00:01did you know he had a cricket background
00:05good morning 97.1 guardians beat the tigers
00:084-3 final they manufactured a couple runs
00:14tigers have lost 12 of their last 14 games
00:18and we asked a question earlier and i got some text in front of me
00:21are you giving up on this group giving up on this team it's not even memorial
00:25day but it's getting real bad real quick seven and a half
00:29back of the division and again they're losing a lot of bad teams during this
00:33stretch too right tech says guys it's just a bad
00:36baseball team what have they done to help their overall roster
00:39on offense the last 100 games they have a losing record they're just not a good
00:43team lackluster offensive team i've definitely
00:47given up on the tigers but i feel like they've given up on the fans
00:51yeah valdez was a great signing but no one can hit
00:54who did they bring in nobody oh wait the ghost of verlander's here
00:59awesome the front office is way too passive
01:04we need gibby to call in and tell us to be patient that's mark
01:08i haven't given up on them but you guys obviously have you'll be proven wrong
01:12again i don't think we said we gave up i think you put it well you said their
01:16background noise for now they are it's just i mean this is a terrible stretch
01:21and for the guardians to come to town
01:26when they're in this terrible stretch it just it hurts it's like a double hurt
01:31jim i forgot they were playing last night
01:33yeah texas i gave up on him two weeks ago
01:37taking my twenty dollars a month back unwatchable
01:40at this point bring back brandon inge
01:43i'm not even gonna lie if alan trammell was willing to put his body on the line i think he'd
01:46play better than zach short
01:50well i mean what do you think trammell would get a hit
01:54zach short doesn't have any
01:56why that's yeah yeah
01:57can he lay down a bunt
02:00that's that's that last thing on this that that's what bothers me
02:02cleveland is a chronic underachiever
02:04they can't hit either they never hit
02:07and they find ways to win
02:08yeah we got a group and we're gonna bitch about injuries
02:10which are a factor but you can't go two and twelve against
02:12mostly bottom feeders and just continue to get in your own way
02:15and have it be defended
02:16and a great example of something they could be doing better
02:18is the lineup construction last night
02:20riley green hits fifth
02:22because it's a lefty one problem
02:24riley green's hitting lefties better than righties
02:26riley green's having an mvp caliber season
02:29he's number one in the american league
02:30and batting average number one in baseball
02:32and on base and because he's hitting fifth
02:36he doesn't get the at bat in the ninth
02:38but jami jones gets to hit against a righty
02:40right it's aj's doing himself no favors with that
02:44it's already hard enough to win
02:47so we asked that question to tiger fans
02:50are you giving up on this team
02:52have you get piston targets
02:53thumbs up thumbs down and you joked like
02:55some of these guys aren't even going to be available
02:56and you said well yeah thumbs up on wemby
02:58i'd take wemby
02:59right
03:00not available
03:02i'm still mesmerized by what wemby
03:05did in game one of the real nba finals
03:0840 20
03:0840 20
03:10logo three
03:12i've never seen a player like him
03:14and i have come to the conclusion
03:16if i was starting a sports team today
03:17he would be the number one pick
03:19across all sports
03:20he'd be the most valuable player
03:22to start a team with
03:23in all of sports
03:24it's the obvious
03:25six
03:27you know
03:28he's a seven six alien
03:30right
03:31but he's also got the footwork
03:33to get out in space
03:34he alter shots that he doesn't even block
03:36just his presence
03:37scares and hurries and alter shots
03:40and then he's got a shooting touch
03:42like we've seen
03:43big shot blockers in nba history
03:45but none of them with the shooting touch
03:46or the ability to dribble and create
03:48that when banyama has
03:51so
03:52i'll ask it to you guys
03:53do you agree
03:54is this the player you would build around
03:56if you were starting a sports team
03:57in any sport
03:58the most valuable athlete
03:59in all of sports
04:03no
04:04this will be good
04:07is he an alien
04:07there's no question he's an alien
04:09i'm not sure he's from this planet
04:10no
04:11um
04:12but
04:14we have a little bit more proof
04:16of another alien
04:18and that is
04:18shohei otani
04:19and when you're talking about
04:21the
04:22i mean he
04:22four mvps already
04:24and two world series titles
04:26but when you're talking about
04:28most
04:28valuable
04:29in sports
04:31the
04:32dodgers revenue
04:34in 23
04:36was 580 million
04:38they signed shohei
04:40and all of a sudden
04:41in 24
04:42it's 850 million
04:43in 25
04:44and 26
04:45so far
04:46it's 950 million
04:48he is
04:49in
04:50in
04:50will
04:51in 3 years
04:52double
04:53their revenue
04:55they're going to be
04:56a billion
04:56they're going to do
04:57a billion dollars
04:58in revenue
04:58in just
05:00from signing
05:01shohei
05:02and yes
05:03there are other guys
05:04on that lineup
05:05but he is
05:06right now
05:07you want to talk about
05:09alien numbers
05:10yeah
05:1044 innings pitched
05:127 starts
05:14his ERA
05:15is
05:18.082
05:19his whip
05:20same number
05:23.082
05:25he
05:25I mean
05:25you talk about
05:26the home runs
05:27that he hits
05:27he single-handedly
05:29won games
05:30in the postseason
05:31for them last year
05:33okay
05:34I knew his name
05:34would come up
05:35he's a two-way sensation
05:36he should be in the discussion
05:38Wimpenyama plays
05:39both ends of the floor
05:40too
05:40he's the defensive
05:41player of the year
05:42he's got twice as many
05:43blocks per game
05:44as anybody
05:45in this postseason
05:46also plays offense
05:47at a fairly high level
05:48I don't know if you saw him
05:49drop 40
05:50yeah
05:50mine did
05:50so
05:54and I also feel like
05:55I'm doing a show
05:55with the guys on Shark Tank
05:56you're bringing in the value
05:57the valuation
05:58of what he brings
05:59to a franchise
06:01hey
06:01what is the number one goal
06:03for any franchise owner
06:06winning
06:06if I'm
06:07you
06:08you may think
06:09well
06:09so
06:09Shohei Ohtani
06:11does both
06:11the number one goal
06:12for all these billionaires
06:14is to make more billions
06:16of dollars
06:17they're doing it
06:18right now
06:19with the Dodgers
06:20he is a worldwide sensation
06:22so is
06:23Wimpenyama
06:24yeah
06:24okay look
06:24no question about it
06:25international
06:26sensations
06:27and phenomenons
06:28and
06:29I understand
06:30and
06:30he has already won
06:32two world series
06:33probably going to be
06:34a third this year
06:35Shohei is an ATM
06:36no dispute
06:37if I'm running a team
06:39my number one priority
06:40is winning over
06:41over the money
06:42and I think Wimpenyama
06:44is a bigger driver
06:45to winning
06:45than even Shohei
06:46two world series
06:47he plays for the Dodgers
06:49in your pocket
06:49plays for the Dodgers
06:50drop Shohei
06:51on the
06:52on the
06:53on the Reds
06:54on the Angels
06:54well on the Angels
06:55there you go
06:56yeah how many world series
06:58did he have
06:58with the
06:59with the Anaheim Angels
07:00and that's the argument
07:01against Ohtani
07:02it's the strongest argument
07:03against Ohtani
07:04is that
07:04he's just one of 25
07:06okay so
07:07even though he can pitch
07:08he's actually two
07:09I guess
07:10he's two of 25
07:11yeah but Wimpenyama
07:12is one of a dozen
07:13and in the playoffs
07:14he's one of a handful
07:15the single
07:16in basketball
07:18having the
07:19greatest player
07:20in the game
07:20is more impactful
07:21than any other sport
07:22yep
07:23it directly leads
07:24to championships
07:24or championship appearances
07:26Ohtani was
07:27with the Angels
07:27for years
07:28and it didn't do
07:28diddly squat
07:29because the team
07:30around him
07:30wasn't good enough
07:31Wimpenyama
07:32doesn't need
07:32some great team
07:33around him
07:34yeah Wimpenyama
07:34Wimpenyama's got
07:34the youngest team
07:35in the history
07:36of the Western Conference
07:37finals
07:37well it's not like
07:38he's doing it by himself
07:39no he's not
07:40but I think he's
07:41a bigger driver
07:41and maybe that's
07:42just as simple
07:42as it's basketball
07:43but I agree
07:44he's a bigger driver
07:45to winning
07:45than what Shohei does
07:46even though he's
07:47a pitcher and a hitter
07:48I would prefer
07:49to win championships
07:52and make more money
07:53I'm sure San Antonio
07:54San Antonio's
07:55hard up for cash
07:56I'm sure they're
07:56really struggling
07:57I'm not saying
07:57they're not hard up
07:58for cash
07:59and I can give you
08:00those numbers as well
08:01I know they're not
08:02worth what the Dodgers
08:03are worth
08:04if Wimpy fulfills
08:05his potential
08:06he's going to make
08:06the Spurs
08:07tons of cash
08:08and the NBA
08:09he's going to be
08:10a global icon
08:11he's going to win
08:12like 10 defensive
08:13player of the year
08:13awards
08:14he's probably going
08:15to win half as many
08:16MVP awards
08:17he's going to go down
08:18as one of the
08:19greatest of all time
08:20oh then we're going
08:22to have that debate
08:22now is it MJ
08:23or Wimpy
08:25he's catching them
08:26one step
08:27very large step
08:28at a time
08:30it's 97-1
08:31go as
08:31as
08:31as
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