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Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. This program. begins now. Score. are happening all around us, and. I wore this green shirt today. You know, this is probably the only green shirt. you see me wear. It is in the rotation. Used to be more. It did fall out because. I lost it in a pile in my office over. there. Found it for the Masters. Feels. like it's apropos for what's about to. happen down in beautiful Augusta, Georgia, as the Masters of golf will do. battle down in a absolutely stunning,

gorgeous golf course with not only Jim. Nantz providing the soundtrack of. perfection, but golfers slicing and. dicing these hills and rolling fields of. perfection all weekend to see who. is going to be wearing a green jacket at. the very end of this. Now, there's a lot. of traditions, there's a lot of lingo, there's a lot of words, there's a lot of. history, there's people without their. phones watching something live on. television. It's a trip back in time. while celebrating the now, and I cannot. wait to see who is deemed Masters.

champion on Sunday. It's going to be a. battle. You got some LIV golfers that. are certainly in the mix. You got PGA. guys, obviously always dancing. Scottie. Scheffler just had a baby. Congratulations. What did he go to. school? How's he going to be coming out. of that? How we all understand what. human buds is there after you have a. child. Those first couple weeks, I I. don't know. if you even. day one is day 10, which is day 20, which is all kind of in there. How is. Scotty Scheffler going to be able to. handle is this nice little maybe break. away from, you know, super duper.

parenting baby love kid. Obviously, everybody, but anybody that has a child. understands what this is about. And then. maybe Scotty gets out there and goes. crazy. Maybe Rory McIlroy feels free. because he's won one. Congrats to him. for that. There's also a lot coming out. about Rory. Maybe Rory needs a little. chance to go ahead and lock in in. Augusta and change what the conversation. is about him. DeChambeau, how he feel. Rambo Bambo is back playing good golf. There is so many ingredients for an. absolutely magical puzzle of the Masters. weekend and it all starts today. That's. right. The par three. Hell yeah.

Today they Today they have fun and kind. of bat it around a little bit on the par. three course. Here's a live look at. what's going on. Speith obviously. spinning it. Swing looks good. Maybe. Jordan Speith out of nowhere. Maybe long. shot Jordan Speith wins the Masters cuz. he goes right in the sand on this. particular par three. As you remember, the par three course is. its own thing. Then across the street is obviously full. course in the street. I mean is the. Magnolia way I believe in the front. This is something that has obviously. become a massive sensation because the. families are out there, the friends are.

out there. It's the last day of jovial. competition before the Masters begins. tomorrow morning. Jason Kelce will be. boots on the ground and joining us in. about 28 minutes or so from the par. three tourney. I cannot wait to catch up. with him. People were pumped that he is. going down there. I I do know that the conversation around. this par three for the last few years. has been, "Hey, how do we kind of make. this a little bit bigger feel like a. thing?" I think it is certainly a. celebration. I think Jason Kelce going. down there is fantastic for them. And I. want people to know we going to read.

again, there will always be a master. standard. So, let's not think that. they're ever going to lose that. The. talks to have is here at Boston Connor. and at Ty Schmidt wearing the. the buck cuz you're not bucking around. there. Is that what you got going on on. your shirt right there? Sure, sure not. around. More so just a green, you know, green pants. Shout out to. Hollister's as well. Green kind of throw. up someone say, but no, this is it. This. is when golf starts. Like I'm juiced for. this as a golf casual players is kind of. like the hey, we're back. Remember golf?

It's it's about to be golf season. This. is fun. Masters where it's like, okay, Thursday to Sunday. Like let's lock in. Let's watch some very good golf. All. those guys you mentioned, Tom Young felt. like when he came on the program a few. weeks ago after he won the players, it. was like, okay, new guy that we might be. able to kind of root for. Got a cool. beard, has movie star looks. It's like, all right, this guy's nasty with the. putter. Like it feels as though there. are a few of those guys still a few. villains and I'm not going to name. names. Patrick Reed perhaps from Augusta.

in in the Georgia area. No no other real. names aside from that that I could. really think of off the top of my head. first say. I'm trying to just think of. English guys. Justin Rose Tommy. Fleetwood, but we kind of like those. guys. So I I don't I don't want to say. they're they're villains as much. Cantlay, boom. God damn it. He played so slow. Very. slow. But this is where you start to remember. that stuff. Like the Masters is kind of. the kickoff of those four majors or the. four major major tournaments. I'm. pumped. Yeah, I agree with everything. you just said there and you did find it.

You know, you did and I'm happy we do. have the character. >> slow? Who plays slow? >> those characters. Yes. Harman still. doing it? >> Oh, yeah. Okay, so he's still doing it. Yeah. But I like the way the TV companies or. the networks have decided like, hey, let's not. This guy's going through it. every shot. Hey, the waggle. Everybody. gets mad at him for watching. Think. about what he's saying to himself. I. mean, could you imagine what's going on. in there every single one of those? That. is. so mean. I couldn't even fathom what's. going through there. So I like that the. networks no longer like show it. They. like catch up to him like 10 waggles in.

and then it's like, all right, we just. catch tail end of it. Cuz I it did feel. a little bit uncomfortable as they were. for us the entire thing cuz you're. literally watching a man just say Yeah, that feel good. No. Like every time. I got into a little. bit one of those when I was kicking and. punting. It's not a good place to get. to. And there's some that just continue. to carry on. I was really kicker who had. 20 years worth of like. things that he kept Stover. He Stover. had like a routine on how he did. everything. And he had a long career, successful career. And it was like, "Wow, this is the most routine oriented. person I've ever seen." So like every.

time he went through it, it was like, "Oh, this has been built up. He's got to. do this. Then he's got to do this. Then. he's got to do this." Feel like that. whenever you're watching Harmon. Now, they cut that off. That's good. So I'm. happy you didn't name him because I. think he has gotten only better. Yeah. Now, I don't know. Apparently they say. they don't like him. No, not at all. >> They say he takes a long time. Patrick. Reed, they say he's rude. Mhm. Yeah. They say he's actually Sometimes they. say he's kind of playing with the ball, too. They do say that. If I If I recall. it in the sense of You don't want to use. the C word, but yeah. Yeah, I don't want. to use the C word ever in any context, whether I'm in England or I'm here.

>> E A T. Oh, they're saying he cheated? There's. top four replay. Oh, I like the golf. season all the way back. >> Allegedly. This is where we're in the. middle of it. Yeah, I did he we're just. saying what has been said obviously. clearly. One half of the hammer Died. Cowboys AP Tone. You know, we're going. to do a little thing in the second hour. that's going to basically showcase who. is going to be from what what history. will tell us, the stats that we got from. past Masters, who probably will win this. thing. And I think it's a nice little.

piece of information. >> Oh, yeah. We got a lot of do we got a. lot of people did some research into. this thing. Try to find some stuff and. then we kind of pieced it together. Whenever you're betting on a thing like. the Masters, is it one of those we. should just go do the names that we're. doing because I'm a part of this thing. where I got to pick six players. >> Mhm. um for. 20,000 bucks or something. A super fun. >> the amount of money. It's It's a lot of. fun. I'm really excited that I'm doing. it. >> Daily fantasy for golf. >> Yeah. Is that what it is? Yes. Yes. Okay, so I'm doing daily fantasy for. golf now with. the super duper Williamson golf team.

Jordan, this guy sends me emails all the. time reminds me I need to do it. It's. been a blast to be a part of. I have not. fared well in this, sure, but the. Masters one I feel good cuz I just. picked everybody I know. Is that what we. need to do in Masters? It does feel like. the stars show up at the Masters. >> Yeah, in the Masters, the majors and. then the Masters specifically, like it's. a long shots have not won in the Masters. in in a long time. It's you're going to. see a lot of the big dogs up top and. then yeah, you talk about like the. there's not a lot of outliers. Okay,

there's you first time winners, they. don't win there, amateurs don't win. there, old guys normally don't win. there. Unless it's Boom Boom Boom, yeah. Uh, but you saw like playing the big. names in the Masters is not a bad thing. Like even if whatever the odds are, like. a lot of times you're like in these. other tournaments it's like the odds. aren't worth it. The Masters is one. place where the odds are worth it. because you see a lot of the big names. at the top of the tournament and winning. this tournament majority of the time. >> Which is why it's so good because we. will watch golf if we know the names on. the leaderboard. >> Yep. We all turn on golf, we'll poke our.

head over there, we'll see the. leaderboard, we'll see some names that. we know and we go, "Oh, okay, feels like. we can watch some magic here." It's just. natural. Now, it stinks for the new. guys, but when the new guys are on. leaderboards with people that we know, that's when their time is kind of to. shine. That's when the spotlight is. literally on. I think we would do that. with the John Deere super duper open in. a couple weeks. >> Valero Texas Open is still this, yeah. If it did have a bunch of names, I think. golf has that ability. The Masters every. year seemingly has that leaderboard in. the weekend and it's a star-studded. affair. We're excited for it. Nine-year.

NFL vet, uh, great golfer. Oh, yeah. New. to the game, but learning it quickly. Ladies and gentlemen, Darius Slay. playing. Yeah, what's up, buddy? And that's what's going on. It's. I can't wait for that. Cannot wait for. that to hit the timeline again. Masters. bring, uh, a lot of great golf. conversation and to Connor's point, kind. of introduce us to the golf season. >> And great moments. You always remember. the moments, especially on Sundays, but. getting started on Thursday, I'm I'm. already getting excited just seeing. those uh, groupings that they have,

which I guess which group kind of jumps. out to you that you got to have your. eyes on from the jump. >> Kepka, Rose, Speith is a good one. Kepka. being in there just with a little bit of. sauce when he That's a fun That's a fun. one. Yeah, like and I think Speith, maybe let's play some good golf. Rose. seemingly friends with everybody. Maybe. people are saying Rose, maybe this year. cuz he watched his friend last year in. Rory get the dabber or whatever the case. was. DeChambeau, Fitzpatrick, and. Schauffele, that's fun. Yeah, love that. one. That's a good one. >> Xander's playing good golf right now. Different types of people. And everybody. likes DeChambeau. And then Fitzy almost.

won a couple weeks ago at the Players, right? >> didn't win. Oh, they won after Yeah, so. he's playing good golf. Scheffler, MacIntyre, and would that Now. with Gary brings the Yeah, I think so. >> needle mover. That's a needle mover. And Scheffler. Bobby MacIntyre, obviously. >> done it. >> Must-see TV. Scottish legend. >> Romo Romo group, Romo got it up in. Aberg. Can you get over the hump? You. talk about hump, you talk about Aberg. But he has all the tools and he's the. opposite of those other the villains as. you call them. He gets up over the ball,

he sees it, boom, gets the club out, boom, beautiful swing. I wonder if he. can get over the hump. Won't be on my. team until he does cuz I'm tired of. being. >> Are you talking about the thing that. we're doing? Yeah, he won't make my. team. >> the best Thursday through Saturday. player this year. Sundays have been. tough for for Aberg. Yeah, I mean, who. cares about all those all that, okay? Cuz that guy's going to down his. leg, okay? MacIntyre and the amateur. I. want to see this Hojgaard. Of course Cam. Young. Yeah, superstar, just mentioned. him, but MacIntyre and Hojgaard, every. year it feels like an amateur gets it. done. >> Is this the kid from Georgia? Yeah,

yeah. Schlabach brought it up yesterday. Yeah, in the crow's nest. Not the. fridge, but the other one. Yeah, they. say he's go dogs. >> Yeah, exactly. They say he's go dogs out. there. He can really spin it. They're. saying the bulk can spin it down there. Amateur going crazy would be wild and it. seemingly happens every single year and. it's a moment that maybe supersedes what. the rest of their. careers look like. >> Definitely. And that's what the Masters. does. >> Neil Shipley. It's not just exactly it's. not we don't know where he's at. He's. going to head up into the right. Texas. A&M kid a few years ago as well. Oh. yeah. >> what his name was. I was going to say I.

can't remember his name. >> Bennett Yeah, Bennett something. Sam. Bennett. Sam Bennett. Yeah, there we go. Good pull two ends two tees. That was. during the Mike Block run too, right? Wasn't it? Yeah, I don't. Blockie didn't get invited to the. Masters. >> What? Yeah, so let's pump the brakes there. Blockie ain't never played at. the Masters nor will he. So. Happy. Gilmore too he did. Yeah, was he? Was he. I don't remember his. Why do you still have Why do you still. have all these. You're right. I shouldn't. You know.

what? Today's the day. I let it go. I let it go. I don't ever want to see. him in a tournament again playing, you. know, taking the spot of some other guy. who can actually win, but but I'm good. with Blockie. Blockie's that dude. So I'll I'll I'll. go ahead and thank you. No, I I like. Let me take that back. I'm not going to. go that far, but I'm okay with Blockie. I'm okay with Blockie. Man, that feels. good. He is that dude. Cross that off. the list.

All right. That's a huge deal. >> It is. That's a huge deal for Ty right. there. We all love Blockie. Guy hit a hole in. one. Yeah, legend. Guy went crazy at the. US Open. The guy went crazy living his. dream. Then obviously taking advantage. of everything. He does one podcast say. if I could drive the ball like Rory I'd. be the best player on earth. Exactly. And then Ty immediately, all right. Enough. Get him out. And then he got it. The SBs. he was at the SBs. I got a chance to. meet him. He was so cool. So nice to me.

Ty goes, of course he was. Ty has hated. this man. Just living his dream. He's a. great golfer too. We need to remember. that. >> Yeah, certainly. But on that note, I'm. happy you two are on I know. I'm back. You know. He might hold a grudge against. you still though cuz you're pretty mean. >> That's fine. And he can do that. He can. do that. I'm just I not going to waste. any more, you know, bandwidth in my. brain or energy on hating Blocky. There's just no reason to. It's a big. go, Ty. Oh, here we go. I'm right. Yeah. I I I know as well. Okay, so Masters. obviously is the welcome to huge golf. season. We can't wait for it. And.

obviously ESPN will be on the coverage. all day today. I think they've already. started on ESPN Plus, Disney Plus, and. uh maybe even some other social. platforms. I'm not exactly sure. We'll. be watching all weekend as well. We're. off Thursday and Friday. Friday night. live from San Jose. I think I got some. things to say. I think we will have a good time there. on SmackDown. But pivot away from golf. and from the WWE, which is about to have. the biggest WrestleMania in the history. of WrestleManias as Randy Orton saves.

the business AND WINS HIS 15TH WORLD. TITLE. YOU ALSO HAVE NBA coming to an end here. Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> Hey, regular season of NBA is coming to. an end. Playoffs right around the. corner. There's a lot of dancing for the. playing games. Who's going to get in? Who's going to get out? Doesn't matter. Mhm. Okay, it doesn't matter. And what. the hell's going on with the tanking? I. heard a team Yep. was winning. It's disgusting. >> Kings, right? Sacramento Kings. Kings. versus Warriors. Warriors. They were. winning the game late and said, "No, no.

Uh-uh. Mhm." Who's a good free throw. shooter? Curry. Yep. They accidentally fouled. Seth. Bang, lose game. Yeah. Draymond Green. comes out like, That was weird to feel. Could you. imagine fans watching that? >> No. Yeah. Joining us now, ladies and. gentlemen, a man, 13-year NBA vet, former three-point champion, friend of. the program, Q Rich. Yeah. Q Rich, WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON? THESE. TEAMS ARE FOULING LATE WHEN THEY'RE. WINNING, trying to get the other team to. make two free throws so they can lose. This is not good for the game. It's not.

good for sports, Q Rich. You need to. figure it out. Is this happening? How. often does this happen? I've never seen that one before where. they where they up and they they foul, you know, one of the better free throw. shooters on the team. I felt like. Draymond was was right on point with. everything he said. I've never seen that. in the game where they where a team is. trying so hard to tank that they they. start fouling while they're winning. Like that was that was that was crazy to. me. When I when I saw that I was like, "Nah, this is this is definitely going. to get Adam Silver's attention right.

here." Yeah, just whether that's a call. down or somebody on the bench saying it, but somebody just being like, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Let's win, but not. by too much.". This is kind of like corn dogs, Jackie. Corn dogs for the entire thing trying to. sabotage a little bit. We are trying to. gain a couple percentages in the draft. lottery. We want to be able to have 8%. chance to get the number one overall. pick as opposed to 6.8%. chance of getting. >> Look look the referee don't quite. understand. This is this was nasty work. what was going on.

This was bad. This was not good. Like. just look at their faces. They're like, "He's intentionally fouling." Like. nobody understands what's happening. But. like you said, I feel like the message. was sent. I don't know if it was from up. top or from from the bench or something, but they said, "Hey, hey, hey, we don't. need to. Now like go in there and do something. Get something done." Hey, he curious. real quick. Honestly, this year it feels. like it's more blatant, obviously. I. mean, this would be the most blatant of. all time, but it feels like it's much. more blatant now. Everybody is trying to. get a higher percentage for the draft.

lottery and nobody really gets that high. of a percentage in the draft lottery, right? Like that is all very low. numbers. Single digits up to like 12% or. 13%. I forget what it is. That is. literally what this is all about is just. trying to get a high draft pick and. hoping that you can get a superstar. player. From your understanding, in how. long has this been happening in the NBA. because I think what I've heard from. some places from our source says in. different places, you know, they. Basically, these teams are like, "We can. never get a superstar here unless we. draft a superstar." Because free agency.

has become we're only going to pick the. what place we're going to go. And then. whenever you get traded to a place, you. work a new contract, so you're there for. however long, and then until you pick. you want to go somewhere else. And it's. like some of these places like, "We're. we're not sure that we're ever just. going to get picked unless we draft. somebody that people are going to want. to come play with. So, the draft is our. only hope, really." Is that like. basically the problem in a nutshell, and. is it fixable, you think? And has it. always been an issue in your eyes, Q? I I think it's something that's kind of. always been there, and I do believe it's.

fixable. I don't I'm not the guy that. that's got the answers for it, but I. think I do think it can be fixed, but. I think it's always been been something. that's always happened. I think the. difference between this year and and. probably most other years is that we've. never had this many teams doing it at. once. And I think it's it's a. combination, you know, like a lot of. teams aren't doing well, different. circumstances as to why, but I think. when you look at this draft people are. projecting these guys to really be a. deep draft and one of the better drafts. in a long time, and possibly in the.

history. They got some some really. talented young guys, some freshmen, some. other guys that are mixed in there that. are really good players, and these guys. are supposed to be able to come in and. change some franchises. So, now I think. this season in particular we've seen. more of it because of the depth of this. draft and how good it is it's projected. to be. We'll see all this long-term for. all these teams. Everybody says Oklahoma. City did it. Look what they're about to. do now. They're about to They're about. to San Antonio as well. And look what. they're about to do. Okay, so let's talk. about the West then as we should. Steph.

Curry comes back the other night for and. goes off 29 and whatever. There was a. real conversation like, "Hey, maybe. Golden State gets in, and if if Steph's. playing, you know, anything can happen.". What should we be thinking at the bottom. of the West, and is this all top-heavy. inevitably at the end of the playoffs? Yeah, in the West I feel like it's it's. really top-heavy. I feel like, you know, you may have one of those bottom teams. that can get hot and do something, but I. feel like those top those top teams, I. mean, not so much of the Lakers anymore. depending on what happens with Uh, with.

with. Reeves and um, obviously Luka, those are. the you know, two huge pieces of what. they do. But I mean those top three and. I mean you could even throw Minnesota. and Houston in there. They're pretty. they're going to be pretty tough. But. um, I feel bad that the lay I feel bad for J. Red, man, with the injuries that came. down when they did in the time and in. the way they had been playing leading up. to that. That was that was crazy and. unfortunate for the Lakers. Yeah, and. watching LeBron, you know, have to try. to carry it there at the end is. obviously going to be something that'll. be fun. But Luka going down with the.

season that he's had until the end of. Reagan and Austin Reeves as well when. they were kind of becoming the tandem. star, you know, not the LeBron James. will ever not be the biggest star on the. court when he's on the court, which. everybody needs to remember. That. doesn't mean he's the leader of the. team, but he's definitely the biggest. star. Austin and Luka seemingly. developed a great relationship and were. becoming the stars of the Lakers. And. all of a sudden they both go down. JJ. Redick might have to put his ass out. there. Yeah. You know, JJ Redick might. have to get his ass out there and start.

bopping some wood down the stretch here. LeBron has been spectacular though. Just. he's 41. This is the end of the season. Crazy. Okay, let's just make sure we. respect the hell out of that. Now, they've made rules, you know, to adapt. the NBA to make sure players are playing. and we're not doing, you know, any. uh, resting or load management every. single night when fans are paying to. come watch. But now we've. kind of fallen into an interesting. predicament for it all. Go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Key Rich, to that point, um, you. know, the other night when Wembanyama.

had that vicious vicious collision uh, that maybe, you know, he who knows how. long he's going to be out for. We don't. know. Key Rich, he's right. He was Key. Rich, he said he would never watch the. NBA again if Wembanyama doesn't play in. the next four games to get the 65th. game, which I think leads to this. >> Exactly. What are your thoughts on like. the 65 game stipulations? Because. obviously Wembanyama was going to win. Defensive Player of the Year. There's a. chance he has to sit out and he'll be. sitting at 64 games, so he won't be. eligible for that. So, you know, not only for legacy, but.

financial implications, like it seems. like it's kind of in in certain. circumstances because he was the. runaway, you know, defensive player of. the year. So, what what is your opinion. on the the 65-game kind of stipulation. for these guys for all-NBA and awards. and all that kind of stuff? It's It's a It's a hard spot because, like you say, there's certain guys, like. when you look at a Luka situation, when. he had to go for the birthday of his. kid, and then. now he he gets that at the end. He would. already be at 65 if he didn't miss the. two for that. But, I mean, when you look.

at it, I understand it. I understand. 100% why Adam Silver and the NBA. instituted it and put it in because it. was getting out of hand with guys with. the load management, guys missing. nationally televised games, and then. just missing games in general on the. road when fans pony up money or save up. or come from far to be at a certain. game, and then they get there, you're. not there. That That That's not good. So, I understand that part of it. But, like you say, in these certain. situations, and I I don't know the. answer to that because it's like it's a.

It's a case-by-case situation. There's. certain people out there that you miss. so many games, it's you can't be there. But, there's certain people like a Luka. or if something happened where Wemby. doesn't play, these guys are right. there. Luka's clearly a first-team. all-NBA guy. Wemby's clearly the. Defensive Player of the Year and up. there for MVP and first-team all-NBA and. all these different things. So, that. that 65-game limit, I feel like the. players we we we in consultation with, you know, whatever the trainers were. suggesting and all that stuff, we. we brought it on ourselves getting this.

situation by guys missing too many. games. And now this is a situation that. that that we have to deal with. And and. and sadly, it, like you said, it impacts. some of the guys' final career tallies. You know, some guys are going to miss. out on awards or or all-NBA teams, and. that that goes on your resume at the end. of your career. So, that that that. sucks, for real. >> I mean, uh Wemby just did a left-handed. windmill there that took the ball from. the free throw line. to the hoop. We assume he's going to win. a lot of MVPs. We assume he's going to.

win a lot of defense player of the. years. We assume he's going to get paid. billions of dollars throughout his. career. But whenever you start looking. at like what the NBA has now forced. themselves into the position of being. here with the 65 games thing, you have. to wonder if they can make an adjustment. on the fly. But if you make an. adjustment on the fly, then you're. setting precedent for everything going. forward. Like could they put like a. little jury together that. votes? Like hey, did this person. actually get screwed or were they I hope. not. >> Like could Adam Silver and a couple.

others in the NBA league office. put in there that a vote can be done if. 65 is not reached but above 60 is. reached on whether or not it was legit. or whatever. They could for just this. year, could they do the potentially do. that? No, because then next year. something will happen and they'll have. to vote on something and they'll give it. to somebody, they won't give it to. somebody else in a massive. We've kind of brought it upon ourselves. that there can't be an answer either. because we will kill them if there's any. hypocrisy in the answer. So it's it's an. interesting little spot. It it truly is.

>> I don't know how they figure it out. What if they drop it to 60 games, you. know, this year because of all that. thing, you know, then next year do do. they drop it to 55 because Wemby gets to. 57 games? Like. they really can't They can't change. anything. You can't change anything. The. one The one thing The one thing I would. say I am confident in is that, you know, Adam Silver and everybody up there in. the front office, they going to do. whatever it takes to get it fixed. I. mean, I think they've shown that the. ability to be able to adjust different. things, make changes like they You know, you saw what they did with All-Star.

They're not afraid to go against the. tradition and you know, whatever it. takes to make the situation the best. So. I feel like if there is an answer and. they can come to one, I think I think. those guys will put their heads together. and figure it out. I I I I respect Adam. Silver and his brain. I I I respect it. Yeah, I do. I I appreciate it. The deal. he was able to get done in the world. that we're in right now with how many. different partners he was able to get it. done with with everybody being copacetic. while also understanding the digital. side of it good. There's always going to. be a tax though. We can't be having 25. point.

spreads and then that team lose on in in. the NBA in 2026. Like there Adam Silver. knows he has a lot of adversity every. single year with something he has to. figure out and they have to figure out. that's every league. I believe he'll be. able to do it but boy. if it seems like you're screwing your. guys now, right? I'm not saying that but. that it can be an angle. And old buddy's not able to be up for. like a massive super max and it's like. 50 70 million dollars difference because. he got an actual injury at this time. And good like that's that now you start.

getting into like the. They should get rid of that rule though. I super agree with Yeah, that's later. Super max cuz you got media people and. all these different people who play a. huge role in that. You're dealing with. money now. The accolades and awards, that's one thing those are important as. well but 50 70 million dollars like. that's Yeah, those are just big swings. in what deals can be if you stay home, if you go elsewhere, what it could be. here. They they they've seemingly got a. science to it all but it is. hey good luck Adam. Yeah, good luck. Adam. I WANT TO SEE PLAYERS PLAYING WHEN.

I BOUGHT TICKETS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> ADAM. HEY. YEAH, but Mike, our guys are. actually hurt. Remember these guys are 7. foot 4 and 6 foot 11. Maybe they operate. a little your bodies are a little bit. differently than yours. They're running. on wood. We understand that people have. been able to do it in the past. We're. also surprised BY THAT. I DON'T CARE. I. want to see Luka. Luka literally has a. torn hamstring right now. Uh tape it up. I bought a ticket. I want to see him. And then there's the time in the past. that every fan that it feels like this. can go to. I remember when they were. just sitting on the sideline 100%. healthy, glasses on, jumping up, not.

playing, choosing not to play. That was. just a few years ago and I think you. said something very interesting. You. said whether it was under the guise of. athletic trainers telling him what they. should do or like maybe even teams. telling him they should do it. Players. just kind of following along with it and. then now it's being held against players. completely and now they're Well, interesting world. Interesting world. that we've kind of fallen ourselves. into. Go ahead. Well, you were an athlete, right? So so think. about it this way. Back I feel like back. when I played, I would when I when I. whatever injury me and my teammates.

would get the the the trainers would ask. us the question is like, do you think. you can play? Now you know what that. means to any athlete like the first. thing you want to say is, hell yeah, I. can play, right? That's the first thing. that you you wired to say. Now think. about when the question turns to. uh. I don't think you can go. I don't think. you should go. Like if the trainer tells. you that, what does that do to your. mind? Then you have doubts somewhere. So. it's like the somewhere along the line. the the the language has changed and. I've I've talked to some of these.

current players and it's like they if. you get something or some shows up, they're trying to manage the injury and. like you may not even be hurt. I've seen. guys miss games because of this injury. management. Like what does that mean? I did that did I didn't never understand. that. Like it's like, you know, I call. games for the Magic and we get the the. sheets and see different things from. both teams and who's in and who's out. and the reasons why and I sit there and. look at the my guy Dante my team like. Dante, like what is what is this? Like. we didn't we didn't do those type of.

things. I think it's like progressively. with all of the awareness and everything. it's kind of it's kind of softened the. situation to be honest. You know what. I'm saying? Like we weren't given those. talked outs to be taken when we were. playing. And they're just going to and. by they I'm going to say the people that. are going to counter you and say it's. better. It's like, well, we didn't have. that information at the time or we would. have let you know that same exact thing. Now we have the information so we have. to act accordingly is what they say. It's like, do we though? I don't know. The crazy thing with all the new. information and all the new science and. everything to go to it, it seems like we.

played more games without all of the. help that they got. They got anything. under the sun for recovery and. everything else and we were more. available I feel like. Well, so then. that goes into the entire like do you. think you have to be a little bit. callous? Do you think your body is a. muscle and your life is a muscle and you. have to go through some stuff to toughen. it up and mental toughness also a part. of this whole thing and whenever you. give out so you're losing out on that. let alone the side of your body where. you have to deal with some pain and move. forward which is sports and work. Woo. A lot of deep societal questions. >> Yeah. You know, cuz then. transfer portal. Yeah.

What's that? >> spoke about it a couple years ago when. he said that you know, like when he. first came into the league training camp. and different things were harder. You. know, we had two-a-days real two-a-days. Now two-a-days is not two-a-days. It's. it's one-a-day and the other day the the. second practice is just a walk-through. non-contact and none of this like so. it's difficult for you to build that. callous. Like you think about it when we. WHEN WE HOW ARE THESE GUYS GOING TO PLAY. GAMES IN THE SEASON IF THEY'RE NOT. training to play games in the season? What are what what are we doing here, Rich? Got to push it to the max. That's. what That's what used to happen you had.

real two-a-days where you went in there. twice a day and you got busy and your. body got prepared for that war. Well, I appreciate what you guys have. done and I appreciate players today and. I appreciate the science coming in but. also we got to remember maybe the human. body gets stronger through adversity, you know? Maybe that's something that. science could potentially showcase from. the past with years and years of. research that we had it going into it. Now, let's talk about the game, shall. we? Quickly because if we don't hit the. playoffs obviously especially on the. East we look like complete here.

on ESPN. So on that note D-Butt has a. question for you. >> Yeah, you kind of talked about the West. a little bit on the East the Celtics are. the favorite even though the Pistons are. the one seed they're favorites to come. out of the East. Uh how do you you feel. more comfortable taking the Celtics or. the field? I like the Cavs what they're. doing with Harden. Obviously the Pistons. and then even the Knicks can get hot. Who do you like in the East? East. The. Hornets as well, yeah. Like Um no, I. actually I'm I'm I'm with that. I like. the Celtics. I feel like what they had. done prior to to. uh to JT even coming back what the the.

the outlook the the way that Mazzulla. attacked the season, the way that JB. prepared, and the rest of the guys took. offense to people saying that it would. be a down year, and the way that their. whole mentality about this season, and. Tatum's mentality about being able to. get himself back and to come back the. way that he has come back. I I can't do. anything but look at them and say. they're the favorites because I felt. they had a strong chance even before JT. came back, and the way that he's been. able to come back and fit in seamlessly. and and be averaging a double double and.

being able to, you know, JB hasn't. hasn't waned at all. Everything is still. firing on all cylinders. So, I I got to. I got to take them as the favorite right. now. I love what I'm seeing from Jason. Tatum because it tells me that Tyrese. Haliburton is going to be back better. than ever next year for the Indiana. Pacers. Hey, when we're doing the MVP. conversation, I know he played zero. games this year, but uh game seven of. the finals last year, >> Mhm. no Tyrese Haliburton, probably. going to be in a lottery this year. Oh, he's the You think Haliburton. >> Top four. Top four. Haliburton pretty. valuable. I think we can all we can all.

describe that. But on that, Tatum's. recovery from the Achilles is going to. be studied by people in all sports. >> Yeah. Cuz remember whenever Aaron. Rodgers goes down, he starts doing. research on all sports. Whenever, you. know, Tyrese and Tatum go down, everybody's starting doing research on. all sports. The fact that he's as mobile. as he is with as much. What's that called? Flexibility, I guess. would be the word, but there's a. Pliability. >> Pliability there. The pliability of it. all is just crazy cuz usually guys are a. little stiff whenever they come back. The fact that he's been able to. seamlessly run on wood while being. smooth, crazy. Shout out to him. There.

is so much work done behind the scenes. to get to that point, and uh we. hopefully know that Tyrese is doing the. same damn thing. Q Rich, we appreciate. the hell out of you, brother. Have a. great weekend. Yes, sir. Anytime, fellas. Do you know. the golf at all? Do you Do you know the. golf? I'm I'm learning the golf. I I was at uh. TPC TPC What is it? Sawgrass not too. long ago. I did an event. Me and D. Miles did. So, I'm I'm getting into it. I got my own set of clubs. I'm I'm I'm. getting up to speed. >> He'll be out there for the vibes. Yeah, it's great. Hey, look. D-Butt, D-Butt,

you already know. You already know. That's what you got to. do. Like, you know, I'm not going to be. the best golfer, but you're going to. have a damn good time if I'm part of. your foursome. Know that. >> Got to. >> Hey, all right. We'll see you out there. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, Q. Rich. Yeah, Q Rich. Honing his clubs. He's got to get hockey. Yeah. Yes. Actually, 8 ft. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now live from the Masters, boots on the ground during the par-3. contest. Here as we are. quickly approaching 2026 Masters. tournament action, which obviously tees.

off tomorrow morning. First time getting a chance to cover. this incredible, iconic golf tournament. Ladies and gentlemen, JASON KELCE. HELL YEAH. THERE WE GO. WHAT'S UP, PAT? Always good. to talk to some Yinzers. Thanks for. having me on, guys. >> Hey, thank you for dropping a Yinzer in. there. I do believe you're actually. roaming the course, so we have a live. view satellite, so there is a little bit. of a delay between your lips and your. voice, but we want to thank you for.

taking time. How is it out there? How. are the vibes? The vibes are great. This This This. par-3 contest is something I've been. learning a lot about, and. it's very family oriented, fun. The fact. that they hold this the day before. potentially the biggest event of the. year, the Masters, uh, they're going to. come out here and play a par-3 contest. is remarkable. I mean, you couldn't. imagine doing this before we're all. going out and playing like a flag. football game or something like that. So, it's and these guys sign up for it,

and it's because it's special. It's. because it's unique, right? They get to. enjoy this day with their families. Kids. are being out hitting shots. Kids are. going to be in the bunkers. Uh, so I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, you've become an incredible, obviously, football analyst, sports personality, obviously great dad, husband, brother, podcaster. Can you be. a golf analyst for us real quick? Who's. swinging it well right now? Who Who do. we need to potentially look at maybe. getting a dub this weekend, Jason?

Well, listen, I I I got fortunate to. meet a couple of these guys down at TGL. last weekend. Wyndham Clark, I'm a huge. fan of his right now. Ludvig Åberg, I. hope he can kind of get back on it after. that that last Sunday at The Players. Always a fan of Scotty. I mean, all. these There's so many great players out. there, but those are probably the guys. I'm looking at. I don't know if I am. I appreciate you guys having my back. earlier this week. That was That was. awesome of y'all. I enjoy the sport, and. I'm excited to be out here and keep.

taking it in. Yeah, I mean most awesome. events that. is put on every year. Yeah, and amen on. that, brother. I mean, I get attacked. for everything. We get attacked for. everything. Obviously, you fall into. that lane of getting attacked. Just, you. know, we're a little bit different than. I think what people are most seeing. And. also, we I assume you have this in your. life as well. There's some people that I. know that just don't like me, and I. don't like them either, and that's just. kind of how it is. So, whenever you're. put on television, there those people. still exist. You know, those people. still exist out there. >> works. Yeah, yeah. So, we are proud of. you, man. Keep crushing everything, and.

we're very. We're pumped that you got the. opportunity to be there, cuz obviously. how prestigious it is. Now, speaking of. that, we know you're a fan of the game. We know you're an athlete. We know. you're considered greatest center of all. time. How about on the sticks? Go ahead, Tone. >> Yeah, Jason, you look good in the the. great all-white caddy suit there. Obviously, you see You talked about the. kids and the family members hitting tee. shots. Is there any chance that you. think any of the golfers today will ask. you to hit a tee shot, and are you. prepared for that situation? Well, I am in the caddy attire. I will.

be carrying bags. I will be offering up. green reading, per se. Hopefully, the. players will not be taking any of my. advice in that regard. But, you know, we'll see what happens. I. think uh. I might potentially find myself with a. stick in my hand. Don't know if. I deserve that in some ways, but listen, the opportunity comes, I'm going to take. it. >> Oh, yeah. You'd be disrespecting the. place to say no. What I'm most looking. forward to today though is watching.

That's right. And I'm most looking. forward to seeing Frankie Fleetwood hit. one here on nine later in the day. I. think that's the storyline that. everybody's geared up for. Uh, so, yeah. That's what uh. We'll see how it goes. Okay, well, I. want to let you know, you hit a hole in. one, you should do you do the do the. bull dance. You you do whatever you need. to do out there and I think every hole. is obviously hole in one-able and uh you. say you don't deserve it or whatever. Could you imagine how rude you would be. as a guest Yeah. to say no to a shot? You would be you'd be the most. disrespectful Yankee of all time down.

there in the southern paradise. 1,000%. I'm not refusing anything. whatever. uh the fine people here at Augusta. National Golf Course Club would like me. to do, I will do. I'm going to do. I'm not going to cross any lines at all. I know there's plenty of viral videos. out there. of Buffalo Bills games and all these. things. Sure, the Hawaiian cut-off is. not making it to Augusta. I can. firmly uh tell you that. Would have been a.

You trying them a little bit would have. been quite a you know, cuz you're. Yelling in people's backs. Yeah. OH MY. GOD. JACKASS. BANNED FOREVER. I DON'T. KNOW IF WE EVER SEE you again. I don't. think that's the place to do it, but you. talked about everything down there at. Augusta. Connor has a question for you. >> Yeah, Jason. Great to see you down. there. You definitely fit the course and. it's great to see you, you know, kind of. one of the football guys down there, too. It just makes the place more. better, more humble, more of a. experience for golf people. But, have. you tried the pimento cheese sandwich? Have you done the kind of restaurant. area kind of thing? Cuz I know that is a.

big point of contention when it comes to. the place and, you know, how would you. spend your $15 questions like that? I mean, listen, $15 goes a long way here. at at the Masters. I mean the the. pimento cheese sandwich I think is a. $1.50 and it is one of my favorites as. well. We got which one is this a pimento. cheese? Yeah, that's the one I like to. roll with right here. Uh the egg salad is another favorite. A. lot of discrepancy on which one is.

better. I'm more of a pimento guy. myself. Uh but $15 you can get prob- I. mean you can get like six or seven. sandwiches. Ooh, wow. >> the prices low here. They could gouge. you but they don't because they're good. people and. >> Exactly. That's right. They're good. people, great people that you would do. anything, whatever. That's a good selling day. I love that. Are there beers down there? Do they do. these southerners drink down there or. no? Oh, yeah. Beers will not be consumed by me during.

the the event today but there are plenty. of beers. I saw a fine lady double. fisting over there. uh. in between 7 and 8. Um I think there's. footage of Josh Allen at the tournament. a few years back had the the cups. stacked up so yeah, there are beverages. galore and those are also cheap. >> I didn't know they're doing that down. there in Augusta. Nice. >> know they had a I didn't know they were. booing down there in Augusta or boozing. down there in Augusta. I like that a. lot. D Butt has a question for you. Jason. >> Hey, obviously you were out there.

watching the pros but how is your game. coming along since retired? I've been. seeing you, watching you, watching you. take it more seriously. How's the game. coming along? What are you playing right. now? Who you been playing with? I I listen, I I've been playing with my. brother. Obviously he's in his off. season so we got down in Florida. We're. getting after it a little bit. The game. every time I think I got to figure it. out it there's something else that goes. wrong. You know, it's like okay, now. okay, just do this, okay? And then I'm. striping it for.

Oh, we lost him. game has is is in a. spot where I think it's getting better. but. every time I look at my score, it. reminds me that I'm not. >> Yeah, that's golf, brother. I I retired. from the game last year. I put sticks. down 13, 14 months. I I I couldn't do it. anymore. I I was working at it, got. worse. Then all of a sudden I started. making putts with this thing. This thing right here, Jason. I made a I. just want three or four down here. >> What do you got? >> I made 10 It's a Spider X 250 plus. It. It's uh you'll find everybody's using.

this this thing, I believe. It It makes. putts for you. This thing It has some uh. Tim Burchett was talking about this type. of technology. >> Mhm. uh whenever he was on TMZ. >> Sure. >> It's from this. >> Okay. >> this one right here. It's a technology. finds the hole for you. It's. otherworldly. I've no idea how it works, but golf's a lot more fun when this is. working. Okay, we're going to let you. get back to your job here. Can we ask. you one final question, Mr. Kelce? Anything, Ben. Why is there so much. drama in Philadelphia around the Eagles.

all the time? Why is there always drama. over there? Do you have an answer for. that? Do you think you know why? >> Yeah. Well, I think that there's always drama. when they are losing or not living up to. the expectations. I think that has. always been the case. Uh conveniently, when you are winning. and playing really well, there happens. to be not so much drama. Um the media. attention in Philadelphia is in. incredible, right? It's a massive. metropolitan area. There's beat writers.

in there every single day getting the. news and and storylines sources. Um it's. endless. And uh when you the season. doesn't go well, everything gets. magnified, right? Everybody's weakness. or one thing here, everything gets. picked apart. And uh quite honestly, everybody's trying to, you know, salvage. that the reason the season didn't go. well wasn't them, whether it's coaches, players, front office, like across the board, that's kind of just how it works, especially in Philadelphia with an. insatiable fan base. Um you're always.

the number one ticket in town. They are have an endless desire for that. content. Um, and while that breeds some. of the most awesome moments of my life. and and fandom and incredible uh. things that I get to experience as a. player who played there for a long time, it is when you're losing, you better be. mentally strong and and and able to. overcome a lot of that stuff and firmly. know who you are and confident in your. abilities. Um, so yeah, it's it's it's. quite a bit right now. I know there's a.

story about Jalen that came out um. earlier uh either this week or last week. um. and I think that, you know, my overall thing is, you know, especially with Jalen, what quarterback. doesn't want to run their stuff? You know, this has kind of been a. semblance of things that have been. coming out over multiple years, but all. of a sudden now it's reached this point. where there's however many sources in. there. And I think it's very. coincidental that it comes when the. season and everything don't go the way. they want it. People are getting fired. and um. the reality is sometimes these things.

that are weaknesses when you're losing, sometimes people view them as strengths. when you're winning. And uh I think uh. that kid's been through a lot. He's been. through a lot of change. um and I think he's going to have be. through a lot of change this year. Everybody talks about the offensive. coordinator's changing over. There's going to be a drastically. different offense in Philadelphia. It's. going to be more under center. It's. going to be more running play action on. second down. It's going to be more. motions. Uh so, this is a big year for. him. Um, and at the end of the day, I think they. have great players there. I think they.

have a lot of good leadership in that. building. uh and I think that when you combine. them, Vic Fangio, I feel pretty confident about the Eagles. this coming season. So, I think the. drama's going to start going the other. direction at some point. That was an incredible answer. Yeah. Hey, that was that was an unbelievable. answer. I I want to let you know that. you're not some big dumb dick from. Ohio. Okay? I uh that was an incredible. answer and uh we appreciate we. appreciate you and congrats on getting. the opportunity to do the Masters and.

obviously everything else that you get. the opportunity to do. You've earned it. all. Thanks for representing football, brother. What's that time out, pal? Are you Are. you going to be down here a little bit? Is that happening? All right. All right. All right. Everybody needs to relax. All. right, I'll see you down there maybe. All right, Jason, you're the man. Ladies. and gentlemen, Come on. Okay. Okay. ALL. RIGHT. YEAH, JASON IS HERE. JASON KELCE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. JASON! THE DELAY THING is cuz they're on a. they're on a portable internet source,

okay? That is being sent to camera, back. to source, back to truck. So, there is a. delay in the audio and the video. So, it's a different they're both going in. at a different time and then they're. getting sent to something that's getting. sent through a stream from ESPN directly. to us. So, I think maybe even going to. Bristol, then coming to us. So, you got. two streams going at two different. times. Remember cuz camera goes. directly, audio has to go here to here. and then it's going to their truck in. Augusta from camera to from device to.

truck to Bristol and then, you know, they're they're racing. The audio and. the video are racing to Bristol and then. bang, they're taking a left coming to. Indianapolis. So, they they bang. the boom and I think. the video was certainly way ahead. >> It it was. >> The video was faster. >> Well, then we got to go back, too. Don't. forget that. Is that where we're. bouncing back? Cuz then we're sending. back to Bristol, but remember Jason. couldn't see anything. No. Yeah. So, he. was not getting the video. Couldn't see. anything. Okay. So, that's insane. Yeah, that Yeah, we for sure went to the moon. and did all that phone call and all that.

stuff. WE GOT HIM NOW. WHOA! THAT WAS. NOT THE. THOSE GREAT ASTRONAUTS ARE THERE RIGHT. NOW. OH, YEAH, we're hitting that for. sure. For sure now. Oh, oh, you're talking about I love I. When we beat the Russians? Yeah. Cold. War. Undefeated. Man on the moon. There is Butleruskey, huh? Yeah, exactly. That'd be a postcard. from Moscow when you move over there, you son of a Jesus. He's just. trying to tell the people what really.

happened. Just real quick. I don't love that we as a society have. gotten to a point where we know way too. much, but we also don't know nearly enough. about any of it. Well said. 3 second. delay. Oh my god. 1,000 miles away. >> There was a delay for from the. Tell them, D-Bags. >> Oh, is NASA PUTTING THIS TOGETHER? NASA TECHNOLOGY. OKAY. YEAH. WORLDWIDE. NASA is reporting that Artemis 2 is just.

a couple of days AWAY FROM SPLASHDOWN. BOOM. AND AS Earth grows larger in the. mission sites, the crew woke up this. morning to "Under Pressure" by Queen and. David Bowie, and greetings from our. colleagues at the uh space uh super. spacey thingy. And there's the moon. right there. See that? We're on our way. Canadian Space Agency. Okay. Yeah, okay. I won't clap for that. >> Yeah, uh-uh. Have you seen the. trajectory what they had to do? What's. that? The trajectory of like timing the. moon. Unbelievable. Yeah, I I I heard.

we're leading them. Oh, yeah. Big time. We're leading the ball game. Yeah, we're. throwing to a spot. Yes. We're throwing. to a spot. We're letting math, which is the. language of the universe, says. uh David Galileo kind of Mr. Galileo. Mike McCarthy guy. Galileo Galilei. DAVID. GALILEO. JUST READ DAVID BOWIE. E.G. E.G. still brings it. >> That's what we're doing with Galileo.

Galileo. We're throwing that thing right. down there, and then we're meeting up. the moon. And then the moon's going to say, "Gotcha." Yep. Right, going to do one of. these. And I think we're doing one of. these. And then the moon's kicking us. out, right? >> Hit the slingshot, yep. And you had. Bowie None of that happened. Yeah, you. had it all together and Queen. That was. it all tied together. In some circles he. was David Geffen. His close friend. His friends called. him, yeah. Yeah. Shout out to his. buddies. See, I never know whenever I. see this like is Galileo his first name. or his last? >> it's his first name. I believe his name. is Galileo Galilei. >> Yeah, but what if back then he wanted to.

actually have it inverted? >> Call me Dave. Yeah. You never know. Honestly, you genuinely. never know. Shout out to Jason Kelce. joining us live from the Masters. Sounds. like he understands Jalen. Yeah. That Jalen sound like He knows. What he. said about Jalen though, crazy. Yeah. It's like what everybody saying is. a negative now was probably a strength. of the past him being a leader. Quarterbacks want to run their stuff. Yeah, he's Super Bowl champion, Super. Bowl MVP. He probably feels as if he's.

has a right to have some say in what the. offense is. New offense coordinator, you're brand new here. Maybe we do my. offense. We've won some games. The. coming out of the building though maybe. like. I don't know if it. It just feels like they don't like. people don't like him. That's why. they're leaking all the Like people. being this comfortable to leak things. about this person says that those people. don't like him. Like whenever for. instance, anonymous sources say. about us and me. I know those anonymous. sources are people that do not like me. as a person, right? So anytime anybody.

leaks anything that is anonymous. negative about somebody, I assume that. it's being leaked because they do not. like the person or there's some sort of. agenda on case. Now him getting into a. brand new offense, needing a new. contract, are they both waiting to see. how he does in this particular offense? Is this offense going to be the new one. under center, play action, everything. like that? Is that the case? Who knows, but I don't like how comfortable. everybody is just kind of giving. away. But Jason Kelce is like, "Well, we're in a world where there's a lot of. sources in that building and they're. never going to be able to get rid of. them." And one of the biggest markets. like you said in the in the world really.

when you talk about the NFL and then. being with the Eagles most of all those. teams in NFC NFC East, but especially in. Philly with that team. And then like you. said, you're going to want to run your. when you're the guy that's going to. be there year in and year out. You're. the guy that's making 50 plus million. dollars, You you're going to have the. finger pointed at you, not whatever. coordinator is there for that year. And. there is, you know, it has to be some. meeting of the minds and some continuity. there. We saw it with uh with Tom when. he went to Tampa. We saw it with Peyton. when he went to Denver. Like, yeah, you're going to take your and. you're going to do some of the other, you know, OC stuff. So, as long as the.

success is there though, they'll be. fine. But I did love what Jason Kelce. said. And look, everybody in lock room. has their own unique experience. If you. go and talk to one of 70 players in a. lock room, you can find five that's. going to say bad things about Peyton. Manning or Tom Brady or Drew Bre- Aaron. Rodgers. Any Any Any of these guys. So, it comes Yeah, it comes with It comes. with the territory, but you know, winning winning cures all. But when you. aren't winning at the level where you're. expected to, that's when all this. you know, make gets much, much louder.

Yeah, it gets to be a pain in the ass. just playing Philly. When they won the. The year they won the Super Bowl, there. were times where they were playing at. home and getting booed. Like, there. really isn't a winning situation for. them, no matter what, when you are in. Philadelphia. I played in the same. >> No, but that that I think the winning. situation is that parade. Yes. >> That's like the day I think when you You. got to talk your Kelce. Super. super blue collar towns. >> Mhm. Okay? That think they are tougher. than the football players. Okay? And I happen to know that uh cuz I. grew up in one of those towns.

Where the fans think they are tougher. than the football players that are. playing football. And you are just lucky. to be doing what you're doing for us. So, let's make sure you remember that. Okay? I think that is how some of these. towns feel that are considered football. towns. >> Sure. Okay? That is what it is. So, if. you're not playing exactly how they. expect you to play or how they would. play if they were playing, how they. would envision their football team to. play, they are going to voice it most. because they, once again, if this was to. come to a fight, we're okay trying to. fight We're We feel like we're tougher. than you. We are We know football better.

than you. We love football more than. you. And obviously, we love the team. more than you. I think Philadelphia is. obviously one of those towns. No doubt. I think that is obviously one of those. towns and they can find things that they. would do much better than you if they. were in your position in football and I. think you got to be made to be an Eagle. Like you have to be a a Dallas Cowboy, you have to be made for the star cuz. they're giving tours of the building and. stuff like that. >> Mhm. Okay? Which from our source says is. not in the way. They're great. From what I heard. >> They are not in the way, okay?

You need to relax about that whole thing. being a distraction. You know, just from. source says in the building. They are not a problem. True. You heard that as well? Yes. I've. heard different. >> He was there with me. Okay, we're. sitting right next to you. It was a nice. little setup we had in that thing. >> It was. >> You can't can't trust every source. >> Yeah, not for everybody. >> But it was we got a very credible. >> you talking about? We had a great setup. out there, but we were told we were. given a little bit more clarity in how.

it was described to us what we were. getting. Okay, we were told let us clear. let's give you a little bit more clarity. on this whole thing. Not a problem. But on that note, you're. going to be on primetime. 13 14 weeks. You're going to have. everybody talking about you. You have to. be made to be a Dallas Cowboy. You have. to understand what it's going to be. There's going to be more there cuz the. business. Feels like the Eagles you have. to know. you need a certain type of person to be. a Philadelphia Eagle. They just start. winning Super Bowls, too. Like they got. there, you know, to the championship. games with Andy Reid. That's why they.

ran Andy Reid out of town because he. couldn't get in get to and then win the. big one. Got there and they lost to the. Patriots, but then you win your first. one with Nick Foles and then he gets his. statue and now Jalen Hurts comes and. bring you another one. You would think. he would be a god. >> And went to another one before that, too. >> it's like he's been what? Two out of the. five years he started. He. went to the Super Bowl and out played. Patrick Mahomes in both of them and and. we're talking like it's it's it's. nothing. >> And you heard Jason Kelce Jason Kelce. just went to bat for Jason Hurts about. as much and as cerebrally as possible in.

a 3-minute thing that talked about radio. sources, locker room, everything, how. one thing was perceived, how the other. thing can be perceived. I mean, Jason. Kelce knows Jalen pretty good, I would. assume. Yeah, and and he it wasn't the. exact same thing, but he basically just. went through this situation the year. after they made it to the Super Bowl. Remember, they kind of they started 8-0. or whatever and then limped into the. playoffs big time, got beat in the first. round, and it was all the same thing. And I think, you know, a lot of places. expect to win the Super Bowl every year. and like their fan but with Philadelphia.

being as successful as they have been in. the like that is the expectation every. single year. It's like, "Hey, you guys. need to go out and win a Super Bowl, and. if you don't, you're going to hear it. from us all year long." And every game. Yeah. >> I want to see perfection. >> Exactly. We and we don't want to just. skimp we we want to beat the out of. people every These Johns are getting. mocked every week by the Birds, okay? That's what we want to see cuz they were. winning games. Yeah. Best record in the. league, and we come in here on. overreaction Monday every week. Some. John out there going, "Nick Sirianni. needs to be put in a car and shipped to.

Antarctica. What are we doing. with this guy?" They like just beat the. Saints in New Orleans, I think I. remember. And they're like, "Saints. keeping it close against It's like it's. the NFL.". You guys are winning games. It's like, "We don't care. We would like this to. look a lot better all the time, every. time." That is what's interesting though. is just off the top of my head going. back reading all those overreactions. like at least from the fans like there. really wasn't that much we hate Jalen. Hurts. Let's get this guy out of town. So it's but it it's like.

Exactly. It was all Petulo and a little. bit of Sirianni. So it's interesting. when all these come out and it's like, "Wow, the fans, you know, don't have. that big of an issue with him, but it. seems like everything inside the. building is like. >> Or who just left the building. >> Right. Yeah, true. But it goes back further than that. Could be. I said or not definitely. But. yeah, there's I mean. >> It goes all the way back to the year. they won the Super Bowl and this stuff. was happening. That's when the Brandon. Graham interview was happening. Like. there's so many different things. That's. why it Sure, like if it was just this.

year, then it would be like, okay, who. just left? But, it's been a few years. here and they've still had success, so. it doesn't matter as much. Winning cures. all, but it's still It has happened for. a bit. >> Hey. That's Philadelphia Eagles football. That's my quarterback in the National. Football League, too. Like, Jalen Hurts, some of the criticism is deserved. I. mean, everybody can be criticized. outside of probably Patrick Mahomes. right now in the league, maybe Matt. Stafford, where he stands. What What his. status is right now. Every other. quarterback. they're fair game. Trey Lance got a lot.

of Hey, there's a lot going on around. New England Patriots right now. >> I would drink. There's a lot going on. around New England Patriots right now. >> Brace just shaving his head and chucking. footballs. >> loud out there. That got loud out there. I didn't see anything. Good luck to all. parties. Good luck to all parties. >> see anything. I'm in agreement, either. May Good luck to all parties. That's. going to be. We can't even imagine. >> Dealt with much worse. >> Good luck to all parties. And I I genuinely mean all parties. involved, good luck out there. Um. Fox is nearing a deal to acquire the.

2026 Big Ten Championship for 45 to 55. million dollars. NBC has subleased the. game from Fox and is now selling it. back. Big Ten Championship at. >> one. It's an absolute steal. >> Huge. >> Yes. This is. Big Ten has won the national. championship. the last three years with three. different teams. No matter who gets into. this one, it will be gigantic. Did everybody know this was for sale? No. Did everybody know this was for. sale? We would potentially try to buy. this. Okay, for all you. This would have been a thing. What a. deal for them. Good luck to the Big Ten.

continuing to bring it. And the Fox, they got a big. Big Ten relationship. >> Oh, yeah. It would have been sick if we. got it. Us? No, not us. Us just sitting there. They would have. never sold it to us. That would have been a tough. conversation. Maybe. >> It would have been funny to sit down in. there, though. What do you guys. thinking? What do you. 200 K? We'll be back next hour. What?

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not just golf. Obviously, basketball is. happening, hockey is happening, the NFL. never sleeps. It's really never a bad. time to be a sports fan. What did the. losers that don't watch sports do. throughout their entire lives? >> Ooh, that is a great question. Uh I. don't know. I don't know. >> you. Like, could you imagine not having. a Masters to look forward to this. weekend and not being pumped up about. that? >> they're happier? No, cuz you got to pay attention much. more attention to all the other. that we're forced to pay attention to. sometimes. They got to pay attention to.

it all the time. Yeah, so they're. feeding themselves all that stuff all. day. >> Oh, you think you're saying like if it's. not sports, then it has to be It's got. to be something. Their video games, reality TV. >> Reality TV. Oh, you're talking about the. shite TV. >> Yeah. I had a run with that as well. The. Rock of Love bus, obviously Bret. Michaels. >> That That That ain't shite. You're. right. >> Flavor of Love is good. >> Yeah, Flavor of Love. Yeah, Flavor of. Top five. Flavor of Love was top five. New York, Miss New York was outrageous. Obviously, still doing it. >> Kailyn Lowry, Tequila. Uh Jersey Shore, I had I mean, he's got Jersey Shore is.

great TV. I agree. That's what I'm. saying, but this would be potentially. considered shite TV. >> Sure. Sure. Yeah, people would say good. uh porn stars are Oh my god. Detroit. porn. Oh, how about the Tuttles? Uh the Amish people. Yeah, choppers. >> They're in a league of their own. I'm. watching now Suddenly Amish. My wife. kind of put me on to Suddenly Amish. It's out there in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Uh people just from the regular world. say Not a black man. That is black man. Is there a lot of Amish? Get out.

What's that? What do you think it is? No, I'm getting. out. Can you describe that? I can assume. it on the shoes. What are you talking about? Yeah. That. look like the poster for Get Out. I will. say this is not Get Out. They are not. being held there against their will. Good faith. They are. he he's one of he's. He's main character of the show. Okay. He's main character of the show. And. I'll tell you what, we learn a lot about. him quick. We learn a lot about him. quick and I think he learns a lot about.

it. Some emotional moments with him. Some emotional moments with him out. there. Yeah. Yeah, you know the. the Amish show, they don't play any. games, man. No. Literally, they don't. play any games. I don't think they've ever done that. My. dad Tim actually has a relationship with. some of the Amish. We've been told that, you know, some of these Amish who run. power out to a shed do watch NFL. football. That's what I was going to ask. you. They watch sports? Yes, they do. Yeah, they do. They watch football. >> They probably be so good. Uh very. strong. Yeah. >> LeBron James. They got a bunch of them,

but they're just called Jebediah Bron. Yeah. Jibba jabba bron. They're good in. the trenches. Yeah, they're dogs, too. They wake up 3:30 in the morning, obviously, and they just work all day. every day on everything and they don't. have air conditioning. Yeah, I've seen. like time lapse of them like building. homes. >> Single day. Two seconds. Unbelievable. I'm trying to get I'm trying to get some. women here. Hammer and nails. >> Common was too uh. if you heard a story about him a few. months ago. Yeah, trying to get trying. to get one of them in my house. Trying to figure this figure this stuff. out, condo, whatever. Trying trying to. make some changes. You're trying to get.

one of these Amish? >> Yeah, trying to get one of them in. there. See what we can do, but I don't. know if are they even allowed to ride. the elevator? You know, that's a. >> So, that's the interesting thing. And. how do you get a hold of them to get one. of them? Like, that's why Tim is a good. plug to the Amish. >> Yeah. Yeah, you need to have a plug to. get in the Amish. These These people do. They signed up for that. So, they are. Amish. And they gossip. So, if you find. one These things do They all are all. They are all related. Joining us now, uh. not all related, but they all do know. Pennsylvania Dutch is where it all. starts from. They all know each other. It's a community. Yeah. And they're not.

all related. Watch it. Yeah, they're. not. >> Well, yeah. I just saw a black dude. Hello. That's becoming Amish. I don't know if. he's Amish or He's getting there. Talking about. >> He's He's new to the group. Hey, what. did Shaq mean when he told you to change. the way you were I mean, he shouldn't. have did that at work. You don't mess. with me at work. You know, you got to. Don't do that. Talk to me like a black. guy. I'll tell you later. So, Shaq. >> skipping a step. I want to let you know. What Shaq said that it took me right.

back to the locker room. Like, right. back to the locker room. And I almost. had a thousand things that almost came. out of my mouth. I was like, nope. Now. is not the time. That would have been a. quote out of context haven. What was. coming through my What was coming. through Exactly. Through through my head. right there. And I just stayed out of. it. That is maturity out of me. I want. to let you know, there was a big moment. there for all of us. And we just powered right through it. This climate. That was a literally right into the. middle. Just. Okay, who wants it? And then nothing.

Thank god. Old us. That would have never been a good. We would stop the but we would ask for a. full explanation. We would have done an. entire. Shaq was awesome in here. Yes, he was. Just got ADD, said it. What's over. here? Mhm. I'm just going to walk over. here. I'll be you in Be you in a minute. He had a bad day at the Olympics. But the Shaqalicious comments I think. got a lot of pub. Joining us now live. from an Attica, Ohio is a man who'd. would a great Amish guy. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah, one of the best. I think. he would want to be an Amish guy. Mhm.

Might be, actually. >> Cuz German, I believe, is the roots of. the Pennsylvania Dutch, which obviously. are lead to the Amish, I if I'm not. mistaken. Potential former Amish man, ladies and gentlemen, happy Rumspringa. to AJ Hawk. Hawk, there are a lot of Amish in Ohio, I know that, right? Yeah, there's plenty of Amish all around. Ohio. My father-in-law, Chopper, he. works with a bunch of them. He's a. builder, so he's been working with them. for for years and years. But, I don't. know why D-Butt is saying like I know.

lots of black Amish people here in Ohio. I don't know what the problem is. Really? I didn't know that. Not lots of them, but they are around, yes. Yeah, you. >> That changed pretty quickly, AJ. I. wouldn't say they're abundant, but. they're yes, it is possible. >> Where are you hanging out at? >> Yeah, so hold on, you're you're you're. walking out. >> on the road and riding, you know, on. their horse and buggy next to me. How about you ever seen them fishtail. that thing? No, why? I haven't really seen them. really open up too much. It's usually. pretty slow. Okay, I've seen them open. that thing up a little bit. You know, there's obviously the very slow, boring. ride when the family's in there doing.

doing doing doing doing doing doing. doing doing doing doing doing and you. got to pass them, it's a miserable. thing. But, I've seen some young ones. kind of open that thing up, little. fishtail and whatever they turn that. thing sideways, turn that son of a. a little bit like this. You know, whenever they might find a little. moonshine out there that they maybe made. out in the barn, they'll get a little. loose with those buggies as well. I mean, they kind of are outlaws. They. live by their own set of rules. >> Oh, yeah. I mean, they're in their own. little They are. Yeah. Yeah. I've seen I. know from traveling I've seen them I've. seen a few of them in the airport. They. can ride airplanes? Woah! They might be. Mennonites. Possibly Mennonites, yeah. So, there's levels.

>> fast and loose with a lot of those. rules. >> Yeah, but also if they're not flying or. driving the car, some of them say I. There's a little bit of that. >> I'm just sitting. Yeah, I I I am sitting. on a That's bush league, though. Hop on. a train. There's a train within 100. miles of every state. Jordynne is now as. a man who might also be from the Amish. community. We're not 100% sure. Thinks. the calluses on his palms would. certainly be able to get him through a. day of hard work with the Amish. He is a. man who's carrying baseball for an. entire generation on ESPN, which we. appreciate him for. The Jet, Jeff.

Passan. >> Yay! Jet, you think about being Amish ever? Love the Amish furniture. It's the best. Absolute best. And I I would love to. have a room spring as well. Like I'm. glad you brought that up, Pat. That's a. good time. That's what I. >> Like you've been cooped up for all those. years and then you just get to go out. and. I you know, I I don't know what they're. doing. Sounds exciting though. Well, they were at Topgolf, I know for one of. them. >> Yep. Yep. Steve.

>> Can't beat that. Who were we there with? Who who had an event there? Somebody. >> Zito's diaper party. >> Yeah. I think it was your diaper. Your. diaper party. I showed up at somebody. else's. I think it was Nick's. I think. it was Nick's. I I do believe. I cuz I. know that cuz I showed up in the middle. of it. I didn't show up at the. beginning. Okay. So, yeah, I know it was. not mine. It was somebody else's. That. would have been very rude of me to do. that. But on that note, as soon as we. get there, they got the last four bays. over here. >> They they got the last four bays. Clearly clearly Amish. Clearly underage. Clearly hammered. Yeah. Yeah. I I mean. it was it was a lot going on. And then.

we obviously, as pretty observant. I would say, immediately start. bickering about what's what's what's the. next steps here. So, I just go over, obviously right in the middle, and one. guy goes, "McAfee? You're Mac- you're McAfee." And I go, "You How do you know that?" He goes, "We love football." And then he goes and. gets his one drunk friend who's looks. younger than him. He goes, "You're. You're Pat McAfee." And I go, "Yeah, it's Mac- IT'S MAC-. HO! HO! CALLS OVER THE OTHER ONE. Then there's.

their girlfriends or Third one actually. denied it as well. >> Yeah, you're not. >> Pat. You're not. You're not. And I have. to pull out my phone and do a full. search for this entire thing. And then I. get I get their phone number. It was a. full Yeah, Zito and I had a 10 to. 15-minute convo with some actual Amish. folks today. Massive football fans. Seemed like some dogs. Real This really. happened. I mean, we had full convo with. these guys. And. uh they shouldn't have been serving them. alcohol for sure, but they they were. having an absolute blast out there. And. then that Rumspringa, they're deciding.

whether or not they want to go back or. if they just want to kind of go live. I. I would I wonder what the hit rate was. on that group. Ooh. I think some of them. went and kind of. >> Yeah. might never want to that. I'm. never going back. Come back to Topgolf. I WAS DOING THIS ELECTRIC golf thing. Yeah. Coffee walked in. Booze. everywhere. All right, let's move on to. baseball. Um. baseball is fantastic. We're loving. everything about it, what's going on. You are launching a podcast, I do. believe, tomorrow. Right? Is that. accurate? Uh that is accurate. Yes. Here we go.

It's been a couple couple months in the. works right now, but uh we're we're. going to do a little like preview. episode. Uh so it's going to be a half. hour, but uh full episode is going to be. closer to an hour, sometimes a little. bit longer. And yeah, that's the name. right there. Sources Tell Jeff Passan. And uh. it's being produced by Omaha. Productions. Shout out Peyton Manning. And uh going to be running on ESPN. tomorrow. So uh exciting times, Patrick. >> Yes, it certainly is. Good for baseball. for you to continue to grow the sport. What are you going to be doing? Sources.

Tell Jeff Passan. You're just going to. be leaking all your news through this or. you going to be talking to your sources? Uh that's exactly what it is. It's going. to be conversations with the people who. you want to hear about. And you're going. to know some of the names and some of. them you're not. And it's the the beauty. of baseball is all of the stories that. go untold. This podcast, the goal is to. go out and actually tell them in a way. that is accessible not just to the. die-hard fans who love baseball, but to. people on this show, frankly, who watch.

this on a daily basis and are just. getting into baseball and want to learn. a little something about it. And you. know, the beauty of my job, Pat, is that. I get to talk with the people who are. the absolute best in the world at what. they do. And having conversations with. them in a format like this in a setting. like this where they can be a little bit. looser and and they can talk about some. things that they might not otherwise. Uh yeah, I mean, look at. This my first time seeing this here, Jen. I didn't know how professional you. were going to look and sources tell Jeff.

Passan you got these guys on the hook. Who who who is it? Who's who's sitting. down? Uh you're about to see right now. Uh. on the left uh is PAUL SKENES. >> OH. >> AND UH DOG. SKENES AND YEAH, WHAT A STUD. SEVEN. And. on and on the right is Tarik Skubal. What? >> You know Yes, sir. Both of them together. talking about pitching. And uh you know, the the great thing about this show is. it doesn't have a format. We're going to.

be doing something different every week. So, you know, first episode we talk. about pitching with Skenes and Skubal. who are the two best at it with the. world. I just got back from Toronto, sat. down with John Schneider, the Blue Jays. manager and Dave Roberts, the Dodgers. manager together and talked about the. World Series last year and specifically. Game 7 and what it was like. Talked. about uh talked with Cal Raleigh. yesterday and he was telling me about uh. everything from his ass to his. custom-made cup to uh all sorts of other. things that it takes to be a catcher.

So, we're going to we're going to cover. the whole expanse of the sport and tell. stories, frankly, that you just haven't. heard before. Okay, shout to you. continuing to uh build baseball. Schneider was just uh made sure the ump. could see him, turned his head sideways. so uh he could really get down in there. Let me get underneath the brim of this. cap here, sir. I'm going to let you know. that you're absolute ass, cuz yeah, everything you're doing is shite. You. ever heard about it? You are a piece of. trash, an embarrassment to baseball. You. need to get the hell off of this field. You're going to tell me to leave? You. need to leave. All of baseball hates. you. And he ain't turned in there, make.

sure he can feel it a little bit. Excuse. me, buddy. You want to you want to you. want to lick my lips right now? Is that. what you want to do? You too worried. about licking my lips and tasting my. spit than making right calls out here, ump? Is that what he's saying there? And. is he like this all the time? Might be. my new favorite guy. Might be my new. favorite guy. So, so Pat, I I kind of knew this was coming cuz the. Blue Jays haven't been playing very. well, and there's going to be an episode. coming up where I talk with Aaron Boone, the Yankees manager, about the art of. the ejection. Because Aaron Boone has.

been ejected 50 times in his career, the. the big league leader. And I brought. this up to Schneider, and I was like, "How tough is it to get ejected?" And. he's like, "I think I need to get. ejected." Like, that's how managers look. at it. When their team is struggling, they will find any reason or any excuse. to go out there and just light someone. up and hope to light a fire underneath. their team. And the Blue Jays, you know, with all the injuries that they've had, uh they need a little fire right now. Yeah, I like that he took it upon. himself to make sure that this ump could. really feel it cuz it did feel like the.

ump was using the brim of the hat, uh. the bill, as a weapon. And I saw there. in LA, there's no more They're just. using the top there. I've seen that. that's taking place. So, you know, baseball caps, baseball hats can be uh. defense, it can obviously be a fashion. look, it can block the sun, and it could. be a hat uh covered to uh. skipper and an ump almost sucking face. >> Yeah. Almost aggressively sucking face. So, it's amazing what a hat can really. be. Let's go to a cowboy hat with some. massive news out of Pittsburgh that you.

broke. Go ahead, Tone. >> Yeah, Jet. Baseball season's been. awesome for me so far. Um and obviously, there was some smoke. last week about Connor Griffin and the. deal, the extension, the 9-year $140. million extension. Uh after he got. called up last week, he made it official. this morning. Now, he's signed. Bob. Nutting is signing autographs for fans. on the field every single game. Skeens. is obviously He comes out and he's the. whole pitching staff's great. The Buccos. are winning. Uh but this Connor Griffin, though, the.

the extension, is that something normal. for the Is this the new normal for these. young kids to get them signed for 10. years and then just the Pirates overall. with Connor Griffin, how do you feel. it's been going so far? This is the biggest contract in Pirates. history. Like, plain and simple, $140. million. The. The biggest they had had previously was. Brian Reynolds at 106.75. million. And they're giving this to a. guy who's had less than a week in the. big leagues. So, it's clear that the. Pirates believe that Connor Griffin is.

going to be the one around whom they can. build for the foreseeable future. And. the big part of this deal isn't just. $140 million. It's the fact that they. bought out three free agent years. Because Connor Griffin coming up at 19. years old, guys, he was on track to be a. free agent going into his age 26 season. And the last time we saw a 26-year-old. free agent out on the market, that was. Juan Soto. And he got $765 million. So, Connor Griffin is is giving up that.

potential enormous payday at 26 years. old to go out at 29. And listen, if he's. the player everyone thinks he's going to. be, he's still going to get paid big. time. But the Pirates keeping a guy who. they would have absolutely no chance of. getting on the free agent market for. another 3 years on top of the control. they have him already. This is how good. franchises get built. This is exactly. what the Kansas City Royals did with. Bobby Witt Jr., their starting. shortstop. It's what the Mariners are. trying to do with Colt Emerson, signing. him for uh 9 years and $85 million.

Uh what the Milwaukee Brewers are trying. to do with Cooper Pratt, giving him $51. million over 8 years. So, uh this is a. trend in baseball, and it's one that. both gives the player his first big. payday and make sure to lock him in for. the franchise long term. Okay. So, now. that we know that the Pittsburgh Pirates. are playing big league baseball now, okay? And Connor has come out and said. he wants to win for the city, and he. wants to win for the fans. Everybody's. bought in on that narrative. There's a.

chance that the Bucco's. hoist the whole damn cone. Yeah, they're. going to hoist the whole damn cone. There's a chance they hoist the whole. damn cone. >> cone. >> The big cone. Okay, there's a chance. that we hoist it. People in Pittsburgh. are saying companies in Pittsburgh are. saying Yinzers are stealing traffic. cones at a rate that they've never seen. before. That is called Bucco fever, baby. Yes. That that is literally That is a. tangible. piece of information that says.

there's Bucco fever running wild in. Pittsburgh. And that's all it takes. >> Do you Hold on, do you not Do you not. have a traffic cone in your car? In my. car or in the studio? Hoist the baby. HOIST THE CONE. OH, MAMA, I'M IN FEAR. OF MY life of the law. OF THE CONE. I GOT A CONE. Stole this from a company.

outside. Yeah. So, that that's basically. what's been happening back in Pittsburgh. cuz there's always going to be. construction and there's always going to. be cones. And now there's a reason for. these cones as opposed to what Yinzers. say, the construction companies are. never getting anything done. At least. the Pirates are starting to get some. things done. They're going to want it all, we know. that. They're hoisting a big cone. AJ. has a question about that, actually. Yeah, Jet, speaking of that, we know the. NL Central has got out to a hot start. The Reds are obviously in first place. there. Does Do you Do you believe that. the World Series runs through the NL.

Central this year? Great question. >> Woah. It's a great question. >> baseball. No, but Mhm. they look pretty good so. far. And in addition to the Reds, it's. like the Brewers, we forget that they. won 97 games last year. They won more. games than the Dodgers did. They won. more games than the Yankees, the Blue. Jays, the Mariners. All the best teams. last year, during the regular season, the Milwaukee Brewers were at the top. and so for them to trade Freddy Peralta. this off season. it almost reminded me of them trading. Corbin Burnes and still being good. This.

is a sustainable team that's in. Milwaukee right now and. I think Cincinnati has the talent to. beat them. They're doing this without. Hunter Greene but their pitching's been. phenomenal. Chase Burnes looks. absolutely awesome. Pirates couldn't. have gotten off to a much better start. The Cardinals who they're probably going. to stay good this year but they've. gotten off to a good start even and then. the Cubs just snake bitten by injuries. between Kate Horton needing UCL surgery. being out for the year Matthew Boyd. going on the injured list too. The Cubs.

are scuffling a little bit right now but. the the central it is it is not the. comedy central right now. Like the. National League Central looks like a. real division and I I think the big. question I I I was talking with a scout. about this yesterday. He said, "I think there are two good. teams in baseball, the Dodgers and the. Yankees and everyone else we're not. quite sure at this point what they're. going to be." And those odds right there. they they tend to bear that idea out. And and so the question's going to be. who's going to emerge as the third and. fourth and fifth best teams as we get.

into May and you know a little more. season's behind us. >> Let's talk about the baseball a little. bit this year versus years past. I like. seeing players be able to show up the. umps. Okay, I I like it. I'm assuming. baseball people are aren't necessarily. completely thrilled or completely. against it but Ty has a question for. you. >> Yeah, Jet just uh based on conversations. you've had from the early part of the. season here, what are the reactions from. players, managers, and umpires about. ABS? Like do they like it? Do the. players like it? Man, I feel like some.

managers haven't really deployed it or. the way they're deploying it they're. still figuring out. And then I saw a. quote from an umpire the other day that. said like, "You know, it's it's been. great but also it's just creating. unrealistic expectations for us and like. fans are just going to continue to kill. us even if we have a good game." So, what has the uh reaction been thus far? Uh players love it. Managers are still. trying to figure it out. The umpires are. the interesting ones, though. And I I. don't think I've seen this reported. anywhere yet, but I I heard something.

really interesting a few days ago about. what umpires are going through with ABS. It's not just that the system is in. place and that they're getting. overturned or that they're getting their. calls questioned or that they're getting. embarrassed in public. In their. earpiece, they actually have the ability. in game to communicate with Major League. Baseball back you know, at the the. center where replay is happening and and. with an operator who is looking at their.

game and monitoring the ABS to to ask. them like, "Hey, is my zone okay right. now?" They're getting real-time. feedback. And listen, while the stuff. like, "Hey, you've missed five calls. this game. You suck at your job." That. that's going to you know, it's going to. be tough on anyone. I I think a lot of. umpires appreciate the fact that, you. know, right now they can be told in real. time what their zone looks like and can. adjust it. And that's what helps them be. better. Like, at the end of the day, all.

umpires ever want to do is get the call. right. And you know, the the fallibility. of the human eye and uh of the brain's. ability to track something that's going. at 100 mph and breaking 20 in, which is. what big league pitching is now like, that's a really tough thing to do. So, I. think having that feedback system in. place for umpires is is the good kind of. support that they need uh in a system. that otherwise has the ability to just. embarrass them day in and day out. I'm. happy that we're at the point of. utilizing technology to benefit, and I'm.

also happy that the umpires are able to. put their egos aside cuz that was kind. of what was happening in football for a. while is the refs were like, "I want my. eyes to mean something." It's like, "Okay, we do too, but now that we can. all see that you're wrong, maybe we. figure out a way to maybe get it right. Can we do that together? I think it'll. be good for umps. I think it'll be good. for officials as a whole, but it's a. brand new relationship for them. Good. luck. And I saw some clips from back in. the day. I mean, no strike zones for. some of these umps. I mean, holy. We had John Boy on and. he was like, "My dad had no idea what a.

strike was." Yeah, I mean, they didn't. know if there was two strikes, they. didn't know if there was three balls, they didn't even have a score bug on the. screen. So, it's like, "Dad, no offense, you had no idea what was going on." He. wondered why they were pitching what. they were pitching, where they were. pitching, what they were pitching, what. a strike was, what a strike wasn't. It's. crazy that that is how much baseball has. developed, but it feels like if you. don't know that it's a full count or you. don't know that there's two strikes, it. is probably a little bit difficult. So, I like where baseball has evolved into. It feels like we can all understand it, but boy, a catcher just being able to. look back saying, "You idiot." And just.

And then the whole place. watching this all happen, and the. catcher for the first time in his life. to be able to say, "Just like I thought, brother. Okay, just let me kind of guide. you in this entire thing." Who did it. three straight times? Salvy Perez. Salvy. Perez doing it three or four straight. times. That had to He had to be wanting. to do that for his entire life as a. catcher. I I I would assume that moment. is like a check the box. So, I'm happy. it's here. I also like that the boys are. throwing some real hands. >> Yeah. I like that the boys are throwing. some real hands. Last night, Lopez, Solar getting to an absolute brawl that.

involves a double-legged takedown and a. punch with a baseball in a pitching. technique. >> Yeah. Okay, so in in football, if you're. punching a helmet, bad news. There's a. double-leg takedown right there that you. we might have slept on. >> Pat. That was Walt Weiss right there, who by the way does MMA training. So, not surprising. >> Bald-headed guy shooting in from the. side, there's a double-leg takedown. You. see both of his arms right there wrapped. around the legs perfectly. Head is right. on ball. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it was He squared him up. perfectly. He was picture perfect. He. took the hat off beforehand, too, cuz he.

didn't want to get involved. He shoots. the double leg. Old buddy has no idea. cuz he's up here fighting Ken Ward. And. he goes, "Let's go down the ground where. I want TO BE." BUT BANG, takes him down. there. >> Textbook. >> Yeah, textbook. Absolutely textbook. You. always. >> What What What What was by the way not a. big guy? Jorge Soler, on the other hand, is 6'3", runs about 250. So, that was. impressive. Yeah, he's like, "Yo, you. want to go?". Well, I threw two over. >> 2 years ago, by the way. They were both. on the Braves together. So, uh. there's there's there's some lingering. beef there, no doubt.

>> Yeah, and I appreciate the fact that. they're still doing this. He had ball in. hand. He's got to utilize one of these. Now, his finger's going off plastic helmet. pretty good. >> great. You know, this is when football. players punch a helmet, everybody's. like, "Hey, that's not. >> Chill out, cuz. >> You're not helping anybody here." So, I. like that he utilized the baseball as a. weapon, for sure. Uh I like that the. boys are scrapping. I like that there. was a double-leg tackle at the end of. it. I'd give this thing overall a 10. Yeah. That's good That's a good baseball. fight. >> And I like the reason why the fight. happened, too. Sent two over his head.

>> Mhm. You know, buzzed the tower two. times right over his head. And he goes, "What Are we serious right now?" It was. in the third, I believe, in the fifth, and then obviously and then they go and. say, "Well, yeah, we're doing it.". >> of suspensions come from this? It's not. like hockey. Good question, Jet. Are. they allowed to do this cuz this is cool. or what happens? They're definitely not allowed to do. this. Uh for for Lopez, it's probably going to. wind up being one game. For Soler, uh probably going to wind up three. Lopez may wind up getting like a longer. suspension, potentially, because.

uh pitchers, you know, they pitch every. 5 days. So, if you suspend him for for. five or seven or eight or nine games, then he's essentially only missing one. start. But uh yeah, there will there. will be suspensions coming down from it. It'll be probably later today or. tomorrow. >> All right. Well, good luck out there, Batman or uh sorry, Manfred. >> Manfred. Manfred. Unless the NHL wants. to get involved, cuz this is a fight. Let Batman give a call. Good luck, Manfred. We assume you know what what's. right for baseball. >> does. >> Tommy.

man start out of any team in the entire. >> major Marlins is the Boston Marlins. I feel I I the like I've been thinking. about you, Connor, this entire time. because look, you pledged to watch what. was it? 100 games? >> Yeah, and I'm on pace for 162, brother. So, I don't know how freaking lost I can. laugh. >> Painful. at this right Yeah, seriously, it's not just painful, it's really. discouraging, Jet, to be completely. honest with you and I'm coming off. just an absolute gem from Garrett.

Crochet where they won three to two. So, I'm still in this mood of what the hell. is going on with this baseball team? Uh. there's sell the team chance, Jet, throughout all of Fenway and typically. when you hear sell the team, you think. of the Pirates. You think about teams. that aren't spending money, but the Red. Sox spent like $300 this off season. Is. this a fire the team John Henry sucks? Is this a Breslow is just a big dumb. and doesn't know who's good at. baseball, just basically as much as I.

know who's good at baseball? Like, who. should I be directing my anger towards. and also when will some of these kind of. up-and-coming prospects get called up? Connor Griffin being the number one guy. Sure, he needs to get called up. immediately, but when should I expect. some of these non-poopy players to come. and play for the Boston Red Sox that are. in the farm system? Yeah, I mean, let's not forget the guys. who that that that they promoted last. year, whether it was Roman Anthony and. Marcelo Mayer, you know, they signed.

Christian Campbell with that contract. and he's down in Triple-A right now. Yeah. That has not gone well for them. They traded Kyle Teel who uh he got you. Garrett Crochet. So, so there's nothing. to to be said about that, but I don't. know that near term there's a whole lot. more coming from the offensive side on. the farm system with the Red Sox. Yeah, the in the offense it's it's not. great right now. They're striking out a. lot. They're striking and almost 27% of. their at bats. They got a bunch of guys. whether. uh it's it's Meyer or or Trevor Story.

who are batting in the the hundreds. right now. Like the only guy hitting is. really Will Myers Abreu. Even Roman. Anthony's striking out 35% of the time. So the bats have just gone absolutely. flaccid and the pitching hasn't been. what they thought it was going to be. either. You know, Ranger Suárez is off. to a tough start. A couple of guys in the bullpen have. been getting hammered. Like not great. Flaccid bats all over the place. >> Can't have that. Well, they got a good. celebration. They got big bats. They're. just they're not bringing them right.

now, man. I think that's part of baseball, though, right? You need to bring them. I guess. I mean, I'm I'm still learning. I'm. still I'm still trying to figure it out. >> that you're going to be able to say. I was watching one of the worst team in. baseball. Every game. You you will be. able to say that. But it feels like. they're never going to get better. Maybe. this is an era that you don't want to. sign up for. But I I. >> there's nobody in the pipeline. He's got. There's nobody coming around the bend. He said on offense, we got this guy. Peyton Toll who's got. Peyton Toll is big. And he's got a cool. mustache. Oh, so he's got an.

above average size donger. >> He's a and he's a pitcher. So I'm not. he's just strictly talking offense. We're going to figure the bats out. I. will say though, I mean, we're three and. eight and it's infuriating, but I love. it. I'm really enjoying being an angry. baseball fan. You like your guys. >> I love my guys. We got to figure out how. to throw the baseball a little bit, but. but I love my guys. >> They're cooking Roman. Is he going to be. okay on that the whole throw thing not. being able to get to where he wants to. throw it to right now? Talk about the. yips, Chad. He'll be fine. He'll figure it out. He's.

He's He's one of those guys who I think. is too talented for something like that. to become a problem. >> Don't want this. And look, this was this. was not a good problem. Looks like me. This is the place to say it it it did. not turn out well. >> Before I I found my arm slot, have you. heard yet? I found my arm slot. I'm a. side arm guy. >> Oh, maybe you should get a side arm, Roman. Yeah, >> I mean, I should. >> throw. >> little sweeper? No, I just I'm getting. over the first base. Is what I'm doing. Yeah, I think. You know what I mean? We're popping. mitts. Bam, turn two, banging.

the pow, and bam. SEE THAT? NOW I KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING at least cuz. when you're popping mitts, Skip standing. with the boys, it's hard not to get. excited about being accurate when you. throw it. I couldn't even imagine what. Roman Anthony feels like not knowing. where the hell the ball's going because. what before I started throwing sidearm, you see I'm throwing like this right. here. Bang. You see that? I'm kind of. letting it come out. Me and Ozzie Smith. working on the glove popping too. I. don't know if you saw that. Okay, now. I'm coming out. >> Really long throw, too. Who's Well, it's accurate, Jet.

Do it. Do it. See now It's It's easy to. be accurate from 10 ft. That was 1 in. below that camera up there. Yeah, 10 ft. That's a home run. >> You're lucky. >> That's 230 ft away. That's how big the. ThunderDome is. But, I'll tell you, I couldn't imagine. not knowing where it's going, especially. as you're on the run. Crow hopping. going, I hope. Just go home. Yeah, please. Just go. there. That That's has to be a mental. thing, right? Have others gotten into. this before in baseball? Oh, absolutely. I mean, like the the yips is a tried and.

true thing. And I'm not suggesting that. Roman Anthony's got that right now, but. when when you lose your arm slot, when. you lose arm strength, like it's a. terrifying thing. And we've seen it. happen in so many cases, even with. pitchers, like Rick Ankiel, who was the. best pitching prospect in baseball and. up at 20 years old for the St. Louis. Cardinals and absolutely carving. Forgot. how to throw strikes. And it looked like. it was going to kill his career. And. then he came back as a power-hitting. outfielder. And so, he was not It It.

wasn't quite Ohtani, but it was a. fascinating story. Just to, you know, seeing such a great athlete like him be. able to do that. I have plenty of faith. that Roman Anthony's going to be just. fine long-term. I'd be more concerned at. this point about the bat cuz that's what. they need from him. They need offense. from Roman Anthony. 21-year-old DA Well, put him in the three hole. What's the. guy doing leading off? Jeez Louise, man. How did he do? Uh Connor, I love Connor, I love this so much. It took you 11.

games to turn into the angriest baseball. fan, and it's perfect for you. You're. absolutely perfect for the role. Please, like I don't want the Red Sox to lose. necessarily, but I do like this version. of Connor quite a bit. >> I mean, it's it's better than last year. I'm just telling you right now. I don't. know I don't know if I can latch my. wagon to losers, especially in New. England. We're talking about a Boston. Bruins team who's about to go on a run. We're talking about the freaking New. England Patriots who just won the Super. Bowl. We're talking about the Boston. Celtics who are favorites to go to the. NBA finals from these. I ain't going to.

latch my wagon to a three-and-eight. baseball team for an entire year. I'm. just not going to do that. >> on a shot clock right now, you'd say. I. mean, they're on the watch shot clock. till the end of April. As soon as we get. to the end of April, and they still. stink, I'm switching to radio. What's that? I'm switching to radio, and. I'm only listening to the games. They. they will not get a TV in my TV room. >> Okay, so you they're taking up valuable. spot. >> even get my phone. So, you're going to get it like a. like one of the No, allegedly, you can. just listen to them anywhere. I guess.

they're that's just. that's just out there. You can just. listen to the games, no matter what. And. also, if they go 12 and 150, Todd's. paying for my games. Really? >> Yeah, I did say I would do that. >> If 13's the over/under or 12 and a half, yeah. Yeah, right there. And the Yankees aren't good at all right. now, right? On the contrary. You heard. Jeff say it. You know, a lot of people. think it's kind of just the Yankees and. the Dodgers and everybody else. Last. night was maybe, you know, and this is. me getting a little too excited, but it. was maybe the best Yankees win since.

they last won the World Series. What? Oh, the Athletics? >> Yeah, exactly. It's just a game they. don't win. They look like shite all. night long, and then our sweet, sweet. prince, Amed Rosario, hits two homers, three-run homer in the bottom of the. eighth inning. Bednar comes in, shuts the door. You. just end up winning a game you had no. business winning. And that's just what. the you know, a lot of times the Yankees. just they they quit in the fourth inning. of that game. They just say, "Fuck it, we'll get them tomorrow." They didn't do. that last night. So, How does he do. that? You know, it's it's unbelievable.

So, no, uh to answer your question, the. Yankees are uh hard on pistol right now. Um so, feel pretty good about the Yanks. And the Red Sox are the complete. opposite. So, toxic tables and I saw a. depiction of baseball. Yeah, that. doesn't help. That doesn't help when. when I come in here and Todd's like, "Oh, you'll figure it out. Don't worry.". Oh, by the way, the Yankees just won the. greatest game I've ever seen in my. freaking life. Yeah, all right, shut up. Don't want to hear that. Got to hear. about Roman Anthony from you guys. It's. just a lot of stuff is going wrong. I'm. going to need to hit I I need to hit a. home run here from Roman Anthony or.

things are going to get really testy. >> Well, Connor is 19-year-old who's just. coming in, been a darling. This guy's. all over the place. He's got range. He's. huge. He's 19. >> hit. So fast. >> hit. But we're not But we're not talking. Oh, what do you mean he can't hit? What. are you talking about? What are YOU. TALKING ABOUT? HE'S AIMING line drives. He can't freaking hit. Guy was okay. Guy. was two for four last NIGHT. LAST. NIGHT. HE'S STILL UNDER .200, OKAY? Guy. can't freaking. >> Guy's on-base PERCENTAGE IS OVER .300. TWO CONNOR'S CORNER, right there. He's. aiming heads. >> It's not even how you spell Connor, man. No K in it. You got it locked up there.

There's no K in Connor cuz you don't. strike out either. That's the only K. That's on balls. That's the only K he's. got. Those cones have been stolen from a. traffic and construction area. Yep. And. the people of Pittsburgh, I think. PennDOT are not happy. No, they're not. PennDOT says, "Listen, we only have. budgeted for a certain amount of. cones. You guys hoisting all these. things everywhere needs to stop. Okay? And then that's mine. That's mine.". They're actually saying, "This one has a. tag on it." Like it's only a matter of. time before, >> Yep. you know, that's They're going to. have construction companies lined up,

you know, lined up outside the stadium. like ICE agents. That's my cone. GIVE. THAT BACK. GIVE ME THAT THAT CONE. OKAY? RIGHT NOW. I SEE MY FREAKING LOGO ON IT. GIVE IT. BACK. IT'S A BIG DEAL. YEP. Hoist the cone, baby. HOIST THE. CONE. OZZIE ALBIE'S DOUBLE FOR THE BREWERS. PRETTY SWEET. >> SOURCES TELL ME I'M DONE with this team, man. Just freaking happened. I'm watching it. right now. Uh sources tell Jeff Passan. available tomorrow. Congratulations on. the new show. Congratulations on.

everything. We appreciate the hell out. of you, man. Thank you, boys. Appreciate you having. me. And uh yeah, we'll be on uh ESPN. News at 6:00 tomorrow. Uh the full. episode will be on YouTube. uh next week on April 14th and on all of. uh the finest podcast platforms in the. ESPN app. So, please go watch, listen, subscribe. And uh it's going to be it's. going to be fun. You're saving the. business, Jeff. Saving the business. >> Talk about the Marlins on there. What's. that? Talk about the Marlins.

>> Maybe they should let their aces stay in. the game. >> Are the Marlins good? I mean, yeah, all. right. Darius Darius I got to ask They. pulled Sandy last night. Why the hell. they pulled Sandy, Jeff? >> That's a good question. Uh Sandy's looking pretty good though, isn't he? >> Yeah. You know? Yeah. Uh their their. whole pitching staff's been awesome. right now. And you know what's. interesting about them? They're calling. pitches from the dugout. Their catcher's. not putting down signs. Their catcher. doesn't have a pitch coach. >> hands, unfortunately. Yeah. I don't. know. They're relaying to the pitcher. what pitches to throw. And they've been. one of the best pitching staffs in.

baseball this year. Is is that D-Ro? Hey, sources work. No, definitely not. Mad Dog was pretty upset about that this. morning. I didn't know. Wait, is the. pitcher wearing an earpiece then and not. the catcher or I think the catcher. >> Correct. Pitcher's got the pitcher's got. the earpiece in uh in his hat. So, then. the catcher doesn't know what's coming? I saw him looking at a wristband. Uh. catcher catcher has an earpiece too, just doesn't have control over it. That's awesome. >> And normally it's inverted? Normally it's just the catcher calling. the pitches going straight to the. pitcher. But the idea is if a catcher.

can be freed up from pitch calling, from. the scouting reports, from all the. things that he needs to do, he can focus. on other elements and. you know, suddenly you have like your. game theory guys who are scripting out. pitches and what they're going to look. like and they are able to optimize that. from the bench perhaps better in real. time than the catcher. Theoretically. Uh, some catchers think. that's a bunch of garbage and want to. keep calling the pitches themselves. I. ask our catchers raking, right? >> He does the three home runs believe on.

the year. >> So you don't have to think. Yeah, we're. innovate innovative down there. Yeah, the Marlins? >> Yeah. Certainly are. Yeah. I love the. vibe down there. That's I had visions of. a championship team after that double d. It's a great ballpark. I you you got to. experience what Marlins probably do a. lot. Ponch. Ponch. We'll be all right. Well, not the. real Ponch. >> the opposite. They're their pitching. staff walks people like a historic rate, which is probably why they're going to. stink this year. Is it because of the. calls from the the I'm not saying that. You just in the in the big leagues you. typically can't walk 30 guys over a.

three-game series and expect to win too. many baseball games. >> Is that because the catcher might know. the pitchers better a little bit better. from where they're sitting than maybe. where the dugout's sitting at? Could be. Maybe he just has a better relationship. with the guy, knows what the guy likes. to throw on certain counts. Not that the. guys in the dugout wouldn't know that, but it is just kind of weird that. they're the only team in baseball that. does that. >> And they have the most. >> Rockies, too. Okay. Well, the Rockies. stink and they have for a long. time. So, yeah. JEEZ, ROCKIES JUST GET. BROUGHT INTO THIS AND murdered. immediately. >> had a pretty good start, I will say. >> Okay, so they don't stink this year. Is. anybody having success with the dugout.

to the pitcher? Yeah, I mean the Marlins ERA since they. started it has been a point plus better. Like they've been very good. And also. the Mets are doing it a little bit, too. So, this is I I think this is going to. be within the next five years 75% of. teams are going to be good. >> Oh, wow. A pitcher they're going to have. like a pitch coordinator who's going to. be the one calling the pitches. >> It's exactly right. Yep. Okay. Maybe I find my way into being a. pitch coordinator. >> Yeah. A PC. I cannot wait until we're. doing this number in the dugout. We got.

an entire thing. Hey, why don't you go. ahead and knuckle this thing. right here? Drop him to his knees. Remember, trying to drop him to his. knees right here. Hey, there it is. Can't leave that hanging like that. You. cannot leave that hanging like that. Okay, please. All right, let's back him off the plate. a little bit. Looks like he's a little. bit too comfortable. You can't hit him, Didn't I. tell you to drill him in the head? I like that. Anything added bonus for me. as a non-baseball traditional purist, I. like it. I assume your baseball people. are going to hate it, but hey,

baseball's in a good spot. Stars are. playing well, except for the further. Boston Red Sox. We appreciate the hell. out of you, Jeff. Good luck with your. podcast. Thank you, boys. I appreciate you having. me. >> Ladies and gentlemen, it's Jeff Passan. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new. segment. AJ, you're going to love this. one. Yes. Okay. I can't wait. Hey, I I've heard a. little bit about it. Let's see Let's see. what's going on. >> Okay, so I like that you've heard a. little bit about it. You've been teased. a little bit about what's going on. This. morning in the Thunderdome, we tasked. ourselves with covering the Masters in a. different way than everybody else who.

has talked about the Masters, but also I. would like to give a little bit of a. heads-up on who's potentially going to. win this thing. So, we started accruing. data and statistics from ESPN research, from Hembo, from tweets online, and. basically everybody was laying out a. bunch of reasons and who should win and. who has won. So, we thought to. ourselves, how can we see the group of. people that could potentially win and. then whittle them away? Ladies and. gentlemen, welcome to Masters champion, guess who? Okay. Obviously, the game. Guess Who back in the day, and I assume. it would still be absolutely fantastic.

if we were to play, was where you were. trying to guess which person the other. person picked. Does he have a mustache? And you say, "Uh no mustache." And you. knock down everybody that had a. mustache. "Is he uh wearing uh glasses?". Not wearing glasses. Everybody with. glasses. So, we went through a bunch of stats. that would kind of knock everybody out. and get to a point where we have a board. and then a cluster of who we think the. history of the stats of the Masters are. telling us. could be the champion. Are you ready to. guess who? Very excited to do. Are you.

ready to guess who? This may be the most. excited I've ever been for a second. >> Hell yeah. Okay, so let's start with the. entire uh let's start with the entire. field that we need on the board. Each of. the last four Masters champions and five. of the last six won at least one. tournament in the four-month lead-up to. the Masters. Who qualifies to be on our. guess who board? Well, Boom. Here it is, okay? >> Okay. These are the 14 gentlemen who. have won a tournament in the last. four-month lead-up period. So, Masters. tells us the last most recent Masters.

tells us one of these 14 guys is going. to win the Masters this weekend, okay? So, let's go to the next qualifier. because guess who? We got to eliminate. some people, do we not? Let's go with. the average age of the last five winners. is 28.8, which is the lowest in a five-year span. by the Masters champions since 1981 to. 1985. It's a young man's game. >> Hmm. So, who is near the age of 29? We. got rid of the outliers, super young, super old. Around the age of 28, 29, you.

can stay. WHO'S THAT ELIMINATE? OKAY. >> OOH. Just eliminated five guys. Now. we're down to nine. Obviously, Gotterup, Scheffler, Morikawa, Jacob Bridgeman, Nicholas Echavarria, Cam Young with an. incredible beard, Matt Fitzpatrick, Bryson DeChambeau, and Jon Rahm hanging. on down there. Okay, so these are the. men who are still around after we get. rid of some of the qualifiers. Now, since the official world golf ranking. was established in 1986, 34 of 40.

Masters winners in that span were ranked. inside the top 30, including the last 16. Wow. champions. >> Wow. So, who of this nine. is not IN THE TOP 30? OH. OKAY. SEE YOU LATER, CAM. The Italian. As Ramaria is gone. Now we're down to. eight that it could potentially be. Let's go to the next qualifier. Qualify. for 14 of 19 historical trends from Ron.

Close at PGA Splits 101. He laid out a. really long tweet about all these 19. different qualifiers. Had 14 of 19 have. won basically all of them. Bang, here it. is. Ron Close, thank you so much for. doing all this. The trends at the. Masters, the trends at the Masters. knowing who it is. Let's go ahead and. get rid of the people who do not qualify. for 14 of the 19 of Ron Close. See you later. And this is the cluster that you end up. with after you add all the qualifiers,

after you add all the stats, the age, the knowledge, the known, the this, the. that. It's down to these six. We do not. have another one that can go ahead and. tell you exactly who it is. But stats. tell us and trends tell us and the. Masters itself is telling us one of. these six will be the Masters champion. this weekend. And we like to say to. them, "Congratulations.". AJ, pretty flawless. reasoning of thought that we just kind. of laid out there. Your thoughts on the.

final six that we have found? Yeah, I. mean it reading all of this stuff and. going over it, it does like you know, it. does make you think this will be the. case when it comes to it. I can't wait. to see Monday morning when we come back. and we can replay this clip and say and. one of these six guys does win the. tournament. That's going to be a pretty. cool little. clip that I guess Todd can put together. and say, "Hey, you guys pretty much. predicted the future." Yeah, on that. note, great work with the graphics, D-Bone, and Zito making it come alive. Bruce Brown accruing all the stats. Hembo helped us out. Obviously, Close. helps us out. But it felt like everybody.

was like projecting, "Hey, this is who's. going to win. This type of person. This. type of person's going to win. This type. of person's going to win. Stats say this. type of person's going to win." It felt. obvious for for to do a guess who. And. it felt obvious for us to get down to. the final six. Very pumped that we did. that, especially as I chase the crown. this week. >> Yeah, you have to chase the crown and. obviously, you know, you look at these. guys and they're all known names because. they're they're in the top 30, they win. tournaments. Uh all these guys are in. the top 10 of odds this weekend. Um so, wouldn't be a surprise, but it's kind of. it's fun to to kind of whittle down to.

those guys to see who it could be based. on just all the historical data of who. like at none of these guys are. first-time guys. They've all been. they've all made cuts in the last few. Masters that they've been in. But yeah, that's a. that was the best thing we've ever done. >> I think so. I think we put some real. thought in this. >> Yeah, it's great. You know what I'm. saying? Some real no flawed thoughts. >> No. No, cuz So, nobody like sneaks out. of nobody. What they're saying the trend shows that. people aren't just coming out of nowhere. and winning the Masters, right? >> Yeah, Sunday's too big. Yeah. It feels. like it all feels too big for you have. to be there, you have to experience it,

you've had to have done it is what the. stats and analytics tell us. But hell, maybe this year is a different year, which is why golf and sports are so. electrifying. >> Yeah, but didn't you say earlier no. Nobody has ever had their first win at. Augusta. Like you're not going to see. something like that. It's going to be. one of those guys and I mean even the. ones that you knocked down, you still. would think like hey, Justin Rose, you. you came in second last year, he's got a. chance. Like Rory, you you know, going. for Wait off his Yeah, he'd be the. fourth back-to-back. I think it was. Nicholas, uh Woods, and then one other I forget.

>> Gary Player, maybe? Gary Player, maybe. Yeah, I'm not sure, but still like he. would be the fourth one to do it ever. Like that would be even really cool. The. one who We should let everyone know. who's watching cuz they might not know. it. The one guy up there who is up there. Collin Morikawa, last time he played, he. withdrew. He is on he is playing this. week, he's on the course, he's. practicing. Uh he did a practice round. with I think it was Scotty and a couple. other guys. He only hit driver once, I. think in that practice round. So, if you. were looking to maybe. not roll the dice on someone. >> Don't be on my team. it'd be Collin.

Morikawa. But as I say that, he's. probably going to go out and win a. tournament. There's a chance cuz he's. great with his irons, right? Which. they're saying is going to be a big. deal. It's going to be dry, allegedly, so the ball's going to be long, so. you're close to the greens. How are you. going to be able to operate? If you got. good hands, probably going to win, but. it's the It's the Masters. It could be. anybody's game, A.J. Hawk. Yeah, good. I can't wait, honestly. I've. been looking forward Every year this. week is awesome, but I think this year. especially. I don't know what it is. There's a There's a little extra added. juice to this one. >> Is A.J. going this year? Did you go last. year? >> down? I don't think I'm going down, no. You're. going to go, aren't you? I don't I Yeah.

I don't know. I mean, Jim Nantz telling me I have to. do it felt pretty. >> I mean Yeah, I'd say I'd say you should. join them up in the booth. I know, but. it's so nice, everything I've heard. I. don't know if I'm the right guy to be. walking around there, you know? That's. kind of how it goes. But getting to. experience it would be electrifying. >> there's a lot of people walking around. >> Yeah, a lot of lot of. people that shouldn't be there, I bet. I mean, you just got to pay. >> Okay, so I'll just be Okay, good. >> You just got to pay for it. I mean, there's. 100,000 people there. I mean, Shane. Gillis was there. Shane's supposed to be there, though. Shane is, you know. Let's just You're right. I guess Shane.

knew it. Okay, that was good. Maybe. Shane will be there again. I'm excited. Actually, now the thought is who would. be there. I haven't even done this whole. game. A lot of people. A lot of They. just put out a story. I can't remember. who who did, but they said that there's. twice as many private flights coming. into the like regional airport in. Augusta as there was last year, because. it just continually like more, you know, business very successful business people. and celebrities are like trying to get. there. >> All right, so I'm not going to be an. and turn that down. No. That. That'd be a super move to not do.

this. So, an opportunity to do this and. you don't do it, you got to be the. dumbest human of all time. All right, so. let's assume I'm down there. You won't. Now, what the am I wearing? Okay. That's that's right there. Exactly. That's it. Maybe shorts. Maybe I wear a. green jacket. Yeah, probably shorts, though. Wear a Wear a suit and tie. It's. supposed to be 85° so maybe shorts. instead of the pants. With a lot of. pockets so you can buy a bunch of merch. and just stuff your pockets full. Yeah, and just I Maybe I change Maybe I go to. store, buy me something new to wear. Oh, yeah. Keep the green jacket that I bring.

down myself. >> Bingo. Could you imagine me wearing bringing. down a green jacket I bought off of. Amazon? You need to text Fitz Magic now. >> Do it. to get one of those seats. Which. one? I have to get the one he's working. his ass off to get for the WrestleMania. seats. Yeah. All right. Uh, we'll be off. tomorrow and Friday as we celebrate. watching the Masters down in Augusta. We'll be back Monday. I'll be in San. Jose on Friday night, AJ. Lot to say. San Jose. Lot to say. I can't wait. I. can't wait. Who all Is there any special. guests that are going to show up you. know at the the night of? Hey, listen.

Friday night SmackDown. Okay? It's all. you need to know. Anything's possible. Anything is possible. Oh, I The business is going to be saved. for sure. The future is going to run. through. Mr. Randy Orton. Okay? >> Obviously. That's what we need to know. And we can let him know. You know, that's certainly what we'll do and uh I. can't wait to get there. There's been a. lot It's gotten real loud, hasn't it? Feels like some people even learned. WrestleMania's coming up. >> Oh. That's crazy. It's big. It's on. ESPN's platform. We are pumped about.

that. The relationship between WWE and. ESPN is going to be one that is. fantastic because of this WrestleMania, the first one on ESPN's platform. Randy Orton saving the business. >> Yeah, yeah. Thank goodness. This is a. once-in-a-century type evening. Come. join us in Las Vegas and I'll see you. live on Friday from SmackDown in San. Jose. I got some stuff to say. There's been a lot said about me. Yeah.

I accidentally did one of those Q&A's on. the IG story. Oh, yeah. How'd that go? That opened up messages. >> Yeah. Accidentally or They were saying. some mean stuff. I'm going to let you. know. Remember, I have a microphone, too. You know, back back in the day. on the internet, I used to be able with. people who would talk to me or say. some very grotesque things about like my. kids, you know, things like that. I. would be able to go through their. account, their profile, scroll through, find photos, screenshot photos of them, learn about them, too. Let me go ahead. and do a little uh maybe an hour of.

research on this person. Let me just go. ahead and learn about the people think. I'll never do that. Oh, I got time. Especially whenever you say. you want my daughter to die or whatever. It's like, okay. So, I do this whole. thing. I have a couple cooks of these. people. And but if I do that, I'm. weaponizing my followers. Mhm. Okay. You. know, cuz I'm a bully then. I can't. defend myself with these people. But, I. got a lot to say Friday night. There'll. be one of these and one of these. And there'll be a script. Okay. We'll. see. The script goes Randy Orton's going. to save the business. >> Yeah, Viper's going to be there? Hey, Randy Orton is going to save the.

business and win 15-time. world championship at WrestleMania. We. hope everybody will join us. It's coming. up soon. Now, before we get out of here. for the week, we got to continue our seg. that we will continue to do all off. season because bloopers are fun, but. just getting an opportunity TO SAY OH, NO. is an absolute blast, especially in the. sports world. We all understand sports. can bring you great moments. It can also. embarrass you. If you live in the paint, you're going to get dunked on every once. in a while. And if you're in baseball,

there's a chance you get got. Now, let's. go to the Blue Jays White Sox. What is. this tie, Schmen? This is Tyler. Heineman, you know, and. so not great initially. You kind of. don't know what the hell you're doing, but we got a pickle here. So, it's okay. Hey, for Never mind. You know, you're. trying to get one out. You end up. flushing that thing into the outfield. and what should have been the end of the. inning is going to end up being a. two-run play for the Chicago White Sox. Just not good. >> And all it makes you think about TORONTO.

IS OH, NO. >> LET'S STAY IN BASEBALL. The other. Chicago team also involved. Cubs at. Rays. Foul ball by Matt Shaw. What. happens afterwards is certainly. grotesque. Pitch in. Ball hit. It's going to be a foul. It's. going to go into the crowd. Maybe somebody will take one home. Big. man reaches. REACHES. CHEEKS OUT. Cheeks massive. THAT MAKES.

YOU GO. LET'S GO TO BOSTON. OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN. A topic of conversation as the oh no. train continues. Brewers get a nice. smack in the left field. ROMAN ANTHONY. YOUNG STUD. MISSES CUT OFF AND CATCHER IN the middle. of quite a predicament of not being able. to throw the ball where he wants it to. go. People are saying his arm spaghetti. and linguini cuz he's a great Italian.

man. Roman Anthony will be back but in. these moments you can't HELP BUT SAY. LET'S GO TO CUBS AT CLEVELAND. Heron. pitching here. Obviously it's a magical. time. A lot of spin on the ball. Is that. A STRIKE OR BALLS? LET'S GO TO ORIOLES GAME taking on the. Rangers. Orioles pitcher. Chris Bassitt misses THROW TO HOME.

IS IT GOING TO GET WORSE FOR CHRIS? Let's see. Obviously you miss this and. then just a few days later in the. beautiful city OF PITTSBURGH BACK IN. 110 MILES AN HOUR OFF THE THING MAKES. CHRIS BASSITT SAY. OH. IT'S THE WORST START TO A SEASON YOU. COULD possibly have. It'll get better. but let's go over to BASKETBALL ON THE. TRAIN. GENO AURIEMMA POTTING AFTERWARDS. WITH DAWN STALEY. THEY'VE SHAKEN HANDS.

They've moved on. Obviously we're happy. for the good of sport. I love a little. drama but everybody's SAYING IT'S OH. JEEZ. NO. AND LET'S STAY IN BASKETBALL. DON'T BE. talking about Joker when his. brothers are behind you cuz there's a. chance you might run into a Joker train. Sit your ass down, he said. Now, I would. like to ask a question. What if this guy. was a John or a Yenser or a masshole and. stood up? Is there a chance we see it? Potentially, it makes US ALL GO,

"OH, NO!". AND THEN WE ALL KNOW THE MARCH MADNESS. NATIONAL Championship bet Dan Orlovsky. has to wear an earring with an M. dangling into him. WE SAY, "OH, YEAH, NO!". AND THAT'S ALL WE KNOW. AND WE'RE OFF FOR THE WEEKEND. WE'LL SEE. YOU ON MONDAY. Have an incredible. Masters weekend. Be a friend, tell a. friend something nice, it might change. your life. We're in this thing together. I'll see you on Friday night in San. Jose. Goodbye. All right, good work, boys. Great run. Oh, yeah. How did you get O'Malley in 2. minutes? Sorry, AJ, we just kind of.

kicked you off the screen there. That was great. I enjoyed it. Has Dan. Have we seen Dano yet with the earring. on anywhere? He shouldn't have ever. agreed to that. This was a very great. decision. Crazy bet. Yeah, it was a bad. bet and I watched the conversation where. Will was on the phone and Taylor and him. were talking and where they want to, what they want to. It's like a an one. ear piercing is a very aggressive loss. The blue dye head, that thing's growing. out. Yeah, not that bad. He doesn't. care. He's covered in like tattoos, you. know, like he He doesn't care if he has. blue hair. They worked Dano a little.

bit. Dano agreed to it. We'll be excited. to see if it happens. We'll also be. excited to see how the weekend goes. Greatest weekend in sports, some say. Let's enjoy it all. The NBA wraps up. The Masters is happening. Obviously, the. NHL is cooking. They're having their. highest ratings they've ever had. Football is going to continue you to. gossip and we will cover it all. Thank you all for the work this week. Great work. Great work. Great work. Great work. What's going on? What's his name, Chris? Chris Vernon. Love him. AJ, great work. It's great to. see you back. Be a friend, tell a friend.

something nice, it might change your. life. We're in this thing together. Have. the greatest weekend of all time. Team. on me, team on three. 1 2 3, team. Goodbye.

>> Mhm.