June 25, 2025 • 43 mins
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The Colorado Rockies have not yet reached twenty wins. Oh no,
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coming up on the All Star break it is. It
was rolling really bad there for a while where they
were in single digit wins up until June second, when
they finally got their tenth win. They just got their
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or four from the Nats, so they found a little
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be mighty interesting. So we'll go to that at four
thirty PM. As the Dodgers going to be throwing who
kates do we know? Jack Dryers, ojeck Riz All right, well,
there we go a little conduction tonight. Little bullpen gin.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, who knows he could stay in there forever? Course
field very forgiving to pitchers. It's going to be a
great night. And hey everybody, we're hopeful.
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We're hopeful that today's show finds you in a good
mood and not acting stupid, and we hope that you
enjoy great sports talk just up until four thirty, which
is what we discussed a little bit earlier. Now, we
do have some big announcements that need to be made,
as I'm sure many of you are wondering what is
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next for the Petrosen Money Summer Tour. We had the
big event in El Segundo. We dealt with our lives
last week, didn't discuss it much. But now here we
are back on the chain gang and it is time
to make the announcement. And this is being because this
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could lead to a very special long term relationship Matt,
which we've had already for years with the Inlet Empire.
That's true, that's the hope. There's more than one of these,
and I looked it up on the website.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
You did some research.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Pretty cool. We're heading to Rancho Cucamonga September Taproom and
Eatery Friday, July eleventh for pretty sent Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Second stop on the twelfth annual PMS Summer Tour. Perhaps
you watched the stream or you made it out to
Elsa Gundo for the first stop. It was incredibly successful,
packed prizes, a party, guests, absolutely wonderful and we're excited
now to go a new venue due east from our
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westernmost summer tour stop to our as deep as it
gets inland, I believe this will be deeper and I
will save that for down the road. But Rancho cook
sixty three to twenty one Haven Avenue is where we're
going September. Stap Room in Eatery right off the two
ten Freeway, a Haven Avenue easily accessible off that two ten.
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We got Dodger tickets. We'll have the Las Vegas Getaway,
and of course we've got the grand prizes, the five
grand and the fifty seven second cash machine action.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
There are many Septembers in the area. There's one in
Chino Hills. There's the one we're going to in Rancho
Kook Racha Kuk. There's one of the in the home
of Ronnie Lott on the on the foothills of the
Big Bear Mountains, rialto near San Berdue. Everybody's favorite non
(05:02):
French Paris, California, way better than Paris, Texas. And Red
looks Matt the jewel, the shining jewel of the ie.
They got us Septembers and all of these and I'll
tell you what, Matt, the food looks delicious.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
It does. I'm looking at the website right now with
that mac and cheese, bacon grilled cheese kind of action,
with the onion rings.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
They got a lot going on. It's September.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Looks delicious and they have a big Dodger poppers.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
They have a big Dodger thing and I'm a little
sad for Ronnie because they have a Dodger Rita and
it is available the way that Ronnie used to like
to drink it. Oh yeah, frozen other frozen one.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, they got rocks from the past. They got rocks.
But they have a blended with blue cirosow and it
looks it looks like it's tailor made for you here
on the web.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
You know what, I don't ever want to hear you
say blue Kirasaw again. And you're gonna bring bring one
from you guys, probably be built.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
It down a bit of a put it in the cooler.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Grave danger. Well, is there any other kid blue Kurrasau?
Is there any other guy? Matt and I have not
had Kirasau since we had a three straw drink off
out of a baptub that's right at the BJ's with
Alisia del Vaye. Thank you Matt for the blue curasell.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Mention that that was a good one.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Uh. They have a lot of great stuff and it
actually it really does look like a great venue for us.
We've had some great experiences in the Inland Empire and
always uh. These shows bring out a lot of people,
and Tim Kats likes to dip his ladle deep deep
into the I e. To find us some very locally
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relevant people.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It's the range. Gets to hit up the range before
you know, fire off a bunch of rounds and then
make his way over to the Do you think that.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Eric Weddle will will come out out Alama thinking of
right livety More?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
You guys, he lives in San Diego. That's right, he
moved back people.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Doesn't he want to visit his family?
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Doesn't he have friends he wants to visit the walk
around out Toalloma High remember his glory days.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
I mean I was sort of thinking about Joe Kelly,
former Dodger reliever, lives out the world. I don't know
what his schedule looks like. I mean, he's not pitching.
Maybe he's on vacation or something with.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
The Joe Kelly is a great call.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Again, I don't know his schedule. I don't know who
know it's gonna be in town? Is he gonna be
you know, going down the rapids of the Colorado River
on a whitewater rafting trip with his family. I have
no idea.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Driving the show Hail Tommy Porsche speeding around.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
On the this is a this is a name I
thought of. It's about twenty minutes away where this person resign.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Verside. No, oh, no, he's not.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I was thinking LeVar Ball.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
With one leg.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Well, yes, Matt, I mean he's not gonna walk there. Well,
I mean, I don't put it past them. They might
have fitted him with a prosthetic at this point, right,
he could be like the blade Runner, that guy from
South Africa that kill his girlfriend. He could sprint over
there down. But if you were yeah, if Oscar, if
we were in if if we were in Chino Hills,
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he could blade run right down the street because that's
where the balls are from, Chino Hills, home of the Huskies.
But we're in Rancho Coop and I feel but I
love the Joe Kelly call. I love the joke.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
I mean, C J. Stroud is from out there. But
he's not coming. Let's let's be real.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
No, he ain't gonna be in Riverside. And although it
is kind of the time before training camp gets rolling,
everybody is.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Oh, I'm sure he'd love to come out to except.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Pab You know what if you get lucky and that's
the week he's visiting the family.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
And they love Septembers, right, and it would be a
dream come true to meet the owner or.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Something probably worth reaching out.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
And then they'll develop their own relationship and start Stroud
Sundays and play the Houston Texans games on the big
screens that fans will come from miles around.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Not about is wet all coaching like youth like Sun
high school? High school?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Now right, yeah, high school?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
His son is a quarterback who's being highly recruited.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Right, well, all the more reason you want to get
your kid. Hey, you want to get your kid out there,
We'll put them on. We'll do a three way bring
that kid on. I'm telling you, Kate's we got plenty
of time to put all our irons in the fire
as we head down the highway.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I mean, it's not a lot of irons that can
go on that fire.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
But yes, who is.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
The guy, Matt, the UC riverside guy, the closer, Percival Percy?
Is he not there anymore?
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Is not going to.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
It's not it's Percy?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
No, Nen does live kind about that? I think if
we can't get Percy, we'll get mad I mean, nen's
in Lake Forest. He might be willing to come near Rancho.
You know it's out there. Holy crap.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I think Joe Kelly's a great idea.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Cats Again, I haven't even reached out to him yet.
I don't even know what his plans are.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
What can we offer him? Can we throw a big
green egg at him or something? Make it worth his while.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I mean, I'm sure we can get a gift card
in Septembers for him and his family. Oh, I give
him Dodger tickets.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Okay, Oh that'd be sweet.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Here, I'm gonna throw this one out there. I'm gonna
throw this one out there. Guys, do not laugh, don't.
I mean, just your first thoughts without laughing. But I
throw this name out there, and I'm sure he's available.
Austin Barnes.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Good, that's fine with me. I mean, I think people
would love to come out and see.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Him, no doubt. I just know you.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Too. Soon, no matter it's been like, it's gonna be
like it's two weeks away.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I mean, Chris Taylor got scooped up by the Angels immediately.
You'd like to think that Barnes is, like, hey man,
anybody gonna come get me, Like, what are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
We're coming to get you.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
I saw a pitcher of Barnesy at the UCLA baseball
game during the Super Regionals. His brother is a first
base coach. I believe at Uclad or Savage.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I like both those ideas, that's Kelly, those are great ideas.
If Weddle can't come on, I understand he's in Rancho Bernardo,
but maybe.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Maybe you say, hey, you visit the parents.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Right, Maybe he's in a seventy and yay, you know,
here we go. I'd say Darren Collison, but he didn't
even show up up to a game he was supposed
to call this year on FS one.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
So really, so maybe that's gonna be a tough pull.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
You know, I don't think he lives out there anymore either.
Like most people, once they make it big, they leave.
You know, he don't want understand Oh you know who?
Oh it's not the All Star break?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Then?
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Oh about the Flying Evil Brothers? Do you know Ebols Kids?
Friends of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Well, we've had him on. I don't know what else
we're going to talk to him about.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh okay, I mean Rancho Kookies. It's out there, man.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
It's far, but not far for our listeners. Man, our
listeners love it.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, it ain't like asking Toby Gerhart to roll out
from Corona.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well, Toby Gerhart is from Norcos also quite far, quite far.
If you've ever been to Horsetown, USA, Man.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
It's thirty minutes away from Cuckamonga.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Yeah, it's twenty two miles away. Oh wow, that that's
what it says. It says right here straight up by
fifteen to uh September from Norco. Yeah, yeah, that's what.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
You meant from the coast, Matt Jeez, No, hell no,
uh so, Yeah, we have a lot of irons in the.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Fire in Vegas. Anybody in Vegas we can get to
come out? Well, no, who's in Mount Sack right now?
We can get to come down Mount said and Ton.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
Yeah, oh, Chafy College is right down the street.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Guys, is there anybody that we want from Chaffey that's
all chafed up?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
There's got to be some standout high school. Well, I
guess it doesn't matter anymore. You don't need grapes to
get into school anymore. I was thinking you got somebody
that's got a stopover at Mount Sack, you know, latos
oh Atos would be sweet.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Well there we're going to uh no matter who's coming,
we are going right, there's a lot of people to
be there, tap room, an eater. It's gonna be a
hell of a show in Rancho Cucamonga. And for those
of you out in the kook Or, we are coming
back for you Inland empire types that complain. You have
a right to complain that our show doesn't make it
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inland enough. And we have heard your cries, your strongly
worded letters of anger, like Matt Smith to the CHP,
and you are in our crosshairs and we will be there.
And Tim Kates is thinking about it right now as
we speak.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
An idea just popping my head as you were talking
about what.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Was it like? Is it better than Austin Barnes And joke.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
It involves Austin Barnes. Austin Barnes is a great idea.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
I mean, Barzey's told you guys many years ago.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Radio is dead.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
How about we bring radios out there and we can
just smash them and Barney can just you know, with
the hammer, just.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Us.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
We don't want to smash radios.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Was that your idea you don't have anything else? Was
that your idea? Jod pretty disappointed in that. I gotta
be honest, I thought you were going to have like
a way better idea than that.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
I can't the only guy here had the idea.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I didn't say you were. I didn't say you were
the only guy that. I mean, what about like a
death metal band? There's an idea. Can we get a
metal band to play hardcore guitar during the breaks.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Like Cayas style freaking right from desert metal?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Can we get some desert metal or no, Kates, It's not.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Really the desert. It's a Rancho Cucamonga.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I mean it's far enough.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Out the damn desert, dude, it's not the the coast.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I mean, Big Bear's closer than the desert's closer.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I mean, California is an irrigated desert as a whole,
for God's sakes.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Oh, the quakes are right down the street there in
Rancho cucamong Is there a Dodger top prospect you want?
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Should we.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
You know what we should get?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
The weird mascot ripped.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
I know where Met's go with this, damn right, Clyle,
we got to get some cheeseburger castro what Clyle.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
I don't think cly I think LeVar Ball and Clyle
suffered some similar problems. Oh no, when it comes to
moving around, well, I'm sorry, I'm not breaking news to anybody.
I'm just trying to manage people's expectations.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Let's see if kayus will reunite and play our event.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Then won't That's the thing. The worst thing that could
happen to us is that Barnes and Joe Kelly come
and then there's not enough Dodger love to go around
and they both get pissed off.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
And they're both dudes that were shunned by the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Correct, So we need one or two of those guys,
but it has to be a celebration of that guy.
I think get both guys. They're gonna get mad at
each other.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I think Kates is onto something. If Barnes agrees to
come on and hang out with us for a while.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Well there will be of course, is radio.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
That's our theme, right, It's a radio theme. Do we
get like the little science kits and build radios with
like the potato in the battery?
Speaker 3 (16:44):
I don't see. I don't see how that translates.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Well, I think that's great for an audio format. A
radio building station in the corner, right, scan the QR
code and build radio. Right, we can have like a
station kids, you know what, like Ronnie be into this
from his days doing, you know, spinning alt rock in Fresno.
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The hit the post contest. Can you do a sweet
intro to a tasty freaking tune and hit the post?
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Sounds good? Mad, I'm in a right. Let's go about
as good as call the Dodger scenario.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
So much better. And you your play by play so
much better than that. You got like the ever long
intro playing underneath you? All right? Coming up this weekend
in Rancho Kukabuga community event out there at the high school.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
I come on, I could see doing like Austin Barnes
or excuse me, yeah, I'm Austin Barnes, like a radio
is Alive Frankenstein theme with Austin Barnes like sitting there
looking like Frankenstein like with bolts coming out of his
neck like ah, like radios a lot, not Dad. And
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we have Bustin Barnes, former Dodger backup catcher who was
caught this year to prove it live from Rancho Kouk.
That'll bring him in.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's good thinking, Kates.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
I mean, if you want making a trifecta Dodgers bringing
up prospect he was in my farm report. I know
you guys were listening last night at seven to fifty pm.
If you weren't, you at least podcast in is today
when you're out doing yoga or out surfing. Young siuk Jang,
the South Korean twenty one year old right hander who
is doing really well, and rancher Kukamonga could be a guest.
(18:30):
That's a good idea, Young zuk Jang, that's a real
good idea right there. Not sure if he speaks English,
but whatever, future of Dodger see what happens.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
But I don't think being like crazy giddy and smashing
a bunch of radios is the way to go.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
No, I'm with you. I think we want to keep
those radios intact and get.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Yeah your way off base, Kates. Radio's alive, not dead.
That's the point.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
I also know a guy that knows three to four
verses of dim lights that he could sing on the air.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
If you like dim lights, pick smoke and loud, loud
going out we'd have to hook up a comrex. Though
for him still doing this, I don't see why not
cut here's mock. If we invited Vic, would he go.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Who's the voice of the Ontario Rain?
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Now we're just Mike Carlucci.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
No, he's now the voice of the Kings. I think
he moved over to do a radio on the look
at that.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
No, no, no, Well I love this. Though we're spitballing,
We've done a good job. This is what we do.
We plan and then you know what, that Textoso is
gonna come alive. They're going to have a bunch of
ideas and we're gonna be able to here's an idea.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Uh, and we'll can go to break and we'll get
to the flip top story of the day story next.
But Pete, wtf did Kate's blow a turbo line before
going on today? That idea about the radio as bad
as doing a bag and then walking into Spago for
a porterhouse. Stupid ass takes.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Thought was a pretty good idea. You know, a guy
said radio is dead. We call smash radios. Make the
guy feel welcome. You know, you don't want to make
the guy feel embarrassed or like he's not welcome there.
You want to embrace the guests, embrace what he said
about radio being dead.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Idiot. Yeah, get too defensive, you know, stupid texto sore.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Well, I'm looking forward to this and we'll see you there.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
September is in July, is what we're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Yeah, don't be confused.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
No, we're not going to be there in September. We're
going to September's on July eleventh.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
It doesn't rule us out from being there in September, No,
we couldn't. Maybe we might have LeVar Ball live at
Chino Hills in September. In September. Three guys on air,
five feet.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
I mean, last time we went to Rancho Kook, Tommy
Lasorda came out.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
That was pretty special.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
So it's not like, you know, we we need to
have too narrow a focus.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
We're looking forward to it. We will see you at
September's Taproom and e Dey twelfth Daniel Petros some Monday
summer tour. It's the second stop and it's Friday, July eleventh,
from three to six. Stay with us. We'll have a
flip top story.
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Speaker 3 (22:11):
All right, Matt, Well, some people are making them. I mean,
most people want this topic to be over, but some
people have suggested we do get Barnes and Joe Kelly
and make the one pitch to the other pitch or catch.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Great call, get the battery. I love it, great call.
Hey guys, Barnes you're here, Joe you're here.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
And a lot of very positive people from the IE
talking about how much they enjoy the Septembers great sports talk,
whether it's Paris rialto Redlands, Rachael Kook, Chino Hills. All right,
it's time for the FlipTop story. I'll clip you out,
I will put you out.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
This is the flip top story of the day.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Well, last night, Matt, I was monitoring, there's no dog.
Like last night, I kept looking like, oh, it's seven something,
the Dodgers are on, and there's no Dodger nutsing. So
I started monitoring the local pro baseball that wasn't Dodgers.
I watched the Angels play the Red Sox and rip
poor Walker Buehler's boobs off Gooby and the Dazzler on
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fan duel. That was fun. Kenley Jansen, Kenley Jansen, Pallasburty's
hero came out to close it down and threw like
four pitches and left. Apparently he's okay, but the Angels
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had a four run eighth inning. Kenley got hurt and
left the Red Sox right at five hundred. The Angels
two under. We hope Ron Washington is doing okay. The
favorite thing that I saw was watching the Padres broadcast
Don Orcillo and Mud and I don't believe we were
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able to secure either of those gentlemen. While the Dodgers
were playing the Padres.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
We did request we were tonight.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
We got the sideline guy and then we left him hanged.
But anyway, they were playing the Gnats, who we just
saw up here, and the Gnats were playing the Padres.
The Dads are down six to three at home, and
James Wood blows a three one run home run off
the foul pole that made it nine to three, and
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Don Orcillo had one of the great lines. And I've
heard from a play by play guy this year, and
then you know, man, I do monitor a lot of
the out of town broadcast. He said that hurts. That
hurts big time. I got a good laugh out of
that former Padre. Yeah, and then Yuki Matsui gave up
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another jack to make it ten. But I just kept thinking,
even though he didn't say it, that hurts. That hurts
big time. By the way, the Padres are having their
starters not go long enough and their bullpen is getting
their ass taxed.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Yeah, their bullpen's poop.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Which is just like the Dodgers. So they are wearing
it big time. And the Dodgers' lead and the division
will likely only build in Colorado because they, as Matt says,
they suck, and they suck like donal Zillo says, big time,
big time Now. Yesterday, though, I did find something kind
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of interesting. We talked about the A's in Las Vegas
and they're sweet greyhound drinking Tropicana groundbreaking yesterday. I don't
know if greyhounds were served. We did see donuts.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Served courtesy of a rush. He will always take photo
of the food. He will take photos of the food.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
And we talked and when I say greyhound, I mean
the Matt money Smith morning drink of vodka and grapefruit juice.
I also enjoy a hound from Doctor Turn. We talked
about the stadium, that it's not a retractable roof. We
talked about the donuts, and we talked about Stomp the
elephant mascot for the A's. Well, I learned this. It's
(26:22):
pretty interesting. The A's elephant mascot tradition dates back to
the early nineteen hundreds. The Philadelphia A's a remark was
made by the New York Giants manager who did not
like the A's, John McGraw, calling the A's a white
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elephant and instead of being offended and insulted, the A's
and Connie Mack embraced the term. In fact, Connie Mack
presented McGraw with a stuffed white elephant at the start
of the nineteen five World Series and the elephant became
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their symbol. And over one hundred years ago, the elephant
was on the A's uniform scorecards. You know, only real
made keep scoring and all A's material, And you'd think
that was now and forever, like Sapto says, But actually
the A's moved to Kansas City in nineteen fifty five.
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They kept the elephant for a little while, but they
were bought by a guy named Charlie o. Finley and
he replaced the elephant with a mule named after him,
Charlie Oh, which kind of is like Chuck the Condor.
That was all the idea of the owner, Steve Ballmer.
(27:47):
Remember that it's not like Chuck. It's not like Chuck
the Condor replaced some beloved mascot for a very storied franchise.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
They just decided they needed a mascot, that that's what
was missing from the Clippers fan spirit.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Charlie o'finley was like, look, I'm like a mule, and
this mule's named Charlie. Oh and that's what we're gonna
call it. Yeah, say, And that was nineteen fifty five.
But when the A's came to Oakland in nineteen sixty
eight from Kansas City, they brought the elephant.
Speaker 5 (28:15):
Back back bat Yes, Stomper the elephant made his debut
in nineteen ninety seven and is beloved by all.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
The dirty Oakland Sacktown River dog types and Vegas fans
to come as he's going to Vegas with the Gap
Air owner and the entire team John Fishing. Now, Matt,
as you mentioned yesterday, the A's owner not very popular,
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not very popular, right.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
I would say that on a he is more on
the Frank McCort level of the rest of the owners
in baseball would love to force him to sell the team.
That is how lived I believe he is in ownership circus.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
If he's out there in Vegas, you know, I mean,
I mean, we'd be seen a change of scenery, pump
up a franchise of their ownership, seeing it with the.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Chargers, seeing it with Mark Davis, for sure.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
If he's in Vegas and they and he's the heir
to the gap fortune. Hear me out. Okay, Let's say
at the A's games, instead of having the races like
the presidents or the sausages, they get like five diverse
male models, Oxford khakis, sweater on the neck, run it out,
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controlled cock climate gap races every seventh inning stretch, five
male models all gapped out.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
So are these mascots or they're just good looking dudes
that are shirtless out there and some gas on that
leather belt.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
They're mascots and that they represent the.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Gap, right, But I mean they're not in like felt
outfits like uh.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
You mean, like like the Dodgers have like the giant
Asian cartoon Dodger, the giant black cartoon Dodger, the giant
Latino cartoon Dodger, and the giant white cartoon Dodger. Right,
but they're mascots. It's not like, right, I know what
you mean. Like it's like being in the Captain hook
outfit at Disneyland as opposed to being snow white. Right,
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snow White's like a real chick.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
With a dress hooks a cartoon.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
That's a great question, Matt, You know, I mean we
can we work the things out in the last hour
and figured it out. Joe Kelly and Austin Barnes, how
about this peeple like weird male model looking characters or
just straight up male models or I think it could
be successful either.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Way, or if I may, I feel free to say
this is the dumbest idea ever. But what if it
was anthropomorphic items of clothing? Oh, like the cat gap
jeans versus the gap, sweater versus the shoot versus the belt,
and like, that's what's right. I like that the Polo
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right plovers sweater versus jeans versus braided leather belt.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
I like that. I like this the United Colors of
Benetton idea though stride now, but I do like the
the articles of clothing as well. I think that could
be a great path for Fisher to become very popular again,
like Mark Davis has become popular again in Las Vegas.
Fall into the Gap. The a's are really bad in
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big time, big time. On the Padres podcast last night
when Tommy would hit a home run and Gap races,
we're still working out the idea there for the A's.
We can sell them that idea in twenty twenty eight
when they get there. Arena built.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, sponsored by the Gap.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Fall in to the Gap? Is he just the Gap
air or does he still sell parents?
Speaker 2 (32:27):
His parents founded the Gap.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
But did they sell it or does he still gap it?
That's what we're saying.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I got you great question and I do not know
the answer.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
Well, we'll talk to David Vassay naxt. He might have
something to say about the A's and who they might
want to trade.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Or we'll just talk to him about the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
I mean, there's a lot to talk about. I'm going
to ask him about the A's. Have anybody to trade?
That's two days in a row. We've been talking about
those Sacramento.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
As, So we'll be Moms alive, Dad is dead.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
But do they still own the company?
Speaker 2 (33:05):
It looks as though they sold it.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Okay, Well, either way, it's a great idea. I thought.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
I would agree.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
I was the bone colored khaki and I got knocked
over by the braided belt right, the rugby shirt took
me out, the gap.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Rugby shirt, the old long sleeve polo beautiful.
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David Vase took good care of himself last night in Denver,
knowing the thin air. He didn't go and overdo it
out on the town. And he's ready to go.
Speaker 5 (35:14):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (35:15):
He had Kershaw on the pregame on Sunday and talk
to him a little bit. It's David Vasketball, a hero
to all of us in his travels. Spectrum Sports net
LA and of course your MLB network. But our reporter
on AMI seventy LA Sports here home of the Dodgers. Hello, Dave,
how are you?
Speaker 6 (35:35):
I'm doing great? Yes, the mile high thin air has
not got to me. I do not have altitude sickness
here in Denver. But the Dodgers are looking for a
sweep here against one of the worst, actually the worst
team in Major League Baseball, the Rockies and Kershaw. Like
you mentioned, Petros is going to pitch the final game
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of this series only eight strikeouts away from three thousand,
and he's very aware of it because Freddie Freeman reminds
him how many he's away after every start.
Speaker 3 (36:08):
Before we get into that, you did talk to him
on the pregame about the Padres drama. For those that
didn't hear it, Dave, can you can you give us
a little taste.
Speaker 6 (36:17):
Yeah, of course. And you know, Kershaw's been in the
league now for eighteen years. He's been through some drama
with the Dodgers, whether it's Dodgers Diamondbacks two separate times,
whether it's Dodgers Padres, Granky Matt Camp against Carlos Quinton,
and now this drama between the Dodgers and Padres. So
I felt like he had good perspective on all of it.
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And here's what he said about whether or not the
Padres had a right to be upset and whether or
not they took it too far.
Speaker 7 (36:47):
Yeah, I just kind of blame it on the schedule.
You know, you've played seven games in ten days, and
you know there's hit by pitches that are a little
bit more on the forefront of people's minds, just because
you know, has happened so recently, so at the end
of day, you know, it's it's probably fair on both sides,
you know, like that tempers boiled over. They didn't like
Tatiskin hit. We obviously didn't like showhe getting hit. So
(37:09):
it's just kind of one of those things as part
of the game. Happened a lot more back in the day,
and you know, both teams handled it and hopefully it's
you know, over and done with come August.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
You know, I think we all agree that that's the case.
And Kershaw is not the only Dodger player that told
me the schedule contributed to Temper's boiling over. Playing the
Padres that many times in such a short period, and
we're gonna see it again in August. They're going to
play each other six times within a week again when
they see each other.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Yeah, Dad, we haven't asked you about this in a
in a while, but they since they shifted the schedule,
going from an unbalanced schedule to more of a balanced schedule,
less games in your division, it's made for like the
the Dodgers are going to finish the season against the Mariners.
They're very strange kind of where have they talked about
it at all? Do they just play whoever's in front
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of them, or or has there been any more kind
of discussion about how the schedule is shaken out?
Speaker 6 (38:04):
Well, I mean the travel for the Dodgers has become
increasingly challenging with them playing every team once every single year.
It seemed like the travel was a lot easier to
handle for these guys when it was playing within your
division nineteen times, because you would get to see the
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Giants and Padres nineteen times. You'd instead of making a
cross country trip, you'd be going to San Francisco or
San Diego. So that has been the most challenging part.
And the schedule this year just hasn't made a whole
lot of sense. And I know it's a tough job,
but yeah, it's become more challenging the travel, especially for
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the West Coast teams, having to play every team every
season rather than having nineteen games against each division opponent.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
Do you think Kershaw can get eight strikeouts course field
against this team?
Speaker 6 (39:03):
Well, they have struck out more than any other team
in baseball. They are the worst team in baseball. I
wouldn't say that it's impossible, but I would set the
over under at six and a half and go under
and then have him get three thousand strikeouts at home
against the White Sox at Dodgers Stadium next week.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
Would he be joined by a former teammate. We were
watching it, Dave. The Red Sox give Walker Bueller a
three to nothing lead going into the bottom of the
first and he promptly gives up five runs. Alex Kora said,
he's got to fix some things. Kind of you, what
do you make because it will go away. It's like
every day there's something about Walker Bueller and whether or
not he may even stay in the rotation out there.
Speaker 6 (39:47):
I mean, his el in the month of June is
over eleven with the Red Sox. It just hasn't gone
well for him out there. Now. I know what everybody's
thinking about him possibly coming back to the Dodgers at
this point. Do the Dodgers want him back? Do they
feel like he can get back to where he was
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last year? Because last year, if you remember, the regular
seasons didn't look pretty for him either, and that's part
of the reason why the Dodgers had some hesitation to
resign him. So I don't know where it's going to
go between now in July. But Andrew Friedman told you
guys on the record that they're looking for a right handed,
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high leverage reliever, and I could see even trying to
find another outfielder if Confordo continues to struggle. And where
does that lead the whole Walker Bueller thing. I don't know.
I don't even know if they want him at this point.
Speaker 3 (40:43):
Yes, he's not playing well. David Vasse, our guest before
we let you go, Dave, Mookie Bats? What's called he's
been very mediocre? What's going on with Mookie Bats? I
know guys get cold, but is this even worse than that?
Speaker 6 (40:59):
I guess being average, which is worse than being super
cold or super hot. I don't know. It's hard to say, Petros,
but if you look at his numbers, he's a two
point fifty hitter, has been that all year. His ops
is average at seven hundred, and the Dodgers are still
having him hit second in the lineup because they don't
want to hurt his confidence and they're hoping that he
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breaks out of it. And for those that believe him
playing shortstop has affected his offense, that's very possible. But
last year, the first half of the season, before he
broke his hand on a pitch, he was on his
way to an MVP season because he was hitting really well.
So I don't know what the answer is. It feels
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like he's been playing uphill ever since he got really
sick in Tokyo or right before Tokyo, And it may
be a blessing in disguise if he doesn't get voted
to the All Star team for him to be able
to regroup and be ready for the second half.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
Dave, as we are coming up on the into June here,
going into July, which means trade deadline. You mentioned what
Andrew Friedman said to us about the reliever. Any idea
who might be, like, would Baltimore trade Bautista because they're
having a miserable year, or like, who else is out
there that would be in that class of high leverage
right handed relievers.
Speaker 6 (42:17):
Yeah, the guy that I was thinking is David Bednar
of the Pirates. I know he's a Pittsburgh guy, but
they sent him down kind of disrespected him. He's come
back and pitched really well. He's a guy that is
a free agent around the same time as Felix Bautista
two years from now, and maybe the cost wouldn't be
as high. But those are names that would definitely move
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the needle if you want to go really, really far
on the spectrum. Mason Miller, I mean that could be
another guy depending on what the Dodgers are willing to
trade for. Mason Miller. And the A's are looking towards
Las Vegas, I don't think they're really looking towards their
stay Sacramento. So if they can get a haul for
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Mason Miller to help their team be better when they
get to Vegas, I think they would consider it.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Twenty twenty eight clocks ticking, we're all waiting, Dave, who
do you got tonight? Is it really Kyle Freeland?
Speaker 6 (43:13):
Uh No, I mean one of the good guys. Kyle
Farmer is on the Rockies. You know, we had him
on while we were in La So I think we're
gonna dip back into the Dodgers side of things. I'm
not sure Dodger fans really care to hear from anybody
on the Rocky side.
Speaker 3 (43:28):
I listen to Freeland, all right, have a good one day.
Speaker 2 (43:31):
You know he was born the day the rockies were
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The Colorado Rockies have not yet reached twenty wins. Oh no,
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coming up on the All Star break it is. It
was rolling really bad there for a while where they
were in single digit wins up until June second, when
they finally got their tenth win. They just got their
eighteenth win on Sunday over the Diamondbacks. They took three
or four from the Nats, so they found a little
bit of life there. But the Dodgers with their sixty
(01:33):
wins against the Rockies with their sixty losses going to
be mighty interesting. So we'll go to that at four
thirty PM. As the Dodgers going to be throwing who
kates do we know? Jack Dryers, ojeck Riz All right, well,
there we go a little conduction tonight. Little bullpen gin.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Well, who knows he could stay in there forever? Course
field very forgiving to pitchers. It's going to be a
great night. And hey everybody, we're hopeful.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
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Speaker 3 (02:13):
We're hopeful that today's show finds you in a good
mood and not acting stupid, and we hope that you
enjoy great sports talk just up until four thirty, which
is what we discussed a little bit earlier. Now, we
do have some big announcements that need to be made,
as I'm sure many of you are wondering what is
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next for the Petrosen Money Summer Tour. We had the
big event in El Segundo. We dealt with our lives
last week, didn't discuss it much. But now here we
are back on the chain gang and it is time
to make the announcement. And this is being because this
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could lead to a very special long term relationship Matt,
which we've had already for years with the Inlet Empire.
That's true, that's the hope. There's more than one of these,
and I looked it up on the website.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
You did some research.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Pretty cool. We're heading to Rancho Cucamonga September Taproom and
Eatery Friday, July eleventh for pretty sent Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Second stop on the twelfth annual PMS Summer Tour. Perhaps
you watched the stream or you made it out to
Elsa Gundo for the first stop. It was incredibly successful,
packed prizes, a party, guests, absolutely wonderful and we're excited
now to go a new venue due east from our
(04:05):
westernmost summer tour stop to our as deep as it
gets inland, I believe this will be deeper and I
will save that for down the road. But Rancho cook
sixty three to twenty one Haven Avenue is where we're
going September. Stap Room in Eatery right off the two
ten Freeway, a Haven Avenue easily accessible off that two ten.
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We got Dodger tickets. We'll have the Las Vegas Getaway,
and of course we've got the grand prizes, the five
grand and the fifty seven second cash machine action.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
There are many Septembers in the area. There's one in
Chino Hills. There's the one we're going to in Rancho
Kook Racha Kuk. There's one of the in the home
of Ronnie Lott on the on the foothills of the
Big Bear Mountains, rialto near San Berdue. Everybody's favorite non
(05:02):
French Paris, California, way better than Paris, Texas. And Red
looks Matt the jewel, the shining jewel of the ie.
They got us Septembers and all of these and I'll
tell you what, Matt, the food looks delicious.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
It does. I'm looking at the website right now with
that mac and cheese, bacon grilled cheese kind of action,
with the onion rings.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
They got a lot going on. It's September.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
Looks delicious and they have a big Dodger poppers.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
They have a big Dodger thing and I'm a little
sad for Ronnie because they have a Dodger Rita and
it is available the way that Ronnie used to like
to drink it. Oh yeah, frozen other frozen one.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Yeah, they got rocks from the past. They got rocks.
But they have a blended with blue cirosow and it
looks it looks like it's tailor made for you here
on the web.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
You know what, I don't ever want to hear you
say blue Kirasaw again. And you're gonna bring bring one
from you guys, probably be built.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
It down a bit of a put it in the cooler.
Speaker 3 (06:08):
Grave danger. Well, is there any other kid blue Kurrasau?
Is there any other guy? Matt and I have not
had Kirasau since we had a three straw drink off
out of a baptub that's right at the BJ's with
Alisia del Vaye. Thank you Matt for the blue curasell.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Mention that that was a good one.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Uh. They have a lot of great stuff and it
actually it really does look like a great venue for us.
We've had some great experiences in the Inland Empire and
always uh. These shows bring out a lot of people,
and Tim Kats likes to dip his ladle deep deep
into the I e. To find us some very locally
(06:56):
relevant people.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
It's the range. Gets to hit up the range before
you know, fire off a bunch of rounds and then
make his way over to the Do you think that.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Eric Weddle will will come out out Alama thinking of
right livety More?
Speaker 2 (07:12):
You guys, he lives in San Diego. That's right, he
moved back people.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Doesn't he want to visit his family?
Speaker 4 (07:18):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Doesn't he have friends he wants to visit the walk
around out Toalloma High remember his glory days.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
I mean I was sort of thinking about Joe Kelly,
former Dodger reliever, lives out the world. I don't know
what his schedule looks like. I mean, he's not pitching.
Maybe he's on vacation or something with.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
The Joe Kelly is a great call.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Again, I don't know his schedule. I don't know who
know it's gonna be in town? Is he gonna be
you know, going down the rapids of the Colorado River
on a whitewater rafting trip with his family. I have
no idea.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Driving the show Hail Tommy Porsche speeding around.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
On the this is a this is a name I
thought of. It's about twenty minutes away where this person resign.
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Verside. No, oh, no, he's not.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
I was thinking LeVar Ball.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
With one leg.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Well, yes, Matt, I mean he's not gonna walk there. Well,
I mean, I don't put it past them. They might
have fitted him with a prosthetic at this point, right,
he could be like the blade Runner, that guy from
South Africa that kill his girlfriend. He could sprint over
there down. But if you were yeah, if Oscar, if
we were in if if we were in Chino Hills,
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he could blade run right down the street because that's
where the balls are from, Chino Hills, home of the Huskies.
But we're in Rancho Coop and I feel but I
love the Joe Kelly call. I love the joke.
Speaker 4 (08:49):
I mean, C J. Stroud is from out there. But
he's not coming. Let's let's be real.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
No, he ain't gonna be in Riverside. And although it
is kind of the time before training camp gets rolling,
everybody is.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Oh, I'm sure he'd love to come out to except.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Pab You know what if you get lucky and that's
the week he's visiting the family.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
And they love Septembers, right, and it would be a
dream come true to meet the owner or.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Something probably worth reaching out.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
And then they'll develop their own relationship and start Stroud
Sundays and play the Houston Texans games on the big
screens that fans will come from miles around.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Not about is wet all coaching like youth like Sun
high school? High school?
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Now right, yeah, high school?
Speaker 4 (09:34):
His son is a quarterback who's being highly recruited.
Speaker 3 (09:37):
Right, well, all the more reason you want to get
your kid. Hey, you want to get your kid out there,
We'll put them on. We'll do a three way bring
that kid on. I'm telling you, Kate's we got plenty
of time to put all our irons in the fire
as we head down the highway.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
I mean, it's not a lot of irons that can
go on that fire.
Speaker 2 (09:56):
But yes, who is.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
The guy, Matt, the UC riverside guy, the closer, Percival Percy?
Is he not there anymore?
Speaker 4 (10:04):
Is not going to.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
It's not it's Percy?
Speaker 2 (10:09):
No, Nen does live kind about that? I think if
we can't get Percy, we'll get mad I mean, nen's
in Lake Forest. He might be willing to come near Rancho.
You know it's out there. Holy crap.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I think Joe Kelly's a great idea.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Cats Again, I haven't even reached out to him yet.
I don't even know what his plans are.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
What can we offer him? Can we throw a big
green egg at him or something? Make it worth his while.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
I mean, I'm sure we can get a gift card
in Septembers for him and his family. Oh, I give
him Dodger tickets.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Okay, Oh that'd be sweet.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
Here, I'm gonna throw this one out there. I'm gonna
throw this one out there. Guys, do not laugh, don't.
I mean, just your first thoughts without laughing. But I
throw this name out there, and I'm sure he's available.
Austin Barnes.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Good, that's fine with me. I mean, I think people
would love to come out and see.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Him, no doubt. I just know you.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Too. Soon, no matter it's been like, it's gonna be
like it's two weeks away.
Speaker 2 (11:19):
I mean, Chris Taylor got scooped up by the Angels immediately.
You'd like to think that Barnes is, like, hey man,
anybody gonna come get me, Like, what are we doing here?
Speaker 3 (11:27):
We're coming to get you.
Speaker 4 (11:29):
I saw a pitcher of Barnesy at the UCLA baseball
game during the Super Regionals. His brother is a first
base coach. I believe at Uclad or Savage.
Speaker 3 (11:37):
I like both those ideas, that's Kelly, those are great ideas.
If Weddle can't come on, I understand he's in Rancho Bernardo,
but maybe.
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Maybe you say, hey, you visit the parents.
Speaker 3 (11:52):
Right, Maybe he's in a seventy and yay, you know,
here we go. I'd say Darren Collison, but he didn't
even show up up to a game he was supposed
to call this year on FS one.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
So really, so maybe that's gonna be a tough pull.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
You know, I don't think he lives out there anymore either.
Like most people, once they make it big, they leave.
You know, he don't want understand Oh you know who?
Oh it's not the All Star break?
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Then?
Speaker 4 (12:17):
Oh about the Flying Evil Brothers? Do you know Ebols Kids?
Friends of the show.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
Well, we've had him on. I don't know what else
we're going to talk to him about.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Oh okay, I mean Rancho Kookies. It's out there, man.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
It's far, but not far for our listeners. Man, our
listeners love it.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
Yeah, it ain't like asking Toby Gerhart to roll out
from Corona.
Speaker 3 (12:39):
Well, Toby Gerhart is from Norcos also quite far, quite far.
If you've ever been to Horsetown, USA, Man.
Speaker 4 (12:49):
It's thirty minutes away from Cuckamonga.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
Yeah, it's twenty two miles away. Oh wow, that that's
what it says. It says right here straight up by
fifteen to uh September from Norco. Yeah, yeah, that's what.
Speaker 3 (13:09):
You meant from the coast, Matt Jeez, No, hell no,
uh so, Yeah, we have a lot of irons in the.
Speaker 2 (13:14):
Fire in Vegas. Anybody in Vegas we can get to
come out? Well, no, who's in Mount Sack right now?
We can get to come down Mount said and Ton.
Speaker 4 (13:25):
Yeah, oh, Chafy College is right down the street.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Guys, is there anybody that we want from Chaffey that's
all chafed up?
Speaker 2 (13:33):
There's got to be some standout high school. Well, I
guess it doesn't matter anymore. You don't need grapes to
get into school anymore. I was thinking you got somebody
that's got a stopover at Mount Sack, you know, latos
oh Atos would be sweet.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
Well there we're going to uh no matter who's coming,
we are going right, there's a lot of people to
be there, tap room, an eater. It's gonna be a
hell of a show in Rancho Cucamonga. And for those
of you out in the kook Or, we are coming
back for you Inland empire types that complain. You have
a right to complain that our show doesn't make it
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inland enough. And we have heard your cries, your strongly
worded letters of anger, like Matt Smith to the CHP,
and you are in our crosshairs and we will be there.
And Tim Kates is thinking about it right now as
we speak.
Speaker 4 (14:28):
An idea just popping my head as you were talking
about what.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Was it like? Is it better than Austin Barnes And joke.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
It involves Austin Barnes. Austin Barnes is a great idea.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
I mean, Barzey's told you guys many years ago.
Speaker 2 (14:38):
Radio is dead.
Speaker 4 (14:39):
How about we bring radios out there and we can
just smash them and Barney can just you know, with
the hammer, just.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Us.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
We don't want to smash radios.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
Was that your idea you don't have anything else? Was
that your idea? Jod pretty disappointed in that. I gotta
be honest, I thought you were going to have like
a way better idea than that.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
I can't the only guy here had the idea.
Speaker 3 (15:01):
I didn't say you were. I didn't say you were
the only guy that. I mean, what about like a
death metal band? There's an idea. Can we get a
metal band to play hardcore guitar during the breaks.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
Like Cayas style freaking right from desert metal?
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Can we get some desert metal or no, Kates, It's not.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Really the desert. It's a Rancho Cucamonga.
Speaker 3 (15:19):
I mean it's far enough.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Out the damn desert, dude, it's not the the coast.
Speaker 4 (15:23):
I mean, Big Bear's closer than the desert's closer.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
I mean, California is an irrigated desert as a whole,
for God's sakes.
Speaker 4 (15:30):
Oh, the quakes are right down the street there in
Rancho cucamong Is there a Dodger top prospect you want?
Speaker 3 (15:35):
Should we.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
You know what we should get?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
The weird mascot ripped.
Speaker 2 (15:41):
I know where Met's go with this, damn right, Clyle,
we got to get some cheeseburger castro what Clyle.
Speaker 3 (15:47):
I don't think cly I think LeVar Ball and Clyle
suffered some similar problems. Oh no, when it comes to
moving around, well, I'm sorry, I'm not breaking news to anybody.
I'm just trying to manage people's expectations.
Speaker 2 (16:02):
Let's see if kayus will reunite and play our event.
Speaker 3 (16:04):
Then won't That's the thing. The worst thing that could
happen to us is that Barnes and Joe Kelly come
and then there's not enough Dodger love to go around
and they both get pissed off.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
And they're both dudes that were shunned by the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (16:17):
Correct, So we need one or two of those guys,
but it has to be a celebration of that guy.
I think get both guys. They're gonna get mad at
each other.
Speaker 2 (16:26):
I think Kates is onto something. If Barnes agrees to
come on and hang out with us for a while.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Well there will be of course, is radio.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
That's our theme, right, It's a radio theme. Do we
get like the little science kits and build radios with
like the potato in the battery?
Speaker 3 (16:44):
I don't see. I don't see how that translates.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Well, I think that's great for an audio format. A
radio building station in the corner, right, scan the QR
code and build radio. Right, we can have like a
station kids, you know what, like Ronnie be into this
from his days doing, you know, spinning alt rock in Fresno.
(17:09):
The hit the post contest. Can you do a sweet
intro to a tasty freaking tune and hit the post?
Speaker 3 (17:16):
Sounds good? Mad, I'm in a right. Let's go about
as good as call the Dodger scenario.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
So much better. And you your play by play so
much better than that. You got like the ever long
intro playing underneath you? All right? Coming up this weekend
in Rancho Kukabuga community event out there at the high school.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
I come on, I could see doing like Austin Barnes
or excuse me, yeah, I'm Austin Barnes, like a radio
is Alive Frankenstein theme with Austin Barnes like sitting there
looking like Frankenstein like with bolts coming out of his
neck like ah, like radios a lot, not Dad. And
(17:59):
we have Bustin Barnes, former Dodger backup catcher who was
caught this year to prove it live from Rancho Kouk.
That'll bring him in.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
It's good thinking, Kates.
Speaker 4 (18:10):
I mean, if you want making a trifecta Dodgers bringing
up prospect he was in my farm report. I know
you guys were listening last night at seven to fifty pm.
If you weren't, you at least podcast in is today
when you're out doing yoga or out surfing. Young siuk Jang,
the South Korean twenty one year old right hander who
is doing really well, and rancher Kukamonga could be a guest.
(18:30):
That's a good idea, Young zuk Jang, that's a real
good idea right there. Not sure if he speaks English,
but whatever, future of Dodger see what happens.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
But I don't think being like crazy giddy and smashing
a bunch of radios is the way to go.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
No, I'm with you. I think we want to keep
those radios intact and get.
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Yeah your way off base, Kates. Radio's alive, not dead.
That's the point.
Speaker 4 (18:50):
I also know a guy that knows three to four
verses of dim lights that he could sing on the air.
Speaker 3 (18:54):
If you like dim lights, pick smoke and loud, loud
going out we'd have to hook up a comrex. Though
for him still doing this, I don't see why not
cut here's mock. If we invited Vic, would he go.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Who's the voice of the Ontario Rain?
Speaker 3 (19:21):
Now we're just Mike Carlucci.
Speaker 4 (19:25):
No, he's now the voice of the Kings. I think
he moved over to do a radio on the look
at that.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
No, no, no, Well I love this. Though we're spitballing,
We've done a good job. This is what we do.
We plan and then you know what, that Textoso is
gonna come alive. They're going to have a bunch of
ideas and we're gonna be able to here's an idea.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
Uh, and we'll can go to break and we'll get
to the flip top story of the day story next.
But Pete, wtf did Kate's blow a turbo line before
going on today? That idea about the radio as bad
as doing a bag and then walking into Spago for
a porterhouse. Stupid ass takes.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
Thought was a pretty good idea. You know, a guy
said radio is dead. We call smash radios. Make the
guy feel welcome. You know, you don't want to make
the guy feel embarrassed or like he's not welcome there.
You want to embrace the guests, embrace what he said
about radio being dead.
Speaker 2 (20:23):
Idiot. Yeah, get too defensive, you know, stupid texto sore.
Speaker 3 (20:34):
Well, I'm looking forward to this and we'll see you there.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
September is in July, is what we're doing.
Speaker 3 (20:43):
Yeah, don't be confused.
Speaker 2 (20:46):
No, we're not going to be there in September. We're
going to September's on July eleventh.
Speaker 3 (20:51):
It doesn't rule us out from being there in September, No,
we couldn't. Maybe we might have LeVar Ball live at
Chino Hills in September. In September. Three guys on air,
five feet.
Speaker 2 (21:05):
I mean, last time we went to Rancho Kook, Tommy
Lasorda came out.
Speaker 3 (21:08):
That was pretty special.
Speaker 2 (21:09):
So it's not like, you know, we we need to
have too narrow a focus.
Speaker 3 (21:16):
We're looking forward to it. We will see you at
September's Taproom and e Dey twelfth Daniel Petros some Monday
summer tour. It's the second stop and it's Friday, July eleventh,
from three to six. Stay with us. We'll have a
flip top story.
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Speaker 3 (22:11):
All right, Matt, Well, some people are making them. I mean,
most people want this topic to be over, but some
people have suggested we do get Barnes and Joe Kelly
and make the one pitch to the other pitch or catch.
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Great call, get the battery. I love it, great call.
Hey guys, Barnes you're here, Joe you're here.
Speaker 3 (22:34):
And a lot of very positive people from the IE
talking about how much they enjoy the Septembers great sports talk,
whether it's Paris rialto Redlands, Rachael Kook, Chino Hills. All right,
it's time for the FlipTop story. I'll clip you out,
I will put you out.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
This is the flip top story of the day.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Well, last night, Matt, I was monitoring, there's no dog.
Like last night, I kept looking like, oh, it's seven something,
the Dodgers are on, and there's no Dodger nutsing. So
I started monitoring the local pro baseball that wasn't Dodgers.
I watched the Angels play the Red Sox and rip
poor Walker Buehler's boobs off Gooby and the Dazzler on
(23:18):
fan duel. That was fun. Kenley Jansen, Kenley Jansen, Pallasburty's
hero came out to close it down and threw like
four pitches and left. Apparently he's okay, but the Angels
(23:39):
had a four run eighth inning. Kenley got hurt and
left the Red Sox right at five hundred. The Angels
two under. We hope Ron Washington is doing okay. The
favorite thing that I saw was watching the Padres broadcast
Don Orcillo and Mud and I don't believe we were
(24:00):
able to secure either of those gentlemen. While the Dodgers
were playing the Padres.
Speaker 2 (24:03):
We did request we were tonight.
Speaker 3 (24:07):
We got the sideline guy and then we left him hanged.
But anyway, they were playing the Gnats, who we just
saw up here, and the Gnats were playing the Padres.
The Dads are down six to three at home, and
James Wood blows a three one run home run off
the foul pole that made it nine to three, and
(24:29):
Don Orcillo had one of the great lines. And I've
heard from a play by play guy this year, and
then you know, man, I do monitor a lot of
the out of town broadcast. He said that hurts. That
hurts big time. I got a good laugh out of
that former Padre. Yeah, and then Yuki Matsui gave up
(24:50):
another jack to make it ten. But I just kept thinking,
even though he didn't say it, that hurts. That hurts
big time. By the way, the Padres are having their
starters not go long enough and their bullpen is getting
their ass taxed.
Speaker 2 (25:09):
Yeah, their bullpen's poop.
Speaker 3 (25:11):
Which is just like the Dodgers. So they are wearing
it big time. And the Dodgers' lead and the division
will likely only build in Colorado because they, as Matt says,
they suck, and they suck like donal Zillo says, big time,
big time Now. Yesterday, though, I did find something kind
(25:32):
of interesting. We talked about the A's in Las Vegas
and they're sweet greyhound drinking Tropicana groundbreaking yesterday. I don't
know if greyhounds were served. We did see donuts.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Served courtesy of a rush. He will always take photo
of the food. He will take photos of the food.
Speaker 3 (25:57):
And we talked and when I say greyhound, I mean
the Matt money Smith morning drink of vodka and grapefruit juice.
I also enjoy a hound from Doctor Turn. We talked
about the stadium, that it's not a retractable roof. We
talked about the donuts, and we talked about Stomp the
elephant mascot for the A's. Well, I learned this. It's
(26:22):
pretty interesting. The A's elephant mascot tradition dates back to
the early nineteen hundreds. The Philadelphia A's a remark was
made by the New York Giants manager who did not
like the A's, John McGraw, calling the A's a white
(26:42):
elephant and instead of being offended and insulted, the A's
and Connie Mack embraced the term. In fact, Connie Mack
presented McGraw with a stuffed white elephant at the start
of the nineteen five World Series and the elephant became
(27:03):
their symbol. And over one hundred years ago, the elephant
was on the A's uniform scorecards. You know, only real
made keep scoring and all A's material, And you'd think
that was now and forever, like Sapto says, But actually
the A's moved to Kansas City in nineteen fifty five.
(27:27):
They kept the elephant for a little while, but they
were bought by a guy named Charlie o. Finley and
he replaced the elephant with a mule named after him,
Charlie Oh, which kind of is like Chuck the Condor.
That was all the idea of the owner, Steve Ballmer.
(27:47):
Remember that it's not like Chuck. It's not like Chuck
the Condor replaced some beloved mascot for a very storied franchise.
Speaker 2 (27:56):
They just decided they needed a mascot, that that's what
was missing from the Clippers fan spirit.
Speaker 3 (28:00):
Charlie o'finley was like, look, I'm like a mule, and
this mule's named Charlie. Oh and that's what we're gonna
call it. Yeah, say, And that was nineteen fifty five.
But when the A's came to Oakland in nineteen sixty
eight from Kansas City, they brought the elephant.
Speaker 5 (28:15):
Back back bat Yes, Stomper the elephant made his debut
in nineteen ninety seven and is beloved by all.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
The dirty Oakland Sacktown River dog types and Vegas fans
to come as he's going to Vegas with the Gap
Air owner and the entire team John Fishing. Now, Matt,
as you mentioned yesterday, the A's owner not very popular,
(28:53):
not very popular, right.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
I would say that on a he is more on
the Frank McCort level of the rest of the owners
in baseball would love to force him to sell the team.
That is how lived I believe he is in ownership circus.
Speaker 3 (29:12):
If he's out there in Vegas, you know, I mean,
I mean, we'd be seen a change of scenery, pump
up a franchise of their ownership, seeing it with the.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Chargers, seeing it with Mark Davis, for sure.
Speaker 3 (29:25):
If he's in Vegas and they and he's the heir
to the gap fortune. Hear me out. Okay, Let's say
at the A's games, instead of having the races like
the presidents or the sausages, they get like five diverse
male models, Oxford khakis, sweater on the neck, run it out,
(29:48):
controlled cock climate gap races every seventh inning stretch, five
male models all gapped out.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
So are these mascots or they're just good looking dudes
that are shirtless out there and some gas on that
leather belt.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
They're mascots and that they represent the.
Speaker 2 (30:05):
Gap, right, But I mean they're not in like felt
outfits like uh.
Speaker 3 (30:10):
You mean, like like the Dodgers have like the giant
Asian cartoon Dodger, the giant black cartoon Dodger, the giant
Latino cartoon Dodger, and the giant white cartoon Dodger. Right,
but they're mascots. It's not like, right, I know what
you mean. Like it's like being in the Captain hook
outfit at Disneyland as opposed to being snow white. Right,
(30:31):
snow White's like a real chick.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
With a dress hooks a cartoon.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
That's a great question, Matt, You know, I mean we
can we work the things out in the last hour
and figured it out. Joe Kelly and Austin Barnes, how
about this peeple like weird male model looking characters or
just straight up male models or I think it could
be successful either.
Speaker 2 (30:53):
Way, or if I may, I feel free to say
this is the dumbest idea ever. But what if it
was anthropomorphic items of clothing? Oh, like the cat gap
jeans versus the gap, sweater versus the shoot versus the belt,
and like, that's what's right. I like that the Polo
(31:14):
right plovers sweater versus jeans versus braided leather belt.
Speaker 3 (31:18):
I like that. I like this the United Colors of
Benetton idea though stride now, but I do like the
the articles of clothing as well. I think that could
be a great path for Fisher to become very popular again,
like Mark Davis has become popular again in Las Vegas.
Fall into the Gap. The a's are really bad in
(31:40):
there in Detroit today, and that is your local baseball
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(32:02):
big time, big time. On the Padres podcast last night
when Tommy would hit a home run and Gap races,
we're still working out the idea there for the A's.
We can sell them that idea in twenty twenty eight
when they get there. Arena built.
Speaker 2 (32:20):
Yeah, sponsored by the Gap.
Speaker 3 (32:22):
Fall in to the Gap? Is he just the Gap
air or does he still sell parents?
Speaker 2 (32:27):
His parents founded the Gap.
Speaker 3 (32:29):
But did they sell it or does he still gap it?
That's what we're saying.
Speaker 2 (32:33):
I got you great question and I do not know
the answer.
Speaker 3 (32:38):
Well, we'll talk to David Vassay naxt. He might have
something to say about the A's and who they might
want to trade.
Speaker 2 (32:43):
Or we'll just talk to him about the Dodgers.
Speaker 3 (32:47):
I mean, there's a lot to talk about. I'm going
to ask him about the A's. Have anybody to trade?
That's two days in a row. We've been talking about
those Sacramento.
Speaker 2 (32:58):
As, So we'll be Moms alive, Dad is dead.
Speaker 3 (33:03):
But do they still own the company?
Speaker 2 (33:05):
It looks as though they sold it.
Speaker 3 (33:06):
Okay, Well, either way, it's a great idea. I thought.
Speaker 2 (33:13):
I would agree.
Speaker 3 (33:14):
I was the bone colored khaki and I got knocked
over by the braided belt right, the rugby shirt took
me out, the gap.
Speaker 2 (33:25):
Rugby shirt, the old long sleeve polo beautiful.
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David Vase took good care of himself last night in Denver,
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I'm doing great? Yes, the mile high thin air has
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here in Denver. But the Dodgers are looking for a
sweep here against one of the worst, actually the worst
team in Major League Baseball, the Rockies and Kershaw. Like
you mentioned, Petros is going to pitch the final game
(35:56):
of this series only eight strikeouts away from three thousand,
and he's very aware of it because Freddie Freeman reminds
him how many he's away after every start.
Speaker 3 (36:08):
Before we get into that, you did talk to him
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didn't hear it, Dave, can you can you give us
a little taste.
Speaker 6 (36:17):
Yeah, of course. And you know, Kershaw's been in the
league now for eighteen years. He's been through some drama
with the Dodgers, whether it's Dodgers Diamondbacks two separate times,
whether it's Dodgers Padres, Granky Matt Camp against Carlos Quinton,
and now this drama between the Dodgers and Padres. So
I felt like he had good perspective on all of it.
(36:40):
And here's what he said about whether or not the
Padres had a right to be upset and whether or
not they took it too far.
Speaker 7 (36:47):
Yeah, I just kind of blame it on the schedule.
You know, you've played seven games in ten days, and
you know there's hit by pitches that are a little
bit more on the forefront of people's minds, just because
you know, has happened so recently, so at the end
of day, you know, it's it's probably fair on both sides,
you know, like that tempers boiled over. They didn't like
Tatiskin hit. We obviously didn't like showhe getting hit. So
(37:09):
it's just kind of one of those things as part
of the game. Happened a lot more back in the day,
and you know, both teams handled it and hopefully it's
you know, over and done with come August.
Speaker 6 (37:17):
You know, I think we all agree that that's the case.
And Kershaw is not the only Dodger player that told
me the schedule contributed to Temper's boiling over. Playing the
Padres that many times in such a short period, and
we're gonna see it again in August. They're going to
play each other six times within a week again when
they see each other.
Speaker 2 (37:39):
Yeah, Dad, we haven't asked you about this in a
in a while, but they since they shifted the schedule,
going from an unbalanced schedule to more of a balanced schedule,
less games in your division, it's made for like the
the Dodgers are going to finish the season against the Mariners.
They're very strange kind of where have they talked about
it at all? Do they just play whoever's in front
(37:59):
of them, or or has there been any more kind
of discussion about how the schedule is shaken out?
Speaker 6 (38:04):
Well, I mean the travel for the Dodgers has become
increasingly challenging with them playing every team once every single year.
It seemed like the travel was a lot easier to
handle for these guys when it was playing within your
division nineteen times, because you would get to see the
(38:26):
Giants and Padres nineteen times. You'd instead of making a
cross country trip, you'd be going to San Francisco or
San Diego. So that has been the most challenging part.
And the schedule this year just hasn't made a whole
lot of sense. And I know it's a tough job,
but yeah, it's become more challenging the travel, especially for
(38:47):
the West Coast teams, having to play every team every
season rather than having nineteen games against each division opponent.
Speaker 3 (38:57):
Do you think Kershaw can get eight strikeouts course field
against this team?
Speaker 6 (39:03):
Well, they have struck out more than any other team
in baseball. They are the worst team in baseball. I
wouldn't say that it's impossible, but I would set the
over under at six and a half and go under
and then have him get three thousand strikeouts at home
against the White Sox at Dodgers Stadium next week.
Speaker 2 (39:25):
Would he be joined by a former teammate. We were
watching it, Dave. The Red Sox give Walker Bueller a
three to nothing lead going into the bottom of the
first and he promptly gives up five runs. Alex Kora said,
he's got to fix some things. Kind of you, what
do you make because it will go away. It's like
every day there's something about Walker Bueller and whether or
not he may even stay in the rotation out there.
Speaker 6 (39:47):
I mean, his el in the month of June is
over eleven with the Red Sox. It just hasn't gone
well for him out there. Now. I know what everybody's
thinking about him possibly coming back to the Dodgers at
this point. Do the Dodgers want him back? Do they
feel like he can get back to where he was
(40:08):
last year? Because last year, if you remember, the regular
seasons didn't look pretty for him either, and that's part
of the reason why the Dodgers had some hesitation to
resign him. So I don't know where it's going to
go between now in July. But Andrew Friedman told you
guys on the record that they're looking for a right handed,
(40:28):
high leverage reliever, and I could see even trying to
find another outfielder if Confordo continues to struggle. And where
does that lead the whole Walker Bueller thing. I don't know.
I don't even know if they want him at this point.
Speaker 3 (40:43):
Yes, he's not playing well. David Vasse, our guest before
we let you go, Dave, Mookie Bats? What's called he's
been very mediocre? What's going on with Mookie Bats? I
know guys get cold, but is this even worse than that?
Speaker 6 (40:59):
I guess being average, which is worse than being super
cold or super hot. I don't know. It's hard to say, Petros,
but if you look at his numbers, he's a two
point fifty hitter, has been that all year. His ops
is average at seven hundred, and the Dodgers are still
having him hit second in the lineup because they don't
want to hurt his confidence and they're hoping that he
(41:20):
breaks out of it. And for those that believe him
playing shortstop has affected his offense, that's very possible. But
last year, the first half of the season, before he
broke his hand on a pitch, he was on his
way to an MVP season because he was hitting really well.
So I don't know what the answer is. It feels
(41:42):
like he's been playing uphill ever since he got really
sick in Tokyo or right before Tokyo, And it may
be a blessing in disguise if he doesn't get voted
to the All Star team for him to be able
to regroup and be ready for the second half.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
Dave, as we are coming up on the into June here,
going into July, which means trade deadline. You mentioned what
Andrew Friedman said to us about the reliever. Any idea
who might be, like, would Baltimore trade Bautista because they're
having a miserable year, or like, who else is out
there that would be in that class of high leverage
right handed relievers.
Speaker 6 (42:17):
Yeah, the guy that I was thinking is David Bednar
of the Pirates. I know he's a Pittsburgh guy, but
they sent him down kind of disrespected him. He's come
back and pitched really well. He's a guy that is
a free agent around the same time as Felix Bautista
two years from now, and maybe the cost wouldn't be
as high. But those are names that would definitely move
(42:41):
the needle if you want to go really, really far
on the spectrum. Mason Miller, I mean that could be
another guy depending on what the Dodgers are willing to
trade for. Mason Miller. And the A's are looking towards
Las Vegas, I don't think they're really looking towards their
stay Sacramento. So if they can get a haul for
(43:02):
Mason Miller to help their team be better when they
get to Vegas, I think they would consider it.
Speaker 3 (43:07):
Twenty twenty eight clocks ticking, we're all waiting, Dave, who
do you got tonight? Is it really Kyle Freeland?
Speaker 6 (43:13):
Uh No, I mean one of the good guys. Kyle
Farmer is on the Rockies. You know, we had him
on while we were in La So I think we're
gonna dip back into the Dodgers side of things. I'm
not sure Dodger fans really care to hear from anybody
on the Rocky side.
Speaker 3 (43:28):
I listen to Freeland, all right, have a good one day.
Speaker 2 (43:31):
You know he was born the day the rockies were
born right more fun.
Speaker 3 (43:35):
We got another word number song coming up now.
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