Kap & J. Hood
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Cap, we got a lot to get to here on the Steel Breakers Thursday, but first, you had a very eventful day. Before your night, let's talk about your day. We walk out of here, a wonderful Waddle Wednesday show. And I'm leaving the parking lot and usually caps long gone. Or we leave at the same time. But in this case, cap's still in this car. Hmm, must have a meeting. Some, I'm tapping the horn, making sure he's alive and okay. Tapping the horn, tapping the horn. He finally wakes up and looks over at me. - Go cap, you all right, buddy? - What happened there? - Car wouldn't start. Wait a minute, you have a brand new spanking car. - Yeah, it wouldn't start. - It's a year old, but it, whatever reason, so. - I was concerned. - So I grabbed an Uber? - Yes. - Lovely lady named Lillia. She was awesome. She drove me all the way to the farmer's market so I could buy the cheese that my wife flooded. - Oh my God, man. It's not a limo service. - Then she drove me to the manicurist. - Oh my God. - And a manicure yesterday. - And then. - And then I walked home until I was overloaded with the package of cheese, my water bottle, my coffee, I had so much, I'm like, I gotta get an Uber. So I quickly, Uber, Ricky picked me up. - Yes. - Took me home. And then I got a loaner from my friends at the car dealer and then we had a big game last night. - I like to say this, I like to put a pin in this just for a moment. Now, as I was telling you yesterday, with these new fangled cars, your late father and my late father probably had a cup of coffee and just laughing. - Yeah, they were cutting a piece of coffee cake on. Look at that idiot's down there. - It's just this, because as my old man used to say, as Bob Hood, big bear, they used to call him at the plant. What they would say, what he would always tell me is like, boy, make sure that you get yourself a car that an alley mechanic, depending on the mood. - 'Cause your mom was Johnny. - Yeah, depending on the mood. If he's demonstrative, he wants to get a point. Boy, let me tell you something. Make sure you get yourself an alley mechanic that can work on your car. You're gonna get a car, make sure an alley mechanic can work on it. Take it to any alley, not necessarily a mechanic, like a car ex, no, an alley mechanic. Make sure you get a car that someone off the street that can work on it, understood. That's why he threw me GM keys more often than not. Here you go, GM keys. My first car was an 84 Shavette. You can always see me coming down the block because the smoke was belching out of the back. - Right, and you were smaller men, then you were a child. You were like 17? - Yeah, 18, 19, yeah. - That's a little car. - Yes, oh yeah. Well, you pulled a seat back for a taller guy. It worked. - Six, five. - Yeah, it worked. It worked for my first car. - Funny. - Cap, they're saying, what is he getting this car for? A year old, he's already got to be able to put it on a tow truck. Oh, God. - Yeah, they got a fix. So I think I get it back today, so it'll be good there. - So then I had a game. - Then you have an evening, right? You have an evening. - Yeah. - In which, there you are, whistle around your neck, and here we go. You're coaching back-to-back games though for the first time. - Yeah. - Can you recall the last time you coach back-to-back games? - Oh, God. No, maybe Little League when I coach Garrett and Alex. Maybe. - Even in basketball in D1, it wasn't back-to-back unless it was some exact tournament situation. - Conference tournament. - Yeah, so probably the last time I coached back-to-back, I don't know if we did that Little League, maybe. That would have been 80 Spring of '86. (laughing) - Actually longer than that because we got eliminated in the conference tournament in '86. It would have been 1985 and we played in the River City shootout in Bradley, and we played Bradley one night, maybe that was '84, against Hersey Hawkins. We lost to Bradley, and then the next night we beat, I wanna say it was fairly Dickinson or somebody like that. So yeah, we had back-to-back, we went one-on-one. And this is what happened to you. You win the other day, and then last night though, a little bit of a closer effort, but I heard the reports were, in a full lather, full sweat, the old coach cap came out. - I was soaked. - Yeah. It was amazing because the team we played, there are a lot of people that said that's the best team in the league. And I'm like, I think we got a pretty good team. They're really well coached. Team's called the Infinity. They're really, really well coached. And they got a good team. This one kid knocking down two deep threes. I mean, behind the arc rise up, bang. One at the buzzer of halftime. And God, my kids play so hard, so hard. I get this kid, Tommy Downing last night. He laid out for a ball like Gronkowski, caught it, banged off the ground, and then one motion threw it under the basket for a lap. I'm like, what the, that was amazing. - Yes. - And the kids just battled and competed, and we were down one with a minute something to go, and Avery Zetterman, bag shot, good. Thomas Prado, good. Miles Weed comes up with a huge rebound. My, the shortest guy on my team, Z. Tommy Z, Tommy Z had like seven boards, and we won 26, 23. It was loud at Notre Dame High School. That's one of the great gyms in the state of Illinois. It's old. - We called games together there. - We did. And it's one of the most classic gyms in the state. Dude, everybody was into it. I got Danny behind me. Tell him to force that guy left. - Okay, nothing like a helicopter parrot. - And then we did. - We were chiming in, keep his beak out of it. You got it. - And then we made a substitution. - The Jayhawk. - We took out one of our smaller guys, and we put in our guy, Miles, and he came up with a huge rebound. Our guy Damon had six boards. I mean, I don't want to leave any of the kids. They were all awesome. Johnny Pavek knocking down a jumper. I mean, dude, it was awesome. So I will give myself credit 'cause you won't do it. So I'll give myself credit. If you remember Cap's old show, Cap & Company, what has happened is Cap put his coaching and his coaching prowess and his coaching memories in a lockbox. It never came out. A lot of the take that about the modern sports, what's happening with the Cubs, bears, all this other stuff. But until I came along and I knew his background because being a South Cider, that Windy City round ball review that Cap would write the newsletter for basketball would be passed around the neighborhood. It would be passed around in gyms. Let me see that. If I am that thing, let me take a look at this. Oh, there I am right there. Look, what he wrote about me. So I knew Cap as a kid based on the newsletter. And so at times when we talk basketball NBA college, I will always turn to my partner and say, hey, you're in this situation. What about this? What about that? And all of a sudden, since we've been working together, we talk a lot more basketball about strategy because Cap was there. He's coached at NIU. And so all of a sudden, when Danny offers the position for a guy, by the way, who wants to just keep these memories locked away, I don't want to talk about NIU and basketball. I mean, yeah, I know a lot of people. Now all of a sudden, you're back in. After telling me and the audience, I'll never go back to that rat race. I'll never go back to coaching. I'm a grandfather now. I'm good. I'm on the morning show. I've got YouTube. Look who's back in the coaching. In a full lather, like it's the mid 80s, you. I think it's gonna be more than this, than this. Now that you've gotten the taste, because Cap, there's nothing like competition. - It's the greatest. - You had that old guy locked away. That guy'll never come out again. - He's back. The guy with the fire. You. Back. - It was. - Is it fair or not to say? - It's fair. - Okay. - Danny asked me last night, and I wanted to coach the travel team. It's a way bigger commitment, all winter. - Oh, another coaching opportunity. - Two practices a week, plus one to two games a week. - Who came home like, oh, hey Mindy, what do you think of this? - She said, you have grandkids now. - I'm like, yeah. They can come to the games. - Oh, how about that, Justin? They can come to the games, huh? - I mean, that's how they wanna spend time with grandpa. - Let me just tell you something. (laughing) - That's their dream. - Yeah, yeah. - Tanging the stands on a high school gym. - That's right. I wanna spend time with grandpa. At the top level, the bleachers, away from him. - Let me just tell you something. - You watch these kids and they compete so hard. Little Charlie's out there just busting his tail and Avery and all of 'em. - Moving Charlie. - And I'm like, I'm soaking wet, I guess. Like I sweated through my shirt. - What was the Arizona coach? I think a guy could sweat through a table. - Tommy Lloyd? - No, Sean Miller. - Sean Miller. - Sean Miller. - Yeah, Sean Miller. - A two-shirt Miller. - Yeah. - I'm dripping sweat and I'm like, I was looking around like two minutes ago. I'm like, how did I get here? - Yeah. - This is awesome. - Competition is how you got here. - Oh man. - The old coach cap has returned. - That, it's so invigorating to go out there and just to watch these boys play so hard. Like, I can't impact the game once it starts. It's on them, man. It's about them and those kids competed. And to be honest with you, you know, you win the other night big and we won our first game big. Last night was a great challenge 'cause that team was really good. And to have it go right down to the last seconds was awesome, absolutely awesome. - So now what? What about this next level, the travel team? - I don't know. Somebody else who asked me, would you go back? We've got a high school travel. - Oh my God. See? - I'll never go back to coaching, kid. Not that rat race. Take that. - Coaching? Did someone say coaching? - Oh, sure. You got a taste of it and now look at you. The fire is back. You can see in your eyes. It's different. It's a different vibe that you bring into the show now. 'Cause now it's more than just a sports talk. It's more than, welcome to the recap, take that. No, no, no. Now you've got plans because there's nothing like competition cap. There's nothing like it. - There's nothing like it. - To be able to have, because life is about stakes, isn't it? - It is. - Isn't it? It's about stakes. - It is. - And now the guy that I know years ago has returned. - God, it's just-- - And again, it's young kids, but it's just so much fun to watch them play. - It's about the execution though. Yeah, it's fun to see kids play. And we put it in perspective yesterday for those who missed it. It is about kids not on the streets. They're in, they're part of a team and they are pushing for a common goal. It's not individualistic. It's a team trying to work together to achieve a common goal and ask to win, right? And we like the idea that young people are playing sports because we told the story yesterday. You even go back to your old neighborhood, your old stomping grounds with Skokie. I can go back to Calumet Heights and places in that area, Auburn Gresham and the areas in which we played sports. And you don't see kids playing sports like that anymore. Organized team sports. - You don't. - Not an abundance like it was. Like, you don't need the uniforms, just find nine guys in neighborhood and just play. You don't get that. You just get five or six guys and play basketball. You're just not getting that as often as you once did. - I also was talking about this with one of my kids. They, not everything needs to be structured, like parents want. - Correct. We've gotta have it structured and we gotta have the coach. The best lessons are when you're in the park and you gotta referee with your buddies. And that's a foul. And you gotta be able to navigate the conflict and play and get through it. - That's why I'm not speaking for you, but I would imagine that's one of your enjoyments, just to be able to see kids finding away from the classroom, to be able to be part of organized sport, to be part of a team. 'Cause it just builds character. - It's such a great support system. Great support system. So, you know, we had so much fun last night, man. Danny and I and his wife Diana and two of his kids were standing out in the parking lot with my son Brett and I. And we're just going, that was amazing. Like, that was so much fun. It was loud. All parents are into it like, it came right down to the end. - Yeah. - It was tremendous. - It's fulfilling, doesn't it? - It is very fulfilling. - I think you probably enjoyed more later in life than you did as a young strapping David Kaplan out of your mind. Angry. - Yeah. - I would say. - Yeah. - I think you enjoyed more. - No question. - Shane, if you go to a cap's home, by the way, around his desk, you'd find plays just written just on cocktail napkins. - I was dying, man. - Just play. - He walked into the producer booth in a commercial break a couple of weeks ago and just like stood in front of me with a marker or drawing up a play that he was sure was going to work. When I was in his home, I couldn't see any plays left around because of all the secretariat stuff. There wasn't room for anything else. They're ridiculous. It's like, it's like a five foot by five foot size poster that the time covers secretariat covering one of the walls. - Yeah, signed by the jockey Ron Turcott and the late owner. - I thought by the horse. - I wish. - Yes, it would be worth more if secretariat signed it. - But I could tell you this. So coach McDougal, who's deceased, he was like my second father. - Yeah. - We would go get coffee in the morning on the road and he always kept a piece of chalk in his pocket. - Always. He wasn't a clipboard guy with the magnets and that no, he would draw right on the floor. And we were walking to get coffee. I remember it like it was yesterday at Eastern, we're playing a play at Eastern Michigan. They had a really good team. We're walking through the parking lot. He sets his coffee down on like a parking block. He's like, I got an idea. Watch this. And he draws another chalk on the ground 'cause it was dry out and came up with a play called 33 Special for Kenny Battle. We ran it that night. We put it in at shoot around. We ran it that night and KB got a dunk when we beat them. It, the way his mind worked, I still have that play. Amazing. - You gonna run? - Yes. - I mean, I don't think these kids, I don't have anybody can go up and get it like Kenny Battle. But you got a guy. - But you got kids that have TW TW, the will of the win. They did all 10 of our kids. We only had eight last night 'cause two had baseball playoffs. - Yeah. - The will to win is there. - The will to win is there. - I would say that Coach Kevin from the infinity team would say the same thing. He's with us here on Captain Jaywood. - That guy's a really good coach. - Coach Kevin, good morning. - Cap, first and foremost, I am so appreciative to have people like yourself mentoring the youth in the game of basketball. I run a program, I see a lot of wild parenting on a daily basis. And I'm sure your listeners, whether it's basketball, baseball, tennis, soccer, whatever, can agree and understand that they've seen some stuff that's way out of line at the youth sporting event, your group, your kids, your parents, yourself, awesome. Nothing but love towards you, Cap. I love you as an entertainer. And I got a newfound respect for you as a youth coach after last night, man. Good time. - Dude, how much fun was that you and I are looking at each other at the end of the game. You know what Kevin said? I wish we could play against you guys every game. - Every week, every week, man, I take a game like that over a 20, 30 point victory any day. 'Cause then the kids appreciate it too. They're like, hey, coach, this game is way more fun than the last one. We won our other one by like 20 something. And they're messing around. Nobody's paying attention. You know, you get a game like that. Guys on the bench are locked in, parents are locked in, it was awesome. - It was an awesome environment. Let me tell you something. Boy, your kids really play hard. You're really well coached. And that kid who knocked down the two deep threes. Oh boy. - Wow, he was feeling it last night. It was high energy, man. And people like, oh, it's fourth grade basketball. I don't wanna watch that garbage. Come watch one of those games and then see if we can change their body. - Yeah, find out how good some of those kids are how they compete. So, hey man, if I could ever be of help to you, all you gotta do is yell, but you got a hell of a team. - Thank you, man. Same to you. We'll see you guys on the road. - You gotta appreciate you. Coach Kevin from Infiniti, and he runs a program. Infiniti program, dude, they do an awesome job. Awesome. - So I'm thinking that you need to start climbing the coaching ladder. I mean, it's that since you're starting off this now and the people can hear the success, here we go. And by the way, if someone wants to blame me for all that, you can blame me. Put it on my shoulders because I've unlocked the old cap as far as coaching. We talk basketball, all of a sudden he starts throwing. He starts making plays. His team is executing. So, the old coach is back. - Yeah, I'm a big fan of that guy that just called. That guy, his kids, what did they compete? It was fun, man. We had a blast. - The fire's back, Shay. Officially, the fire's back. I think that maybe you should start climbing the coaching ladder. We will see. What do you think? 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-S-P-N-3-3-2-3-7-7-6-0. Our phone number is still to come. The Cubs have won two in a row against Baltimore. We will address that. - Why so? - As we continue on here on "The Cap and J Good Morning Show." - Checkmate 1-6-Lany of suppression on target. - That's why I see him in my shirt. - Shot. - Or no shot. - With Cap and J Good on ESPN 1000 and ESPN Chicago app. - That's why I see him in my shirt. - Good morning and welcome in to "The Cap and J Good Morning Show" on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. - With David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. Now time for a shot or no shot brought to you by. - That V-E-S-P-N bet now live in Illinois, baby. Sign up. Today, new users get $100 in bonus bets with any sports book. - Bet. Bet. - Bet. - Bet. - Bet. - Bet. - Bet. - Bet. - Good morning, boys, on a Thursday. How are we feeling? - We're good, man. Rock and roll. - We're good. I want to find out, Shay, from your trip to New Orleans. I mean, so no tan? I mean, if nothing else, it was like a ghost tan because I know it was hot as hell down there, right? - Well, I was escaping the sun as much as possible because it was so hot. So if the air conditioner could provide a tan then I would have a tan. - You're better than that. It's too hot. - No, I mean-- - Okay, and then it's when it's like nine below. - You're being so cold. - Yeah, but I like a lane. - But one thing, Shay. - Yo, I would rather be too cold than too hot. - Oh, God. - B2. - Get out of there, Pottinger. No one has to-- - Yeah, Pottinger. - Jumping in from the outside. No one has to-- - Who would rather have it freezing cold than be hot where you can be outside doing stuff? - I got to. (laughing) - I'm out of there. - I will. - I'm gonna put this on the poll at ESPN1000 on Twitter and again, you will be on the minority side of the voting Kaplan because-- - Ooh, how do you like that? - I'm putting it on the B cold. - I'm putting it on my Twitter. I'm putting it out there. - Would you rather be too hot or too cold? People will say too cold. - No chance. Now, I'm someone who can adjust, right? I can adjust cap to all of it. I have no problem with the heat, but I would imagine 'cause last time I was there and how many times have been New Orleans? Five times. It's not the heat, it's the humidity. That's the thing. It can wear on you if you're out there too long. - Yeah, it was like 95 raw temperature, which is okay, and then put the at the heat index. It was 105 110 every single day. And it's like we're just bouncing from bar to bar, air conditioner to air conditioner. So if those could provide a tan, I would have a great one. - The bar tan. - If I could get a tan off of vodka Red Bulls and hurricanes, I'd have an excellent tan. - I need a picture of you just walking around with an IV of Red Bulls and vodka. Just walking around, just carrying the little thing, just the little cart, just moving around from bar to bar. - Yeah, me too. (laughing) - I said Justin, the GCI. So you just would scream off the mic. - You'd be the guy that would like it like 55. - Yeah, I openly said that. - 55 sucks. - For some, not for everybody, for some. - For me, it sucks. - Yeah, yeah. - May as well be 20. - I'm from Chicago, I can adjust to all of the cabin. Like, there is no, I mean, look, when you're from here, there's actually more heat now than it was when we were coming up. There would be winter from October through April, as you recall. Do you not remember this or? - I do. - Okay, so I mean, so the point is like, whatever warm temperature we get, we can take it. And the idea that it's warm on the snow on a December 25th day, I'll take that. It's very few times we've seen that. - I agree because that is unexpected. - Man, it's commonplace now. - But if I gave you your choice, I know you. You and Peacock would rather vacation in St. Martin than go skiing in Aspen. - Well, there's certain reasons for that also, Cap. Culturally speaking. - Okay. Wow. - You would rather-- - I agree. - You'd rather be in St. Martin where it's 89 and sunny. - No question about it. - Rather than be somewhere where it's snowing. - No, Cap, you know me. You know absolutely that is the case. Absolutely. But I think that what Shae's saying normal people do. Shae doesn't mind the heat, but it's just the community on top of that. It's different in the south. In the deep south, it's a little different. Like for you in Florida, you can survive that, right? You'd love that, Cap. With the heat and the humidity. - 100%. - Sure, sure. - You're built for that though. - That's what I love. - Shae, go ahead. What's coming up here on-- - Shah, no shot. - All right, the Cubs are in basically the same position they were a year ago, split between either clear buyer or clear seller. But once again, it seems thanks to Otis the owl. They're getting hot in July and trying to force Jed Euler's hand. They have a chance today to sweep the Orioles and could be catching the Cardinals at the right time with a four-game series ahead of the all-star break coming up. If the Cubs can stay hot and win this series against St. Louis, it would be three straight series victories for the Chicago Cubs and shot or no shot. They would need to be buyers at the deadline. - The shot, absolutely three and a half back in a wild card. Dust off the debit card, let's go. - You're just unbelievable. You had them dead and buried and now they're resurrection. It's alive now, they're alive. You had them dead and buried. You wanted to trade off parts. Not even two weeks ago. - I did. - Now what? - They're playing better baseball and the power of the owl is real. I had to, Jed didn't do anything. What'd he do? - And by the way, when we say that, Shay, let's put that in context. When we say that, you say, you know, add on. Well, it starts with the bullpen because you need a reliable ninth inning guy, reliable eighth inning guy, reliable seventh inning guy. You need that. Even though you might have a kid that you might believe in now in Biggie, you still need to have arms that you can trust, better in arms. - Porter Hodge is showing you could trust him. He was off standing last night, ending in a third. - That's a sample size. You're better than that. - Okay, you're getting Julie and Mary weather back. He's had a great year last year. - About this year. - He's been hurt? - Exactly. - He had a broken rib. - I think changing the dynamic is the whole part of our conversation we've had, isn't it? The dynamic changing, fresh arms. - Right. - But a new look on the ball club. - But if you take two of three from the Angels, okay, they're not very good. - No. - Then you, if you take two of three or sweep Baltimore, now you got to go to St. Louis and play good baseball. It's worry about today, today. It's the only thing we can control is the game in front of us today. - I think the conversation is if you're adding on and to Shay's point, if you're adding on, what are you adding on to besides the bullpen? 'Cause that's where you need the most help. - Well, it's funny. - But when he balanced your finger broken, he got hit last night. He's having an imaging done today. If he's hurt, while he hasn't been magnificent this year, he's been okay. - That's fine. - You're gonna have to replace him. If he's out for two months with a broken finger that requires surgery, you got an issue. I'm not saying he is. He said, we'll see, we're gonna have imaging done. He didn't say, "It's nothing, I'll be in the lineup tomorrow." Although the last time he said that when he hurt his knee or his rib, he was out of month. - Mm-hmm. - Yeah, so. - It's all right, you got Pete Crow and talkment will be back soon. - So. - That's good enough. - What? Play the kids, kid. - I'm good with that, but I'm still gonna have to add on if you're in the race. You owe it to your city, you owe it to your team. You owe it to the fans that spend a fortune jamming at place. - I'm just, all right, we don't have to talk about it now, but it's gonna be a conversation we're gonna have is if you are that good or you feel like you can get into the playoffs, and you're gonna add a bat, where's it go? - Well, again, what's up with Ballinger? - Oh, but Ballinger will be fine. He'll be fine. Even if he plays August 1, he'll be fine. It's not, is that debilitating that he's gonna be out for the season, it's not that bad. It's a finger, he's fine. - I hope you're right. - But then, what else? That's the question, that's the topic we're gonna have. If you feel like you're close, what are you adding on? What do you need, what else? Because the team is what it is. - DH power? - Maybe. (laughing) - Like a little better? - How about a catcher? - How about a catcher? - You're catching stinks. Terrible. All right, Shay, that's a need-o. - All right, you're not. - You're not a need-o. Go ahead. - Could the Angel Reese continues to stir up some controversy yesterday sitting on nine points and 13 rebounds. The sky were up seven on their final possession. Angel Reese got in the post, demanded the ball from her teammate, then drew a foul so she could get to the stripe. She hit both, finishes with 11 and 13 and extends the double, double streak to 14 games. There was no reason, the game was over, other than extending the double, double streak. So, shot or no shot, Angel Reese is a stat patter. - No, she's not a stat patter. - That's a shot. - Cap, so she broke the mark, WNBA mark of double doubles, consecutive double doubles in a game, in a season. - Yeah, it's super cool. - So that's fine, but I'd like for you, Shay, to show Cap that sequence because I saw the video of it and she's getting made fun of on social media where people are in a gym and they're missing shots on purpose to get the rebound, to miss another shot, to get the rebound, offensive rebound, two, three, to be able to get 10 or more. It's interesting what's happening here with this, that she patter stats. I just think that she's more sure-handed offensively that she could make these bunnies. And I feel like she's better than this, some of these missed shots that she has at the rim. She's better than that. I saw her in college, I know that she can make these layers, but it feels like that one video where she's demanding the ball, it's as if she knew that she was a rebounder too shy of getting that double double. Did that look like that to you, Shay, or is that just my eyes? - Yeah, I think she's, I mean, there was a sequence at the end of a game the other day where she missed like four consecutive shots and rebounded all of them. And look, to me, it's kind of irrefutable. She's patting the stats a little bit to keep the streak going. The follow-up question is, do you care because I don't? I don't care. - Get your numbers. - No, it's fine. I'm just saying like, I know that she's a better player than those missed shots. Some are gonna fall short. It's not, but, Shay, as you saw that sequence like I did in that game, I know that she could hit layups. And I just feel like, I don't know if she talked to someone in the bench and how, you know, 'cause she wants to keep that streak going. It doesn't matter to me, but I know that she's better than what I saw in that sequence. - What I will say about yesterday in particular is you already set the record. The game is over. You're up seven, it's the final possession. Just let the streak end. You don't need to demand the ball from your teammate and draw a ridiculous foul, just to keep the streak going. - This is kind of funny to me. - Are you gonna mention Caitlyn's day yesterday? She made history, dude. Real incredible history. You gonna mention it? - What is happening right now? Does she play in Chicago? - This is my issue. I can't bring up anything about this sport without somebody jumping down my throat about Caitlyn Clark. - Well, when you see what she did yesterday, first player in an NBA or WNBA game since 1973, 74, to have 29, 13 assists, five rebounds, five steals, five blocks. How about a little love? - And a loss to Washington. - That's correct, 89, 80. - Don't forget that part of it too. - That is correct. Sides is fine. - I just said, hoodie, why can't we talk about the local athlete in the sport without having to shoehorn Caitlyn Clark in? - 'Cause this guy's like Captain just wants to, you know, embrace her. - Nobody's diminishing the accomplishment. Very good for her, she played a great game. She doesn't play here. I didn't deem it as relevant to this audience. I'm asking about Angel Race who plays in town and a thing that went viral on social media and was being talked about in certain outlets yesterday. I thought we could bring it here. Why does it have to be, hey, buddy, are you gonna mention Caitlyn Clark? - Well, it's not like she had 12 points and seven boards. She did something, no, NBA or WNBA players done in 40, 50 years. 50. Stick it, Norlin. - Now, as impressive as sloppy Thurston. - That's right. Hey, Michael, come up. - That'd be right. - But yesterday hasn't happened in 101 years for the White Sox. - That's all. - Hi, proud of Angel Race. I better bring up Copac. - Yes, Cap. It was a great accomplishment. You know why? 'Cause Caitlyn Clark is the face of the WNBA. They make you feel better? She's the face of the WNBA. She is at this point in time. - No, I'm more than likely rookie of the year. How's that? I doubled down for you. - I think she will be rookie of the year, but I would say the face of the WNBA still has got to be like Sabrina Ionescu. She's amazing. - Amazing. - You know what? Wake me up when Caitlyn Clark does it in the Olympics. Give me a call then. - Oh, she's got to get there first. She's got to be invited. All right, Jake, can you squeeze in one more before around the NFL? - Yeah, Jalen Brown yesterday did some complaining on social media after being left off the U.S. Olympic team in the wake of Kawhi Leonard's departure. His Celtics teammate, Derek White, was added to Team USA. Jalen Brown took to Twitter where he posted the Monaco emoji, apparently questioning the decision. And then at Nike, apparently blaming Nike for leaving him off of Team USA because he's been critical of their brand. My question, shot or no shot. Jalen Brown is being a bad teammate to Derek White. No shot. There's nothing to do with Derek White. It's him expressing his opinion on something. No, I have no issue with it. I don't think he's being a bad teammate. Do you? - Not a bad teammate to Derek White. I think he feels like he got passed over because he's a Nike guy. And with the stuff that he said about Nike. - I would hope that's not true, but it's certainly being expressed by others that it's a valid concern. That should never play into it. - Never. - Yeah, I mean, I heard Grant Hill in his explanation. He says, I just want to put the best team out there. I just think that Jalen Brown is one of the best players in the league today and for him not to be considered and Derek White, who's a good player in his own right? I just think that that's a short shrift on Jalen Brown, who wants to be part of, he wants to represent his country. Why wouldn't he? - Like people who are not in the game, they have no idea that when you go recruiting, now NIL gets, you know, but pre-NIL, kids, you would lose recruits because of the shoes. Nope, he's got to be at a Nike school 'cause Nike sponsors his high school team and they're gonna kind of, that stuff was out there, man. - Yes. So what do you think that phone call was like, Shay? Jalen Brown. He's just waiting by the phone and Derek White gets the call instead. What's that like? - Do you think Jalen just left the room immediately logged on to his phone? - Probably so. - My thing is, if I'm Derek White, this is a cool accomplishment. I would think my teammate would be happy for me, not going, it shouldn't be me. - And by the way, I get it. Like I'm not saying Jalen's wrong to feel the way he feels. I would just maybe take it easy. That's your teammate. - You, by the way, as a Celtics fan, Shay, you're good with this. - Yeah, I'm fine with it. - Yeah. - And honestly, Derek White's probably a better roster fit if you go through the like genuine roster construction of it, just probably won't matter 'cause they're gonna win the gold medal regardless. - They will? - If they don't win the gold medal with KV and LeBron and Curry and Tatum and Anthony Edwards and Embiid and like, they finally brought the big dogs back out for this. If they don't win the gold, that is a referendum. - Yeah, I guess so, Cap. I think Team USA could win. - Now, Greg Volkberhalter was coaching the men's basketball, maybe not. - Wow, that guy stinks. - I could tell you this, the original dream team, 1992. They would take this iteration and beat them like dogs. - No question. - Oh my God. - Any rules, and I know people think, well, what rules are you playing? It doesn't matter, international rules. - It wouldn't matter the rules, but if they played in the '90s rules, these kids would go crying home. Like what? He can't hit me like that. - Yes, he can. - We got around the NFL, and don't forget, it's a deal-breakers Thursday coming up at 8.35. On Cap and J-Hut. (crowd cheering) - Ah, ah, ah! - Nick Volk sucks. He sucks. - I'm just a fan, I'm not a football evaluator. - I love the Green Bay Packers. - The guy is from, but there he goes. - This is not Detroit, man, this is the Super Bowl. - I love winners. - He starts to come at him all around. - This is a really thickly built guy. - I mean, what's the answer you're looking for on these things here? - Huh? - Whoa, boy! - It's time to go around the NFL, right here on the Cap and J-Hut Morning Show. On ESPN 1,000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. - By the way, the poll question is up. The question, again, you can get it on my Twitter feed at the cap, man, would you rather have the weather be too hot or too cold right now? 1,178 votes have poured in. 54.8 would prefer to be too hot, over too cold. - Hmm, and you voted how? - Hot. - Hot, what I thought. My friend, Eric the Golf Pro, F the Cole, that's why we left Chicago. Shea is just weak. Southern Texas, 100 degrees, four months in a row. Love it, 70's in the winner. - So he left and I'm weak. - Around the NFL, here's Shea Norley, Shea? - Wow. - I have a list here of NFL MVP candidates that are not quarterbacks for each team. I wanna take us through at least the NFC norms. - He's got his ass there. - Stuck. - Good job, Justin. - Good job. - Good job. - Justin. (laughing) - I wanna start with the Bears, obviously. - Uh huh. - The MVP of the Bears non-quarterback is Montez Sweat. - Yeah. - Says this would be the best case scenario. Sweat's the highest paid player on the team and tasked with sparking its biggest weakness from last season, rushing the passer. - Is Montez Sweat the Bears non-quarterback MVP candidate this season? - That's a good one. So, is Montez Sweat the best Bears player, non-quarterback on the roster? - No. - Who is it? - Jalen Johnson. - Lockdown corner, maybe top three, four, five in the league. - Is Sweat on that list? - Yeah, he's in the description. - He's in the discussion, no doubt. - Well, I mean, in today's NFL cap, if your best player is a secondary player, was it safe for your team? He turns the field over, but in an offensive league, if he's the best player on the Bears. Is that good? - Yeah. - I don't think so. - Oh, I disagree. - I think a lockdown corner is essential against the passing attacks of these leagues. - He's not returning them for touchdowns, cap. He's just getting some interceptions, yes. - But they don't want to throw to him, immediately cuts half the field off. Yeah. - I think it's Montez Sweat for what he brought to the table for the Bears. - Very good, but Jalen Johnson might be the best in his craft. Spot sauce gardener, there's a handful, but he's right there. - Shay is just in, is Jalen Johnson the best corner in the league, the very best at the tippy top? - If he asked PFF, he was the best in coverage last season. - And you'd say it got to be top three. He was incredible last year. - He was incredible. - He was. - I remember we all got on him about the dropped interceptions, and like that is an issue, because when you have those opportunities, you have to take advantage of them. But when you are basically a no-fly zone on one side of the field, that's a massive asset. - Massive, that's why they had to get him signed. - I give the collective the credit, nothing wrong, nothing against Jalen Johnson, but I also give the secondary plenty of credit as well for what they weren't able to do. No question about that. I think that they were massively strong as a unit, but in an offensive league, the four pass still matters. The quarterback, the wide receiver tied in, however you get the offensive line, that matters. - But if you look at the best team in football, the Chiefs, if you leave Mahomes out of it, who's the best player on their team? - Travis Kelsey. - No shot. - Chris Jones. - Chris Jones. - Bingo. - Yep, Travis Kelsey. - Chris Jones. - Sorry, that was part of the conversation yesterday. That's important. The importance of the tight end. Travis Kelsey. - Oh, I think Cohen's joining us live. - Kevin Cohen did the show. - Travis Kelsey, that's the elixir, the key. - He's not even the best offensive player on the team, non Mahomes division. - No, it's Rice on that chief team. - It might be Pacheco. - Probably fight doctor, no question. - Ferdy. - Yeah. - Yeah, I'd have to go Chris Jones. - Absolutely. - I think that's interesting. I will just tell you, Jalen Johnson is the best player this year on the Chicago Bears. The Bears are not gonna get to where they need to be. - Disagree. - He can't, he didn't score touchdowns. - Doesn't throw passes. Yes, it's one part of the field that's cut off, yes. But an offensive league, offense matters. - Dallas. - You're not winning games six to three anymore, buddy. - Doesn't matter. - Ryan, you're not doing that. - Doesn't matter. - It doesn't matter. - It plays into what you're able to do offensively when you have that good a player on the other side. Take the Cowboys, take Dak Prescott out of it. Who's their best player? - Michael Parsons. - Thank you. - Yeah, and then where are they going? Exactly. - Because offense still matters in this league. - It does, but the best cornerback, best rush guy, I think is more important. Tom Brady as, I don't wanna make Evan's point for him, but as he said, yes, you don't have to the greatest receivers. You don't, you absolutely do not. - Who is the second best player on the Lions behind if you left golf out of it? - Penisuel. - Might be Penisuel, offensive lineman. - Or their tight end. - Pretty strong. - Pretty strong. - I mean, that's a good example though, because the Lions in this article, they named Frank Ragnow the center as the MVP non-quarterback, but they also said you could throw a dart at the roster and the likelihood of hitting a non-quarterback MVP type would be high. Because their offensive line is so good, I'm in Ross St. Brown's. - I was gonna say I'm in a, I'm in a rough, for sure. - Aidan Hutchinson, Penisuel. - Was that on the mic Justin? - That was on the mic. - Okay. (laughs) - I like you when the mics turn off, you're just yelling like you're on GCI. I think that's best. - But Shay, here's the thing. There's a number of players that we liked on this bear's depth chart, but unproven. Like DJ Moore's proven, 'cause that's a veteran, right? - Rome's not. - Rome's not. At some point we will point at him and say, there's the guy right there. At some point we'll look at Brisker. We know Bayard is, he's a solid veteran. He only helps what they're gonna do in the secondary. At some point we'll look at Montez Sweat. At some point we'll look at someone from the linebacker's spot. I'm just saying that it's more defined with Detroit than it is with the Bears on the non quarterback MVPs. 'Cause there's a lot of unproven players still. - There is, but Jayla Johnson is so elite at his craft, I think he's the second best player on the team. - Is he, well I was gonna say, is he the most elite? - At his position? - No, on the Bears or is DJ Moore more proven? I would say Moore is. - No, I'd say Jayla Johnson is. - That's a tough way to ask it though, 'cause Moore's had a lot of time and like the skins on the wall factor. - That's what I mean. - But in terms of who was the better at their position or at their craft and just Jayla Johnson? - No question, no question, that's so-- - Amazing. - I think that's still to be defined cap on how many others you could say that's the MVP of the team. You need more than one. That's by far Ryan Pace's best pick. - You need more than one if you wanna get to the Super Bowl. - No, no doubt about it. No doubt about it. But you look at Dallas, Trayvon Jigg, who got hurt last year, but he'll be back and Micah Parsons, I mean they got some dudes. - CD. - CD's another one and he was not a top 10 pick. Wasn't he like 18th? - Please tell me Jayla Johnson will be Deion Sanders at the position. Well, you just can't throw to him at all. 'Cause that's, when I think elite, that's what I think about at that position. - Well I mean, you're talking about a hall of fame player who's one of the five best cover corners of all time. - I wanna ask for that, yeah, let's go. - But in this iteration of the NFL, Jayla Johnson's as good as it gets at cover corner. - Agreed, I agree with you. - So, very important. - Hopefully we'll say that about Darnell Wright. - Hope you're right, right? - Someone like that, that's just an anchor on that offensive line. - That'd be amazing. - And we will have deal breakers right around the corner here on the cap and jingling morning show. - Here's to Dave's headline, headline, with cap and jay hood. - Cap and jay hood brought to you by the village of Bullybrook. - Home to the 2024 lived off individual championships at the awesome Bullybrook golf club. And by the way, Monday I'll be playing at another course out in that area for the Miracle Michael osteogenesis imperfector, which is brutal bone disease. Golf outing, it will also be a very good day for me at the pay window, you know why? - How's that? - So I'm playing Dan Hampton, the human ATM. - Go ahead. - Take that, Hampo. The Cubs won their fourth straight game last night, taking a road series on one of baseball's best in Baltimore with a four-nothing win over the Orioles. The Cubs have a chance to win the series today, a four-game series with St. Louis, ahead of the all-star break next week. White Sox split the double-nip with the twins yesterday. The win in the first leg, including an immaculate inning by Michael Copec. Nine pitches, nine strikes, three strikeouts. - Boggame over. - First by a White Sox pitcher, said sloppy thirst in the 1923, 101 years ago. Last cut to do it, the Vonton Hayden, with Sneske in 2022 against Pittsburgh. Sky's Angel Reese continued her record, setting double, double streak in a victory yesterday. 11 points, 13 boards secured her 14th straight. Double, double. And the U.S. men's national team has wacked head coach Greg Berhalter after their disappointing exit in the Copa America tournament. And Team USA basketball director, Grand Hill said the decision is said, Kawhi Leonard home and replacing with Derek White, ultimately rested with Team USA. Smokey, Kevin J. Hood are fast. - First time collar, huge fan of your guys show. - Chicago's home for sports. - ESPN Chicago. - Oh my gosh. - I mean, it's huge. - We all have to make choices in sports and in life. It could be running on third down. - You ran the same third down situation and you ran the same plate twice. You're getting paid for that? - I cannot believe the call. - We're managing finances. - This country, you gotta make the money for it. - Or it could be a deal breaker. (upbeat music) - Captain J. Hood weekday morning seven to 10 here on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Now it's time for, bless you. Now it's time for deal breakers. - I turn my mic off. You don't have to call attention to it. - You don't want to be blessed by me? - I do take the blessing. - Why? - He fires back, folks. He doesn't even want me to bless him anymore. That's how he walks into his life. Doesn't even need the blessing. - Deal breakers brought to you by. - That would be affinity whole health and feelgreatillinois.com. Learn more about their testosterone replacement therapy and some magletide weight loss is going to feelgreatillinois.com. - It's a different name there. - I was watching a TV program. I told this to Joe McCartill Production Director. - Uh huh. - And they said it's brought to you by some magletide. I'm like, what? Was that an MLB network? - I'm like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. We've been calling it "sema-glutide." And "sema-glutide" is apparently the way they wanted pronounced. - Okay, it makes more sense, though, if it's "sema-glutide" because it's for your glutes and everything else is on your body. We turn now to Shay W. Norling with this edition of Deal Breaker Shay. - All right, Bray, don't embarrass yourself here. You've been kind of slacking in these lately. (laughing) - He is gonna, he is gonna get ya. - Hey man, I just tell it like it is. I call it as I see it. - Okay. - When I see a half-assed effort, I call it out. - You're welcome to write something. - It's not my job, it's your job, just do your job. - Bill Belichick joining us now in studio. - He got you there, count. (laughing) - Here's Shay Norling. - All right, this happened to me. - I've got a whole of fame in you. - This happened to me at a bar in New Orleans. I'd like to know how the two of you would react and then I will tell you how I reacted. You are in a single bathroom in a bar. It's door in the bathroom. There's no stalls, it's just you with the lock and whatever. You lock the door, but find out it might not lock very well because a really drunk dude barges into the bathroom. You tell him, "Occupano, brother, like hang on a moment." He says, "Sorry, man, it's not you. "I gotta escape my girlfriend "and just stands in the bathroom "while you take care of your business." Do you let him continue to hang out with you in a cramped single stall bathroom or telling him he's got to wait outside? - That's a little breaker. He's gonna have to wait outside. Was he there to watch? Was he looking at? Like, you're trying to escape your girlfriend. You go, "You know what? "Go through the bar and go outside." - Now, when you said it's a single stall, is it like just a single room or-- - Yeah, okay. Yeah, he's got to wait out. That's not happening. - Sinking there, too, right, Shay? - Yeah. - Okay. - But you know, I mean, these old buildings in New Orleans, they're squeezing bathrooms into broom closets. - Brother, I had to ask, 'cause it is New Orleans. Sometimes, maybe no sinks there. So I just want to ask, so sink in a single stall. Sorry, man, you're gonna have to wait outside. You're trying to escape your girlfriend? You know what? I'm sure that bar where you were was busy. You can hide through the folks in the darkness, 'cause I know it probably wasn't well lit in New Orleans. You can find a way to hide your way through. Duck down, whatever, but hiding in the bathroom? No, sorry. That sounds sketchy to me. - Not happening. Once I'm done, you can have at it. - Yeah. - Go ahead. - So, no, and so you allowed him to stand there? - So I, he barges in, and I say, "Hey, man, I'm at stream here. "This is not the time to join me and provide company, "maybe take a step out." And he gets halfway out, and then I hear the door moving again, and I look over my shoulder, and he's standing back in the room, and he goes, "Sorry, man, it's not you. "It's my girlfriend. "I gotta take care of whatever." He's like, "God, it's walled out. "He's going through all his stuff. "He's counting his cash. "And I'm just like, all right, I'm done, flush. "And this was a very weird thing you did, brother. "I gotta get out of here." - Yeah, I would just try to de-escalate the situation, get out if he's not gonna leave. Last thing I do need is a fight in a bar bathroom in New Orleans, with a drunken patron. - Yeah, that wouldn't work. No, he'd have to wait, 'cause I don't know what his, he could say he's trying to duck his girlfriend. - Who really knows what's going on, Cap? - Could be trying to duck the authorities or someone who wants to beat his ass. Who knows? - He could wanna beat my ass. So you are in no more vulnerable position than midstream in life. - Well, if he's trying to do that, while I'm using the bathroom, he's gonna get his eye poked out. Sorry, what'd you say? - What? - What was that? - Exactly. (laughing) - Sorry about that. - I ruined your Jordan's. (laughing) My fault. - Pardon me. Excuse me while I whip this out. (beeping) - Here's Shayne Orlin. (laughing) - Shit, I asked him if he enjoyed the show. I'll take a tip. You can't call your cast, did you enjoy the show? I'll take one of those 20s. - I like this bell. - What an odd guy. - It is odd, that's not right. - All right, your brother is planning his wedding. He and his fiance are going through the process of selecting dates. They're being very courteous. So they send you a few of the dates and ask if you have any conflicts. If there's any reason you might not be able to make it, you send one date back that they offered where you have a pre-planned non-refundable vacation schedule. Of course, that is the date they end up choosing for their wedding. So you have a choice. Do you give up a pre-planned non-refundable vacation that you've had scheduled to be at your brother's wedding? Or do you miss the wedding because they ignored you and chose the date? - Ooh, look. My brother and I are so close that if he was getting married, I would know about it long before he even got engaged. Hey man, I'm gonna ask his wife's Wendy. I'm gonna ask Wendy to marry me. Okay, when are you gonna get married? Probably looking at whatever the date. I think his is May, something May 13. So, and if heaven forbid, it was the situation you're describing? - Yeah, the non-refundable vacation goes down the toilet. I'm at my brother's wedding. I'm not a wedding guy, but my brother's wedding, yeah, I'm there. - Yeah, Shay, I think that I'm still finding a way to go. But I understand the question. I just think that I would find a way to get there, especially for someone that I love, family. I think I'd find a way, despite the snapper with the dates. That's tough. I think I'm missing the wedding. - Because? - You asked me if there were any conflicts. I provided you the conflict. You said all good, and then you scheduled it on that date. - Best I could do, brother. - That's a lifetime decision that you're making there over a trip. - I give you a gift. - You're a bad sibling. - I give you a gift. - You're a bad sibling. - Yeah, the Michigan State's on, on NBC. - Kinda seen it. - All right, if it's on T-Jack, I'm missing it. - This Jackaloo would miss a family wedding for like Delaware State game that he's gambling on. - First game of the season, by the way. Delaware State, I believe. We double checked, I believe it is. - Bad sibling. - Might be just Delaware, but I do think that does sound right. No, I am missing. One of my wife's friends is getting married, and my wife called me after she went to the wedding shower and said none of the other husbands are going. I mean, you're welcome to come if you want to. And I said, "No, no shot." - Yeah, that's a Saturday football weekend, no way. - But if there's someone close in your family, there is Delaware State against Hawaii, by the way. Saturday, August 24th. That's the first game of the season. I'm locked in. Chasing already. - Ready to go. - I'm already chasing. - By the way, you see who's on the TV screen right there? - That is Billy Jean King? - Yes. - Yes. - I'm gonna get myself in trouble. - Don't do it, don't do it. - She's in amazing, amazing shapes, an incredible tennis player. I mean, there's gotta be how old, 85? - Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned her shape first, but go ahead. - The pearls are in a great look. They make you look older. Pearls are out. People know where pearls are. - She's in her 80s. What do you expect? Would you prefer a fish net? What are you talking about? - I hope my wife never wears pearls. It's a bad look. Bad. - Sorry. - You're bashing an 80 year old. He said it makes you look old. - She's 80. - I don't, cap. - What the matter, what's she? She got a gold chain. She'd look old. - Right, exactly. She can have the Mr. T starter kit. - No, because she's in great shape for 80. - Yeah, but it's really good. - The pearls and the pearl earrings. - Let it go. - You mentioned her shape, are you interested? - No. - Sounds like it. - No. - I was a big fan of her as a tennis player, six time Wimbledon champ. She was amazing. She'd been a pioneer in so many areas. The pearls, I'd put them away. - No shot, this guy was a fan of her as a tennis player either. - I actually was. I remember watching-- - You don't watch tennis. - I don't, but I love Billie Jean King. But she beat Bobby Riggs, that jackass. Yeah, it was awesome. He doesn't even know who Bobby Riggs is. - Battle of the sexes. - That was a big deal, Che. Take that. But lose the pearls. Pearls are bad. - We'll have more deal breakers. That's right around the corner on the Captain J. Hood Morning Show. Deal breakers, here's Chey Norley. - All right, you have a co-worker who gets ready for his day in the office bathroom. Shows up to work in street clothes, changes into his work clothes that he brings in a bag, puts on his deodorant, does all the things you do to get ready in the morning, except he's doing it all in the office bathroom, including apparently, manicuring his beard because he's leaving beard hair all over the sink on a daily basis. How do you handle this? - Okay, first of all, we have to determine if that is the guy, and if he is the guy, then I would talk to the building management first. - Hey, at this time, almost every day, there's beard shavings in the sink. Is there any way that you can talk to this person about it? Building management. 'Cause you haven't seen the person at work, you haven't seen him do it, but you kind of know what's him. - Well, I went in there today, I didn't even need to use the restroom. I was coming from the car. I walked in, I walked by the bathroom, the shade popped into my mind, and I walked back, went into the bathroom, I opened the door and I put the little kickstand down, so it stayed open. And there he was. And so I walked in the bathroom, he's changing clothes, he's got one sink completely monopolized, I use the other sink, I wash my hands. And look back, hair the sink. And I'm like, you wanna change clothes in there, brother? Go right ahead, have it. - Sure. Quit shaving in there. And if you do, clean your freakin' mess up, you slob. - You can shave in there, but just remove the shavings. Just run some water in there. - Stop telling people you're an officer, you're not. - Okay, I need to stop doing that. - He's not a policeman. - I understand that, Cap, but I mean, now you're narrowing it down. This gets around, you know, this building that we're in, it's really like a small town. It'll get around very quickly. - Because I speak the truth? - I understand that, Cap, but I'm not there to protect you. Who knows if that guy will wall up you? - I can handle him. - What if his first name is Officer? - His name is not Officer. - Or General Booty. - You don't know that, his name could be Officer. - What's your name, I'm Cap, what's your name? - Officer Young, or whatever he said it was. And I'm like, what's the straw in the coffee? 'Cause it wasn't cold brew, it was hot coffee. - I was the first to ask you about that. I asked you off to the side. Off to the side, I said, Cap, let me ask you a question. Just off the cup. - Do you drink coffee with a long straw? - Hot coffee. - A small coffee, long straw. - Correct, it sticks way out of the cup. - No, Justin, do you sip coffee through a straw? - No, I would never do that. I don't even drink coffee, I'm not a big coffee guy. But through a straw, come on, what are we doing? - How about a beverage? Do you use a straw for that, like a pop? - No, what am I, 10? - What are you talking about, am I 10? - No, I don't use a straw. - What about a cocktail, like if you get a hot ball or something like that? - Yeah, sure, maybe a cocktail. - Yeah. - You would drink soda through a straw too, come on. I don't think so, I don't think I do. - If you go out to dinner and you get a cold, 'cause you're not gonna sit there and drink it out of the glass, you're gonna get a straw. - That true? - I don't know, I don't know the last time I've used a straw. - Put that on the pole, please, add a ESPN 1000, do you own a straw? Yes or no? - My wife has a bunch of glass straws in her silverware drawer. - Yeah, we got those. - Yeah, of course, we have no question. Put down the pole and see if people actually use straws. - We have them, absolutely. Because cap, the thing that, this is how we've evolved. You would open up a can of whatever your favorite pop is back in the day, just turn it up and drink it, right? Now, we're a little bit more smarter where you gotta clean the top of the can. You don't know if there's been some people stepping on that can. You don't know, so you wanna pour it into something. - Yeah, I always watch your topic again. - Yeah, wipe it off and then pour it into something. But back in the day, man, it's like, oh yeah, I'm a kid, just turn it up. Now we're a little smarter about germs. - I'll drink from the can, but I watch, I always rinse the top of the can first. - Or get a straw, 'cause it's probably better. We gotta straws at the house, absolutely. That young man in there, Justin says, - I don't have straws. - So he doesn't have straws there, so, wow. All right, can you sneak in one more? - Yeah, so I was reading the news, and Singapore has added 16 insects to their list of things deemed for human nutrition. And I wanna know if your life depends on it, would you eat this insect? - All right. - Starting with a Western honeybee. - Whoa. - No, next, you rather die. (laughing) Have a bee in my bonnet? No, I would not. - Yeah, I would do whatever I had to do to stay alive. - All right, what about a white grub? Looks like a maggot turns into a beetle. - I made puke, but whatever I had to do to stay alive. - I'm good. Next, kids to coach. - How about a meal worm, Cap? You're gonna need a draw on me. I got kids to coach, I'll do anything. - Again. - Whatever I have to do to keep breathing and living, I'll do what I gotta do. - What if it was a bag of fries? - Be tough. (laughing) - That's the thing, Cap. - Look up a photo of King Mealworms. And tell me that you would eat a bag of these if your life depended on it. - Well, you're tough, but again, I might vomit all over myself, but I don't wanna die. - That's bad. - I mean, that would be hard. - You gotta eat a bag of those. - Oh my God. Can you handle that? - It looks like mini bamboo all crawling all over each other. - Right, that would be really, really hard. - You wouldn't do it. - I wouldn't die. - I would do it. (laughing) - You wouldn't do it. That's disgusting. Could you give us another couple of examples, other examples you might have? - The African locust? Oh, I've had those. I'm good there. What about a house cricket? - Oh, a house cricket. - The ones around the house, would you eat those? - Yes, if I had to stay alive, and I just googled, can they human eat mealworms? - Their consumption is a braced in Asian parts of Europe. Mealworms are packed with nutrients, especially protein. This nutritious delicacy is fit for both pet and human consumption. You can enjoy it in various forms, 'cause you've fried, roasted, and even alive. - Enjoy it doing awfully heavy lifting in that sentence. - Well, my choice is that, or I get a 22 between the eyes. No, I'll try to live. - Is the blood hot? Think I might consider, I mean, I'll just say a cap. Why that cricket boy, this picture, the cricket I had in front of me, really has a cockroach feel to it. I'm not sure if I could do that. - Like a grasshopper. - That's brutal. That's brutal. - Brutal. - And that's our addition of dealbreakers. Enjoy your breakfast, everybody, as Shay gives you all of these nasty animals. - Put some mealworms in your oatmeal. - We'll give you an update on our poll question when we come back as well. - On Captain J-hood. (upbeat music) - Captain J-hood on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. With you till 10 o'clock, then my green bird comes in at 10, followed by Carminate Yurko, at noon. Then it is Abdullah and Waddle from 232, 630, and then it bears weekly with Jeff and Tom, and then it's blacking Abdullah 738, all part of the mix right here, on the ESPN 1000. - Looking forward to it, man. Looking forward to all of it. - Do not forget to check out the YouTube YouTube.com, look for the Captain J-hood channel. We have our own channel for things that you might have missed on the show. You don't get a chance to listen to it live from 7 to 10. It's all right, we've got clips of a lot of the segments we do here go to Captain J-hood, the YouTube channel, and subscribe right there. James in New Lennox is with us on ESPN 1000. We have an array of things we're talking about, including Team USA from 2024 versus the 92 Dream Team. James, good morning. - Hey, guys. - Hey, James. - Do you want me to hear me? - Yes, sir. - Okay, the only thing worse than that last guy's take, in my opinion, is cap's take on this Billy Jean King thing. I was born in '80, so before my time, but that wasn't even a contest. That was just a joke completely. She was 29, Riggs was 55. - You know that-- - Hold on a second. You know that he had just straight set destroyed Margaret Court, one of the best players in the world, a few months before the match. Crushed her. Do you realize more than 30,000 people attended at the Astrodome, another 90 million watched it? It's considered one of the most watched televised sporting events of all time. - Yeah, it doesn't matter if one person watched it or a million people watched it. - Or 90. - He was 55, she was 29. So let's compare something. Brianna Stewart's 29 right now. She's 6'4" 170, she's one of the best players in the WNBA, correct? - Mm-hmm. - Okay, and I was just going off people off the top of my head. Look at him up. Damn Cassell is 54 years old. - Yeah. - He's champion. Now best of all is different than tennis, but Brianna Stewart should beat Sam Cassell if they played one on one now, but it would probably be pretty close. But the thing about the battle of Texas and tennis is, nobody takes into consideration the never-tilova Jimmy Conner's match where he straight-set at her, and there was only a five-year age difference there, and they were both still towards the top of their game. You know what I'm saying, as far as ability. - James, I think-- - That was an actual match. - James, it's more than James. James, you want to have a conversation about this? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - So the conversation I'm having with you is, it's more than just a competition. It's about the time. Yeah, it's before your time, but it's about women in their empowerment thinking that, oh, women can never be as good as men. It wasn't necessarily about the competition as much as it is the empowerment of women saying, "Hey, you know what, I can play this sport too." And it was a big deal because it's, again, a battle of the sexes more so than a man being stronger than a woman. - Yeah, it was a huge idea. - You have no idea how big a deal it was then. - I get that it was a big deal, but I'm saying it's not like, they were each at the top of their game at that point. You know what I'm saying? - But Bobby Riggs had just beat one of the best players in the world in straight sets, a woman. And now Billy Jane King comes in and pounds him. - That was still just a one-off event. It's like, that's why Venus Williams has been asked, would she play any of the top guys right now? And she says, "No," 'cause she'd get crushed. She said it on talk shows. Nobody at their peak at the same age level is gonna do anything. That's the same thing with women's soccer. Like, I want them to get as much money as they can, but should they get equal money? No, because they don't bring out all the same things that the men's team does. It's just, you know, there's gotta be gradual progress on things with all things. It can't just go from, we have nothing to now. We have equal, you know what I'm saying? Not saying that that's not how it should be, but there's other factors in play. Like, I get it was significant. - But yes, besides the age difference, it is about the history of defiance that was there for women and women's sports. - Correct, that was a huge moment for women's sports. - That's all it is. It's about, it's Title IX, it's the whole conversation about women and how they were undermined as athletes. And so it was up to her to say, you know what? I will carry the torch in this one off. A big television event, of course. But there was many during that time cap where dad would come home with a skinny black tie in the white shirt sitting there with his can of beer. Like, that woman can't beat that guy. That's just a woman after all. She's not any good. Let's turn this on. Oh, she won. It was a win for women and athletics at the time. - No question. - Even though it was a gimmick, it's just that it was something to showcase that women also can play sports and can dominate. That's what that was about. If I'm, you tell me if I'm wrong about that. - You're 100% right. - So, by the way, we have some breaking news. Can I give it to you? - Yeah, should do we have the breaking news sounder? - We don't need to play the sounder for it, but this is from Jesse Rogers ESPN moments ago. Cubs triple A outfielder Alexander Canario is in a route to Baltimore, which could mean bad news for Cody Bellinger. He left the game last night after getting hit on the finger by a pitch. He's not having a huge season, but would still be a loss. And perhaps now would complicate his trade market. Canario back. - You can find other things he could be stuck with. You mean, here's the thing. With Bellinger, whenever he returns, he can deliver. That's all. - Yeah, let's find out how long, if this is indeed what it's about, then let's find out to get it taken care of. - More Pete Crowe. - Hey, you know what, maybe Canario can step up with an opportunity and go, wow. - Yeah, this is kind of how it works sometimes in the playoff push cabin. I'm not saying that's where the Cubs are, but it's just like new talent that comes on the team. It gives you a fresh outlook. It happens midway of the season, toward the end of the season, you bring, you call someone up or you trade for someone, all of a sudden it's an infusion of kind of energy to the ball club. Somebody new. - Yeah, let's see. Andrew and Dallas, Texas listening on the ESPN Chicago app, Andrew, good morning. - Good morning, guys. How you doing? - Good thing. - I heard you guys talking about the weather. I was telling Shay that I lived in Buffalo, New York for a long time. My job transferred me two years ago to Dallas. And I was telling him the snow up there is no joke. And the heat down here is like there's snow up there. - Which one is it? - In the year 2000 when we lived in Buffalo, my next door neighbor was the elderly woman. And me and my son went out thinking that we was walking on her driveway. And as we got to shoveling, we were standing on our neighbor's car. That's how high the snow was. - Oh, wow. That's tough. - And I don't miss the snow at all. I deal with the heat all day over snow. - Yeah. Here you go. - Hey, Shay. - All right, Andrew. Appreciate your telephone call. - Appreciate that. Your phone call is coming up 3-1-2-3-2-3-2-3-7-7. Six is our phone number. If you're on hold, you will be on the air on the cap and jay good morning show. - Feel the boom and power of the dark side Friday, July 12th is Star Wars night at Wind Trust Field. The force will be with us always as the Schomburg boomers will take on the Windy City Thunderbolts featuring Star Wars theme fun and a fireworks and drone show after the game. - The fun continues on Saturday, July 13th when the first 1500 fans will receive a replica Jersey thanks to Wind Trust. For a ticket info, go to boomersbaseball.com again boomersbaseball.com. Schomburg boomers baseball field the boom. Justin Pottinger. - Captain Jay Hood, our back. - Glad to hear both of you guys back. Happy New Year to both of you. - Hot Chicago's home for sports. ESPN Chicago. (upbeat music) - Happy New Year. - Wow. - Brother, we just work here. - Captain Jay Hood on ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app now time for the Captain Jay Hood cut of the day. - Brought to you by the one and only Chicago Cut Steakhouse. You want the best burger in the city, Chicago Cut Steakhouse. You want to try the Dover Soul of the table side, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, the lobster salad with the champagne vinaigrette, Chicago Cut Steakhouse. Get the corn as a side, it's amazing. And the french fries there take three days. It's a process, it's incredible. Smokey. (upbeat music) - Yo. - Yes, it's boring but it's a sport. - Oh! - Whatever. - It's not boring. - Okay then you're boring. - All right. - Otis and his magic is real. Oh, the owl's not gonna win every game but the owl's gotta play at a really significant clip. The owl's five in one, man. The power is real. - It's so ridiculous. - It is not ridiculous. I talked to him last night when I put him to bed. You put the owl to bed. - It did. He goes in the office, he has a spot where he sleeps. - Is there a little cover for him or? - No, but his head spins and it spins in one direction and it stops when he goes to sleep. So he kind of keeps a castle, a strong eye around the room and it was a little tilted to the right and I went, "Good night Otis." - Has your good night, a good night Otis, is that what you said? - I did. - Good night Otis, you say? So this is what's happening, Shay. Clearly Mindy has hidden the medicine away from Cap. This is what's happening, he's not on his meds. - It's sad, but we're watching him go senile in front of him. - It has nothing to do with it. - I'm telling you this. - You are talking to a plastic owl. - So? - And putting it to bed. - Each night Otis goes to his spot, yes. - And that's all folks. - The Cap and Jay Hood Cut of the Day. - Brought to you by David Flom, Nat Moore, the amazing Chicago Cut Steak. Has your got a special occasion? You have a business meeting, a lunch. Just want to have a great meal. It's the best, Chicago Cut Steakhouse on the south north side of the Chicago River. - Shay, Justin, you want to feel old as young people? - Sure. - Anchorman was released 20 years ago yesterday. 20 years ago, that didn't sound right. - Anchorman? - Yeah, okay, that's all it was. - It just seems like that was just yesterday. - Okay. - What is the biggest quote from Anchorman? Your favorite quote from that movie. - Favorite quote? What does he say? 50% of the time it works all the time. Something like that. - Yes. Shay? - Milk was a bad choice. - Yes, it's so damn hot, milk was a bad choice. - Yes. Justin, do you have a favorite quote from the movie? - Oh, I don't know, off the top of my head? No, but, oh, that is a great movie. I might have to go re-watch that one. - So when that movie first came out-- - I love Scott. - My kids were so, I love Scott Scott Scott. - Yes. - My kids were so excited. We sat down to watch the movie, and my wife watched like nine minutes of it, not even 10 minutes. I'll give her nine, and she went, okay, this is the stupidest movie I've ever seen. We're turning it off. And my kids went ballistic, and she got up and walked out of the room. She's like, this is hideous, yeah, I can't watch this. She is the wet blanket of comedy. She doesn't get it. - The reason why it's funny is because it resonates with us, because Anchorman looked like Ron Burgundy. - Correct. - And they were kind of like that. They were like a team. - It was kind of a monster. - Yes, I'm in a glass case of emotion. - Remember in game seven of the World Series, Anthony Rizzo turned it, staying in front of the dugout, like on the step. Today, but Ross, I'm in a glass case of emotion. Ross went, it's only gonna get worse. (laughing) - It's the best, man. 20 years, it's crazy. We thank you for listening and calling in and being part of the program here on Cap and Jhood, our thanks to Justin and Sharon, the other side of the glass. How about we do this tomorrow with seven? - That sounds like a plan, man, let's do it. - I know what's going on with the weekend weather, with Tracy and more. I'm not happy with what I'm seeing right now. - Gloomy out. - For Cap, I'm Jhood. - That is Tracy. - We'll talk to you tomorrow. You stay classy, San Diego. I'm Ron Burgany. - Go. - Take that. - From Chicago.