Deuces Wild with Eric Byrnes & Will Clark
Steelers, Bengals, Tyreek Hill & More on the DAILY HUSTLE
(eerie music) (speaking in foreign language) No, I bought that porno filter network. (speaking in foreign language) Not with us this morning. Will the thrill court, not with us this morning? But he will be with us later this evening. Regardless, here or not here, dead or alive, we properly salute our boys. And, well, each and every one of you. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Whoo! Remember this folks, when we are useful, we are useful, and when we are useless, we are fucking useless. A very pleasant good morning to you on the 10th day of September, 2020 for a lot happening today. Cute shows, some pickleball in between. I'm now down to working the daily hustle off of my iPhone. I'm not fucking with you guys. Right now, if you're watching live on no filter network, hopefully you can hear me. Hopefully you can see me. But that's what we have been reduced to. I have no internet. It's gone. No TV. The whole media station, according to my lovely wife, blew up. So I don't know what that means. I just know there's no internet, and there is no television for the time being. So we'll do what we can with what we have, where we are, as the great Teddy Roosevelt once said. Buenos theas, this is today's daily hustle. It just went out this morning, actually 6 a.m. Today is Tuesday, September 10th, 2024. Today is officially World Suicide Prevention Day. Nearly 1 million people worldwide take their own lives each year. The reality is that a shit ton of people who inevitably commit suicide suffer from depression caused by chemical imbalances. That said, so many needless deaths are preventable with simple self-awareness first, as well as friends and family members paying attention to basic science. Daily hustle quarter day, it's not always about you. Daily hustle translation. On Sunday, I had the opportunity to join Dallas Brayden on the A's broadcast. And he asked a question I certainly have gotten many times before to paraphrase Dallas. He was wondering after watching money ball for the 30-day time, and had her pinching for me every time, he wanted to know if I ever wished that Hattie didn't pinch it for me. And I was the one who hit the homer and became the big star of the game and the movie. My response, not once. Sometimes in life, it's not about you. As a matter of fact, this wasn't even about Hattie. This was about the 2002 Oakland A's. A team of 25 dudes that came together and collectively worked toward one common goal. Winning fucking baseball games. A few years ago, when I started doing a good amount of public speaking engagements, I created a presentation you can complete with slides and videos and made this moment, the centerpiece of my overall message. Basically, I shared the clip from Moneyball when Artau tells me Hattie Berg is going to hit for me, then play the iconic Hattie game-winning walk-off homer to bring this streak to 20 games. If you have seen the movie, you understand. But the clip, the music, and Bill King's voice still brings shows to my body every time I watch it. Then I pause them. And in this one instance, I focus on me. When the ball was hit, I was, at the far end of the dugout on one knee, then immediately fired off the top step, jumping around in circles, like a four-year-old boy at a bouncy house birthday party. Ultimately, I ended up on Billy Cotton's back, celebrating as if I wasn't one who hit the homer. Yet, the reality is that not less than two minutes before the chaos, I was yanked from the game and the guy who took my spot ended up being the hero. So, why was I celebrating as if I was the one who hit the homer? Well, because I fucking cared. I cared about the team, I cared about my teammates, I cared about winning, I cared about the streak, I cared about the fans, I cared about the city of Oakland, I cared about the AIDS organization, and I wasn't the only one. We had damn near 25 guys that cared the exact same way. Bottom line, it's fucking amazing. What's possible when nobody cares who gets the credit? So, there it is, yeah, it was, I think a special team that obviously, I don't want to say and see the expectations 'cause honestly, I don't think we did. I actually felt as if we were the best team in baseball in 2002. Now, if you remember 2002, it was actually the world series between the Giants, who I know we were better than, and the Angels, who we were the ones that actually won the division. So, when you look at that, hey, it's all about getting hot at the right time, but when you have that many guys pulling the same direction, that's what matters. On top of that, we had 23 out of 25 guys, every single time we go on a road trip, go out together. Dinner's, bars, clubs, didn't matter. A team that parties together wins together. The famous John Denati, who I coach the LGBT baseball with now. That is his famous line. So, that's certainly one of the best teams, it's not the best team that I ever played on, but when you want to figure out why a team like that is able to have success, it's the selflessness. It's dudes willing to accept the role. And we've all seen that guy, the one that gets pinched forward and fucking comes back and throws this helmet, throws this bat, and he goes and moves on the corner of the bench. What's that do for the morale of the team? It's fucking killed it, right? That's not the guy that you're going to win with. Now, if you're not a competitor, you should be there. So, was I happy I got pinched before? No, not at all. But at the same time, I understood. I understood the match up, I understood Dripsey was on the hill throwing 97 mile per hour pulling ball speakers as numbers against righties were a lot better than lefties. You have to also be realistic. Now, of course I wanted that fucking bat. Yeah, yes, I'm all in. But if it doesn't happen, my opportunity will come. And in the early part of my career, I think that really helped me get through those times when I don't know I felt like I should be out there. And I knew I was capable of doing it. But at the same time, if it wasn't my chance and it wasn't my opportunity, I was going to sit there and I was going to support my teammates. But then this comes back to caring. You've got to fucking care. You've got to care about your team. You've got to care about the boys. You've got to care about the organization. You've got to care about the city you're representing. That matters. So, I think we had a lot of guys that care and that's what made that team so special. All right, I look around the NFL from this past weekend. And obviously we had the Niners last night, but it was the Steelers, 18-10 over the Falcons covering the plus three spread on the road. The Bills ended up getting it done 34-28, but it was a Cardinals covering the six and a half. The Bears 24-17 over the Titans. Not a whole lot of offense, but they figured out a way to. Damn, they were minus three and a half. That's bold. Patriots. This was the Survivor poll killer. 16-10 over the Bengals. Bengals are eight and a half point favorites and they fucking blew it. So, I think it was something like 246,000 people eliminated from that ESPN Survivor poll where you just got to pick the team that's going to win the game. Testings. They're in for a hell of a season. I mean, they have a really tough record, but they're coming off what was an amazing run last year. A lot of people are picking them. A trendy Super Bowl pick. 29-27 over the Colts on the road. The Colts covered the plus three though. How about that? Dolphins 2017 over the Jags after the Tyree built the buckle. Best celebration was getting cuffed up. And it's not funny. I hope these fucking funny at all. I think the celebration was funny. The police incident was not. It's disturbing. Now, and I don't know who's to blame. I will tell you this. When I get pulled over by an officer, whatever he tells me to do, I'm going to fucking do it. And I'm not going to lip off with the guy. Once you start doing that, you're fine. I don't care if you're just Scottie Scheffler. I don't care if you're a Tyree kill. It does not matter. I don't care if you're white. I don't care if you're black. Just don't fucking fuck with these guys. I think that's a real good moral of the story when you look at both of those incidences. Saints 47 to 10 over the Panthers. Holy shit, they were four point favorites, but went out and blew the Panthers away. Giants, they looked like shit. Go down 28-6 to the Vikings Chargers. Jim Harbaugh's debut 22-10. Over the Raiders, they cover the three and a half. The Vikings obviously covered the one and a half. Seahawks, I feel like this was one of the better plays. Well, Seahawks might have six. I just love the Seahawks on the money line. It was kind of like the Niners last night. The Seahawks were not going to lose this fucking game to the Broncos. 26-20 up in Seattle. Browns, no bueno. Got pounded by the Cowboys. Cowboys cover the minus one and a half. 33-17 in Cleveland. The commanders go down to the Bucks at home. The Bucks were minus four. They went 37-20, and then it was the Lions. 26-20 over the Rams. Jared Goff. Lions could be a real easy team to root for. Obviously, they went down to the Niners and the NFC championship game last season. Then last night, it was the San Francisco 49ers 32. The New York Jets 19. The Niners cover the minus four. The over 43-and-a-half hits with the late field goal by the Niners. Drum major league baseball Phillies 2-1 over the Rays. It was the Mets who'd stay hot. 3-2 over the Blue Jays. Cubs 10-4 over the Dodgers. Pirates 3-2 over the Marlins. Red Sox 12-3 over the Orioles. Red's 1-0 over the Braves. Guardian's 5-3 over the White Sox. He gank his 10-4 over the Royals. And the Angels 6-2 over the Minnesota Twins, as well as the Cubs 10-4 over the Dodgers in LA. And by the way, brought to you by Bet Online. The number one online gambling destination. So I just gave you the scores, would over some of the odds. If you want to lay the ass and get the latest news, scores, odds, updates, live odds, all of it. Go to Bet Online. Type in the promo code, believe. Capital B-L-E-A-V for 50% off your first deposit. And while you're there, if you're degenerate, someone like me, and you want to play some online blackjack poker online slots, it's all there for you. I'm not going to tell you how to fucking waste your money. But if that's something you're into, carve aside a little budget and go have at it. Bet online, your number one gambling destination. OK, we'll do a quick T3. And Marty, play for my pickleball game. But Peyton Manning, last night, on the many casts, inspired, of course, by No Filter Network-- this is a true fucking story. Peyton, you're all about No Filter, and then went and did it at ESTN, as he should. But he loved the concept of being able to sit back and watch it on the couch. So Peyton, thank you for proving our theory out and you guys have been doing a fucking fantastic job. OK, it's that's near. Brandon and I, you've finally got paid this last season right before the season of '49 started a season. After a long drum, it still hold out. And on Monday, we finally got to see the wide out back in action. And he nearly sagged a diving touchdown grab. That-- he didn't. He dropped it in the second court. Peyton Manning then did not mince words on the first many casts of the year. Quote, get signed, get in training camp. There's a reason for training camp. You need it. Get those contacts done earlier so you get in training camp. We don't drop balls on opening night. You're still catching balls in a high school field from a quarterback that's 45 years old. You're not catching balls from your quarterback. Tell them how you really feel, Peyton. All right. I know what Peyton's saying. I totally get it, and I totally fucking agree. But you have to remember, Brandon Iook is trying to get his. The game of football is very short-lived. You have a small window in your life to make ideally enough money where you don't have to work another day for the rest of your fucking life. So if you're Brandon Iook and you have this bargaining leverage at this point. Yeah, that's what you got to do. And I'm going to defend him and say he did everything he could do to prepare himself for opening night. Now, was he in camp? No, fuck no. But he also had to think about his children and his grandchildren and maybe even their children down the road and like, I totally understand where someone like Peyton made it could so easily say that. But I think Peyton was also fucking telling you he threw to many dudes where Peyton was getting his and he's the highest-paid player in the NFL. And these guys are trying to figure out they may or may not have a job next year. So I also feel, was it an easy catch? No, it wasn't at all. Is it a catch that we've seen him make a thousand times? Yeah, for Iook it's easy. But I just felt like he took some unfair criticism and remember this. And the plan, I think this was more of a player thing. Players got it back to players. So when a player's not in camp, players got it back to players. Yeah, you don't fucking throw stones. You say, hey, look, he's doing what he has to do. He's thinking about his future. He's doing what he can do for his family. And that's the only way to put it. It's not the line that the fans want to hear. I understand that. But this is one of the situations where, in my humble opinion, I say, you've made the right choice, eventually they got the deal done. Now, the question becomes what you're hanging over, right? So without getting into those details, it was interesting to see. OK, the other kind of big story was-- geez, I don't think it went on Sunday-- Matt Chapman delivered a Homer for the Homer Happy Giants. And then what? Where did he go? The delivery room. The Pacific socket change, once called San Francisco Home, this giant Pacific socket change planted its flag. And San Diego is a flexor. It's a bronze, a 7-6 victory of the Padres on Sunday afternoon of Pekko. Matt Chapman built it a two-run homer before Girardi, Karnas Dion, and Luz Montos broke back to back homers at the Giants, 4-6 rise of the fourth inning. And now it's 1-2 snap, a four-game losing streak. Yeah, they were in a tough little stretch here. But it says it wasn't the highlight of David Chapman. Quote, "I'm trying to catch a flight," Chapman said postgame. "We might be having a baby." What a tale Chapman can someday tell his child about a 6-run, 3-home, or any one of the Padres. Joe Muskrove went from unhittable to unwatchable. I'm sure he'll probably use those words, too. The fabulous force started innocently enough for the Giants after Muskrove set down the first 10 batters he faced with six of them being strike-out victims. Heli Ramos sent a harmless fly ball right field. And Fernando Tati, Jr., then for some reason, wasn't wearing sunglasses on a 12-3 afternoon when the first pitch temperature was 91. Whoa, hold on, it's a textion. That is nothing, temperature has nothing to do with the sunglasses. Patis lost the ball in the sun, but by the time he gathered it, Ramos was on second pitch with a solar double. They call it Fernando. These are your new glasses, bro. I picked them up yesterday at heels. You gotta fucking wear 'em. Come on, man. You don't make these pit-back heels like this, and then you're on the field. The other is awesome opportunity to just... Show 'em off, everybody. Don't leave it to me. They have to do that and do the promotion here on the daily hustle. You guys do it yourself. Put your fucking shades on. Ah, so the irony, I ended up costing the pods bad, but the shades are sick. I mean, look at these bad ways. Literally just got 'em yesterday. And I mean, these weren't even sent to me. The first thought teases. Actually, I'm gonna take it back. Two pairs of thought teases have been sent to me, and I wanna thank Fernando for those. These, I'm a supporter of the brand now, right? You get me with the first couple of free shit, and I'm like, yeah, I'll keep it supported. I just randomly saw 'em yesterday. I was gonna pick up some Oakley's, and I was trying to decide between two or three different. Play it, pair. And then I finally asked, I said, "Do you guys know that 100%?" I was like, "Oh yeah." I was like, collection's kind of sucky is over in this corner. And I went and loved it, I'm like, oh, sucky? The fuck is wrong with you? Boom, no brainer, went ahead and put these on. Okay, lastly here. This was cool. Went out to the Coliseum on Sunday. What a emotional experience. I did think it would be, but ended up bringing biscuit, Johnny Gall, made it to drive from Halfam Bay. And there's this one part on the 880 where it kind of came over, it's not only a hill, but right, it's a little thing. And that was to do the Coliseum for the first time. And I used to make this drive just countless times from me, it's gonna be to the Coliseum. And for whatever reason, I would put on Kenny Chesney, anything but mine. And my boy is pushing up. And so I would put the song on. I said, as soon as I saw the Coliseum, I put it. And I used to roll. I was rolling as convertible. And I'd have to top down and my beanie on the glasses. Just fucking cruising, feeling that music blaring. And so to make that drive, one last time was pretty sweet. Pulled them, the Coliseum got off at 66. The parking lot, F lot. And I walked in there and it was just amazing. And just all the feels came back. Teacher Paige, who's been with the team since '98. So it's there, but her and I started the same year basically, 'cause I signed with DA's in '98. She was there to greet me. And then Ryan Griffin, my coach, LTP with. Great, great dude. Really good baseball coach. Die Hard-Aze fans, I told him to meet me at the F-law and he could come in with me and he'd be part of our entourage for the day. So Ryan comes with this kid miles and miles. His decked out. He's got the Kelly Green-Aze, Jersey-Aze hat. Just looking clean. And Ryan has this bright green shirt on. That says sell. And I'm like, dude, what the fuck are you doing? You can't wear that. We were sitting in the owner's suite. So I'm like, bro, I'm like, dude, you need a shirt or whatever, then Deidro walks up. And she kind of just-- here with you? I'm like, yeah, kind of. She's curious to the looks of Ryan's just, you can't wear that? So we got him a different shirt. We went in. Cool day. Did a sit-down interview with Chris Townsend. He does a fantastic job. By the way, boys got to grow up on some breakfast burritos. They were playing in one of the suites. Some kind of catch game. Wouldn't sign some autographs with Dallas Brayden and Adam Rosales. What a salt-of-the-earth guy Adam Rosales. He's obviously had no Brayden for a long time. Really good dude. Really great broadcaster. From there, we went down onto the field. And just to stand out there with the LTP boys and walk out the left field and took a picture with Biscuit. But it was really special to have the fields come back of being out there and the memories and everything else. But the one thing I'll tell you, it was awesome. It also was beautiful. Clay, the head-to-brown keeper, and has been for years at the Coliseum. He's done such a fucking great job with that field. It always has. But it's as nice as I've ever seen it. And so then to go in to the dugout area, get to see Michael Sagueras, a photographer, a knight, a photographer. And the thing that really just reminded me of how much I love this game, and how much I love playing this game, and how much I love the whole experience, the being at the ballpark. And everything was C and Mark Kotzet, A's manager. C and Bobby Crosby, who I played with. C and Eric Martin, who I played with. C and Michael Dreddy, who was my hitting coach in Arizona. And just bullshit. I mean, I sat down on the bench for no less than-- no more than five minutes. I could have sat there all fucking day, man. And I don't like sitting down, you guys know that. But just the basic shit talking into catching up to all of it, just being at the ballpark with the boys. That was my favorite part. And I think if anything, that's what I'm going to miss. As far as the Colosseum's concerned, I want to give the A's a lot of credit, because I think they've made the Colosseum super, super, super fucking cool. And watching the game and going through that experience at the Colosseum, it's sweet. It really is. And as much shit as we want to give it and everything else, it's still a serviceable major league ballpark. And I think the saddest thing, it's not necessarily the closing of the Colosseum or anything else. Obviously, the A's need a new stadium. It's the workers. It's the security guards. It's the longtime A's employees that a lot of them aren't sure if they're going to have a fucking job. So I got a real good sense of the feeling of the employees of the A's. And it goes to kill you. And this is why I think it's really important if you're going to be a politician or whatever it is you do in life. If you're a boss, get into the fucking trenches. Get in there with the people that actually do it. And they're the ones that are going to give you the sense of what's really happening. And so I hope that John Fisher, David Kaval, I hope they do this right. I hope they take care of their fucking employees. That matters. And I know, for example, Clay, he's not going to have a job next year. That abolished him. Somebody who's been there for that long, has done that fantastic job, has really become just one of the dudes. And now, no job. So he'll be all right. And as cool as he is kid, his kids playing at UC Davis now. So overall, just really, really, really fun. I had an opportunity throughout the first pitch. I tried to launch it out of the stadium. And I thought I had a chance. I legitimately thought there was a possibility that I was going to be able to throw the ball out of the entire fucking stadium. Well, I got out to the mound, and I launched this fucker. Little dinner roll at the end. And I'm like, this is going third deck. I don't think I left the first deck. No excuses. I don't know what to tell you. It came out of my hand, great. It felt great. I didn't see it might be a little farther than I said. So I don't think I'd probably throw a baseball 300 feet, right? But that's 60 feet to home play. There's probably another 60 feet back. So we're already dealing with halfway where this ball's going to come at 120 by the time it leaves a field. So you go another 120 feet up right now, or 240. Another 60 feet 300, and that's my max. Oh, I won't tell you. I don't use, but it was fun. I posted that on IG this morning, and that Amelia Schimmel, who I worked with at the MLB network, so great to see her. I just listened for the first time this morning. She was just a bit outside. Just thought it was perfect for the moment. So anyhow, then I was able to go on radio and TV and see Vans, Ken Korak, and then sit there with Dallas. And Chris, for the television side of things, and that's where the entire daily hustle from today was inspired. So that's it. Typically, the latest use of a pickle. But figured out how to spend some time recapping this weekend. We are on tonight. It is happening. Thrill and I-- let's see here. We're coming on 6 PM Pacific time, 8 PM Thrill time, as I like to say. And we have the Milwaukee Brewers in stiffer system with a 645 PM start. So we'll lead you up to the start of that game, and then hit the first few innings with you as well. Just as wild tonight. That's it. Everyone have a fantastic day. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]