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.com. Tuckalucka. Portions of this show I can

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guarantee you, any other West Coast team that's

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watching this, I'm sure USC is gnashing their

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teeth right now saying, how come we couldn't

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have thought of this first? Interesting guests.

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Kelly Gray, Mike Parker, Coach Mark Waszkowski,

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Melissa Lombardi, Max Torres, El Toro, joining

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us. Sharp opinions. I think if you're a supporter

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of the NBA, that you should at least have some

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level of interest in the WNBA because the things

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that interest you as a NBA fan should still interest

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you as a WNBA fan. That's just my opinion. And

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some smiles. Can you guess what position I played

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in football? Left out? No, I did not. Yeah, exactly.

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I did think about that for a second. But yes,

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actually, I did not play. I was not big enough.

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Goose tried to kill me today on the golf course.

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Advanced warning was given. It just apparently

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was not heard. I will dispute that in a court

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of law. It's Danny Havel. If you're driving and

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you're trying to do this in your head, pull off

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the side of the road. I don't need any accidents.

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Justin Grossweiner. I love to hear a coach go,

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we're going to focus on that bad four game stretch

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the rest of the season. season. We will never

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do that again. That may be a good point. I don't

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know. Maybe you can do that. Maybe that's not

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a strategy. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox

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Sports Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Hello,

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neighbors. Welcome. High top of Delta Tri at

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Sports Eugene, Fox Sports Newport. You are locked

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you. We're tuning into the Danny and Justin radio

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we put headphones in or driving down the road,

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like, subscribe, you get a new podcast after

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every show, Monday through Friday. Today on the

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program, it is the Godfather. He returneth. Matt

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Doppie from Eugene Emeralds Baseball. They just

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clinched the first half crown in the Northwest

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League, minor league baseball, long season single

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A, and they've got a home stand that starts with

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Spokane tonight all the way through Sunday. So

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we'll have the Godfather on and talk about Eugene

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Emeralds Baseball. Obviously we'll talk World

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Cup. It has started. There have been three players

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sent off between Mexico and South Africa. The

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Republic of South Africa down to nine players.

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Mexico just had a red card. So they're down to

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10 and they are in extra time. Bonus football

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on the pitch. 2 -0 in favor of Mexico. It'll

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be South Korea and Chechia. That'll be at seven

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o 'clock Eastern tonight. El Tri will have the

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backing of their home fans at Estacado Azteca

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in Mexico City. Mexico is a 250 money line favorite

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and they're up 2 -0. So we will go through all

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that and we can't avoid it Again, I'm proud of

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you Dom Hawk sitting behind the microphones and

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pushing the buttons at the control board. I'm

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Doc Baby J What up boy? Well, that's what I love

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about sports You see something every day that

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you haven't seen or that you don't expect last

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night. Sorry Dom Hawk 29 point Blow we of that

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game We we would have welcomed you with open

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arms down at the sidebar because that would have

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been the best part of the game Which when we

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were down there celebrating Goose's 55th birthday

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who I almost got thrown out Yeah, we got talked

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to multiple times about our our loud voices during

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trivia Because we were getting some good we we

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should be competing to be honest. We had a good

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table We were rocking it but then I I leaned

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over one time and I was mouthing the answer to

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goose and he shot me a look Like I hadn't seen

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in a long time and he came over after he says

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you guys can't help us didn't you hear i said

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no i'm not listening to the announcements i'm

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not playing the game what do i care but we're

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having a good time down at the sidebar this place

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was rocking the trivia guy was very strict he

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no i mean he He has a tight ship, that guy. I

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mean, he's got to be an administrator somewhere,

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or he's not, and that's his power and control,

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is doing trivia night down at Sidebar. I think

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the key for us on our table is we had a bunch

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of different age groups, right? We had people

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that had different backgrounds, so there was

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sort of a knowledge in a bunch of different areas.

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So I think that was really... If I ever did this,

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actually... That's the kind of team you want.

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I think that's what you need. You don't want

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people same age. You don't want an echo chamber.

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I had no idea. I had no clue. Then I knew immediately.

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So, I'm just saying. God bless you buddy. Yeah,

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I mean it's gotta be tough. It's gotta be tough.

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This must be what Falcons fans felt like down

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Up 28 to 3 and then lose. This has to be what

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it felt like. Yeah in the Super Bowl. Well, I

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mean, here's the thing though that would have

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been much I'll just say that would have been

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Devastating if it was game seven that that happened

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Yeah, cuz you would have been one you would have

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been three sheets to the wind before you got

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to the end of the game First of all, you're up

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29 in the final game of the NBA That's like what

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happened in 2013 so well what I love about you

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hawk is you have that Optimism as a fan because

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even after this loss you were talking about hey

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You got to win one at home find a way to win

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in game six you get to get to game seven And

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i'm sure even during this game up 29. You were

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feeling really really good. I'm the type of fan

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Why wouldn't you i'm the type of fan that anytime

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my team gets up a big amount I start to worry

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actually in a way because it's like uh -oh if

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this turned right now and we ended up losing

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How much worse is this gonna feel and so i'm

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glad that you have that optimism. You were definitely

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you're You're texting right after the game. You're

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saying hey like I have to be going to I have

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to be optimistic But we've seen three one before

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we have three one before and they do have the

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home court in those three games So that is the

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advantage the problem is they've been in and

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been leading in I believe all four of these games

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with under two minutes and maybe even a minute

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left and they are Downed three one and it's just

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after a 29 point loss to be honest with you.

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This could be the type of loss You have Wemby,

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which I think maybe just as the outlier for everything,

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but it could derail an entire franchise or a

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group of players after a loss like that. I mean,

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that is a devastating loss. I'm sorry to just

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throw it to you like that, Dom. I'll tell you

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what. We got somebody calling out on the Oregon

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Man Climax Hotline at 343 -5673. So let's go.

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We don't take a lot of calls in the middle of

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this thing, but let's go ahead and do this right

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now. So let's head on over to the Oregon Man

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Climax Hotline and let's welcome in Vegas. What's

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up, everyone? Here's my thing is that you guys

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aren't here at the same time, but we hear so

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much about your interactions together So I figured

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we needed a few minutes of you guys just talking

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it out and giving us your thoughts on this NBA

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finals You want to know how blaze walks in my

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house yesterday? With three minutes left in the

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game and i'm like where have you been and mind

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you in the okc series blaze did the same thing

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in every game except we watched two games together

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out of the other Four yeah the other four or

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five games blaze would walk in either not show

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up if we won or walk in with three minutes left

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in the game when okc beat us And to be fair though

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too the two games that we did watch fully together

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the thunder did lose both of those games and

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they're not They did I'm just saying blaze always

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has great timing but but and I also he didn't

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believe me at first but I also let him know that

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I was at sidebar for Pretty much till the end

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of the fourth quarter third quarter third quarter

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or till the end of the third quarter But I was

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also I hadn't eaten So I actually did decide

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to go to Mod Pizza real quick. But that's beside

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the point. What I want to talk about, I'm not

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here to bash on the Spurs, actually. He did a

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lot of that last night, by the way. I want to

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focus on the good things about the Spurs. The

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Spurs have Devin Vasel and Dylan Harper. Those

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are the good things I want to focus on. I'm not

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going to talk about your star player, supposedly

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the best player in the world, shooting 9 for

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25 from the field. I'm not going to talk about

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that. But what I will talk about is Devin Vassell

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shooting six for nine, five for eight from three.

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I mean, he was hot. But that's also what's expected

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of him. He's that good. And same with Dylan Harper.

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He is so young. And it pisses me off. It does

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piss me off how good he is because you guys have

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him. I mean, yeah, that's great drafting. I mean,

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the Thunder have been a team that's drafted good.

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I mean, I don't know. Where the Spurs collapsed,

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I think, is all coaching. It's just like there's

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no timeouts. They're cutting it to 15 or just

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we're still it. I thought we had no timeouts

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at one point I was we must not have any there

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just won't call them Well, what about Fox too

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because Fox just was just like heavily involved

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in this game. He was playing awful I think he

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was definitely one of the reasons and he just

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continues the reason he took the leg He JR Smith

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does I think I people forgot the score. There's

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no way, you know, we're up one and you take the

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layup I'm with you. I'm with you that that was

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an excusable place and And the other thing was

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I mean Castle on that on that out of bounds call.

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He actually got open And on first look, I thought

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dylan harper under through the ball, but I saw

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another angle cat Actually got his hand on the

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ball which altered The ball getting to castle

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for the open layup because he would have had

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an open layup. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good call

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Also, i'm just gonna say it i'm gonna say dearon

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fox was fouled on the og Oh, Ananobe's hand was

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a foot from the ball. Okay, but if Wimby makes

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two free throws, then that last basket doesn't

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mean a thing. And if Fox doesn't shoot the layup

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and just dribbles out the clock. There's a lot

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of things. Or if we just hold a 29 -point lead.

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See, that's where you get into a trick where

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you kind of focus on one play. Or if you don't

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hold a 29 -point lead, you know. Combination

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of plays. And I think Wimby went one of 11 in

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the second half. Listen you right now the best

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player in the world apparently right or die.

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Can you hear the sarcasm? It's oozing through

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the television not happy the best player in the

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world sent his The world has his feet in the

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sand in Cancun right now so coming soon to a

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podcast You guys definitely need a podcast that's

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all I'll say about that so a Thanks for calling

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in nice hanging out with you last night. Thanks.

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Yeah Yeah, and thanks for banging on on Hawk

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here because you got to give this guy a lot of

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credit though He keeps showing up to work after

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a couple of really bad losses and he keeps coming

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in so Yeah, you got to fall on the sword. Yeah,

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we'll break them eventually Thanks bud. Yeah,

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thank you. There he goes blaze Vegas I was not

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The best part of it though Justin put it together.

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Yeah, I figured we had to get you guys together

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on the show Is this the way the debate is like

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when you guys are sitting in the living room?

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Yeah, I think we just got a great glimpse like

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a window relationship That was awesome could

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have gone another ten minutes, but we got other

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stuff. We got to take care of as well, but yeah,

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so Blaze is definitely hate -watching Although

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he does pull in that whole, well, you know, I've

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got ties to New York. It's like, no, you don't.

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You're talking about the Knicks the entire year.

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So don't even give me that. I didn't come out

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of your mouth. That seems like a very Knicks

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thing, though, where it's the button people that

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haven't been Knicks fans all year. Bandwagon

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Knicks fans. Seems like they're Knicks fans.

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I'm amazed the chatter that's been coming. Now

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everybody is on the Knicks. I'm going to wind

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this thing back about a month ago. There was

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nobody there was no expert until they started

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rolling and putting series together that anybody

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said that Knicks had a chance against the Spurs.

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Yeah, I want to give Goose and Vegas actually

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a lot of credit. They came in before the series.

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We did a show together and they were very adamant

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about how the Spurs shouldn't be favor in this

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game or the series. I should say and that they

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were going to say. Nixon six like that was what

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they were saying over and over again. So before

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the series it was it was after the conference

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finals Okay, everybody was really high on the

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Spurs of course It'd be the Thunder and of course

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Vegas is gonna predict against the Knicks or

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against the Spurs pretty much whatever But I

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got to give at least goose a lot of credit because

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he came in there on that Monday and said hey

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guys I think actually the Knicks are the team

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that we should be looking at in this series and

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here we are before the game three loss Do you

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realize the Knicks had only lost two games by

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a total of two points? in the previous series

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combined in the playoff run? Yeah, no, they've

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been insane. That's crazy. They've won 13 straight.

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Crazy good. So listen, I wouldn't put the money

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against the Knicks. I hate to say that, but down

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3 -1, they're going to have to have... I mean,

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what lead is going to be safe now? You just blew

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a 29. I will say. That's going to creep back,

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man. You go up again by 20, and then it gets

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cut down to 10. You don't think there's going

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to be some knee shaking? Spurs I will say I was

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when we were watching is right before blaze came

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one of my when we were up 29 I was still kind

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of like that what Justin said earlier in the

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show like you should kind of that that doubt

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starts to creep in of like oh like if This goes

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wrong and my friend was like this kid sitting

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next to me was like you're up 30 Like why would

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you even I was like we I don't feel safe unless

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we're up 40, you know? Okay, you know what that

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is as well. That's an old Oregon fan Is exactly

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that way because it's like what what is going

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to? Screw us up. Well, Michael Dyer is not down

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Dennis Dixon gets hurt Marcus. Mayority gets

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hurt before the national championship game You

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know what is going to go wrong if you're a duck

00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:12.679
fan. It's all trauma, you know We grew up Cubs

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fans, of course one of the most all of the traumatic

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fan bases to be a you know a part of I think

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the thing in this series that really is fascinating

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to me is the way that The experience of the Knicks

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has just come through and it's just obviously

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a talented team But it just feels like the Spurs

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like they're just so close, but I know some reason

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they just can't put it together like They just

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you can see the team just tense up like yesterday

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It's like when they cut it to like even 20. I

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was like, oh god guys. They are a young team

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everybody I think not everybody but I think a

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lot of people who bring up the point that they

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are young team are Valid in that viewpoint. It's

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like How can you simulate for a 20, a 21 year

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old, a 22 year old who are the core of this team?

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That's why you need veteran leadership on any

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squad that's playing at a level like this. And

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one thing that's fascinating to me to think about

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too, especially with what we expect happens,

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like we're expecting the Knicks to win this series

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at this point. Well now. Now looking back. How

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good is Atlanta? I mean Atlanta took a couple

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games off of this Knicks team Yeah, and then

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you kind of go through it and you go. Okay. Well

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if you're the 76 years if you're the Cavaliers

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How do you evaluate yourself now? Knowing that

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the team you lost to is this good because I don't

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think like you said Danny coming into this championship

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series Nobody thought they were this good No,

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and they've proven it thus far on the court no

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matter what the circumstances have been Mike

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Brown on the bench being a veteran coach I think

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he planted some seeds with the officials. I don't

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think he got all the calls he wanted to even

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in game four But it didn't matter because they

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got the one call not made On a tip in you know,

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you could you could you have called a father?

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Nobody's blowing their whistle on that moment,

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but they made the play at the end. Yeah The only

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credit I will give blaze. Okay, the only credit

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I can is at the beginning of the series. He did

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tell me He was a guy I think OGN and OB will

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be the difference maker for the Knicks. And he

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was saying that all of yesterday, by the way,

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to disperse. Yeah, he's probably win finals MVP.

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All right. So game. So we're going to talk a

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lot more about this tomorrow because we're going

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to have our favorite New York Knicks fan and

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the mayor of Rip City, Travis Demers on the program

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live at 220. So we'll get a little post offseason

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for the Blazers and we'll talk a lot about this

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series. I'm sure he's got a lot of opinions.

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about it, especially being a New Yorker. So by

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the way, weather is sparkling outside. It's going

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to get hot, hot, hot, hot this weekend. So make

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sure you stay hydrated. If you don't like the

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sun, stay out of it. But go soak it up. Get some

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vitamin D this weekend. Track and field championships

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for the NCAA over at Hayward Field. Men's events,

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we've already got some points scored. And by

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the way, a big shout out and congratulations

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to shot putter for Oregon, Ben Smith. He's just

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a freshman and he wins the shot put After winning

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the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA first round

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titles And I think it was like back in the I

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don't say it's a 90s. Was that the last time

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that an Oregon? shot putter one I Don't have

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it right in front of me. I know 1982. Yeah Dean

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Krauser, so And he only trails Dean Krauser in

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terms of the length. That's a record. The last

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man to do so until Smith. Did it Wednesday, so

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the Ducks in the team standings on the men's

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side trail Nebraska by 102818. This is just getting

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going. It's going to end on the 13th, which is

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Sunday and. Sunday, yeah, no Saturday and it'll

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end on Saturday. Women's no score yet, so they

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haven't officially put any of those in the books,

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but they're going to start. This afternoon a

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little bit later with the women's hammer the

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four by 100 prelims the pole vault so some of

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the Field events will go straight to finals.

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They've already made all their qualifications

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and then the running events will be Preliminaries

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to find figure out who's gonna race in the finals

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coming up this weekend So if you got a chance,

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there's still plenty of tickets going out and

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see some great Action at Hayward Field. Did you

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guys see this thing as well? We talked a lot

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about bread and swords be yesterday with the

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minister George reister Now the attorney general

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for texas has stuck his nose in this I did see

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this and I looked up immediately where he went

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to school Well, he's this guy He went to virginia

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and then went to baylor so no, but this is not

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a not a texas tech No, it's the first thing I

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looked up. What does that say? It doesn't matter

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What it is is and this guy's a piece of work

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ken paxton. So go go look at me yeah so you know

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the name. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson sent

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a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Brent Yormark

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and the board of directors Douglas Gerrard saying

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that they would be exposed to quote substantial

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liability meaning the Big 12 if they take any

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action against Texas Tech. So I'm not sure what

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does that mean exactly okay well what they say

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basically is that the state of Texas will step

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in and sue the Big 12 for penalizing one of their

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members well within their rights within the bylaws

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that Texas Tech signed on for, because now this

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has become posturing. Now this has become big

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money in Texas being thrown behind Brendan Soarsby.

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And let's just take the other piece of it out

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of it that we've talked about yesterday. I hope

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the young man is remorseful, gets help. You know,

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if he is addicted to gambling, that can destroy

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his life and others. But at the same time, the

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punishment does not fit the crime in this case,

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meaning it's way too lenient to just have two

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games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State,

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and then you play the balance of the Big 12 season

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when it really matters. That to me is the biggest

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crime. He needs to sit out. He needs to have

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his eligibility taken away, and that is the punishment,

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and that needs to send that message to anybody

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else. Who wants to gamble and you were talking

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about this yesterday, and I think it's true the

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:22.940
fact that NFL evaluators How are they gonna see

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this whether he's gonna not take accountability?

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And you could say the same thing about the court

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of public opinion Which isn't gonna be in his

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favor knowing that he's gonna get me essentially

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getting away with this and I don't think people

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are gonna like that I don't think that's gonna

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be ultimately good for him as an athlete because

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quite honestly I think that some athletes they

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play the villain role and they do it for a little

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bit the victim Or the villain they they kind

00:20:45.990 --> 00:20:48.630
of like being the bad guy But I think that ultimately

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people want to be loved and it's gonna be really

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hard to be like this beloved athlete If you have

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this controversy hanging over your head Well

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the quote -unquote adults in the room down in

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the state of Texas are not showing Brennan Sorsby

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how to act like one The ones that are taking

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the side of hey, let's just slap them on the

00:21:04.589 --> 00:21:07.309
wrist and let them play they are definitely trying

00:21:07.309 --> 00:21:10.529
to put their own personal interests ahead of

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It's a rule. It's like breaking a law You know,

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and yeah, there are varying degrees of it, but

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again, let's just go back to the things that

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are not in dispute that Brendan Sorsby has admitted

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:24.660
to. Tens of thousands of dollars, thousands of

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bets. Not just one or two, I'm joking around,

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I'm playing with a couple of guys, I'm entering

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a pool. Rick Neuheisel lost his job at Washington

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because he was in an NCAA bracket. Literally,

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:44.299
that's why he lost it. And I mean, on field stuff

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:46.640
didn't help him, but that was the final straw.

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He lost his job over it. There's been plenty

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of examples. You could go I mean tons of them.

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So it's just it's ridiculous I also think the

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:56.740
most alarming thing is that he bet on Indiana

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when he was there on it like he was on Yeah,

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actively at the game. Yeah, yeah, but people

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.700
say well he didn't play so but he was in there

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:06.920
on all the game planning He knew exactly what

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:09.160
the team was gonna be doing. He knew is he knew

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:11.900
his team He knew was playing for him. He saw

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the other team on film. There's a huge advantage

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in that respect. So yeah All these things that

00:22:16.490 --> 00:22:18.430
come out, they just keep amplifying the point

00:22:18.430 --> 00:22:22.369
that, and again, put aside that whether the kid

00:22:22.369 --> 00:22:24.890
deserves a second chance, he absolutely does,

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but not on the football field in college this

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year. Let him go to the NFL. Undrafted. Undrafted.

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Is that how that would work? Anyone could just

00:22:34.970 --> 00:22:37.390
sign him? I think so now. If he comes this high,

00:22:37.430 --> 00:22:40.710
yeah, I think there's some way that he can go

00:22:40.710 --> 00:22:42.799
sign on as a free agent. because he's he'd be

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:45.140
eligible. So when we come back, let's talk about

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:48.539
happier things. A first half championship for

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:50.539
the Eugene Emeralds in the Northwest League.

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We've got the Godfather in the studio next on

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:57.460
the Danny and Justin radio program. You know

00:22:57.460 --> 00:23:02.019
what's really odd about this is. We just talked

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:04.859
about and hand to God this happened. We just

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:07.759
talked about having the Godfather on Matt Dobby

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:11.369
from the Eugene Emeralds last night. Well, I

00:23:11.369 --> 00:23:13.309
always it was yesterday I guess or before that

00:23:13.309 --> 00:23:15.470
you and I really solidified it and now all of

00:23:15.470 --> 00:23:17.390
a sudden in some of my like Facebook feeds and

00:23:17.390 --> 00:23:20.069
Instagram feeds all I'm seeing is clips from

00:23:20.069 --> 00:23:23.190
all the Godfather movies So I don't know if my

00:23:23.190 --> 00:23:25.410
phone's listening to me or not because we never

00:23:25.410 --> 00:23:27.450
refer to Matt Dompy as anything else between

00:23:27.450 --> 00:23:29.349
Justin I except the Godfather but here he is

00:23:29.349 --> 00:23:32.029
even when I text him I text him Godfather Godfather

00:23:32.029 --> 00:23:34.109
have you ever seen the movies? Yeah, I've seen

00:23:34.109 --> 00:23:36.829
the movie. Okay. I'm just a red -blooded American.

00:23:36.849 --> 00:23:38.569
Of course. He's seen the movie You know, I hadn't

00:23:38.569 --> 00:23:41.880
seen them until a coded When I was like 25, so

00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:44.559
you missed out. I mean the last one wasn't the

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.019
best the first two I really like I love them

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I love the second one because they had the backstory

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:51.880
like Vito Corleone You know as he grew up and

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:54.039
Robert De Niro was awesome in that they all were

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.839
they're all great movies Matt Dumpy joins us

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:57.900
here on the Danny and Justin radio program Thanks

00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:00.420
for tuning in and congratulations, man. This

00:24:00.420 --> 00:24:03.160
has got to feel pretty good first half championship

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:05.880
You know, you're gonna be in the postseason 40

00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:10.400
wins 19 losses You got the little Asterix the

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:13.160
little star by your your team's name there in

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.819
the standing. So I mean, how's that feel for

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.799
the organization? It's fun I mean, it's fun to

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:19.160
be able to know in early June is pretty crazy

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:21.059
to already have clinched and honestly We didn't

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:23.420
think we'd be celebrating at home when we clinched

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:26.000
on Tuesday the first game of this homestand We

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:27.380
thought for sure when they went on this two -week

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:30.240
trip had an 11 game lead It was just a little

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:32.839
four game skid up in Everett that kind of a scuffle

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:34.700
a little bit there kind of gummed things up We

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:36.500
were hoping that they would have to clean up

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.480
the champagne shower up there in every memorial

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We got that task and actually I I cut my finger

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.640
up pretty good on some broken champagne bottle

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:45.880
But that's all right actually luckily the trainer

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:47.700
was right there and he stitched me up good the

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:50.680
war wound from the celebration So let's talk

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:53.420
through this as and we were kind of kicking it

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:56.240
around The other day because we did mention that

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:59.789
Eugene won the first half title So two halves,

00:25:00.130 --> 00:25:01.490
okay, and you still have what? You still have

00:25:01.490 --> 00:25:03.809
what, three games left? I think it's seven games.

00:25:03.869 --> 00:25:05.529
I think it's sometime, I think it's next Thursday's

00:25:05.529 --> 00:25:07.029
the last game of the first half. Okay, of the

00:25:07.029 --> 00:25:09.170
first half. Then everybody will reset, go back

00:25:09.170 --> 00:25:12.109
to 0 -0, and then second half. So how does that

00:25:12.109 --> 00:25:15.410
work if, let's hope it happens, that Eugene wins

00:25:15.410 --> 00:25:18.069
the second half? How do you determine who you

00:25:18.069 --> 00:25:21.849
play in the championship series? It'll be the...

00:25:22.009 --> 00:25:23.910
It'll be whoever comes in second in the second

00:25:23.910 --> 00:25:26.089
half. Okay, so these have gone back and forth

00:25:26.089 --> 00:25:27.829
a little bit Sometimes it's the next best overall,

00:25:27.829 --> 00:25:30.230
but what's funny? There was a rule change going

00:25:30.230 --> 00:25:33.410
into 2018 in 2017 when we were short season.

00:25:33.430 --> 00:25:36.500
There was some weird Just the way everything

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:38.680
fell the last game of the season Tri -City actually

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:40.799
had to lose to make the playoffs We won't even

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:43.579
go into the weird scenario Yeah, they had to

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.180
have the other team had to win so that they could

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:48.019
be the second half second whatever it was I don't

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:50.720
even remember but they changed the rule and Nobody

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.640
thought of the unintended consequence Which the

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.559
next year played out where the emeralds actually

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:56.140
had the worst record in the league for the whole

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:59.019
season over the 76 games But somehow we snuck

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.640
in because of the way that they had changed the

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.920
rules So it was only the second half that mattered

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:05.609
second place second half team if the the champion

00:26:05.609 --> 00:26:07.730
from the first half also wins the second. Correct.

00:26:07.730 --> 00:26:09.630
So we snuck in. We hadn't won more than three

00:26:09.630 --> 00:26:11.190
games in a row the whole year. So, of course,

00:26:11.309 --> 00:26:12.690
we won five in a row and won the championship.

00:26:15.069 --> 00:26:17.329
That's fantastic. Only in minor league baseball

00:26:17.329 --> 00:26:19.430
can stuff like this happen on the ring. We put

00:26:19.430 --> 00:26:22.990
it was the WTF championship, but it's good for

00:26:22.990 --> 00:26:27.450
worse to first. I think there are a couple of

00:26:27.450 --> 00:26:29.769
ways you could describe that. It's the godfather,

00:26:29.869 --> 00:26:32.450
Matt Dobby, general manager who gets to sit back

00:26:32.450 --> 00:26:35.829
in the broadcasters. Now I think the last few

00:26:35.829 --> 00:26:37.869
years weren't you just doing like the home games

00:26:37.869 --> 00:26:40.809
and Jake was doing the away games now Jacob Archer's

00:26:40.809 --> 00:26:43.109
been doing a great job doing all of it, but he

00:26:43.109 --> 00:26:44.930
gets a night off I think what parents are in

00:26:44.930 --> 00:26:47.890
town or something his his mom is having her retirement

00:26:47.890 --> 00:26:51.069
slash birthday party up in Oregon City, so yeah,

00:26:51.069 --> 00:26:54.049
he's on assignment so I get back in the back

00:26:54.049 --> 00:26:56.490
in the booth and You know, it'll be opening day

00:26:56.490 --> 00:26:59.190
for me in terms of I got the emeralds down pretty

00:26:59.190 --> 00:27:00.910
good I get to pay attention decent amount to

00:27:00.910 --> 00:27:03.420
the emeralds and obviously our Lineup is so stacked.

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:05.480
It's there's a lot of good numbers to talk about

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.740
Just kind of started diving in about 30 minutes

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:10.400
ago to the Spokane roster and see who we're actually

00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:12.700
playing tonight So don't call Spokane. Yeah,

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:15.519
I got that part right right right so when you're

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:18.019
cracking the mic again You know, what's the what's

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:20.420
the thing that stands out to you about this team?

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.720
I mean you're you're kind of you know, it's a

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:24.880
fun branded baseball. They score a lot of runs

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:27.240
They're leading the Northwest League as well

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:30.500
in ERA, but ERAs are actually pretty high in

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.619
the league as well. So just a fun brand of baseball,

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:35.759
I think. Yeah. Well, I'm excited about just last

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:38.700
week, Johnny Level, who I believe in some publications

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:40.640
is listed as the Giants top prospect, even the

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.619
head of Bryce Eldridge, who just hit a walk off

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:45.400
grand slam yesterday for the Giants in the big

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:47.900
league level. But Level is a young, I think he's

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:51.079
19 years old, shortstop. So we have Gavin Keelan,

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:52.700
who was the first round pick last year. He's

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:54.319
been with us since opening day when he had a

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:57.559
walk off homer. He's actually been kind of bumped

00:27:57.559 --> 00:28:00.880
over to second base for this 19 year old Johnny

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.799
level who's one of the top prospects in the giant

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.319
system So we've already had an amazing offense

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:07.559
and now we just added some more firepower with

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:09.759
a switch hitting shortstop That has already been

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:13.319
lighting it up already. Do you enjoy? Slug Fests

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:17.579
or more of a pitching dual guy As a purist you

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:20.829
might say I mean as a big giants fan from the

00:28:20.829 --> 00:28:24.849
10 12 14 era I mean that was torture as the giants

00:28:24.849 --> 00:28:26.990
broadcasters would call it at the time But I

00:28:26.990 --> 00:28:29.029
I kind of like a pitchers duel I mean I we've

00:28:29.029 --> 00:28:30.950
talked about it before but the universal dh kind

00:28:30.950 --> 00:28:33.809
of kills me I wish that um, just the strategy

00:28:33.809 --> 00:28:37.069
of the pitcher hitting like I never minded an

00:28:37.069 --> 00:28:38.750
easy out at the bottom of the order I never really

00:28:38.750 --> 00:28:41.029
understood what a you know why that hurt anybody's

00:28:41.029 --> 00:28:42.369
feelings and it was always kind of fun when a

00:28:42.369 --> 00:28:44.519
pitcher would Smack a double down the line that

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:46.420
could change the game But also the strategy in

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.819
the fifth sixth seventh inning when you got to

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.579
decide Hey, if there's a runner scoring position,

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:51.740
are you gonna pinch it to go for it? Yeah, we're

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:53.259
gonna try to score this run and pull this guy

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.900
who's maybe pitching Okay, and but we're getting

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:57.240
close to the end of his rope so all that strategy

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:59.000
that kind of went out the window with the with

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:01.039
the DH being in both leagues now and all the

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.839
way up and down the minors is I don't love it.

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:06.180
But I think from a broadcaster standpoint, you

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:09.519
know dingers are always fun action Yeah, so do

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:14.000
you think and just supposing? theory is that

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.240
the league era is up a lot of pictures eras are

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:20.440
up because of the familiarity that you know you're

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.279
seeing the same guys because you're playing so

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:25.460
many games against a common opponent that that

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:27.720
you know it you can only fool somebody for so

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.019
much I mean unless you have just rocket stuff

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.440
and if you have rocket stuff you're not gonna

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:33.519
be here in this league for very long you're gonna

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:38.190
get called up is that a good Hypothesis, I think

00:29:38.190 --> 00:29:40.250
so. We're pretty uniquely. We're the only we're

00:29:40.250 --> 00:29:41.950
the smallest league I guess you would say with

00:29:41.950 --> 00:29:43.970
only six teams So these guys play each other

00:29:43.970 --> 00:29:47.250
at least 24 times a year, which is pretty crazy

00:29:47.250 --> 00:29:49.930
I think it's that and like you said if there's

00:29:49.930 --> 00:29:51.990
a real dominant pitcher I think at this level

00:29:51.990 --> 00:29:54.109
they say, you know, everybody's got a good fastball

00:29:54.109 --> 00:29:55.970
This is where they can really first start to

00:29:55.970 --> 00:29:58.190
really command the strike zone But that there's

00:29:58.190 --> 00:30:00.480
a big leap when you get to double a Okay, where

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:02.799
now they're commanding multiple pitches and they

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.460
can you know throw their breaking ball stuff

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:06.980
with command and that's where they really kind

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:09.579
of Separate the the prospects from the guys who

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:11.740
are really gonna meet from the chaff as all right.

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:13.740
It's Matt Doppie the godfather joining us Eugene

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:17.579
Emeralds tonight back at home and Matt Doppie

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:19.500
is gonna be on the microphone. So the godfather,

00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:21.400
although it's a competing radio station Go ahead

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:23.259
and give them a listen and give them, you know,

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:25.980
and and we will evaluate as well I'll be driving

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:28.019
around. I will give you a listen as well. So

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.039
just be knowing There's going to be some critical

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:32.259
listening going on. The pressure's on. The pressure's

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:34.160
on. That's not a big deal. So when does it start

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:36.619
happening now? We're approaching the All -Star

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:40.960
break. Teams will start making moves. And when

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.839
I say moves, obviously, trade deadline is going

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:44.160
to be coming up. There's going to be teams that

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:45.039
are going to be selling. There are going to be

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:47.099
teams that are going to be buying. So I mean,

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.880
that trickle -down effect has to affect all of

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:52.119
the minor league clubs. So talk about when you

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:54.660
start to see, all of a sudden, we're going to

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:56.519
see a little move here, a little move there.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:58.940
It actually kind of started last week. the Giants

00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:01.960
have had some injuries to relief pitchers all

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.920
the way up through the major leagues and so we

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:05.400
really at part of that four games kid that we

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:08.839
had never it was really because we were They

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:11.220
sent five guys to double a to kind of fill in

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.400
upwards and they only sent us one guy We got

00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:15.980
we lost like four pitchers and gained a shortstop

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:19.160
So they were really they were really able it

00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.859
didn't that's why That's why they're really leaning

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:23.559
on the starters to go a little longer But now

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.099
I think we just got two new relievers either

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:28.299
yesterday or I think they're officially added

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:30.099
to the roster today So we're kind of starting

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:34.119
to see that and then uh jonah cox who was a fan

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.660
favorite the last couple years here in eugene

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:37.220
just got called up straight from double a to

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.660
the big leagues and he's been with the the big

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:41.380
club for the last couple of weeks and um so i've

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.700
kind of been nervous that they're going to take

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:45.339
some of our outfield um to kind of fill up towards

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:47.519
double a but it hasn't happened yet but yeah

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:49.160
all those things you'll get that call it's like

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:51.259
that morning hey put a kid on a plane get him

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:53.519
get him going right exactly yeah is there anything

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.779
that changes since you guys know that you're

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:58.140
going to you know be in that final series like

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:59.960
operationally like you got a whole second half

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.660
to plan for it like does anything change for

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:03.859
you guys well we're trying to sell out three

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:07.000
more games uh september 11 12 and 13th it's cool

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:09.160
the the uh the ducks have been able to work with

00:32:09.160 --> 00:32:11.539
us they actually start their their fall camp

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:13.740
that weekend yeah but they're they're working

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.140
with us normally we would have to play games

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:18.099
one and two But obviously the team and the Giants

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:20.160
would prefer to have home field advantage. And

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:21.240
the cool thing is now we have the opportunity

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.440
to actually win a championship at home in front

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:26.500
of our fans for the first time since 2018. That

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:29.140
long? Really? Well, when we won in 22 and 23,

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:32.579
it was both on the road. So yeah, it's going

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:34.799
to be cool to have an opportunity that Friday

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:36.880
night. Hopefully we get a sweep and then get

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:39.039
to clean up the stadium and move on to the off

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:41.460
season. but you know if we get games four and

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:43.359
five it'll be pretty exciting to be at pk park

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.880
that weekend the next four at home for the m's

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:48.400
as they host the spokane indians is still the

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:50.619
indians right yep okay i just i want to make

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:52.819
sure about the guardians they have a close relationship

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:54.220
with the tribe up there and they do a lot of

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:56.960
cool stuff yeah and it's a great great organization

00:32:56.960 --> 00:33:00.079
the first uh the last four of six in a row against

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.400
spokane and that's kind of the way it lies out

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:04.099
um throughout the season as i take a look at

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.779
the schedule it's either five or six games in

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.539
a row you're playing sometimes it's going to

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:09.480
be away and then you bring it back home but the

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:11.680
same team that you face. So we talked about the

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:14.799
familiarity. So let's discuss as well about maybe

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:18.180
the job that Jacob Heyward has done. I mean,

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:21.319
fantastic in this first half. I mean, the offense

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.140
has been electric, changing people up because

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.839
that's going to happen. There have been call

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:28.660
ups. So talk about the job in your estimation

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:30.859
that Jacob's done with this team. He's been excellent.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:33.680
I mean, we I think it was the second game, home

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:36.190
game in the season this year, we Had the opportunity

00:33:36.190 --> 00:33:38.289
to present him with his arizona complex league

00:33:38.289 --> 00:33:41.369
manager of the year, um award, uh, they won the

00:33:41.369 --> 00:33:44.549
championship down there last year and um, I told

00:33:44.549 --> 00:33:45.769
him right after I shook his hand I was like,

00:33:45.769 --> 00:33:47.430
all right, let's make it back to back and I think

00:33:47.430 --> 00:33:49.710
he's pretty well on his way But one thing just

00:33:49.710 --> 00:33:51.450
talking with jacob archer who's obviously travels

00:33:51.450 --> 00:33:53.670
with the team gets to see things more in depth

00:33:53.670 --> 00:33:56.789
like um, jacob hayward's he's a real quiet guy

00:33:56.789 --> 00:34:00.299
in general, but he he definitely commands respect

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:03.940
um and archer was kind of relaying to me that

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:06.059
you know he doesn't he doesn't stand for you

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:08.639
know jogging to first base and and low fin no

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:11.000
foolishness he will he will lay down the law

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.719
whether it's a top prospect or the guy on the

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.039
end of the bench so i think that's really impressive

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:17.980
and he really um even just when he was addressing

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.840
the team right before they popped their champagne

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.579
the other day i mean he just These guys really

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:25.260
really play for him and and he commands everybody's

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:27.059
respect Well, what really stood out to me when

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:28.980
I got to talk to him at your as media day was

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:31.960
that first of all i'm 31 He's a little bit younger

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:35.159
than me, but he does not have that sort of like

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.139
there's some people you meet and you're like

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:38.119
Oh like you're you're he's got that maturity.

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:41.719
He's a guy that just seems like he's wise beyond

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:43.820
his ears Yeah, definitely. I mean he's been around

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:46.170
the game for a long time. Obviously You know,

00:34:46.309 --> 00:34:50.610
it was his brother, Jason, who I love, and we

00:34:50.610 --> 00:34:54.090
love Jason. So he, you know, got to grow up and,

00:34:54.090 --> 00:34:55.570
you know, was coming up with his brother in the

00:34:55.570 --> 00:34:57.309
big league. So I'm sure that helps having some

00:34:57.309 --> 00:34:59.210
some baseball savvy. But, you know, he played

00:34:59.210 --> 00:35:00.789
four or five years in the Giants system and has

00:35:00.789 --> 00:35:02.570
been coaching for four or five years. I think

00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:04.889
it's his fifth year. Um as a manager in their

00:35:04.889 --> 00:35:06.670
system and his first year kind of out of the

00:35:06.670 --> 00:35:09.250
arizona complex league So he's kind of uh, you

00:35:09.250 --> 00:35:10.969
know riding the buses and well he did that in

00:35:10.969 --> 00:35:13.610
the minors obviously in his day But as a as a

00:35:13.610 --> 00:35:15.750
manager and a coach he's he's riding the buses

00:35:15.750 --> 00:35:18.530
and doing this full season gig now And obviously

00:35:18.530 --> 00:35:20.289
he's tearing it up. I think we're about 40 and

00:35:20.289 --> 00:35:22.849
19 now. Yep 40 and 19 is your record I want to

00:35:22.849 --> 00:35:24.210
switch it up a little bit talk about tonight

00:35:24.210 --> 00:35:25.789
and this is something that's near and dear to

00:35:25.789 --> 00:35:28.429
my heart backyard baseball night So how did this

00:35:28.429 --> 00:35:30.150
come about because backyard baseball? That's

00:35:30.150 --> 00:35:33.210
the first I probably didn't get me into baseball,

00:35:33.210 --> 00:35:35.389
but that's the first baseball video game that

00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:37.409
I ever played So there's a special place in my

00:35:37.409 --> 00:35:39.050
heart for backyard baseball. Yeah, I kind of

00:35:39.050 --> 00:35:42.119
came up with You know Major League Baseball kind

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:44.199
of puts out these different properties that are

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:46.000
like wanting to get their name out and wanting

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:48.500
to kind of stay relevant and It just kind of

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:50.280
worked out perfect. This is like there are big

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:52.179
Babe Ruth The local Babe Ruth leagues are all

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:54.219
doing their closing ceremony tonight Okay, you

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:56.179
know will be more fun than kind of celebrating

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:58.880
the old video game with with these You know young

00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:02.179
kids 8 to 12 14 So it's gonna be a fun night.

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:03.559
Yeah, it should be a pretty packed house tonight

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:09.360
and for a Thursday Thursday always But we really

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.699
once we get to the summer we get to like really

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:13.500
just Go all out with all of our promos like tomorrow

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:15.059
night. We're kind of celebrating the World Cup

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:17.519
Yeah, cool one with the M's USA theme soccer

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:19.579
jersey. That's gonna be cool and then Saturday

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:21.780
I'm really excited for the Sandlot night. We've

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:24.340
got a lot of we got a baseball card show Before

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:26.219
the game down by the team store with I think

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:28.139
we have 12 different vendors that are gonna be

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.900
selling their baseball cards the cool thing though

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:32.760
is I don't know if you saw where McDonald theater

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:35.579
a few weeks ago had a They did a showing of the

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:37.860
Sandlot and they actually had squints smalls

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:41.199
and yeah. Yeah were there and How did I miss

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.719
that? I didn't hear about that It was and we

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:44.360
brought slow go to kind of come out and like

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.099
promote our Sandlot night coming up on Saturday

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:49.039
and This guy came up to me. I thought he was

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:51.699
their manager to be perfectly honest Okay, and

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:53.559
he gave me a bunch of business cards and he I'm

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:55.059
from Medford I'd love to come up for the game

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:57.820
and I'm like, okay, and then when I googled him

00:36:58.299 --> 00:37:03.280
Real quick before confirming with him His name

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:05.179
he's an actor named Daniel was a cop and he was

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:08.079
actually the He was the technical director He

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:10.340
was the the baseball guy on the ground of the

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:12.519
sandlot that like basically evaluated the actors

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:14.619
and said I are you're gonna do this stop Yeah,

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:17.079
you're in right field, but he also at the last

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.559
minute he was telling me this story the day before

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:22.420
they kind of rewrote the scene where Squints

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:24.340
is in the treehouse telling the story about the

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:27.469
beast and how it all came to be This guy is the

00:37:27.469 --> 00:37:32.030
the police chief squint's grandfather the forever

00:37:32.030 --> 00:37:35.230
So he's gonna be wow. He's gonna be part of the

00:37:35.230 --> 00:37:37.090
baseball show He'll be there signing autographs

00:37:37.090 --> 00:37:38.889
and selling some posters from the sandlot So

00:37:38.889 --> 00:37:40.489
it's pretty cool that he's gonna make the drive

00:37:40.489 --> 00:37:42.670
up and be a part of our sail on night and on

00:37:42.670 --> 00:37:44.949
our dog night about a month ago This one guy

00:37:44.949 --> 00:37:47.780
brought an absolute perfect carbon copy of the

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:51.099
beast. So I begged him to come back and he's

00:37:51.099 --> 00:37:52.820
going to be there as the beast and somehow the

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:54.000
beast is going to throw out the first pitch.

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:59.199
And the Springfield robotics club from the high

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:03.440
school is working on a rector set to throw out

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:05.420
the first pitch where they'll put the ball like

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.760
when they were trying to get the ball over the

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:09.420
wall. That's cool. Now my dream and it's not

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:11.780
going to work. is if the beast would then come

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:13.960
and intercept the ball as it's coming, coming

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.760
to home plate. I don't think we can, I don't

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:17.860
think we can get that all dialed in, but that'd

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:19.500
be pretty cool. You gotta have a camera around

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:22.659
at the very least. Absolutely. He is the Godfather's

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:24.360
Matt Doppie, the general manager of the Eugene

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:26.420
Emeralds. He'll be on the call tonight as the

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:29.920
Ms open up a four game home stand against Spokane.

00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:33.519
They are. 4 and 6 in their last 10 games, but

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:36.239
they won the first half championship in the Northwest

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:38.920
League. They have a 40 and 19 overall record.

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:42.159
So Matt, I this always dials back into the community

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.000
and you just talked about how much fun it is

00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.340
at PK Park when you come see an EMS game. But

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:50.460
I do know that you want to, you know, thank the

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:52.380
vendors, the people that help support him. You

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:54.619
could not pull off all of these different promotions

00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:57.639
on a nightly basis without some really great

00:38:57.639 --> 00:39:00.219
support from the local community and the business

00:39:00.219 --> 00:39:02.579
community, especially. Yeah, you know, I mean

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:04.480
our bread and butter is selling our sweets and

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:06.239
our picnics and our season tickets So all the

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:09.219
local companies that come out and do their annual

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:11.179
outings and it's kind of you know It's Eugene

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:13.239
tradition that you know, nobody wants to see

00:39:13.239 --> 00:39:15.880
go away So we're we're excited to kick off the

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:18.480
summer schools out tomorrow. Yep And then it's

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:20.860
kind of full bore Bunch of fun promos for the

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:22.760
rest of the summer right into that playoff series

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:25.480
in in early September How's the log working out

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:28.539
by the way? Yeah, he's pretty lucky. I think

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:32.820
I think we were 21 and 8 now at home, so it's

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:35.860
looking pretty good. Wow. That's fantastic. All

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:39.340
right. So again, no nerves for tonight? No. I'm

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.659
not going to try and put those in your head.

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:43.480
I want to have bad thoughts as you sit up there.

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:45.420
But it's got to be a little bit surreal or a

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:47.820
little bit odd because, you know, You haven't

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:50.079
done a game so far this year. So now you're you're

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.739
right back into the mix. Yeah, I mean, it's opening

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.900
day is always the worst because you're trying

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.639
to, you know, remember all the things that you

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:58.300
do. What are you know, what are all the little

00:39:58.300 --> 00:40:00.340
tricks of the trade? Like, what's my pregame

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:02.619
show kind of like format? But it's actually funny.

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:05.480
They've actually made some changes where now

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:08.300
the broadcaster has access to like the Trackman

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:11.559
data. Instantly cool to where like Jacob Archer.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:13.380
He'll have his iPad pulled up and he can tell

00:40:13.380 --> 00:40:16.420
you that fellow Right, you know as soon as the

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:18.360
guy catches the ball. He's 108 and yeah what

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:20.920
the pitch was Exactly. Oh that was two inches

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:23.559
off the plate And then in addition to that now

00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:26.840
like it's so funny like we spend meticulous hours

00:40:26.840 --> 00:40:28.719
getting all these bios for all the players Yeah

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:31.440
now literally it's all compiled and a daily report

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:33.579
gets printed up and it's all just big bang boom

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:35.539
right there in front of you I'm like where was

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:38.940
this back in my day you were working for a living

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:41.219
back in the day now that's great well have a

00:40:41.219 --> 00:40:42.880
great call tonight man we always love having

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:44.880
you in here i appreciate it and we had a great

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:47.340
time with jacob last time he was here i'd i never

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:50.519
had met him so so a credit to the organization

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:52.639
i encourage everyone to get out to pk park you

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:56.960
got four chances from now through sunday to see

00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:58.880
your eugene emeralds and then they're off for

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:01.059
the next week on the road and then back against

00:41:01.059 --> 00:41:04.179
everett for five games six games actually got

00:41:04.179 --> 00:41:06.300
a double -header squeezed in there on a on a

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:08.880
thursday on the twenty fifth so a lot of opportunities

00:41:08.880 --> 00:41:11.440
and the big one uh... we don't have to either

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:14.079
for this year but our fireworks extravaganza

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:16.199
is going to be on that friday june twenty six

00:41:16.199 --> 00:41:17.960
out there is a baseball dot com and make sure

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:20.139
you go to emerald baseball dot com there's some

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:22.420
third -party sites that try to trick the system

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:24.480
on google and and get you to overpay for tickets

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:26.320
but if you go to emerald's baseball dot com you'll

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:28.420
get the best rate emerald's baseball dot com

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:31.559
art dot godfather thanks Always a pleasure. There

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:35.320
he goes the godfather Matt Dumpy All right. Well,

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:37.440
we got one more segment. I have no idea. I'm

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:42.059
sure Justin will help fill it in When we I hope

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:44.099
so. Well, I mean you're gonna have to because

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:45.659
I'll just sit here I'll follow your lead. How

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:47.539
about that for once good the Danny and Justin

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:49.679
radio program rolls on here for a weekend Eve

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:55.670
Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports Newport Danny Justin

00:41:55.670 --> 00:42:00.110
radio program rolling on here for a Weekend E

00:42:00.110 --> 00:42:03.989
Portland fire three game losing skid fresh off

00:42:03.989 --> 00:42:08.949
a 17 point road loss to Los Angeles and Coming

00:42:08.949 --> 00:42:11.530
into town next I'm getting any easier the Vegas

00:42:11.530 --> 00:42:19.289
aces led by As I Wilson and then the Dallas wings

00:42:19.289 --> 00:42:23.030
Paige Becker's leads the wings so aces are eight

00:42:23.030 --> 00:42:28.730
and three Dallas is seven and four And this free

00:42:28.730 --> 00:42:31.389
-flowing offense that Portland has displayed

00:42:31.389 --> 00:42:34.349
or the first 13 games has been kind of up and

00:42:34.349 --> 00:42:37.789
down and so The first matchup with Vegas will

00:42:37.789 --> 00:42:39.849
be tonight 7 p .m. Moda Center. You can hear

00:42:39.849 --> 00:42:43.010
it right here on Fox Sports Eugene Fox Sports

00:42:43.010 --> 00:42:47.010
Newport And we're gonna have AJ Karen on can

00:42:47.010 --> 00:42:49.889
age canal. Sorry. I say Karen That's my mom's

00:42:49.889 --> 00:42:54.639
name. All right on on Monday Yeah excited about

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:57.019
that and you never know tonight against a Joe

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:59.320
Wilson and then they says they beat the Liberty

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:01.119
a couple times this year Although they did not

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:03.780
have Sabrina and I don't think any of those games

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:06.380
So, you know, there's that but this has been

00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:08.739
a an interesting team. They don't have the size

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:10.539
I don't think to really compete with Asia Wilson

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:12.820
So we'll see how that goes But I do think it's

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:14.760
a fun team and I'm excited to talk to AJ on Monday

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:16.820
because we haven't gotten a chance to D Dive

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:19.420
into this team quite yet and it's about time.

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:24.869
You have a very pink Miami is a messy. Yeah,

00:43:24.869 --> 00:43:28.010
it's messy. Absolutely. Of course in honor it

00:43:28.010 --> 00:43:29.909
In honor of the first day of the World Cup. Yeah,

00:43:29.909 --> 00:43:31.809
I could wore my timber stuff in but it wouldn't

00:43:31.809 --> 00:43:34.730
made much sense I don't think are there any timbers.

00:43:34.789 --> 00:43:37.389
Yeah, there's yeah We talked about sermon your

00:43:37.389 --> 00:43:40.969
favorite guy Oregon State University Pitching

00:43:40.969 --> 00:43:44.449
coach baseball team rich Dorman leaving the program

00:43:44.449 --> 00:43:48.030
gonna take the same position Down in Florida

00:43:48.030 --> 00:43:50.489
going from one end of the country to the other

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:54.300
He built a pitching staff over the years 14 major

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:57.880
league picks coming out of the bullpen and off

00:43:57.880 --> 00:44:02.820
the hill including a couple of top Two round

00:44:02.820 --> 00:44:05.280
picks so rich storm and leaving Mitch Canham

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:08.019
squad They've had some defections as there will

00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:11.320
be some in almost every program whether they're

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:15.780
starters or Reserves or young kids or graduates

00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:19.840
We'll see, we'll keep seeing and hearing about

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:22.739
those over the next couple of weeks. We talked

00:44:22.739 --> 00:44:26.440
about Oregon signing a kid from Vanderbilt, infielder,

00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:28.880
by the way it was Cal, Cal Poly, I think it was.

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:33.000
Yeah. Yeah. So Mark Wasikowski is out on the

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.340
streets right now with his coaching staff and

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:38.400
trying to gather up what the 20, 26, 27 ducks

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:42.480
or 20, 27 ducks will look like next season. So.

00:44:44.529 --> 00:44:46.929
I don't think this is insignificant the loss

00:44:46.929 --> 00:44:49.989
of rich dormant I mean he's been a guy that you

00:44:49.989 --> 00:44:52.130
talk about relationships right and it makes me

00:44:52.130 --> 00:44:55.670
wonder about Dax Whitney and His future and what

00:44:55.670 --> 00:44:57.690
that's gonna look like with now a new pitching

00:44:57.690 --> 00:44:59.590
coach like is he gonna be comfortable Coming

00:44:59.590 --> 00:45:02.829
back and having a new guy be there So I just

00:45:02.829 --> 00:45:04.070
think it's something that you got to keep an

00:45:04.070 --> 00:45:05.849
eye on because these pitching coaches can make

00:45:05.849 --> 00:45:08.510
a really really big difference And we know how

00:45:08.510 --> 00:45:10.929
good Oregon State's pitching was this year So

00:45:10.929 --> 00:45:12.829
do you guys have any handicaps on who do you

00:45:12.829 --> 00:45:14.110
think is gonna win them? I mean we just started

00:45:14.110 --> 00:45:16.650
the World Cup So it's a long way to go if you

00:45:16.650 --> 00:45:19.329
were to ask me one team who I think is gonna

00:45:19.329 --> 00:45:22.369
win. It'd probably be Spain I Mean that seems

00:45:22.369 --> 00:45:25.230
to be the consensus favorite pick which tells

00:45:25.230 --> 00:45:28.550
me the way they play Okay, I just so fun to watch

00:45:28.550 --> 00:45:30.889
and the talents there This is the first time

00:45:30.889 --> 00:45:32.889
by the way in a long time that there hasn't been

00:45:32.889 --> 00:45:35.929
any Real Madrid players on Team Spain, which

00:45:35.929 --> 00:45:39.369
is very interesting So Jose Moreno was just me.

00:45:39.369 --> 00:45:42.170
Yes. I'm sure we had the manager again for Real

00:45:42.170 --> 00:45:43.610
Madrid So you got to be impressed that I knew

00:45:43.610 --> 00:45:48.150
that I didn't look at the ESPN I actually didn't

00:45:48.150 --> 00:45:59.139
I heard it But so one my exposure to Jose was

00:45:59.139 --> 00:46:05.599
in the Tottenham series that was on Netflix for

00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:08.480
a couple of years. Okay. When he was the coach

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:12.840
of the Spurs. So that was my first exposure to

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:16.099
him there and wow I mean A guy is very confident

00:46:16.099 --> 00:46:20.539
in himself. Very confident. He has a very strong

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:23.719
personality. This is, I think, his second go

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:26.539
around. And people are expecting it to burst

00:46:26.539 --> 00:46:29.159
into flames at some point. So I think the other

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:34.500
part of it was Real Madrid. It was the improbable,

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:39.940
inconceivable rise of, and I'm blanking on the

00:46:39.940 --> 00:46:43.739
name. Of the city. Oh, I can't believe I'm no

00:46:43.739 --> 00:46:46.219
it was uh, liverpool when they were down three

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:50.380
nil in the champions cup back in 2005 and ended

00:46:50.380 --> 00:46:53.480
up winning the european the champions cup over

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:57.780
real madrid and Oh, no, I was gonna say did you

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:01.719
all see that german mathematician? His name is

00:47:01.719 --> 00:47:03.599
are we still staying on soccer? Yeah, it's world

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:07.199
cup world cup related. His name is joe joe kachin.

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:09.389
I don't know how the germans say clement And

00:47:09.389 --> 00:47:11.170
he's predicted the last three World Cups like

00:47:11.170 --> 00:47:13.349
this mathematician and he has a cool math base.

00:47:13.369 --> 00:47:15.489
And who's he like? He picked the Netherlands

00:47:15.489 --> 00:47:17.869
to win the World Cup. Really? Yeah, he says he

00:47:17.869 --> 00:47:21.289
has the Netherlands defeating Portugal in the

00:47:21.289 --> 00:47:23.869
World Cup final. Yeah. Portugal's name's been

00:47:23.869 --> 00:47:25.989
thrown around there. Portugal's always good.

00:47:26.130 --> 00:47:27.309
The Netherlands, huh? France should be good.

00:47:27.309 --> 00:47:29.530
Yeah. And he's predicted correctly the last three

00:47:29.530 --> 00:47:32.369
World Cup champs? Yeah, he had Germany, France,

00:47:32.449 --> 00:47:35.449
and Argentina. What do you think about that,

00:47:35.550 --> 00:47:37.449
Baby J? Listen, there's a method to the madness

00:47:37.449 --> 00:47:39.699
a lot of the time, but... You never know sometimes

00:47:39.699 --> 00:47:41.480
these things are just coincidental. So I would

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:43.739
if you told me hey netherlands of the field i'm

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:47.239
taking the field for sure Okay, well, it's fair.

00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:48.980
I guess. All right. Well, we'll be watching as

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:51.000
it goes through Um, we'll be talking a lot of

00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:53.199
the world cup or I know we're gonna have andrew's

00:47:53.199 --> 00:47:56.139
uh, adam susman back Not andrew i'm glad I didn't

00:47:56.139 --> 00:47:59.539
do that on the air with him adam susman Our our

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:01.539
timbers guy and I know we can talk. Um, we can

00:48:01.539 --> 00:48:05.340
talk about that with uh, our buddy. Um Tyson

00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:08.929
yeah, tyson Tyson Alger. He loves soccer. He

00:48:08.929 --> 00:48:12.989
loves the beautiful game. Oh, a joke! I got fired

00:48:12.989 --> 00:48:14.889
from the bank today. A woman asked me to check

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her balance, so I pushed her. Dad jokes! What

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did... Now, foul this out. What did Cinderella

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the dolphin... It's a dolphin named Cinderella.

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Okay. What did Cinderella the dolphin wear to

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the ocean ball? Um... Man. Not a glass flipper

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glass something a glass flipper Got close don't

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doubt yourself young man. All right on the program

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tomorrow We'll have the mayor of Rip City Travis

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summer is a lot to talk about. He's a huge Knicks

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fans I'm sure we'll be talking about the NBA

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Finals game number 5, which will be coming up

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on Saturday. Saturday, 530. All right. Everybody

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must win for the Spurs. Everybody say a silent

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prayer or you can say it out loud for Hawk, for

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Dom, for healing by Saturday and a victory on

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Saturday night for Hawk, for Baby J. I'm Doc.

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God bless. Be well. Put a smile on your face.

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Someone else's. They deserve it. So do you. Peace.