00:00All right.
00:01I'm going to go to the people.
00:02David, we can get text communications here momentarily.
00:05But, again, are you locked in for WBC?
00:07No, I guess for me, you give me the choice.
00:09I'm going to deal with Dick Vitale on mute, NC State and Texas.
00:13It's an unserious event.
00:14I don't care.
00:15I know I'm probably in the minority because most people are like Rico.
00:18It's fun and things.
00:20Okay.
00:20But it's okay to have fun sometimes.
00:23It doesn't have to be something on the line, Mike.
00:26It's just, you know what?
00:27It's empty calories, but you enjoy it.
00:30Yeah, that's not what sports is for me.
00:32So it's just, it's different.
00:34Look, also, too, now I'm honestly to a point I may root against Team USA
00:38because of what Aaron Judge said about the World Series.
00:40I'm so annoyed with him right now, and you know why.
00:43Oh, I'd rather win this than a World Series.
00:46Well, bully for you.
00:49You know what?
00:50You got 52 million reasons why that's a dumb remark.
00:53Maybe it was taken out of contact.
00:55No.
00:55No, it wasn't.
00:56No, it was full context.
00:58David, I'm trying.
00:59You know what he should do?
01:00Try in October.
01:01Yeah, me and Kenny saw this yesterday, and we looked at each other.
01:05We said, this is not going to go over well.
01:07Oh, it's not going over well.
01:09I'm like, why would you say this, and you failed in this?
01:13Here's what it would take for me to love the WBC.
01:15If it was truly Team USA, if it was the best of the best of the best,
01:20and that includes a pitching staff.
01:22That includes me not looking at a Mets prospect.
01:24So kind of like the basketball dream team type.
01:26Yeah, or hockey.
01:27Minus the Gus Macker overtime.
01:30So like the original U.S. beast.
01:32Yeah.
01:32I mean, if it was that, you got them.
01:35Clements and all of those guys.
01:36Then, okay, then we could have a conversation, because it would be Scoobal or Chris Sale
01:40or someone taking the mound tonight I care about.
01:44I just.
01:46So it has star power, but it doesn't have all the stars.
01:49No, and it also has dumb rules, and it has managers who don't even know the rules.
01:54Just the umpiring's terrible.
01:56Whatever, man.
01:56God bless.
01:57I'm watching the NCAA tournament.
01:59David, go ahead with the text, and we'll reverse engineer it.
02:01Hold on, hold on, hold on.
02:02So play-in-game over this.
02:04Yeah.
02:04Wow.
02:04Play-in-game counts.
02:05WBC doesn't.
02:06No, no, no.
02:06I get it, but it's like, wow.
02:08Well, like, you don't even.
02:09What do you get?
02:09A WBC sticker?
02:10I played in the WBC.
02:12What do you get?
02:13I don't get anything.
02:14I just enjoy it.
02:15No, the players.
02:16What do you get?
02:18You don't even get a gold medal.
02:19That's not gold.
02:20You get the pride, man.
02:22Got it.
02:23David, text, please.
02:24Maybe they'll get a trip to the White House, I'm sure.
02:26You're right, Mike, but the games have been really good, so I'm going to enjoy it tonight.
02:30That is Hubie and Furmington Hills.
02:32Someone said, or Mark in the D says, there are Olympic ramifications if they win or lose,
02:37so they do mean something.
02:39Here's the problem, though, Mark, is that these MLB players don't get to play in the Olympics,
02:45so who cares if they qualify or not from winning these games?
02:49You mean they're not going to take time off in the season to play in the Olympics?
02:51In August?
02:52No thank you.
02:53Real sports do that, right?
02:56That's for you, Kenny.
02:58Uh-oh.
02:58What's the difference between throwing your arm out in the WBC or pitching in a meaningless
03:03spring training game?
03:04They're not meaningless.
03:06At least there's national pride in the WBC.
03:08No, they're not meaningless.
03:08It's preseason preparation for your employer who pays you north of $30 million a year.
03:14They are not the same.
03:16I just got one word for that.
03:18America.
03:19Got it.
03:20Well, because here's the thing.
03:21Jose Otuve was not able to play because last time he played in it, he got hurt.
03:26So, Houston put in his contract, sorry, you cannot play in no more WBCs.
03:32That's how it works.
03:34I'm just saying.
03:36Sorry.
03:36Not yelling at you, Rico.
03:37I'm sorry.
03:38I get it.
03:39And that's why I'm not mad that Scoble's not out there.
03:42Because you don't want to see your guy out there.
03:44You want to see somebody else's guy get hurt, not yours.
03:46But the people calling Doug and Scott wanted him to pitch tonight.
03:49It was bizarro land.
03:50The people calling Doug and Scott, I'm telling you, Mike, if you hook them up to the lie detector,
03:55they're still angry that he took himself out of that game.
03:58That ended up going 15 innings.
04:00Because if he goes back in that next inning, the Tigers win in nine.
04:04Well, I'm being corrected.
04:06A change has happened.
04:07Major League Baseball will be, the players will be allowed to play in the 2028 Summer Olympics.
04:12Any player that leaves in the middle of a regular season to go play in the Olympics, I would void
04:17their deal.
04:17That's going to be a great show.
04:19That's ridiculous.
04:20That's the stretch run.
04:21That's ridiculous.
04:22Scoble has his deal.
04:24Good.
04:24Now he decides.
04:25That'll be the Dodgers' problem.
04:27It ain't going to be ours.
04:29I mean, it's ridiculous.
04:31It's ridiculous what the NHL did.
04:33It's totally and utterly insane.
04:36The money that's on the line.
04:37Like, I always laugh.
04:39It's all about money until it's not.
04:41And then you're supposed to be okay as a fan or a team.
04:45Forget about the people who signed the paycheck.
04:46When you're a player who you pay and the only person who gets hurt in any of this because all
04:51the deals are guaranteed is you.
04:53And you're supposed to be okay while they go to the local playground and play in an exhibition.
04:58Are you kidding me?
04:59No.
05:01Like, I don't care.
05:02Good.
05:02Let Tigers leave in 2028 to go play in the Olympics.
05:06That's insanity to me.
05:07I think it's insane what the NHL did.
05:09The only difference is nobody cares about hockey.
05:11Sorry, Kenny.
05:12Go look at NHL Network.
05:14Nobody cares.
05:15Nice budget.
05:16They can't even afford a green screen on that network.
05:18What if Judge hits a three-run walk-off to win it all?
05:21They don't do it in the pinstripes.
05:23It doesn't count.
05:26Thank you for that high-level production.
05:29That was tremendous.
05:31Exactly.
05:32Right.
05:33Go ahead.
05:34Get it out of your system.
05:37Kenny's drop board is truly a thing of greatness.
05:42David, the text communications.
05:43We'll move on.
05:45I think it's more about people being down on Scoobo for any reason.
05:49People will find a reason to pile on him because they're trying to.
05:53They don't like what he did against Seattle.
05:55But see, here's the problem.
05:57And I think Doug said something very, very intelligent.
06:00He made a point.
06:01Like, if he goes out on a Saturday and pitches poorly, which happens.
06:04It happens.
06:06He's going to be chump of the week and all that stuff.
06:09Like, I'm able to compartmentalize it.
06:11Whatever happened last year, it is what it is.
06:14But in the here and now, I need him to be his best self for about 30 starts
06:19to give us the best chance to go to a World Series.
06:22Any of the ill will, I just let go of it.
06:26Am I annoyed with Tarek Scoobo?
06:28Sure I am.
06:29But when he pitches, I need him to be good.
06:32You need him to be good.
06:34You need him to be focused.
06:35The problem is the Seattle thing, Mike.
06:37I think the other problem is, to some Detroiters, they feel like he just won't commit.
06:42And by committing, he wouldn't even negotiate.
06:45I mean, what do you want the Tigers to do?
06:48No, either say, I want to be here or I don't want to be here.
06:52But this whole limbo year, that's where a lot of people are getting frustrated
06:56because it's like, I don't know if I should be invested in you
06:59or if you're just going to leave me.
07:01No, but my point is you root for the old English D.
07:03You don't have to even invest in the Scoobo thing.
07:08It's like, I hate Eli Manning.
07:10You root for the NY.
07:13Like, I hated A-Rod.
07:15I had a choice.
07:16I root for my team.
07:18I understand.
07:19I don't care.
07:20It's not an attack on you.
07:21I'm saying for a lot of Detroiters, they want him to be about Detroit.
07:27But do you know the other problem in all this?
07:28This is anti-Detroit.
07:29The other problem is I didn't want to pay him, okay?
07:31I didn't want to give him $8 at $350.
07:33I don't want to pay him.
07:35So I can't be angry.
07:37I'm only annoyed.
07:38No, the Tigers are being fiscally responsible by not paying him this ridiculous amount.
07:42I'm with them, but I think fans are like, dude, are you one of us or not?
07:47No, the answer is no.
07:49He's not one of us.
07:50He's a businessman.
07:51And right now his business is in Detroit until roughly October 1st.
07:55And at that time, he's going to relocate offices.
07:58I mean, what do you want me to say?
08:00No, no, Mike, you want to know why fans are acting this way?
08:04Because they want to invest.
08:06They want him to be their guy.
08:07And it's just like, wait, you're the best pitcher in baseball.
08:09You're one of us.
08:10People, I hate to break it to you, but at a certain point, you're going to have to stop
08:14being 12 years old.
08:15None of them are your guy.
08:17They're here because they're paid to be.
08:19They're here because this is who pays them or they can't get out.
08:22That's what any player in any city is.
08:26Baseball, arbitration, you don't get to free agency until age 28.
08:30They're where they are because they have to be.
08:32But it's why you love your Cade.
08:34It's why you love your golf.
08:36Amon Ra, he's a Detroiter.
08:38He's one of us.
08:39J-Mo eats at the county.
08:40Oh, the same Amon Ra who blasted the fans?
08:43That Amon Ra?
08:44Yes.
08:44You want to keep going down that road?
08:45Yeah.
08:46Okay.
08:47None of them are yours.
08:49None of them.
08:50Roof for the logos.
08:51You'll save yourself a lot of pain.
08:52We'll get with the people.
08:54David, you all right over there?
08:56I'm great.
08:56Is Kenny behaving himself?
08:58Yeah.
08:59Okay.
08:59Surprisingly.
09:00I know yesterday was rough.
09:02Long fly ball.
09:03There's something between us now.
09:06Yeah, it's called a racial divide.
09:08All right.
09:09I'm kidding.
09:10It's just yesterday.
09:11Kenny's commentary.
09:12That was tough.
09:13Separate water fountain.
09:14Okay.
09:15Whoa.
09:16Whoa.
09:17Whoa.
09:20You're bad.
09:20You're a problem.
09:21You're a real, real problem.
09:23Well, you know what?
09:23Watch baseball.
09:24Oh, yeah.
09:25WBC will fix it all.
09:28Thank you, Kenny.
09:31I don't know why that's so funny.
09:3297-1.
09:33All right.
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