good teams Oh my gosh

That is a secret to fantasy sports Yeah to draft good players on good team You're gonna hear first You're gonna be hosting the H&X Fantasy Sports show My fantasy team's been in first this whole season Wow, subtle flex over there Leah Well regardless if you are like so say Jay

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They're legendary. We love it. It's a great app. All right. Going back to superstition talk, though, I will say I used to have a superstition when I was little. I grew up in Colorado. And so whenever I felt, I broke my leg when I was in like the seventh grade. And so whenever my ankle started to hurt, I knew that like it was probably going to snow or rain because it was really sensitive to temperature change.

So I would put a silver spoon underneath my pillow hoping that it would snow. You heard, oh, maybe you guys never heard this because you live in a save. I knew you were a witch. What a silver spoon under your pillow? There's a thing where you wear, if you wear your pajamas inside out and you put a silver spoon under your pillow, you're going to get a silver spoon under your pillow. You're going to get a snow day. You're going to get a snow day the next day. So I would use my ankle.

Yes, it worked. Oh, my God. So I would use my ankle to tell the temperature. And then at night, I would sleep with my pajamas inside out. And I would put a silver spoon under my pillow. And there would be a snow day the next day. Well, let me say this. Why would you think that a guy in myself from Arizona would know anything about a snow day.

I know. I realize that this was going to fall so flat with all of you, because you've all lived in this warm climate state for forever. But the only snow days we have. had is when the air conditioner broke in the portable and we couldn't be in there so we got to go home from school. Okay. But for the rest of you, if there's anyone listening. Did you wear your pajamas inside out? I absolutely did actually. It might be on the, no, I'm doing it. I did not.

I'll say. Just the worst. If there's anybody in the comments who's heard of this before, please back me up. Like, it's wearing your pajamas inside out and a silver spoon under your pillow is definitely a snow day. I'm going to do that tonight just see if we get snow to are. Well, here, I'll give you one. It's not going to work in Arizona. From my family, when I was, like my family's Puerto Rican, right? And my parents said in Puerto Rico, like, it was good luck when you passed through a tunnel to touch the roof of your car and honk the horn and make a wish. And your wish would come true, right? I've heard of other things like holding your breath in tunnels and such like that, right?

But that was ours. Yeah, we, I guarantee you, we were the only car in any tunnel we were in at times, especially here in Phoenix, Arizona, honking the horn and touching the roof of the car. But when I went back to Puerto Rico, everybody did it in the tunnel. I got the biggest kick out of it because I was like 17 years old going back and I was riding in the car and when we went through a tunnel it was just nothing but horn honking

the whole way through. I'm with my people. Finally. For me, I used to, we didn't have cable. So, and back then, Sun's games were road games

were on local television. Back in my days. We're on cable. Right? Back when you could actually watch a Sun's game for free? Yeah. Yeah, that was nice.

Oh, Jade. But look, so I would listen to Al McCoy call home games in my bedroom as a kid, and I would, I would wear, if they were winning before I got in bed and I was wearing a hat, I'd wear the hat to bed. If they started going on a streak during the game, I would not move to the point where my extremities would go numb. Oh my God. The dedication to the cause. Like, I like, so into that. So much so that as an adult, like, I did the playoff beard last year. Okay.

And I wouldn't even trim the damn thing during the playoffs because I got so superstitious about it. And I looked pretty ridiculous by the time they got to the finals. What happened in the finals? Did you trim it? I did after. No, no, I did not. I did not touch it until after game six. I almost going into game six,

shaved the whole damn thing off to try to change. But it was still my fault because I didn't and they lost. So you can't win. That's the thing with superstitions. You can't win unless they win everything. Then the superstition's great. Then it worked. Everything worked.

I know you have one going right now that involves the bathroom. Yeah. So the P. G. Chyote's crew right now, like just we're on the streak where someone goes to the bathroom in the third during the, one of the last TV timeouts, but then I've missed a goal, PD's missed a goal, Aaron's missed a goal when we take our third period bathroom break.

So now it's like a thing in the Discord too, like, who's taking their bathroom break in the third? Because like the coyotes always score. It's crazy. And Aaron missed an overtime goal in the bathroom. Like, it's just a thing. So that's our- So why do the show from the bathroom? They'll score like 60 times in a game.

We are going to be moving the PH&X Coyote show to the bathroom. I realize that's a lot. That's how the season's going, so it's fine. Leah just mentioned it. Our Discord channel is popping, but you can only be in our Discord channel. If you're a PHNX member, you can sign up for a membership at go-PHNX.com. You can do a monthly membership or you can do an annual membership. And if you sign up for an annual membership, you'll get a free t-shirt.

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All of our friends are here. What does that say? Max says my ex-girlfriend once went to the bathroom during a two-minute drill that would win the game for ASU and Taylor Kelly immediately through an I&T. Never again. Oh, my. Is your, is that, was that girlfriend not allowed to go to the bathroom ever again during a school friend? Did you make it your ex-girlfriend right after that? We know. Did you break up here?

The problem right there in the story. The problem wasn't the bathroom break. The problem was Taylor Kelly. That too. I mean, he basically played like he was perpetually in a bathroom stall. So says Jay. What does that say? At least.

At least you didn't foolishly rock a van go for the entire playoff run, Aspo. Fun fact, that's actually my lawyer in the chat. Oh, welcome to the chat. If I ever need legal advice, I'm coming to fight you. good lawyer. He just represents us. All legal proceedings. All right.

Well, this episode was so much fun. Thank you to all of you that are in the chat hanging out with us. Did Mack have an update on his girlfriend? Yeah. Not because of that. He didn't break it with her because of that. But now the rule is known. No, he made the rule.

How do you explain that though, right? Do you actually have to go, my ex-girlfriend once did this? So now you are not allowed to go to the bathroom during an ASU two-minute drill? And how is that received by a new girlfriend? I think that that's unnecessary information. You're giving it, you just, it's a rule, and you just, you don't need to give the history of the rule, right? Like, I don't need to tell you why we don't run with scissors. We just don't run with scissors.

You do not pee, Durgan A's YouTube in a drill. Oh, my God. Why? There's a history. Do you need a lawyer for a certain reason? Yeah. That is. Actually, as my lawyer would tell me, I plead the fifth.

Oh, boy. All right. You can't explain that. And on that note, thank you guys so much for hanging out with. us. We love it when you're in the comments, hanging out, chatting with us. As I said, as I mentioned, we go live every Wednesday. So make sure you're tuning it on YouTube and subscribing to our YouTube channel if you're watching. And if not, you can always listen to this as an audio only episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. Thank you again so much for tuning in.

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