Kap & J. Hood

7/3 9 AM: White Sox & Cubs are Grilled?

Hour 3: Kap and J. Hood give their 4th of July grilling tips, Chicago Baseball from "Bad to Worst" both the White Sox and Cubs took L's yesterday. Some Chicago baseball fans are ready to move on to the Bears and believe baseball is over the guys played the Wheel of Topics and the Kap & J. Hood Cut of the Day.

Duration:: 44m
Broadcast on:: 03 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

(upbeat music) - Good morning, Chicago. And welcome to the Captain J. Good morning show on ESPN 1000. And we're streaming on the ESPN Chicago app with David Kaplan, Jonathan Hood with you. We've got Charlie. We've got Jay Moore. We've got you here on this Waddle Wednesday. 312-332-ESPN-33237-7776 is our phone number. Don't forget to watch our shows on YouTube, YouTube.com. Look for ESPN Chicago and hit that subscribe button as well as Twitch.tv/ESP and 1000 Chicago. Make sure Charlie, hit that button. Time and time again to hit that Twitch. As we do here on Captain J. Good. Now still to come, we will get your grilling tips because cap, you know it's Fourth of July. It's time to get that barbecue, that little, that big green egg, whatever you use to get on the grill. ♪ Fire up the grill ♪ (laughing) Yes. ♪ Fire up the grill ♪ That's right. ♪ Said I wanna live on the grill ♪ ♪ Fire up the grill ♪ Fire up the grill everybody. ♪ Fire up the grill ♪ Mm-hmm. ♪ It's my summer ♪ ♪ Fire up the grill ♪ ♪ It's free ♪ That's right, cap. Fire up the grill. As the Fourth of July, cap, you gotta get ready 'cause it's gonna be a great weekend. Yeah, it's gonna be awesome and there's so many different things you could cook on the grill. Like I bought this, it's like a skillet type thing that was on sale at Costco. I bought one to put on the grill. It's just big, like a cast iron. I'll call it like a big plate type thing. It sits on the grill, gets smoking hot. I throw mushrooms on there. I throw onions on there. I throw broccoli on there, a little olive oil. And then off to the side, I do the Italian sausage or the burgers or skirt steak. It's great, great around the holiday weekend. There's so many different things you can do on the grill. You can make some awesome stuff. And it's okay to have some adult beverages because if you're a Cubs or White Sox fan, you need 'em at this time. That is correct. I need to be on the Mike Greenberg plan. Just a couple of weeks away from it and then hopefully training camps will open. The gates will open 'cause this is just bad, cap. It's just bad. It's not just bad baseball, health. You and I have seen it, all of us have seen it if you're a Cubs or White Sox fan. But the point is though, is that it's insulting. It's just bad. It's just no, it's lifeless on both sides. We've seen two last place teams. We've seen the struggle, but man, it's on one side of town, you're spending like a champion and you're not getting championship results. You're not getting a return on your investment as a fan or as, you know, as owners. And the other side, you have an owner that is tenured and has folded his cards a while ago saying we are what we are. We're in last place and there's no feeling of saying as a ball club, we have standards. There are zero standards at this point in time. And let me tell you something. For those at 35th and Vek and other places and high places around the White Sox, you tell me how they're gonna turn this around in five years. You're not just gonna build through the draft. You have to actually spend and have a standard. I don't see the standard yet. - Well, you do have a top 10 farm system now. I went through the rankings after you and I talked the other day about this. Sox are ranked eighth by fan graphs now in the minor league system. And if they do indeed trade Garrett Crochet and/or Luis Robert and whoever else they move out of the team, Eric, Fettie or Brebe or Copec, you're gonna have a top five farm system. Now, what you do with top five farm system remains to be seen because if you go back and the White Sox in 2021 with Tony as manager, I believe won, what, 93 games? Okay, go back and look at that lineup that they had. There was all this hope and the White Sox are gonna take the next step, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and they never did. If you go back and look at those names that were there from Mankata and all these different guys that they had, Abreya was coming off the 2020 season. He was the MVP and you look at where all those guys are and how they have fallen on hard times and how it's never, ever worked. Wow, what? Just because you have a top five farm system does not mean anything unless you've got stars there. - That's right, that's right. And so, I mean, you said everything right there with that sentence. - Here's the lineup. This was the game that the Sox lost. You and I were both there. It was 2021. They lost nine to four to Houston. They finished the regular season, 93 and 69. Starting lineup was Tim Anderson at short. He's now was a Marlin till yesterday. They've released him, designated for assignment. Luis Robert, Jr., Jose Abreya, he's out of baseball. Yasmani Grandal, he's terrible. He's not here anymore. Aloy Jimenez, Vadobiol, Mankata, out. Vadobiol, Andrew Vaughn, horribly disappointing for a guy picked third in the draft. And everyone went, oh, he'll be in and out of the miter's quick. He was, they made him an outfielder, couldn't handle that job, went to play first and he's just never hit like anyone thought he would. They had Adam Eaton at one point on this team. Prior to that, that day they started Leury Garcia and Adam Engel. Their pitching was Gileto, he's gone. Crochet, Ryan Tapera, Aaron Bummer, Craig Kimbrell, Liam Hendrix. All those names are gone from a 93 win team. Yep, it's unbelievable. So, we're talking to you about that. 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6, our phone number started to show talking about, yeah, the white Sox are, you're gonna be a hundred lost ball club, but just the idea that, you know, game is on the line 6-6 in the ninth and there's a fly ball to center field. And Luis Robert Camps underneath it and you think when a runner at third, he at least attempted throw to home plate and-- 3-2, in the air, is it deep enough? Yes, Robert makes the catch. Here comes Jimenez, no throw, Guardians win it. No throw, not even an attempt. Unbelievable, again, was he gonna get him? Probably not, I would say it's 95%, he has zero chance. That does not mean you don't play the game one way, the right way. You round the ball, you come in with a little crow hop, they call it, bam, you let it go as fast and as hard as you can. And when the guy scores, oh well, you gave it the old college try. And just what if the one in a million, Pete Rose talked about this why he always ran every ball out even a grounder back to the pitcher? What if Jimenez stumbled coming off a third? Right. Just what if you look like an idiot in center field standing there with the ball when the guy gets up and crawls his way to the plate? Because he played like a loser. That's what a losing mentality is. It is, Cap, listen, hats off to Robert leading this offense 'cause it's funny, the narrative that's out there is like, well, look what Robert did offensively, he was 64, 65% of the offense. That doesn't mean that matters that he helped the team offensively, but again, it's a not any ball game. It's not like, well, here's what I did offensively, now go get him. Now when the ball comes to me to make a play, well, I did enough. I mean, I'm not gonna throw him out, I'm not gonna exhaust myself. Well, that's not, first of all, that's not leadership. And secondly, that's just a microcosm of White Sox baseball. I mean, just the errors throwing the ball around, I know how many outs there are, and this is on both sides of the town, but as a Sox fan, I'm just speaking as about what I've been seeing all season. And you have Pedro Befal that says, ah, the Robert play overblown. You know, first of all, he's playing in. You know, 'cause he's one of the balls hit 309 feet, 310 feet, he's playing in, he's going back. You know, even if he runs back and comes in, I mean, there's no play there. I mean, we're, if we're gonna dissect that, we're making something out of nothing really, that's not, yeah, but I thought that guy out from there. - Okay, so he's folded his cards too, Cap. That'll be all for Grafaul. - That'll be all. - Yeah. - He should not keep his job. - No, I'm surprised that we're on this morning here on July 3rd in that he's still the manager of this ball club. I know that's not how Jerry operates, but the point is those that even he, as a baseball fan has to be insulted by this. To be insulted by, not just the losing, you gotta lose games, you don't have enough talent, but the way you lose games. - Let me tell you something. - So, I mean, I've known Jerry, Ryan Snorff, a long, long time, a long time. He's a good person, he's loyal to his employees. I've said this consistently. Because you're loyal to your employees, you owe loyalty to the fan that has been watching you for 20, 30, 40, 50. My brother's case, he's 60 years old, 61. And he said, I've been a White Sox fan my entire life. How about a little loyalty to me? That's what I would say to Jerry if we were having a heart to heart, a discussion. It's awesome that you're great to your employees. That's how a boss should be. Loyal, good person to work for, kind, all of that. But you owe that same exact kind of loyalty to the men and women that wear White Sox jerseys. You've got one on right now. Because Bob Hood raised you as a White Sox fan. And you are loyal to your team. He owes that same loyalty that he shows to all the employees that he takes good care of, to the people, the men, the women, the kids, that say, I'm a White Sox fan. And that's my problem with this. They're not trying to win. And I would like someone to explain to me whether they trade crochet or they trade Robert and they get more good prospects. Let's assume they have the number one farm system. They won't, but let's assume that they do. Why should I believe that you're going to spend 'cause you've never done it, that you're going to try and augment them with quality major league players? Like Chris, here's the checkbook. I'm not expecting you to be Steve Cohen. You don't have that kind of money. He's a $20 billion guy. I get it. There are moves that can be made. And if you don't do that, you are not being loyal to the people that buy your tickets, wear your jerseys, wear your hats. That would be my discussion. I would love to have that with him. - And you just be satisfied by just wallering and not even mediocrity, but just being this. I could not own a team and just be this. I couldn't do it, Cap. - Agreed. - And again, maybe I won't spend through the nose like the Dodgers or the Rangers or the Mets or the Padres, but the point is though is that I couldn't be this. Hey, I'm an owner of a baseball team. Oh, I'm special. No, what makes me special is standards and being able to know who you are as a franchise. This whole idea that, well, you know, Sox will turn around in two or three years. How? This ain't the NBA, it's not the National Hockey League. There's more upside with the Blackhawks right now than the White Sox. There's no doubt about that, in my mind. And again, it takes a lot for you to turn it around. You know what turned around for Kansas City? Is that they were, again, just a more of an below average doormat of a organization. One choice of getting Bobby Whit Jr. Adding on to your pitching staff and now there's a above 500 ball club because you have a standard there. We're tired of losing, let's invest in the future. Let's pay through the nose for Whit, and here we go. It's a team that, I'm not saying they're gonna win the World Series, but at least they've turned it around saying we can't get to where we need to be if we don't spend. I just, you know, I just couldn't operate that way. I agree with you, so that would be the discussion I would love to have with Jerry. I don't think he would do that with us, but I would love to see what he would say to me about that. Again, I'm not trying to dog the person. No. I'm dogging how they're doing their business. It's unfortunate, it really, really is unfortunate. And then you look over at the other side of town, they spend way more money than anyone in their division and they're in dead last. They are the third worst team in the National League, only the Rockies and the Marlins are worse. And if you go back to last night, Jonathan, and you look at what they ran out there, Morrell, 195, Swanson, 214, Crow Armstrong, 188, Nido, 202, they pinch hit with a guy who literally has no business being in the major leagues. Myles master bony is hitting 146, 146, and he was a pinch hitter. Pidge hitter, are we kidding? And Amaya 189, it is literally a train wreck. And yet they run basically other than swapping catchers, basically the same lineup out there every single day. Every day. - And just like Ross did last year council, the same way he says, what do you want me to use? This is the roster that's been given to me. What do you want me to do? What can I do to be able and still for this ball club to have some fire? I mean, he's got to say something, yes. But the point is though, the individual players, these high pay players, they ain't doing nothing. They're not doing anything. For a last place team in that payroll, that is shameful to be down there with the Sox and the Rockies and the AEs and teams of that ilk. 312332 ESPN, 3323776 is our telephone number. So we're getting your phone calls. If you're on hold, you will be on the air next. Also, we want to get your grilling tips. Hey, it's the 4th of July. Can you give us one tip, something that you can help people today? Is people helping people? Because, you know, they're going to get on the grill, maybe try some things, give us a tip that we should all know on Captain J. Hood. - Captain J. Hood, I'm back. - Just where I thought I was out. They pulled me back in. - On Chicago's home for sports. - ESPN, Chicago. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - Captain J. Hood on the ESPN 1000 and streaming on the ESPN Chicago app. Captain and I are talking to you about the World of Gun baseball teams that comes in the white Sox. Sox in last place, Cubs in last place. I've had enough of Pedro Grafalle. I've never won to fire coaches, Cap. I think you know that about me and my career. I've never been that guy. 'Cause I know there's many that do what we do for living, made a living off of it being coach killers. I just can't, but this is enough. No standards out there, man. No standards. - You are absolutely correct. No standard of accountability whatsoever. I would have had more respect if Pedro Grafalle would have come to the post game. What do you think about the last play? Look, I'll talk to Luis. We play the game one way here. We play the game the right way. And while the record isn't where we want it to be, we cannot give up on plays like that. I will speak with him. You don't have to be a jerk. You don't have to drive the bus over. I'll speak to him, but trust me, the next time he's in that situation, he will attempt to throw a hole. Hey, buddy, mind, just text me. Roberto Clemente couldn't have thrown him out on that play. That's irrelevant. That is irrelevant. If you told me he made a leap in catch at the wall, yeah, okay, I get it. It was medium center field. You throw the ball home. You learn how to round around it. I mean, what is great? Grady Sizemore, remember him? Yeah, I do. I think he's their outfield coach. Like is he not taught them that? Luis Roberts, a major league player who's an all-star level player. He's been in MVP discussions before. He should know how to catch a ball, have momentum going forward, and fire a seed to the plate. If it's late, it is what it is. But what if, on the off chance, I know it's rare, but remember Ricky Gutierrez falling down around third base? Yes. What if Andres Jimenez, who can run? What if he stumbled? Just what if? Throw the ball home. It'll play like you're giving a losing effort. Tell your buddy, and maybe he doesn't know this. Clemente's dead. 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Arlen Park here is Brett on cap and J-hood. Brett, good morning. Good morning, fellas. How are we? We're great. Thanks for checking in. Good. So I kind of have a question for each of you. Hoodie, is there anyone on the White Sox that you would build around at a certain point? Don't you have to keep some guys and build around someone so that players do want to come play for you? And then cap, on the other side of it, even if the White Sox are throwing money around, does anyone want to go there and play there, even for a few million dollars less, wouldn't you want to go to a team that's stable and not embarrassing, even if, let's say, they pay an extra two or three million than anybody else? I'll hang up and listen to you guys. Thanks for everything. Brett, thank you very much. Well, how do you go first? Well, the answer to the question is, unfortunately, it's 25, but it's Corey Lee. It's Corey Lee. Yeah. I like Corey Lee. Now, it's no one I love cap, but the point is, though, is that I have very few complaints about Corey Lee. And as much as I would love to say, hey, the Sox are going to be in contention in two or three years. Let's make sure we lock in Crochet for the time being. That's just not feasible for this team. It just isn't. As much as I would say, hey, Crochet is going to be someone, let's do it. Mm-mm, that's not where we're going right now. It's going to take some time. Crochet is 25, and he is wild major league baseball based on him never being a starter and doing a great job, but cap, by the time the Sox start winning, Crochet won't be on this team. So I expect him to be gone by July 30th. Yeah, and that's really, really sad when he is in his mid 20s. If you told me he was 31, I get it. Yeah. Not going to win in the next couple of years while I spend that kind of money. This guy's 25 years old. They have done a really good job with him on player development, which, by the way, that was Chris's department. So feathering Chris's cap there on player development. Look, Chris doesn't run the draft. The front of mine said, boy, his draft record's terrible. He doesn't run the draft. Someone else runs the draft. He was in charge before he became GM last year. He was in charge of developing whatever it is they gave him in the minors. Garrett Crochet is absolutely a feathering Chris's cap. He has developed from a guy who was going to be a reliever. Remember? That's what they made him. Then he had Tommy John. And then they said, we're going to turn you into a starter. And they've developed him into a top 10 starter in all of baseball. Flamethrower in the left hander is 25 years old. And you trade him away. Come on now, man. What are we doing here? So we started baseball and grilling. One tip I would have. And if you come to a party early enough to see the meat get on the grill-- Charlie, I don't know if you agree with this or not, Cap. If you're early enough to see them open up the kettle or open up the grill, green egg, whatever. And you see a dirty grill? That gives me pause. I'm like, I don't know if I want to eat on that. Because if you don't start with a clean grill, I'm like, I don't know if I want this. Because that is yesterday's meat. I can get sick from that. So one of the tips, it seems obvious to some, but not to others, clean your freaking grill. I've heard that if you use an onion. If you put an onion on the end of a skew or something like that, you can scrub your grill like that when it's hot. And it'll also impart some oniony flavor. I myself haven't done that because my apartment is about the size of this studio. But I will say, when you know somebody who can grill, you know that, oh, this guy's got it. That's a pretty big game changer. So I guess my tip would be, if you can't grill, find someone who's really good at it. And then just bother them on 4th of July. So in terms of the grill, I will turn it up as high as I can get it before there's anything on it. I will cover the grill with tinfoil. And let that cook and cook and cook. And then I take my grill brush and you've got to have a good grill brush. And boom, I get those grates as clean as I could possibly get them. And then you've got your grill nice and hot. You don't cook at the highest heat either. You do not. But you get it nice and warm, turn it down. And the meat has to sit out a little bit. You can't just take the ground beef out of the fridge and slam it on the grill. No, you've got to let it get to room temperature. You season it and you don't use 50 different seasonings. You don't. Yes. Sea salt, not the Morton iodized salt. No, sea salt, liberally with the salt on both sides of the burger. Good crushed black pepper, like a gourmet black pepper. You get it at the grocery store. Both sides. You let them sit out for a little bit. Onto the grill, they go. They get turned one time. You don't keep flipping it over and pushing it down. All the juice comes out and go, oh, this burger's a little overdone. It's not very juice. No. And one tip that I have used is you take a small ice cube. Small, not a big black eye. Small. It's set it on the top of the burger. And it will melt through the burger. The water will get absorbed. But it keeps your burger even moister. It's good that you mentioned, by the way, avoiding putting cold foods on the grill. The idea that people, like you said, right out of the freezer, right out of the fridge, and then boom, right in on the-- you just don't do that. Let it be on the counter for a little bit, so it can cook more evenly. So that's-- That is correct. Yeah. Mike in Evergreen Park on ESPN 1000. Hey, Mike. Hey, what's going on, guys? Hey. What do you think of the onion trick? So the onion trick is a winner. What you've got to do is you've got to hit it with a little bit of olive oil. You know, cut the onion right in half, hit it with a little bit of olive oil. Maybe use a rag. I don't use the skewer. It's just a little too flimsy for me. You know, a little clean rag on the outside. You just scrub that puppy. And of course, this is after-- you know, I always turn my grill to the highest heat cap. Scrape that stuff off. Let it cool down a bit. But you've got to have those-- you've got to get those grates a little oil for everything and putting it on there. And if you don't have-- and thanks for the call. If you don't have one of those, like, grill, like cast iron plates that I use on my grill for the onions and the mushrooms and the peppers and whatever it is you cook. I don't eat peppers. I hate bell peppers in any kind. So I'm so does my wife. So we don't use peppers, but we-- the onions and the mushrooms, et cetera. You could also just take tin foil. I take, like, a piece. I fold it over, and then I put everything in there. Olive oil, a little bit of pepper, a little bit of salt. Seal it up and drop it on the grill. And it will cook beautifully for you. Are you guys propane or charcoal, guys? I am-- I have a gas line, not a tank, a gas line. Because the worst is if you don't have a backup tank and you're cooking and all of a sudden, oh, we're out of gas. That's the worst. Yeah, charcoal and wood, Jay Moore, if I'm going to be able to do that, try to use both. It's so funny. During these times, I think about my late father, Cap, because the barbecue grill that we had was not something that you got from the true value or from the store. That old man cut an old-- the old garbage can barrel, as you remember, right? We used to have barrels. Yeah, we had one. He cut it in half, man. He cut that thing in half and made himself a lid and a handle. And he'd cook right out of there. And you talk about a guy-- he didn't have much patience for me, but he had patience to cook. That's for sure. And you're waiting around for three plus hours like, is it ready yet? Not yet. Go play. All right, sorry. He took his time with it, man. And let me tell you something. You talk about restaurant quality, top not notch. He made sure he was meticulous and making sure that it was well done and ready to go. He was great on the grill. No question. Yeah, I would love to have met him. Oh, he was just fantastic. Wasn't very patient with me, and you can understand that. I mean, working with me every day. But as far as his grilling, no shot. He was doing just fine. Thank you. Little Sox game on the radio and just pulling up the old umbrella, the old crank umbrella. Yep, I have one of those still. By the way, you mentioned the White Sox. A former professional coach, head coach, is listening to the show. He thinks he knows more than he probably should when he opines on baseball. Just listen to baseball coach. Take that. Pedro should have gone to the presser and said, that has already been addressed with Lewis. Luis, that's it. I agree. We've already addressed about the last play, Pedro. That's already been addressed. I already spoke to him. It won't happen again. Period, and move on. I agree. That's a legitimate point. Yeah, absolutely. I'm sure that this former professional athlete who is texting me here, I'm sure he had to be addressed several times by his coaches. We appreciate the thoughts from Dr. Bruce Kaplan. All right, coming up. More of your phone calls coming up. 3-1-2-3-3-2-E-F-P-S-E-S-E-S. And so. 3-3-0. [LAUGHS] Take that, Edzo. I'm just asking the question. I think I would have said that. I don't know. I don't know. But I'm just asking the question. Take that, Edzo. That's what Edzo would say. I don't know if I would have done that. But I'm just asking the question. Should have you been there. Why would you pass in the neutral zone like that, Eddy? Take a seat on the bench. 3-1-2-3-3-2-3-7-7-6 is our phone number. Captain Jhood. Week day morning, 7 to 10. Here is to Dave's headline, headline with Captain Jhood. Well, it was a rough night for the Chicago baseball teams. Again, Cubs fall to the best team in all of MLB. That would be the Philadelphia Phillies loaded with stars. They were without two of them. Schorber and Harper did not play there on the injured list. Phillies win 6-4. Michael Mercado making his Major League debut allowed just two hits. And one run. Cubs did get a meaningless three run home run in the night to draw close, but lose 6-4. They're back at it again tonight. Against maybe the Phillies' best pitcher, Zach Wheeler, Cubs will counter with their second best pitcher, Shota Imunaga on the bump from Ridley. White Sox right here on ESPN-1000 will have pregame at 5 o'clock, 5-40 first pitch from Cleveland. They fell last night to the Guardians on a walk-off sack fly that Luis Robert decided not to even attempt a throw home. Not that they would have gotten him. It's how you play the game. He did not play it with a winning mentality. He did have four RBIs in the ball game. And LeBron James has resigned a two-year deal one year with a player option for a second year for $104 million. With the Los Angeles Lakers, his son has agreed to his deal fully guaranteed three-year contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, Jay Moore. Follow Chicago's home for sports on Twitter at ESPN-1000. Kat and Jay Hood are back on ESPN-Chicago. Chicago's home for sports. Hi everybody and welcome in to The Cat for Jay and Boarding Show here on ESPN-1000. And straight ago, the ESPN-Chicago app. You're unhold you will be on the air, but Kat, you know we don't have the Friday folder because we're not going to be on the air on Friday. Correct us. But how would they be? That's true. But we do have some topics we haven't gotten to, so it's time to play the wheel. The wheel. Now, this is not Jay Moore's favorite segment for a reason. It's because he has to be the one to drag the wheel out of the closet behind him. So he's not happy. He always gives me that look. I was like, hey, maybe we'll do the wheel. So I know it's heavy. I'm glad it's here. Jay Moore, so let's spin the wheel and see what we have. Things we didn't get to. Wheel of topics. Angel Reese. How about that? How about Angel Reese getting to the All-Star game? Yeah, only two rookies are going. And it's the two most high-profile rookies in the league. Our own Angel Reese from the Chicago Sky and Caitlyn Clark, who played in front of a record-setting crowd last night in Vegas. Kelsey Plum dropped 34 in a, I think, 88-69 win over the Indiana fever. So you'll have Caitlyn Clark and Angel Reese on the WNBA All-Star team, and they're going to take on Team USA. So it'll be WNBA All-Stars versus the Olympic team. And wouldn't that be cool if the WNBA stars upset him? How about this? I want to give you just a juxtaposition real quick. The top vote getter in 2023 for the WNBA All-Star game was Asia Wilson. She had 9,500 votes. Caitlyn Clark, 700,000, 735 votes. So there's even more of an investment, right? Caitlyn Clark was number one, and Angel Reese was number five. And Caitlyn said last night she got to the game in Vegas, and they had, I think, had a pool party for the team like the day before. And she was having a great time. And she said, I got there, and there was like 5,000 people around the court to watch the warm up. And she said, the energy in Vegas was just unbelievable. They have a great team. Kelsey Plums, a great player. Like she says all the right things. But it was like Steph Curry when he comes to the United Center. There's 5,000 people there when the gates open so that they can watch his warm. Angel Reese, I'm becoming an All-Star. We won today, but they just told me I'm an All-Star. And I mean, I'm just so happy. I know the work I put in. Coming into this league, so many people doubted me and didn't think my game would translate. And I wouldn't be the player that I was in college or it better or would be worse and wouldn't be where I am right now, but I trust across this. And I believed. And I'm thankful that I dropped to 7, and was able to come to Chicago. And like, it's just a blessing. I can't think my teammates and my coaches enough or just believe in me trusting me. I know all of them are going to come to Phoenix and support me, so I'm really happy. All right. Angel Reese, All-Star. OK, more. USA Man Soccer. Cap, let me-- Wake me up when you're done. Well, no problem. I'll be glad to carry it. Let me just tell you something. The idea that the United States Soccer, Charlie, is so substandard. They brought in a coach that couldn't get it done the last time in Berlhalter. They did the investigation on a rabbit search looking for a new head coach for US men's soccer. And they ended up with Berlhalter again. Yeah, they spent like a million dollars on the survey. Oh, he's awake. I did a search to find out who the best guy is, and it turns out it's me. That's basically what they did. [LAUGHTER] Wake up, Bennett. Charlie. That's what it feels like they did. You know, I did all the research, and it turns out I am the perfect guy for this job. Cap, you don't have to be a soccer fan to know how embarrassing that is. And I know that's American pride going through my veins. But the point is, is that if the United States, you should be the standard, not under someone's shoe against Uruguay. Is that what it was? They lost to Panama. Panama? Yeah. Not great. It's unbelievable. I mean, that's what's bad. We don't have to be like chapter and verse but every player. But just know that you lost again. Not going to even be in the mix. [PHONE RINGING] 2.2 million. Oh my god. 3. [PHONE RINGING] J. Moore. J.D. Martinez. So J.D. Martinez needed new spikes, new cleats to play. And Adidas said, oh, we can't get him there fast enough. Your owners were $20 billion. He's one of your better players. You've been playing good baseball. Charter a plane and go get the shoes. Nope. He ordered him on Amazon. And now he's got an ankle that's causing him problems from the shoes he had to sit out last night. You're going to have multiple shoes. It's like a basketball player, Cap, right? Don't you have multiple shoes in your locker? I remember Michael Jordan blew out a pair of shoes one day. We're at a tour on the side when he made a cut. He just went to the bench. And I think John Ligmanowski, the equipment guy back then, he wouldn't got him another pair of shoes out of the light. Here you go. Yes. I just don't understand. [MUSIC PLAYING] Tim Anderson, man. Aww. Wow. What a fall from Grace, Cap. The Miracule Hit King, the hero in the field of dreams game against the Yankee. Change the game guy. The man who I interviewed him for the first time when he's a rookie and asked me, do we need to talk baseball? I don't like baseball. Say what? He goes, I don't like baseball. Let's talk about fashion. And I want to be an entrepreneur. But he grew to love the game. And now he's out of it. Out, he was signed a one-year deal with the Marlins for $5 million. And he's been horrible. Absolutely horrible. I don't believe he hit a home run. This was a batting champion. And he has fallen on super hard times. And he's designated for assignment. He's available to anybody. Cap, out of the game. Yeah. If you can't play for the Marlins, you know it's bad. Bad. And you're making no money. It's not like, all right, we traded you. Somebody took your contract. Get out. That's what they said. Get out. An agent of change. Tim? Yeah. They need to see you in the office. Oh, my god. The Marines of all teams were like, no thank you. He's designated you for assignment. Good luck. Man, oh, man. All right, can we do a one more spin? Jay Moore, is there anything left on the wheel? Yes. All right, couple of them, all right. Show me the lid. Show Aotani. Show Aotani. Show Aotani. Can hit all those home runs in games, Cap, but doesn't want to be part of the home run derby. Well, because of his rehab from Tommy John, his medical staff did not advise him being in a home run derby swinging out of his, you know what? With the surgically repaired elbow, as he has just begun his throwing program to ramp up to be a starter next year. So I have no problem that he's sitting on. This point I'd love to watch, but I understand it. That guy, so he's only good for four bats a game, but not for a whole derby. Well, you swing like a maniac in a derby. It's totally different. And they are trying to win a world series. He did sign a $700 million deal, and he does not need the nonsense that we would have all enjoyed in the home run derby, especially if the doctors are saying, no, do not do that. I get it. So, Charlie, if I give you Aaron Judge or Show Aotani, who's the better player? I mean, I would still say Show A even without the pitching, but look, man, if you have two, your two biggest stars are in LA and New York. I know we all talk about how to fix baseball and this and that, but like, that's pretty cool that both the two biggest guys in the sport are in opposite coast, biggest cities. Let me read you something about your camera. Aaron Judge, last 50 games. Pretty good sample size, like a third of a season. Yeah. He's hitting. Let me make sure I get this right. $3.98, $5.07, $9.32 is his slash line. That's a $14.39 OPS. That is the highest OPS over any 50 game season span by any right-handed hitter ever, ever. That's amazing. That's incredible. And you know, if you put Frank Thomas's numbers up there, Frank Thomas, I think, is the best right-hand hitter that I've seen in my lifetime. This 50 game span is the best I've ever seen. So you could put Frank, Manny Ramirez, and Aaron Judge, and those three for me are the three of the four on the Mount Rushmore best right-handed hitters. I want you to think about this cap when it comes to Judge. Here's a Yankee team that's struggling, but yet Judge continues to maintain offensively. Unreal. It's really amazing numbers. It is incredible what he has pulled off. All right, my friend, we will go to the cap and J-hood cut of the day. Next on Chicago's Home for Sports. [MUSIC PLAYING] Captain J-hood, I'm back. We are back, baby. We are back. We are back. On Chicago's Home for Sports, ESPN Chicago. It is now time for the classic cap and J-hood cut of the day. Oh, God. Where is this headed? I don't know. Brought to you by Chicago cuts. Hey, Kyle, it's on the south, north side of the Chicago River. Simply spectacular. J-board. Yo. Yes, it's boring, but it's a sport. Oh! Whatever. Got it. It's not boring. OK, then you're boring. All right. [MUSIC PLAYING] And then we've had another guy come in, and he ate-- I want to say, it was like four pounds of poutine. I love rubbing and touching my meat. It was disgusting to watch. Oh, my God. J-more how many pounds of poutine have you eaten over the years? Come on, man. I know what you go with. I'm just asking the question. Four pounds of poutine? I have no problem. OK. None. I would say I've had my share. That is for sure. And I've enjoyed it very much. Thank you very much, Rasta. I tried poutine. I disagree. I've had my share, Cap. It's delicious. Where? Like, why? Do they have it around here? College, you know, years ago, senior year-- senior year-- senior year at school. May hood cook poutine? [LAUGHTER] Your mom? Poutine. Wouldn't know that I would not know, Cap. Probably not. And that's all, folks. The Cap and J-hood, kind of the day. Brought to you by Chicago Cut Steakhouse. Beautiful day. Got a holiday week. Treat yourself. Chicago Cut Steakhouse and asked to sit on their amazing patio. Best view in the city, burn up. Treat yourself, fool. That's it. Hello, Joey Jean. Good morning, gentlemen. How are you? Good evening. How are you? Joey. What's happening? Did you get your bad cap? I finally did. Yes, I did. OK, good, good for you. Onion, 100%. The big Spanish white onion, cut it in half. You stick a pitchfork in it like you're going to turn steaks, and you rub it up and down your grates on the grill. And you'll get a little seasoning from that, also. So, Cap, that gas in the ground has been a 30-year invention. You get the gas from your house. Yeah. Woody. Yes. charcoal? Yes. I knew it. Oh, my son. Well, of course, I mean, it's a family tradition. It's the old school tradition. It's wood. It's rolled up newspaper. It's charcoal. Anything to get to find that. Yeah, you got to wipe that fire. Yeah. But anyway, it's a happy Independence Day. To you and your family, Cap, I know you're going to enjoy yourself. Yes, sir. Start cheering a couple of minutes. Sail out of my sister real quick, Jerry. OK. Hi, Jerry. How are you? I'm good. Happy fourth. All right, happy fourth to you. Good luck there with Joey. You keep Joey in line, will you? I've been doing it all my life. God bless. That's fantastic. Ah, family. Ah, the fourth. That's fantastic. There you go. Sylvie weighed in and said, I was talking about my dad. I have very little patience with me as a kid, but he was having patience to grill. Sylvie says, all dads of the 70s had very little patience. That is the case. There you go. And a Netflix tip. What does that show? F is for family on Netflix with Bill Burr. I highly suggest if you remember growing up in the 70s, this shows for you. F is for family on Netflix. It reminds you of our childhood. It's amazing. Yeah, the patience thing, maybe some of that was our fault, but the dads had very little patience. We thank you for listening and calling. We hope that you have a great fourth of July. Thank you, Charlie. Thank you, Jay Moore. Hey, Cap, why don't we do this Monday? Monday, rock and roll. Ready to go, everybody? Please have a safe and wonderful fourth of July. So long, everybody. Take that. - From Chicago.