00:00 – Blues-5 Senators-2 — Just how close can they get to VGK? — Is the 11-over-6 the new 12-over-5?
18:45 – Can CITY get all three points with Lowen & Parker out again?
33:25 – Former PGA pro Jay Delsing on the slow return of the PGA Tour’s best golfers
49:55 – TIOLI
1:06:05 – Fresh Take: We are less than a week away from the Cardinals opening the season. Are you satisfied with where they are?
1:17:00 – View from Vitale: Blues analyst Joey Vitale on how the Blues can outlast this final stretch
1:35:15 – The Fight
1:48:20 – MLB Network lead host Greg Amsinger talks Marmol extension, the view of the Cardinals nationally & why this scandal will effect Ohtani
2:09:15 – RUSH HOUR RESET
2:20:45 – St. Louis Blues C Robert Thomas on a big win in Ottawa, Kyrou’s big game & how they view a final stretch that will decide their playoff hopes
2:34:10 – They said WHAT!?
2:50:10 – Rocc & Roll
Live from the car shield studio this is the opening drive on 101 [Applause] ESPN we Good morning everyone and welcome to the opening drive on 101 ESPN in St Louis where at 7:00 your time check brought to you by Clarkson Jewelers an officially licensed Rolex Jeweler happy Friday to Brook Grimsley and Danny Mac I’m R carer how we doing kids I’m doing great this
Friday happy Friday happy Friday everyone big Blues win oh # LGB and Thomas they are in it they have a shot so fans waking up this morning feel a little bit better about their St Louis Blues I would imagine I would imagine fans of the St Louis Blues feel a little
Bit better than fans of the Kentucky Wildcats oh you had to bring that up it’s too soon isn’t it that was the fake don’t don’t fake all like that Grim Reaper after I was like sending a bunch of M you were dancing and banging pots
And pans last night maybe I enjoyed it a little bit just a tad B what was the line which one right the demise of Kentucky brings out the Tennessee and me or something like that oh no no very funny I love it uh no you have more that
I am happy about our new Cinderella Story even though they don’t want to be called the Cinderella story in Oakland you have gki who in the world is this guy where did he come from and then you have campy and what he’s been able to do
For as the coach of Oakland they’re the Golden Grizzlies right Golden Grizzlies gold I’m so happy for those people after they lost the Warriors and the Raiders and the now they’re going to lose the a we get it Randy yeah I got it different different area Oakland have you ever been there
Oakland no the one in uh Michigan it’s awesome in Michigan well I think that’s where they’re from are they not they are yeah okay they are I uh was doing Missouri basketball and we did a game against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies I met Greg campy I talked to him before a
Game after a game he was delightful to be around he didn’t lock you out of his office he did not John Calipari did when we were doing a Kentucky game with ESPN yeah he locked us out cuz he was upset about some report and didn’t let us back
In and said okay I proved my point come on back in we all laughing about it he was great to deal with too it’s interesting I mean Calipari has now had a situation where he hasn’t made a tournament first round out second round out and now first round out and you know
Kentucky basketball fans are going to be all over him it’s a different situation there but his buyout is $33 million it’s not quite like football but as we were talking talking before the show this is Kentucky basketball so it’s a different animal Kentucky was one of the teams
That was upset yesterday they fall last night 80 to 76 to Oakland of Michigan otherwise uh the KU got a scare from Samford 9389 uh sford had a chance at the end of that game but otherwise the chalk pretty much prevailed yesterday in day one of the NCAA tournament I had my pick
Morehead State and they were great in the first half I it was a one-point game I thought okay at worst a maybe a cover out of this they didn’t even cover so I’m down on Morehead State this morning Matthew well the I I mean I think we got to talk
About how the the new the new 125 is the 116 all all all three sixes that play did go down that was kind of the big the big through line of upsets D Dukan knocking off BYU Duane from the A10 by the way a 7167 victory over BYU 11 Seed
Oregon and this wasn’t a surprise to me Oregon is long and they’re they’re athletic they always are and they knocked off South Carolina 8 7 to 73 uh NC State beats Texas Tech 80-67 those it does feel like the 125 doesn’t it doesn’t do those feel like upsets to you
Guys well yes only because of the seating just because of the seating I’m never surprised when NC State wins NCAA Tournament game I the one you could I guess take a look at and say wow surprise is the A10 away with a couple victories yeah I I would say so that
Would be the one that gets me a little bit um the the obviously the Oakland one is the one that that everybody’s talking about this morning and uh I mentioned that I went to Oakland to do a game that was because Arthur Johnson and Ricky paing were going back to Michigan or to
The Detroit area and that’s a game I worked with Norm Stewart it was one of his first games ever and uh let’s just say nature called for me and so it was halftime and I said coach you’re going to be fine they’re going to give you the highlights and just talk over the
Highlights and then take us to break no problem Dan I got it they said where the hell have you been I said well I had to go to the bath and it was like 10 minutes later cuz you had to fight through the crowd they said coach did an 8-minute segment and never
Took a break he just kept talking nor just kept going now the basketball needs to go to the corner and then if you get it out of the corner needs to go to the block and they just take taking shots of the crowd and the banners and everything
Else they could find cuz he wouldn’t he didn’t know what it what a break was that’s fantastic he was the best tournament continues today and you can watch it with us at Helen fitzgeralds uh the tournament is going to be on all of the TVs in South County and you can join
BK and ferrario live from 11: to 2 fast lane from 2: to 6:00 and I will be with Carrie Davis and Andrew Marsh from Helen fitzgeralds in South County and you can enjoy food great food we’re going to have some of those Helen fitzgeralds cyberg Wings later today a cold Bud
Light 101 ESPN giveaways plenty of screens to watch all the games and more get details at 101 espn.com and I’ll see you at 2:00 over at Helen fitzgeralds I guess the big question is how did CD hold up he he powered through was playing hurt but he got stronger as the
He’s you know a typical stealer he got stronger as as the game went along and we were fine that’s good we have some people who are definitely concerned about him on the text line and his voice because I heard him the other day I was like oh my goodness this sounds awful I
Was concerned and I didn’t even text in the Blues played at Ottawa last night knocked off the SS by a score of 5-2 uh the blues scoring first 1154 into the contest it’s Brandon sad who’s hold it in near point perunovic leaves it out high kyou right side Kastle to kyou one
Timer on rebound score branded sad swats The Rebound in it might have been out of the air and with 806 to go in the first period sad the goal Kyu the assist Blues the lead one nothing to score Matthew kessle also got an assist in that first assist for
Jordan Kyu kind of became a theme in the period 3 minutes later up to the backand of BL he goes to shoot it in puts it off of sad who keeps the puck down to the corner in behind the net centers to Paro he scores kyou finds Paro Paro bangs it
Home two nothing Blues 503 to go period number one 2-0 after a period after Mark Castell scored for Ottawa 434 into the second period at the 1311 Mark the neighborhood was visited who’s wi the draw to Fulk now to Shen backhanded on in front p looking it towards the goal Thomas the
Score shin and neighbors battled in front and I think neighbors was able to bang it in on the rebound and the blues get the twogo goal lead back it’s 3 to one with 649 to play in the second period after a senator’s goal the blues will get another goal from kyou his 22nd
Of the year to make it 4-2 neighbors with uh an empty net and the Blues win it by a score of 5 to2 and here come your SC Lis Blues oo and then Vegas just had to ruin some of the fun by winning last night cuz they were the blues
Before that were two points just away from Vegas for that final wild card spot but what’s happening with the blues right now is exciting if they do make the playoffs or not it feels like they are at least putting in that effort every single night to make that playoff
Push gold ending continues to be the backbone of this team right now Joel Hur with 37 saves last night and also I thought it was a great response game by Jordan Kyu of course we talked a lot about in that Abs game the bad penalty
And a lot to do about that and look he wasn’t the only one that made mistakes in that game but at the same time I thought it was a great response game by Jordan kyou last night goal tending tandem has got to be top five in the
League it it just has to be with huler and Bennington I thought Hofer was awesome last night Brooke to your point you let’s give credit where credits due kyou played a very good game I mean I was watching him off the puck and he was
All over the place he was skating he was making a commitment to to go both ends of the ice so so I I thought he deserves a lot of credit and the blues it is imperative to get that first goal when they get a first goal under Drew bister
Now they’re 16 two and one and so they get the first goal you know what they’ve got a great shot to win which is the majority of times with most teams but that is a glaring stat under Drew banister 162 and one when they score
First what do you think that that is I know that of course simply it’s just well you score first you build up that confidence but when you put out that record it seems like it’s a little bit more of a staggering fact than something more is going on there I would say guys
It’s momentum right I mean you get the first goal you get some momentum maybe you feel like you can play a little differently because you do have the goal tending behind you to take some chances we talked about that with Robert Thomas last week Robert Thomas will join the
Show uh coming up today but uh I think you can play a little bit differently when you get that first goal and then understanding that your goenda and that is an early start it’s a day game against the wild noon pregame 1:00 faceof here on 101 ESPN down in
Florida yesterday the Cardinals lost to the Astros by a score of nine to one not a great day for Josh James who saw his earned run average inch up to 135.0 a third of an inning for Joshy and he allowed five runs on just two hits he
Walked three and struck out one not a good day for him a good day for Zack Thompson who goes four Innings lows two runs Palante with a scoreless inning including a strikeout Sanson uh cleaned up the Jame well not really cleaned up the James mess because he did allow five
Runs uh and then Cornwell and windquest and windquest in my opinion and this is just me speaking he spells his name w n qu s t doesn’t he need to spell his name w i n QV s if he wants to be a St Louis
Favorite if he wants to be a St Louis fa yeah I’m going to take that maybe take number seven well 70’s already taken who’s got 70 some coach you’re supposed to know all the numbers py had it yeah but I somebody took it and now it’s gone
By the wayside but I want to go back to Zack Thompson to me I know that when you brought up the two runs over four Innings you might not look at that and say okay that was the that wasn’t one of his cleanest starts but to I think at
This point that he has really solidified one of those spots in the starting rotation or at least the consideration of the starting rotation well he’s going to make the team so we’ll see what role that is and then Sunny gray it’s uh I guess contingent on whether or not he a
Start on the first road trip or if he breaks Camp uh on the iil and uh I don’t know how this works if you we were talking about this before if you break camp and start the season on the iil do you have to stay 10 games out Randy I
Don’t know if you know that answer Brooke I I just don’t know and so if he starts on the iil to be careful and to me that would be the the the best thing to do is just to push him back to make sure he’s fully healthy if that’s the
Case then Zack Thompson to me is in the rotation like you said Brooke that’s what I think should happen and sunny gry by the way he will start in a minor league game today I know the weather is supposed to not be great down there so
We’ll see if he’ll be able to do that and he’ll be limited to two innings so the Cardinals are hoping they will be able to figure out more about his timeline if he is able to do that today if he’s had two innings then he’s got to
Build up to at least four or five I would think just to have a shot to make a start that that would make sense to me he’s got to get up to four or five before you say you give him the green light to get going and my Michel will
Pitch for the Cardinals tonight against the Marlins and that is a 540 start by the way it was Michael McGreevy who was up in the Major League camp that had number 70 this year man that’s important to know it is well py notton was number
70 and we loved pachy CU how many people do you know named py although they have another py on the coaching staff py alkins is on the coaching staff it is a great name it’s a Boston name okay it is sounds good to me py py number
70 what do you want me to say you tell me you’re telling me you didn’t love py Norton uh I didn’t care I just wanted him to throw strikes I wanted Josh James to throw strikes and I didn’t get anything out of it so we’re off and
Running here on the opening drive on 101 ESPN next up you’ve got some St Louis city SC action tomorrow over at city park DC United is in town what should we look for with SC being back home that’s next on 101 ESPN e e e e e e e e e e [Applause] Style wise yeah I think uh we’re pretty similar you know I think both teams bring a lot of energy uh to the table there’s a lot of high intensity there’s a lot of turnovers high up the field within the game models um so yeah it’s a
It’s a bit of a you know that’s been a bit of the talk and I think it doesn’t you know it can take the neutral to even see those um so yeah we’re excited about a good game against a good opponent here at city park it’s been a couple of weeks
Now since we played here so yeah I think uh everyone’s chomping at the bit to get back home that’s Bradley Carell the head coach of St Louis city SCC they take on DC United at 7:30 tomorrow night at city park DC comes in with a record of 1 and
Two St Louis city SC is 1 and three and as coach mentioned a couple of similar Styles so it should be an interesting contest from that perspective because we like to watch the style that Bradley Carell and City employ and as we go into this game it’s imperative that City
Protect City Park pitch they’ve got to play well at home we talked the other day about accepting draws on the road we can’t accept they can’t accept draws on their home pitch no they cannot I feel like you were just giving a speech that is going to be piped into the locker
Room there so they could hear that Randy but I get what you’re saying but here’s the other thing they haven’t lost yet if you want to look at it in that regard so that’s a positive and Roman berky has looked fantastic so there’s a lot of interesting storylines too because
You’re going to also see the return now when I say return they’re obviously on the other side of Jared stoud and Lucas B Bartlett they’re not going to have Tim Parker either that’s something that I look at that’s a a big factor I love watching him play he’s aggressive he’s
Physical he moves up in the play but he’s solid on the back line for them and uh I’m looking forward to seeing what the crowd is like it’s been a couple of weeks since uh the Home Folks have had a chance to watch him so can’t wait to see
What happens at city park yeah the Parker thing was a little bit of a surprise going into last week against the Galaxy he flew out with the team I think a lot of people expect him to play and then all a sudden uh he clearly tweaked something in his back and and
That’s obviously been bothering him about a week back and actually here’s Bradley Carell from yesterday giving an overall uh uh update on the injuries to Len and Parker it is progressing really well um quicker than expected I I you know I’m not saying that just Loosely I
Think he’s coming along really well um and for him to be jogging at this stage is is encouraging um but you know it’s way too early Tim is still managing his back um so yeah we’ll have to see but I doubt it um I’m not sure if he’ll be
Ready for Saturday yeah so you’re still without louen probably for another week they’re going to reevaluate him and then Parker back so he’s out as well so you’re missing a little bit of your spine again last year at this time we were talking about klouse all the time
This year no goals no assists number one is it a concern number two why does he have no goals and no assists I don’t think it’s a concern mainly because other people are producing for you and I I just think it’s it’s you know it’s kind of like the same thing with
Basketball or hockey I kind of like to compare all those Sports together if you’re not a big fan it’s just as long as you’re getting a collective amount of scoring I don’t know if you’re really bothered by where it’s coming from my big thing is and I asked Carell about
This yesterday is that one big state you look at is how often you’re getting individual touches inside the opposition’s Penalty Box and last year they were they finished the season I think 14th in the League this year they’re fourth in the league and a lot of those touches in the opponent’s box
Are are coming from AZ Jackson Celio Pompeo and those players not from K Clouser a denin now I’m sure they want to get their best finishers CL denan more of those strikes it’s like the high danger chances in hockey you want to get those to Jake neighbors and paa cuz
Those are your best scorers but you’re still getting the ball in the right spots you just got to start figuring out how to make sure it’s a dener and and clous on the end of it and not always Pompeo and that that’s the big thing going forward but here’s the thing you
Have the similar Styles against DC United you both press high up if I’m putting my money down on this game though I don’t think there’s a team that can out press City so if you’re going to play this kind of style I’m going to roll with City being able to play it
Better than you do you think they purposeful it was purposal to play this style just to get fans involved yeah I mean I think that’s you know where does it start was it was it Carolyn going out and finding loots who’s been you know who who likes who’s been around this
Style before was it loots saying we need to play this kind of style so then I’m going to go with Bradley Carell who coached it at New York before you know where did it start I’m not sure I’m just happy it did because that was my biggest
Thing from the get-go as I was worried you’re an expansion team you you’re worried about just getting drilled your first season and so you want to play possession based soccer you know defensive you don’t want to lose too many games I was worried that was going
To be the case and they defied all of that and immediately came out and picked the most attacking fun way to do it I don’t know if it was purposeful but I’m glad they did and I’m I think that’s been one of the reasons people have
Taken to it and I think that well I know when we had Luton right after he got hired he wanted to play A system that was reflective of St Louis yeah that too and he hardworking blue collar and a lot of action and especially on the heels of the Blues
Winning the cup a real pressing style and so I I do think the style that they play is reflective of the town do so when you guys hear because Carnell talks about like Carell uses words like bravery a lot and we have a Midwestern style a lot am I just so jaded that
Whenever I hear that stuff it just goes one ear and out the other like it never hits me the only one he’s not the only one who does that you heard miles Michael is the other day what was his right we’re going to be the richest
We’re going to be the like best paid farmers in the midwest something like that yeah so we’re going to be some hardworking Midwestern Farmers out there that was Miles Michaels’s quote the other day I do get it though because I think you do have to be hyper aware and
Reflective of your city and the people and I think that everyone in this city and I know that every fan base is of course like this but you’re always going to appreciate the type of players and the type of style where they are extremely hardworking at every single
Moment and you’re GNA gravitate towards those guys why do we like Jake neighbors so much right now for the Blues cuz he’s hardworking and going to the net and entering the neighborhood exactly yes entering the he’s welcoming people to the neighborhood or not he’s kind of
Shutting the door on people but at the same time too I think that people just gravitate towards that in general but I think that that’s something that you like here in St Louis and that’s another reason why they went out and got cardnell because that high pressing
Style is of course Associated a lot with the Red Bull and to that point Brooke when John Davidson was the president of the Blues they did a survey of their season ticket holders and at that point and the survey was what do you look for most in your hockey team it was more
Important for blue season ticket holders to see a team that came and worked hard every night than winning a Stanley cuph if they they wanted to get return on their investment with effort and hold on they wanted ter they wanted effort instead of a Stanley C effort more than
A Stanley Cup I’m glad they that was more important to them see that’s my point that seems so that just seems like you’re just that seems like just really you’re just blowing smoke up people’s ass at that point in my opinion just because you’re you’re just pumping people up and but why why
Shouldn’t be winning be the end all be all why does the style matter and if it matches the culture of the city that’s all I’m saying but isn’t the saying that hard work pays off and so that’s kind of the line of thinking probably but that’s
Every team has to do that it doesn’t matter what’s if you’re playing like you know a hard-nosed Midwestern style or not but remember at that time who had been the most popular players in blu’s history it had been Brian Sutter it had been Kelly Chase it had been the Barkley
Plager it weren wasn’t players that were going to lead you to a Stanley Cup it was players that came and put on their work boots every night bred Hall Adam Oats they were they were pretty much fun to watch yeah they they they were and OC why did hly become great because he
Had that meeting with Brian Suter after he scored 40 and he said you got to work harder yeah I I just I take the Stanley Cup over a hardworking team and I would say that one is involved with the other you’re a hardworking team you’re going
To win the Stanley Cup this was let’s see 6 77 887 97 this was uh 40 years in with a lot of old season ticket holders it wasn’t the the now that’s a good point it it wasn’t people that had were there because the team had already won a
Stanley Cup that now that is valid I think with a new fan or a younger generation they’re like give me the cup that that’s a really good point because those St those season ticket holders are they had been through thick and thin man and a lot of them had been there for 40
Years and you’re right they wanted the identity of somebody that played very hard and they enjoyed some of those older players that you’re talking about and look at some of the people that became really popular with Cardinal fans people like Rex hudler and Bo Hart uh the guys that worked hard and hustled
Every day whether it was true or not whether it was real hustle or fake hustle people love hustle of course why would you not well there are some people that think it’s fake that’s why that’s why okay yeah so Rex hudler got a little troubled in that Cardinal Clubhouse back in the day
There’s some fake hustle guys yeah there are that’s all right though I like watching it I I always say he’s hustling and you’re off the hook see him dive gu a dive I love it you said you said that he’s hustle in the same tone that we say
He’s a nice guy yeah he’s hustling he’s getting down the line okay next guy up is there and we only have a second here but is there more an essence of this than Boart no still beloved in town he’s beloved yeah 20 years later he’s beloved
What did he play like 75 games or something like that he had the great uh I think it was 03 when he came up and just took the uh took the World by storm the baseball world I’ll never forget it we’re were in Kansas City and um Dan
Patrick wanted him on his show and they were supposed to have a meeting and Tony was it was the meeting with Tony and Tony said H let him do it cuz he’s not going to be here very long anyway let let him enjoy the let him
Bask in the sun you know so that’s what he did coming up here on 101 ESPN it looks like the good golfers are back in golf that’s next on 101 ESPN with Jay deling e e e e e e this is Rocky with your sports center update driven by Johnny LOL Chevrolet
And Johnny LOL autolex the blues with a big win last night over the center Senators 5 to2 Jordan Kyrie with a big game as he picks up a goal and two assists Jake neighbors also effective inside the neighborhood as he picks up two goals including the empty Netter to
Top off the game the blues Are Back In Action facing off against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday it’s an afternoon game 1M Pock drop you can catch the pregame show right here on 101 ESPN starting at noon also yesterday St Louis Cardinals get walloped in Jupiter they fall 9 to1
To Houston they are back in action for a later game today 5:40 p.m. first pitch facing off against the Marlins that is your sports center update driven by Johnny laof find your road and 247 at la.com and laof autoplex.com are you kidding me Brooke Dan and Randy and Jay deling
And Dan will have golf with Jay deling Sunday morning from 8 to 10 here on 101 ESPN and as he does every Friday morning at this time Jay deling joins us on the celebrity line good morning sir how you doing I’m doing well guys how are you
Everything’s great and I I was thinking of you last week because we had talked so much about the lack of bigname leaderboards so far on the PGA tour in 20124 and last week we’ve got Scotty sheffler with a one-hot lead and former major winner Brian Haron has a chance to
Tie it with a birdie on the 18th former major winner Windam Clark has a chance to tie it with a birdie on the 18th Xander Schley has a chance to tie it with a birdie on the 18th it was really a fun leaderboard to watch and it was
Great action I thought what do you think yeah it really felt like I I mean Liv was not even in the conversation the the best players were playing well and the drama that usually the TPC and the golf course brings was you know front and center and and man if you’re Windham
Clark that’s a that’s a tough one to to deal with he hadit such a great Putt and uh it hit a lot of the hole and didn’t go in it it was it was to to your point Randy it was a really good tournament Rory maroy was up there for a great
Majority of it as well and it’s really our game does really well when someone dominates and Scotty Sheffer is putting well and winning tournaments and I don’t really even felt like he didn’t feel like he even played all that well last week and to see him come in with a 64
And close it out was really impressive well sorry jay I’m gonna bring up a live player here because it’s pretty interesting John ROM with some interesting comments here recently saying that he misses competing and defending on the PGA tour saying that he’s even been watching a lot of the PGA
Tour what do you make of those comments for ROM oh broe I’m telling you everybody’s he’s not the only one I mean Nicholson is gonna go down swinging and say that he doesn’t watch and doesn’t care and I don’t believe that either but all of those guys do I when when they’re
C are certain tournaments on the PGA tour that 100% they’re missing not being there and that is kind of for a player and for the players it that the PLAYERS Championship is is is kind of it uh at the top of the list and then you’re going to get jacks tournament at
Memorial and and all of those things and I I what I like about Ramen what I that’s one of the reasons I’m so surprised that he left is it he’s he’s thoughtful he and he’s pretty honest with his responses and and that that doesn’t surprise me at all there’s
There’s no way that those other guys Patrick Reed D Shambo Brooks Kea aren’t missing some of those events are we seeing j as tiger type run right now with Scotty sheffler or is that uh too bold of a statement we don’t have the D we don’t
Have the drama and all the flare that tiger brings to the game we have this guy that’s really really a gentleman that that is uh just got a totally different personality but Danny his what he’s doing on the golf course I I have I it just it is it’s tiger esque from his
Hitting standpoint what’s really weird you guys is that when I watch Scotty I’m always watching swings and I like to try to predict where I think the ball’s going to go just by the swing and I see Scotty’s feet go flying out from under him and he’s barely standing up and his
Right foot slides over there and I’m like oh and then all of a sudden you know it’s right next to the flag or it’s right down the Fairway and so I can’t figure out his leg work it it looks like some sort of bad dancing move or
Something like that but it is the results speak for itself it’s uh it’s really impressive Jay did you ever have you you mentioned the Windam Clark putt did you ever have an important putt that lipped out like that I had a I had a putt we were
Playing in Richmond and I had a put I was a shot off the lead and i’ hit a an iron into to about six or seven feet and I just knew I was going to make it I was putting well the last hole was a par
Five some thinking I’ve got I’m G to make this and Randy I took usually I’m a fast player you know I I make my decision go pretty fast I couldn’t quite get the ball lined up because I knew exactly where I thought this thing would
Break and by the time I got finished my C like take your time and stock it in and and I finally got it where I wanted it and I hit it where I wanted to and it lipped out and he looked at me I’m like all that time for that
Like like exactly so there’s just almost a shock that goes through your mind when that that you are playing that well and it doesn’t go your way I mean Windam had to be oh man I mean to watch that putt you know it’s on the line you want it’s
On the line you want it’s going to hit the hole and then I think he I think he said he thought it was going to lip in instead of lipping out and then when it just spun out it was it was H I don’t know if you guys saw the the closeup
Camera work but it almost looked like the hole put some weird spin on the ball or something because it almost looked like the ball spun the other way and I hadn’t seen before and um but I’ve seen a lot of lip hops as you know a lot of
Li what a bummer me too I want Jay I want to go back to ROM just for a second because his master’s menu was revealed and it’s always fun to see what everybody puts on there I’m not even going to try to pronounce some of
The things that he has on his menu it is a great menu from what I could tell though what would be your non-negotiable on your Master’s menu oh man you know I years ago I had had to stop eating red meat but man my first thing would have
Been some sort of big fat steak back in the day a ribeye or or a fet for sure but um I’m a boy what about Emo’s Pizza or something like that you throw an emo Pizza ex something that would have some sort of like a cater tot or something
That would totally freak all the Master’s people out you know what I mean like something that they wouldn’t expect I um I would have some uh I would I would have some really good dessert in there I’ll tell you that I don’t know R was saying their the the C the cake that
They had was their he and his wife’s wedding cake I and it’s some sort of special I couldn’t I read that menu like four times you guys I was like I don’t even know exactly what you know what this is I know there’s fish and then and
Then there was the the meat and I I don’t know my I guess you know what you guys I love a french fry I would put some sort of great french fries you know who makes great french fries is canes that that I’ve ever and then a little cane sauce whatever
There might be some drug or something in that sauce because you can’t stop eating it I put it all over everything and I also lick the container when it’s over so Jay one thing I learned from Rah is that you can only pick two main courses
So I was asked to put my menu together and here it is tell me what you think Fen Bar and Grill trash swings of course um some nachos some great Grande nachos shrimp cocktail and then one of my other appetizers is going to be the high point
Bird burger then I’m going with a Caesar salad my main course is going to be a prime ribeye or swordfish or both if you want my sides here you go Jay tater tots salt and smoke salt and smoked mac and cheese uh grilled aspar asparagus and some stream steamed broccoli and then my
Dessert Trager carrot cake got to have that don’t uh chocolate make your own though you’d have to make your own I’ll work on it I’ll give them the recipe like Rah gave his mom’s secret recipe to the chefs over there so yeah we’ll take care that chocolate cherry cheesecake
And French silk pie and then I guess you get an open bar for everybody I’m going to have Dr Pepper products of course but an open bar for everybody so there’s my my menu all right that’s impressive you know what’s really impressive about that Randy what in the hell are broccoli and
Asparagus doing in there I wanted to do it for the golfers you need a side your frood group pyramid just got shot to hell with those two I know what the hell’s going on I don’t I don’t I don’t know I I make a a pretty good um cookie I’m going to bring
By the studio to of Randy we’ve talked about this before I got to throw this in the mix I I make a chocolate chip oatmeal Macadamia cookie that I’m going to bring in for you guys it’s pretty good when they’re in my house they call
Me in from every room like I walk in like I’m working and I go in and I only have one then I grab two before you know it they’re gone before 10:00 a.m. next Friday works we’ll see you in studio that’ll be great J even though you don’t
Know that you’ve been you’re supposed to be here but we’re going to tell you to be here um I want to go back to to Windam Clark just for a moment and on full swing they got really into the Netflix series uh the mental side of the
Golfer in particular he talks about how a sports psychologist took him over the top do all the guys have that or is it just maybe if you put a percentage of it 50% of the golfers but how many are you using a sports psychologist I’d say probably 90 it’s
Not you know what it was interesting guys back in the day I I was I had my first three years on the PJ tour I had kept my card but the they I was really starting to struggle with just trying to deal with all the the downtime you know
You start thinking am I ever going to make a cut again how my putting is it and and um somebody kind of slipped it out to me that they were working with a sports psychologist and I went around to more people and it was just more taboo
Back in the 80s people didn’t talk about you know talk you know talking to people or therapy or whatever the heck you want to call it and then it it turns out that almost everybody on the on the PJ tour is using them and it’s it’s interesting
Because um one of the things that winham Clark said on that uh full swing interview was he asked the um his person I can’t remember her name but um said why when when we get on the putty green and I close my eyes in putt doing this
Drill why does the ball get to the hole every single time and then when I’m open my eyes are open and I’m playing like I play you know I leave so many more putts short and it’s it’s really all just because of fear and getting a little bit
You know getting in your head a little bit it’s it’s really interesting I I I know this because I putted for eight months on a PGA tour with my eyes closed and had it was I was putting so badly you guys that I was like I’ll do anything I
I’ll do anything to try it and it it was freak is all as you could imagine but it the butt it’s it’s still worked it was amazing it’s amazing hey Jay we only have a minute left but I want to read you a quote from Rory maroy and uh the
The folks from the private investment fund from Saudi Arabia had a meeting a secret meeting that we don’t know anything about on Monday with the PGA Tour policy board but on the day before on Sunday here’s what Rory mroy had to say he said I see the two entities and I
Actually think there’s a really big disconnect between the PF and Liv I think you’ve got pif over here and live are sort of over here doing their own thing so the closer we can get to Yasser who runs the private investment fund piff and hopefully finalize that
Investment I think that will be a really good thing I’ll tell you what what what I get out of that quote is that the Saudi desire to sports wash what they’ve done has worked 100% I mean 100% I mean what’s here’s what’s interesting too reny and I
I did some research of all of our sponsors like almost 80% of them do business in Saudi Arabia already yeah I mean it’s it’s it’s one of these things where it’s a it’s a what they’ve done and some of the things they’ve done with kogi all it’s horrific and some people
It doesn’t matter so it’s it’s tough I mean when I talk to my my nephew Taylor Twi and he’s like man they’ve been doing this forever this is nothing new you know the they’re doing it with tennis they’re doing it they’re doing it with MMA they’re doing it with um uh the uh
Formula 1 I mean not it it’s just a a a reality there there’s there’s so much money you guys you they can’t be ignored anymore what do you guys have on the show on Sunday uh we’re going to break down the Netflix series we’re going to talk about the PLAYERS Championship
Actually really the last two weeks the Arnold you know Arnold Palmer’s event with Scotty winning there was a really good leaderboard as well so we’re going to talk about things being a little bit more in line on the on the PG tour and in the golf world than they have been
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Visit Gloria hasthe buyers.com and start packing that’s my final author take it or leave [Applause] it time for here on 101 ESPN Brook Dan Matthew and Randy and kids the National Football League has decided to not ban the tush push in their league take it or leave it this is a smart move by the NFL I think this is a very smart move so I’m
Going to take it I enjoyed the tush push or as some like to say the brotherly brotherly shove which I think we’ll still be here to say even without Kelsey around don’t you guys think that oh yeah yeah and I think other team copycat League every other team is going to be
Looking at doing that I would like to know the percentage of times that it worked and if it had a chance to maybe even the playing field and make it more competitive on Fourth and a foot then I’d say I’d take it out and it was different for Philadelphia because of
Kelsey and the strength of Jaylen Herz and one of the things that uh the Eagles did last year when they drafted cam Jurgens in the second round to be the replacement for Kelsey they looked for a guy that could do that sure and so cam Jurgens is going to be their starting
Center this year and that was the plan he can get really low and he’s really strong and then hers can bench like 7,000 lbs so you have really strong people but one of the things that uh the the coach of the Eagles nick uh serani
Sani said to Joe and Troy is that we start every series first and nine exactly and that’s my point you know the competitive advantage of using that particular play on fourth and one and if you had the percent of it if you didn’t do it that would favor the defense I
Think maybe I’d give them a fighting chance to say it makes it a more competitive game you do worry about injuries though I think that’s the other thing isn’t the Players Association trying to or they have been trying to push back on it a little bit Yeah but I
Wonder if the Eagles players are on board with that I would doubt it yeah because it works for them it does yeah so take it or leave it guys now I want to start this by saying of course I am on the Victor Scott hype train I have
Been on that hype train but just based off this recent artic that ktie W of the athletic has up right now where she talked to John MOS loock take it or leave it Victor Scott will start the season in the miners and then you’ll have canani on your bench but take that
Take it yes I hate it guys but it seems like realistic that’s what’s going to happen realistically right yeah I don’t have any problem with him being ready when he gets here yeah I I as a fan I want to see him I would imagine the coaching staff if they were being honest
I bet they would say yeah let’s bring them up but sometimes it’s a money game sometimes it’s a numbers game and I’m not just saying that with the Cardinals I mean in generally in sports and uh maybe the front office see something different too where they say you know
What we we’re just not ready for him to be here and then the other part of it you have a log Jam when Tommy Edmond is healthy so that’s something to think about as well because if he comes up and is part of the team he’s got to play
He’s got to play every day that’s the thing and I just want to see him get a little bit of time against the better competition of Triple A what have 38 games 66 games at Double A yeah at Double A and and so no games at Tria no
Games at AAA so if he can get a couple of months down there and prove that he can do it at that level kind of like Mason wi did last year Mason wh had a good year at Triple A last year I would prefer to see him be more seasoned
Because you don’t want a kid he’s 23 you don’t want him to be overwhelmed early on in his major league career I would say this though too if you’re off to a really slow start and you need a spark I’d bring him up I’d say if he’s in the
Minor leagues and even if he’s not performing all that well I’d still say let’s bring him up cuz we need a spark of some sort we can’t let this thing get South but if you’re going to do that you have to be willing to let him be a spark
Let him get Bun hits and when he gets on give him a green light and let him go he can’t be a spark if he’s standing on First Base waiting for a home run and you got to commit you got to commit to playing him every day absolutely all
Right take it or leave it Caleb Williams had his pro day my answer my question would be why do it any more why do we have to have the he’s the number one pick why are we doing a pro day for this guy so they can do those interviews
Those hard hard-hitting questions from all the different teams Dan of course tape don’t lie you already know what he is you’ve already traded Justin Fields why are we doing a pro day now I loved it I I sat and watched it and he can fling it all over the place and his arm
Is huge so as a fan in my consumption of the game my interest level was high but why if I’m Caleb will I said no I’m I’m good I’m not doing it I just want to make sure that there hasn’t been an injury that has affected his arm between
The end of the season and now okay I think that’s fair now you convinced me the other way let’s have everybody have a pro day I think that’s pretty much what they do don’t they I know let’s just do it Marvin Harrison Jr did you
What do you guys think of that by the way he’s smart I don’t need him to see him run I I look at his tape I don’t need to see Caleb William Williams throw I know what he’s going to do that’s what your choice should be based upon is what
The kid did on the football field yeah and I don’t I don’t don’t need 40 times I don’t need to see him lift 225 lbs 15 20 times but I just want to make sure that he’s 100% healthy that’s all because neither of them did the the
Medical stuff at the combine either yeah I like what Jaden Daniels did where he talked about the reason he especially want to do his prod day is so that his receivers and some of the other players could get some love and attention that’s teamwork Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
That stands out to me personally I’ve always wondered that if you’re there as it’s kind of like baseball you go to follow one guy Trevor Rosenthal being a great example they were there to see a pitcher and then they saw this guy throwing from shortstop and they said
Who’s that it was Trevor Rosenthal and he became a great closer for the Cardinals when I was watching that Brook to your point I was like I wonder if somebody gets noticed because of what how they run routes or their speed or how they get off the blocks all that
Kind of stuff and then opens up somebody’s eyes to say take a look at this kid second best quarterback Pro Day Ever After John Elway would be Sam Bradford Sam Bradford yeah 50 50 for 50 ball never touched the ground ball never touched the ground he was awesome
Never forget he great when he didn’t have a pass rush okay and to that point I can actually see where why evaluators want to see these guys I understand it doesn’t matter what they do in shorts but tape is tape is affected by the quality of competition that they’re
Playing it every game the the the conference they were in if you look a guy like Drake May the offensive line in front of him if you’re trying to pick between three quarterbacks I do understand that your scout would say well I want to get all three of them in
The same environment which is just throwing out in shorts without any kind of pass rush I can understand if you’re trying to work for from that point why a scout would actually care about it get that out of here what do you mean get that out of here it’s about being able
To it’s it’s the eye test all over again give me the pass rush give me what he did Under Pressure but it’s about seeing them all without every other variable I’m not saying you you catch I’m not saying you throw out the tape I’m saying but you’re seeing them the same way
You’re seeing the throwing motion not being affected by a pass rush throwing bullets everywhere okay I’m just saying let’s get some Tex from the text line C take it or leave it the Red Birds will win a World Series with both arado and gold Schmid on the team leave it oh wait
No Randy come on say rock the Red Birds will win a World Series with ronado and gold Schmid on the team we’re together that window is closing that’s my concern but I also want to be really excited about things that are happening one of the unfortunate things about
Baseball and other sports is that only one team wins every year well here’s the other thing too though so then your window is basically a 2-year period if you include this year and let’s say two more on it so you got three years to make this happen your rotation will be
Gutted again probably after next year it’ll be dependent on what you do in free agency and trying to address your pitching yeah so there you go hard to win take it to leave this is the last season with Paul Goldman in a cardinal uniform leave it o I’m going to leave
That I’m going to leave that too they’ll figure out a way to get him for two years one year two year the perfect cardinal what is the perfect cardinal so how would you define it just lost my headphones uh swell guy oh God we’re win MVP for you he is he also is
Very terrible but I just feel like I feel like if you could make a player in a factory it’ be Paul Goldman very stoic the way that he goes about his business Smiles he does smile occasionally but yes to me he’s like the perfect baseball player like to your point anybody would
Want him everybody would your stand baseball’s perfect Warrior I wouldn’t say he stand the man okay hardworking lunch pale guy puts on his work boots every day mhm and a good golfer too right Dan uh he’s working on it okay yeah I’m sure in like five years he’ll
Be0 down the middle by the way the team that should trade up to get Drake May is the Green Bay Packers what the hell so that they have Drake and Josh that’s not a good time to break that up oh is it no there’s did he did
Disappear h i mean it’s trouble a bad time to bring it up if anything it’s a good time shed some light on it bro come on no yes I guess the timing of it is impeccable by you but yes there’s a documentary out right now talking about
The bad stuff of Nickelodeon oh okay I got to see this I don’t know if you want to it’s not great where’s it what’s it on um it’s on I can’t remember I doubt that they would air that what um I don’t know what streaming service it’s on no I
Don’t I can’t keep up with that I’ll find out for you Dan okay cuz I’ll watch it I will too yeah my childhood tiger at Master tiger at the master yeah tiger at the Masters taking a spot probably withdrawing or missing the cut is taking a spot away from a more deserving
Younger player no leave it it there isn’t a young player that’s more deserving than Tiger Woods A and B that person is not going to win The Masters anyway probably not you never know but also tiger may win The Masters yeah he may come out and do what he did in 2019
You don’t know name one player that’s more deserving to play in the Masters in 2024 than Tiger Woods would you ever bet against tiger anymore after everything you’ve seen absolutely not no and because of his history he deserves it more than anybody else to play in the
Masters if he wants to for what he’s done for golf yeah he’s explo and every player should be thanking him for exploding the purses because it’s because of him absolutely thank you Matthew you got one more you want to get to uh no we’re good good he’s reading
Stuff oh good okay also can I give you a quick update it’s on HBO Max and it’s called quiet on set for those who want to watch quiet onet about Nickelodeon and some of the bad things that went on okay Rugrats no it’s not that no no it’s
More of like remember all that the Amanda B show Drake and Josh all that it talks about okay child stars yeah here’s something that’s shocking child stars not treated great by Hollywood H didn’t see that coming did not uh Joey V is going to join us next here on 101 ESPN
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314 325 6888 or visit Gloria hasthe buyers.com e the day’s top stories it’s the opening drive’s fresh [Applause] Take the Cardinals heading down the stretch of their grapefruit League season they open up their Major League season one week from yesterday in La against the doyers and presumably it’ll be Tyler glass now for LA and they’ve already played two games and miles michelas for the Cardinals at 11 11 how
Do you guys feel about where the Cardinals are as they head into the regular season I I can tell you that from my perspective they have so many veteran players that I’m confident in turning in a representative performance based upon what they’ve done in the past
I’m okay with that but I do have questions about the young players and their ability to maintain consistently for 6 months what they need to maintain for the Cardinals to be a successful team the injuries obviously aren’t going to help but the the biggest issue I have is that based
Upon what these starting pitchers have done in the past minus Sunny gay especially what they’ve done in the last couple of years I think it’s kind of foolish to believe that these guys are going to get better so my expectation would be that we’re we’re probably and
The Cardinals are 11 and 11 right now that’s probably indicative what of what the Cardinals are I agree with you I think that I I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer in any way but I do see some possible concerns and issues we’ve talked about the injuries I’m concerned
About Tommy Edmund and what that timeline timeline will look like for him LS sbar looks like that he will be getting healthier here soon so how does he Factor back in the situation to have some concerns about the Outfield and how that will shape out and Katie Woo of the
Athletic has an an interview up right now with John MOS loock and it seems like it’s going to be cani who’s going to be a part of the bench and then I thought the other intriguing part is that he mentioned when she asked him about what what they think defensively
And offensively would be best for this Outfield Donovan’s name was brought up so do you put Donovan in the left field and I’m just curious about I don’t want to see what we saw last year of that whole Outfield Carousel and trying to figure things out of course injuries are
Factoring into this right now but I agree with you Randy about starting pitching one thing I I feel a lot better in is the bu P going into the season Andre Palante we talked about him the other day with his addition of the death ball it seems like he has really turned
Things around as of right now and then you have the addition which I sure he will be a part of this bullpit of Riley O’Brien who has a lot of swing and Miss he has this nasty curveball so I at least feel better about the bullpen now how they handled this sunny gray
Situation is where I’m in the wait and see mode with the Cardinals cuz I do believe I’d rather hold him back and let him be healthy for the rest of the season than push in him too early agreed to your Outfield point unfortunately for them they may be forced into Donovan
Playing left because then you’re trying to find a spot for Donovan and Nolan Gorman and you want to get your best bats out there I look at it as incomplete you know it’s time will tell because injuries are really hurting this team with key players gray Edmund Newar
And I think Middleton is a big one because Brooke I’m with you I think the bullpen is going to be very good this year it needs to be with the in the starters and just not going deep if they go five or six Innings so not having K
Middleton is Big to me um I think it’s just kind of an in incomplete grade at this point coming out of out of spring training I guess time will tell watching the front office and management work as they do and I brought this up the other
Day and I believe it more now than I did the other day I think you will see on opening day against well glass now probably not but first time they see a right-hander you’re going to see Donovan and left you’re going to see Gorman and I think you’re going to see Matt
Carpenter in that lineup as the DH and Carpenter is having a good Spring by the way so taking nothing away but this is just the way the Cardinals are they they like Matt Carpenter a lot he’s hitting 3 381 with a 1.76 uh Ops in Spring I think we’ll see
Him as the opening day DH be interesting wouldn’t it yeah it’d be interesting that’s for sure I didn’t have that on my bingo card uh certainly when they signed him but you know with the pedigree that he’s got and the resume that he’s got and the way that ultimately you swing
The bat that dictates when you play um and you’re right Randy I mean you want to get lefties in against glass now as much as you can so you’re talking about Donovan you’re talking about Gorman you’re talking about Carlson being a switch hitter um it makes some sense I
Don’t know if they do that but it would make some sense what do you guys think about this bench at least to start the season because we know that things will change you have Herrera on your bench and then you have karp and burlson and one will be the DH depending on the
Day-to-day matchup and then you have Crawford and then you have canani and I’m factoring in the fact that Victor Scott will start in the miners I think that’s your bench I’m just writing it down right now I think it is I think burles would get the start as the DH and
Save Carpenter for a pinch hitting appearance later in the game if need be here’s the interesting thing though when you talk about the DH how many times you going to be pinch hitting that’s the thing yeah you just don’t pinch it as much no and it’ll just be matchups you
Righty matchups more than anything else yep that’s it’s going to it it is not how it’s it is dictated by the designated uh hitter where you just don’t use a pinch hitter all that much and they have given Burson a lot of at bats and he’s had a really good spring
Too hitting 357 with a 941 Ops just seems like they’re so enamored of car just bringing Carpenter back shows us how enamored they are of him well they want that veteran leadership that was something that they obviously saw as a glaring issue that’s a great point with
Last year just based off the comments and what was said you could tell that they really wanted this veteran leadership coming in which I don’t doubt that that is something that would can help this team but winning also helps this team and I think that they see that
Maybe that is something that can help them win okay so before spring training started I thought the Cardinals were an 81 and 81 team has spring training given you any reason to change your outlook for the Cardinals a week away from the start of the season for me no I think
They’re around that Mark I had 85 wins and if they don’t get healthy I’d go back to 500 or hovering just a game or two above or a game two or two below today’s fresh take here on 101 ESPN coming up we’re going to go to mini and
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Face off at one Joey V and curbs will have the call for you here on your home of the Blues 101 ESPN we head up north now and Joe Vali joins us here on the celebrity line as he does every Friday morning good morning sir how you doing as well a wonderful beautiful
Snowy morning and uh the lake known for all the Lakes the state known for all the Lakes rather over 10,000 here I talked to Nick Ley last night he actually told me Nick Ley who’s playing in his 1000th game tomorrow there’s actually more like 15,000 Lakes up in
Minnesota which I had no idea that’s a lot of lakes it’s a lot of fishing there’s a lot of places to go fishing are you a fisherman Joey ve I am you know so as Justin Faulk we actually we talked a lot about this uh Justin especially when he became a father that
His kind of go-to hooby and he’s looking forward to his kid getting a little bit older so he can start doing it more and more together but I don’t know how you’re from Minnesota and you and you’re not a fisherman I mean even ice ice in
The in the winter and then of course the summer fishing appears wonderful I spent Summers up here in brainer and nisah Minnesota for hockey camps and it’s kind of the main hobby up here which is which is really cool and it’s great to see that uh certain Blues players have other
Hobbies in video games you know nowadays all the kids play video game as a hobby but it’s great to see the older guys get outside Joey ve I don’t know about you but uh my my family my ancestors are from northern Wisconsin and have you ever had walleye walleye is a great
Eating fish it really tastes good byy Walley is probably the greatest tasting fish out there I’m just gonna say it I I I don’t think there’s a there’s a fish that white flaky fish that compares to the walleye we went up to Canada we went
Up to Canada when I was a kid we went up to way up north Manitoba it was one of those you fly into Winnipeg you take a puddle jumper and there were there were these virgin Lakes they called them um which by the way I don’t know how you
Really get the name virgin Lakes I guess if no one touches the Lakes you know I’ve seen this with with water sometimes too like water you look look at the back there some water bottles and they’ll say uh water taken from the uh The Virgin Spring I don’t know how spring loses
Virginity but um but anyway so there’s these virgin Lakes up there we caught all kinds of Walley and uh it was really cool because our guyses they they would take us to the Shoreline and you basically they build a fire and then you just you cook and you bake and you grill
What what you caught that day and I that the walleye I tasted that day Randy I’m with you that was probably the greatest tasting fish that I have ever had and it’s a shame because St Louis I just feel like we can’t get enough of it I
Don’t know if it’s hard to get here or what but maybe it’s the freshness that’s an issue but yes Northern Wisconsin Northern Minnesota way up north where Deluth is that’s what Scott prich also was talking about a few weeks back when he talked about all the outdoors fing he
Does he’s a big outdoors guy as well but all kinds of Great Wall up there is amazing yeah and I guess the question would be is once you go fishing or once somebody takes a bottle of water from a virgin lake is it a virgin lake anymore
Yeah I I just don’t know like I I looked at this bottle of water this is earlier in the year and it just said you know water taken from a a spring Virgin uh stream and I’m just like I didn’t know I didn’t know streams had had their
Virginity to like hold on to and and then the second question is how does the spring or how does the lake lose its virginity was the other thing I’ll send you I’ll send you the label I was I think I took a picture of it somewhere
Maybe you guys can discuss it later if if there’s nothing else to talk about okay yeah I I want to check that out that’s an interesting concept and that’s worth a segment how about that Jake neighbors huh I was like how do we follow that up yeah there’s really no
Way to follow that up no there’s not no there personal there’s not a good way to segue that yeah I’m not getting personal with Jak uh yeah I tell I wasn’t talking about that let’s just talk about on the ice Joey yeah right right that’s what I
Was gonna say no I’m glad you clarify that no that’s was going too of course Jake another great game last night uh for Jake look at that goal in that front you know this year he he sat down with Steve a earlier in the year and and
Steve told me this he said you know and sta was a he was a bit of a pest he was you know quote unquote a little bit of a rat and he’s proud of it he’s proud of the career he created and he had to do it by stepping outside of his comfort
Zone and assistant coach Steve a of course you know he he talked to Jake this year and he said Jake you know if you want to play a long time in this league you know learn to make this blue paint learn to make it your office you
Know I compared a young Jake neighbors to although he’s got some work to do but Thomas Holstrom with the Detroit Red Wing Days you guys of course remember Holstrom the way he was such a good netfront presence especially on the power play uh the courage it took to
Stay there take a beating and just be in front of the goalie eyes when flap shots are coming at your head I mean it’s not fun it’s not easy it’s not the easiest way to make a living when it comes to being a hockey player but I think Jake
Is such an obedient Soldier and learner and willing and able to do what anyone asks of him he he of course just really worked on that side of his game and I think he has officially really made that blue paint in his office and he’s really
Hard to get pushed out of there whether it be the power play or five on five and and I and I’ve always said that you know to be a really good net fromont presence player you have to to have just a well balanced amount of Will and skill you
Know you have so many willful guys those fourth line grinder type of guys that the Mackenzie mcken types that you know they want to get there because they know that’s kind of what they have to do but they maybe lack a little skill they maybe lack some hands uh versus you know
High-end skilled players who who have the skill who have the hands but maybe just don’t have necessarily the will to get there and Jake has found that sweet spot he’s found that really really nice balance where he’s certainly courageous enough to get there he’s got the will but he’s got incredible hands and
Incredible presence for the that and he knows how to elevate the puck when he’s in tight as well and another great five on five net fromont presence for him last night and that one was a big one because Ottawa kept coming back after those two goal deficits and that was a
Oneg goal game at the time so it was a huge goal by Jake again it was also a great game by Jordan cyu great bounceback game for him after that bad penalty the other night he responded with a goal and two helpers what did you see from
Kyu you know Jordan off the Hop Brooke in that first first shift of the game you can tell he was competitive you can tell he was jumping you can tell was on his toes I think you know we talked to him on the postgame curbs and I did
After the rap last night and you know one thing he the one word he used was confidence he said I just need to get my confidence back so you know it’s a player that is certainly feeling that he is not performing up to the standard that he wants to and certainly this that
This team needs and I think that that’s something that that is on his mind I think you know you saw him the way he jumped last night they brought him back down to the second line hopefully took a little pressure off just go out there play hockey you know me play with a
Really steady wing of course and Brandon sad and a guy he’s very familiar with in pavich so you really got to give a little bit of credit to Drew banister who continues to move these lines around but his speed was there everything was a factor you know even young goal the way
He just kind of whipped it at the net with his head down it was just the presence and he just had really good really good intuition of knowing where the net was without even looking at it which goal scorers ultimately do and I think this is a player that is going to
Be wild card now for St Louis moving forward you know you look at how this team has performed you look at how they’re right there in the mix uh and you know the thought of not even really having a full Jordan cyou throughout this stretch is pretty amazing the blues
Are still there I mean that’s that’s what’s scary is even if the blues are right there which they are and then all of a sudden you get Jordan kyber going I mean just an added piece that that can make it for a really nice run and really
Put a lot more pressure on the Vegas golden I who you’re still Four Points behind Joey it’s huge when you got Joel H for being able to come into a game and you don’t experience much of a drop off if a drop off at all that is huge right now for the
Blues yeah it is Dan I mean you look at his numbers especially lately I mean not going to sit here and say we have a goal tending issue uh but if there was a goal tending issue it’s who do you kind of use moving forward I mean and that’s
That’s a really good problem to have like I mentioned I mean Jordan bennington’s certainly your guy and they’re gonna ride that horse until until the the sun goes down I think moving forward especially the next week and that’s one of the reasons why they gave him a break last night but you
Can’t deny Joe hover numbers I mean the last three games after he’s played pretty much 500 hockey all year long his last three starts he’s got a 952 save percentage and he’s three and0 I mean without him last night I mean I don’t know if the blue squeak out squeak that
One out and the same goes for the Anaheim Ducks game that he played last week you know the blues had a really slow start in the first a really slow second and eventually that the power play in the third period got him three goals and got him that win but the same
Thing last night I mean Ottawa had you know 7 eight great a back door High danger area chances right off the hop in the first period you look at the scoreboard and still z z and then before you know it Brandon side put you on the
Board and then all two nothing so you know this goal tendering situation St Lewis uh with all the things that have gone up and down this year the one thing that’s made very consistent is that there are two Dynamite game changing goal tenders that can keep in every
Single game and Joel hord did the same thing last night hey Joey in your experience as a player and as a broadcaster being around players we talk about a sense of urgency at this time of year does every NHL player play with a sense of urgency when things are on the
Line like this or are there players that just you know if I’m playing golf for game 83 or on the ice for game 83 it really doesn’t make any difference to me are are those players out there or does everybody really care about making the
Playoffs oh you know I I I will say honestly Randy there there are teams and players that just fall right off and I think that there are teams that that certainly have a lot more giddy up and you know I’m looking at the same Lou Blues team uh they’re playing the song I
Will Survive after the the game last night I mean this is a team that is that is pumped and they have that believability that they can get in you know was unfortunate three- game little drought they went on that New York trip that kind of put them back in this
Position they’re in uh but they’re they’re not going down without a fight I mean that’s what’s excited about this team you know being around the guys you know they’re talking about the standings they’re looking at Vegas they’re looking at you know the different games I had a
Had a great conversation with one of the Players yesterday in the hallway outside Ottawa and we’re kind of looking at the analytics of the games moving or like okay well if we win here and they lose here but if but if we here I mean of
Course they know that at the end of the day they have to control what they can control but let’s beon they need some help now I mean you’ve won the last couple or excuse me you’ve won you know five of the last six even though you
Lost that that Colorado game but look at the Vegas golden I they’ve kind of won in that same area too you win win a game yesterday in Ottawa and then all a sudden you land in Minnesota at one morning you check your phone and in the Vegas golden night score with under two
Minutes to go to win that game versus Seattle Kraken so even though you’re winning the team that you’re chasing is winning so you’re going to need a little bit of help and and I think that these players that they understand uh the the anxiousness they understand the anticipation and they understand the
Importance of the next two games because the these next two games could be could be your whole season I mean if you uh if you’re looking at the game tomorrow I mean Vegas golden nights are playing the Columbus Blue Jackets to me that’s a win for Vegas I mean Columbus is a
Struggling team Vegas is definitely coming on now so if the Vegas gets two points and you end up not taking care of business against the Minnesota w which is going to be a very tough game by the way it’s not going to be an easy game especially because Minnesota just got
Dted by La nothing in LA and got embarrassed so it’s going to be a tough game but the situation comes is if you lose tomorrow and then Vegas of course wins beats Columbus then now you’re six points out and now your chasing team is six points out with 11 games to go and
It’s a very hard thing to do um but at the same time you still have a chance on Monday uh so I will just let you know we’re at the Hop analytically speaking spoke to a guy yesterday very much smarter than me from an analytic standpoint whatever whatever happen
Tomorrow between both those teams Monday night from an analytic standpoint it is going to Skyrocket if the blues can beat the Vegas golden kns their chances of making a playoffs go up dramatically and if they lose that game it just drops dramatically and it’s not to say it’s gonna drop dramatically because it’s
Already pretty low but it’s going to drop even further so that’s where I think that they’re looking at these next two games uh they’re certainly excited they’re pumped up but this is a group really sticking together right now and they’re getting great goal tending so theyve every every chance and every
Reason to believe that they can still make a run with this thing Joey V we always get something interesting to think about when we talk to you we appreciate that and we hope you have a great day in the Twin Cities and enjoy the broadcast tomorrow we’ll be tuned in
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Brook Dan and rock here and it is now time for the fight and our fighter today stepping up to the challenge this Friday is Todd Todd how are you doing I’m doing great how are you guys on this beautiful wonderful Friday oh we’re doing great it
Is beautiful outside are you are you out and about driving right now Tod I am driving haven’t into work right now yet so you get to really enjoy is it warm out there because it was kind of chilly this morning so now I want to know if
It’s warm outside little bit of a chill still but that should uh warm up a little bit I would say about 71 72 today sunny a little rain later tonight so get all your stuff done during the day are you a meteorologist I am not Dan I am not okay
Just checking can we add you to our second alert weather team because we needed some help last week with all the tornado warnings and watches just stay inside uh and and take shelter that’s all I would tell you to do perfect that is great Todd all right you ready for
Question number one yeah well we’re going to see what goes on here today let’s do it all right John Calipari has made the final four with three teams Kentucky Memphis and which other program is it Louisville UNLV or UMass UMass question two who is the only player in major league history to lead
Their League in home runs shared or outright for seven straight seasons was it Mike schil or excuse me Mike Schmidt Mike never played in the big leagues schil but Mike Schmidt Harmon kibu or Ralph ker let’s go with Mike uh Schmidt you don’t want to go with Shelty well Shelty
I I know that would be wrong but uh no we’ll go with Schmidt okay just checking thank you question three who is the highest drafted fighting a line night player in NFL draft draft history is it d dick buckus Jeff George or Simeon rice uh Jeff George and question four it has been
Almost 12 years since a major league pitcher pitched a 10-inning complete game which pitcher did it in a one- nothing loss back in April of 2012 was it Roy Halliday Cliff Lee or Tim linsicum let’s go with the freak Tim com all right we go get Randy Todd how do
You feel about how you play today I I feel okay that’s all I’m going to say is okay was there a particular like sport that you uh think that you’re very solid in um I’m okay in all of them not great in any of them oh I like that Randy uh
Randy just brought in some wings from his duty yesterday on the fast lane thank you Randy you’re welcome you request I did yeah if you make a request Danny I take care of it bro I appreciate it very much say uh good morning to Todd Todd good morning how you doing I’m
Doing great Randy how are you today what’s the seasoning on the wings uh we just have the original sauce from cyberg cyber’s original that always works well pretty awesome Yep it does it smells so good Randy now Dan is about to have a wing Cole I’m wait are going to have
These heated up these have been heated up these have been heated up okay good to know because I have to have heated up wings that’s just me though I know everybody has their preferences oh ry’s getting out the plates and we’ll go ahead and start with question number
One than welcome ready Randy ready John Calipari has made the final four with three teams Kentucky Memphis and which other program I believe he U made it with the University of Massachusetts if I’m not mistaken going with the minute yes I am you okay ready for number two ready
Aren’t they you UMass Minuteman they are okay good I’m a little slow this morning changed their name from the Colonials to something really what was it the stupid name they changed the revolutionaries revolutionaries that’s it yeah question two ready who is the only player in major league history to lead their
League at home runs shared or outright for seven straight Seasons oh my wow somebody did that let’s see was it Babe Ruth was it Luke grick was it Johnny mice was it Barry Bond or was it Ralph ker Dan what are you going with I’m going to go with Ralph ker all
Right who is the highest traed fighting alii player in NFL draft history so you’d have to be like number one overall to be the highest possible right you’re answering the questions we can’t thank you D Carri Davis Car Davis rard mendenhal I’m just thinking of Poss possibilities here dick buckus
Possible um I think I’m going to go with the Indianapolis Colts taking Jeff George from Illinois with the number one overall draft pick I think that I’m going to go with Jeff George because I don’t think you can go higher than number one question four yes sir it’s
Been almost 12 years since a major league baseball pitcher pitched a 10-inning complete game which pitcher did it in a one- nothing loss back in April of 2012 April of 2012 somebody had a 10 ining loss uh Danel do the lifeline here Roy Halliday Cliff Lee Tim
Linum all good I think linum had kind of passed his prime by 2012 uh so it’s between Lee and Halliday and I’m just going to go with the Lefty Cliff Lee all right Matthew take it over all right Todd taking on Randy carer Randy I guess this would be a
Clean sweep for the week if you win this one you had to go to a tiebreaker one game and he was a very honest man and we thank him for that but because of that you have yet to lose this week so does mega mind finish out the perfect week or
Does Todd come in and spoil him on this wonderful beautiful Friday ring that Bell the winner and still champion of the fight Randy carer the fight is presented by Golf Discount of St leis with the most experienced Club fitters in town why shop anywhere else oh you earn this too go crazy folks
Go crazy Randy carer took you down Todd 4 to2 in the fight today all right well hey you guys have a great weekend enjoy this weather and uh uh enjoy thank you Todd we appreciate listening appreciate you participating today good job that is our meteorologist Todd yes it is he was
He was killing it with the forecast he was killing it with the forecast we added him to the second alert weather team Ry we need as we need to have six meteorologists so that we can get out on a street somewhere everybody with their arms folded so that we can do that promo
I’ll be right at front and center you know stand right on the side of the icy Street the cars are driving down stand right on the side of it the best promos ever right in the middle of the street those wings are ridiculous if you get
Hit we’ll run that all day John Cal party made the final four with three teams Kentucky Memphis and UMass in his last year there in 1996 who was the only player in MLB history to lead their League in home runs shared her outright for seven straight Seasons he had to
Share three of them including two with Joe medwick but it was in fact Ralph ker who went seven straight years highest drafted fighting Al line night player is in fact Jeff George who went number one overall in the NFL draft that answer changes if you expand it to all drafts
As there was another as um a fighting Al line quarterback back went number one in the AFL draft in 1966 so you can you can fudge it if you if you just go n just do drafts do you know who that is Ry cuz if
You do I quit I don’t remember all right oh where did I put it 65 Jim gski who would then play running back for the Packers was a quarterback at Illinois and got drafted first overall in the AFL draft he was ninth overall in the NFL draft year course
Mike dka later would say we are the grasis yeah uh but uh 1965 I believe the first pick in the AFL draft was one Joe namoth who was also drafted by the St Louis football Cardinals but chose to sign with the Jets rather than the Cardinals it’s like they paid him more
Or something yeah who is the high uh sorry uh did I already read that one yester High Tri fashioning player in uh NFL or fighting a line of history is in fact Jeff George Simon rice and Dick buckus are right up there and almost 12 years since an MLB P pitcher pitched a
10 inning complete Game Rich Hill almost did it he took a no hitter into the 10th inning if you guys remember and he gave yeah he gave up a home run on the very first pitch of the 10th inning but it was Cliff Lee who did it back in April
Of 2012 the last player to do it he unfortunately did lose that game one to nothing though so a 42 win for Randy carer in the fight today thank you again to Todd for joining the show and joining the fight thank you Todd coming up next
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And that was great television but the native St Louis and the product of the Lindenwood University and the anchor for MLB tonight on MLB Network Greg aminger join us now on 101 ESPN good morning sir how you doing I don’t know how you guys
Do this I I was up at 3:30 in the morning the last two days just awful I don’t know how in the world you guys function this early like I you’re lethargic all day aren’t you how do you how do you have healthy meaningful efficient days with this schedule CG
When I was brought in to do the mornings I told my bosses I said now I’m not coming in at 3:30 in the morning and they said no no no you can come in whenever you want as long as you get a show on the air by 7:00 so I wake up at
5:30 I there’s no chance of me being able to wake up at 3:30 that’s how I pull it off you know what I like about you Randy you snch on yourself your bosses are going he gets in what time is he get in no way yeah that’s funny Randy
I I I couldn’t pull that off my my producers want me there before the first pitch so I had to be there at 5:45 that when you’re walking in and everyone is like asleep and it’s dark outside I’m not used to that I’m a night
Owl and it’s going to take me about a week to recover before the real opening day so I can stay up till 1:00 in the morning but yeah I I I really do I honor everybody that not just what you do in the radio but everybody that wakes up
Early and grinds I’m thinking about waking up when I’m sleeping that’s how weird it gets for me okay but one item here and Dan can relate to this I think uh many people listening can relate to this if you are charged with waking up
At 3:30 so that you can have a rise tea time are you motivated then 100% I don’t have to work come in yeah me too my wife is in the vicinity so no absolutely not that’s amazing well Greg we have to get into of course some Cardinals talk
But we got to start with the other big news that’s uh kind of being out there right now that everybody’s talking about I don’t know if you’ve heard about it or not but uh the whole show hey Otani interpreter Scandal what do you make of
All this uh look uh wow um you know Major League Baseball is trying to collect all the facts right now it it’s very murky uh the information that epe the translator gave to ESPN and all of it was retracted now trying to figure out what exactly did he lie about what
Is actually true all I know is my own personal experience dealing with SH Otani and epe and epe is much more than a translator this was his best friend this guy was with him everywhere every day everywhere he went and to think that this is not going to
Impact sh’s level of fun and enjoyment this year when he’s trying to prove a $700 million contract um you’d be lying to say It’s Not Gon to bum him out this is a a massive relationship in the life of shi Otani that made him comfortable in the United States and will he have
Another translator of course he’s sharing the yamamoto’s translator at the moment he’ll have his own personal translator at some point but it’s still it’s hard to replace a best friend a a someone that that knew exactly all the little details of how you prepared how you got ready for a game what
Information did you want to know sitting on the couch with you talking baseball watching baseball epe told me that all he does is watch baseball that literally he watches all games he’s watching MLB Network all the time and he’s obsessed with the game so epe was able to connect
With him on it and it’s hard to find a human being that can talk baseball 24 hours a day seven days a week and be engaged and like it as much as epe did so uh to me if you’re a Dodger fan I would be a bit worried that the fun of
The game is going to be affected because sh lost his best play in terms of being a Dodger fan should you be concerned at all with yamamoto’s spring and I don’t get into a lot of spring numbers I I don’t really care but are you concerned
About that to an extent coupled with the fact that he got knocked around in his first ever start yeah you know what Dan I’m with you I don’t look at you know spring training ra but what I do pay attention to is is this guy as advertised and what was he advertised as
He had the best command of five pitches we’ve seen since grank had a sub2 y okay that’s how he was built and he’s got upper echelon stuff throwing up to 98 miles an hour in spring training you saw moments in every epat that he has that okay and it happened last night all
Yesterday morning uh here in the states against San Diego Padres but if you listen to the postgame Mike schi said you know I our guys were just patient and we were waiting for something over the middle of the plate and that literally happens in every at bat that
We’ve seen here in the States from Yamamoto his command is not as advertised as of yet this happened during spring training why he had an RA over eight um the stuff is there but in every bat he misses over the heart of the plate and if you wait for it you can
M it and that’s what the P did so he’s going to really have to get back and look and we I had a great conversation with Harold Reynolds about this it’s funny when you’re in Japan and you look at who are the great Sluggers of Japan let’s just say players from the United
States Eric thingses went to you know Korea I’ll just say since they were in South Korea he played in South Korea and hit over 40 home runs three times in a row and I know Eric he’s a colleague of mine now at MLB netwk Eric Dames did not
Have the same level of success here in the United States guys in Japan that they’re they’re more you know contact oriented and he was getting swing and Miss he can overpower those guys but Sluggers there’re maybe there are two or three in a lineup he’s facing teams here
In the States where there’s not room to breathe everybody Jackson Merill will put on a crazy round of BP at the age of 20 the starting center fielder a rookie for the San Diego Padres batting ninth these sort of athletes are not batting ninth in Japan so the human element that
Yamamoto is facing of intimidation of whoa here’s another guy here’s Manny Machado that’s Fernando tatis out Xander Bogart you all these guys walking to the plate Jake Crona work’s hitting 30 bombs in Japan if he’s playing in Japan he’s in 30 bombs so this is this is what he’s
Gonna have to wrap his mind around and Trust his stuff because it’s the mistakes in this country in the in the highest level of baseball in the world that sends the ball into the third deck and that’s what yamamoto’s got to avoid GRE G you’re with us on uh the opening
Drive on 101 ESPN mlb.com writers surveyed players down in spring training and asked them who they think the most surprising teams are going to be the Royals were number one among the players then the Reds and then the Tigers and the Orioles and the Cubs I want to ask
About the Cardinals though Greg what would a pleasant surprise look like for Greg amsing or for the Cardinals uh a pleasant surprise would be one of the young arms hitting big the Cardinals need you know uh one of their minor Leaguers maybe it’s hence maybe it’s Matthew Liberator finally figures it out
And becomes a starting pitcher and everyone is you know going crazy about what he brings they need a pleasant surprise in the rotation at some point this year in the second half that breathes New Life fresh blood and excitement into the Cardinal base that makes them a team that’s in the same
Conversation as the big three and I I think the big three isn’t just Otani mookie bets and Freddy Freeman to me the big three it’s the Dodgers it’s the brave it’s the Phillies those three teams have separated themselves in my opinion from everyone else and if you can get one
Maybe it’s a new war maybe they can make a deal maybe they make a trade at the deadline and get that young you know you build around type of guy was Dylan SE it was Corbin Burns those guys have already been traded if that can happen and
There’s something to be excited about a swing and Miss win every fifth day kind of situation in the Cardinal rotation then maybe they’re in the conversation that would be a pleasant surprise to me I don’t see it right now I don’t see that young guy emerging at this stage
But if something like that were to happen for the Cardinal rotation then maybe that would be the pleasant surprise that puts him in the conversation not that not saying that Zack Thompson fits the description that you just put out there but I think a lot of people are looking at him maybe to
Potentially have a role in the starting rotation what do you think is the ceiling for Thompson well I look at what he’s doing in spring training terrific sub three er and again spring numbers are what they are guys take more pitches and want to see the ball they’re not as
Aggressive early on in at bats as they would normally be in regular season Ball but his swinging Miss and his stuff are a couple notches below the what you would think of as as an ace but to me does he have the capability to performing to the levels of expectations
That everyone in St Louis had for Stephen matz when he signed a contract with the St Louis Cardinals do you think Thompson could get into the rotation and give you a 347 e r if he got if he had 30 Stars this young guy could posted an
RA under three half I think he could I think he can manage a game I think he’s going to be deep in into the ball game he going give you six plus no um I don’t think his Caper 9 is gonna be nine but I I think he could be a serviceable four
Or five if he had to be if he had to be at this stage of the game the guys you’re paying are the guys you’re gonna play and the guys that have the highest upside are the guys you dream on unfortunately I don’t know if that’s him
Yet but as we’ve learned over time lefties that are crafty can stick around on this game for a very long time um Jordan Montgomery is trying to get paid for that but you see it’s hard to get paid when you don’t have immense stuff and swing Miss I think toson could be a
Serviceable serviceable guy could be a long guy to the bullpen and in a pinch he could give you five innings out of the rotation you got gray out you got Edmund out you got Newar out you got Middleton out it’s kind of an incomplete grade on spring training for the
Cardinals but what is the what’s the tone of the national media and what they’re feeling like the Cardinals could do this year you know I’m sure there was uh push back on the news of Ali marol getting the extension I thought it was a brilliant
Move if you’re going to be Allin you got to be Allin and John moak realized being in the gray area this spring was going to lead to more question and more doubt uh you know conviction and uh absolute raise your hand this is on me if it
Doesn’t work out uh is is actual leadership and him making sure that Ali marol knew he was man he’s the manager of this team for the next two years at least was vitally important uh I knew that it was going to be an issue if the
Cardinals got to a slow start is Al marol gonna be on the on the shopping block that was going to be a major distraction John mosak knew that he silenced all of those rumors before they even happened and I think something as small as that a detail knowing the
Manager is not a lame duck guy and we might have a new manager if we you know get swept back-to-back series um in in May is going to make a major impact on this team to know that we’re all in we got the players we want we got the
Starters we wanted we signed him in the off season even though Randy thinks they’re a little too old we got the manager that’s gonna be our guy for the next two years we’re all in I believe in this group we’re all in if the front office and the guys in The Dugout are
All pulling the same side of the Rope there’s there’s a chance this could be a great year telling you right now walking through Arizona spring training camps this Cardinal team is every bit as good if not better than the clubs that are in this division it is a winable division
The Cardinals should win the National League Central Division they should win it period hey Greg before we let you go we mentioned the padr under Mike schil you were with them what was the vibe around the Padres with shil at the helm and that was obviously you saw them
Before they got ceased so what are you thinking of San Diego like gu I really like Mike schel I’m letting you know I like him a lot and we show up in camp at 64 in the morning and he’s walking around the warning track with AJ PR and
They walked around the warning track for an hour just the two of them chatting so then I meet with Mike shill I go hey man we got a video of you and AJ walking the track let’s do the interview with us walking on the track with you and he
Goes okay it’s cool so we’re walking the track and our poor camera gu walking backwards forever and uh we’re walking in a big circle around around the practice field and I go you know that’s interesting was that just a one time thing and he goes no you know working in
The front office with AJ I realized he only sleeps three hours a night he’s the mad scientist of baseball and I gotta know what’s going on in his mind I gotta know so one of the big disconnects between him and Bob Melvin was Bob Melvin is a can I use the word normal
Human being like he goes to sleep he sleeps seven hours he shows up to work he spends some time with his family um AJ PR’s already done 35,000 things by the time you get to the yard so Mike schield is said like I want to be on the
Same page with you so they go for walks every morning when they’re in the same zip code and they chat about being on the same page as AJ Prowler that is someone that recognizes who he’s working with and he will conform in any way he needs to to make sure that everyone like
I said before pulling on the same side of the Rope Mike schil is he’s got such great sensibility his press conference yesterday at the end of it in South Korea he wanted to thank all of the people that worked in operations for both teams and for the league and for
The people in operations there at the ballpark in South Korea that Liv there all the people that had to change logo and work on the clubhouses and give them an opportunity to hit down in the cages like everything that went into it he recognized it and he called those people
Out he’s a true leader he’s a great manager and I think the Padres I know this sounds crazy with no wotto and no Bob Melvin Bob Melvin I think is gonna be in the Hall of Fame someday as manager that to lose guys like that no
No Sai Young and Blake snow no Josh hater the best closer in the game they’re gonna be better I think they’re going to be better this year than they were last year because when the Mojo’s off the whole thing doesn’t work and Mike Shield’s the glue that’s going to
Keep the Mojo working Amazing Greg as always great stuff have a fantastic weekend thanks so much and we’re only one week away less than a week away from opening day now I know I can’t wait uh before that we got basketball in my Lind with gear right now because I’m just
Putting it out into space that someday we will be in the NCAA tournament I can’t wait for that uh but if you’re looking for a sleeper from Greg s loves to throw predictions against the wall I got Marquette winning the national championship remember I said it Marquette wins the national Championship
I had to throw that out there this is me being this is me being like the intern for you when I was a kid hey Greg you want to give the microphone I I just speak and I don’t even want know what I’m saying I just have to get my college
Basketball pick out there that’s very well done sir and we’ll we we’ll do this again next week and we’ll we’ll get your your Champion uh your final four next week okay okay it sounds good I’ll reveal it then Randy sounds good see you later Greg amsinger with us on 101 ESPN
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Thanks to Metro you don’t have to drive to thrive e we’re recapping the biggest Sports stories of the day on the opening drive with a rush hour reset cards and Marlins today down in Florida miles michelas will pitch actually tonight for the Red Birds it’s a 540 start and let’s see Saturday Sunday
Monday Tuesday my guess would be that this will be the last grapefruit League game for Miles Michel tonight against the Marlins right 100% is and sunny Ray was supposed to pitch today in a minor league game but there’s a lot of heavy rain in the forecast so they just
Announced that he will not be pitching today I guess would they move him either to tomorrow which is a logical thing but they also could put him in a covered area and just bring hitters in to face him so maybe he get some work in um today but you know it’s 24 hours
Difference what’s the big deal he’s going to start later in the season anyway so it’s probably not that big a deal no the Cardinals lost to Houston yesterday 9 to1 the blues winners over the Senators 5 to2 last night Blues still Four Points back of eighth place
Vegas in the western conference with a game in hand which they’ll pick up early next week after the second half of their backto back back against the blues and the Predators Vegas has Columbus between those two games so the blues could be looking at being just two points behind
Before their game next Thursday against the Flames if they can beat Minnesota tomorrow noon pregame here on 101 ESPN and then Vegas on Monday night that scenario would put the lose 81 points through 72 games if Vegas beats Columbus but loses both of their back to back against the blues and predators they
Would be at 83 points through 72 games so the possibility of the playoffs for the blues logically speaking is still very real it’s legit I mean especially it sets up if you win tomorrow Monday night should be a playoff game with Vegas in town that’s going to be a fun
Game to watch and going back to last night Joel hulford made that start was outstanding the tandem of he and Bennington has been as good as anybody in the league and giving them a chance to even be in this spot I I thought neighbor is obviously doing what he does
Getting in front of the net and getting that goal but the other guy that deserves credit takes a lot of heat is Jordan Kyu and he played well last night well he had that bad py that we talked about the other day and of course that
Was not the only mistake you can talk about that b navish turnover there’s a lot of things that happened in that Abs game but either way I thought that was still a good game but still mistakes will hurt you against a team like that but for Jordan kyou to respond in this
Game I think that that was great you mentioned Danny a goal and two helpers from him that’s what I want to see that’s what I honestly look for in the players is how do they respond to a bad game a situation like that and to see
Kyu perform in that way and we talked to Joey ve earlier and I thought it was very interesting what he said about that maybe kyu’s confidence has been lacking in his game recently that’s a real pressure to know that everybody’s looking at you because that big contract everybody has very high expectations of
You and I’m sure he does of himself and they got that first goal they’re now 162 and one under Drew Bannister when they score first in a game and that’s that’s a telling stat for sure notable statistic the NCAA tournament continues today and you can come and join us and
Watch it at Helen fitzgeralds in South County brought to you by 101 ESPN and Bud Light join BK and ferrario from 11: to 2 the fast lane from 2: to 6 the fast lane will consist of Carri Davis Andrew Marsh and me will be broadcasting from Helen fitzgeralds on Lindberg enjoy come
And enjoy some food a cold budlight 101 ESPN giveaways plenty of screens to watch all the games and more get more details at 101 espn.com yesterday the most notable game was an upset of Kentucky by Oakland the final score was 80 to 76 and after the game
John Calipari said that he needs to make changes but he did also say quote I’ve done this with young teams my whole career and it’s going to be hard for me to change that because we’ve helped so many young people in their families that I don’t see myself just saying okay we
Aren’t going to recruit freshmen anymore but the wild cats are one and four in their last five NCAA tournament games isn’t that interesting at this point in his career having a because of name image and likeness that he would have to change how he does it I mean and if
You’re a kid out there and he comes to you and you’ve played college basketball how do you say no to Kentucky but yet on the flip side and the personal side of just helping so many of these kids get to the next level that’s kind of the rub
Right there it’s uh it’s a tough spot to be in even though if he gets fired the buyout is 33 so it’s not that tough It’s $33 million they would ask him to walk away from they sent that to Chris Mills in a FedEx package a few years ago well
But yeah you get paid you get paid I mean that’s a that’s a pretty big buy out I’m sure that somewhere Jimbo Fisher is laughing at that but at the same time um I hear what he’s saying and I totally get that but I guess I tweeted this out
Last night kuy’s moniker of being one and done has a whole new meeting now because it’s taking on the meaning of being one andone in this tournament now but he’s dealt with this before he’s dealt with players who are one andone and then go to the NBA they have NBA
Level Talent it just seemed like that they were not fully prepared or maybe even underes at their opponent they thought it was going to be an easy win and one of the things he said last night he said our average age is 19 that’s what he’s done with the one and duns
Before their average age was 23 or 24 he said maybe I need to recruit some older guys from the transfer portal there’s got to be something to be said with these teams that are the Lesser teams that you don’t hear about but yet the kids stay together four or five years
There’s got to be something to that as opposed to taking on 18 and 19y olds that are making their first appearance in the NCAA tournament these teams have experienced the ones that stay together they don’t jump through the transfer portal maybe some of the schools out there don’t want them so they stay
Together learn a system same coach I think there’s something to that for sure St Louis city in action tomorrow against DC United and that game starts at 7:30 at city park as City tries to stay hot on their home field that’ll be fun it’s always good to have St Louis city back
Home and the vibe that that brings to the city big crowd I would expect probably sold out tomorrow should be fun to see and that is today’s Rush Hour reset on the opening drive next up we’re going to head back to Minnesota and Robert Thomas blue Center will join us here on 101
ESPN e e e e e e e e e SC getting you inside the Blue’s locker room to go by Robert Thomas it’s time now for blues forward Robert Thomas on the opening drive driven by Pure Performance the only stop for all your aftermarket vehicle Needs Grimley Danny ma Randy carer and we head to the Twin Cities where Robert Thomas is standing by the blues taking the flight last night from Ottawa to Minnesota and they’ll play the Wild tomorrow afternoon new Moon pregame 1:00 face off here on 101 ESPN good morning
Robert Thomas how you doing doing well guys thanks good how’s how’s Minnesota this morning um I couldn’t tell you but last night there was a snowstorm that’s not great we don’t have that here today thank goodness yeah I know it wasn’t wasn’t great coming in it was a
Snowstorm is that what you said yeah yeah yeah it was snowing snowing last night Robert you sound a little tired this morning was it long flight easy flight and then obviously you’re coming off a big win yeah a little bit but not too bad um
Yeah we got in late but um it’s all good we’re ready to rock tomorrow Robert I want to ask you about Jordan kyou last night obviously a great game for him and of course many others but with Jordan cyu it seemed like it was a great bounceback game from him and even
Banister was talking about it last night what did you see from him in the game yeah he he played really well um you know he’s skating well he moving the puck well obviously create a lot of chances and and uh capitalize on it so um you know those are the the kind of
Performances we need and um you know the last five six games everyone everyone’s been a big part of these wins and um that’s what we need coming down the strength may be pretty simple but I’ve been talking about this stat you guys are 162 and one under Drew banister when
You score the first goal just curious from a players’s perspective and the answer may be obvious but when you get that first goal what does it do for your team yeah I think uh I think we’re a team that plays with momentum well um you know scoring the first goal creates
A lot of momentum for you and um you know I think a lot of times when we score one we we score two even three Quicks so um I think it’s important for us to have good starts and and really set the tone hey Robert obviously you
Guys do have to just put your head down and Win Every Game pretty much but how how much do you pay attention to the standings and your playoff chances right now yeah we always take a peak um you at the end of the day I we got 12 games
Left I feel like if we have a good stretch and um you know in a lot of them I think we’re we’re going to be fine so um we definitely keep an eye on it but at the same time um we still feel like we can control our our own fate Robert
We talked to you a lot about goal Ting and we’ve asked you about Jordan biddington but what a performance by Joel Hofer last night with 37 saves what did you see from him yeah yeah um I mean was a team that has a lot of offense
They can they can score and they got a lot of skill and um you know we were a little sloppy at times during the game and um H came up with some massive saves so um you know when you have goalies like B and H uh you have a really good
Chance of winning every single night and um he made some incredible saves when you have a goenda is play in this combination does that allow forward to take a little bit more of a chance I mean obviously you’re going to get back defensively but you know you’re going to be covered does
That allow you to not cheat a little bit but take more chances um I wouldn’t say so no uh I think just you know chances are going to happen throughout the game so um just know having that confidence that uh they’re going to make the save is is
Important hey Robert you guys will skate later this afternoon but you have a grueling schedule here down the stretch take us through a typical day of keeping your body in shape and rested do how much work do you get done on your body on a day like this and how much do you
Rest do you do anything else play video games or anything like that um not really um I’d say usually get like a you know flush in your body um you know hot tubs cold tubs um try and get as much sleep as possible um I’m a big sleeper so I
Usually get a good good couple hour nap and um usually helps the body heal up so um I think those things are really a few years ago when Chip Kelly was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles he brought scientists in and said that the athletes needed 10 hours of sleep a
Night can you sleep for 10 hours in a row no don’t get 10 hours I can’t imagine sleeping for 10 hours can you uh I definitely have and it feels great but I hours in a while Robert you know how much we love nicknames on the show and
You kind of have shot us down a couple times but we have a new one thanks to a texter and listener that came up for one for Jake neighbors specifically because of his netfront presence and so what do you think about the neighborhood no that’s kind of funny you
Actually like that one okay all right we’re we’re getting somewhere here yeah that’s not bad um we had somebody text in if you could relay this please to Robert I took my 9-year-old son to his first game uh last week against La during warm-ups you flipped a puck over
The boards to him I just wanted to say thank you you made his night one he’ll never forget and you have a fan for life in my son best of luck the rest of the season first of all great job in doing that and secondly do you realize the
Impact that you make by doing something as simple as handing a stick or flipping a puck over the boards yeah um you know that’s always something uh I found really really great is you know I was a kid one time and um you know I got a
John tar signature when I was a kid and uh I thought it was the coolest thing ever so um it’s always something you you remember and uh something as easy as that that you know really sticks in a kid’s mind so um that’s why we play for for the next generation and
Um you know it’s pretty pretty awesome to be able to do that do you try to make a point to do that every every game during warm-ups yeah sometimes um it’s funny we always usually have like we start put the warm-ups with like 40 50 pucks and
By the last two minutes we got about seven out there so um I think our team does a really good job of it well Robert we’re rooting for you guys tomorrow against Minnesota have a good day in the Twin Cities today and next week that uh
That home ice will be waiting for you again hopefully you can get some success on home ice too but enjoy tomorrow and we’ll talk to you next week awesome see you guys thanks Robert Robert Thomas Blues center with us here on 101 ESPN love hearing stories like that the
Impact that you can make with just a simple flip of the Puck and what it means to a young fan out there it’s so cool and he is so humble because like kids come up to him and he says no this is the autoone pro it’s you know it’s
Really cool to see stories like that at fol yeah do you do the autoone pro spots Randy sometimes I noticed that you also mention that if you’re going to be watching uh the NCAA tournament you should probably should stop by Fenton Bar and Grill and pick up your wings
It’s not a bad place to go it really is not the WIS are lunch menu is really good today delicious yeah say hello to somebody over there you can say hello to all of the people over there Chuck is going to be there the manager and you
Can say hi to Alicia and uh and The Feisty redhead Kelly I’m sure will be on hand and Megan the whole crew why is it always The Feisty redheads why are redheads are always feisty I I said can I refer to you as the feisty redhead she
Said sure autoone Pro Randy you’re tied in with them and Robert is tied in with them yeah we’re teammates we’re on the same team it’s amazing how you made that transition together we’re talking about kids in lifelong memories and you went to the aolone pro well because because
The kid came up to him and said Robert Thomas you’re a pro and he said no your dad’s the pro oh yeah right I’ve seen it I saw the I know I saw it too a camera there they had a camera unreal unreal uh coming up here on 101
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Find you drift in and out would you Dr up I’m out Man Brook Dan and Randy here and it is time for it they said what well guys Welcome to The Madness of March I don’t know if you guys know this or not but there was a crazy story that happened last night where a team that broke everyone’s brackets while also winning
Over a lot of people’s hearts unless you’re a Kentucky fan which whoopsies sorry about that not really that sorry but either way sorry not sorry no not sorry whatsoever enter in your new Cinderella story that is Oakland while they consider themselves not a Cinderella Story they are now the bells
Of the ball right now after taking down Kentucky last night here’s Oakland star guard J Jack Jack Goki and their head coach Greg campy after their shocking win Evan is with Greg campy you’re going to have to wait for that golf game coach cuz 40 years in you just pulled off the
Greatest upset in this program’s history how’d you do it this guy right here he had no conscience we talked all week just go shoot it baby you’re the best and he’s the best and he proved it to the world tonight I said this is what we wanted this stage we wanted Kentucky CU
They’re the best you know they’re the best so we wanted that and we wanted the stage and our kids came through we win all close games we went all close games you heard the Huddle right we that’s always said now how to we win close games when you got great kids with great
Character that’s how you win close games I’ve always had an interesting mindset about that I obviously we come in we’re the the underdog by uh all measures but uh you just got to as a player you can’t think that way you got to go out there
And you got to think that you have the same Talent level as them I know they have draft picks and I know I’m not going to the NBA but uh I know On Any Given night I can compete with those type of guys and our team can compete
With those type of guys and that’s why I was so confident going into it and that’s why I say we’re not a cinder because when we play our a game we can be the best team on the floor and that was Jack goalie there at the end and now
I know that they’re saying they’re not a Cinderella Story I love that mentality but can we talk about just the story around I’m calling him the bell of the ball Jack goal key and his lore as the kids say leading up to this big one Shining Moment maybe not just one
Shining Moment for this team but as of right now that’s what it is you guys want to hear this background on him yes zero star recruit coming out of high school no division one offers out of High School played D2 Hillsdale College for two seasons doing Uber and door Dash
On the side to be able to make some money while playing basketball entered the transfer portal before the season and he had only one D1 offer and that was Oakland that’s awesome I love hearing stories like that yeah what a great story and then winds up being the
Key in a victory over Kentucky yeah hit 10 what was it 10 threes of their 15 threes he he scored insane yeah 10 of his of the 15 that they scored was by gki um and now Kentucky has lost to St Peters well prior to that they didn’t
Make the tournament St Peters K State and now Oakland and the heat has been turned up on John kelari we talked about it before the break you know do you want to go the great campy route who’s been there by the way the head coach of
Oakland for 40 years 40 years I did some of his games he’s a very very nice man or do you say we’re better off just going to get the NBA players and taking our best shot with 18 and 19y old kids that’s the rub I mean you either
Want to keep kids in or go transfer portal with veteran players or you get the high school star that comes into your program it’s fun to have a mature guy like Oki though isn’t it for a guy like Oakland and I I hope that he does
Understand I I hope he savoring this I I know that he’s going in with the expectation that they’re going to win but he also knows I’m not an NBA player so I I hope that he appreciates the Cinderella story that he is he really is and here’s the other thing do you think
That and also that game for Kentucky last night brought back flashes of remember Doug edert from St Peters back in 2022 it’s it feels like that all over again that run possibly with St Mary’s or what it was St Peters excuse me pet a little tiny school with a little tiny
Gym in the floods in the coach’s office and stuff made the long run and they were the story of that season yeah but to your point Dan I think it does bring in two question because I know that Jay Wright was talking about it on the broadcast last night at this point what
Do you do but at the same time I brought this up earlier I don’t exactly feel bad for Kentucky cuz they do have NBA Talent on that side so if you’re good enough to play in the NBA next year or after you’re done with your season you should
Be good enough to play here at the Collegiate level one of the things they’re going to have to do and I watched a lot of Kentucky this year they’re going to have to play better defense now that’s stating the obvious from what you saw last night but generally speaking they did not play
Great defense this year now that I think that Oakland was going to upset them no I did not I had Kentucky advancing in my bracket um I did have them losing though to no I didn’t I had them going to the Elite 8 forget that anyway but I thought
Kentucky did not play good defense this year and that’s what kind of got him last night so maybe this shouldn’t be so much of a surprise for a lot of people and I think one thing that we have to keep in mind and we talked to Travis
Ford about this before his last home game it’s almost impossible to build a college basketball program anymore how can you you have to build teams year to year and it’s really hard as a coach and I know that they’ve always had a lot of turnover but the there programs slew thas has
Always done a great job of Staggering the amount of players Juniors sophomores seniors freshman you can’t do that anymore because so many guys leave in the transfer portal I guess the only way you can is that your nil is stacked and that’s how you’re going to keep kids cuz
You’re going to just outbid the rest of the country on your kids and making sure that they stay put right that would be the way to do it what you’re doing if you are a mid major though is you’re developing players for other schools and that’s what Calipari talked about last
Night maybe I have to go into the transfer portal and get some older guys they can afford it they can go get it and the the athletes aren’t going to be what he’s getting with the one andd but he needs to have more mature players going against a team like Oakland and
And a player like ory and also on the other side if you want to hear what John Calipari had to say this is what he sounded like in his postgame comments we we made some critical mistakes at critical times again today I mean we had our chances as good as
They played and as many shots as they made we still had our chances and both on defense and offense and when you have a really young team and you look at where did the mistakes come from they were freshman I they had performed on the road in hostile
Environments that I didn’t expect some of the stuff today but they have gotten so much better in what they’re doing they never never stopped they fought we just made some errors but I come back to this one hurt because they are the kind of team you love
Coaching I’m sure that uh he loves every team that he coaches but he used to be able to get the best guys it was Duke in Kentucky every year that getting the number one recruiting class and you didn’t have the transfer portal so the teams could supplement what they already
Had and now other teams are doing that and that’s why we had the final four we had last year where we have Florida Atlantic and San Diego State and Yukon and uh who is the fourth one it was three three schools that had never been there before yeah and we’re going to see
I think as long as the transfer portal is around more and more of that so the question is do we see more parody in college basketball I think that’s a good thing I think we’re going to see a little bit more of that I think we need
An evil though I think we need a duke or a Kentucky we need somebody that’s always good or a coach can’t stand some villains um you know I I just wonder what Cal par if his mindset changes to say okay I’ve done the great recruiting I’m getting these 18 and 19 year olds
Into what we’re just talking about now is it time to dip into name image and likeness and overpay for other players to come in and the mindset of the player has to be that this guy has taken so many kids to the next level I’m willing
To go there as a player that played two or three years somewhere else because I know this guy is going to get the most out of me and put potentially get me to the Pro game he’s been there done that with the Nets in a different era of the
NBA I wonder if a team like New Jersey who’s on an inter room coach and has a relatively young but talented roster would pursue him I wonder if Calipari still has a future in the NBA you know what it sounds like it sounds like college head coaches in football that
Are sick of doing this and dealing with name image and likeness and should I go out and recruit do I mix them in do I go get the older guys do I stay with the young guys can I keep them and these guys are just saying Chip Kelly head
Coach of Boston College is saying I’m good I’ll go to the pro and be pros and be a coordinator I wonder if some of the college head basketball coaches are starting to think that way too I think so because even look at Travis Ford remember when we had him had him on
Prior to him being letg go he mentioned that it’s changed a lot but at the same time I guess it’s just maybe I’m happy to see kind of a changing of a guard I I’m tired of seeing the same teams over and over again so now to see some of
These other teams kind of rise to the top I find it exciting I do too but I do think that there is there there’s the five or six teams in all the sports that move the needle because people hate watch them or love them it’s the Cowboys it’s the Yankees it has been
Duke and Duke is still alive Kentucky is one of those Notre Dame football those are the teams you need and if you don’t have one of those in college basketball it’s like a movie you don’t you don’t have a great movie without conflict and you need to have that conflict with the
Bad guy to have your sport be what it can be at its best Jim beheim out Jay Wright out no more Mike shashy Roy Williams I we’re starting to talk about the biggest faces and names of the sport Bob Huggins Bob Huggins no longer a part
Of it so there there’s a lot to that I think too yeah that is they said what coming up next we’re going to head down the stretch with Matthew Rocko’s rock and roll here on 101 ESPN e download the free upsite app to earn real cash back every time you buy gas
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The tournament but uh I I and and listen I’m a missou fan and so for years I’ve understood if you want to win a game in fog Allen you got to Win It by 15 points cuz then you’ll win by three last night’s game against sford wasn’t being
Played in fog Allen so what the heck is going on at the end of that Samford Kansas game we just see a Jayhawks Jersey and everyone in blue in in black and white stripes just goes yeah give them every call we can I don’t know what
The heck’s going on with Kansas but I’m a little ticked that they actually won that game I’m a little ticked that that foul was absolutely egregious if you if you freeze frame it and zoom in on it there’s not a bit of finger touch and finger that’s all ball definitionally
All ball still mad about it they went by four yeah all right that’s what you got come on I will say if you do look at it I I keep seeing the slow MOS all over social media it does look a tad fishy I will I will give
You that right had fishy I didn’t realize the Kansas had bought it all the way over to this side of the state oh don’t throw me into that mess fishy no it’s an egregious Miss call in the tournament should never happen it’s outrageous egregious go yes thank you
Randy objectively egregious is what you like to say I like it I like you can’t you can’t look at that and tell me it’s not unless you’re wearing a Kansas jhawk shirt by the way it’s ugly take it off all rightor it’s a it’s a fine color I don’t
See I was going to make fun of mas youever been to fog Allen I have been one time is it awesome no it’s the worst thing in the world I hated it I hated it so much I Danny I walked in there and I’m pretty sure I got teed
Up well you might have if you’re wearing that missou shirt I think I bumped into a Kansas fan that and and I mean an official just came running through the through the Concourse and just teed me up right there I’m still mad about Thomas Robinson if okay like I can’t if
I can’t if I want to be honest about this this is all just anger from 15 years ago at Thomas Robinson did you go in with the black and gold uh I was wearing yeah I was wearing mou gear oh man you think I’m going to walk into fog
Allen and not wear missou gear I went to I’ve been to two missou Kansas games and both of them were absolutely Wild games I went to their last win in missou Arena before they left the Big 12 and I actually think they might I think they
Lost by like 15 the one game I was in in fog Allen but it’s fog Allen it’s the worst it’s the worst place to go watch a basketball game if you’re a missou fan oh if you’re a missou yeah so what was what was the reception like when you
Walked in I mean there were like 40 of us so I mean it wasn’t good it was immediate booze of course they weren’t happy about it but I mean we deserve it but we’re I mean we’re but hey we’re good Midwestern folks and so we just we
Smiled at each other and we said oh and then we just walked to our seats and nothing else happened cuz we’re just good hardworking Midwestern folks excuse me it’s adorable excuse I thought it was adorable as well um one other thing I wanted to bring up earlier today uh we
We talked with Greg am zigger and um yeah I’m going to get ridiculous about another thing um and he he had we asked him about you know what what are the thoughts about the Cardinals coming out of spring training and his first go-to was was this thought about the aliar
Mall extension and I just want to focus on it for for a moment he you know I’m sure there was uh push back on the news of Ali marol getting the extension I thought it was a brilliant move if you’re going to be all in you got to be
All in and John moak realize being in the great area this spring was going to lead to more question and more doubt uh you know conviction and uh absolute raise your hand this is on me if it doesn’t work out uh is is actual leadership and him making sure that Ali
Mo knew he was the man he’s the manager of this team for the next two years at least was vitally important is this is this Cardinal team it seem like they’re all in well mo mo had to be all in on his manager I think that’s what he was
Referring to yeah that was the comment does not seem like a team that’s all in even even on the manager it just it seems it doesn’t even seem like they’re that much in because we even talked about it this is this is not an easy to fire somebody contract I just I thought
The all-in factor was just I’m like maybe I’m seeing it wrong that’s just not a phrase I would use at any point for the Cardinals between October and today yeah I’m with r I think he’s saying he’s all in on the manager right yeah yeah it’s the the gray area if he
Goes into his last year that means the mo everybody in that organization has questions about ali maral I think what the extension tells us is no we believe in this guy at the moment we we we believe in this guy and they didn’t want the questions about his future to be
Hovering over the ball Club yeah all the distractions you know that and if season the way it’s starting just if you believe in them bring him back and sign them long term and if it doesn’t work out this year you can always fire them and that’s them that are saying that I’m
Not saying that I believe in Ali marmal but MO is making the statement with that extension that he believes and Ali of course I do say we we talked about this earlier in the week I just wish it would have happened a little bit sooner because if you have been Allin on him
Why not have done that a little bit sooner instead of kind of letting this drag out into what difference does it make because there is a little bit of a difference because you already knew he was going into I mean he was going to be a lame duck manager why not have done
This a little bit sooner because you you let the conversation continue during the off seon of all right this is his final season yach’s around and that’s looming and then you decide in March like oh just kidding like yeah we’re going to sign him to a two-year extension but
They never said that a Azie was going to be the manager I think you mean y y yeah I I think they’re probably trying to quell some of that conversation with an extension like this at this time and they could have done that a little bit
Sooner is all that I was saying my question is what difference does it make I it’s just the timing of it is a little strange but we’re going to start opening day and he’s going to have the extension and nobody’s going to be talking about it right isn’t it a everybody’s going to
Talk about it probably still well it’s if they would have signed in in October I don’t know that they would have you know we wouldn’t have been talking about it all offseason which was fun so to Brook’s point though if you would have say at the winter warmup you would have
U made that decision you know then you quell all that stuff you all the talk the nonsense and the things that go along with it if you did it at the warmup then going into spring training it’s not even an issue that’s talked about right but if you start 10 and 30
In the regular season then it’s going to be talked about again it’s always going to be talked about yeah much I don’t think it would be as much because they’ve given him a vote of confidence and let him try to work his way out of
It if he’s a lame duck guy then they’re saying then the the burners are a little hotter under him if after a 71 win season they start off 10 and 30 and there isn’t questions about the manager and that organization has big big big big big problems
Fair was was his phrasing when he explained it he goes I was looking around spring training and I was like oh wow it I think it was like I think he has to be messing with us like that can’t actually be how it hit him that he
Need that like like that’s the weird thing about Mo that’s what makes me wonder is he goes well I was looking around spring training and I was like oh well we don’t want this situation was this not a thought process that started for him in December cuz
When he says things like that it makes me think he wasn’t considering it in December and it is something that hit because things changed with yachi not reporting yet or or or what have you we had the segment though where it sounded like Mo was all in on Oli but it sounded
Like the the ownership wasn’t okay and perhaps Mo just had to convince management and management had to go see with their own two eyes down in Florida that Ali was still the guy for the job I thought he was pretty good two years ago when they had 90 plus wins yeah I
Thought he was really good you got two of the top three MVP guys it helps so the point is players make plays don’t get hurt have a team and a roster that stays available and ready for you and you’re going to have a chance to win yep
And and get maximize the talents of your players teach them how to play the game properly and don’t go from first to 20th in defense yeah a lot of that though is due to how many guys are playing out of position though don’t you think well their worst defensive player was Jordan
Walker no doubt about it but at some point whose fault is it if the team isn’t playing as well as it possibly can well it falls on the manager yeah but it also needs to fall on the players yeah for sure both I think it’s Collective
Yep good job today great job today by our producer board up and audio and video engineer the one the only Matthew Rocko pleas sir thank you uh Brook did you have fun today yes good what do you got going on this weekend I have my mom and dad Stephen Irma in town they’re
Probably driving in currently for my bridal shower awesome enjoy thank you good I didn’t get my invitation Dan I didn’t either uh those are it’s just typically for women but if you guys feel free to St to bring some wings yeah we got some there’s plenty of wings Danny Mac
Thanks for the Donuts Brother you bet pleasure Danny always takes care of us with uh donuts and his presents which we greatly appreciate oh that’s a shot you that was a little sarcastic no your presence is we we enjoy on let’s go back to rock and roll is that a sarcastic
Thing rock and roll not a 10 sarcastic
