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Yabba dabba doo. It's our number two. And here in our number two, we start out with baseball, the labor negotiations. Talking about that on the Ben Maller Show. Does Rob Manford actually believe that the players union is going to accept a salary cap? Or is this all a version of political theater? A little kabuki theater. Did Brewers manager Pat Murphy have a change of heart? Or did somebody with a bigger checkbook tell him he had to apologize to the Yankees' Brian Cashman? We'll talk about that. How much confidence should Mariner fans have with Jason Kanzler?
A manager who never managed a game in his life, and now he's taking a big league job. What a modern hire that is. That and more. We've got Mallard to the third degree. Here it is, our number two. They keep barking. They say the cap is on tap.
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And oh, what fun it is this hour. We'll get back to the football conversation. But I leave this hour from the boardroom. Now, some people get very bored when they hear about the boardroom. We have a labor update. Labor update. Not a pregnancy update, but a labor update. Labor talk update. So if you have not heard, perhaps not, as we inch close, less than a month away from the end of the baseball fun, the hot stove league, all that will be put on ice.
as baseball will go officially on hiatus. Major League Baseball owners, if you've not heard, have now proposed delaying the salary cap. Not getting rid of the idea of a salary cap, but delaying the salary cap until 2028 rather than next season, 2027. Now, the latest plan, which was conveniently leaked to a useful idiot behind a paywall at The Athletic to get the story out, the baseball owner's plan includes $258 million payroll ceilings. You can't go over $258 million. $180 million floor. The floor is lava. The floor is lava. So that means...
That means that not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven. Eight MLB teams, including the heavy hitters, the Dodgers, the Yankees, the Mets, the Red Sox, would all have to get haircuts. They'd all have to get rid of payroll. They're over the threshold. Eight teams. They would face payroll cuts of $528 million. They'd have to unload $528 million of salary. There are 12, quote, small market teams.
That would have to get rid of salary as well, or add salary. This is hilarious. So the teams that are going to be mandated to add salary are Tampa Bay, who won the American League pennant, and Milwaukee, who won the World Series. Hello? Make it make sense. Now, the owners continue to argue, through their useful idiots in the media, they argue that the system would promote competitive balance. The Players Union responded by saying, Ixnay on the plan A, or something like that, is what they said, with the current labor agreement.
expiring December 1st. We are in the 11th hour now. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. And we're close to, ka-boom! That's what we're close to. They're at loggerheads, and a lockout is looming on the horizon, and that's where we are. So, that's a good jumping-off point. Let us discuss. The question, does Commissioner Rob Manford, Commissioner Rob Manford actually believe that the Players Union will accept a salary cap, or is this all a version of political theater?
Is this all political theater by Major League Baseball? Or do they actually believe, the owners and Rob Manford, that there will be some kind of cap? So I've got the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, the Copacabana, and JetBlue. And we'll combine all of these things together, and we will whistle while we work. We're going to whistle, whistle, whistle while we work. So number one. Number one. Stop. So Rob Manford is a weenie.
That's the take. Bye! I'm told we can't leave that as the take. We have to expand on the take. So Rob Manfred's a weenie in a three-piece suit. Is that good enough for you? You want more? I'll give you more. We know he's obviously carrying the water of the owners. He's a glorified ventriloquist dummy, Rob Manfred. He gets paid a lot of money for it. Manfred, he's got a little side hustle. The commissioner of baseball is working for the modern-day Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company. And if you know anything about the history of...
the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company, then you know exactly where I'm going with this. But if you don't, he's got the traveling wagon, Rob Manford, and the miracle elixir. He's got that in his bag. And there's a rattlesnake dangling from his fist. Now, Manford is the leading man in the new movie, Honey, I Shrunk the Payroll, starring Rob Manford and the MLB owners. And of course, the owners are the ones that are the director and producer. They're bankrolling the film, Honey, I Shrunk the Payroll.
They're behind that. So step right up, ladies and gentlemen. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company right there. And one tablespoon, one tablespoon of salary cap cures, competitive imbalance, baldness, gout, and chronic losing. Pure snake oil.
which is where that phrase comes from, the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company. They would go around the country and sell snake oil as a magic elixir. And people bought it. And it didn't work because it doesn't work. But people believed it worked. And that's all that mattered, the placebo effect. And they saw, I read books about this crap. It was in my infomercial book, which I quote a lot here. They had a chapter about the original infomercial people that would go around. And that same model that these jackasses used is used to this day out on boardwalks and places where there's a lot of tourists and whatnot. They used the same techniques they used way back, way back in the day. But it's snake oil.
And the players union is not buying a single bottle. They're like, we're good. We're good on that. And it's not competitive balance. It's false advertising. It's not competitive balance. It's competitive cheapness is what it is. And the owners are so hung up that they have to have a salary cap. They don't care about the data, which indicates this is not good for their business.
It's good for their franchise values, which I guess is ultimately all they care about. But in terms of the growth and the health of the game, it's not good. And what is my evidence? Well, we just got the owner's wet dream for competitive balance. A couple of small market teams, Milwaukee and Tampa Bay, went mano a mano. They were locked up in a battle there. And the television audience, the American people spoke. And all those geniuses who say, oh, we are tired of the Dodgers. We don't like the Dodgers or the World Series. We need some new blood.
It's another reason why you should not believe the internet. If you believe social media, this would have been a massive ratings win. Because social media was all done with big market teams. They wanted the underdog. They got it. They lost 25%. 25% of their television audience. Poof. Poof. Gone. No hocus pocus. Just brewers raise baseball. And they were not watching. It was not a case. If you build it, they will come. If you build it, they'll go watch a movie. They're not watching. Congratulations. You ordered a 40 ounce USDA prime tomahawk ribeye.
And you ended up getting Amy's veggie loaf. Put that in your microwave and enjoy your meal. Who goofed? I've got to know. But this is what the owners want. They just have amazing evidence, data, that this is not good long-term. You've lost 25% of your audience. The NBA is going through the same thing. It's fascinating. All these people, we want competitive balance. Oklahoma City was in the finals. Death. Now, this past year, you had New York to save the ratings from San Antonio. But Oklahoma City...
Indiana was a disaster for the television ratings. All right, now page two. To Milwaukee we go, the aforementioned champions of baseball. Now, I was told by one of my critics, this guy Supermarket Steve, that no one, no one was upset with Brewers manager Pat Murphy trashing the Yankees, and I was making that up. I think he accused me of, yeah, making that whole thing up. And I said, well, no, I didn't make it up. I just went with, you know, there was a group. Whether it's a lot or not, it's hard to tell because of the bots and the algorithms and all that stuff.
So, Pat Murphy made some comments. And the Brewers manager, Pat Murphy, if you're a little late to the party, after the Brewers won the championship, he made some comments that were taking shots at the Bronx Bombers. Well, Pat Murphy apologized for that viral video that made the rounds here. We talked about it. He was caught on candid camera calling the Yankees horse blank, a horse blank team accusing their players of being selfish. They are selfish! Okay. Just want to make sure we're on the same page. Murphy personally contacted Brian Cashman, that general manager weasel guy for the Yankees, Brian Cashman, to explain himself.
Now, Murphy claimed that the comments were part of a playful banter with former Yankee Jake Bauer, or Jake Bowers, rather, who was a one-time Yankee and played well, had the greatest year he's had in the big leagues. He was a fringe major league guy, not very good, and played very well. Had some big moments in the playoffs from Milwaukee on their way to the World Series. Murphy's like, listen, this is what we do. We bust each other's balls, and I was ripping this guy saying he's going to get paid. He's going to go to a big market team, and he's not going to play baseball the way we play baseball. And that's it. So he insisted his real target was the big payroll teams, Pat Murphy tossed that out, where individual...
But individual aspirations, the baseball reference page stats, are more important. And they often undermine winning baseball. Because you're not helping the next guy out. You're like, I'm helping myself out. And that's it. So Pat Murphy told an uncomfortable truth, the Brewers manager. And the Yankees and the social media mob went bonkers. They went berserk. They were upset. And suddenly the cranky Brewers skipper has to do the walk of shame. Or in this case, the phone call of shame and apologize. The question. Here it is.
And you can answer in a minute. I'll give out the number in a minute. Don't answer now. Do not answer now. I haven't given out the number, and I haven't asked the question, so don't answer now. Here's the question. Did Brewers manager Pat Murphy have a change of heart? Did he legitimately have a change of heart? Or did somebody with a bigger checkbook tell him to apologize right now? You get on that phone, and you apologize to the New York Yankees. All right, so.
You think Pat Murphy, just between us, you think Pat Murphy woke up and suddenly had this guilty conscience because of what he had said? Come on, please. The Brewers manager is a old, cranky baseball lifer. He's not going to apologize. He's the kind of guy that if he bumped into you at the grocery store, he wouldn't apologize. He's that guy. So why would he apologize? He's at the supermarket. He's not going to apologize. I bumped into you. I'm not sorry. No, I'm not. And he probably meant every single word that he said. And that's it.
It's pretty clear. You don't need me to tell you that somebody got to him. And likely somebody in the ownership group for the Milwaukee Brewers. The baseball establishment. Tap, tap. Tapping Pat Murphy on the shoulder and ordering code red. Dragging his fat ass straight to the principal's office. And you've got to clean this up. I can picture that cartoon bubble over the right side of my...
my head here. I can picture the way this all went down. So Pat Murphy makes the comment. It goes viral. There's some social media pushback and people upset and all that stuff. And so, okay. And the robber baron owners, these guys all hang out in the same circles, right? They get together at the Copacamana. They're sipping on some rum in the back where it's all dark there. The lights are dimmed and they're drinking their rum. And there's one guy where they're drinking whiskey and then there's somebody else got bourbon off to the side, but they're drinking. And then somebody who may or may not have the last name Steinbrenner complains.
And then ring, ring. The Brewers guy gets on the phone and says, hey, Pat, you got to clean this up, dude. You left up. Got to clean this up. And so Pat Murphy went from World Series champion to employee of the month at the Yankees Sensitivity Seminar. Congratulations. And we know he did not commit a crime. Pat Murphy did not commit a crime. He committed the unforgivable sin. What is the unforgivable sin of telling the truth?
At a time you cannot tell the truth. Baseball, the aristocracy of baseball, it's not like that. It's bad decorum. Bad decorum. Murphy exposing the dirty little secret about big market ball versus scrappy, dirt bag, small market baseball. And that's that. The Yankees don't need an apology. They actually need a mirror. Mirror, mirror on the wall. That's what they need. All right, final point. To Seattle we go. We have a new manager in Major League Baseball. The Mariners have hired someone named Jason Kanzler.
Who the hell is that? Apparently he's 36 years old. He replaces Dan Wilson after an absolute puke in your mouth. 2026 season. Crying Craig ran out of tears. That's how bad the Mariners were this year. Robbie the Mariner fan actually became a Dodger fan for a week. That's how bad the Mariners were. So Kanzler previously had a front office suit job. He was the director of player development. Now how many years do you think this guy Jason Kanzler toiled away in the minor leagues to earn the right to manage a big league team? What do you think? I'll give you four options. Option A, this guy spent 10 years in the minor leagues as a manager.
Option B, he spent seven years as a manager. Option C, three years as a manager. Or option D, none of the above. All right, reveal answers. That would be D. You have managed as many big league games as the new manager of your Seattle Mariners. Yes, no managerial experience at any level. None. This is the way it is now. A former minor league outfielder for the Astros. He was the assistant hitting coach in Houston.
Back in the day, and he becomes baseball's second youngest manager behind the great Blake Butera, who's got that natitude in Washington. I know Rick in Maryland likes that because he says morning time. He's very excited about that. All right, question. How much confidence should the Mariner fan base have in Jason Kanzler, a manager who has never, ever managed a game? That's it. So this is rather simple. The answer is Zippo.
It's kind of like going and playing the claw machine at the arcade. You don't really know what you're going to get. You hope you get something good. Likely whatever you get is going to drop out of the claw thing, and that's it. The Mariners went from the School of Hard Knocks, where they were in a Game 7 in the playoffs and had a shot at going to the World Series, and they go from the School of Hard Knocks to the University of Google Docs.
Congratulations. Welcome to another Jerry DiPoto weird science experiment. That's the general manager, Mr. 54%. He's a 54-percenter. He famously said a couple years back that the goal of the Mariners is not to win championships. The goal is to win 54% of their games every year. That way, dumb people buy tickets because the Mariners are in contention with the Yankees and the other good teams. And that makes him very happy about that. And so it's not about being great. It's about winning 54% of the games. So the most interesting fun fact here, this guy, the new manager of the Mariners, worked as a high school chemistry and physics teacher a couple years ago in Texas.
So imagine there's some kid right now who's, I guess, a young adult because a few years ago. And you're like, hey, dude, my chemistry teacher is now a big league manager. That's kind of crazy, right? That's pretty nuts. So his first day managing, this guy Jason Kanzler, his first managing of a baseball game will be in a major league uniform. Wow. Okay. That's great. It's kind of like your first flying lesson. You're in the cockpit of a JetBlue flight and there's 200 passengers behind you.
That's a move. That's a move. So, in fact, Kanzler, this is the third consecutive Seattle manager hired under president of baseball ops, the GM, Jerry DiPoto, with no prior managerial experience at any level. And, you know, like dating, like women have a type of guy. Some women like the bad boys or guys like, you know, the big caboose on the lady, whatever it might be. You have a type. Everyone's got a type. Everyone's got a type. Jerry DiPoto has a type. That's his type. And more evidence that the industrial complex of sports don't...
care about feel of the game. They don't value, have a hunch, bet a bunch, that kind of thing. And it reminds me of the words of the former Chicago Cub manager, Joe Madden, who said it best a couple years ago when he was polaxed by the Angels. And Joe Madden said that teams have turned the skipper, the manager, into a middle manager. They're essentially just gophers repeating the company line, no independent thought. And that's exactly what you would think is going on here in Seattle. The Mariners turning the...
manager of the team, the leader of the team, into a laboratory. And it turns out that if you do like the Seattle Mariners, you are a lab rat. So congratulations on that. And I am convinced if Jerry DiPoto was allowed by Major League Baseball, the three finalists to manage the Mariners would have been Chad, GPT, Grok, and Gemini. That's it. That would have been the three finalists. It is the Ben Maller Show. We'll take your calls. If you want to comment on any of this, you can join us right now at 877-99 on Fox. Some of you guys have been on hold for a while. We'll get you on, I promise. 877-996-6369. Also on X, at Ben Maller. That's at Ben Maller. We have a messy fashion situation.
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Back to it. Later on, we have Mallory III degree. We'll have the instant trivia. Also, a messy fashion situation. Chip in the Q's writes in, says A-plus on the Mallory monologue. Notice that one compelling reason the league could use for a salary cap and won't is to make it affordable for the average middle-class fan. Why not? Because they don't give a rat's arse if the average person goes broke or not. Well, they'll argue with people at baseball. It's still cheaper than all the other sports because they have so many games and you can get in there and you can sit in the bleachers and it's not that much. Although, I have noticed at Yankee Stadium, they charge a premium because of the bleacher creatures at Yankee Stadium. And teams realize about...
15 years ago or so, maybe even longer, that there's certain things that were started grassroots movements by the fans and have been hijacked by the corporation. Bills Mafia. That whole Bills Mafia thing. That was a grassroots thing by Bills fans and it got hijacked by the Bills themselves, the franchise. They put corporate polish on it and the Yankee bleacher creatures also. Chill the Yankee fan says, you're correct, Maller. Someone definitely got to Pat Murphy. He didn't have to apologize. The Yankees are always, as always, underachieved.
Should give the 100% stamp. Supermarket Steve is in denial. This schmuck, he was completely wrong. He just got obliterated in the hot take courtroom, and he's still claiming that he did not get defeated. It's ridiculous. Just take the loss. Take the loss, Supermarket Steve. All right, let's go to the phones. Let's go to Mike, who's in Dallas, and he is up next. By the way, Nature Boy says, older and more cranky, Maller. Am I right? I'm not any more cranky than I've always been. I don't know what you're talking about. Mike in Dallas. What's going on, Mike? Welcome.
Hey, Ben. Hey. Hey. Hi. Hey. I'm actually not that drunk tonight. Boo. Boo. Have another one and then call us back. Yeah. We kept you on hold a while so you could drink more. We were hoping you'd drink more. I'm on probation, but I'm getting out soon. Okay. Good luck. Do they test every time you leave the house? Do you have to blow into something? Oh, no. My attorney got that after three months. It's been out. Yeah. I'm just hoping I can leave the state soon. What state are you looking to go to? Oh, wherever y'all are at. Oh, you're coming to California? Is that right? Yeah. There's a couple of things I'd like to see there. You're like what?
There's a museum. Actually, the one that I want to see, Morro Bay. There's a giant rock in the middle. Oh, yeah. It's beautiful. You've got to go to Morro Bay. It's awesome. Right there. The central coast of California. Outstanding. Hardly anyone lives there. It's beautiful. Picturesque. The great thing about Morro Bay is they've got that giant rock, and then there's an old, defunct nuclear power plant right next to it. It's hilarious. And there's otters that hang out in Morro Bay. Beautiful. Love it. One of my favorite little weekend road trips to go up to Morro Bay. Love it. So, Benny, something that I thought was very funny when you were doing the Who Am I?
And you were saying there was a running back that was like 50th in running staff. 87th, dead last. 87th in the NFL. And in my head, I was thinking, well, surely that guy's not played against the Cowboys. Yeah, well, you do feel good when you play the Cowboys. You feel like you've accomplished a lot when you play the Cowboys. It's a good feeling. They make you feel really happy. And that's Jerry Jones. Speaking of that, I want to ask you, you're a perfect guy here. So there's a story. I teased it. And when you tease something, you have to pay it off. So there's apparently a bunch of...
pushback blowback because the Dallas Cowboys iconic cheerleaders their outfits they changed they had some special Halloween weekend costumes this past yeah people are upset and they're complaining there's a lot of criticism They've always worn those traditional blue and white outfits. The shorts, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, the whole thing. So I saw, I mean, they looked okay. I didn't look as good as they normally look, but they were getting called out saying that they look like, the girls look like exotic dancers in the office. I'm going to have to look it up. You think I'm making that up? I don't know if people were complaining about it. They were questioning about the organization's decision there, that Jerry Jones. How about that? How about Jerry, man? You've got the Cowboys defense, can't stop anybody. The offense underachieves. Now there's people upset, demanding an investigation into the wardrobe of the cheerleaders.
That's like the trifecta for your boy Jerry, right? He's running America's Next Top Model is what he's got over there. Some heavy breathing, sir. Yeah, I just... It's gotten to the point where... I feel like you could not care any less about that story. I feel like I just wasted that story on you. I feel like that was a waste of time. The Cowboys cheerleaders one? They changed their app? You don't think that's interesting? I feel like I would have heard about that if that was real. Are you talking about the sports bras that they're wearing? So you think I'm making that up, sir? I'm going to punch you is what I'm going to do. How about that? I don't think... I mean, I think I would have heard about that. So he thinks I'm making this up. How dare you?
All right, I'm going to go. All right? All right, love you guys. All right, yeah, big fan. Let's go to Fillmore Mike. Boy, this is rare. Two calls in a few months from Fillmore Mike. Lorraine, did you find the photo of the... Is it the silver outfits? Yeah, they're different than the normal ones. Coop has a very good point. Those are more covering than their original outfits, so how are they looking like strippers? Exotic dancers. That's a stripper, Ben. What's that? An exotic dancer stripper. I'm familiar with... I've been appreciating their work for many years. I know what an exotic dancer is. I think they do God's work. I don't think those look like stripper outfits at all.
Okay, so you disagree? I disagree. You think those are good-looking? I don't know if they're good-looking or better. I like the traditional look that the Cowboys cheerleaders have, but it's okay. It's okay.
All right. Traditional look shows more skin than these do. I don't know what the outrage is about. I'm not complaining. I'm just telling you people are complaining about the outfit. So anyway, what's going on? Yes, Fillmore Mike in the Bay. What's up, Fillmore Mike? Welcome. Two calls in a couple months. Before I get on, Ben, I'm going to tell you right now, you be cutting me off hella short, and you be having weirdos from Wisconsin on for two minutes long. So you can't do that to me, bro. We're Californians. So I'm just going to start off there. And then I was listening. You got the Mallard Militia, the Mallard Monologue. Bro, you not that guy.
You ain't that raw, bro. You ain't that lit, bro. I like her. She got a beautiful voice. She way litter than you, bro. You just going to keep it real. And don't cut me off. Let me get 35 seconds.
I knew that was going to happen. You dare me like that. What do you think is going to happen? I put him in jail. I'm going to take him out of radio jail. I'm going to put Fillmore Mike back on you. Morena's barely Latina. We don't need to get into a great debate. I'm drunk. He's still talking. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Ben. I'm back. Me and you go way back, Fillmore Mike. I know. Well, you got to be like that. What have I done to you? I just do a marginal overnight show. That's all I do here. You got to bust my balls here. What's wrong with you? Hey, Ben, you were so good overnight, bro. You're the perfect person for overnight because you're like hella random and then you just go into something and a girl from Berkeley called with the Zodiac signs.
Bro. See that? I love you, baby. Look at that. I'm so crazy. But listen, I'm seeing a big one. We've had Philmore Mike. We've just had a bipolar moment. You went from attacking the show to loving the show, and all because I put you in timeout. All I had to do was put you in radio timeout, and you came back. What's going on in the Bay? Give me the inside scene. What's going on in the Bay, Philmore Mike? I'm going to give you the inside scene of the Bay. We've got a parade tomorrow.
You know, it's bang, bang, not a game. You know, in the Bay, in the NFC West, we hit a little bit harder. If you watch the games, NFC West, NFC North, we hit hard. So just watch that. You're going to see it's going to be in the Super Bowl. Last but not least, the Warriors, Yaxo, shout out to Mr. Fab, is factual. Yaxo factual. That's what we call them out here, man. Or Yax City, New Yax City. But, man, Ben, I appreciate you letting me get on for two minutes because usually you give me a little rush and then you cut me off.
Well, I did technically cut you off, and then I put you back on, so I did still cut you off, but you didn't realize you were put in timeout, and then you came back. You know, I'm a fan, Fillmore Mike. Call me as often as you want, Fillmore Mike. You know what? You know what? You are the man. That's right. The man. How can I be the man, be the man, be the man? I'm going to steal Scott Farrell's bed. All right, thank you, Mike. Go to bed. Go smoke weed or whatever you don't think you go. Fillmore Mike. All right. It is the Ben Maller Show, as we are continuing on through the overnight. Time now for the instant trivia. We're going to change it up a little bit. Going back to the year 2000, Blank is the NFL wide receiver.
that has played the most games without being targeted for a pass. And obviously there are times he has been targeted, but since 2000, Blank is the NFL receiver that has played the most games without being targeted for a pass. That is the instant trivia. The answer, we'll get to it. We'll do it. And now we're to the third degree. Next. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsportsradio.com. And within the iHeartRadio app, search FSR to listen live.
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Without being targeted, meaning he has been targeted, but most total games with no targets. That is the question. What is the answer? Hartley Dykes. Great name from Alf the alien opiner. Laquan Treadwell. Not a bad name either from Femi the Uber Eats driver. Good names here. Reynaldo Nehemiah from Nature Boy. Page down. Lego Chuck. Outside Austin going with the great Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez. Also good at something else. Killing people. Lance Allworth from Rob in Minnesota. Michael in Tulsa going with underdog is his answer. Golden Richards from Mediocre Kabuki.
And, man, these are solid names. Marcel in Brooklyn from Bill the Snow Guy. That's his answer. Who else do we have? Page down. All right, that's enough. Lorena, do you have an answer, Lorena? I'm going to go with Iago. Iago, is that correct? No. The correct answer would be Matthew Slater of the New England Patriots. Listed as a wide receiver. He mostly played special teams, but technically he was listed as a wide receiver for those Patriot teams. Here we go. It's Meller. How about that? To the third degree. This is when Big Ben gets grilled. Koopa loop. Here we go.
And the Eagles face off against the Giants. And Vic Fangio. Uncle Vic. Yes, talking about J.J. McCarthy, said the Giants, it was a steal. They got him for a fifth round pick. Do you think it was a steal? No, there's a term for this. And Lou Holtz came up with it back in the day. And all these coaches do it. It's soft. You're selling soap. You're soft peddling this stuff. You're praising whoever you play. It is way too early to say that J.J. McCarthy is a steal. He's played a couple of games with the Giants. He's had a couple of moments. But he had a few moments with the Vikings, too. So who knows? Way too early.
That's just diplomacy from Uncle Vic is what that is with the Eagles. Next! It was reported on Tuesday that the Boston Red Sox will be making calls to the Cincinnati Reds if they decide to trade away Ellie De La Cruz. Now, I know you've said in the past, Ben, that the Reds should keep Ellie De La Cruz. Yes, yes, yes, absolutely. But don't you think it'd be more fun if he was on the Red Sox? Well, yeah, it would be more fun, but if you're the Reds, believe it or not, there are people that go to those games in Cincinnati, too.
And so, yeah, I went. There were a bunch of people wearing Reds hats and stuff when I went to a Reds game. So you've got to have some people on the team that are halfway decent. I love the per-league sources and all the weasel terms that have been tossed around here. No trades are going to happen. This is all irrelevant because the work stoppage is coming December 1st. Unless there's some kind of trade between now and December 1st, that's it. Next! Well, this might be irrelevant as well, but apparently some teams are reportedly wary of offering a record-breaking deal to Tarek Schuble due to his injury history. Do you feel wary about the Dodgers keeping him?
I'm fine if he's there or not. It is a concern. These guys, the injury rate's 100%. He's going to get hurt again. 100%. So you know that going in. How'd we do? You passed this game. That is a win. Bo Nix, I gotta win. Even tight. This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human.