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Happy Open Line Thursday from The Sports Junkies! The guys have a packed day both during and after this morning’s show. Listen along while they preview their all-access filled hangout at the Nationals game later this afternoon.
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00:00It's Thursday, so we're getting closer to the weekend.
00:02All of a sudden, you're starting to brighten up a little bit.
00:04Mondays and Tuesdays, I'm depressed.
00:08I honestly drive into work, and I truly don't really know what day it is.
00:11I'm so not plugged in on the days.
00:14I don't know the dates.
00:16I don't pay attention.
00:17I just generally got to go to work.
00:18Today was a special day, though, because it's the Thursday that we're going to the Nats game at 1 o
00:23'clock.
00:24Still haven't received my tickets.
00:26You'll get it.
00:27I know that we'll get them.
00:28They're in the proper hands.
00:29I figure that we will all walk over together.
00:31They're going to be sent to you.
00:33Hold hands while you walk over.
00:34We've got to figure that out.
00:35MLB Ballpark app ready to go.
00:37If you don't, you're going to be boned.
00:39The game starts at 1.
00:41T'Boney said if we want to go to BP or something, I think that would be cool.
00:45Personally, my daughter has a scrimmage today.
00:47I'd like to leave at 2.30.
00:50Hopefully get there by 4.
00:51The earlier I get there, too, then it's less like I'm leaving early.
00:55You know what I'm saying?
00:56I think 2.30 is a perfect departure time.
00:58I have to be home by 3.30.
01:01It gives me an hour to get home, which might be dicey because my kid gets dropped off right
01:07around 3.30.
01:08It depends how the carpool line goes.
01:09Well, listen.
01:10If we park here, that's a 15-minute walk.
01:13It just is.
01:14You know, if you leave in the ballpark.
01:16If you leave the suite or wherever you're at, you're not going to make it here.
01:19Maybe at Homewood you can, but I'm not going to make it here.
01:22It's at least 10 minutes.
01:23JP's scoffing.
01:24It's a minimum 10-minute walk.
01:25Yeah, I don't think you're good at timing.
01:26It's a long slog.
01:28You guys are slow walkers.
01:29It's a slog.
01:30I'm actually a pretty fast walker.
01:31It's two blocks.
01:33No.
01:34Yeah, but do you have to go all the way to the front where the media entrance is?
01:37Let's just say it's a typical and you're like behind-home play-dish.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Right?
01:40You've got to walk all the way down the street, down the street, down the street, wait for
01:44a light, wait for the crossing guard.
01:45Or the concourse.
01:46It's not like...
01:47Man, the complaining is already starting.
01:49No, no.
01:49I'm not complaining.
01:50I'm just...
01:50I can look at you and I can tell you gave yourself one hour.
01:55If it's one hour from when you leave the suite, no way you make it home in one hour.
01:58JP's time management is not the best.
02:00Yeah, not the best.
02:01You've got to look at it realistically.
02:03Not to mention, you don't know what's going to be dicey on 395.
02:06Well, that's the whole thing.
02:07Especially at 230.
02:09230's a lot different than 10 when you guys are leaving.
02:13Well, 10 times I think it'll still be terrible.
02:1510 o'clock is going to be terrible.
02:16It can still be terrible at 10.
02:18You have no idea about the construction that's going on, on the split.
02:21No, no.
02:22And then you get on 395.
02:23It's going to be the backup around the bridge.
02:26We all know that.
02:27It's going to be the backup.
02:28It's just going to be what it is.
02:31You're playing roulette every time you get on 395 when you merge out of here.
02:36I just think Kim to get to Gaithersburg, if he leaves the suite exactly at 230, I would
02:41bet a fairly significant amount of money.
02:43I'd be surprised he could get there at 330.
02:45I might be the last man standing in the suite with our guy Jason Sinaraja today from the
02:51sound of it.
02:52Because you don't have to go anywhere?
02:53It's not urgent for me.
02:55It's wide open.
02:56It's not urgent for me.
02:57My kid could be at home by herself a bit, and my wife gets home around then.
03:01She's kind of got nine to five hours, but it's not nine to five, because it kind of
03:06depends on when she teaches her classes and when she finishes.
03:08So she's usually home somewhere between 2.30 and 4.
03:12I just think at 2.30, I'll be at 2.45.
03:15You'll be fine.
03:16It's going to be an hour and 15.
03:18That's fine.
03:19I could be a little bit late to a scrimmage.
03:20It's fine.
03:21But you never know, because that's like right in the heart of hell.
03:25I did a lot of driving yesterday.
03:26I was in College Park visiting my son.
03:28He's got his new apartment, which turns out to be a townhouse.
03:31Very nice.
03:31He's living in Terrapin Row, which, I mean, it's right there in the mix.
03:38It's on Knox.
03:38Root Ward, is it?
03:40If you take a right on Knox and go down about, I don't know, quarter mile, half mile, it's
03:46on the left.
03:47Yeah, not even a quarter mile.
03:49If you remember where the old Santa Fe was, which, what's it called now?
03:55It's called...
03:55Terrapin Turf or something like that?
03:58Yeah, I think it's called Turf.
04:00It's a block from there.
04:01Is that 7-Eleven still there?
04:03The 7-Eleven?
04:04Yeah, used to be.
04:05Wow, that became a green turtle.
04:07No, no.
04:07So it's a green turtle?
04:08No, wrong.
04:09The green turtle is across the street from the old 7-Eleven used to be.
04:12I was forgetting where the 7-Eleven was.
04:13Where the 7-Eleven used to stand.
04:15It's a high-rise.
04:15Now there's just a gleaming new high-rise.
04:18Oh, really?
04:18Okay.
04:18I haven't been to Maryland's campus in years.
04:21You wouldn't recognize it.
04:21It's a high-rise, and there's a Shake Shack there.
04:23Yeah, there's like fancy retail on the lower level, and then it's apartments for the kids.
04:27Gotcha.
04:28Yeah, he's got a perfect location.
04:29I mean, if he walks maybe 50 feet to his left, Dunkin' Donuts, and then there's another
04:36spot there, which I think has-
04:38It's like an Asian takeout spot.
04:40Yeah, Pokey Bowls.
04:41Yeah, Pokey Poke.
04:42Poke Bowls.
04:42And then if he goes to the right, he's got Shake Shack.
04:45He's got Noodles & Company.
04:47He's got Green Turtle.
04:47Raisin Cane.
04:48He's got Raisin Cane.
04:49He's got everything.
04:50And then he's got the bars right across the street.
04:53Two minutes away.
04:54I haven't been there.
04:54I haven't been down Route 1 in a long time.
04:57It's getting a good blow-up.
04:58I wouldn't even recognize it.
04:59It's getting a blow-up.
05:00A lot of the older businesses and strip plazas have been knocked down to make way for newer,
05:06more modern, contemporary-looking buildings.
05:08Silly.
05:09He's got the pre- and post-game spot locked down.
05:12Yeah.
05:13The thing about his place is he's on the 4th floor.
05:16His bedroom is on the 4th floor.
05:18He's got a good ID, right?
05:19Yeah.
05:19Yeah, of course.
05:20I think so.
05:20I think they all do nowadays.
05:22Of course, yeah.
05:22I still.
05:22It's a rite of passage.
05:24But I'll be there September 19th because that's when the Hokies come.
05:27So I'll be on Route 1 at some point that weekend.
05:29That's the one time you're going to come back to Maryland to root against the Terps.
05:32Correct.
05:34Understood.
05:35Your kids went to Virginia Tech.
05:36You're a Virginia guy now.
05:36That's going to be.
05:37There'll probably be more Hokies fans than Terps fans.
05:39We're going to have.
05:40I would expect that.
05:41Former Hokies head coach.
05:44Now the team.
05:44Guy on the show today.
05:45Now the defensive coordinator.
05:46Yes.
05:47Under Franklin.
05:48I don't know how many times this happened or if it's ever happened where a head coach
05:53gets fired and then gets rehired as a coordinator the next year.
05:56I can't.
05:57I can't think of one off the top of my head.
05:59It's a crazy thing.
05:59It is a wild scenario.
06:01It really is wild.
06:01Maybe the pro level it's happened, you know, like.
06:03Maybe, yeah.
06:04You know, with like a Jason Garrett or something.
06:06Stays in Blacksburg.
06:07Didn't have to sell his house.
06:08It's great.
06:09Yeah.
06:10So.
06:10Great for him.
06:11And we all, you know, when we had.
06:12That's a pay cut, but.
06:13He was always great with us.
06:14He's really good.
06:15Yeah.
06:15Yeah.
06:16And he likes doing the show.
06:17So we'll talk to him at 920.
06:19We can ask him flat out what it's like.
06:21Yeah.
06:22He seems like a great dude to have a beer or like six with.
06:26Yeah.
06:26Fred Prye.
06:27I'm just guessing.
06:28Yeah.
06:28For sure.
06:29You can hang at the bar with him for a good long time.
06:31I think most of those football guys.
06:32Some good stories, too.
06:33You sit down on them.
06:34You're going to get some good stories.
06:35I would imagine.
06:36Well, you'll probably get some good stories today.
06:38Yeah.
06:39At the Nats game.
06:40You'll see.
06:41Yeah, it's true.
06:42I'll have to pick Jason.
06:42Jason Sinaraj's brain.
06:44Or PT.
06:46Pick PT.
06:46Yeah, it's true.
06:47Because he's going to drop by.
06:48Yes.
06:49Your text buddies now, right?
06:50I didn't text him yet, but I have his.
06:52He emailed me his cell.
06:53He goes, text me anytime.
06:54Yeah.
06:55I was.
06:56Did you mention it on the air or someone?
06:58I heard us talk about it, but how did he find out about it?
07:01How did he find out about what?
07:03That you wanted his number.
07:05Oh, I don't know if he.
07:07He didn't think I wanted his number.
07:08He just.
07:09I was talking to him about my daughter about a possible job opportunity.
07:12Oh.
07:13And he said, here, text me if you need any information.
07:15Oh, okay.
07:16But I was.
07:16I did text Dan Colco last night.
07:19Okay.
07:19During the game.
07:20That's crazy.
07:22Did he read it during the game?
07:23Don't know.
07:24I can't tell.
07:25I didn't know if he does a bit like.
07:27Yeah.
07:27But it was because.
07:28Maybe he does a bit like Dave Johnson, where Dave Johnson gives immediate shout outs during
07:33the broadcast in between.
07:35I didn't hear.
07:35Whenever there's a little time out.
07:37I've done it a bunch of times, almost as a goof, where you tweet him during the radio
07:41party, and he'll be like, oh, JP's checking in.
07:44He's at a red light on Shady Grove Road.
07:47I don't know.
07:47I didn't hear him give me a shout out, but the reason I texted him is because I was watching
07:52the game last night, and there was a foul ball onto the first base side, and this fan
07:59literally dove out of his seat.
08:01Dove.
08:02I've got a picture of it.
08:03Okay.
08:04Onto cement to get this baseball.
08:06Now, he didn't get it.
08:07Another guy got it and gave it to his daughter.
08:09Did he get a bloody lip or anything?
08:10I don't know if he got bloody, but he had beer or whatever he was drinking all over his
08:13jean shorts.
08:14Did you see my baseball?
08:15And I sent that picture to Dan Coco.
08:18I said, how dumb is this guy to dive on the cement?
08:20For $3 baseball.
08:22You literally go to Dick's and buy baseball for $3.
08:24He said he was laughing, but I also said, it's kind of sad, and we've talked about this,
08:28and there are reasons, but about a month ago, the Nats were about, they were top 12.
08:35They were one of the 12 best teams in baseball.
08:37Just a month ago.
08:38Now, arguably, they're the worst.
08:40They could lose three out of four to the Rockies.
08:42You need to get beaten 13-1 at home by the Rockies.
08:45This is the Rockies, who are the worst team in terms of wins.
08:47They're 52-81.
08:49Correct.
08:49And if they lose tonight, or today, when you guys will be there, that's three out of four
08:53to the Rockies.
08:53You could argue they're the worst team.
08:55You know what you're looking at?
08:56That's good luck charms.
08:58Maybe.
08:58Oh, I wouldn't put that on us.
09:00We might be the Nats.
09:01Take no response.
09:02You know what?
09:03Reverse their fortunes.
09:03And I know he's not starting.
09:04If Cavalli was starting, I'll say we're good luck charms.
09:07Anybody else?
09:08He's not.
09:08Jake Irvin's starting, and he hasn't been very good.
09:12It's just been sad, what's been going on with the Nats for the last month.
09:15And there are reasons for it.
09:16All right, lots to get to on an open line Thursday.
09:19We will talk fantasy football with our pal Dave Richard from CBS Sports.
09:24He's going to join us coming up at 8 o'clock.
09:26Nikki Javala, Commander's Reporter for The Athletic.
09:29We will talk to her at 8.20.
09:31She was at the joint practice between the Ravens and the Commanders yesterday.
09:35She had some interesting things to say.
09:36She had some choice words about that practice.
09:38We will talk about that with her at 8.20.
09:40And as we mentioned before, Brent Prye, Virginia Tech's defensive coordinator,
09:44he joins the show coming up at 9.20.
09:47When we come back, we'll get into that Commander's joint practice
09:49with the Ravens up in Owings Mills yesterday.
09:53We're the junks.