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Go to linkedin.com/results to claim your credit. That's linkedin.com/results. Terms and conditions apply. Linkedin, the place to be to be from Holy swung on, hick through the left side and a base hit. Meryl rounding third on his way. Green throws got no shot and Fernando is back. Tati wins it for the Padres. They mob him on the left side of the infield. A walk off single in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Padres beat the Tigers six to five. They will take their brooms out here tomorrow night. And hopefully they'll be able to use them after the game later today. Jesse Agler of course there on the Padres Radio Network with Tony Gwen Jr. Last night Fernando Tati Jr. surprising to many his first career walk off hit. It's very surprising to me. You know, we haven't talked about the controversy of, you know, walking a rise. And AJ Hinch, like Tony and I said at the beginning, they didn't, they couldn't win. Arise is the best singles hitter in baseball and a single wins the game. So you had to take your chances righty on righty with a guy that's been on the injured list for three months. Yeah. So I don't think AJ Hinch made the wrong decision, but I just wanted to point out for those analytic folks. Here we go. Who don't think Luis Arise carries any value whatsoever. I just, it's not true. He does carry value and that was that showed it. Do you think that no value at all, they wouldn't even think about, you know, whether they want to face one of the most dynamic players in baseball, Fernando Tati Jr., but Luis Arise does have value. Luis Arise gets hit. He's on base all the time. He's a lefty, right? Yeah. So do you think it was more of a tip of the cap by AJ Hinch that, hey, we are more afraid of you, Luis Arise, than we are Fernando because it changed the whole dynamic of the house. Of course it was. Of course it was the, I mean, that was just, that was his choice. Who am I more afraid of? I can, I can either take a guy who's the best singles hitter in the game where a single beats me or I can take a chance with a guy that although dynamic and a superstar has been rusty, you know, sitting, you know, idly by for the last three months, Luis Arise is much more dangerous in that spot. And so AJ Hinch made the decision. But my thing is, is the analytics people tell me over and over and over again that Luis Arise is an totally inconsequential player and I just can't stand hearing it all the time. No, I'm with you. He's not inconsequential. No, he's far from that, but his war is 0.7. His war is the same as, I don't know, that's why the war statistic doesn't work. It does not work. It's not taking into account. I don't think it works either. I don't think it works either. Well, I don't think it well, people who follow it and live by it will tell you that it's a good way to like look at two players real quick. Okay. This guy versus this guy. It's not a good way to look up two players because, for example, Jackson Merrill 3.7 Mason win 4.5. Who's better? I'm not knocking Mason win, but who's better? Just give your, do the eye test. Who's better? Who's been better? Who's been more clutch? And I know Mason win plays shortstop and plays a well, yes, he does. Some make some great plays against the Padres as a matter of fact, and they had a really good series against the Padres, but you've got to be kidding me. If you're going to look in the mirror without, you know, laughing, if you think Mason wins at a better year than Jackson Merrill, but that's what war tells you. It does. So that's why I can't stand that. You know, we've really taken, we've really taken our hatred to war for you to stop it. That's all right. You could feel that way. I know, but I'm overdoing it. Somebody did, you know, put out a good tweet last night in response to my tweet about the war war. What is it good for? I see that too. Yeah. Absolutely. Absolutely nothing. Okay. Let's get into some winners. Losers. Actually, we didn't make any selections last night, but we have some good ones for tonight because the NFL was built on gambling. So might as well get to our daily gambit then. Do you like money? I think about money a lot. Do you like money without doing anything? The winning. Do you want to make money while watching sports? I think Washington is immortal luck. Washington. Woohoo! If you answer yes, this is your segment. Just don't blame us when you lose. Nothing is ever your fault. It's your game. Take it. Gwen and Chris go through the top best of the day in the Daily Gambit on 97.3 The Fan. Daily Gambit is our daily sports bag segment here on Gwen and Chris. Please everybody gamble responsibly. Now someone on the chat said that their girlfriend is listening for the first time, Chris, and said I sound like Patrick Mahomes, so I need to really get my voice level down. You sound like, I can't do Patrick Mahomes, Kermit the Frog voice. I said it before, I will never do his voice again, so I cannot do his voice again. I'm a man of my order. I don't see you doing Patrick Mahomes again. All right. Well, I have been called Kermit the Frog many times, actually. Wow. Okay. We didn't make any bets as Chris said, but I have a few prop bets. But let's go, well, do you want to go with my prop bets or do you want to go with yours? No, do what you got, I mean, look, the NFL season is starting. So what do you have there? All right. Exciting? Exciting? Exciting? Yeah. Yes, I'm going to have Patrick Mahomes over under 271 passing year in a half passing yards today, Chris. Over under. What does that mean? Over or under? Over under. Do you think Patrick Mahomes has over? Oh, do I think? Yeah. 271 and a half. No. Really? Say under. Okay. I'm going to go under as well. Okay. You're stunned that I went under and then you did the same thing. Do you think Rashi Rice, Rashi Rashi over under 62 and a half receiving yards? I'm going to say he goes over. He's the big breakout guy for Kansas City. It's also an idiot. He is. Anybody that drives their car into a pile of people and then lies about, sorry, I can't get behind them. I just can't. So under. Under. Because I'm mad at him still. You're still mad at him. Yeah. Holding a bridge. I didn't get him. Okay. But I will tell you this as much as I matted him if he had fallen to me, I probably would have taken him. Probably is pretty good. He's pretty good. A heartbeat. It's pretty good. A heartbeat. Yeah. All right. Here's a fun one that, you know, is kind of random. Derek Henry over under eight and a half receiving yards. Yeah. Because he doesn't ever catch the ball right now, but if he catches one right, he catches one. He busts a tackle. He's over eight and a half. Yeah. I'll say he's over. I say Baltimore. They're going to dial up the screen and then playbook. Yeah. They're going to dial up the screen. I say over as well. And the final one is going to be Lamar Jackson over under 47 and a half rushing yards in the game. I'm going to say he goes under in his first game, no way. Take off, going to run around and you know, he's going to be a bluer. He's going to be a bluer. He may do it on the first play of the game. So I'm going to say over. You're going to say over. I say that's why I hate betting under on a Lamar Jackson rushing total because he can beat it at any moment. Yes, he can. In one run. Yes, he can. All right. That's it for me. Is he the greatest running quarterback? Is there really anyone that should be even in the conversation with them? Michael Vick. Yeah. Very good. But Lamar Jackson. You know, for what that's worth, so somewhat of a redemptive story, but I don't know that he ever won MVP, did he? Michael Vick. Yeah, I don't think so. Yeah. So that Lamar Jackson's won it twice now. Twice. Yeah. He'd like to win some rings though. All right. What do you got? Kansas City minus three over Baltimore. Who are you picking here to win the game or win the when the spread? Spread. I'm going to go with the Ravens Baltimore plus three. Yep. I'm also going to take Baltimore plus three. Baltimore. I feel a Baltimore win tonight. Okay. 47 points over under total over under 47 points. You know, it's funny. I mean, we talk about trying to hit a parlay. Just try to hit one of those. Pick the spread and the over under the game. You can't even do that. That's how hard it is. Yep. So we're both taking Baltimore. I'm going to say Baltimore 47 points 24 21 is not even enough. I'm going to say under Baltimore and under for me. What are you doing? I think it's going to be like 21 17. Well, that's under. So I'm going to say under. I knew you're not a good at math. So I have to help you. Thank you. All right. We're both saying Baltimore and under. So you can pretty much count on it being Kansas City and over. Derek Henry's rushing total is 64 and a half. Yes. 64 and a half. Yeah. What do you think about Derek Henry there? I don't know. He's going to get the 64 and a half rushing yards. I'm going to say under. Under. 64 and a half. He's going to have a 64 yard reception. You know, it's funny. The Chiefs defense was awesome last year. When everybody forgets it, everybody thinks it was all my homes who won the Super Bowl and he did his thing. Yeah. But Kansas City's defense was great last year and that's why they won the Super Bowl ultimately. Having said that, Derek Henry goes over over this Ravens debut. Okay. Travis Kelsey, 56 and a half yards. I think we've seen the best. Which is the same. I believe it's the same total as times we see Taylor Swift on camera, 56 and a half going over under on that. I'm going to go see, I'm not sure yet which Travis Kelsey we're going to get. If we're going to get the falling off, I'm getting older Travis Kelsey or Super Bowl Travis Kelsey. It was unguardable. I'm not going to bet against him in the opener with the national audience. I'm going to go over over. Okay. I'll say under. Jessica Pagula. Wow. U.S. Open Women's Semifinal. She's in her first ever semi-final. She's the daughter, you know, the Buffalo Bills ownership. Okay. Jessica Pagula. All right. Number six seed. Taking on unceded Carolina Mugava. Mugava. Mugava is a very good player, been in the semi-finals of a major before but not seeded because of injuries, etc. Neither player has lost a set yet in the tournament as they meet in the semi-final tonight. Pagula is a two and a half game favorite. I'm taking Mugava. I think she's a, she's got a little more experience at this, at this level. Even though Pagula is the seeded player, I'll take Mugava here with the, with the games. What about you? Yeah. You got Buffalo Bill Blood Buffalo Bill Blood, they do get, they get a little tense around this time, don't they? Yeah. I'm going to go with Mugava. You're going to get Mugava also. Mugava. Okay. Double Mugava. Oh, Mugava. Mugava, Mugava. Yeah. It's M-E-U-C-H-O-V-A. Oh, okay. Most people think it's muchova, but it's certainly not that. You show. Yes, not that. I would have said that. Okay. On the men's side, tomorrow, I'm really looking forward to it, but it's not till tomorrow night, so we'll talk about it tomorrow. Okay. But Fritz is going to play Tiafo, the two U.S. players in the semi-finals tomorrow evening. But, tomorrow afternoon, the top seed, Janik Sinner, Lecheeta, takes on Nachita, but Cheetah. Oh. Takes on... Oh, I think the volume is higher to kill. Takes on 25th seed, Jack Draper, of Great Britain, who got all the way to the... Got all the way to the... Yeah. Draper's in the final four. Taking on Sinner, though, over under 35 and a half games for the match. Four sets would probably get you right around 35. If it goes five sets, it's going over for sure. Well... If it goes three sets, it's going under for sure. Sinner is juicing. So... Cheetah, I think that he's going to take care of business early against Mr. Draper. So you might go under. I'm going to go under also. I think Draper's met his match here. Sinner wins easily. And tonight, Padres Tigers eight runs. Over under. What do you think? Oh my gosh. Oh, I got to go first in one of these. Okay, you go. Martine Perez. Mmm. Yeah. I'm going to go over. I don't think Martine's. I think Martine had a little magic there when he first got here. I did too. He may go five innings, four runs tonight, and then the Padres will, you know, come back and... You know what? The Padres style somewhere. Probably. When they do every night. Yeah. The Padres are going to be riding high today. So I'm going to go under. Under. Perez. I mean, I'm saying that he's going to have a good start. My team Perez. Got it. All right, we'll see how our picks do. Tomorrow. We have a full show tomorrow. Where the Padres were in San Fran tomorrow night. They're here. The game. Oh, that's right. San Fran is here. San Fran right now is still 2-2 in the ninth inning. Top of the ninth inning. Diamondbacks batting against the Giants. Still 2-2 there in San Francisco. I had my San Francisco friend draft last night, fans of football draft, and all of them were just complaining about the Giants. And... Do they want to run Bob Melvin out of town? Yes, they do. Want to run it. Maybe Bob. It's pretty funny because Bob Melvin also managed on the other side of the bay. And he was really good. He was really good. He was really good. He was really good. With less help. And I remind everybody around here who's not a Bob Melvin fan and you know who you are out there. Yeah. Yeah. All right. I just remind you, all of you, that when the Padres got within a couple of games of the World Series a couple of years ago, the manager was Bob Melvin. He was. And I know you forgot about that because they didn't get anywhere last year. But he still took them places they've rarely gone. He did. But I will be the Devil's Advocate and say what everybody else will say. Well he was still the manager when he didn't put Josh Hader into face-price Harper and left wherever Suarez in to give up a home run. Okay. So all of a sudden now people are Josh Hader fans. When it fits the argument, yes, Chris. That's right. When it fits the argument. Yeah. Really, they're fine with Bob Melvin staying one more year. But they're really. Giant's had a lot of anxiety. They had a lot of injuries though this year. I mean, in fairness to the Giants, they did. By the way, Blake Snell started that game today for the Giants. One inning allowed two runs through 42 pitches. Man was done. Was he injured? Not that we know of. I haven't seen any bulletin of any kind. So why don't you go out there and put some more innings up Blake Snell? That was it for Blake. Like really? Yeah. 42 pitches. One inning today. I'll take it. If the Giants. I won't take it. I needed him to go six shutties today. We needed a win from the Blakester. I need to help the cause. See, I was just bringing that because Giants fans are talking about that. And as we were talking about Far Hands I 80, Fernando hits the walkoff and they're like, just be quiet. Just be quiet. I don't want to hear it right now. We know the Padres are good. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Giant fans don't want to hear from you at the moment. All right, Giants are now coming to bat in the bottom of the ninth. Still tied it to we'll keep you updated there and we'll keep you rolling here after check a traffic. From the mind of a two foot tall talking spokespuppet comes this year's biggest challenge. It's time for Bob's dare to compare. The hottest game show on TV that asks what happens when you compare Bob's to the competition? You get style. You get quality. You get beeps and boops and dings and whops. Thousands of dollars in savings. 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Padre's are now a game ahead of the Diamondbacks at the moment. They're only three up on Atlanta and three and a half on the Mets. Mets don't play tonight. Braves have the Rockies at home, so you can imagine what's going to happen there. You know, the Rockies only jump up when they're playing the Padres, but, you know, it still behooves the Padres to stick with us here, you know, they're playing unbelievable and they've been unbelievable for, you know, two months, but they got to finish this because the Braves and the Mets and, you know, even Arizona lost today, but those teams aren't going away. No. Yeah, the Padres have a, you know, an unforeseen slip up here, you know, those teams could still get back in it. So, you know, when tonight, keep on winning, got the Giants coming in this weekend. So it's going to be, keep it going. The rest of the month outside of maybe the White Sox series is going to be like, interesting, tough baseball. Well, you know, the last six games are going to be really fun. Oh, yeah. They really are. I mean, at L.A., you hope that you still have an outside shot to catch the Dodgers or four and a half back right now. It's not impossible. It'd be nice to go up there and, you know, win two out of three and close within like a game. Yep. But the final weekend in Arizona, I mean, you might just be playing for a home field advantage. You could be. Which is a, I think it's a big deal. I know the Padres are a great road team that, and they are, they're the best by a long shot on the road. Still rather play the, you know, three game series here at Petco Park. I will take. I just were. Are you kidding me? This place would be awesome, just like it did during the N.L.D.S. with against the Dodgers, just like it did in the N.L.C.S. even though they love the series against the Cardinals, even though there was no fans. I was on fire. I was lucky enough to see for you or they're back flipping person. Right. And there was no one at those games. Yet the, the buzz in this town was off the charts off the charts with no attendance. People were driving around downtown because it was crazy and that it was all socially distant. It was crazy. Yeah. So yeah, play them here as much as you possibly can. Um, I got, I got your guy, Russell Wilson. He's not my guy. He's Tony's guy. But Tony's not here. So I got to blame you. He's already making excuses for how he, why he's going to stink this season says his calf is starting to bother him. Oh, gosh. I love people who do this ahead of an opening game. You're building in excuses. Now who would you rather have Russell Wilson or Lamar Jackson? Here's what Lamar Jackson said. Listen to this. It was in the Washington Post and apparently this interview took place a few months ago, but it was just published today. Lamar Jackson quote about losing to the chiefs in the AFC championship game last year. Lamar Jackson said, we would have won the damn game. If I would have been able to move around for my guys with me just hurting and I can't move, I know if my legs were good, we would have won that bleep. We wouldn't have even had to throw that bleep in ball. Okay. I don't, I don't. You know, you don't want to keep doing bleepin. Yes. But here's my thing. Lamar Jackson is basically ahead of tonight's game, putting a target on his back by coming out and saying we should have beat the chiefs and in a healthy me, we would have. He has no reason to say that at this point other than to get the chiefs a little ticked off about it. It's pretty dumb. Right? I don't necessarily, but I'd rather, but I'd still rather have Lamar Jackson on my side than a guy who's already making excuses for why his season is going to be terrible. Well, isn't that why? Isn't that what Lamar Jackson did? The reason we lost the game is because I was hurt. Okay. Well, then are you actually hurting your team by being out there Lamar? Would you guys have been better off with someone else playing quarterback? Certainly Ricky Huntley would have, whoever they, Tyler, Tyler, I don't even know the Ravens backup as honestly, he's not, he's not on the team anymore. Yeah. Whoever they're back a bit. I don't like that. What do you, what do you like, what do you dislike more? Russell Wilson already making excuses for why he's going to be terrible or Lamar Jackson making an excuse for a game that was played five months ago against an opponent he has to play again tonight. I, who's dumber? Well, I think Lamar Jackson is, I think Lamar Jackson's dumber, but I dislike Russell Wilson more. See, I don't like coming out before you start and already saying I'm hurt, but was he just asked like, how's your calf or something? And then they, all right, let me, all right. Let me, you know what? In the fairness of being fair, we got a ride, Chris. Let's ride. I know. I, I'm sure that he was asked about his personal, let me just see what it says to the season or something. He was, he was limited in practice. There you go. Coach Mike Tomlin said he won't say when Wilson informed him of the tightness in his calf, core of the quarterback will be further evaluated. Tomlin said his calf got tight, so we want to exercise some precaution. Wilson was initially scheduled to speak with the media, but delayed his availability to tomorrow. So he didn't really say anything. It was Mike Tomlin who said, see, there you go. He had Mike Tomlin deliver his excuse. I really love Mike Tomlin and I love our boss, Michael Valenzuela and they're, you know, Steelers in the world. I just can't get behind anything with Russell Wilson right now. I just cannot do it. I'd, I'd like to try, but I can't. Yeah, me neither. Hooky-doke. We'll take a break. When we come back, big five time, Tony's back for that. So see what's on our mind as the Gwyn and Chris show rolls on. It's that time of the show when we check on the latest in sports, only the most important topics and questions are brought to light. Stop what you're doing and listen. These news stories will astound and amaze you. The one, the only. Oh my God. Who the hell cares. The Big Five starts now on 97th Ray the fan. Well, Tony's down there at Petco Park and it's really hot outside. Chris and I are in the sauna that is the Odyssey Palace. Chris, I'd rather be in the studio or the booth with Tony, honestly, at least there's Aaron. There's Aaron circulation in here at least. We are in an absolute sauna recording this Big Five today, so really it says on the wall 81 degrees right now and the 81 inside is not good and more humidity and so by the end of this Big Five, I want to be salty. No matter what the question is, it's salty. Alright. Number five. Last night we saw the Greek God for Nando Tati's Junior running around the field with this shirt off and I couldn't help but think about the time jerks and pro far walked into off against the Nationals and the Nationals took exception. I think the Tigers could feel the same way. I'm not sure if they're going to feel the same way. Tony, do you think the Tigers are going to take exception to Fernando Tati's Junior's celebration? No. Tati's celebration was like standard celebration with the exception of they added the, I would say it's like 2017 shredder where they kind of shredded his uniform on there. Outside of that, that's pretty standard for what most guys are doing on a walk off non-home run. You know, it's usually a little, some form of jumping around somewhere in the middle of the field. I think what the, I think what the national take exception to is that they felt like it was directed at them on their side. I mean, jerks in at one point was on the third base side foul, foul territory and was pumping up the crowd. You know what I'm saying? So I guess for them it was a little too close comfort, I guess, but you know, I think everybody thinks that they jumped out the window on that one and probably overreacted. Yes, I think so. Chris, do you think the Tigers are going to take exception? I don't think they have a right to take exception. Then I really didn't think the Nationals had a whole lot of right to take exception either. So, you know, this is standard fair now in baseball, you know, walk off hits or celebrations. I mean, you get, it's a party on the mound, you know, or in jerks and pro-farts case, a party over the third baseline. And I don't blame Fernando getting the shirt off because, you know, you're going to get Gatorade dumped all over here so you might as well, you know, be free of some of the clothing. You know, this was a big moment for him last night, it was a big win for the team we talked about earlier. You know, this is first ever walk off hit he's ever had, which is insane, very surprising to a lot of people. And you know, we all know that he, you know, he said so. He took exception to the fact that they walked the guy ahead of him to face him. So he had every right to be as excited as he could and I think the Tigers probably understand that A.J. Hinch is, you know, this is a guy better, it shouldn't really say too much. You know, the old glass houses thing, I think A.J. was the manager of the Astros. Trash was. He was. Trash was. So he's eliminated. Yeah. He can't complain ever again. That's right. That's his penalty. That's his penalty. That's right. That's right. Alright. Number four. Now Tony, we did actually talk about Whit Maryfield being unhappy yesterday with pitchers and baseball throw and heat rather than actually locating the pitch in the zone. We will get your opinion when we have a little bit more time because this I think is going to live on for a little bit. And I was thinking about ways they can police him because that's what Whit Maryfield wants. He wants the police and somehow and you can't throw at anyone anymore. Pictures aren't hitting. So you can't buzz their tower, but I think maybe you have something similar to the NBA technical foul rule. If a pitcher throws into the head neck area a certain number of times, then they will be suspended. You have an umpire in New York to determine this for workflow purposes, but Chris, do you think there needs to be a rule to address this? I don't think there needs to be a rule. You know, I'd like to believe that, you know, baseball can police itself and every time, you know, there's some sort of controversy or somebody gets angry, you know, that we don't have to write a new rule for it. However, having said that, I think we might be headed in that direction. I mean, I can't think Whit Maryfield came off as, you know, I said it yesterday. I thought he was whining a little bit, but the more I've thought about this, you know, he's bringing up something that is actually happening in the game right now, which is a lot of guys are coming up, throwing 100 miles an hour and don't know where it's going. And you know, the safety of these hitters is, you know, come into question a little bit. So, you know, the only thing that a hitter has is, you know, the thought that a pitcher knows they could face some sort of penalty if they hit him in the head, otherwise, you know, it's kind of free. It's a free shot. And so that's what Whit Maryfield was saying. So I would love to think that we don't need a rule, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't put something along those lines in. Tony, do you think there needs to be a rule to address this? I don't know if there needs to be a rule, but I thought when I saw Whit Maryfield talking about it, I felt for him. Dude just got squared up in the back of the head with 94. Thankfully, it was only 94 because that's kind of like the low end of what these guys are seeing most of these nights. It's usually a lot higher and I agreed with him. I agree with it. Literally everything he said in that. I mean, you got all these cats coming up that don't know where it's going. You know, maybe that's where you start. And you know, stop letting guys up who don't know how to throw it anywhere near the zone because, you know, it is dangerous. And you know, for all of the complaining about, you know, the offense being down, there's a ton of reasons why that is, this doesn't help though, like your life literally could be flashed before your eyes getting hit in the dome. Lights could go out forever. And so, and that might sound dramatic, but when you watch Whit Maryfield get hit in the back of the head, that's like the first thing I thought of like, you know, lucky he is to even be able to get to a knee and have that conversation with the way he got hit. So I don't know that I necessarily think there needs to be a rule though. I think teams just have to be, they got to protect the league in itself, right? And you protect the league by saying, Hey, you can't come up here and you can, you know, command the ball at least somewhere in the four quad. I hate to tell you that Tony, but I don't think teams can field a 13 man staff if that were the case these days. Of course they can't. Can they? They got to hire some guys who can teach it and, you know, big in a requirement. I know it's a crazy concept, but you know, it's kind of how it has been. Why don't I dial it back a little bit to find a control? I just don't think, you know, the more I hear talk to pitchers, the more, you know, you hear from them, I don't think dialing it back is like a thing. They may be dialing back enough to be ever, I mean, I don't even think it's a thing. I think they'd rather take the consequences of them not necessarily being able to command it and go on from there. I don't see you. You're not. You can't put that back in a toothpaste. Yeah. Whole tooth, I should say. Yes. In the tooth bag, Tony, Tony, you still are holding the record for fastest pitch ever in that bat in Major League Baseball. Ben Joyce was 105.5. He was the fastest strikeout pitch ever, but you faced a role this chat made in 2010. So you still have the record. You know what's funny is I saw that live and it said 106. So I was like, oh, well, there's a new fastest guy, but then, you know, they obviously rounded up on TV. Yeah. TV being dramatic. I'm still in the record books, man, and what were you still doing? Yeah. I'm still in the record. You know what I did see about that? There were some, I assume it was pottery fans taking exception with the Dodgers broadcasters who were saying that Joyce wasn't throwing 106. Yeah. They didn't believe the gun. They didn't believe the gun. Now, I'm all for the idea that, you know, the gun now is, you know, catching it out of the hand versus at the plate. That is true. But chances are if he's throwing 106, that's the same 106, we've been like the same 95. That's the same gun. So, I mean, I don't think it just said, oh, Joyce is on the mound. Let's, let's jack this up a little bit. I mean, he probably throwing it hard, man. It's not that, not that crazy of a concept. Yeah, that is. They were saying that it was like, but I did find it hilarious that, you know, people were so upset about, you know, claiming it was just kind of fun. Yeah. It was really only because they were, they was the Dodgers because they were talking out of the side of their mouth. Like, I can't believe this, this radar gun. Number three, ESPN announced something recently about their coverage of certain sports and it's angering people. And I'm one of those people because ESPN is going to use generative AI technology to provide fans with incremental game recap stories for the Premier La Crosse League and National Women's Soccer League. The added coverage will be in a added to existing coverage and the initiative will extend to some other sports in the future. These AI generator recaps aim to enhance coverage of underserved sports, providing fans with content that was previously unavailable. These sports do not currently have game recaps on ESPN platforms and these AI generator recaps will be a tool to make this all better and not replace it. So Tony, what's your beef with it? Many people are saying the same thing. Why not hire real people to do this? Oh my God. What? You know the answer to the question. I know the answer. Like, they're trying so hard to save money that they're going to a computer for this. I would, you know, I would challenge the word save because save indicates that you're trying to like, you don't have very much that you're trying to save. I think in this case, in these cases, they're trying to make more money. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's what they're trying to do here. They're trying to get better coverage of these sports that don't have any and get some of those people more interested in their platforms. I understand where they're coming from. I know what Scrabius thinking, I believe, and that is, and that's a dangerous precedent to say. I try to read your mind over there, but yeah, I think all of us to a certain extent wish that maybe AI didn't get invented because it's out there taking, you know, potential jobs away from people and creativity away and all of these things. You know, workers are being replaced by computers. Right. I get you, but I don't know how you can, you know, stop progress, make laws say you have to have a human being in a fast food restaurant. You can't just have a computer. Yeah, let's just make making more and more rules. I want more rules, Chris. Yes, you do. Tony, what were you saying? This is, this is kind of a tough one, obviously, because AI is not going anywhere. No. It's only, it's only going to become more prevalent. I mean, I saw a video of Trump the other day, like waving a gun around, and it was fake. And I'm like, man, this stuff is getting too real. Too real. No, it's just, it's, it's, it's both scary and fascinating all at the same time. Um, it's, it's just, it's one of those things, man, as the, we get more technology and, and I guess in some ways smarter, although it doesn't always feel like that, um, you know, these are the type of things we'll be doing. You know, AI is, is, is here and as much as I would love for those jobs to be taken up by human bodies. Yeah. What if it's just like an internship? Because that's how you can't get into these things anymore. There's no entry. I get where you're going, but progress is what it is. And if I told you you had to get a, an old typewriter and pieces of paper and white out to put out the daily grid of what we're, the rundown of what we're doing on the show, you'd probably complain about that. The fact of the matter is now they have computers and you can type on there and you can go back to yesterday's, uh, rundown and make notes off of that. I mean, the, the, in that regard, the progress is made your life incredibly much easier. Type writers don't have an unemployment rate. I, I get where you're coming from, but progress is progress and people are going to have to try to keep up with it and if there's not enough rooms, not enough room for people to work in fast food places, then people are going to have to aspire to, you know, higher jobs that where there might be some openings. I mean, read the, read the landscape. I mean, learn AI, learn it work. I mean, I'm trying to do the coding thing. I don't have. I'm not. I know. I don't either. But you know, I try to do it. You have to sit back and go. Hey, this is difficult. My jobs are now and maybe there won't be as many jobs at Burger King. Someone hire me to be an AI character or something. Then I'll be in on it. I mean, I don't even get the whole AI thing. Honestly, number one and number two, if he, if ESPN didn't tell me that the report on the lacrosse league game was generated by AI, you would never know, I don't know this for sure. But I think they have to make it clear when things are AI, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Anyway, good conversation. Number two, we're seeing more and more NFL quarterbacks play late into their thirties. And even some are now playing in their forties, Allah, Tom Brady and Aaron Rogers, Troy Aikman thinks he knows why. And he was on a podcast talking about it. He said it's the protection on the quarterback. He played 12 years. He would have played much longer, but now they're playing up to 40 because they're being protected by the referees. Here's the quote. "Corderbacks just aren't taking the punishment we took when I played. Anytime a quarterback goes, it does get hit, they're immediately looking for a flag. I should put together a highlight reel of the worst hits that I took and you would think these players would probably be banned from the NFL. And there wasn't even a penalty on the play. It's changed a lot for sure, which he's right. I mean, he used to get all those quarterback's, Troy Aikman, all those quarterbacks used to get destroyed. I mean, that's how his career basically ended, wouldn't it? Like a discussions, wouldn't it? Yeah, endless concussions. Next stuff, Chris. He was getting cracked. Do you agree with him? I do. I agree 100%. Here's the... I saw a post the other day and I don't know if it was on Twitter and I still call it Twitter, but I don't know if it was there or if it was on YouTube when I was scrolling through. But what it was, it was a 1970s version of CBS's intro into the game of the week on the NFL. Did you happen to see this, Tony? No. You know, when they go welcome to today's broadcast on CBS, it'll be the Eagles against the Giants. And while they're talking about all this, there's a bunch of, they're showing a bunch of highlights from the NFL. Yeah. They showed like 10 plays during this highlight package. Every single one of them would be illegal now. It would. You wouldn't be able to do any of them. It was about taking an elbow to someone's head. Some guy closed-lined another guy. It was crazy. I mean, the game used to be just mayhem compared to now. And this makes perfect sense. I mean, Aikman's right. I mean, quarterbacks are going to stay healthy longer more than likely because they're not getting banged up as bad. I agree with this. That and the fact that there's just so much more information now. I mean, Aikman didn't sit there with a tablet on the sideline breaking down his last drive. I think, you know, so once you get a little, you know, you're more experienced and now you're getting- What's that? They had steel shots. Yes. They used to have some kid run them down from the press box to hand them to Troy Aikman. You know, so now somebody that has experienced like an Aikman, he looks at the information he's getting and I mean, he knows how to process that. The shots are like from a spy plane just down on the field. I can remember them like flipping through them as they're like stapled together. I remember Bob Grease used to get the photos by Pony Express back in my day. The early day, Tony, do you agree with Troy Aikman? Yeah. I mean, this is pretty obvious, honestly, like, can you imagine- I mean, look, the rules changed because they wanted more points. They wanted to keep the quarterbacks upright. And can you imagine the likes of Joe Montana or Steve Yarini's cats that- I mean, I mean, Dan was already ahead of his time. I mean, Karina, could you imagine him with the rules now, like, it'd be ridiculous. It really would be ridiculous. And I don't necessarily think- Not only was he getting lit up, Karina and Aikman, but the receivers were being tackled while they were trying to run down the field, which no longer happens. They were trying- they were being tackled, they were being decapitated. Yeah, right. The middle of the field wasn't even like an option for everybody back then. So like, I mean, yes, the rules have changed significantly. One might be the one sport, and obviously, guys are bigger, stronger, faster, but I don't know that there would be, especially at the quarterback position, that there would be, like, so much a drop-off, if they played with the same rules, right? If Marino and some of the best we're talking about, like, they'd have been lightened up just like Tom and these cats are. Yeah, probably, probably for sure. Alright. A Japanese bodybuilder claims he is a, quote-unquote, true master and has, quote-unquote, doubled his life expectancy by only sleeping half an hour per night for the last 12 years. Dicekay, Hori, he is 40 years old, he said he trained his body in mind to function normally and not feel as tired as he targets around 30 to 45 minutes of sleep each night. He relies on remaining active and drinking caffeine to keep awake and alert through his 23-hour... Perfect next check. Perfect next check. Yes, yeah, that sounds really healthy. Health experts say he's not telling the truth, this is not possible. You cannot go on 30 minutes of sleep per night for the last 12 years, and this is extremely dangerous. Tony, what's the longest you have ever stayed awake? I stayed awake for 24 hours before. It's pretty rough. It was very rough, and the tough part about it, this was, like, 1991, so I was nine years old. Oh, man. Man, you were... I was in Toronto. I thought you were pulling an all-nighter for an exam. Yeah, I've never done it as an adult. I've only done it as a kid. I stayed up and was at the All-Star Game of Toronto. I stayed up a full 24 hours, and it was time to go to the game the next day. I had not slept the entire day. I slept through the entire game and some that next day. That's how, I mean, I was hurt, and that's probably why I've never done it again. I think psychologically it was like that really affected you. Really stupid. Don't ever do that again. Yeah, I think, yeah, yeah, that's pretty bad for nine years old. I can imagine that. Chris, what's the longest you've ever stayed up? I think it was a whole weekend. Oh, whoa. A whole weekend. Whoa, whoa. It wasn't my... Was it a bender? No. It was not a bender? Well, yes. It was a bender. But all of it was forced. All of it was forced. You were kidnapped? It was not horrible. I was not kidnapped, and I don't want to tell any stories out of school because all of this stuff's supposed to be secretive. It was all part of my initiation into my fraternity at San Diego State, and I... Who days? I will say. I will say that there was no physical harm or any of the stuff that you think you hear and read about. It was nothing like that. You weren't slim at all. You went to school in the '70s and '80s. The crazy part was that they kept you awake for so long and they filled you with so much alcohol that you started to believe pretty much anything they said. And that was kind of the whole mind gap there. Meld. Yeah, meld. So, I go back to my initiation weekend. I would do it again. It was a great time in my life being part of the fraternity. I know people have heard horror stories, but it wasn't. I might be making it sound worse than it was, but we were very busy during the entire time. Cleaning toilets and stuff. That was part of it, too. That was part of it, too. There is nothing more disgusting than a frat house bathroom. Not after we were done with it on those weekends. That's true. All right. That's it for the Big Five when we get back. Just first the fans, 833-288-0973 get in line right now. From the mind of a two foot tall talking spokespuppet comes this year's biggest challenge. It's time for Bob's Dare to Compare. The hottest game show on TV that asks, "What happens when you compare Bob's to the competition?" You get style, you get quality, you get beeps and boops and dings and whomps and thousands of dollars in savings. 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