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Yesterday was an extremely diverse day around the sports world! The World Cup game was electric, the MLB ASG showed up big, and the NBA Summer League continued to entertain.
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00:00All-Star game last night.
00:02Nationals had three players competing in the All-Star game.
00:06On the offensive side, James Wood, C.J. Abrams, they were 0-4,
00:10but Foster Griffin pitched a perfect fifth inning.
00:13A couple of strikeouts.
00:15National League, though, couldn't muster any runs.
00:17American All-Stars won for Zippy.
00:20So that was the All-Star game last night.
00:23There's no ramifications anymore from the All-Star game, right?
00:26I did like the bit where they came out and they signed the lineup card
00:30with the feather quill end bit in the wake of America 250.
00:36That was a nice touch, I thought, being in Philadelphia.
00:39All right, I like it.
00:41National League had three hits in the game.
00:43Yeah, that is dud. Big dud.
00:46So that was your Major League Baseball All-Star game.
00:50We were talking about the World Cup.
00:52What did you think of the Sandlot bit?
00:55That was before the game?
00:57I actually didn't see that.
00:58Explain it, Valdez.
01:00Well, you know the iconic scene in the Sandlot
01:03where they get to play one night game a year,
01:07and that's on July 4th because of the fireworks
01:09that are going off in the town.
01:11And they ride their bikes to the Sandlot,
01:13and they play baseball at night while the fireworks are going off
01:18so they can see the ball.
01:19And then they had kids riding their bikes in the bank,
01:24Citizen Bank Field.
01:25And then fireworks started going off,
01:28and they were playing catch with a bunch of the pros.
01:30I mean, I think it's a cool concept,
01:33but the Sandlot, it just, it's a myth.
01:36I'm speaking for our generation.
01:38It doesn't resonate with us.
01:40I don't think it does people like your age group.
01:43I mean, it's a millennial movie.
01:47It just doesn't hold the same cachet.
01:50I'm not sure.
01:50We're more stand-by-me guys.
01:52I've seen it once.
01:53How old were you guys in 1993?
01:5523.
01:5623 years old.
01:57Oh, yeah.
01:57That was a goofy kids movie.
02:00Yeah.
02:00So I understand that it has an attraction for a certain age group.
02:05Did that shit, the Sandlot ship has sailed?
02:07Did it make you happy, or did it make you just nostalgic?
02:10I just thought it was just a big spoonful of nostalgia.
02:14Nice touch.
02:15I thought it was MLB trying too hard.
02:18It was awkward.
02:20You had the players holding the sparklers.
02:22The whole thing was just kind of awkward.
02:23Okay.
02:24It was schmaltzy.
02:25Yeah.
02:26I'll be honest with you.
02:27All I really paid attention to was some of the red carpet stuff.
02:31People were doing body language stuff with Paul Skeens and Libby Dunn.
02:37Okay.
02:39Sorry, they were trying to say that Skeens is over, Libby Dunn.
02:43Oh, really?
02:43He's had his fill?
02:44Yeah.
02:44Just by the way, he's barely holding her hand.
02:46He's just ready to move on.
02:46I don't know.
02:47That's the body language you guys were saying.
02:49You do fancy yourself a body language expert?
02:52I couldn't tell.
02:53I mean, he was barely holding her finger.
02:56Who knows?
02:56Maybe he is sick of her.
02:58They have a major height difference, right?
03:00Oh, yeah.
03:01Of course.
03:01She's like five feet tall.
03:03She might be a little taller than that, but Skeens is a monster.
03:06Yeah, totally.
03:07He's got to be like a foot and a half taller than her, I would assume.
03:13I saw that tweet last night about Skeens holding her hand.
03:16Well, you saw it, right?
03:17You saw it.
03:17You looked at it.
03:18No, this is why the internet is so stupid.
03:20Like, they take one little photograph of them, like, holding hands,
03:23and they ignore everything else throughout the evening of them, like,
03:26noodling on the red carpet and playing grab-ass with each other and having fun.
03:30And Twitter is the worst, or whatever, like...
03:33It is a cesspool.
03:34I can't break up with it, but...
03:36It's clip-bait garbage, non-stop now, of trying to get you to engage with whatever
03:41bullcrap theory somebody has.
03:42No offense, Bickle, but I saw the thing, and I'm like, this is just so stupid.
03:46I just didn't know what to make of it.
03:48I looked at it.
03:49He had one finger on her hand.
03:50I didn't know what to make of it.
03:51You've never held D's hand with, like, you guys...
03:54With one finger?
03:55Like, yeah.
03:56Not really?
03:57I've done that a million times.
03:58Not really?
03:58You're just kind of, like, engaging other things, and you're feeling that.
04:01You're still touching?
04:02You're still touching.
04:03I mean, who knows?
04:03I don't know.
04:04I don't know.
04:05I didn't say I believed it.
04:05I just told you I read it.
04:07I observed it.
04:07I know, and I'm telling you that I'm sick of the click-bait garbage on Twitter,
04:10where it just tries to fool everyone into these fake stories.
04:13I like it.
04:14All right.
04:14You're taking a stand over there, Draft.
04:16I like...
04:17Twitter entertains me, so I don't mind.
04:18Well, it's because everyone gets $13 a month now off Twitter if you've got a blue checkmark
04:24or whatever, so everyone just tries to get this...
04:26phony engagement.
04:28Yeah.
04:29Maybe.
04:30I know that my retweet yesterday hit 2.1 million views.
04:36I forgot to retweet it.
04:36I think that's an all-time record.
04:38I forget everything, but I forgot to retweet that, and I didn't send the guy with the micro
04:42the money yet, but I will do that today.
04:45You see, EB's in line with his handout from Elon.
04:49Hey, man.
04:49If you could send me some dough.
04:51Hey, if you get monetized, do it.
04:52I could do a million things if I was really trying to get engagement.
04:57I could do like a poll every day.
04:58I could do a million things.
04:59That's what Draft's mad about.
05:01That's what people are doing.
05:02No, I understand.
05:03Yeah.
05:04What do you notice in this photo?
05:07No, it's always the...
05:10I see what's going on here, but I'm not going to say it.
05:13You know?
05:14And everyone's like, what?
05:14Let's go to the comments to figure out what people have to do from this.
05:18Some people do terrible things.
05:19They also do it on Instagram.
05:21Well, there'll be a pointless video that's like three minutes long of some guy, I don't
05:27know, trying to fix a doorknob or something, and you watch the whole thing because you're
05:31trying to think there's a payoff, and there's literally no payoff.
05:33It's just endless nothing.
05:35Speaking of no payoff, the Wizards did shut down AJ DeBonso.
05:39I was so disappointed when I saw that.
05:40I understand it, but they also shut down Will and Trey.
05:43Yeah.
05:44Why else did you watch?
05:45They're too valuable.
05:46Your leading scorer was Chris Livingston for the Wizards last night as they lost to the
05:52Bulls.
05:53I wanted to see Caleb.
05:54Caleb Wilson for the Bulls finished with 19 points, hit a couple of three-pointers, had
06:01eight rebounds, and a block as well.
06:05So the Wizards' unblemished summer league record comes to an end as they lose their first game
06:11in the Vegas summer league.
06:13AJ DeBonso shut down.
06:15We mentioned the World Cup.
06:17Of course, France loses, and Kylian Mbappe was a bit critical after the game of his team's
06:25tactics.
06:26Yeah, I thought it was weird.
06:27They were pretty passive.
06:27He said, we were three against two in midfield, and against Spain, Fabian Ruiz and Rodri had
06:35plenty of time to play.
06:37There was a lack of communication to the press.
06:39I think we should have done man-to-man press and forced them to run with us.
06:46So he ends up the tournament, well, he's going to play in the third-place game, but he's
06:50got eight goals so far.
06:53So they will play in the third-place game.
06:55I think their coach has moved on.
06:57I forgot they have to play in the third-place game.
06:59That's just embarrassing.
07:01Well, it's a bronze in a way, right?
07:04Nobody cares about a bronze.
07:05If you were in the Olympics, you wouldn't step to the podium for your bronze medal?
07:08I would, but I mean, is anybody at home displaying their bronze medal in their trophy case?
07:15I guess maybe you would if you didn't have any golds or silvers.
07:17Damn right you would.
07:18Are you kidding?
07:20If you made, let's say you were like a speed skater, and you won a bronze medal, that
07:24would be the centerpiece of your house.
07:26Yeah, but I mean, are people really flaunting bronze medals?
07:30I would.
07:30It's a huge accomplishment.
07:31I would.
07:32If I won, heck yeah.
07:36Maybe, I guess.
07:38Okay, you're third best.
07:40You're third best in the world.
07:42Pretty good.
07:42I mean, it's pretty good.
07:44I mean, it's not great, but it's pretty good.
07:46It's pretty solid.
07:47It's pretty great.
07:48I mean, yeah, if you make the Olympics, like Chris Farley's wife.
07:52Yeah.
07:52She didn't get a medal.
07:53Right.
07:53But she has this amazing accomplishment that she competed in the Olympics.
07:57Right.
07:58I don't care what place she finished in.
08:00Right.
08:00And Farley, he's an accomplishment who wants to get to have sex in the Olympic Village.
08:04Pretty great.
08:05I would imagine.
08:07Yeah.
08:07Yeah.
08:08Pretty great.
08:09I'm just looking, though.
08:12So, England's favored over Argentina.
08:15Who's going to be favored in the final?
08:19If you had to guess.
08:20I mean, it depends on who advances.
08:21I think Spain's going to be favored.
08:23Spain's going to be favored regardless.
08:24You think?
08:25Yes.
08:25Yeah.
08:26Okay.
08:27Like, if you just won the order, like, before the tournament, I think France was the favorite.
08:31Spain was number two.
08:32England was number three.
08:34So, you know, the top four betting line favorites actually made the semifinals.
08:41Right.
08:41But interesting to see Mbappe criticize the tactics.
08:45I think that coach has been with them for years.
08:47And they're moving on from him anyway.
08:50Anyway, back to the NBA, we still haven't heard where LeBron James is going to play.
08:57And these teams are, you know, we're talking about theories.
09:01These teams seem to be throwing out pitches.
09:05The Minnesota Timberwolves president has made some sort of pitch.
09:11And I guess he was asked, what's your pitch?
09:14This is from the president of basketball operations.
09:16He says, the recruitment is just this team.
09:20Obviously, he's an unbelievable player.
09:21Whatever decision he's going to make is going to be the right one.
09:23There's a lot going on.
09:24But he's saying, hey, come to the Timberwolves.
09:26We've got a great team.
09:27Could you see him ending his career in Minnesota?
09:31No, I mean.
09:31Of course not.
09:32Makes no sense whatsoever.
09:34You could if you thought you could win 60 games and win a championship.
09:38I don't know.
09:40I don't know.
09:41They're somewhat intriguing.
09:42The 76ers are another one where it just feels weird.
09:46ESPN's Dave McMiniman said that Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid and Jalen Brown are all in
09:53contact with James trying to persuade him to go to Philadelphia.
09:57Maybe that makes sense.
09:59That also feels weird.
10:02I don't know.
10:03But, you know, ultimately, people don't care about kind of like your last stop.
10:08If you're a great, great player.
10:10Nobody really mentions the Wizards time for Michael Jordan.
10:15No, but I think it would be different if he actually picked a spot where he actually
10:18stole a championship.
10:19I think it would be memorable.
10:21If he picked a spot that actually could win it all.
10:24Well, if he joins the 76ers, you're talking about a lineup that has Tyrese Maxey, Jalen Brown,
10:31Joel Embiid.
10:33That's a loaded lineup.
10:35I agree.
10:36Well, the lineup will be pretty loaded in Minnesota, don't you think?
10:40Yeah, I don't love LaMelo.
10:41I know you don't like LaMelo.
10:42I mean, is he going to coexist with LaMelo and Anthony Edwards?
10:46That's a lot of guys who want to take a lot of shots together.
10:49He did with Luka and Austin Reeves.
10:52Yeah.
10:53When they were healthy, he was the third banana.
10:56Yeah.
10:57I mean, Austin Reeves averaged close to 25 points per game, and Luka led the league in scoring.
11:01So he can do it.
11:03But ultimately, he wanted to roll out.
11:04Just feels weird if he ends up there.
11:07Cleveland, to me, it's where he started.
11:11And then I could buy Miami, because he's been there before.
11:14Go back to Miami.
11:16And maybe even Golden State, just because he wants to play with Steph.
11:19And Draymond's his boy.
11:22Minnesota, the 76ers just doesn't feel right.
11:26Conor McGregor apparently is going to have surgery.
11:31He announced his surgery.
11:33One thing that I do find a little interesting, there hasn't been a diagnosis of a torn ACL.
11:39I don't think he tore his ACL.
11:41My theory is meniscus.
11:43I saw somebody online also speculate meniscus.
11:46No idea.
11:46His message was, my faith is unconditional.
11:49I'm thankful I get to prove it.
11:51My lifestyle changes are permanent, and not just until I'm thankful I get to prove it.
11:56My youth is being renewed like the eagles.
11:59In Jesus, I'm thoroughly loved, cherished, adored.
12:01I walk in divine health.
12:02I live under supernatural protection.
12:06Surgery, prehab, return to martial arts practice, go again.
12:10Final fight of the contract.
12:11I saw that quote.
12:12I think he's got it mixed up.
12:13Prehab before surgery, then rehab.
12:16Yeah, I think usually prehab would be before the surgery.
12:20Trust me, it is.
12:21Prehab is before.
12:22But that's fine.
12:23Prehab, surgery, rehab, and then let's see if anybody's interested.
12:27I know you guys aren't fans.
12:28I would watch his return.
12:30I don't want him to be a main event again.
12:32It's just too much of a letdown.
12:34He's always going to be the main event because he's the biggest draw, don't you think?
12:36You could make him a co-main and have him, not the last fight, have the last fight be
12:42some big championship match and have him fight some bum before that.
12:47I would have a doctor right up there grilling his knee before he goes into the octagon.
12:53Make sure it's stable.
12:54Make sure it's good to go.
12:57I've heard people say that.
12:58I don't really understand it.
12:59It's just such a letdown.
13:00You just don't want to be let down again.
13:02Well, what does it matter if he's the fourth or fifth fight?
13:05It just feels different.
13:07I don't know.
13:08I was watching.
13:09I mean, look, the only reason people are watching is because of Conor.
13:12No one's going to care about the 145 flyweight championship fight.
13:18I think that's true.
13:19But if it's a bigger fight.
13:21They'll never put Conor on a huge fight with, you know.
13:25They did it with other fighters towards the end.
13:27Maybe now that it's not a pay-per-view.
13:29You know, nobody's ever been as big as Conor McGregor.
13:34I said it the other day.
13:35I believe eight of the top ten pay-per-views are his pay-per-view fights.
13:42He's the biggest draw in combat sports.
13:46But I don't know.
13:47That's just me.
13:48It's such a letdown that you just don't want to.
13:50You know, you did get hyped up for this one return.
13:52Like, I don't think anybody's going to get hyped up like that again.
13:55And if you remember when the fight was over, Max Holloway got on the mic.
14:01And he did an old give-it-up for Conor McGregor.
14:03And the crowd was dead.
14:04There wasn't like a give-it-up.
14:05He was like, give it up.
14:06He's a warrior.
14:08Silence.
14:08Yeah, but didn't he also, wasn't he mocking him too immediately after?
14:13Maybe before he took the mic?
14:14I thought I saw a video of him doing his walk.
14:17And he was mocking him a little bit.
14:19I didn't see that.
14:20I know his son said something like, who's your daddy now?
14:23Mm-hmm.
14:24Yeah, it wasn't a great look for Max Holloway after too.
14:27He said something like, to the crowd who paid all that money and they're let down.
14:32He said something to the effect of, let's run it back.
14:36I can get that money.
14:38Nobody wants to hear that.
14:40Right, right.
14:41Crickets.
14:43So, when we come back, hey, there's a golf major tomorrow.
14:47That kind of snuck up on me with the World Cup and everything going on.
14:50You haven't been watching live from the open, watching the guys on the range?
14:53I have not.
14:54I have not.
14:55I think yesterday was the first day that I realized that the open championship is tomorrow.
15:00And I guess we're going to continue our tradition.
15:02We're going to have a draft.
15:04A golf draft.
15:05I got to get the names in a hat.
15:07Are we going to have to do it today because it's so early tomorrow?
15:10Yeah, yeah.
15:10Tomorrow, by the time we come in, I mean.
15:12They'll already be on a course.
15:13You'll have an idea of what's going.
15:16All right, Max, if you come in here, I have all the names written down.
15:18Bring me your hat and you can do the draft.
15:19All right, we got our British open draft.
15:21That's coming up next here on The Junkies.
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