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[Assistant] My attempts to alter future events have had negative consequences. Subzero should never have undergone this transformation. Enlisting him may only further divert the flow of time.


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[Assistant] Restored. You and I both.


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[Assistant] We are flawed copies of our former selves. I have no flaws. Quan Chi has perfected me. For what end? To serve the nether realm and outworld? It suits my purpose. But brother- We share blood. We are not brothers. Then I will not regret your defeat.


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[Assistant] Yes, that is best. What is our next objective?


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[Assistant] We cannot win without the Elder Gods. But Master! Liu Kang, close as a shadow. Nightwolf, you will lead until we return. As you wish, Heihokan.


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[Assistant] The last doors are closing. We are nearly trapped.


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[Assistant] My heart too is heavy with their sacrifice. Their deaths achieve nothing!


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[Assistant] I climb to heaven. Now I must plunge into the depths. I will go to Quan Chi.


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[Assistant] What? Gravel before Quan Chi? What will he demand?


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[Assistant] It disappoints me to see you here. Savior pity.


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[Assistant] You seek an audience. I seek cooperation between Earthrealm and the Netherrealm. Losing the battle, are you? We will prevail, but with the Netherrealm fighting at our side- You lie poorly, Raiden. Earthrealm's defenses are overwhelmed. You have mere hours.


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[Assistant] They would agree. You are cavalier with other men's souls. Not just others! I offer my own soul as well. If I die, you will have it. How noble, Raiden.


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[Assistant] This was not meant to be. Earthrealm has lost Raiden. Now so shall you. Finish him.


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[Assistant] They must! Only through mortal combat may Shao Kahn merge the realms. Lest he face the judgment of the Elder Gods. Lest he face the judgment of the Elder Gods. He must win. It is you who face judgment, Raiden. Thank you, Quan Chi. I now know what must be done.


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[Assistant] The Elder Gods forbid it without victory in Mortal Kombat.


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[Assistant] What he does, the Elder God's fury will fall upon him.


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[Assistant] Liu Kang, I cannot let you fight Shao Kahn!


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[Assistant] Liu Kang, forgive me.


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[Assistant] Ah, Raiden. You have come to your senses. Earthrealm's citizens suffer.


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[Assistant] You denied me my right


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[Assistant] So many are gone. Their light has sunk into the earth. I am responsible for their loss.


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[Assistant] Come. Let us tend the fallen. Then we must help our realm rebuild. Our work has only just begun.


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[Assistant] It's the most important example of our efforts here in Washington to maximize the possibilities of the new information age global economy.


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[Assistant] Scorpion. Your inferior clan is dead. Soon you will join them.


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[Assistant] We- I have avenged my family and clan.


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[Assistant] I am among those speaking out against the Grandmaster's plan. Surgically transformed the Lin Kuei into-


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[Assistant] Glorified robots, it kills our intuition, our instincts.


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[Assistant] Shang Tsung has turned on me. I need to find out why.


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[Assistant] Sektor, we need to talk.


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[Assistant] I chose to serve the Lin Kuei, but I will not surrender my free will. Tell the Grand Master I am finished.


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[Assistant] I don't think the regulators understood. I don't think the credit ratings agencies, the bankers, or the regulators fully understood all of the kinds of credit instruments that we're talking about.


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[Assistant] Certainly they didn't, they didn't know some of the forms of risk that they had. That's exactly right.


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[Assistant] There was a broad misperception of the risk in housing prices. The widespread view that we could have a regional decline in housing prices, but never a national decline in housing prices, proved to be horribly wrong.


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[Assistant] It was quite clear to me that a number of really quite large financial institutions had not had the kind of management information systems which allowed them even to know what all their risks were.


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[Assistant] AIG could not conceivably have paid off all of those credit derivatives because it had, uhm, misunderstood the risks and did not have what we'd call a balanced book or nearly enough capital to back their losses.


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[Assistant] We at Goldman Sachs distinguish ourselves by our ability to get things done on behalf of our clients.


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[Assistant] And here we are, the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. Gee Bush is, uh, sick again today, so I was gonna be off today, so I got the call in from the bullpen. They asked me to come in today, so here I am. The bullpen. Earl. Cute. The bullpen. Jason's here. Earl is in today.


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[Assistant] I hate these drafts. I hate these drafts. See, I'm trying to get in his head a little bit. Trying to mess with him. Trying to pressure him to take other teams. We'll see, see if it works. I don't know. By the way, there's two, there's, there is a line of delineation, by the way. But if you look at, and I'll give these guys a clue.


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you look at linebacker, defensive line, and secondary,


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[Assistant] In the AFC North, that's 12 units. But there are only seven that are any good.


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[Assistant] There's only three teams that have a good defensive line. Yes. There's only two that have good linebackers. I'd say one. No, there's two. Well, alright, one. There's two.


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[Assistant] And there's two that have good secondaries. That's it. Then you have, you know, uh, the third secondaries, ehh.


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[Assistant] The other two linebackers suck. Yeah. And the fourth secondary and the fourth D-line suck. So we'll see. We shall see. We'll get to that. Jose Ramirez.


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[Assistant] Josh Naylor with a snub, we'll get into that. And, uh, we'll do some nonsense about the Cavs later too. Mike is shorthanded cause Earl's out here. Anthony's off gallivanting around. I don't know. He's at a Pokemon concert or something. I don't know what's happening. I have a question. Yes, please. Shoot Jason.


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[Assistant] That's right. Okay, the best cores. I think Steve, I'm gonna let Steve pick mine for me. Uh, by the way, I forgot.


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[Assistant] By the way, I forgot to tell, share the story yesterday, so it's a two-part story. One sucks and the other is funny, I think.


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[Assistant] So I took, I meant to tell you yesterday, I forgot. So as a fellow little league coach, I'm curious, your take, as a younger guy, Earl, well, you're not as young as people think, how old are you?


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[Assistant] So I, the day before, I rent three batting cages, right? You can do that for an hour. So I book batting cages, one, two, and three for an hour starting at 10am. Whole team gets there at 9.45, we go in, blah, blah, blah. Okay.


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[Assistant] Now, the bad, I'll tell the bad part of the story first, that right at the end, my son took one right in the mouth.


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[Assistant] Not good. His lip, it looks like he got, uh, what is that that like some of those celebrity women do?


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[Assistant] Into their lips. Oh, botox? It looks like he got botox in his lip. And it's that bad. We've been icing it. And it helps. But you know, he goes to camp for seven hours. Can't ice it when he's in camp.


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[Assistant] So uhm, anyway, so he's, but he's gonna play, I gotta get him right back in there. So he's gonna play in tonight's game. He got her, he's okay, but it, but it, you know, it looks like crap. But, halfway through the time,


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[Assistant] This guy walks up to me, looked like he was about my age, maybe a little younger, I don't know, but not too far off. And he's sweaty, okay? He's got a bat with him. And he walks up to me and he goes, can I use one of the batting cages?


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[Assistant] I said there's four of the batting cages, go use them. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] He says, well, those, the slowest miles per hour is 50, and then the three you're using the slowest is 40, and I want to hit all 40.


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[Assistant] I said, well, I got my kids here, they're hitting, so no, you can't. He's like, come on, I'll give you a token. What? I'm like, dude.


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[Assistant] What are you talking about? I rented these for an hour, I'm not letting you use it.


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[Assistant] The kids need to practice. You're an adult. Go somewhere else. And then the guy just scurried off. And I was like, what an idiot. Was I 100% in the right? Yea, I think you were.


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[Assistant] You can't hit 50, you're an adult, and you can't hit 50 miles an hour. What are we doing here? Yea, what is the point? What are you, I mean, ridiculous.


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[Assistant] That didn't work out for me. That's not happening. So anyway, but hopefully, you know, my son's okay, so that's good. Alright, Mike, what do we got today?


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[Assistant] Cheer on the Maulers, Cory. They're a big underdog. Six and a half point dog in this, in this USFL championship. Speaking of championships, kudos to LSU, who after getting destroyed in game two of the College World Series, destroyed Florida last night in game three. Those LSU players look like they're major league players already, like in terms of their size. College should go to wooden bats.


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[Assistant] Not a lot. I never hit one. My teammate in Babe Ruth League, his kid named Stanley Jenner, I'm convinced he would have been a Major League player and he stayed off of drugs. But uh, he had...


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[Assistant] He, I, he would bat third on our team. I hit fourth. I would never, almost never come up with anybody on.


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[Assistant] I think there were like when we were playing 13 year old baseball, I'm trying to remember the numbers, it's so long ago, but I'll say these are not the exact numbers, but I'll say there were probably 22 home runs hit over the fence. Wow. And he had like 15 of them. Wow. I think I had two and then a couple other people had one or two and he had 15. This guy was unbelievable. Best kid baseball player.


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[Assistant] Yeah, in, in Rocky River Little League, we haven't had, I don't think we've had any in the minors this year. Last year there was one kid who's moved up to the older levels with I think three or four last year. There's always a couple of kids. I was, my friend was telling me real quick, last quick story about this kid who pitched in his little league a couple years ago, his son's little league.


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[Assistant] And I actually found an article in the New York Post about this kid. He had pitched like,


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[Assistant] 50 innings and had given up one run the whole season. Had like 110 strikeouts.


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[Assistant] Basically it. Basically it. Alright Mike, what are we getting into now? We're doing some football, we got some rankings, we got some drafts. Let's hit it.


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[Assistant] For whatever that's worth. Take it for whatever it's worth. Uh, I will say though, if you look at the Bills skill position, outside of Stephon Diggs, who's really good? I think Dave Davis is good.


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[Assistant] But he's just a guy. I mean, he, you know, he's... I like Dawson Knox.


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[Assistant] They loved him so much, they wouldn't have drafted a tight end in the first round. I know, I was pretty surprised by that.


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[Assistant] You know, so I, like, comparatively,


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[Assistant] Some of these, I think the ravens are a little too high. I would, I would have the lions and the ravens. I mean they do have Odell now.


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[Assistant] I mean, come on. Yeah, that's worth five spots. I mean, I don't know. I think you're kidding.


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[Assistant] In terms of where the Browns are, ranking wise, I don't know. Can I, can I, can we see the top 10 again? If we think the Browns should be.


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[Assistant] No, I know, but I, but first we want to discuss this for a minute, so let, just put up, uh, five through ten please. Alright, well let's, let's look at the Raiders, okay? Uh, Nick Chubb better than Josh Jacobs, but that's not a massive gap, because Josh Jacobs is a good back.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I still think most people would take Chubb. No, Chubb's definitely the better back, yeaah. You know, Jacobs had a career season for him. Yeaah. Nick Chubb has a career season every year. So, Nick Chubb more consistent, the better back overall, but it's not a massive gap because Jacobs is a good back.


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[Assistant] Uh, I don't even know who the Raiders' tight end is. I can't, they traded- They just traded Darren Waller. Yea, didn't they draft a kid? Did they draft somebody in the first round? No, look at who their tight end is. They drafted, I thought they might have drafted one of those tight ends. So, I mean, David Njoku's okay. Uh, and then their number one wide receiver is Devontae Adams. Their tight end's Austin Hooper.


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[Assistant] That's funny. Yeah, but no, no, no. He's not there. Michael Mayer's their starter. It's not Austin Huber. And they signed O.J. Howard too. Yeah, that doesn't matter. Michael Mayer was a first round pick. So they're projecting. See, later somebody's gonna pick the Browns.


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[Assistant] No. David the Joke is just a guy. Michael Mayer's got upside. He's a first round pick. I'll take Atkins over Hooper.


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[Assistant] I don't, that's irrelevant. They're both useless. I don't care. Can Hooper run more than three yards without falling down? Absolutely not. As for the Falcons, that's all projection because they think What's-His-Name's gonna be the next great running back.


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[Assistant] Uh, I would, I would actually put the Browns ahead of the Falcons, but not the Raiders. So the Browns are appropriately ranked. They're right around the back end of the top 10.


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[Assistant] They've got, they're wide receivers. They're wide receivers. They're very strong. Excellent. Right? And then, uh, Jackson Smith and Jigg was their third receiver now. They've got, they got the kid, the back they had last year was excellent. I can't think of the name.


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[Assistant] Kenneth Walker. And then they drafted another running back high this year.


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[Assistant] So, I mean, yeaah, maybe they're a little high. But anyway, okay, bigger picture. You want to look at the fact that the Browns are ranked in the top half.


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[Assistant] of most of these rankings to, to Mike. The question that Mike wanted us to discuss is, is there any excuse for the Browns to not have


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[Assistant] A level of success, which is, to me, winning double-digit games and probably making the playoffs. I think the AFC is so strong that I think you could win ten games this year and not make the playoffs.


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[Assistant] So. And what do you do then? Right, I'm not firing anybody. It's disappointing and people are going to be pissed, but I'm not firing anybody. If they go 10 and 7 and they're the 8 team and they just missed out because there's other teams that are 10 and 7.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I wouldn't, not, no, but let's say they win, they win ten games this year. Is there any excuse for the Browns to not win ten games? Earl, go ahead.


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[Assistant] That you'd look at a team that finished in last place in their division and say, they better win 10 games.


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[Assistant] That's the bar, but it obviously is. There's no excuse for the Browns to be bad. Obviously injuries, but every team has that same injury. Any team loses their quarterback, they're going to be bad except for maybe the Niners.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, if Joe Burrow gets hurt, the Bengals are going to win five games this year. Six games maybe, seven, I don't know. They're not going to make the playoffs, I can tell you that. So uhm,


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[Assistant] There's, there is no excuse. You have to win ten games.


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[Assistant] Obviously, I want to say they need to 100% make the playoffs. I think some people would say that's fair. I don't think that's fair considering


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[Assistant] You know, look at the teams, like they finished what? With the 9th or 10th best record in the AFC last year?


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[Assistant] But what did they finish in the AFC? I think they were even lower than 10th. If they, if, you know, so there's a lot of teams ahead of them. How many of those teams got worse? Not many. You know, I mean, did any


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[Assistant] They got better. They got Odell Beckham. Well, I mean, I don't think Odell, but they, you know, they draft. I don't know. I, I like this. I like, I think they're the same.


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[Assistant] Probably the same. They got weaker at safety, but they got much better on the offensive line getting Orlando Brown. So I'd say overall it's the same.


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[Assistant] Uh, actually, I think Buffalo, if this Michael Mayer kid, you know, tight ends rarely have an impact. Uh, not Michael Mayer. Who did they draft in the first?


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[Assistant] Yeah, if don't, tight ends very rarely have an impact in the first round.


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[Assistant] But not a lot of first round tight ends get to play with a guy like Josh Allen, so he could have an impact right away. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up being second on their team in targets. That's a push in it maybe because he's a rookie tight end, but...


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[Assistant] And the Titans were irrelevant anyway, because they weren't going to the playoff. So, we know that, like the Jaguars are most likely going to win this out.


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[Assistant] And that's it for the South, right? But in the other, in the other three divisions, between the AFC North, the AFC East, and the AFC West,


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[Assistant] I'm not either, but it's not impossible we could bounce back. I mean the Raiders were really bad last year, I think they're a stretch too, but...


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[Assistant] You know, and I think the Steelers are also a stretch. I don't see them as a playoff team.


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[Assistant] But it's not crazy to think any of those teams could potentially make the playout. But certainly between the Chiefs, the Chargers, the Bengals, the Ravens, and...


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[Assistant] The Dolphins, the Bills, and the Jets. I mean, that's seven teams right there. Yep. And only, at most, six of those seven can make the playoffs. And that doesn't even include the Browns. So, it's tough.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but maybe we're ignoring, maybe there are, like, we pay attention to the Browns much more carefully than we do these other teams. Maybe these other teams got better in a position that's not as high profile too, and we're just not as aware of it.


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[Assistant] Because where, I mean, the Browns, at least in terms of players, only got your, you know, better at defensive line. Did they get better at any other spot, any other position?


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[Assistant] Good wins nothing. Tillman is a rookie. We don't know if he can play. And Moore hasn't done anything in the league. I think they're better, but I'm sure there are other teams.


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[Assistant] More makes them better. Yes, Jason, but my point is


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[Assistant] There are other teams that probably made the equivalent at other positions of adding a Moore and a Cedric Wilson that we don't know because we're not following those teams closely. So when we say all these teams are the same, probably some of them are better. We're just not locked in.


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[Assistant] Not as much for me, the Steelers, but a lot of people feel like the Steelers.


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[Assistant] We brought the point to they made a lot of coaching changes that we are very positive about. Right. You know, I mean, going to Jim Shore, I mean, what an upgrade.


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[Assistant] At Defensive Coordinator. You would think. It sure appears to be that. On paper, they, huge upgrades at DC and Special Teams Coach.


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[Assistant] And those should make a difference. Doesn't always work out that way, you know, but, uh, yeaah, I mean, listen, the upside for the Browns is through the roof.


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[Assistant] The Browns, if Deshaun Watson plays like he did in Houston, the Browns could be in the Super Bowl this year. I don't think that's crazy to say.


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[Assistant] And you said, well, what's the most likely outcome? Well, it wouldn't be the Browns and the Super Bowl, compared to like, you'd put them behind at minimum.


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[Assistant] Buffalo, Cincinnati, Kansas City in the AFC. At best, you have them as fourth most likely. At best, going into the season. But...


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[Assistant] That's because those teams we know for sure about their quarterback. Correct. With the Browns we don't. But if the Sean Watson plays at that level,


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[Assistant] Maybe not Mahomes, but plays at the Burrow Allen level, which we know he's capable of because he's done it.


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[Assistant] That's true. There's always teams, every year there's teams you don't expect to be good that are good. There's teams you expect to be good that are not. It happens all the time. You never, and you just like, you see a team and you're like, oh, this team's gotta be good. And then they, then they're three and ten and you're like,


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[Assistant] What happened? Or you might be like, why did I ever think that team was going to be good? Yeah. I don't know. Uh, but so yeah, it is interesting how that happens, but maybe Mike can do that aggregate because I think the Browns would probably be, my guess is they would be somewhere between eight and 10 when it's all fed and done.


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[Assistant] My guess is the Bengals would be between 3 and 5, the Browns would be between 8 and 10, the Ravens would be between 8 and 10, and the Steelers would be between 11 and 13. That's, that's my guess. And what other division would have 4 teams in the top half? Yeaah, I mean, there's no bad team in this division. No, whatsoever. I mean, I don't know, the AFC East is pretty good too, but top to bottom, the AFC North is better.


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[Assistant] Is it the best, I think it's the best division of football, am I missing something? Uh, let's see, the AFC East has no bad team either. I don't love the Patriots, but they're not bad.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Giants, I think they're gonna go backwards this year, in my opinion.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the AFC North is definitely the best. Because, well, let's line it up with the East. Bengals, Bills, that's even. I would take the Bengals slightly. Maybe I'm biased. What do you guys think? Bengals, Bills, what do you think? It's pretty close.


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[Assistant] The Dolphins? I'd take the Dolphins. I'd probably take the Dolphins too. But again, oh, I was going to say I'm worried about Tua, but I'm worried about Lamar's injuries too.


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[Assistant] I mean, I like the Dolphins wide receiving core a lot more, but I don't like their running back situation. I don't have any good running backs. Uh, it's close. I wouldn't be with Jason to lean just a hair towards the Dolphins, but it's close.


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[Assistant] Then we'll go, let's say, let's say Browns against the Jets.


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[Assistant] That's also very close. The Jets won the game last year. We all remember that one. Right. It's very close. I mean, the Jets have a lot of good young talent. Yea, they do.


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[Assistant] You mentioned, I forget who said that. The quarterbacks are big question marks. Like his Aaron, last year Aaron Rodgers started to decline. Was that like, remember Tom Brady in his last year in New England wasn't quite as good. And then he went to Tampa and he was a superstar again.


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[Assistant] Right, is it, is Rogers going off the cliff this year? Because if Rogers gets back to MVP Rogers, then the Jets are Super Bowl contenders. Yeah, they are.


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[Assistant] I think those three teams. I don't see the Chargers having a low floor. I think the Browns and


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, if you tell me who do I trust the most going into the season, Justin Herbert, Watson, or Rodgers, it's not even close. Uh, maybe not in the playoffs, although Watson's never done anything in the playoffs either. So I don't know. I just think, I mean,


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, it would need to if they don't do anything this year. I mean, he was in danger last year already. It's actually very close. And then you look at the Patriots versus the Steelers. I take the Steelers, but again, it's very close. It's neck and neck between the North and the East. But I would lean towards the East by, uh, the North by a hair.


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[Assistant] Yea, if the Browns played in the NFC, I'd be like, oh, they're 100% gonna make the playoffs this year.


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[Assistant] Let's move on to the, uh, to the position draft here, Mike. This is Jason's favorite topic. He loves this.


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[Assistant] I don't want it. In the bag now, because there's only seven useful, uh, position groups.


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[Assistant] You can't teach a new dog. Well, uh, but I'm going to go Homer because it's close enough. Even though they're really the second choice, I'm going to take them first. I'll go with the Brown secondary.


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[Assistant] Cause there's only two good secondaries, uh, really in these four teams. Uh, one team has an okay secondary with a lot with some question marks. Uh, and you know, defensive line, most important position, but there's three really good defensive lines in this division. So no panic there. Uh, so I'm going to go with the Brown secondary to start us off. Even though, well, whatever. I don't even know if the Browns are the best secondary in the division.


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[Assistant] In fact, PFF has the Ravens one spot ahead of the Browns in secondary rankings.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the fans, baby. Let's go Brown secondary. Who picks second, Jason? Go ahead.


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[Assistant] That's actually a pretty good move. I think there's one other good linebacking group, but, uh, I'm gonna take them next because probably Earl won't take them, so.


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[Assistant] I got two picks, I'm going, I'm doubling up on the only two good units left, both on the Bengals.


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[Assistant] Bangle's linebacker, which is, in my opinion, and in BFF's opinion, a very close second in linebacker to the Ravens, and a big drop before the Browns and the Steelers. And then the Bangle's D line, which is third, clearly, but not far behind the Browns and Steelers.


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[Assistant] Browns and Steelers are like top six and the Bengals are like eight or nine in the league.


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[Assistant] Alright, the Bengals defensive line, Browns defensive line is basically a wash. I'll give the Browns an edge, but not by much.


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[Assistant] What I realized is that our fans have now decided that the Browns have a Hall of Fame defensive line. I just made it. They have so overrated our defensive line. That's not what it is. That they think there's a big gap. Or, and maybe they like girl. They just want to refer only to younger dog. I think that's it. I'm the up and coming man of the people, man. He is the up and coming. You can't steal G. Bush's line.


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[Assistant] I bet you most of our fans think Galvin Tomlinson is the best defensive tackle in the division. That's not true.


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[Assistant] I should have just taken all browns. Would I have won if I would have taken all browns? Or would they still have voted for Earl?


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Browns wide receivers are better, but a lot of it's projection. They have one. Get excited as you want. Browns have one proven wide receiver. That's a fact. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I'm not trading him for a fifth round pick, I just let him walk at the end of the next year.


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[Assistant] What's the point? I don't need that fifth round pick. I want to have, I'd rather have the depth. Now if I could trade DPJ for a linebacker?


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[Assistant] Or another position that I can use. Then maybe I would do that. I don't want to trade him for a late round pick. I'd rather keep him as a depth wide receiver. But it gives you some options. Because you don't really... DPJ had a nice season. And he's a nice player.


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[Assistant] You don't need them if you get the Andre Hopkins. Elijah Moore, Elijah Moore, you sign and you know, you have for a number of years, you have obviously the kid you drafted this year. I still don't think they're going to cut David Bell. Maybe they, I mean, if they bring in Hopkins.


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[Assistant] They're not trading for, what's the point of them trading for DPJ when they're not playing a win?


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[Assistant] You know, what's their, what's their linebacker situation? I don't know, but like, it doesn't even have to be a linebacker. Maybe it's another defensive tackle.


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[Assistant] Because the, let's face it, the Browns don't have anything proven at defensive tackle, except for Tomlinson. The rest of the guys are all crapshoots.


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[Assistant] Uh, maybe it's probably, nah, I guess probably not. I was thinking a veteran running back, but I doubt that they would do that. Uh, who knows? Maybe it's an offensive lineman they like. I mean, I'm not sure, but if I'm gonna trade him, I trade him for a position.


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[Assistant] He's two years left. Oh, he's two years left? They could probably get out of this contract after this.


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[Assistant] If Wyatt Teller doesn't get back up to that top line standard, then they'll cut him after this year, I think. Probably. And, and move on. So, you know, there's options. I don't think you have to trade DPJ, and, you know, it's not a bad thing to have good depth at wide receiver. Certainly not. But, uh, if I'm gonna trade him, I'd rather trade him for a player than a pick.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, sure. Right, he had that great year and he's been injury prone and, you know, as even though Padone was older, like I'm not moving on from him. He's the best, he may be the best guard in the league. So I, you know, I think he retired.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I don't want to see, it would be good to see him retire here, no doubt. Uh, alright, so there you go Mikey.


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[Assistant] Is a third receiver in my mind. Agreed. That's what he is. Like Elijah Moore, could he be better than a third receiver? Maybe. He was, as you guys said, drafted high, excellent athlete, but he did nothing with the Jets.


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[Assistant] Total wild cards. The Andre Hopkins may, may not be at the top of his game anymore, but he's not that far off of it. If you look at a per game basis, he still played at a pretty high level that year.


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[Assistant] And by the way, I think all the games he missed last year were due to suspension, not injury.


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[Assistant] I think the Josh Gordon thing was pretty unique in a weird way. And yeaah, I mean, a wide receiver is gonna put up generally better numbers with a great quarterback than a decent quarterback than a bad quarterback.


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[Assistant] That's a home run. But I'm not paying that guy 10 million a year. Not at all. I'm not interested in giving him a long term contract. I don't know what he's hoping to get, but I'm not interested in it. Mike, what do we got next? What do you got next for us?


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[Assistant] Jason, did you see, I actually did three different, similar.


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[Assistant] Uh, Rance on the Guardians, one on Twitter, one on the show yesterday, and one on my podcast. Did you happen to see or hear any of them?


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[Assistant] Thank you. It was too, too many, I screwed it up the way I put it on Twitter, but thank you.


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[Assistant] These days with social media, right, there's no, nobody has any room for nuance. You either, you either suck or you're great. There's no in between. And most of life is nuance. Exactly, exactly. It's, I mean, it's everything. It's even in politics, like the loudmouths on the left and right.


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[Assistant] Suck up all the air in the room, and most of us are more closer to the middle. Even myself, believe it or not.


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[Assistant] But when it comes to The Guardians, it's like there's a lot of good things about this organization. I get it. And when I went on this rant, I felt like I had to qualify that because


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[Assistant] Build up a minor league talent that they have not used. Like, for years they've used that to advantage. They've traded guys, a lot of times they've traded guys that were flops, right?


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[Assistant] You look at Frazier, you look at Zimmer, you look at, uh, what's the pitcher, uh, he's still in the big leagues. He's been a reliever, but he's hurt. Oh, the lefty, I know who you mean, Sheffield. Justice Sheffield? Well, yes, but I wasn't even thinking of him. No, no, no.


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[Assistant] He had one good year as a reliever for the Padre. They traded him in the, uh,


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[Assistant] It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'll think of it later. But the Guardians, like, but now, like,


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[Assistant] The farm system's all backed up. A lot of the top prospects that have come up haven't done anything. Again, way too small a sample size. But Arias hasn't done much. Freeman hasn't done much.


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[Assistant] And Bell, which, the Bell one especially I liked and it's been, it's been really bad.


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[Assistant] It's backfired on them the last couple of years in the way and now the team is in this place where they have like all this good young pitching and Ramirez and Jimenez and Naylor who are really good and this great closer and then they have all these gaping holes that it feels like they can't fill.


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[Assistant] They almost never get it wrong in pitcher. Almost never. Right. But they, they're not, they don't get it right very often in hitter.


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[Assistant] No, they haven't. I mean, most of their young hitters have not panned out. And, like, Kwan's gone backwards this year, Oscar Gonzalez went backwards this year, Will Brennan is, you know, he's okay. I mean,


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[Assistant] It's frustrating to me right now because this division is the worst division ever and they should be dominating.


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[Assistant] They've got, I, obviously I screamed for months about trading for Brian Reynolds. How could it fit into you on this team? Yeah. Yeah, he is. I mean, come on, we need, I'm not even asking for guys that hit 40. Can we get it? Can we have some guys that hit 20? Yeah. Even Naylor is going to use, is not even on pace for 20. Ramirez is the only guy on the team on pace for 20 home runs. They have half the teams not going to hit double digits.


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[Assistant] Same as we're worried about Mackenzie, they're worried about Mackenzie. He's built like a string bean. Guys that are built that way often have injuries. It's just the way it is. He's got a tremendous talent.


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[Assistant] Built pitchers, they're bigger, stronger guys. They're not massive, but they're, they're not built like him.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, well that's true. Gavin Williams is massive, yeaah. Fife is pretty big too, uh, but not massive.


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[Assistant] But, uh, and, and, uh, the potential of this rotation, like next year, Williams, Bybee, Allen, and McKenzie could be a damn good rotation. Hopefully, McKenzie doesn't need Tommy John surgery because he's going to miss next year too if that happens.


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[Assistant] But, uh, in terms of the minor league, in terms of like Arias, Freeman, Rocchio, Valera, like Naylor, in the right deal, I'm gonna trade any of those guys. Now, the problem is, some of them have lost value.


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[Assistant] You know what, then let's just, let's, I just wanna, if we're gonna go with Naylor and, and Arius and just play him everyday at their position. And by the way, at this point, just call back up Oscar Gonzalez. He's played better at triple A.


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[Assistant] I mean, that is, Jay said to me yesterday, do you think that's the lowest ever?


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[Assistant] I said probably, at least it's, you know, the dead bowl era.


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[Assistant] Three guys with six home runs total in the outfield. Like you can't, you can't win. And it was 50 home runs. Guardians have 50 home runs, right? And they played what, 77 games? 76?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, the Tigers were like one of the worst teams in the day. If you look at the teams, like, what the Guardians did last year was an anomaly to be, to be as good as they were with no power.


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[Assistant] They're not gonna hit that many. Nah, you'd think their pace would be a little better in the second half. But if I said they're not gonna hit a hundred home runs this year, I mean...


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[Assistant] Like, you can't, you gotta average it, I would say at least close to a home run per game. They're on pace for 1.16, by the way. Oh wait, wait, no.


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[Assistant] No, that's, that's wrong. It's gotta be like 105.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's, again, think about this. Barry, Barry Bonds hit, what, 39 by the All-Star break in 2001 by himself, I think.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean MVP this year for him, like Aaron Judge had to have one of the greatest offensive seasons in the history of the game last year to beat Ohtani for the MVP. Uhm, and Ohtani- What if he won the MVP and the Saiyan?


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[Assistant] I mean, he very, you know, Garrett Cole's having a great year, Shane McClanahan again. This guy's been the best pitcher of baseball the last two years. He got hurt again though. He got it back. He left his last game, but I think he's okay. Anyway, uh, go ahead, Mike.


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[Assistant] I just spilled water all over myself. Yeah, not too bad. Hopefully didn't get on the mic too bad.


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[Assistant] Fillies. Alright, let me correct myself. There's more, higher percentage of homers in Cleveland.


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[Assistant] Transient. Yeah, Detroit. That's what I'm saying. There's some truth to what you're saying. I'm not saying Yankee fans are just as big of homers as Guardian fans, but in people in New York, there's many more people that root for other teams besides the Yankees or the Mets.


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[Assistant] If I think it's a tie, essentially a tie, then I'll pick a player I like better. Otherwise, I pick the best player at the position. In terms of snubs,


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[Assistant] You're gonna get snubbed. The Guardians don't have a huge fan base. In my opinion, Jose should have been a top two finisher at third base. As good a year as Nailer's having, uh, I don't think he's a top.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I don't think he got snubbed for being up there.


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[Assistant] Third base is the snub, even though I screwed up and looked at outfielders, he didn't get snubbed in first base.


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[Assistant] I think they both have a chance to go to the All-Star game. Who is the third? Who's the third? Who would be the third? Who would finish third in the MVP, uh, the All-Star voting at first pace? Give me one sec. I mean, Yandi and Vladi are going. Yes.


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[Assistant] And they both belong, and I put them both over. It's interesting that...


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[Assistant] Jared Walsh is in the minors. Jose Breyu is having, has a lower OPS than even Miles Straw.


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[Assistant] Uh, Anthony Rizzo's not having a great year. Ty Francis has been good in Seattle. Ty Francis.


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[Assistant] Are we sure? Well who else you got third base? Is it Josh? What's his name?


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[Assistant] Right. I'm going to say Closet and Ramirez get in, Naylor falls short. Now, if there's enough guys that drop out, maybe Naylor gets in too. You know, which is what happened, wasn't that what happened with Jared Allen in the NBA a few years ago?


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[Assistant] Where's the All-Star game this year? Seattle? Yes. It's kind of nice looking.


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[Assistant] Unless guys are hurt. Well Aaron Judge is gonna get in and he's not gonna be able to play. He's not playing.


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[Assistant] You know, he cashed in big time. Outside of last year, he's never been healthy for a full season.


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[Assistant] So yeaah, I think we'd all agree that Ramirez, between the two Ramirez got stubbed, but now he's having at minimum a borderline all-star season. Yes, he is.


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[Assistant] Those are two of the few guys that are not the problem on this team. Uh, certainly.


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[Assistant] So in his first start, he faced a AAA lineup in Oakland. And he didn't pitch great.


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[Assistant] In the inning, he gave the four runs, which I think was the third. When Ryan, the legendary Ryan Noda hit a three run home run. Uh, but now he's facing


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[Assistant] Uh, basically another triple A lineup in Kansas City, who's almost as bad as Oakland. So now he's got the jitters gone. Again, I'm saying 12 strikeouts tonight. Let's go, Gavin.


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[Assistant] What is the override? It was five and a half, he didn't go over that, I thought it was a lock, but.


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[Assistant] By the way, his third start will be against the Cubs at Wrigley, which will be maybe a little nerve wracking to get to Wrigley Field in your third start. And then his fourth start against the Royals again. Oh wow. So, yeah, the Cubs lineup is okay, but uhm.


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[Assistant] 11 of their last 14. They're playing much better. Their pitching has been really good. They're tough at Wrigley. So six games in a row against the Cubs and Braves. The Braves are the best, you know, best team in the National League. Maybe the best team in baseball. And then is the break? Is that going into the break? No, then they got Kansas City again after that, and I think that's it.


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[Assistant] They got, they got a four, I think a four game set here against Kansas City after Atlanta. So you got, they got to go like six and one, minimum five and two against Kansas. I guess they don't have to because the Twins are still in first place at 500. They're 40 and 40. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Has an under 500 team ever been in first place at the All-Star break? I would say no, and they might not be.


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[Assistant] They play them today. Yeah, series rarely ends on a Monday. That's, that's unusual.


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[Assistant] Uh, by the way, here's the twin schedule before the All-Star Break. So, again, you never know, but they, I think they'll be under 500 going into the All-Star Break. Jason, they got two more with the Braves. Then they have a three game series in Baltimore.


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[Assistant] So let's say they can go, let's say they go six and one against Kansas City. That would put them two games over.


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[Assistant] Which means to be over 500, they'd have to go...


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[Assistant] Three and three against the Cubs and Braves, which they can do. So you know, there you go. They gotta go.


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[Assistant] Eight and four, right? To finish, you know, to finish the All-Star branch. They've got a good chance to be in first place at the All-Star branch.


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[Assistant] Let's say they go six and one. So if they go nine and five, would they be over? Yes, they would.


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[Assistant] So if they went 6-1 against Kansas City, they could even go 2-4 against the Cubs and Braves, and they'd still be over 500 if the All-Star break, and probably in first place, which is, I mean, it's remarkable.


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[Assistant] The Cardinals, the year, uh, remember the year the Cardinals or the Wild Cardinals won the World Series? Not too long ago. They didn't have a ton of wins, I don't think.


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[Assistant] Well, they had a losing record. They had a terrible record. So, uh, so did the Braves, actually, when they won the World Series, uhm, two years ago.


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[Assistant] I mean, and they just, you're not, they're not gonna do anything in the playoffs, and that's why I still think they're gonna trade Bieber. I still think they should trade Bieber. I do too.


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[Assistant] By the way, let me give you some advice, not that anybody cares about me. I'm gonna say this. The Cubs absolutely should trademark his stroman. 100%. They should not sign him to a long-term deal. Get his ass out of town. His season is an anomaly. The fact that he's leading the National League in ERA is a total fraud. He is gonna go back to being mediocre like he is.


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[Assistant] And it comes to be idiots if they sign them to an extension. All right, Mike, go ahead.


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[Assistant] I guess as down as I, as down as I am on them right now, if they won a series and then


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[Assistant] If they played a really good team in the next round and played a good series but lost, I would still say, okay, I feel better about the team.


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[Assistant] Do you think you and others might say, maybe he's not going to be that player? If there's no progression this season.


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[Assistant] How trash the Cavs organization has been besides when LeBron is here. The Cavs have played 53 seasons in the NBA. Right, 53. LeBron's played what, 11? 11. 11. Okay.


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[Assistant] In LeBron's 11 seasons, do you know how many playoff series they have won? In his 11 seasons? 11 seasons with the Cavs.


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[Assistant] There you go. Cabs have won 21 series, playoff series, in the 11 years that LeBron's been with the team. In the 42 years without LeBron, how many playoff series have they won? Less than 10.


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[Assistant] Give me a number, I don't want to hear less than ten. Six. Six for Earl, Jason.


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[Assistant] And remember, you know, in the early years it wasn't as many teams in the playoff, but for a lot of years, it's been eight teams in the playoff.


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[Assistant] I think he's close. I'd say seven or eight. You're saying seven or eight? Mike, how many playoff series? You got the Cavs. How many playoff series have the Cavs won in the 42 years they have not had LeBron?


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[Assistant] Alright, the answer is, you're all wrong, but you're all fairly close. Four. Four.


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[Assistant] Man, I doubled it. Those, those, those 90s teams with Darty and Price and those guys won three series. They went to the conference finals one year. One time.


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[Assistant] Did you make up this core or is this from some list or something?


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[Assistant] I mean that's a little embarrassing putting Amani Bates on that list. Is he younger than 25? Do we know if he's ever gonna play a minute in the NBA? He's not a core.


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[Assistant] The guy is the 49th pick of the draft. No, just hear me out. Just hear me out. No, no, because we're having this, this conversation is absurd. We had idiots in our chat room say, yeah, he's going to average eight points and five rebounds. The guy is not even going to play the first half of the season. He might not play the whole year. I mean, this is crazy, Todd. I'm not even talking about


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[Assistant] And by the way, he's still really young. If he is going to grow up, it's more likely to happen when he's already blown it.


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[Assistant] Of course, there's nothing to get mad about. It's just silly for people to get a little crazy about having any expectations for this season. If you had to bet in five years, is he a serviceable bench player or out of the league? What would you bet? He's in Europe. He's in Europe, Mike?


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[Assistant] If he's a serviceable NBA player in five years, that's an upset. And we'd all take it. Oh, for sure. Yeaah. But, fans should have zero expectations for this guy. For this year, certainly.


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[Assistant] And you should, you should not be expecting anything at all. And if he gives you anything this year or going forward, it's a nice bonus. You can't expect any, this is not the NFL 49th pick. And by the way, the chicken teriyaki bowl was delicious. Was it? It was delicious. Panera? Panera. Once I saw broccoli cheese soup, I figured it had to be panera.


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[Assistant] So, hey, maybe he'll turn it around. It was worthy of that. I absolutely think it was a good move to draft for 49. Because even if it's a 3% chance he's going to become something, most of the other guys you


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[Assistant] Yes. So I think it seems like a lot of teams are looking at this like, yea, there's some raw talent there, but he's not that talented, and he's a pain in the ass, so why am I gonna draft him?


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[Assistant] Obviously, what's his name, we didn't play last, uh, Chip, uh. Chet Holmgren. Chet Holmgren, Chip.


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[Assistant] But you would trade Garblin, Mobley, and Alan for those top three. I would, yes.


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[Assistant] That might be the best group. I mean, we're just project, if, if Web, Wembee is as good as everybody says he's gonna be. I'm gonna tell you what I think it could be.


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[Assistant] Cunningham missed half the season, killed my fantasy team, I only finished second instead of first because he got hurt.


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[Assistant] I traded Jared Allen. The trade I just heard was Earl say that Cav's getting two good players for four useless players. Is that what I got?


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[Assistant] If you had to pick one of those cores and you're starting a team, which would you take?


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[Assistant] I would probably go, even though I know nothing about him, I would probably go with the Spurs just because everybody's so crazy, thinks this guy's gonna be the next superstar.


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[Assistant] I would take Oklahoma City second and probably the Cavs third.


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[Assistant] Okay. So it's just the top three, you go cap second.


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[Assistant] By the way, if LeBron had played his whole career with one arm tied behind his back, who would be better? LeBron or Donovan Mitchell? Spider.


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[Assistant] Alright, that's it for us. I'm out of water, I'm gonna die. Is there one more thing you had to do real quick, Mike?


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[Assistant] See you on overtime. Actually, I won't be here. I gotta get out of here. Later.


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[Assistant] Math, since it's an ultra-stimulant, from just one smoke off the pipe, one puff off the pipe, you can stay high for a day.


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[Assistant] So you can break into somebody's house and transfer that property like to a place like this.


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[Assistant] From a chemical perspective, methamphetamine is amphetamine with a methyl group if you're interested in the science of it. But it's pretty much like a high octane gasoline versus a low octane gasoline. Methamphetamine of course is the high octane version.


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[Assistant] Methamphetamine, unlike most other hard drugs out there, is uniquely susceptible to supply side intervention because it's not something you can grow. It's not something you get out of poppy fields or out of coca plants. It's something you gotta cook up in a factory. You gotta make this stuff.


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[Assistant] I struggle with uhm, how they can sleep at night after having accomplished what they needed to accomplish to protect profits over the health, welfare and safety of our community, in particular drug endangered children.


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[Assistant] The DEA commissioned a study back in 2001 to look at the Portland area convenience stores. And what that study concluded was that about 75% of the pseudoephedrine that was going into those convenience stores was being diverted to make methamphetamine.


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[Assistant] Huge volumes of methamphetamine are being shipped up through the hub of Atlanta and are flooding the East Coast right now. And uhm, that's bad and good. Uhm, that's bad for the East Coast because now they're feeling the meth epidemic for the first time. It's good for the West Coast in the sense that Congress is finally starting to pay attention.


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[Assistant] Real solutions are required because lives and families are at stake. The stakes couldn't be higher.


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[Assistant] So what the hell are you doing here? You just like to mess with people, do you?


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[Assistant] A lot of people have forgotten about the kweli problem, but it was a very big problem. One time it was as big as a heroin or cocaine problem. And people...


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[Assistant] Wonder why it's gone away. Well, it's gone away because we beat him.


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[Assistant] Well, it took some time, but in the end, the Colombians could no longer get their drug powder. They didn't know what to do. They gave it up. We eliminated the problem. We beat them.


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[Assistant] We could turn this chemical control law into a rifle approach to the problem, not just a shotgun approach.


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[Assistant] Because there were relatively few chemicals. And they had relatively few legitimate uses. So this concept was especially well suited to attack a problem such as methamphetamine.


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[Assistant] So they're always a little bit concerned about what DEA does in a situation like this, and sometimes more than a little bit. And they know who to talk to and who to go to in Washington. They're highly skilled, very well organized, and very well funded. And they can be quite formidable.


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[Assistant] I was loaded for bear, you may say. I had the evidence, I had the presentation, I knew what I was doing. And that's the kind of presentation I made.


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[Assistant] The chemical when it was sold and manufactured in the form of a pharmaceutical. I agree to that. I have to tell you.


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[Assistant] We got our law, but we got it without something later we discover that we critically need it.


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[Assistant] Plane landed in Dallas, Texas. There were a lot of tons of light.


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[Assistant] Customs officer went aboard just to see what the cargo was and discovered that there were 120 of these cardboard chemical type containers in there.


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[Assistant] And then he noticed that the company of Origin, you could, you could almost read it through the top cover, but it had been painted over.


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[Assistant] And he pulled a sample and he called the DEA and next thing you know, it came up. It was 3.4 metric tons of ephedrine destined for Mexico City that had landed in Dallas en route.


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[Assistant] It's the first time in my entire career I ever saw a DEA regulation eliminated by an act of Congress.


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[Assistant] Because essentially the decision was made to give everyone a year.


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[Assistant] It gave the traffickers a year to adjust. And that's just what they did.


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[Assistant] We looked at the statistics on deaths and injuries, because my view has always been, if you're having success, you're gonna see a fall in deaths and injuries.


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[Assistant] And we saw that line dropping to the floor so beautifully.


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[Assistant] Search the swamp, lads. Our brothers depend on us. Follow me!


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[Assistant] Form a line, men. Hold the gate. I'll find Vitalian.


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[Assistant] Who are you? Why did this happen? My father was a hero of Rome!


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[Assistant] Grey mountains drag down the Senate, the streets,


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[Assistant] Hi darling. How good are you?


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[Assistant] Before any final decision is made, I would like to show you all a little something I've been working on. Come!


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[Assistant] Now he wants to know how and why and debate everything. It's really quite trying at times.


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[Assistant] Nack, look after him. Are you sure it's wise to go in there? They have to know we're coming. If it wasn't wise, I wouldn't be doing it.


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[Assistant] Huh. I'm seeing a tremendous number of relics that way. Must be everything they stole from the outpost and then some.


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[Assistant] Typical goblin, always living in the past. Let's not rehash who attacked whose city first. Now, where did the weapons come from?


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[Assistant] What about our mission? We were supposed to help those poor people. To find out where the goblins were coming from and prevent them from ever attacking us again.


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[Assistant] Well, Hop won't get us out, but we can't stay here. Let's go.


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[Assistant] I can't believe he fell for the old remote controlled plane trick.


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[Assistant] And now, time to see what Victor's up to with those relics. I'm gonna need to find a way past those security beams though.


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[Assistant] Doctor, what about our mission? Shouldn't we head back and join up with Uncle Ryder? Lucas, that's enough already. Ryder is doing everything that can be done at this time. Now what we need to do is find a way past those beams. Any ideas?


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[Assistant] Remember, if the beams detect you, you'll be destroyed.


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[Assistant] There's a motor for a hover car scaled up a thousand-fold. With it, you could power an airship two miles long. Let's see what else we can find around here.


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[Assistant] I haven't felt this excited in years, so I would appreciate it if you would help me figure out where they came from.


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[Assistant] That looks like he marked every spot where he found a giant relic.


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[Assistant] The deeper he went, the more he found, until his path was finally blocked by this door.


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[Assistant] Ho ho ho ho. It must have been very frustrating for him. He only found enough relics to build that giant motor and then no more.


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[Assistant] What are you trying to accomplish, Victor? Kidnap a mayhem just so you can build a bigger airship?


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[Assistant] Well, we got what we came for. Oh, they brought my plane. How nice. Neck, Lucas, jump him back. Let's pay a visit to Trugdo Mine.


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[Assistant] But Victor's up to something very strange. We're headed into Trogdome Mine to check it out.


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[Assistant] And now, into the mine.


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[Assistant] Ah, well there are things that get very angry when we harvest the relics. Stay close. Let's hope we don't run into any of them.


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[Assistant] I miss Charlotte terribly, you know. She really was my better half.


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[Assistant] She stopped me from putting some of my crazier plans into action.


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[Assistant] Lucas. I'm so sorry I got us into this mess.


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[Assistant] How long has it been since you lost her? Oh, about twenty years ago now. Way before you were born.


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[Assistant] I met her when we designed a car together. It was the perfect blend of beauty and muscle. By the time that car was finished we were madly in love.


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[Assistant] I've been gathering relics in deep caves for years, trying to learn everything I could about their origins. And on one of the days Charlotte joined me, we made an amazing discovery.


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[Assistant] A few minutes later, the ground shook. One of those deep earthquakes that happened from time to time.


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[Assistant] And she fell into the depths. I hunted for weeks and weeks. I never found a trace of her.


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[Assistant] She was smart, talented, and beautiful.


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[Assistant] I've been keeping quiet because I didn't want anyone to think I was losing my mind. But when I think of her work, like that car.


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[Assistant] Get yourself captured. Yes, well, things didn't go exactly as planned. Thank you for the rescue.


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[Assistant] Giant relics of a size and power a hundred times what anyone has seen before. Now whoever opens that door could do anything. Bringing a new golden age, rule the world.


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[Assistant] It's as if someone is dusting off Charlotte's old designs and, and militarizing them somehow.


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[Assistant] Well, we're in business. Yes we are. Neck, it's time to complete our mission. Let's go destroy their army. Well, what's left of their army?


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[Assistant] I think I can fix the motor. But taking off again is gonna be quite the problem. Go and see what you can find in the way of relics. I'm gonna need you to get as large as possible.


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[Assistant] Be careful, Mac. This is obviously Gundahar's territory.


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[Assistant] The goblins have managed to create a thaumatic interface to the guardian's neural matrix. He's under their control!


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[Assistant] Ryder and Lucas have already reached the wasteland. Once we get wrapped up here, we'll go and join them. Ah. Nack, why don't you go and see what you can do about opening that gate?


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[Assistant] Well, it certainly took a long time and a great deal of effort, but we're finally here.


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[Assistant] Charlotte, I searched for you for weeks. If I didn't find you, it's because you were already gone.


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[Assistant] It's the truth! So, what about all this?


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[Assistant] You know the weapons you have built have been used against our settlements.


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[Assistant] Charlotte, I am so sorry for everything. But whatever happened, we're together again now. Please, we don't have much time. Come with me!


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[Assistant] If you ever change your mind, please call me. No matter where I am, I will come for you. I promise.


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[Assistant] Electrocution here would be a fitting end. She doesn't love me anymore.


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[Assistant] It appears Gundahar is directing operations from that tower.


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[Assistant] I'm sure he will at that. But we've bought a long time before he can build up again. Now, let's go find that key.


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[Assistant] Morning. It's done. Knack took out Gundahar's entire weapons operation. We can hunt for the key without distractions now. And we found Charlotte. Alive. What? He's alive. And she doesn't want me. What do you mean alive? What happened out there? Well, that's a story for another time.


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[Assistant] This map shows the location of the key. It's in a maze of some kind.


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[Assistant] I have placed the key in a labyrinth of my own devising.


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[Assistant] Now, how long will it take us to get there? We're going there? Well yes! The least we can do is to get to the key before Victor does. Don't worry, I'll be careful. Oh.


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[Assistant] You'd stop me if I was about to do something foolish, wouldn't you?


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[Assistant] When the key is used and the door is opened,


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[Assistant] Mountains will rise higher than the clouds, huh.


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[Assistant] Ha ha ha ha ha. It's the key. We beat Victor to it.


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[Assistant] Once we've opened the door, carefully mind you, I can begin to unlock the secrets of the ages! Once we've opened the door!


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[Assistant] Alright then. Let's destroy it.


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[Assistant] They've got the key. Well, we'll just have to go after them then.


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[Assistant] Let's pick up the pace, Lucas. We've got the world and a certain lady to save.


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[Assistant] Levitators. These'll do the trick.


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[Assistant] Doctor, you came. Well, I promised. Some very quick introductions. This is my assistant Lucas. Hello. I've heard a lot about you. This is Knack.


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[Assistant] My dear, I'm sorry to be in such a rush, but the world may end if we don't get to Trogdol Mine quickly. Are there any intact airships left around here?


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[Assistant] That may not be such a problem. Nack!


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[Assistant] Yes, this may indeed be the end of the world. The transformation has already begun.


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[Assistant] My boy, I think they may never go back to normal again.


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[Assistant] But I would also like to thank our smallest hero for his wisdom.


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[Assistant] And now, let us all take a moment to thank Ryder.


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[Assistant] Our thoughts are with you, Ryder. Wherever you are.


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[Assistant] Red and I, we used to be together a long time ago. But we're not now. He's still weird about it sometimes.


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[Assistant] One win from the championship, baby. Boogie Roberts, the USFL's Pitchbird Maulers.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, you guys have done it before, you know, knowing that they've got a ding or something like that, but it's for the championship. Push through for the title. You got to play Hurt and that's what you're going to do and congratulations to Boogie and to Pittsburgh. We don't usually root for Pittsburgh teams, but because it's the USFL, we're going to jump all in on the Maulers. Go ahead, McNuggets.


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[Assistant] Well done. Nice. Well done. Firing up the troops. There is a dog in that locker room.


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[Assistant] I think that helps you guys too, knowing that you're backwards again. You've been in a must win for four straight weeks and having that kind of pressure and seeing how you've reacted to it gives you the confidence to know that you can get it done when you absolutely have to.


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[Assistant] He is literally dialing into the chat right now. There you go.


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[Assistant] Alright, uh, busy show, Guardians. One step forward, two steps back. I'm a fan now. I'm beyond frustrated. I know you are. With the big picture. I saw your tweet, and by the way,


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[Assistant] Every, I think every Cleveland fan shares your frustration. It's very well warranted. There are some head scratchers going on with the organization. Yeah. And, uh, we'll talk about that. I really want to get your take in on that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, also, we're gonna have a discussion. This is the first hour, because Boogie's here for the first hour. He's gotta go after that. Earl's gonna take his seat in the second hour. But later in the first hour, this is a question, and we want your opinion on this, because you guys are big participants in this. Is loyalty in sports completely dead?


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[Assistant] We've got a lot of examples through the years. We've had some recently where team to player, player to team. It's just some head scratching moves. How, how Tom Brady got out of Tampa Bay.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and I know that late in a player's career, you know, we saw Joe Montana leave San Francisco for Kansas City. We're going to talk about that. Is loyalty in team sports dead? But we're going to start today with some comments that Gilbert Arenas made on the Cavs' second round pick, their only pick in the NBA draft, Imani Bates.


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[Assistant] I think, I think we all on Friday were in agreement that we liked the pick. What do you lose? It's the 49th pick overall.


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[Assistant] Go find a 49th pick overall that has changed lives. Now there have been second round picks that have changed lives for sure. Tony Parker, Joker, clearly has changed lives. But you're talking it with 49, you're talking tail end of the draft.


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[Assistant] I mean, you're- Almost impossible. You're a few names from being an undrafted free agent. That's right. And so, there's very, very few instances where someone that late in the draft just changed a team's life. Gilbert Arenas, though, thinks that this guy could be him. Play the bite.


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[Assistant] It's a stretch, but at the same time, remember four years ago, this kid was on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and you were thinking that he was certainly going to be a lottery pick. So if the gun charge hadn't happened, and it did, you can't take that out of the mix,


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[Assistant] Transferring didn't help him. Uhm, some issues here and there didn't help him. A lot of teams interviewed him, I'm told. And so they must not have.


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[Assistant] Sure, some, some, some had them on there. Let's not even look at this. Right. And, and that's, that's the list you never want to be on.


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[Assistant] Looks like a picture from a pickup game at the YMCA.


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[Assistant] Yeah, see, I think the distinction here, you can make a real line of delineation halfway through the second round.


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[Assistant] There are guys that are taken in those first 15 picks, which would be 45 overall and up, 45 to 31. There are guys that you will find in that category that will be contributors, but that second half of the second round, it's almost anonymity.


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[Assistant] The last ten. So the last ten have what? Losing records, missed the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Usually in rebuilds in today's day and age of NBA. Yeah, they need help for sure. Those are the first 10 picks of the second round.


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[Assistant] The last ten picks of the second round are your winner.


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[Assistant] But here's my, here's the thing about a bull, and I'm with you, but I don't, I think if they get six points a game out of this guy, that's great. It's a win. Oh, total win. It is, cause I think the question on our rundown this morning was what are your realistic expectations? I think that is realistic, and here's why. In this lineup, he is what they need. Would you agree?


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[Assistant] Well, if you look at like what he is, like who is he? If you talk about the player that he is, it does fit the definition of the player they need. They need a wing. Right, but we don't know if he's good enough.


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[Assistant] Like, if you, if you, if I were to tell you, Bull, in a vacuum, please put that back up, Steve. I gotta, I wanna play off that.


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[Assistant] If I were to tell you in a vacuum minus the name, we're gonna scrub the name. I'm gonna tell you that the Cavaliers


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[Assistant] And I'm not going to tell you that they drafted for them or they traded for them or how they got them.


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[Assistant] Who is a two-time high school national player of the year, a former number one high school recruit. What would you say?


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[Assistant] Sounds good. I'd be excited about it. Sounds good. And that's why I'm, I'm not, I'm not, I'm with you. He's not going to average 10 again.


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[Assistant] But I do think that what he has, what he brings, is what this team needs. Now, can he step up and fill that bill? I don't know. What do you think? You're a big basketball fan. It's a risk, but a low risk and a high reward.


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[Assistant] Just 10 minutes. Forget the points. But here's the thing, Bull. I think he's going to get real opportunity.


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[Assistant] Well, I think it's going to be a combination. I don't, I still don't think they have their step-up wing. I don't. I mean, we keep saying, we saw stretches last year where it was this one or that one where we're like, hey, turn the corner. Bullshit. No, no, no. Nobody turned the corner. No. Somebody, no, there's opportunity. They had a stretch and nice games.


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[Assistant] To expect too much as a rookie is crazy. That's fair. Yeah. But I will say this, and I want you to weigh in on this. I want everybody here on this panel and everybody watching, close your eyes and reimagine your 19 year old body. Hmm. I wish. For context. Bull, you're funny. For context, I'm 195 pounds right now.


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[Assistant] This kid has, he clearly hasn't grown into his man body. His biceps look like the size of someone's ca- I mean, his biceps, I'm afraid for him.


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[Assistant] Like the NBA can be a physical game at his size and position.


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[Assistant] Well, I think physically you're right, but I also think it's realistic to expect as he develops into his man body and gets chestier and more upper body.


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[Assistant] Who knows? We don't know what a 19 year old develops to at 22. Everybody's different. Everybody.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. I think, I think realistically, I know that 10 points per game is not even optimistic. It is wildly optimistic. Right.


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[Assistant] I normally, I flush the summer league. I don't even think about it. I don't care about it. I don't want to watch it. Don't tell me that someone's averaging 35 points a game in the summer league.


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[Assistant] Cavs win the title. He averages 25 points per game. He proves that he can play with all of these, with his, these are his


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[Assistant] On the grows up point, um, Boogie and I think we'll move off after this question.


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[Assistant] You played with guys in college that at 19 years old were where he is. Lot of talent, lot of potential, but


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[Assistant] Had some issues in the past. Maybe gun issues, whatever. Of the players that you've seen in your career.


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[Assistant] Come through at 19 years old and have that mix. What's the percentage of them that got it together? And what are the percentages of them that just never saw the light and lost this opportunity?


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[Assistant] Because in that vein, the calves might be the best place for this kid.


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[Assistant] How about the 17 strikeout performance on


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[Assistant] Well, we're seeing it now. I mean, we're seeing it with Florida and L.I.C.


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[Assistant] Alright, we're going to talk about the Guardians in just a little bit. And you'll want to pop some popcorn because Bull's going to put on a show.


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[Assistant] I promise you that. If your rant lives up to your tweets, you're gonna, it's gonna be, uhm, and listen, I can't disagree with anything you said. I mean, I can't.


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[Assistant] I think you're right, we do. We'll get to that. In the meantime,


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[Assistant] This is a fantastic topic that we were going to have on the show Friday. Loyalty in sports.


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[Assistant] And there are a million examples, uh, I know, McNuggets, you put some.


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[Assistant] In, you know, Marcus Smart Trade, Rudy Gobert.


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[Assistant] Now, from the player to the team, everybody's questioning, well, is Mitchell committed to the Cavs? He's talking about what wants to go home to his, uh, his hometown New York Knicks. There's a lot of speculation about that. Tom Brady was, you know, could have ran for


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[Assistant] Mayor of Boston or Senator of Massachusetts and won. Now I'm not sure if they even let him back in the state. He decided he was going to go to Tampa Bay. One example that I'm glad you put this on the list because this one was one that Brown's fans can relate to.


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[Assistant] The Browns released Joe Hayden, clearly had a lot of football out. Huge mistake. They missed on that big time. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] And I, I was upset when I saw it, but it made sense later and I talked to Joe about this and I understand his logic. When Joe Hayden was cut by the Browns, where did he go?


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[Assistant] He went to the Steelers. Could have gone somewhere else. Went to the Steelers. So is loyalty in sports?


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[Assistant] Professional sports in particular, and we're starting to see in college sports too, but is the loyalty of pro sports dead?


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[Assistant] But we'll blame the player all day long. Albert Bell can't come back to Cleveland. When they put him in the Hall of Fame, he wasn't there. Because he was afraid of the reaction he was going to get because he was the one that decided he was going to leave. But in truth, him leaving was precipitated by the team saying, we're not going to pay you.


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[Assistant] So, I had it a step further. You say it's, you say it's not dead, but it's-


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[Assistant] That's a great point. Just by the setup and the nature of the sport, your career length is far less. So obviously players are trying to get the money while they can when they're in that window. So that's a great point.


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[Assistant] I was going to say not that it's dying. I think it's on life support. And I think I'm going to generalize here because I think you can make a case for each different sport that it's in a different spot, but in general.


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[Assistant] There is very little loyalty team to player, and there is very little loyalty player to team. Exceptions of course, you mentioned Ramirez could have made 90 to 150 million with some of the estimates that he left on the table. Why? I like it here.


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[Assistant] I feel comfortable here. Joe Thomas. I mean, if I'm Cleveland or if I'm a Cleveland GM...


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[Assistant] Jose Ramirez and Joe Thomas are my text cases for how I try to get players to stay here. You know what I tell both of them?


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[Assistant] Clearly Joe goes in next month or late this month, late in July. I think what you tell them is Cleveland gets a bad rap nationally.


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[Assistant] And, and tell the best player in football at the time who was recruiting him to come with him to win a Super Bowl. No, I'm going to stay in Cleveland. I owe it to them. They've been great to me.


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[Assistant] He likes it so much here that he sacrificed perhaps nine figures.


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[Assistant] To stay here in Cleveland. Yeah. So I think


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[Assistant] Give me your best number, what is it, let's negotiate. He doesn't want that. Right. He wants to get the most amount of money that he can. So he's gonna leave.


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[Assistant] So I think the loyalty, but there is still loyalty in sports and you touched on it. The loyalty in sports is fan to team. And I won't even say fan to player.


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[Assistant] It used to be we used for this because that never changes. Well, that changed.


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[Assistant] The loyalty in sports is one-sided. It's from the fan to the team. And that team can pour acid on us.


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[Assistant] They can kick us in the groin. They can sucker punch us in the face. They can leave us at the altar.


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[Assistant] They can physically and emotionally abuse us. All of these obviously are characterizations. But at the end of the day, always remember this, that Cleveland fans threw a parade when the Browns went 0-16.


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[Assistant] I think a person with real sensibilities knows that, you know, the baby analogy is you put your hand on the oven, uh, stove a couple times and that's the last time you do that because you get burned and you don't go back. Our hands are scar tissue.


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[Assistant] We keep coming back and say, thank you sir, may I have another?


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[Assistant] If we say, if we speak what we think is our truth. Right. We're haters. We want the Browns to lose. Uhm, fact?


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[Assistant] No matter how much I want the Browns to win, it hasn't worked yet.


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[Assistant] It doesn't impact what they do on the field. When we're critical, understand that it's coming from a good place. When we're critical, we're trying to point out things that we see


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[Assistant] Despite the fact that the Indians and Guardians are playoff staples, went to the seventh game of the World Series and lost twice in the last 30 years in extra innings both times.


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[Assistant] That's the part, so that brings me to my loyalty point. We've got 25% of the Cleveland sports fan.


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[Assistant] Because that fanbase is so strong,


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[Assistant] We can never hold his feet to the fire. Cause you know what he says in his office when he laughs? See you in September. You're coming back.


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[Assistant] One thousand percent. And probably a fraction of those are picking them up in the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] They signed autographs. Yeah, and it made a difference. It built a generation of fans. By the way, the fans that stood in those lines are the hardcore baseball fans today.


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[Assistant] I'll tell the story quickly because it shows the times that we're in now compared to where we were. In the late, it had to be the early 80's because I think Hargrove was here in 81 as a player. I had an autographed book that had a little gold zipper around it and I would take it to games and I would get players to sign it.


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[Assistant] I had a pen sticking in the hole where the zipper came to.


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[Assistant] There's no way I can get down there. Mike Hargrove saw it drop.


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[Assistant] Never said anything to me, jumped over the fence, climbed down in the photo well, grabbed it. Here you go kid. And I've told him that story a couple of times and he goes, yeah, obviously I don't remember that, but that's something that I would have done. Like I don't know.


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[Assistant] I'd like to think there are a lot of players that would still do something like that today. There are some, sure. Yeah, I remember when I was lucky enough to have seats for the field boxes.


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[Assistant] Of all the players, and this includes visitors and home.


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[Assistant] Frankie Lindor was the most fan-friendly player I have ever seen in my life. He would make sure that every young kid that was in that field suite got a ball before the game was over. And he would get one on a foul ball or whatever when he was in the on deck circle and he'd say, who doesn't have one?


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[Assistant] Okay, make sure your agent gets the clip of you in the locker room. Okay. That shows passion, fire, energy. You could play any


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[Assistant] Uh, defensive or offensive lineman player in an NFL series or movie.


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[Assistant] When I watch that locker room speech, the fire and passion comes out. Actors need to have that. And you have it. In spades. Alright.


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[Assistant] Did you see the Tom Cruise stunt for Mission Impossible, the motorcycle one? No, I haven't. Watch it. It was like an 8 minute movie just on the stunt. They said it's the most dangerous, risky, incredible stunt in the history of Hollywood. And he had to do it 6 times.


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[Assistant] It's an insane scene. It's in the New Mission Impossible. Alright, number one. Wait, number two you said was your favorite, right?


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[Assistant] I think we have to cap it off with this. Aside from the starting defensive tackle for the Browns, what's the role you most want to play?


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[Assistant] The sky is the limit for you, whether it's football, whether it's acting, uh, I think you have a tremendous broadcasting career ahead of you. I really do. I think that, um, you know, you're funny, you're smart, you're experienced, you're knowledgeable, and, um, I'm not afraid to be critical.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're not afraid to be critical, and I, I would love to, uhm, I would love to turn on a game one day and, and hear the play-by-play guy introduce his color analyst as Boogie Roberts. I would stand up and scream. I got one more thing for Boogie.


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[Assistant] You hit all of it. I'm glad you touched on the Tito piece.


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[Assistant] The hell was he doing yesterday? Letting Miles Straw hit in that situation? I don't know.


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[Assistant] Is he a little faster? Probably. But it's not like you're dealing with a slow guy that you gotta get off the base pass. It doesn't make any sense. And honestly, the Tito piece of this, he was the guy I never questioned.


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[Assistant] But this year, there have been a number of situations where I'm like, is he losing his managerial class ball?


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[Assistant] Oscar Gonzalez is no worse than three or four of the guys that are getting regular at bats right now.


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[Assistant] Oscar Gonzalez was the hero, the playoff hero of this team last year. He was becoming a fan favorite.


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[Assistant] He had a bad start. I'm not here to advocate that his start didn't warrant him being sent down. But if that's the bar you're gonna use, I've seen enough Gabriel Arias. Yeah, I know that's a bold date. I know. I've seen enough.


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[Assistant] You're committing, and we like Will Brennan. Will's a friend of the show. I like Will. I think Will is a serviceable player. But I think his splits are terrible.


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[Assistant] You know, he clearly cannot hit left-handed pitching. I think he's doing okay against right-handed pitching. Do you want to switch? Yeah, I think he's okay. But again, it is no power. It's a small sample size.


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[Assistant] Your point about the players in the pipeline, we've clogged the pipeline. There's no flow now. Right. Because we've got so many of them that it's actually become punitive to us. Hundred percent. And what, so here's where the organization earns its medal. And normally they've been great at this.


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[Assistant] In typical Cleveland fashion, they're hitting more on the pitchers. Yes. Now all of them have had little check marks against them where they're like, okay, they're not dominant aces yet. None of them.


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[Assistant] I can't understand it. I think the other thing about Tito is he has had weird infatuations with guys that I'm like, I don't get it with him.


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[Assistant] Like why is Tito giving this guy so many opportunities? And what the hell did Oscar Gonzalez do? Yea, he's totally off to that. That he's banished to the minor leagues. I don't know. When if you compare his numbers to some of the guys that are consistently getting chances, which did nothing for us last year in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] I'm also there with, with Rosario too. I do think that he's just, there's too much there that I see that I like. I have changed my thinking on Miles straw, which now is the first time that I actually made bull change his mind and bull actually made me change my mind because last year you were like,


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[Assistant] So what I don't understand is, so when a major league roster is being constructed, you have to find out, okay, where's the power going to come from?


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[Assistant] You expect that you're going to be weaker up the middle. Sure. Your shortstop and second baseman are probably more defensive oriented and slack base hit guys. Same with your center fielder. Occasionally you get a Mike Trout. The exception, not the rule.


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[Assistant] But the fact that they have completely ignored


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[Assistant] The fact that you have to get power from your outfielders, that's why this team is historically awful at hitting the ball.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go out on a limb and I don't know how you'd figure this out. Maybe you'd have to go to Elias.


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[Assistant] It's, I would be very comfortable in saying that in the history of major league baseball,


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[Assistant] Who's 77 games in have a total of six home runs from their starting outfield.