00:00And we'll start with legislation here in the United States surrounding being able to deduct gambling losses at the end of the calendar year, which would include 2025.
00:09The former vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, says that he is going to oppose this idea that Congress right now could basically go back and change what they already said they were going to do.
00:24If you're confused, I'll explain. As of right now, it appears several states in the United States would not like you to be able to deduct 100 percent of your tax losses.
00:36Now, of course, there was some fight with that trying to bring it back.
00:39But Pence says that the advancing American freedom, which is who he supports, is actively opposing efforts in Congress to restore that 100 tax deduction for gambling losses.
00:50He says that the tax code, the unproductive behavior of sports gambling, and ultimately funneling billions into the government coffers while harming working families.
01:00Of course, the president of the United States, under the one big beautiful act, the OBBBA, reduced deduction to 90 percent.
01:08Stay tuned on this one. It seems like the president of the United States and the former president of the United States have a little bit of a difference of opinion.
01:16We'll find out soon.
01:17Meanwhile, the National Football League and the Red Zone is headed over to ESPN.
01:21ESPN bought the Red Zone name from the National Football League.
01:24Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, also said yesterday that he thinks it's possible that college football and other sports will also incorporate the Red Zone.
01:35Now, keep in mind, Major League Baseball does have their own version of it on MLB Network.
01:39But college football would certainly be a completely new and different idea.
01:43We'll see if Goodell is correct in his assessment with college football.
01:47Obviously, nothing coming this season.
01:48The season is just a few weeks away.
01:50All right.
01:50Now, let's get to the latest in the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes, which is the chase for 1,000 hits.
01:55It came and it went.
01:57He got it.
01:57He hit a home run.
01:58The Cardinals rallied for a comeback over the Dodgers 5-3.
02:02But Ohtani homered, and he also struck out eight in just four innings, and he got his one.
02:09Ohtani probably not going to get 3,000 hits in the big leagues, considering he started his big league career late, already on track to be a potential Hall of Famer.
02:17And by the way, four innings pitched is pretty impressive, considering that Ohtani's only gone two or three in most of his starts.
02:24Here's the assessment from the manager of the Dodgers, Dave Roberts.
02:28Shohei was really good today.
02:29The pitching, fastball, command, fantastic.
02:35Really impressive.
02:37Figured he would, you know, come back and really fill the baseball wall today, which he did.
02:42And then offensively, the walk, the homer just really looked good.
02:46So, you know, unfortunately, you know, you've got to play defense, and you've got to, you know, have other guys, you know, put together a bat and score runs, too.
02:54But, you know, as far as Shohei today, really good.
02:56Do you have a level of frustration, the way the second half has started off?
03:00Yeah, you know, we just haven't synced up.
03:02I think the pitching has been really good.
03:05And just, we just can't get untracked, you know, offensively.
03:09But having Max back, I think, is certainly helpful.
03:13But, yeah, you know, it's kind of, we're not playing great.
03:18Expect to, you know, get better.
03:21But, yeah, to start the second half, definitely not playing our best baseball.
03:25The Giants haven't played great baseball since they made the trade for Rafael Devers.
03:30But they're hanging around in the playoff race.
03:32Dominic Smith had a two-run double in the ninth inning.
03:35And the Giants end up beating the Pirates by a final of 4-2.
03:39Of course, Dom's moved around the league quite a bit.
03:41Here's Bob Melvin after the game on the win.
03:43Well, you know, we talk about playing a little bit like we did earlier in the year.
03:49And that's the way we did earlier in the year off the good relievers, you know, quality at-bats.
03:54I mean, obviously, Dom's was huge.
03:56Bailey coming off the bench to get two hits, driving runs.
04:00And that's something that's going to obviously is a good recipe for us.
04:03So, showed up again today.
04:05It's been lacking for a little while.
04:07Hopefully, it continues.
04:08What's the change with Bailey, do you think, at the plate?
04:10I think he's just gotten some hits and feels more comfortable.
04:13I think also you get to this point in time of the year.
04:16And if you're chasing numbers and, you know, it's just play now.
04:21You know, he expects to have better offensive numbers this year.
04:24His catching has gotten extreme as the year has gone along as far as the framing numbers and so forth.
04:30But the offensive numbers aren't where they are.
04:32But right now, he's just going up there taking good at-bats.
04:35He's had some success recently.
04:36And I think he's playing off that.
04:38So much of the Chicago Cubs' success has been off the bats of, of course,
04:42Pete Crow Armstrong and Kyle Tucker.
04:44But Seah Suzuki's had just as good a season as these guys, too.
04:4827th home run last night.
04:49Wow.
04:50Cubs beat the Reds.
04:51Final score, 6-1.
04:52Craig Council, after the game, happy the bats came alive in the division matchup.
04:57I mean, we just played a complete game.
04:58I think that's what sticks out.
05:01Cade was awesome.
05:02Just the strikes-throwing ability, you know, I think I saw 56 strikes and 67 pitches.
05:09That's, I mean, that's top-end stuff to be, and it's, it's quality stuff.
05:15And that's a good formula for success.
05:19You know, I thought Kittredge today was great.
05:22I mean, you send him, he goes right back out there after a tough outing yesterday and, and delivers a perfect inning.
05:28And then the offense, you know, we hit some homers today, which we, you know, we, that's good.
05:34That's a good thing to hit some homers.
05:36And we just, in general, played good offense against a, a tough starting pitcher, an all-star starting pitcher.
05:44You, you were able to accomplish two things.
05:46You get Horton throws a great game for you.
05:49You were able to continue to watch his innings.
05:51Yeah, that's, that's a credit to him of just, like, getting us, you know, 17 outs and, and under 70 pitches, or however many he threw.
06:03That is a credit to the strike-throwing.
06:07So, you know, he said, he set the bullpen up.
06:10Not only did he pitch great, but I thought he set the bullpen up to have a lot of success.
06:13Let's get to the Cleveland Guardians, who upend the New York Mets 4-1.
06:19Gavin Williams had a no-hitter in this game.
06:21In fact, eight in a third, until Juan Soto ended up breaking it up by hitting a home run.
06:27Guardians win 4-1.
06:28Soto said after he wasn't thinking about the no-hitter, just getting a hit.
06:32Juan, when you come up in that spot in the ninth inning, how much are you thinking about trying to break up the no-hitter versus just your normal approach at the plate?
06:40I wasn't thinking about a no-hitter or anything.
06:42I was just working on my swing, so we keep trying to do the same thing we've been doing since the first inning, and I just came through.
06:50Why do you think, overall, with the type of players that you guys have in this room, the offense just hasn't been consistent, really, from the start of the season?
06:59I really don't know.
07:00I really don't know what's going on, but definitely we have the talent, and the guys are capable to do damage here, so I think one day is going to turn around.
07:09And Mendoza was talking about the fact that it feels like the in-game adjustments, especially over the last few weeks, haven't quite been there as a group.
07:16Do you agree with that assessment, and why do you think that is?
07:18For me, I would say when we go through the game, we just get better and better.
07:28I think we just got to be a little bit better coming out of the gate goal right away, being aggressive, and play the nine innings.
07:35Yankees finally get off the schneid.
07:39They get a win.
07:40David Bednar, a five-out save, five strikeouts, 42 pitches.
07:43Man, they needed everything there.
07:44Yankees defeat the Rams.
07:47UJ's offense goes nuts in Colorado.
07:50Three games, 60 runs, 20-1 yesterday.
07:53Marlins get a big win yesterday as well.
07:55Graham Pauly, Heriberto Hernandez at solo home runs as they beat the Astros 6-4.
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