00:00It's interesting.
00:01We had something planned at 9 o'clock.
00:02Rod Wood quote.
00:04There's more Rod Wood quotes we'll mix in.
00:06There's a lot to say at 9.02 on the Lions.
00:09Baseball got it right.
00:10I love this ABS challenge system.
00:12If you watched over the weekend, if you stayed up last night,
00:15you continue to see it put in practice.
00:17I love that there's some accountability for these umpires.
00:21I love that it's limited.
00:23Well, yeah, you can't do it a million times.
00:25There's a strategy element to it.
00:27And you got to pick your spots.
00:28It's like the first pitch of an at-bat in the first inning.
00:31Eh, let it slide.
00:33A couple guys on base.
00:35Difference in a strikeout or a walk.
00:37Yeah, you're going to use that ABS challenge.
00:40CB Buckner.
00:43Six different calls overturned in a game last weekend.
00:46I mean, if you've got an ump that you think is doing a bad job,
00:49you can really put them to shame
00:51and make sure you're getting the justice you deserve at the plate.
00:54If they're screwing you over all day, you have recourse now.
00:57I love this.
01:00I like it to a point as well.
01:02And yeah, do we all want to have the call right every single time?
01:06Sure.
01:06Um, I just don't want to see the game slow down so much
01:11that we take away the gains that were gotten by the pitch clock.
01:16But that's the beauty of it.
01:16These are quick.
01:17They are.
01:18Which, hey, baseball has done this right.
01:20Because in, and I know replay and other sports,
01:22it's two, three, feels like an hour
01:26to them to just look at the call and get it right.
01:29Baseball, it's very quick now.
01:30I mean, it's, it's under 15 seconds.
01:31They're getting the ABS challenge in and out.
01:33And I love, and I haven't been,
01:35obviously nobody has been this year to Comerica,
01:38but in the parks where they have it,
01:40it looks like they're showing it on the big screen.
01:42And the crowd, there's like a pop.
01:43Oh yeah.
01:44When the, when the team challenges,
01:45whether it's the pitcher, the catcher.
01:47And they win.
01:47And they win.
01:49Yeah, let's go stick it to that umpire
01:51who's been jobbing us all day.
01:53Yeah.
01:53So I think this is one of baseball's examples
01:56of getting it right.
01:57The pitch clock's another.
01:58I think the bigger bases and limiting the shift.
02:02Baseball's done a lot of good things.
02:04We want to hear from you guys
02:06on some of your favorite sports innovations
02:08and some of your least favorite.
02:10Some of the worst changes sports have made.
02:122, 4, 8, 5, 3, 9, 97, 97.
02:15So I'll start it off with
02:17kind of one that you brought up.
02:19It's the replays in other sports
02:22that take way too long.
02:24And again, I know we want to get it right,
02:26but there needs to be a shortened window
02:31where this call is either overturned.
02:33If it's that tight
02:34and you need it to look after look
02:36after look after look.
02:37Then it stays.
02:38Then it just, it just stays.
02:39It should be like a shot clock or a pitch clock.
02:41Yeah.
02:42And if it was a minute in,
02:44by the time they actually, you know,
02:46meander over to the little tablet
02:47that they're looking at lunchbox.
02:49Yeah.
02:51Because you know, they're reviewing it.
02:53Let's just take the NFL.
02:53You know, they're reviewing it in New York.
02:55By the time they get over there,
02:57there should be a good idea of,
02:59hey, from New York.
03:00Hey, we're going to call in.
03:01Hey, this is, this is the receiver
03:03had both feet down.
03:03Well, let's say that's how they should do it.
03:05Like, don't let the official get to judge
03:07whether he was right or not.
03:09Have an impartial person say,
03:10hey, within 30 seconds,
03:12you got it right.
03:13You got it wrong.
03:14And we move on.
03:16Yeah.
03:16You're right.
03:16The replay for good,
03:17but then it's taken too long.
03:19Yeah.
03:20And this one,
03:22as soon as I brought this up,
03:23you guys were like,
03:24oh no, this is great.
03:25The one that I don't like
03:28is all the lines
03:29that they have on the football.
03:30And I'm not talking about the hash marks
03:32or the five yard dollar and 10 yard line.
03:34It is, hey,
03:35if it's first and 10,
03:37do the simple math.
03:39You know where the first down is.
03:40You don't need that yellow line
03:42that goes across
03:43or the black line
03:44to show you where the line of scrimmage is.
03:45It drives me crazy.
03:47You don't like the first down line on TV?
03:49Look at the yard.
03:50Look at the sticks.
03:53Make note of it.
03:54And look where the ball is.
03:56Hey, if it's a,
03:57if Jameer Gibbs picks up two yards,
03:59you should know
04:00he picked up about two yards.
04:03When we're broadcasting the game,
04:04we don't have it.
04:05Why watch the game on television?
04:06They have a radio broadcast.
04:08I agree.
04:08Hey, that's always the better broadcast.
04:10Here we go.
04:11Especially for Michigan games.
04:13John, do we need it?
04:16No, we watched college football.
04:18You played college football
04:20in the era of
04:22not having the computer generated lines.
04:25It's really helpful.
04:26I find it really helpful.
04:27Like instead of the camera
04:28has to zoom out
04:30and see,
04:30well, let's see,
04:31that's where the down marker
04:32is on the opposite sideline.
04:33It's really helpful.
04:34I like the yellow line.
04:36Looks like you have the first down.
04:36Yeah, it simplifies.
04:38It makes it easy to process.
04:39And I did not think
04:40that I was going to like
04:41the line of scrimmage line
04:42because I thought like you, John,
04:43and where the line of scrimmage is
04:44is where the ball's like.
04:46Yeah, but sometimes
04:46It's really easy.
04:47Like, I got a two-yard gain.
04:49But sometimes when the play
04:50when the play gets extended, right?
04:52Quarterback's running for his life
04:54and you're like, wait, wait, hold on.
04:55Give me the,
04:56give me where the line of scrimmage was
04:57so I can see in relation
04:58when the play's done.
04:59Pay attention.
05:01Pay attention where the ball is snapped.
05:03You know that's the line of scrimmage.
05:05But as the play has now developed
05:07and gone on and been extended,
05:08you might not remember.
05:09You've all of a sudden forgotten
05:10where it was?
05:11The ball was on the 23.
05:13He got to the 25.
05:14I'm not sitting there doing that.
05:15The difference is two.
05:18Now I got to keep a running tally
05:19in my head while I'm watching the game.
05:21It's really not that hard
05:22because as soon as the ball is set again,
05:25you forget where it was the first time.
05:27You're asking me to do more work.
05:28I want to do less work.
05:29I just want to watch a game.
05:31Think about less.
05:32John, when you're a player,
05:33don't you want to think about less?
05:34Right.
05:34Yeah, but they don't have the lines
05:37on the field.
05:38When you're playing,
05:39you know where the first down marker is.
05:41Wait, the yellow line's not really there?
05:42It's not really there.
05:44And it's not always accurate.
05:46Now, hold up.
05:47I have a friend who was going to,
05:51they were watching a game at a bar
05:53and watching it.
05:55And this woman said,
05:57how do they paint the lines
05:59on the field so fast?
06:00Oh, God.
06:01How do they remove the line?
06:03Uh-huh.
06:04The other one,
06:06and Jim,
06:06I got to believe you'll agree with me on this.
06:09Yeah.
06:10The glow puck.
06:11Oh, yeah.
06:13That was,
06:13and then when it would like slap shot,
06:15then all of a sudden
06:16there'd be like a vapor trail.
06:17Come on.
06:18Pew!
06:20Because he hit it so hard, John.
06:23That one was bizarre.
06:25The glow puck.
06:25There's a reason.
06:25Or the green zone in football.
06:27Hey, you're on the 25-yard line
06:29and they darken the grass
06:30that goes into the end zone.
06:32Come on.
06:35I like how you're the negative one
06:37pointing out all the bad things
06:38we've added to sports.
06:39I'm the positive one
06:40trying to focus on the great additions
06:41we've made.
06:41Yeah, the glass is half full, guy.
06:43You know me.
06:43That's who I am.
06:442-4-8-5-3-9-97-97.
06:46The ABS is another example
06:48of baseball getting it right.
06:49And as some of the points
06:51on the Twitch stream are making,
06:54you get less arguing
06:57individual balls and strikes now.
06:58Yeah, wasn't there a manager
07:00that got kicked out
07:01because he was arguing?
07:02The ABS?
07:03The ABS?
07:03Yeah, like, dude.
07:06How are you going to argue that?
07:07What is there to argue at this point?
07:08I get it.
07:09You're not happy.
07:11Tough.
07:11You're mad at the measurements?
07:13These damn computers.
07:16But we do.
07:16We get less like,
07:17hey, if you're really upset
07:18at the call,
07:18do something about it.
07:20Yeah.
07:20And if you're not that upset,
07:22shut up and get back
07:23in the batter's box
07:23or get back up on the mound
07:25and pitch.
07:26It cuts down on some
07:27of the unnecessary complaining.
07:30Sure.
07:30Sure.
07:31If it's a real issue,
07:33tap your helmet
07:33and let's go take a look
07:34real quick.
07:35Take 10 seconds.
07:36Here's one on Twitch.
07:37I hated banning the shift.
07:40Do they still feel that way?
07:41I don't.
07:42I mean, well,
07:43yep, I hate banning the shift.
07:44Oh, I thought you said hated.
07:45Yeah, well,
07:46I hate banning the shift.
07:47Okay.
07:49I love the fact that
07:52they don't have the shift
07:54like it was.
07:55Now, you still see shortstops
07:56or second baseman
07:58lining up right near second base.
08:00Mm-hmm.
08:01But I hated it
08:02when you had basically
08:03two second baseman.
08:04It was extreme.
08:05I don't think that the shift
08:07was this detriment to the game
08:10as much as people thought it was.
08:12I think it's more of a boogeyman,
08:13but I will say that
08:14I don't miss it.
08:15Right, right.
08:17Text says a fully automated
08:18strike zone
08:19would speed up the game
08:20and be even better
08:21than the challenge system.
08:22Go one step further.
08:25Essentially, the robo ump
08:27balls and strikes
08:28are instantly judged.
08:31I'd be fine with it.
08:34I don't know.
08:35I'm conflicted on that one.
08:37Mr. Traditional still keep
08:38the ump back there yelling balls
08:38Well, I like having humans
08:39involved in the game.
08:42How badly do we want
08:43to get the calls right?
08:44Right.
08:44Is the...
08:45Are you just going to put
08:46an ump there
08:47whenever there's a play
08:48at the plate?
08:49And then you're going
08:50to review that?
08:53John, if it wasn't
08:53for that yellow line,
08:54I'd never be able
08:55to watch football
08:55with my wife.
09:00John, you're crazy.
09:01The yellow line
09:02for a first down
09:02is one of the best things
09:03they've ever added
09:04to a telecast.
09:05It drives me nuts.
09:07John, get off my lawn, Jansen.
09:10This might be
09:10the dumbest take ever
09:11from John.
09:13What do you expect
09:14from John?
09:14He played football
09:15before it was televised.
09:16Signed, Roy.
09:19Best and worst changes
09:21sports have made.
09:22We're doing it
09:22because of the ABS
09:23Challenge system.
09:24We'll talk Lions,
09:25some quotes from Rod Wood.
09:26They just keep coming.
09:27It's 97-1.
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