The Herd with Colin Cowherd - THE HERD - Hour 1 - Drama coming out of Philly, the Lakers could be a serious contender

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

Colin Cowherd dissects a bombshell report about the disconnect between Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, his teammates and coaches in the organization. He points out his warning about Hurts back in the summer and why it’s become clear Hurts’s days in Philadelphia could be numbered. Colin talks about the Lakers 15-2 record in March and why LA could be a serious threat in the Western Conference as the playoffs quickly approach. The ABS system is exposing a certain MLB umpireSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It is the herd wherever you may be in, wherever you may be watching or listening. Thanks for making us part of your day. Nick Ryden in an hour. Lakers on a heater. I told you all summer in August do you remember I said I have a source

inside the building in Philadelphia that I trust implicitly somebody if I write another book I'll put in the source on this it'll be a good laugh for all of us and he said Jalen Hertz tough to coach

not well liked stubborn and Howie Roseman is very aware of it. Well, what do you know? People are talking. Jeremy Fowler, ESPN, it's finally coming out. The truth always does. I think largely because there are butts on the line going into the season, including the head coach Nick Seriani.

According to Fowler and multiple sources, quote, Jalen has pushed back on changes that would diversify the scheme, including when it comes to him coming under Centermore. He's shown a reluctance to let it rip, particularly against zone coverage. He diverts from the game plan. He changes play calls to what many feel is an excessive degree. This is exactly what I was told. And when does the truth come out?

When people think their jobs are in trouble. When people get replaced. When people are somewhere, get blamed for something and they're out of town. they've moved to another job, then they'll talk. And this is a reporter that I trust. So this is what I was told, is that it's starting to feel very Russell Wilson in Seattle, where the quarterback who has critics is getting all the credit and the rosters stacked. And when they do infrequently lose, the roster gets to blame and the quarterback doesn't.

If you go back two seasons, Sequin Barclay carried the team, the offensive line was stacked, and the defensive line was setting records. But it was Jalen Hirsch, getting the tush push, Super Bowl MVP, even though we now know over the last two years, off buys, the Eagles want to throw less. So Barclay didn't get enough love. The D-line and O line were dominating. But who got $255 million? Who's getting the commercials? Who's getting the magazine covers?

It feels very Russell Wilson in Seattle. and GM Howie Roseman, very reluctant. If you notice to trade A.J. Brown. I've been saying this for two years. I don't get it. Now I do. A.J. Brown, the general manager is like, yeah, that's not the issue. So the truth comes out.

We're going into a season where if Nick, I mean, last year, he was coming off a Super Bowl win. Nick Seriani's job was not in jeopardy. But in Philadelphia, they move off quarterbacks and they move off head coaches. that win trophies, that get to Super Bowls. So this is really, really interesting. And the Eagles, despite a completely stacked offensive roster, were below the Saints last year offensively. Yards per game, 24th, three and outs, next to last in the league,

punts, tied for 27. You can't do that with that old line. A.J. Brown, Seekwon Barclay, DeVonte Smith. I mean, what is it about this thing about Jalen Hurts where he's always being protected? Look at those numbers. That's worse than the Saints who are starting a rookie quarterback. And never forget, remember Derek Gunn, the Eagle Reporter in November went on Seth Joyner, the former Eagle Show.

He was way ahead of this. A month later, excuse me, several months later, I started hearing things. Then in August, I really heard stuff. But here was, you know, in August I heard it. In November, I'll get my month straight. Here is Derek Gunn, the Eagles reporter on hers. Those things that dissected on film during practice, those things that talked about among the quarterback coach,

the offensive coordinator of the head coach. It has been constantly discussed all season long, yet when they transition to a field on a football game, he plays his game. Not the game the coaches want him to play. You look at a lot of quarterbacks, they're going to sling it. They're going to try to throw it through an eye of a needle. Sometimes you just have to take that chance.

That's not his game. That's why he stands back there a lot of time he's patting the ball, pat in the ball, and it throws the timing in the office off. The rhythm is thrown off. I don't think at this one, they can't get them out of them. There you go. That's Derek Gunn. That's the article.

So it really does have a Russell-Wilson, Seattle, that'll feel where you've got a very talented guy, probably a better runner than a sit-in-the-pocket guy, and getting a lot of credit, getting commercials, getting the big contract, getting the love, and when they lose,

eh, it's not really his fault. Truth always comes out. And I think this year, Philadelphia has always been hyper-aggressive on moves with quarterbacks and coaches. And I think enough guys have gotten fired, coordinators have gotten run out. They're talking now.

And never forget this. In pro sports, there's so much money, people protect themselves and their reputations. And when they get let go as a coordinator and they get all the blame, they start talking. That's the way the game works. Okay, so the Lakers won last night, Claiborne, Cleveland, 15 and 2 in March. And I know, with J. Mack and I talked about this. First of all, it does seem like the Lakers play almost all their games at home, but I don't want to get into that.

The only NBA team that played, you know, like 74 games. at home and six on the road. Whatever, I'm not going to get into that. But they won again. They're red hot in March. So let's look at the Western Conference standings before we look at the highlights. The Western Conference standings. OKC Spurs, Lakers, Denver, Minnesota, Houston, sons, clippers and, you know, also rents. Okay, here's the key on this thing. Look at the T-Wolves at five and the Rockets at six, both 46 and 29. You do know who the Lakers want to play. because the best matchup of any of these teams, and you can go all the way down to the Warriors,

maybe. The best matchup for the Lakers are the Rockets. Because the Rockets don't have a legitimate scoring threat at guard. I mean, Thompson's great, but he's not a refined offensive player. So that means Luca and Austin Reeves will not be attacked in the series, which leaves Luca and Austin Reeves to spend their energy on the offensive end. You do not want to play Minnesota,

who clobbered the Lakers last year. Now, L.A. has played them better this year, but a couple of the wins are in October. So Houston is the perfect team for the Lakers to play. And you saw it, you know, last night. The Lakers do a remarkable job to get into their offense. Why? Because LeBron, Austin, and Luka can all do it equally well.

They're all great ball handlers. They're all play initiators. they're all good at creating foul shot opportunities. Lakers are half-court offense as good as anybody in the league at getting into their offense and scoring clutch points. They've got like three point guards, all different dimensions. LeBron's size, Austin Reeves' grittiness, and Lucas' brilliance, especially in scoring. So the Lakers are a very unique offensive team.

It's well documented their defensive issues. Houston has no true point guard. They're terrible in clutch situations. situations, third worst in the league. They're third worst in the league in one possession games. I think the Lakers may be the best team in the league in one possession games. Lakers are great in clutch scoring. Rockets are not good in clutch scoring.

That's all about who's got the ball. Who's your quarterback? The Lakers have three. The Rockets have none. So Houston's a perfect matchup for the Lakers because clutch scoring matters in the playoffs, getting into your offense, late in possessions is key to the offense. Lakers are masterful at it. Meanwhile, the T-Wolves are not a good matchup, despite the Lakers having won the season series this year,

because Ant forces Luca and Austin Reeves to spend so much of their energy on the defensive end in that series. Plus, I think they have the better head coach in Chris Finch. So last night's fine. March is amazing. My take is this 15 and 2 in March, if they play the Rockets, that 15 and 2 is going to feel pure and truthful. But if they play Minnesota, that 15 and 2 in March could feel like fools go. Like, well, what did I watch? What you're watching is a Laker team that is lobsided, brilliant and a half-court offense, majestic and clutch shooting,

maybe the best team in the league, three-pronged at initiating foul opportunities, good looks, ball rotation. I mean, they are just a lobsided team. their strength is the rocket's weakness the tea wolf's strength goes right at the lakers weakness stopping great guard scoring sGA sGA thank god the lakers have luca because if they had to guard them they didn't be in big trouble here's j j reddick on the win and march it was a confluence of things starting with health um i think it's much easier when you have a a consistent stretch of health to sort of not not buy, not even buy in, but settle in two roles

and minutes and rotations. Do we never found that throughout the season? You know, we've, this happens all the time. Great styles make great fights is a term that's often used in boxing. But when you have a team that is gifted in one area and incredibly lacking, in another, the Lakers, who they plan that first round. This last 10 days of the NBA season are going to be fascinating. They are a perfect matchup to beat the Rockets.

Yet the T-wolves could give them huge, huge problems. All right, Jay Mack, I know you have for years been a Jalen Hertz advocate, devoted Jalen Hertz fan. What do you make of the story that is coming out? I talked about it in August. November, Derek Gunn. Now here we are in March, where, again, when multiple coordinators take the hit for Jalen Hertz, and I'm not in any way saying they're a source, but you know how the game works.

I remember years ago, I broke a story in Portland about Bob Wittsett being let go, the GM. And the way I broke it was a former Blazer employee that Witsitts had, fired. Right? Like, that's the way to break stories. So whenever you see a team making multiple changes in multiple years, if you want to, if you want to find a source, go talk to people who are going to protect their, I mean, these are great jobs, there are seven-figure jobs, they're going to protect their reputation, they're going to protect their career. And there's been a lot of movement in Philadelphia, and people are obviously talking to Jeremy Fowler. Yeah, clearly it's not a great story, Colin. Doesn't look amazing for Jalen Hertz?

It is interesting. This is the second quarterback we've seen in the last four months who a lot of negative stuff has come out about. Remember the Lamar Jackson story in the Baltimore Sun? Both find local reporters. Local reporter, maybe it wasn't for son. But ended up Harbaugh gets fired. We'll see what happens.

I'm a Jalen Hertz truther. And I got you all hot and bothered before the show when I said there would be a robust market for Jalen Hurts should the Eagles want to move off of him. I just jot it down. 13 teams who could be interested at the end of this season. But you can't count UFL teams. And I know you include seven teams in that league.

Wow. Wow. You are anti-hertz, anti-perty. I do like this little game we got going on. I like the underdog. You like the elites. Yeah. You love the favorites, the big guys.

Yeah. Okay. Okay. So new technology is cool. And it can be scary. People are talking about job displacement with AI. this ABS system in baseball on several fronts is utterly fascinating. And last night, another regrettable moment by a singular umpire.

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So baseball creates the ABS system. I think it's great. Most people do. One umpire in particular has been exposed. CB Buckner. He had a terrible weekend in the Reds Red Sox series. Multiple times he got corrected. It's bad.

And I don't mean to pick on him. but he butchered a call so badly last night in the Brewers game, and you will see this, that both managers started laughing. And you know, managers don't laugh much, especially when their team gets screwed. Let's play what happened in Milwaukee last night. It is hard to unsee. Just watch.

Bowers. Oh, in the out of the glove of Williamson, throws the first, it's wide. It's backed up by Fortez. That should be a base hit for Bowers. The runner did not touch first base and then was put out. So the call from CB Buckner is that Jake Bowers missed first base and then was tagged out. Not that he made a move to second base. Right. And was tagged out that he flat out missed the bag. And I think that is a horrendous call. Where is C.B. Buckner looking at it? Why would he even say that?

C.B. Buckner was not even looking at the play. I'm not sure what C.B. Buckner's looking at there. That's ridiculous. Well, I'm really excited for him to have the play tomorrow. Everybody laughing at that call. I've never seen anything like that in my life. Here is. Jake Bowers should be furious. Here he is after the game. You guys are trying to get me in trouble.

I don't know. I don't know what happens. Just thankful, thankful to get on base. Okay, that I'm not trying to pick on him, but that professional sports is the best of the best. If players can be demoted and managers fired, C.B. Buckner cannot be a major league umpire. by the way, there's an online database that every day in the baseball season grades umpires. In the last five years, C.B. Buckner has been the worst in the sport. It's not fair to the players. It's not fair to the managers. It's not fair to the fans. And by the way, that database no longer just lives on the World Wide Web, some obscure domain. It's all of us every night are seeing it.

national television, regional television. It's just, it's not personal. But listen, people age quickly, people get out of step, people are inefficient, but this weekend, C.B. Buckner had 26 missed calls. Six because of the ABS system, thank God, were overturned. That's still 20 missed calls in Saturday's game. Not the weekend series. in Saturday's game.

You know what? There's got to be, I mean, listen, some jobs go away. I mean, AI, reportedly, the Houston Astros are thinking of replacing the guy who bangs the garbage cans.

AI is going to eliminate that job. So, I mean, some jobs just go away. But this is just, this is, when the manager and the players are laughing. Like, that's, that's sad. Let's make a move baseball.

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Also, not great. My Knicks. Colin, they lost to the Rockets last night. Third straight loss, it wasn't particularly close something's going on I was hoping this was just like a late season funk that they're in but there could

be bigger issues they were down 14 to 1 from the jump yeah got back in the game but then you know it wasn't close to the end here's Josh Hart calling out the team afterward I just think we're not we're not going in the right direction we're not trying to upwards

you know and so we got to figure it out you know it was three times We've got another one tomorrow. You know, that's a must win for us. That effort, the attention to detail. The discipline was pretty embarrassing. So we got to figure it out.

Make sure we're all locked in, you know, mentally to get into where we want to go. Listen, they're not, Jay Mack, I think you're on to something. They're not just losing. They've lost three straight by double figures. And for Josh Hart, who's a smart kid, You know, Josh is not a guy that's going to pull punches. He is a, you know, this team's got some really, this is a high IQ team. You got Villanova guys everywhere.

You've got a veteran coach. For Josh Hart to come out and say that, there is something wrong on the plane in the room, camaraderie, chemistry. There is something right. The Knicks have too much talent to be getting hammered like this. So the easy guy to not. here is Carl Anthony Towns? He doesn't fit. And then there's the Yannis stuff. I do want to go a place.

I don't think Alex, you think I'll go. I love Jalen Brunson. I'm a huge fan of Jalen Brunson. He was extraordinary last year, Colin. His numbers are a bit down this year. And you watch the way people are defending him. He's not cooking everyone like he was last year. Last year he was dominant. I don't know.

I'm not saying the book is out on her on Brunson and how to slow him down. But it does feel like, hey, we don't care about the other guys. Go get yours. We're not letting Brunson beat us. And you know, that whole knock, he's a small guard, and sometimes small guards can't win championship.

I just wonder, they're not going to move off him. He's not the problem. But it feels like he was their best thing going. And he's been shut down now. Yeah, he's still great. He's still great. Let's say this. Would you and I both agree that because of his size

and he is incredibly ball-centric, that he will age quickly, and you can attack. him. So teams attack him. He needs the ball. And that has always been a problem in this league with high usage rate. You know the last person to be a top high usage rate guy and win a title

was MJ? He was number one in usage rate. It was like late 80s or something. What was it? What year was it? 98, my bad. 98. Yeah, Jordan, 98. So, my take here is that this is why

the roster needs some reconstruction. This is why, by the way, if Jalen Brunson had Yannis behind him, well, so what if you pick on him? If you pick on him now, you get exposed. If you pick on Jalen Brunson now, you will be productive on the offensive end

because they don't have a defensive stopper because they need Carl Anthony out there for most of the game because he's their second score. Right? But if you had Yonis behind him, so what? Go ahead and cook Jalen Brunson. they got a rim protector. Teams would attack the Knicks differently.

So he gets attacked in the pick and roll. He gets attacked now. You're going to play the Knicks differently if Yannis was on the court. That's why I think Yonis fits here. Brunson, you got about, could I argue, you got three great years of Brunson left based on his style. He turns 30 in August. And then another two or three really good years.

That's what Yonis has. It's a tough one. Listen, I think the Knicks are going to be fine. I'm not selling them. I do believe, yes. I mean, I picked them to go to the finals before. the season. I think it's still possible. I just don't know that, I don't know what's

going on here, Colin. Now, they have played three playoff teams and they've lost them all. But you see a team like the Lakers doing the opposite, beating a bunch of playoff teams. So I don't know. It just does, not a great feeling in New York right now. Carl Anthony Towns on the trade block.

We'll see what happens. Fun offseason ahead. Let's move to the NFL, Colin, where Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers, they brought in Mike McDaniel as their OC. I think you and I agree. This was probably the coordinator hire. Yeah. So the pairing of interesting personalities, shall we say, makes for a fun combo.

Harbaugh is recognizing the benefits of having him on staff already. Awesome. Awesome with the capital A. Really been doing a lot of listening, a lot of learning, a lot of leaning into how he sees football. Because it's really brilliant. And it is what I really thought it was. Just a perfect combination, Mike McDaniel and Justin Herbert. No, I think, you know, this is what I love about Harbaugh.

He's really grown so much as a guy and a coach. I mean, he's always had a certain dogma and belief. But I mean, for a guy like him to bring in Mike McDaniel, he's like, yeah, I'm just sitting learning from him. I'm a sponge. I'm soaking it up. And the other thing about Harbaugh, there's no ego here. He loves Justin Herbert. When they lose, Jim Harbaugh feels guilty that he didn't get his Superman in the right spot.

Because Jim's got the money, the legacy, the national championship. Only thing missing is a Super Bowl. And so you can sense with Harba. Sometimes you get the quarterback who's taking credit. It's not always perfect. You know that Andy Reid. Andy Reid is very secure in his resume and legacy. He wants what's best for Patrick Mahomes.

That's why this hire is great. I think there's a lot of head coaches that maybe would have been intimidated by Mike McDaniel's intellect and unique and creative offensive vision. Harbaugh's like, bring it on. I think this is going to be an absolutely A-plus-plus season for the charges. Colin, you know, us guys, we think we know everything. We can fix everything, solve everything. That's what guys do.

But the smartest guys realize their weaknesses. And I would guess Harbaugh said, damn, we couldn't move the football. in the playoffs this year or last year? I mean, Herbert had five picks last year against the Texans. We didn't do jack squat against the Patriots. I'm not touching the offense. I'm bringing in an offensive mind who's going to fix our offense. And it

sounds like that's the game plan. Hey, McDaniel, this is your show. Run your stuff. Figure it out, I'm not going to meddle. That's what smart guys do. I think this is just a home run hire. I'm with you. I think Chargers are one of the best teams in the NFC heading into this season. Let's go to the final story, Colin.

That's Jesse Minter in Baltimore. Very interesting timeline set up, voluntary OTAs are approaching on April 6th. Will Lamar Jackson be there? Lamar has skipped a lot of voluntary work in the past. Here's Jesse Mentor on what is going to happen next week. Lamar is really excited about what we have going on. I think he's excited about opportunities in the offseason program. And again, we'll see on April 6th. you know, see who all walks in the door. What's that look? What do you mean?

He's like, Lamar's excited about the offseason. He's about it. We'll see if he walks in the door. Like, again, maybe I've never done OTAs. I don't know, but Colin, I can't envision a scenario where it's voluntary. You could be there or not. And your coach doesn't know if your star player, franchise player, most expensive player, is even going to be there.

Yeah, I don't. Is there not something weird about that? Listen, Lamar's not always, hasn't Lamar missed an OTA before? I don't think it's, I don't think it's necessarily his thing. I don't know. Not his thing? I mean, it's April. He's the most, he's the highest paid player on the team.

He's the leader. He's the franchise guy. I know. It's not his thing? It's supposed to bother me. It just doesn't. Okay, what about Aaron Rogers when he skipped the jets? Remember he just got to the jets?

He skipped it to go to Egypt. Yes. Well, that felt different because Aaron was way out of his prime. that they had a number one receiver who was a kid. You had an entirely different environment. I thought at that time, you probably need new, you know, you had new everything with the Jets. I'm like, bro, I'd show up to that one. Lamar Jackson is the franchise.

The team knows him. They're not going to change the offense radically. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. They got a new head coach. They got a new O-C. Like, what do you mean? This is a total, they missed the playoffs. I'm like, your leader.

Colin, you just don't show up one day. I would, we're here looking around. Where's coward? Oh, it's a voluntary show. He may not show up today. What? Really? You know what?

That's not a bad suggestion out of the football season. Voluntary shows. I just, you know, I just called the guys upstairs. You know, guys, I'm in Egypt. May I all catch you next week? Okay. J-Mack with the news. Well, that's the news.

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He is easily our most dangerous, lethal, skilled soccer player. And there is a gap between Pulisic and everybody else. We don't have anybody that skilled and creative ball on foot. He is it. So he is in a major

slump. He's still young. What is he 27? Is it a series of nagging injuries and small injuries he's had? But club and country, A.C. Milan, Team USA. He's not even getting assists. So is it the new

sister? Is it the coach? Is it nagging injuries? And we haven't not really, we failed to identify our top goalie. That's always been a strength for Team USA, even when we were average. We were good in the net. We're not. So I don't know if it's injuries. Eight straight lost to a European team.

Lost two nothing. Can't score. So to me, we're pretty close to panic time. We have two more friendlies coming up. Turkey's now in our group. May 31st, we are playing Senegal. It matters. Here's the coach, still upbeat,

after the eight straight, eight straight loss to a European team. Today, I think we compete really well. It was a game in Belgium first half. 20 minutes or 15 minutes on the second half. And in details, in a small detail, I think we'll lose the game. I am more positive now than before because seeing the team compete, we are not far away. It's only details that we need to improve.

So for his club team, A.C. Milan, Pulisic has one assist since September. and for both the club and the country hasn't scored this calendar year. Not great. And I know we've got a lot. You know, it's like you can say what you want about a team has depth. A team has, Pulisic is our guy. It's just different. He's by far and aware our most creative playmaker.

That doesn't put me in a great mood. Or C.B. Buckner. I mean, today is just weird. The stories we have, we have an umpire that needs to be demoted. I mean, it's really, really bad. Can I, can I just show that one? Do we, that is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. I'm trying to think, I mean, again, there's bang, bang plays at first.

I'm not saying umpiring is easy. I, I know. Watch this. Jack Bowers' foot stamps the bag. It, it, he lands on the bag. and the umpire says, I missed it. And you can see, I mean, the players in good spirits. Just play the sound about one more time for the audience.

Bowers. Oh, and the night of the glove of Williamson. throws at first. It's wide. It's backed up by Fortez. That should be a base hit for Bowers. The runner did not touch first base and then was put out. So the call from CB Buckner is that Jake Bout.

Bowers missed first base and then was tagged out. Not that he made a move to second base. Right. And was tagged out that he flat out missed the bag. And I think that is a horrendous call. Where is C.B. Buckner looking at it. Why would he even say that? C.B. Buckner was not even looking at the play.

I'm not sure what C.B. Buckner is looking at there. That's ridiculous. Well, I'm really excited for him to have the plate tomorrow. Everybody laughing at that call. Yeah, that, that is. I mean, Major League Baseball is the best of the best. And there's never been more talent. So the ABS system has illustrated lots of things how good these batterers are on the fly, sensing the parameters of the plate.

But this has been a bad weekend. And you don't want it to get sad. And maybe we're there. But it's just, it's not working right now. Okay, I've got to. Did you see what Otani did last? night. I mean, it is, he's back to pitching, starting pitcher, and going to the plate. And it's just unbelievable. There's never been anything like this next. I heard.

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A premier postseason tournament featuring major conference teams. The Crown Quarterfinals tip off tonight with Oklahoma, Colorado and Baylor versus Minnesota right here on FS1. All right. Welcome back. So, you know, I'm not a big romantic with sports. Like, athletes are better, coaching is better. The analytics, baseball and basketball are so global.

I know everybody loves the 30 for 30s on the Knicks Pacer series. It was ugly basketball. It was a free throw shooting contest. And it's just bad. What we're watching with Otani is unbelievable. He is the greatest baseball player of all time. It is not close. we can officially bury the Babe Ruth mythology.

Babe on his sixth cigarette of the day, as he would swat home runs off roofers and sandwich makers. We'll show some Babe Ruth video. We have to speed it up, circling the bases, or it would take four minutes. And only baseball does this. Bill Russell has 11 titles. We don't think he's Kareem or LeBron James or MJ. Hugh McElhaney and Red Grange were great running backs.

We don't say, Barry Sanders couldn't hang with these guys. Last night, O'Tonnie, six scoreless innings, gets on bases of batter. He's now, for the first time in a couple of years, he is now a full-time go-both-way pitcher and hitter. And he's absolutely remarkable. There's something, though, in baseball,

it's almost a silly childlike romanticism where, you know, we want to talk about the good old days. And, you know, I think it's disrespectful. I think the quality of baseball players now, the sport is so global. It's unbelievable. If Otani was pitching back during Babe Ruth's day, I've got a feeling he would throw a no-hitter every outing. I know the soda jerk from Woolworths would give him trouble, and maybe the part-time milkman would draw a walk. The chimney sweeper would take him to a full count.

I'm going to go with a guy who has now been an MVP three straight seasons. Think about this. Going back to last season. This is unbelievable. He has the longest streak of scoreless innings as a pitcher, 22 and two-thirds. And he's reached base in 36 straight games. Both of those are the longest active streak. We can just bury the whole Babe Ruth thing.

Like, it was fun. There's a candy bar, Babe Ruth, the grainy footage. He called a home run. I get it. This is the greatest baseball player by a long shot ever. I mean, think of how great Clayton Kershaw and Freddie Freeman are. What if Clayton Kershaw could hit 320? Or Freddie Freeman gave you eight scoreless innings two nights ago.

So, I mean, it is just. just, I mean, listen, they did a movie about Babe Ruth. And he's a heck of an actor, but John Goodman played the part. Not John Hamm, John Goodman. Okay? So, come on. Let's stop romanticizing sports. Let, whenever I hear, oh, Jay Mack has agreed with me on the NBA.

If I have to hear about the 70s and 80s and 90s NBA, you had four guys on the floor in some of these areas that couldn't shoot. if you have a guy now that can't shoot in the NBA. One guy, a power forward can't shoot. Nobody guards him. It's a huge disadvantage. You go to those next teams. John Starks was their jump shooter.

Go look at his field goal percentage from 20 feet. I mean, he was a streaky shooter. But when I think of John Starks, I think of a small guy with hops who dunked at the iron. I think of an aggressive, aggressive, aggressive attack. guy who could finish at the rim. I don't think of a guy that was smooth from the outside, hitting threes.

So here's Max Muncie on, you know, Otani doing it again last night. If he's able to do it the whole year, that's just a huge boost by pitching staff, which we already feel really good about. I expect nothing short of what I must say out of him. He's got enough pressure already. But it doesn't seem to phase him at all.

Think about this. Babe Ruth was in a singularly domestic sport. This sport now has the best players in the world. I mean, we all watch the world baseball classic. You're watching Venezuela. You're watching Italy. There is so much talent in baseball.

If you've learned anything from the first hour, it's umpires have to be up to snuff. The players are too great. The games mean too much. There's too much revenue. You got to get the right umpires in. You know, I can feel bad for people. And let's just stop looking in the rear view. mirror with baseball because what you're watching with Otani, he's the world's greatest athlete.

Sorry. I mean, I bet if you threw that guy, a five wood and a three iron, he'd be a scratch golfer. I mean, honestly, it's just insane how good he is. He's literally got the longest scoreless inning streak and the longest reach base streak. Either one, you'd be like, oh my God, 36 games. He's reached base. regular season, I would imagine. Going back to last season,

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That was so clean and smooth. I will admit, sandwich makers is a line that I've been given before. I, no, it's just, I've said this forever. I am much more of a windshield than a rear view mirror sportscaster. And I think there, and I understand baseball, the lore and the tradition. But, you know, whenever I hear a talk show host doing baseball talk and having to revert back to guys that played in the 70s and 80s, and I'm not diminishing how great Stan Musial and Bob Gibson, Carl Yostremski. They were great in their era, yeah.

I grew up in the 70s. I love Johnny Bass. Bench, Joe Morgan. I love Joe Morgan, George Foster, Tony Perez. Those were all my favorite. My Johnny Bench was my favorite athlete growing up. Then it was Joe Morgan, Pete Rose. But you realize the modern players vastly are better than they were. It's not even close. And that's what I do with the NBA and all these guys get angry at me. I'm like, guys, you know, Reggie Miller was an awesome player in the 90s. Reggie Miller can't hold a candle to have to be shooting guards in the league right now.

If Reggie Miller played on the Warriors in his Pete. he would have been their fourth best shooter. He could not catch and shoot like Clay and he couldn't shoot like Kevin Durant and Stey. He would have been their fourth best shooter. People think we're haters because of that. That's just reality. Everything gets better with time, guys.

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