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Uh KJ Orange Thursdays come out. All right, we'll get to John Camzano in just a minute or two as we talk about the situation of college football with uh Brendan Sorsby, the quarterback at Texas Tech. He gets suspended by the N Cou A. He's not gonna be able to play football, then a A judge in Texas, very libe like. uh is able g places an injunction so he can play football uh there for Texas Tech, but it has caused the uh college football world and uh sports fans uh to to have uh to be up in arms about the decision there by the judge and the fact that he's allowed to play football. We'll get into that. Uh Mariner's action last night, they they survived it, but boy, they were teetering. They were on the on the ledge a few different times in that game uh yesterday. And just credit to a couple of different people. One, uh the Mariners for picking up then their video coordinator. And uh we'll talk to Brad about it coming up a little bit later in the show to pick up the the double play, the fact that uh Holiday did not score there in that very in that in that uh the eighth inning where Julio caught the uh fly ball and they are able to get the runner there at second base. Great job by Ryan Bliss to get the tag down before the run had scored. So making it still a six three game instead of a six four game, which again, it's one run, but I mean it it does change kind of a lot. And especially of the mentality maybe for uh someone like uh Andre Smunos who kinda struggles a little bit uh clearly with that confidence and and what he did the day before uh there in Detroit. So just a huge insurance run saver. And then you go back to the seventh inning with the bases loaded. Which you think Matt Bratch is everywhere. I mean he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat. He's throwing the ball all over the place. And he thinks he's gonna walk in a run. Uh but then Johnny Pareto. Just you know. Johnny on the spot. He's able to challenge and then they find a ball that ends up being a strike. And so they're they're able to kinda get out of that uh situation. So great job last night just in terms of using replay to the advantages uh there for Seattle. Emerson Hancock boy, the the Georgia Bulldog showing a lot of Bulldog in him yesterday. I've never seen him. I don't think anybody has ever seen him that animated on the mound. Especially when he called in that third inning where things were getting a little haywire and where really where Baltimore could have blown the game open, but they did not. He's uh certainly upset. About the game plan that's clear what the Issue was They're not on the same page, he and he and Pareta. So then the pitching coach comes out, Pete Woodworth. Pete Woodworth doesn't say a word. Emerson Hancock puts his glove over his mouth and just starts berating. Uh maybe berating's too strong of a word, but just strongly telling Johnny Pareto. Hey, bud, the game plan was this. Why are we calling different pitches? Stop calling this pitch when I want this one in this uh in this situation. And I just think that shows the confidence in in the growing confidence there of Emerson Hancock. of moving forward, the type of ball player, type of pitcher that he is now. And that he's been so good this year that he's allowed himself to be able to have that conversation with a veteran catcher. A year ago probably doesn't do that. Earlier this year he probably doesn't do that. And if you go look at the stats right now in the American League, he is top five in almost every single category for Emerson Hancock. Living up to the expectations, I think, that were placed on him when he came out of Georgia being such a high uh draft pick. But that was a real I think One of those steps. I think you're gonna look back in his career and we'll we'll see how this season goes for Emerson Hancock and and then on it and then how his career goes. Not just the season, but how his career goes. I think you're gonna look back to that moment. on a Monday first week of June game in Baltimore. Well you're gonna look back and maybe that was the moment finally. Not finally, but where it really, really clicked. For Emerson Hancon. We always refer to a game a couple of years ago in Boston at Fenway when Cal Raleigh sat Brian Wu down and just had a heart to heart talk with him and said hey Get it together. If you don't get it together And you just start be and you don't start working and training and practicing like the the great pitcher you are, then you're never gonna fulfill what your potential is. And then after that, Brian Woo. Uh took off. Not the same kind of scenario there on Monday with Han Hancock, but I just think Hancock establishing himself. As a premier pitcher. By ha being comfortable act and behave and to say what he wanted to say uh to Johnny Pareta in that situation was good. Sign of leadership really is what it was. So the Mayors of a big win they'll they'll have uh of course another game there uh with Baltimore coming up later. And then the injury situation we'll see if Colt Emerson is back in the lineup. Fingers crossed that he is it'll be okay. We'll get more of an update coming up a little bit later in the show on the Mariners. When we talk to Brad Adam from Mariners TV. Coming up next, the mess that is college football. Latest example of it, a guy bets $9,000 on college football. And still is allowed to play. We'll get into all of that coming up next. Bald Face Truth with John Canzano, brought to you by Flat Stick Bump. If it's fun you desire it's fun you're gonna get at Flat Stick Pub. It doesn't matter what the occasion is, whether it's date night, guys night, lady's night, or large group event, Flat Stick Pub's got you covered. 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Coming up next, ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for Destiny. Get your five dollar steak here at the A Crop. Uh Does there such a thing as a fireplace that works anymore? You know what I mean? Like Well, I have a real one. I have two real ones. So I guess it does technically work, yes. Yeah. what happens when you buy a house that's built in the nineteen twenties. I love it. Where we can start. Well, I mean, I think the biggest story in in college football right now. Wha what do you make? There's so much to unpack here. You wrote a little bit about it uh this morning. In fact, a new column that just came out probably what, twenty minutes ago. Yeah. JohnCanzano.com. Uh, Brendan Sorsby, w where do you sit with this? I mean the N C double A suspended him and said, listen, it's in our rules. You cannot gamble. If you gamble, you're done playing college football. He gets an injunction. I mentioned earlier, it's kind of like uh a Judge Liebe. I mean, not the same, but I mean we got a judge that sits in Lovett County. And and I'm telling you, there was no way a judge in Texas and Lubbock County was gonna rule against him if he wanted to be alive and just have and be comfortable living where he lives. Well the appellate court too. It has the the four judges on the appellate court that the NCAA has appealed to, they're all Texas Tech grads. Like good luck. Uh you know it There's so many tentacles to this thing. And you know, Oregon State's gonna introduce a new athletic director later this morning, Kevin Griffin, new guy in, never been in A D before. Oregon State plays Texas Tech in week two. And there's all this question about, you know, all these schools are saying we're not scheduling Texas Tech, we're not gonna play them. I'm curious to see what he's gonna say. I think you have to leave it on the schedule. does follow under that two game suspension, but still There's a question about, you know, the big ten A D's are talking about whether they're saying there's they're not supposed to schedule Texas Tech. Uh, everybody's upset about this. Um not lost on me too though, Puck, like The NCAA has a lot of rules that have been overturned. And I'm not saying people should be gambling on sporting events and then playing in the sporting event. But I am saying The move for everybody with the NCAA right now is to lawyer up, right? You don't like the NIL rules, you lawyer up. You don't like that you can't get in the portal, the window closed. Oh, you know, no, it doesn't. You lawyer up. You don't like uh you you're Damon Williams Junior and you don't like the deal you signed. You know, potentially you lawyer up. Um, and so I'm not surprised that Soresby lawyered up. I'm not surprised that a court didn't rule with the NCAA. The NCAA has been sued into oblivion in the last two years. Um but I am a little bit surprised that people are Looking at Soresby and saying Lifetime ban, put him in there with Shoeless Joe, put him in there with Pete Rose, put him in there with professionals that are out there playing in the NFL and the NBA. Let's lump them together. Let's the are we are we acknowledging that college kids are the same As NFL players, major league baseball players. Because what I would hope is But Sorsby gets help, first and foremost. He's got a problem. Secondarily The NCAA has to have rules. He needs to be suspended. His school should probably bench him or suspend him himself. His conference should suspend him. But I don't want him toothless, homeless, hanging out behind an Albertson someday going, Hey, as an eighteen or nineteen year old, I screwed up, I bet on a bunch of things, I got sucked into this. And they took away My entire life and, you know, here I am today. I don't think that's a positive outcome. I think there's a better outcome out there for Soresby. So I'm not totally with the mob that says. ban him and put his head on a stake outside the stadium. I'm more about can we make this a rehab story that at the end we go, Hey, like look, a kid, the college kid made a bunch of stupid mistakes. He got addicted to gambling and he found a path back to redemption. I mean, is there a Is there a lane here? For that? In this story. Well, I think that no one is denying that he can go and make a living in playing professional football. I mean he has experience. This would have been his third school. He's got a future whether he plays in the NFL or plays, I guess, in I I don't know which spring football league we have now or the CFL. I mean, he can make a living. I mean, our my good friend Rob Rang, who does draft work, wrote a lot about him that he's got a he's got an N F L career. He's gonna play in the NFL. I mean he's gonna get an opportunity. I don't think he should ever play again. No. I I agree, I guess, with the mom. I I think once you decide to go down that road. Betting not only just on college football, betting on different sports, but betting on your own team. Mm-hmm. I I think it just crosses a moral line and and I know the other side of the argument's gonna be, well, listen, all these sports are getting in bed with gambling. Yeah, I mean I acknowledge that, but there's a huge difference between you and I gambling on college football in a Texas tech game. opposed to a player that is playing. There are just rules. There's different rules for them and they cannot Do it and I just think that You know to I think if it's a Johnny Matteer. Remember the Johnny Matteir story? He wiggled out of it somehow, but he clearly was betting on a game. And I think it was The transaction was like PayPal or Venmo or something. He even said it in the well, this is for our bet on USC, UCLA. I don't know how much it was, 10, 15 bucks. I don't think somebody like that. I think if we take an isolated incident, something that's kind of benign like that, okay. He made over 3,000 bets, totaling over $9,000. Well whether you got addiction or not. He's betting large sums of money. And I do believe with some of these coaches, I don't know how you could play them. And play him. And then be like, is this game on the up and up? I think he's prime for someone. to be infiltrated to throw a football game. And he plays quarterback. He would be the best one to do it. I don't disagree with you that there is an integrity of the game issue here. But I do think there's a difference between an eighteen and nineteen year old who falls into a gambling addiction. I want to help that kid. I want him to have the resources necessary. Nobody could be against that. I'm sure you even support he gets help. He gets better. Whatever. But I'm not going to believe that like Magically he should be eligible to play in the NFL, but not eligible to play college football. Like because he crosses that threshold now, suddenly you believe in the integrity of the game. He was earning before. So I think the bigger issue here is You know, we have a juvenile court system that is designed for people who are fifteen, sixteen, seventeen years old who who uh do bad things. Uh they we believe in this rehabilitation. How about for an eighteen, nineteen, twenty year old who's in college, encountering for the first time I've got money. I'm in the middle of games. Hey, by the way, the poster inside the locker room says don't gamble, but the poster outside the locker room says gamble. Uh everybody, we're in, you know, draft kings uh fan duel, whatever you want to call it. And so I think there's a there's a emerging world here. And let's not be naive, Puck. He's not the only one doing this. Like I think we're fooling ourselves to believe that there aren't players probably playing In The majority of games who have placed a wager somewhere? Uh, I don't know, is there a clean college sporting event that's gonna be played this year? And oh, by the way, is this is the straw that's gonna break the camels back in college athletics? Not NIL, not the portal, not realignment. There's there's so many problems. I I just feel like You know, if I'm Texas Tech, I don't play him. 'Cause I I go, Hey, two game suspension, cool, but if it were me, I'm I'm sitting him and I'm going, I need to see a lot more sample size here from you, Soresby, to know that You you're clearly out of the woods on this issue. I need to send a message to everybody else in the locker room. But I'm not comfortable with the NCAA going, lifetime ban, put his head on a stake, put it outside the stadium. I think that no one is denying him the ability to rehabilitate himself, which I think he's already gone through the program. I think he's think he's out of of the program now. And that it doesn't preclude him from getting a job in the NFL. I don't think it should. I do think that he should go into the NFL and and I don't know. If there's a program that players go into, I I think maybe I don't know if the before if they had a substance abuse issue, maybe in college, they get in the NFL, they automatically went into a program. I don't know if that's still the case or that ever existed. Uh uh maybe there's a program like that. Uh, for gambling once he gets so in the league. I think he should be in that. I think he should be I think he should be someone that's monitored. By the league. Um And I don't think I agree with you. I think Texas Tech and their president, they could make this simple and just say he's not playing. He's he's not gonna play. And I'll take it even step further. I think Brett your market needs to step up and say, he's not playing. I I don't care what this judge ruled, but you've got people in his own I mean, I've never seen this where Schools in his own conference. I'm saying we're not gonna play them. The SEC George has come out. We're not gonna play him. Big Ten, we're not gonna play them. Um I do think you need a moment to maybe reset college football. This is the moment and we've got to use him. And he's the example, and maybe it resets everything. And I agree with you that this shouldn't have been the moment. It should have been like when the Pac twelve exploded and NIL and the portal and all that. But if it can reset everything and get people to be like, wake up finally. To solve this. I I am uh I am all on board if if it were to do that. I don't know if it will. I don't know if it will, but I would be fully in support of it if it if it was it regulated. What do you do if you're Oregon State? You're Kevin Griffin. You're getting announced today as the new AD at Oregon State. You're playing Texas Tech in week two at home. Do you play the game? Well, he's not s gonna play in that game. Not gonna play, but it this isn't about him. Remember the uh the other schools are saying they're not gonna schedule Texas Tech as a matter of principle. Maybe. We're not gonna play you non conference games. The big ten eighty's are saying we're not scheduling Texas Tech in the future because of what they're doing now. Certainly gives Texas an out not to play him now. I just here's my thing. Here's my thing. The N Cou A Never cared about athletes. Like cared about the money. It cared about money all the way. If it cared about athletes, they would have been uh much earlier to share revenue. We wouldn't have been on this slippery slope that is NIL and the portal and all this stuff. The NCAA would have taken actions. And who's the NCAA? It's Everybody. It's all these member institutions. So they try to pretend that they care about the integrity of the game and protecting student athletes and they'll testify in front of Congress about it, but The bottom line is here is a kid. He was a kid, he was eighteen, nineteen, twenty years old. I did stupid things at that age. You did as well. I feel like there's a great opportunity for the NCAA to be like, all right, look, he's got a problem. Let's get him help. We we could slap you with a lifetime ban. But we're not gonna do that. We're gonna suspend you or the court's gonna suspend you. We're gonna ask your university to take action. I would love to see this guy sit like six or eight games, come back later in the year. And who cares if he goes on to the NFL or whatnot? At least college can pretend that it's a place where kids are supposed to go to make mistakes to learn about life. get a higher education to develop and and fulf their prefrontal cortex so they can make better decisions as an adult. Yeah, I don't I don't want Soresby to end up uh you know, it was some sad sack story saying, damn it, they took it away from me. No, they didn't. You did some stupid things and there's a consequence to it. But he's not a registered sex offender here. He's not he didn't murder somebody. He went and gambled. And I get I guarantee you, if you go dorm to dorm on college campuses, this is a big problem. for people on college campuses. Yeah. I I guess it's just where you fall. I I just I look at that and It to me it's one of the biggest sins in sports when these when these guys when these guys do this. I mean if you if I mean these are they're professional athletes now. I mean look at the scen you know, look at a scenario what the NBA is dealing with. Look at the guy that was the coach of the Blazers. This guy's gonna go to prison. But he's a print, right? I mean he's You gotta serve time. But yet this guy I'm not saying he's doing the same thing, but it is betting on your sport that you're in. He's gonna get a slap in the wrist and like, oh, you get a me Miss Albaline Christian in Oregon State? Maybe he didn't like the chainsaw. I don't know. Maybe he can't deal with it on third down with the No no no. Most quarterbacks can't, John. But but puck. Shohe Otani's interpreter. was betting on all these games in the Dodgers die Major League Baseball wants us to believe that the interpreter didn't bet on baseball? Of course. I mean I listen, I think that that was a complete cover up. I don't care what anyone says. The fact that he that you want to say he didn't know anything about it, I'm just not gonna ever believe that. But that he is it's so It's Shohei Otani. I mean he's gonna get protected because he's a billion dollar superstar in a league, I mean Brendan Sorsby is not. Michael Jordan goes away to go play golf, you know. I mean, like there there's just a number of cases where like you can tell that the brand of the NBA, the brand of major leageball, the brand of the Dodgers It was protected. You know. Sure. Who's Brandon Soresby suing and found a judge that agreed with him. Good for him. I'm more worried about like you know the other kids that we don't know about that are on all these other rosters. Um, I don't think this opens the floodgates to condone gambling. I'm not with the everybody's gonna gamble now. No, I'm not with that crowd. I think college athletics has to take it seriously. But I just would hope that we don't throw Brandon Sorsby to the wolves here because he is kind of a product of this system that that has been developed and it's not a good system. Boy, and and just to to wrap it up, but I I would just say I think any especially when we're Yeah there's this real gay slip of Could've been worse. Gray area. This real gray area with College sports and gambling. Well it is Pride Month, right? Uh The gray area with Gambling being legal. The advertising of it, the NIL world of it, but athletes not being able to participate in it, right? 'Cause it's a rule. I I find it I don't think Athletes in college should be endorsing casinos. Agree. I I mean it listen, DeMon Williams does, it did last year. Uh who was the who was the forward at Gonzaga? Um the old guy. Timmy. Timmy. Timmy was being spotted by a huge one there. I I to me that is a no no. We are really crossing a line when you start now doing commercials and advertising for casinos and sports books because Again, that is a gray area. You don't know what's going on. You know, gamble on it, but give you an example. And you you've probably faced this as well. Like You know on On my own show, I was approached a couple of years ago by a a sponsor that was a one of these fantasy gaming Entities and I was uncomfortable with it. And I didn't want to do the live read for it on air. And you know the pressure that comes with that. You've got salespeople and you're under contract and you're supposed to, you know, you're supposed to play ball as a host, but You know, I've got a Uh extended family member who's in college. Who was texting me at the same time asking me, What do you think about this game? What do you think about this game? And I was like, Wait a minute, are you betting on games? Like, And so I I had a real discomfort with doing it and I refused to do it. I got you know I got in a big spat with my employer over it because I was like I don't want to do this. I don't want some kid who's twenty in a dorm. You know, telling me telling him, Oh, get this promo code and you know, get a free discount on your first wake 'cause I know how that works. Nobody ever wins, puck. Nobody wins. And so I do think the colleges that are taking sponsorship dollars from these gambling companies, they I mean it's there's that's hypocrisy one oh one. You should not be doing that while telling your athletes not to gamble. And then I just I just looked up Northern Quest. I I had to remind myself who the casino was Northern Quest did Timmy, but they also did Mateir before he left. And it just and again it's You are really, really that that is There's a line being crossed. Maybe they're not gambling, but you're taking money from it. in the perception of it uh is not is not good. And I think colleges and athletes should should steer uh away from that. All right. Uh where do where do you want to go next from this? I mean I we'll see what it changes college football. Um How about this? Maria Cantwell comes out and really for the first time kind of tells everyone. What Debbie assumed with this media deal in the Pac twelve is gonna be. W were you surprised that she just kind of threw that out there? Yeah, and then you know, I talked to Teresa Gold, the Pac twelve commissioner, because Cantwell kind of threw out some numbers. She said, Look, Washington State was getting thirty five million, now it's gonna get thirteen million and And so I was like, Wait a minute, breaking news? Like, you know, I I so I reach out to a couple A Ds in the conference and they told me the numbers don't quite line up. They don't think Senator Cantwell was speaking. with like a fully informed picture. And there is a lot of confusion. People confuse media rights distributions with overall distributions. Like there's an overall revenue distribution from the conference that includes NCAA tournament revenue, college football playoff revenue, sponsorship dollars. Pac twelve enterprise dollars and media rights money. So what was Cantwell talking about, right? And so Teresa Gold told me that wasn't breaking news. That's not the number. Couple A Ds in the conference told me, yes, Washington State and Oregon State's overall distribution. It should be above thirteen million dollars. It should be much bigger than that. And so what I think is happening there is remember Washington State went to the board of regents. uh a couple of months ago and they gave testimony because they were looking for a bridge. They wanted twenty million dollars from Washington State's Board of Regents. They wanted that slid over to the athletic department. What I think happened is Washington State said, Hey, worst case scenario, here's the money we used to get, thirty five million. We might only get 13 million in the new deal. And so everyone went, Oh, thirteen million's the new deal. I don't think that's quite it, but I think it was kind of like one of those cases where You know, they're trying to budget. Washington State wants that bridge from the regents. And so they're presenting the worst case scenario financially. And so I think a lot of people are taking that and running with it. I think some of the blame does lie with the conference itself. The Pac twelve's been s really murky and weird about saying what they're getting. We're all gonna find out eventually. It's gonna be on a tax form. I really think Teresa Gold and the Pac twelve should come out. And just tell people, here's what the media deal is, here's what we're getting. But I think their reluctance to say so is rooted in a couple of things. One is They were heavily reliant on media rights dollars prior to the implosion of the Pac twelve. And in some ways I think there's a um a r uh an allergy to saying what you're getting uh because everybody else goes, Oh, then these schools are flight risk. There's no what's the benefit to the Pac twelve for saying what they're getting. Secondarily, I think they're gonna pad that number when it eventually comes out with Pac twelve enterprises money and make it look much better than it is. And so it's just a weird time, but I keep doing the math. I'm gonna bet. Let's see how close I can get. I'm gonna bet. Uh that The distribution for Washington State and Oregon State in the first year of the new world pack twelve is gonna fall somewhere around Eighteen or nineteen million dollars, not thirteen million. I think that's the total distribution. NCAA tournament revenues, they're going to get about six and a half million dollars each from the old world Pac 12. They're gonna get their 3.6 million. And I think that media number is gonna fall right around nine million dollars. I'm gonna say eighteen point five million is gonna be that distribution in year one. Let's see where I end up. All right, sounds good. All right, last thing for you. Kevin Griffin will be introduced new A D at Oregon State. John, they kept this under the wraps pretty well. They had everybody sign NDAs. Even the coaches, five coaches interviewed the finalists. Um, believe me, I was mining it, you know, as I always do. And everybody was saying, You're gonna get me fired, I've signed an NDA, you know, and I was like, Come on, like let's I get fired just so I get a scoop. What's more important here? Um my life. I I uh I admire what they did. Okay. And they were worried because the football uh process was a it was a mess. Like they had the search firm guy was slapping backs with candidates in the Lobby of the f hotel in Fargo. Um like the Look, they get a guy, Kevin Griffin, who does not come from the world of college athletics. That also helped keep it under wraps. Yeah, he was at Ohio State, but he wasn't a deputy AD who was managing football or basketball. He was in branding, marketing, and licensing. He spent time with the Seahawks. He spent time in MLS. He spent time with uh ad agencies out in the out in the real world, you know. So they're getting a guy who's coming in with marketing and branding experience. He has a really good reputation. Everybody says good things about him. It's outside the box, though. This is not the same old, same old hire of an uh industry A D. And I think that's why they were able to keep it under wraps because those industry ADs are like a bunch of old ladies playing uh, you know, bridge. Yeah, I was gonna say that. I thought it was too abstract. No Mahjong. Everybody knows Mahjong. But I think that um You know, he's gonna need to hire a really good deputy who's got some experience managing football and basketball. But other than that, this is a fascinating hire. And oh, by the way, you play Texas Tech in week two. What are you gonna do? Yeah. Well, well it's great. I I'm fascinated where this with the story goes with tech and then I think all the conferences and what they decide to do. All right, JohnCanzano.com, Baldface Truth. Go subscribe uh to the website. Great work as always. Also check out all the podcast platforms, YouTube and all audio platforms. Just search Baldface Truth, John Canzano. You're the best. 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He's got it. All the details, John Howie Steak. Well, how's Baltimore? How's how's the road trip gone so far? Well it had a chance to be really good. Yeah. And then of course what what happened in Detroit and You got that final game, but then the the the first game against Baltimore, they they right the ship. It was it was nice. It was good. It was Um, you know, the weather wise it was nice, Puck. I know you want to know this. Um it's gonna get around ninety-ish, you know, on Thursday. So it's gonna warm up, but so but it was very pleasant. Last night And what really stood out to me, Punk, and you watch it too, I mean challenges that the Mariners made last night, saving two runs, saving the game. It was fantastic. You know, the great one I mean the the Alonzo baseload to walk no just nicked it. Like did the hitters like ABS in that situation? Probably not. And then the play with Julio and Bliss in the eighth inning. I mean, I didn't even think about it. Right? I mean that's an easy run. So what, six four, no big deal. Then you know, Jake, our man back in video challenged and and to be fair At first I thought Holiday must have been dogging it. Right, 'cause how could he not get in? But he was running and it's just by a fraction of a footstep. Uh which saved another run. It made A six three game. A nice kind of a comfortable save, I think, for Munoz to come back instead of like a six five game. It's it's a lot obviously different. So I think it just worked out perfectly last night. You brought up his name Jake. Jake is their video kind of coordinator. He's in charge of of replay. They they've talked about him a bunch in these certain situations. First first year. First year, Andy Bessel was in charge. Is he in the dugout? Is he in the clubhouse? Where where is he during the game? There is a room Usually attached to the clubhouse or close to it. where they set up their video monitors and they have, you know, feeds from all the cameras in the ballpark. And he has, you know, fifteen seconds. to figure it out real quick. And so When a play's done, he's on it. Let's say not. And then the new um major league coordinator, Jake, is on the phone and you see Dan like this, you know, holding it. And Jake's like this and he'll go. So there's a phone in the dugout that Jake has immediately. Jake will call him immediately. Yep. And be like, What you got? What you got? What you got? That's great. No. And so when they challenge and you know when they do this Because they've been so successful, I I feel pretty good when they do that. Now sometimes it's eighth or ninth inning. And they're just doing it to do it. Why not take a flyer? Uh, but last night I think he really saw something. So kudos to him. That was very impressive. Well the and the thing that made it even more important in the with the eighth inning, was it the eighth inning or the seventh inning with Pareta? Sep seventh inning. Seventh inning. Bases loaded. The seventh inning was I'm reading Adam Jude's game story. I didn't realize he's the worst catcher. Did you know this? Oh, with challenging worst success rate of any catcher. I think the minimum is ten in baseball. The worst. Oh and the rank was the right time, right, the right just I mean, you're 100%. It was such a huge play. Brash is you know, God, Brash is about to get knocked out. He's just all over the place. But that's a situation where You have nothing to lose, right? I mean e either It's a penality and he walks in a run or he's out. So it was a perfect time for that. And if you look at the the the numbers with all the challenges, it it goes Catchers. The best like around sixty percent. Then the hitters. And the pictures are the worst. You don't see many pitchers challenged. But if you look at the replay pitch, Brash was was kinda going to the hat already when Pareta uh went to his. So I I think Yeah, just a situation. They both believed it. So it was it was it really turned the game for sure. It it was a it was an active night for Johnny Parada. I mean, Emerson and Cog you you just don't see too many pictures. Get that animated on a mound. When when they when the catcher comes out and the pitching coach comes out. Especially if I think Pete Woodward said a word when he came out there. And Emerson Hancock, I mean, he was letting Johnny Pareto hear it. He was upset about something I'm gonna assume it was, and maybe you've got some intel I don't know. I mean w you and I will assume that it's Game plan He wasn't calling the the game. They discussed probably before the game. That's I think what Emerson was talking about afterwards, like they go over you know, meetings before obviously the game and they've got their game plan. And maybe Johnny was straying from that a little bit and Emerson wanted to reel him back in. You don't have a lot of time, right, to shrug off with the pitch clock. No. You gotta have him out. So he kinda told him, Hey, let's stick with where he could step off and be like Let's re you know, you know, because it's anymore. No. So I still think that was a kind of a reset for everybody. And you know, he Emerson was grinding anyway. I mean ninety two pitches to get through those five innings. I mean, a lot of guys on. I mean, they had a lot of opportunities last night. And he's low key, right? I mean he's pretty laid back door southern And you just saw Super Chill. That I've not seen that before. Yeah, I mean uh I apologize for the pun. You said a real bulldog came out. Right. Mm-hmm. That was a good one. But I think that he it's just kinda like him Again, like they've always talked about him becoming like knowing who he is as a pitcher, and we've seen that a lot this year. And I think this is just another step with him. Five and two with a two seven four Ernie. I mean You're gonna pick a an all star from the best staff in the league, which you should. Right now, he's your guy. And think about that. They would have Five. Guys. The all stars. Five of their starters have been in all stars. And then Bryce Miller is, you know, knocking on the door. I mean that just it's just a amazing that how good they have been as a group over these last couple of years. He is he's top five in almost every category right now in the American league for for starting pitching. I mean If you did the voting right now and I I think I brought this up a f a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago. I just said hey Yeah, there's a lot of season to be played. Sure. The end of the year, if he keeps this up, he's gonna be in the conversation for a Cy Young award. And nothing has changed and and again, right now it's Cam Schlitter and he's running away with it and it's it's his award to lose, and then you got Nick Martinez for Tampa Bay, but He's just putting up numbers. You mentioned it two seven four ERA. He's got the same amount of quality starts as Schuttler. And I just love saying that name. Am I saying Schlitler Schlittler. Yeah, you get the I I ca calling his game must be really interesting, right? Because you how many times do you say Schlitzer? You might just say His first name. I don't know what you do. He's just he is shortened to Schlick. You sure them. Schlit. Schlitz? Schlitz. Oh, maybe Schlitz. Schlitz, malt, liquor. Malt liquor. Oh man. Um he's just been sensational. And and it's it's weird with when you talk about him, right? It's not like some six round pick that came out of nowhere. It's not like Brian Wu. Right. He was a first round pick. I mean th there there was a a ton of expectations and And talent there. That's why he was drafted so high. Right. But then it just didn't You know, it he struggled with command and all the things that A lot of people do struggle with. But he is re not reinvented himself, but he's worked hard. Yeah, you know, well, yeah, he has kind of reinvented himself. And he's it was interesting Pete Woodworth was talking about it and kind of a turning point was when they played the Braves. Um Last year and They watch Chris Sale pitch and you know, sale's really low. Almost, you know, sidearm. And Hank Hancock was like, hey, what if what if I tried that? And Pete's like Yeah, sure. I mean if maybe it works for sale, obviously, that's you know, something to work on the off season. Like Hancock we just mess around moving on the rubber, doing this. The next start he's trying it. He's not waiting for the off season. And that's when kinda he found that arm slot, right? They talk about a natural arm slot. And he found that and he found out that his fastball plays up better, so he's throwing more four scenes. And now with from here With the sweeper. You know, it gets more horizontal breaks, so y I mean He he did kind of reinvent himself as a pitcher, changed up his arsenal a little bit. Um, and he's just he's been he's been fantastic. Well I love how that sweeper, whatever the breaking pitch would sweeper slide or whatever we're gonna call it. How it comes out of his hands, he threw it a couple of different times. He didn't land it to he tried to d do a backdoor Right in the game to right handers, but boy, man, it it has a chance to be like I mean just sick how it can come in there. Right and they just break right over the plate. It's beautiful. Especially from this angle. You know, it's yeah, it's It's hard to pick up because not natural because not a lot of people do it. Exactly. It's a different look and hitters. Yeah, it takes some A while sometimes they never figure it out. But you're right. So when he can land it, he wasn't the command was not great last night, but you're right. When he lands it on both sides and can throw it off the plate, too. Did you get Parade and Hancock together pre game today and just start pepping 'em with what what what'd you say? What did he say to you, Parade? And I wonder what are we having for dinner tonight. What are we doing? They they again it was a high wire act. I mean the seventh inning, the eighth inning. Yeah, you got Alonzo with the bases loaded twice. You know, that's That's a little scary. You got a one sack fly, that was it, which is good. But they had you're right, second and third, they had first and third. They had left a lot of guys last night. And then Munoz, they go right back to him. I mean and I like it. I I think that's the kind of the best You know, the day before he he You know, gives it up. Blows the save. And they have another opportunity and they go right back to him. And I think that's the right decision. I I think it's too early to pull the plug on him. I agree. Yeah. Maybe maybe they will have get conversations if they feel that they have to, but it's weird. You know, we have this conversation, right, where Who should replace him? And the two names or several names that come up. One being brass shake as hell. It was a little off, yeah. And then and then our guy the go to guy wants Bazardo and then Bazardo was all over the place. I don't E everyone's kind of been shaky, but you know, Munoz has earned that spot and I think they're gonna allow him As much hope as they as he wants to get through it. And you know Detroit game it was it was interesting. Hadn't pitched in six days. And he had big Velo. I mean, he was hundred, hundred and one. They're nothing but fastballs. He just couldn't land a slider, so it's all fastballs. So even at a hundred and one at this level, guys can start to time that up. Um, you saw last night throwing the slider, landing the slider, a couple of swinging misses, strikeouts with a slider. So uh he needs to keep mixing those pitches. Um he needs to keep finding he's been kind of battling the slider a lot this year, trying to figure it out and land it, and he does not liking it. Now he likes it and So he needs to get confidence back in that pitch because he I mean, he can be just a two pitch devastating closer, as we've seen. Yeah, I I think the one thing with him that you notice in a in a Your good friend. I think he's still your good friend, Bill Kruger and I discussed this on Monday. Absolutely. What Bill has to say. It j well, I I told Bill because I I feel like I'm more the expert than Bill is on pitching. How many years did you pitch in the big leagues? That was what does it matter? Six? Oh. It seems like when he doesn't land that f when he doesn't land a strike the first pitch or he throws the ball, it it seems to kinda unravel for him a little bit. A little bit. Yeah. He walked the guy last night, you're like uh but he when he lands a first pitch strike and then he got into a groove yesterday where he just he kept hitting that slider, hitting it, hit it and hitting it but Yeah, it just seemed I it just always seems with him it's a confidence is issue more than anything. Yeah. I think so too. Yeah. And he's got a Remember it they like to remind him, you know, hey, you're One of the elite closers in the league. You you're hard to hit, dude. Let's go. You know? So why why does he not have that, though? Why why is he struggling with that? Because it just His stuff is so good, he's always been good, but yeah it does feel like he he really and that's I mean to be fair, I really don't want confidence issues with the with a closer. I want a guy that's gets hit, fine, but like he's ready to come back the next day and go would be I don't I don't I forgot that last game. I'm ready to go now. Yeah, it's a good question, you know, and that's something that that he's dealing with. And I think it's it's goes back to, you know, having confidence in your stuff. If you don't have confidence in your stuff and you're not Willing to throw a pitch. then maybe you don't have as much conviction with the other ones or I don't know, but he'll certainly figure it out and you know, ten saves and, you know It's like he's gonna be hybrid. I have no confidence in that hybrid. I love the hybrid. I hate it more than anything. Really? And the second I pull it out of the bag I don't know. I just don't like it. And I'm supposed to like it. Yes, you are. W when do we take The four iron and the five iron out of the bags. Well I have a five iron. When w when do we do that? I still carry a three iron. Oh my gosh, really? I love a three iron. When do we when do we sometimes, you know, it's a tight fairway. You want to just hit a three or I like the T it loads. You want a list or something? Two twenty. A little a little three a little three stingy. Yep, there you go. I like to call it a s a a fairway finder. I like it. I and I just like to carry three iron. Just to say, like, yeah. Motherfuckers I got three iron in there. I haven't had a three iron in years, man. I mean off the T does make sense. Confidence is yeah. Confidence is a huge thing. Sure. Huge, huge, huge thing. Well, here's the other thing I carry three iron. I'm under the trees a lot, too. And it's a great under the the branches punch that's a little punchy out. Yep. That's my forearm. A lot of punchy. Getting good at those. It's like good and bad. Like I'm good at these, but sure don't like being good at them, man. Yeah. I would prefer to be the worst at it than I could not do it. I'm never really good at it. Never done this before. What is this? I'm under a branch? Yeah. Uh let's go injury updates. Should we be concerned about Colt Emerson? He's twenty. You and I can have bad backs and tight backs, not a twenty year old. Yeah. Uh I I I would not be concerned. Um, of course we we always say that 'cause we never know, right? I mean, I wasn't concerned with JP. I don't know. Um but yeah, it just it you know, when you're feeling a ground ball and you feel your back tighten up. You know, it doesn't seem to me right now that It would be a big deal. I certainly don't know, but Yeah, you should heal quickly at twenty. I wouldn't be shocked if he plays today. You know, he just fell a little something and cautious and and being smart because I mean let's think about it, you know, JP's out. Cold Emerson's gonna be out for any, you know, a few games, then you're kinda really Yeah. Bull Young gets a start there, this first start ever. Yep. In major league baseball at the per the highest level. Tons tons in the minors. Over two hundred in the miners. And it was a routine right at him. Like couldn't have been easier. I'm like, come on, Cole, let's make some plays. Tavaris they put out a right for the Orios. He never played right field, and every ball's hit the Every single moment out there. Well, former Mariners, good to see you, Coyote. Yeah, you're right, everything. So you think you'll be okay, JP boy, I saw the the your cameras caught his hand. And I mean it looked like Pretty swollen still, yeah. Uh yeah. Yeah. I think he tried to to swing Sunday in Detroit. He tried to grip a bat for the he he was lobbing some balls, playing a little catch, and they try to grip And my guess is that kinda told him that he was not ready. You know, so and they retro back to Saturday, I believe. So ten days from Saturday. So hopefully he'll be fine. Um hopefully Cole will be good to go and then Cal interfect it, right? The the expectation he's now in Tacoma after spending the the day with the Aqua Socks, expectation they come back when you guys come back from the home stand he's Yeah, they're they're he's he's gonna play With the Rainier, I believe, the rest of the week. And then they're gonna kinda reassess, see how he's doing. He DH on Sunday, obviously he's gonna have to catch in Tacoma. Oh, that's an early game, my friend. I believe eleven thirty today. So Yeah, so Cal making the drive, long drive, battling some traffic. Uh yeah, but it's he's going the opposite. He's fine. Yeah. He should be coming home. Coming home for him. You see what he didn't uh you you would appreciate this. He got a big spread? Did he buy a big spread? The hibachi chef to come in and cook for everybody? Yeah, that'd be See what he's doing in Tacoma. We'll see. Yeah. And then what's the last one? Donovan, we think he's about a week or two behind. He's definitely behind Cal. He's in Arizona, so I I have not got an update on him on what he's doing, but yeah, he's definitely behind Cal. I y you think about that, right? I mean, teams playing pretty well, first place, whatever, Cal comes back, great, and then Donovan comes back. I mean haven't been really full strength this season yet, so it'll be fun to see when everybody Gets back and healthy. What does one do here before we get into the game action in Baltimore? Do we go for a run? What are we doing? Do we we try to find different parts of where the wire was filmed? I mean I I mean what what a little bit it well it is What do you think it's Taco Tuesday, so I'll be finding in the marina finding a Mexican flower tacos. Especially in the marina. Yeah, you're right. Oh, maybe some fish tacos. Maybe they'll get that crab crab and put it in a taco. I I really think I really enjoy how they think this blue crab is like the best crab. It's the w it's I've added It's it's muddy, dirty, the worst crab ever. They've got to deep fry it because it's so bad. To cover up the taste. To cover up the awful taste of it. And they think, Whoa, the best crab in the world. You guys ever had Dungeness Crab? Do you even understand what the real crab is? That old bay sauce on which is from here that is a little disprinted. Oh my God. Uh no just probably just cruise around. Uh already went to the gym, you'd be proud of me. I'm I'm I'm healthy already for you. Some some mega Trail mix, which I'm I'm big on. Yeah. Whatever snacks they got on the plane, I take. I don't know. Do we find a is there a Muni in Baltimore that we can play? Of course we're gonna swing it tomorrow. Thank you for asking. Yes. I don't know it. Um, our buddy Danny Farquhar, who is A bigger golfer than we are, believe it or not. So he we love him. How m how does he get a play so much? Well we have to go early with him 'cause he has to be in at like noon. I'm like noon. I've never seen noon at the ballpark. So we have to play early for him, which I don't love. Um but yeah, he sets things up through the Clubby's Clubby's have all the connections, you know, in the city, courses I can play, so What's the name of the course? I I don't know. I will Oh I don't know. Um Let's ask chat GPT. It's just a uh Is it private? No, it's just a public course. Um He said it's like one of the nicest golf courses in Baltimore. It's weird. Nothing's coming up. No, hey, premium public municipal courses, there's Buell Rock Golf Course. No. Uh Grey Stone Golf Course. Pine Ridge Golf Course. Waverly Woods. Oh. We need you three R in there, apparently with the woods on the Oh, Waverly Woods. Yeah, hey. Highly rated for its manicured uh manicured conditions, modern electric cart fleet. As opposed to gas powered. Uh there's a I'm looking at a lot of trees. No three iron course for me. Off the T and under the trees. Just off the Tess where everywhere. Guess where he got on in DC? His buddy's taking him. Uh what's the congressional. Congratulations. Congressional. that. How about how about seven hundred? Guess free. How about that? It's a seven hundred dollar fee and his body's paying it. Holy. Mm-hmm. What's in have you looked ahead? What's is there anything nice in Pittsburgh and Cleveland? That's your next road trip. Uh yeah, Danny's got it set up the off day Monday in Pittsburgh, some country club. I'm not sure what it is. And then I'm gonna play hey, do you remember old buddy that we called the paper boy because he looked like he was twelve, Josh Wilson played a year or two back in the Sweeney kind of years. Yeah, utility infielder. And his well his his kids Jacob Wilson, right? No. Josh Wilson. Did he work there or did he play? No, he played. I don't know. You're thinking about Jack Wilson. Not Jack Wilson. Josh Josh Wilson. Yes, I do remember I do remember him. He finished in Pittsburgh and he's gonna he's gonna take me out on Tuesday somewhere too. So Be good to see him. This is the greatest. You have the greatest gig in the world. I hope you understand that. You get to go and watch baseball for a living, sit and dug down and every and every you work hard, but every other inning they come down. If go down to Brad. Well, let me tell you about my Taco Tuesday today in Baltimore, where I had blue crab didn't love it. Uh you know, tacos from El Taco, Baltimore. You know, they they were great. And but also playing golf and then Gig. And then you and then I'm looking at this road trip late first week of July, you're in Miami. Where are you guys gonna play in Miami? I have no idea. That's a good one to I don't know. Oh gosh. Well the f the bad thing is sometimes you and the big wig and the round. Well see, that's the problem. Sometimes you get like set up on these courses, Puck. And they're like Okay, you know, we got a spot. I'm like, you know, great. They're like, Yeah, it's you know, four hundred dollars. I'm like It's five hundred dollars, you like. No change. Oh T P C S Jacksonville. That's that's way up. Oh that's right. Yeah, that's way up. What's in Tampa, there's gotta be something nice in Tampa. You go to Tampa right after that. Yep. It's tough though, Pike. Get up early, get to work late. How far y there's that new It's like the Bandon Dunes of of Florida. What is that called? Oh something new. Boy, I love uh people have tuned into this show to hear us talk about and we're talking about more golf than anything. I promise we'll get back to American's baseball. Hold on. Bandon Dunes golf Florida. Florida. It's the same group. Oh. Uh what the hell is it called? Group from um It's the the Chicago. Wow. They got a bunch of land in Florida now? Yeah, it's been open for a while. All right. Anyway, but I think it's in like central Florida like in like Orlando. Orlando is. Yeah. Tampa that's Two hours. Yeah, I think you what I'm that's what I'm saying. You could do it I'll just stay there for the break. I think so. There you go. Can we get the name of the that's not that? No. Jesus. Run by Kemper Sports. This is terrible. It really isn't. This is the worst show we've ever done. I'm sorry, guys. I got it. Stream song. Oh. Okay. So stream song, it's in Bowling Green, Florida. I have no idea. I don't know anything about Florida. Is it a bunch of uh bunch of courses? Yeah, it's it's like it it literally is banned and doing it for Florida. Wow. Solid. I think you should do it. Do that. How long I'm looking this all up for you. How long, how long is Stream Song from Tampa? 'Cause you may be able to pull it off. Even though if it might be a you and Far Court. It's an hour. Geez. Nothing. Telling you should do it. Pull it, pull it off. It's an hour long, fifty five mile stream song in Florida. Um an else you want to talk about or bowling in Detroit, you know, the bowling or football. We all of that I'm just trying to think any more Mar Well the Mariners, you know, they they they finish up at Baltimore. They still got some chances to continue to kind of pad their Their stats here a little bit or their their record and then off to D C. D C is a launching pad. My gosh. They're like that park is number one in runs. Home run, slug, everything. So that's gonna be a fun series gonna be a fun series too. Yeah. Two day game, Saturday, Sunday. So I'm looking forward to it. Good. Um, let's get a message to Randy about some base running. Other than that, he's been great. I tell you, there's another guy, right? I mean I mean Julio's a bigger name, obviously, but you look at Randy Woody's. Should he's so consistent. And what's gonna help him and Julio and maybe somebody else too is with Aaron Judge. Being out. There's gonna be a replacement. for him and then creates spots. So Um that that that Good for Randy, it's good for Julio. 'Cause they won't be voted in, but they should definitely both be added. So Do you think There's a possibility that we're getting way ahead of ourselves. With the Mariners and Randy about anything in extension before he even gets the free agency. Or not. Or they're just gonna let him walk and and move on. I don't know. That's a good question. It'd be expensive. And I don't know. That's that's a good question. I mean, you're certainly playing. I mean, guys play really well in their contract years. You know, some guys can really turn things up a little bit. Greatness contract yeah. Eighteen doubles, like I think it's eighteen stolen bases, too. I mean, it's Very impressive. He's been really consistent all season long. Um his back's interest. I mean he's not great in the field, but I'm just What is your team. He is entertaining. Right? On the basis left field. Then he wrote that. He threw that ball, he wrote that message to the heckling fan. He didn't write well somebody wrote it. Somebody wrote it, yeah. It was funny. Well who wrote it for him? He didn't write it? He didn't write it. No. Well that takes the whole fun away from it. I thought he wrote the I thought he wrote it on the ball and threw it. Like I don't speak English, but he could write in English? Well maybe he can write, but I think that I thought that was the whole joke. I don't speak English, but here's a ball with me writing a Love you. That's pretty funny. All right, enjoy Baltimore. Have fun finding some great tacos in Baltimore. Give us an update, and of course we'll be watching uh later today, and of course, for the rest of the road trip, and all season long. Brad Adam Mariners. TV all brought to you by John HowieStake. Thank you, Brad. You get it. You want excellence in dining? Visit John Howie Steak, an experienced premier Northwest diner. Prime custom age steaks, award winning wine, unmatched level of service. You won't be disappointed. Make your next reservation today at JohnHowieSteak.com. Hi, I'm Bo with All Aces Concrete Coatings. Rod isn't my favorite part of the house. 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That we talked about with Brad Adam. Which way do I turn it? There we go. That is my rescue club. That is my trusty three iron. Never leave home without it. It's good. Little dirty though. I could probably clean it. That's a good looking club, folks. Okay. That's the fairway finder. Narrow Farawa's tea low Little three iron stingy right down the middle of the fairway. Little worm burner. And then of course 'cause I'm under the trees the whole time. Punch out, punch out club. All right, on this day, June 9th, of course on this day brought to you by Hive Social, as I mentioned before. Getting back to baseball. Ken Griffey Jr., remember him? Remember where you were when he got traded? God knew exactly where I was. New district, for some reason. On the radio, listening. Griffe got traded. Like, shit. That sucks. Uh, Ken Griffey Jr., that didn't happen on this day. Uh, but in 2008. Ken Griffey Jr. hit career home run number 600. against the Miami Marlins at that time. Actually, I think it was the Florida Marlins. Uh it took place at Dolphin Stadium, by the way. It was on a three one pitch in the first inning against the Marlins. You know who threw that pitch? One of the greatest athletes You can make an argument, maybe the greatest athlete to come ever come out of the state of Washington. that attended the great Washington State University. Any guesses? Two sport professional athlete. Anyone? Anyone? Hailed from the great Mount Vernon. Course that would be Mark Hendrickson, who played professional baseball and played in the NBA. And I would put him up against anybody in this state that's ever come out as in terms of the best athletes. Played two professional sports. Uh, Ken Griffey Jr. uh hit that home run off Mark Hendrickson, the lefty. Two run shot top of the first inning. He achieved the feat in his 2,439th game, making him the fourth fastest player to ever. reach that mark. He would go on to finish with six to one hundred and thirty total home runs. which is seventh most in major leageball. History. Also happening on June ninth. In the horse racing world, one of the greatest feats we've ever seen. Secretariat wins a triple crown in nineteen seventy three, winning the Belmont Stakes by thirty-one lengths. The record time, two minutes and twenty four seconds, still stands today for a mile and a half track. in horse racing secretariat. On this day on June ninth. All right, all this happening June 9th. Brought to you by Hive Social, the official Puck Sports social meetup. All right, we conclude every single show with one final word. And we call the punt, which is brought to you by Tursuli Construction from emergency response to full scale rebuilds and remodels. Tursuli Construction is a full service contractor handling your project from start to finish. Locally owned and operated out of Ballard. Proudly serving the Puget Sound region for over 15 years. If you're dealing with damage or planning what's next, call the team that does it all. That is Tursouli Construction, restoring what matters and building what's next. Their phone number, 206-793-3744. And visit Tursuli. I don't know if many of you have seen it. If you haven't. Go on social media. And find it. It's everywhere on the internet. Paul Schemes just gets him. Paul Skins was driving home from the uh from the stadium. Yesterday and as he's driving home, I don't know if he actually was from the stadium, but he was just driving. And he uh comes across A little league field. the bunch of like nine and ten year olds out there. So what it he pulls over. He gets out of his uh car and he goes over there and he plays catch for like Two, three hours with these guys. Sig every autograph, takes a bunch of pictures, all of it. What he did in that moment. To sacrifice a couple of hours of his time. Not pre-planned, not organized by the team. Not some charity, you know, outreach group effort. With a bunch of cameras there. He got off on his own. He saw kids playing baseball. He was once the their age. Playing outside on a field. And he pulled over just to go say hi to them. Play catch with them. He has forever changed their lives in that two hour brief moment in encounter. And I always wish that more athletes and people of non athletes of of I guess that status would understand that that it doesn't take much. To just change someone's Perspective. And also Brighten them up for the day. Those kids will remember that for the rest of their lives. Can you imagine? How excited they were when that happened, how excited they are today that they gotta spend. Two hours. The game's best pitcher? Play catch with him? And get take pictures and talk to him. Some guys get it. A lot of athletes don't get it. Sad. Run by kids. Don't spend time. Only do things when the camera's around. Uh but Paul Schienes Kudos to you, man. He's a fantastic player. Seems like a good dude. And just more evidence of what a good dude he probably is. Of what he did yesterday for a group of kids. Again, if you haven't seen the video. There's like one video I think out there of it. Go check it out. Go read the stories on it. But uh tremendous job there by Paul Schemes of the Pittsburgh Pirates. That is Hey What the Puck. Again, brought to you by Trasuli Construction, Restoring What Matters and Building What's Next. Give them a call, 206-793-3744. and visit Tursuly.com. Thank you for everyone watching and listening to the uh today's Daily Put Drop. You of course you can find it up on YouTube. Please hit that subscribe button if you haven't. May watch the videos but not be a subscriber. It helps. hit the like button as well. Leave a comment. Try to get to as many as we can. Also find the Daily Put Up on your favorite audio podcast platforms. 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Uh also Grossman Gas Take Five Podcast did not come out on Monday. It will be out later today. We now produce that here at Puck Sports. All right. That is it for us. We are done for the day. I mean, that was a wild show. Big thanks to Brad Adam as always. Big thanks to our guests. Um Besides Brad. John Canzano. Great discussion with John Canzano today as well. That was really good. Brendan Sorsby. Different, different opinions, different thoughts on how he should be viewed. That's okay. Uh we'll see where the future goes for the Texas Tech quarterback and whether or not he truly will play and what other teams will do there in college football. All right, we'll talk to you tomorrow on Wednesday show. Uh the go-to guy is back, plus a little inside pitch with Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times. We'll see you on Wednesday. As always, we promise to be better. No shirt. No shoes. 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