Steelers Draft, Pens Playoffs, & Pirates Relevancy! | Sports Porch Black & Gold LIVE

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And why is that?
Why am I doing a solo show

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tonight?
Well, it's a playoff hockey

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night in Pittsburgh and HJ is
down at PPG Paints right now.

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They're getting set.
I actually, I'm watching right

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now.
They're getting set to drop the

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puck.
Looks like they might have

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actually dropped the puck.
I'm not sure.

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Yeah.
Anyway, so H Day is going to be

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calling in at the end of the
first period to give us a little

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update.
If you didn't watch his Hockey

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Jesus segment after the first
playoff game, if you want to go

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back and watch it, I highly,
highly recommend it.

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And yes, the Grand Schwab beanie
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I am alone in the basement
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this incredible show.
And I'm going to be with you for

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the next 45 minutes to an hour.
We're going to talk Pirates.

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We're going to talk Penguins.
We're going to talk the NFL

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draft.
Drop your comments.

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I got a poll I'm starting on
YouTube right now.

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Actually, it's let's make a
prediction early on.

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Are the Penguins going to win
this game or not?

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Are the Penguins going to win
this game or not?

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Let's do it.
I've watched more playoff hockey

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this past week than I ever have
thanks to HJ, says Chris Chotta.

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Thanks for being in the house,
buddy.

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Hope you're watching the game as
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Drop your comments.
Let's get a conversation started

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So hey, let's just dive right
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Pens are playing.
So if you're watching, that's

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Get your phone, put it down here

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And as I said, jump in anytime.
But what I want to start with

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right now, I want to start with
right now is this raise it.

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The Pirates offensively, they're
a baseball team now, folks.

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Yes, they are.
They are a baseball team and you

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know, 13 and 9.
What?

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Second or third place in the NL
Central.

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It's early, 22 games in, but
let's talk about the Pirates

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offensive leaders.
Shocking, shocking after 22

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games.
O'Neill Cruz, who yes, the TD

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has called a bum and that still
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Although I did retract that.
I did retract that a couple

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weeks ago, maybe last week.
Pat, off track.

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I knew HJ would, of course.
Distracted.

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Distracted.
Anyway, you know, I did.

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I did retract my comments about
O'Neill Cruz being a true bum

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because honestly, he put in some
serious work over the offseason

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and I and and I can't, you know,
I can't take that away from him.

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And he's hitting left-handed
pitching.

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He currently leads the Pirates
with 19 RBIs and 26 hits.

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He's got a 292 average.
It it's come down a little bit.

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I mean, it was up there in the
three 30s.

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I love how people were saying,
well, that can't last.

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That won't last.
Look, if O'Neil Cruz ends up

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being the player that the
Pirates have said he couldn't be

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and the player that we have been
hoping for and wishing for, he

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could be a 300 hitter.
We don't know that.

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You can't say things aren't
going to last.

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You just have to let things play
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That's the way life works.
It's the way baseball works.

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It takes patience and I
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give O'Neill Cruz a lot of
credit for working really hard

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in the offseason.
Now, his defense does leave a

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little bit to be desired, but if
you're crushing 30 home runs,

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you're batting in the two
seventies, 8090100RB is well, I

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think you can a couple
defensive, you know, miscues can

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be forgiven, but let's hope that
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Now, Brandon Lowe and offseason
addition, seven home runs, 18 RB

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is Ryan O'hearn.
He's batting 329 with a 960 OPS.

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Unbelievable.
Brian Reynolds has a 392 on base

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percentage.
I think that's wrong.

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Is that wrong?
Let me see.

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No, it is.
It's 392.

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So I mean, you're talking about
some guys here, you know, in

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Lowe and O'hearn where you've
got to give credit to

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Cherrington for these pickups.
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Cherrington for these signings
and look, the guy has taken a

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lot of fire from Pirates fans
over the years and you know,

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once in a while you got to give
credit where credit's due.

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Great signings.
Hopefully one of these guys is

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on a 2 year deal or maybe
they're both on one year deals.

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I I don't know, I don't
remember, I'm not even going to

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look it up.
But hopefully one or both of

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them can stick around.
But with those two guys in the

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lineup, just as we thought here
on the sports porch, Cruz has

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protection, Reynolds is has
protection.

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You know, even Ozuna now he's
batting below the Mendoza line

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at 188.
He finally has a couple home

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runs, you know, and then you've
got guys like Nick York with his

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home run.
You got Connor Griffin batting

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over 200.
And, and I think he had six

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straight games with a hit, which
is the most in the Pirates

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organization since I don't know
if you know this guy's name.

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Bill Mazeroski.
Anybody heard of that guy?

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Yeah, I've heard of that guy.
So I I mean, does that mean he's

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going to be a superstar?
No.

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But does that mean, you know, he
should stay up here?

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Yeah.
I hell yeah.

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I, I, I, I think you keep Connor
Griffin up here the whole year.

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So, you know, this offense is
performing.

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One of the big things that I
talk about all the time on on

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the sports sports here.
And I talk about this not only

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in not only for the NFL, but
also for baseball.

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It's the point differential.
It's the run scoring

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differential.
And if and if you go there, and

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I love this, somebody pointed
this out on social media today

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and they're absolutely right.
They are absolutely right.

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OK, so you've got the the Reds
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Their run differential is -8 for
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that, it means they've scored
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So they've scored 78 runs,
they've allowed 86.

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The Cardinals -8 they, they,
they've scored a lot of runs,

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103 but they've let a lot of
runs across the plate, 111.

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The Pirates lead the NL Central
with 113 runs scored and their

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second lowest in the NL Central
with 88 runs scored.

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That's a + 25.
So you have the top two teams -8

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negative 8.
Then you got a + 25 with the

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Pirates.
The Cubs are plus 30.

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They've scored one less run, but
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So 112 runs scored for the Cubs.
82 runs against the Brewers. 106

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runs scored, 87 runs against,
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Now the Cubs and the Brewers are
at the bottom of the division,

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but they're both 12 and 9.
The Pirates at 13 and 9 are a

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game back.
What?

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What does all of this mean?
What does all of this mean?

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Well, I mean, it points to
things like pitching, pitching,

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and I'm going to go there right
now.

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Dominance on the bump.
So you've got skeins with that

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horrible first inning.
Thanks to O'Neill Cruz and

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himself, really, who's now
brought his ERA down to 327.

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Much more respectable ERA.
Not Skeensian, as I would like

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to say.
With 23 KS on the year, he's

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three in one.
Mitch Keller looking pretty

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good, two in one with a 279 ERA
and A11-O WHIP.

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Carmen Majinski one and O 177
with 20 KS and Braxton, Braxton

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Ashcraft 27 strikeouts in 22.2
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So we've got dominance on the
mound right now and, and, and,

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and what does that mean?
Well, that means our pitching is

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pretty good.
Our pitching is pretty good and

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we got a ton of comments coming
in right now.

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Ton of comments.
Let me get some of them up.

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Let's see if we can have a
little bit of fun.

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Chris Giotto says Ozuna might be
waking up a little.

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Yeah, of course he look after
after 567 games, everybody's

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ready to throw him on the trash
heap.

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And the guy's a pro, all right?
I mean, yeah, we could say he

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came here in a one year deal.
He just wanted to be paid

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whatever you want.
But look, he doesn't want to

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show up here and look like
garbage.

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He's going to bring it back.
He's he's going to, he's going

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to hit 20 home runs this year.
He might, he might not hit 30,

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but he's going to hit 20.
And I don't think other than

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Cruz last year, I'm not sure we
had anybody hit twenty home runs

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after 22 games, says Chris
Chotta.

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I've watched quite a few.
This is a nice team, but

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something is missing.
What it is I don't know, but

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something is missing.
I I would say bullpen.

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Bullpen perhaps.
Let's go take a look at their

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pitching.
Let's take a look at the, let's

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take a look at the Pittsburgh
Pirates pitching right now.

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As far as the bullpen goes,
there was 1 stand out here that

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I thought was pretty incredible.
And, and as far as relief

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pitching is concerned, and I
want to say it's Mason

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Montgomery.
You know, the, the, the, the

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kid.
I think when I was looking at

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these stats, I, I think Mason
Montgomery has what, 19

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strikeouts in nine innings
pitched, which is pretty

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impressive.
Now he has a 482 ERA.

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But you know, you can't put a
lot of stock in relievers Eras

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because they, they come in for
an inning or a pitch or an out

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and if they, if they, if they
give up a run, you know, sky

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high.
So you got Paul schemes with

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three wins leading the club.
Braxton Ashcroft, Ashcraft

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Ashcroft as a starting pitcher
at a 238 ERA, which is not too

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bad.
Where is where is Carmen?

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Man, I why wouldn't he be the
leader at 177?

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He has 27 strikeouts.
Santana has two saves.

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Gregory Soto has five holds.
So, you know, Chad, I'm not sure

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that you know, I have an answer
to what you're saying as well.

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What is missing?
What is missing?

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I, I, I would say a solid
bullpen, a, a closer.

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I'm I'm not sure, but this team
is still developing and they're

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developing a chemistry and I I
you know, I think we have to be

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patient with this.
Kept the plane.

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He looked familiar and has a
nice gold yellow tooth.

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Only one, though.
I I'm not sure who he's talking

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about.
Guy seen the anthem at this game

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was in sideways and tombstone.
That's there's pat off track

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coming in for you right there.
Chris Chotta talks about Rowdy

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Talez I I, but you know, Chris,
I'm so happy you're here.

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So, So what does this mean for
the Pirates?

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You know, what does this start
to this season mean in other

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years?
I would say it doesn't mean a

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lot.
I really would because we've,

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we've played this tape before.
They get off to a hot start,

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everything's looking great, and
then they go on a slide and it's

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just downhill from there.
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we don't want to believe.
We don't want to believe.

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So it's really hard to sit here
even after rattling off all of

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these stats.
Cruz with his average in his

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home runs.
Brandon Lowe, same thing, home

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runs.
Ryan O'hearn hitting the cover

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off the ball, Reynolds having a
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when he's normally, you know,
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It's really hard to sit here and
say we're going to believe.

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But I got to tell you, you know,
you got guys like Spencer

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Horowitz, who crushed one the
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yesterday.
You've got Jake Mangum, who who

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is a solid left fielder and a
young player who I think's going

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to surprise us.
He's batting 283 right now.

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Henry Davis is struggling a
little bit at the plate, but I

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think his approach is a little
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But if you got all these other
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well, you're going to be all
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You can afford to have Henry
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defensive catcher.
So I, you know, is it time to

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believe in the Pirates yet?
We're going to be asking this

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question.
I swear to God, we're going to

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be asking this question all
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It's going to be let let let's
just let's dream for a little

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bit.
Let's do that.

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Let's dream.
OK, It's August.

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The Pirates are two games out of
the wild card, couple games out

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of first place in the NL
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Do we still believe in August?
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What has to happen?
What has to happen for us to

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believe?
I'm not a believer yet.

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I'm really not.
But what I will tell you is we

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had the counselor on last week
and, and for those of you who

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don't know our our friend, the
counselor Scott, the three of

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us, the Grand Schwabini, HJ and
I, we went to college together,

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lived in Pittsburgh, HJ most of
his life, me 30 some years, the

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Grand Schwabini 20 plus year, 25
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And you know, the counselor his
entire life, the counselor in

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HJ, two of the biggest
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met in my life, probably the
biggest Pittsburgh sports fans

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I've ever met in my life.
But the counselor brought

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something up last week that I
fully agree with.

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It doesn't mean that they're
going to do great all year.

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Doesn't mean they're going to
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Although I did call for the
Pirates this year to to hit 88

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wins.
And we are, you know, 2223 games

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into the season 1 eighth in
that's .125 for you former

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bankers out there, 1/8.
Anyway, culture, that's what the

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counselor said.
I agree with it 100% right now.

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I think the culture has changed,
and it's changed because of a

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couple things.
First of all, Paul Skeens is a

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big part of that, OK?
He he wants to win the signings.

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Lau o'hearn Ozuna definitely
change the culture.

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Those guys played on winning
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They've been All Stars, they've
gotten MVP votes in their

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career, They've had great years
in other franchises, and they

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come in here and they want to
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They don't want to lose.
OK, Ryan O'hearn didn't come

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here because this was his last
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Like Rowdy Tilez, who did end up
going somewhere else, but there

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I did it.
I said the guy's name.

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Again, I apologize.
But you know, the culture is

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changing.
That can take a couple years,

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which is why it's very, very
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But I, I hope that we see some
of these guys back next year,

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especially if they're relevant
all the way through September

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and especially if we, if we hit
October baseball around here.

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You want to talk about a packed
ballpark?

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We're going to have some fun
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So I, I would absolutely say the
culture is changing and, and

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this goes speak specifically to
Chris Chotta's question here,

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which I'll, I'll put up on the
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Do you think these improvements
will be enough to keep skins

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interested in staying long term?
Personally, I'm getting the

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feeling he'll stay.
Just a hunch.

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You know, Chris, I'll, I'll tell
you what, there is one thing

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and, and, and it's unfortunate.
This is my opinion and feel free

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to drop your opinion in the
comments.

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There's no wrong opinion around
here.

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The one thing that I would say
at this point is that it's all

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about money.
I mean, it really is OK if it,

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it, it 20 years ago, oh hell,
1510 years ago, it was more

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about winning.
When, when me and the boys here

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down in the porch were kids, it
was all about winning because

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some of these players were just
starting to get paid in the late

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70s, early 80s.
And, and I mean paid for real,

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you know, this insane money, it
wasn't, it was a lot of money

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back then, but it wasn't insane
money.

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We didn't even think it was
insane money back then.

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We thought it was a hell of a
lot of money.

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Now it's insane money.
So it's about the money.

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And let's not forget that if
you're Paul Skeens and let's say

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the pirates, you know that they,
they, they bow out in the wild

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card at the end of this year.
You know, let's say they have a

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great season.
He he's got some arbitration

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eligible years.
The the big question is at at

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what point does Nutting pull the
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Because he's done this before.
They pulled the plug after the

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131415 seasons and just got got
rid of the team and the family

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were ended up with, you know, 10
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So the question is in does Paul
Skeens want to stick around?

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The question is, are the Pirates
going to be willing to pay Paul

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Schemes to stay?
Now?

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If they are, I'm sure the number
Paul Schemes is going to want is

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going to be a little different
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going to offer.
So that's another challenge.

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So I don't know, I can't answer
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I think Schemes would be
interested in staying if the

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Pirates continue to make
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the bats they brought in.
They do have some great

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prospects down in the minor
leagues still.

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This Seth Hernandez kid, he's
going to be something.

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Bubba Chandler, he's going to be
something.

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So you know that that's a tough
one, man.

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Let's just focus on this year.
Let's focus on this year because

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Schemes is arbitration eligible,
I think after this year.

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And the question is, do they
decide to trade Schemes now?

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If you think about it, if you
think about it with the Pirates,

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what's really interesting and
and I'm going to put this out

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here and and somebody's going to
lambaste me for this, probably

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Grand Schwabini or HJ later, but
any of you can do this if the

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Pirates don't look as good.
Or let me rephrase that at this

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point right now with the
pitching capital, the, it looks

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like the Pittsburgh Pirates have
between the minor leagues and

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what they have up here.
Why wouldn't you trade Paul

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Skeens?
Get maximum value for him.

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Who's to say you couldn't trade
him for somebody, you know,

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somebody big like, I mean, this
is a pipe dream.

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But like a guy like Aaron Judge.
All right, throw the comments up

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there.
I'm an idiot.

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But, you know, if I look at
this, I say, OK, so we got guys

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like Mitch Keller.
We got guys, you know, like

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Bubba Chandler, Braxton,
Ashcraft Majinski seems to be

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pitching really well.
You know, what could we get for

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for a guy like Paul Skeens, now
that's blasphemy.

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As a Pirates fan, I agree with
you 100%.

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And I will see counseling for
that.

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I promise.
I promise.

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Fingers crossed.
But I don't think that's a

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question that we can answer
right now.

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We got to see how this how the
rest of this season plays out.

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But you know, at this point
right now, they're putting a

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good product on the field.
They're not putting quite as

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many more fans in the stands.
And I think one of the reasons

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there is that it's hard to be a
believer when you're a Pirates

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fan.
And let's just, you know, let's

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just let's leave it at that.
So what do you guys think?

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Is it time to believe in the
Pirates?

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Is it time to believe in the
Pirates yet?

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I don't know.
I don't know.

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Despair, not disparity.
Freaking Drexel education says

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pad off track.
Thank you.

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Pad off track.
You're absolutely right.

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Disparity maybe between other
Major League teams and the

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Pirates.
Is that a good save?

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I don't know.
I have no idea.

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So the buck goes check in.
Are the Pirates for real in

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2026?
I'm going to say through the 1st

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22 games, yes, they are for
real, but we're going to be

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asking this question for the
rest for the rest.

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Sorry about that guys.
We're going to be asking this

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question probably for the rest
of the year.

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And even if they make the play
offs, I mean, to me they're for

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real if they make the play offs.
But even that, you know, they

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got to make the play offs.
They they got to be good two

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years in a row.
You know, it's kind of like when

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is nutting going to pull the
plug?

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You know, this is the I think
this is the highest payroll he's

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ever had.
And and So what he's doing is

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he's a bean counter.
Nutting is a bean counter.

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He's a nut counter.
He's a bean counter.

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He's looking at because, you
know, the majority of baseball

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revenue comes from ticket sales.
They have 82 games or 81 games,

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you know, good save.
There's always disparity in in

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Major League Baseball.
Thank you, Pat off track.

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You know, so by the end of the
year, they're going to look at

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they're going to look at their
revenue and they're going to

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look at their expenses And if
they made the play offs and

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their revenue outpaces, you
know, and their profit outpaces

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what they made last year, Hey,
you may look at him spending a

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little bit more money.
You may look at him thinking

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about giving schemes a long term
deal.

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I mean, hell, they gave Connor
Griffin a long term deal and a

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lot of people are like, well,
it's not that big a deal.

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Jesus.
I mean, yes, it is.

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It's a huge deal for a 19 year
old kid, nine years, 13140,

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whatever the hell it was.
That's a huge deal and a huge

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deal for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
That tells me that there may be

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a shift and that goes back to
the culture change in the

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organization.
And that culture change is a is

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a change in culture not only in
the clubhouse and on the field,

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but maybe, maybe in the front
office.

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Has any Major League Baseball
team ever traded a player as

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young as Dom and as Skeens?
I can't remember 1 Hey, if

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anybody wants to look that up,
please do it.

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I don't know.
I mean, I know that I'm thinking

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about like a rod, but he was
signed.

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I don't he might have been
traded.

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Was a Rod traded from Seattle to
Texas?

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Pat off track.
Can you look that up for me?

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You always have good stats on
that kind of stuff.

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Skeens isn't really in his
professional prime yet.

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You know what, Chris?
I, I got to tell you man, I, you

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know, and the Grand Swabini made
this point a few weeks back.

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I mean, you come up, you win,
you come up for, you know, 85%

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of the season, your rookie of
the rookie year and you win

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rookie of the year the very next
year on a losing ball club, you

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win the Sai Young.
I would say he's in his

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professional prime right now.
Now I know what you mean.

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What you mean he's got 2 plus
years?

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Steve Carlton, it was traded.
Give me the stats on that Pat

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off track.
You know, put those in the

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comments.
Did he start his career with the

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Phillies?
I don't I don't remember.

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I don't remember.
I don't think he did maybe start

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with the Angels or the OR the
Mets.

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I don't remember Chicago.
Let me know Pat off track.

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Anyway, you know, Skeens is in
his professional prime right

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now.
I mean, he really literally

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probably can't get any better.
Sorry about all the adverbs,

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adjectives or whatever the hell
they are.

444
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So do you believe, is it time to
believe in the Pittsburgh

445
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,520
Pirates?
What is the what is the what is

446
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,840
the bucko pirate say?
What is what it what it what is

447
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,760
the pirate say?
Well, I don't know, Chris.

448
00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,800
It's not really that time yet.
The ship was taking on a lot of

449
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,680
water last year, but we did make
some changes and patch up some

450
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,360
holes and now, well, we're
sailing the high seas and

451
00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:54,600
there's good weather, so we'll
see.

452
00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:58,160
That was a dumb pirate.
If you ever, if you go back a

453
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,200
couple years and listen to the
bucko's report, you'll, you'll

454
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,280
hear the Bucko Pirate.
All right, let's move on now

455
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,680
because we got a hockey game
that's going on.

456
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,480
There's about 10 minutes left in
the first period.

457
00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,280
Two shots on goal for both
Philly and Pittsburgh.

458
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:16,200
I, I got the game on the studio,
but I can't really keep my eyes

459
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,880
on it 'cause it's over here to
my left and it looks like

460
00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,880
there's a brawl going on.
Crosby, Raquel right in front of

461
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,400
the net and Skinner.
I mean this is this is the thing

462
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,600
that we're going to talk about a
little bit when we get to the

463
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,240
the Penguins playoff game, the
Pens and the Flyers.

464
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,960
Because the Flyers got in the
Pens head and they got in

465
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,280
Crosby's head in that first game
and you can see it.

466
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:38,440
So we're going to talk about
that.

467
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,520
It looks to me right now like
they're trying to do that 'cause

468
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,640
there's a check on Crosby and
Ristalanan is trying to get that

469
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,880
great save by Skinner right in a
5 hole great save.

470
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,680
Next thing you know, wrist a
line and throwing a punch at

471
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,200
Crosby right in front of the
net.

472
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,640
So looks like it's going to be a
chippy one down at PPG paints.

473
00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,960
Definitely, definitely.
So hey, listen, if you're here,

474
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,080
if you're watching us, I want to
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475
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,040
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476
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477
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478
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479
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,640
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And by the way, hockey Jesus

480
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,800
does preach on the podcast after
every single Penguins game and

481
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,520
he does a lot to the NHL
playoffs.

482
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,240
Carlton traded to the Phillies
from Saint Louis.

483
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,840
A Rod signed to the Rangers as a
free agent.

484
00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,400
That's right, ruined their
economics.

485
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,200
You're right, Pat off track.
Thanks for being there.

486
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,880
So join the conversation.
We want to hear from you.

487
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,080
Subscribe on YouTube at the
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488
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,680
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489
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:51,760
theporchislive.com for more
black and gold coverage.

490
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,440
Let's move it to something that
is huge.

491
00:27:55,560 --> 00:28:00,560
It's huge here in Pittsburgh.
It's called the NFL Draft.

492
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,200
If you haven't heard about it
yet, it's going to be here in

493
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,560
this town.
And it's actually, it's kind of

494
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,560
starting today.
All the festivities are starting

495
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,400
this week.
People are coming into town.

496
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,280
I, I, I do want to bring
something up here, OK.

497
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:15,800
I, I, I do want to bring
something up.

498
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,560
And this is really interesting.
Everybody knows that for the

499
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:24,800
last year, all the media has
been saying that they're going

500
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:28,880
to be 500 to 700,000 people from
the draft.

501
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,000
I'm here to tell you that's a
lie.

502
00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:35,880
Why?
Oh, it's real simple, and I

503
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,960
found this out through multiple
sources.

504
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:43,760
There will be a lot of people,
but it's not going to be near

505
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,480
500 to 700,000.
Not anywhere near you.

506
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:51,360
Want to know why?
Because the NFL tracks every

507
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:58,040
time you enter or exit the NFL
Draft theatre or I believe the

508
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,120
area down there.
So you have to have this, you

509
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,800
have a one pass to get into the
NFL experience and then you need

510
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,040
specialized tickets to get into
the draft theatre to be close to

511
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:08,760
it.
You basically got to be really,

512
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:13,280
really rich.
Anyway, every time you enter and

513
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:21,760
exit, that counts as one person.
So if I go down to the draft on

514
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:27,160
Thursday and I use my pass to
enter, you know, some sort of

515
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,920
draft experience, so I get in,
they count that as one person.

516
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,120
Now let's say I'm tired of that.
I want to leave.

517
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:34,920
You know, I want to go into
town.

518
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,800
I want to grab a sandwich, I
want to walk around.

519
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,520
I want to see PNC Park.
I want to do something else, I

520
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,760
don't know, hang out, drink a
beer, whatever.

521
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,800
And then I'll OK, let's go back
in now because another team is

522
00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:47,160
picking.
I go back in.

523
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,360
Now I'm two people.
So what's interesting is I was

524
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,160
watching Mike Florio and he was
talking about this.

525
00:29:55,280 --> 00:30:01,320
He said I think it was Green Bay
Saturday for the draft in Green

526
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:06,400
Bay last year showed more people
showing up than Thursday.

527
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,960
How is that possible?
I mean, we all care about the

528
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,440
draft, but you're telling me
more people care about the last

529
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,240
two rounds than the first two
rounds?

530
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:19,880
I don't think so.
But it's because people that day

531
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,840
wandered around and in and out
and in and out and in and out.

532
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,440
So I would, I would venture to
say that now look, it's there's

533
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,040
going to be a sea of people down
there.

534
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,800
The traffic's not going to be
great.

535
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,440
But and also, according to the
counselor, some friends he had

536
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,800
in Green Bay told him that it it
I mean, I, I, I hate to you,

537
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,200
we're a Pittsburgh show.
I want Pittsburgh to make

538
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,800
billions of dollars from this.
I want all the businesses down

539
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,240
there to make a ton of money.
I would love to see businesses

540
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:49,880
come back to downtown.
I think downtown is in shambles

541
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,360
and it it's basically I'm sorry,
I'm going to say it.

542
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,040
I can say it on this.
I can't say it on regular radio.

543
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,600
Downtown's become a shit hole
and I don't care what anybody

544
00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,880
says, OK, It's just it's become
a shit hole.

545
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,120
I would, I'd love to see this
draft help downtown return to

546
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,720
what it was pre pandemic,
because before the pandemic,

547
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:08,520
this is another show that I'm
going to be doing.

548
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,880
By the way, before the pandemic,
downtown was really starting to

549
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:15,040
get revitalized and then that
that thing killed it.

550
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:22,800
So Green Bay, the, the, the, the
friends that and the sources

551
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,600
that we have from Green Bay have
told us that basically it was

552
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,280
more of an economic bust for
some of these businesses than

553
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,360
other.
So it's not going to be nearly

554
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,560
the number of people.
I would probably put the number

555
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,960
of people that will be attending
the draft, actual people counted

556
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,080
one time.
You're probably looking at

557
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,560
150,000.
You know, if, if that, I mean,

558
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,720
think about it, think about it.
And a lot of them are going to

559
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:51,640
be driving in from, I don't
know, Cleveland, NY, New Jersey,

560
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,400
Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, Buffalo, Cincinnati,

561
00:31:56,600 --> 00:32:01,400
Nashville, Chicago.
I mean, those are the people

562
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,720
that don't need hotel rooms if
they're driving in for the day,

563
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,640
you know, So, you know, and, and
it's not uncommon for there to

564
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:14,800
be occupancy issues.
So I also read the city is

565
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,600
blocking off a lot of parking
spaces.

566
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,080
What's up with that?
I've no idea.

567
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,240
Chris Chott, I have no idea.
So, you know, as far as I'm

568
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,960
concerned, I, I think the draft
is great for the city.

569
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,080
You know, the one thing it does
do, one thing that it does do

570
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,680
is, you know, but throw, throw
out the number of people that

571
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,880
may or may not show up for this
draft.

572
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,520
Millions and millions of people
will be watching it on

573
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,360
television.
So on a national and worldwide

574
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,240
stage, absolutely, Pittsburgh is
going to be featured.

575
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:46,160
And Pittsburgh is a beautiful
city.

576
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:49,080
So, you know, I'd love to hear
your comments on that.

577
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,400
Love to hear your comments about
what I said about downtown.

578
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,680
Of course, this is a sports
show, so we'll try to keep those

579
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,880
to a minimum.
Looks like three shots on goal

580
00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,360
by the Flyers, two shots on goal
by the Pens.

581
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,360
We got 6 minutes and 42 seconds
left in the first period.

582
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:08,720
There's something going on here.
I do not have the sound on

583
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:12,720
Achary's jaw, jawing it up with
oh, here we go.

584
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,000
I see, I see what's going on.
Some sort of, oh, looks like a

585
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,760
high stick there.
That Oh yeah, elbow to the face.

586
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,400
That did not look fun.
Did not look fun.

587
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,960
So the Broad St.
Bullies are at it again.

588
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,720
Oh, yeah, They're trying to get
in their heads.

589
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,320
You know, the Pens just got to
play their game.

590
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,040
Can't wait to hear from HJ.
Stick around.

591
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,480
He's going to be calling into
the show after the first period,

592
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,320
so hopefully we'll get some
great insight.

593
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,360
He's down at the game right now
watching the Pens.

594
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,000
So let's talk NFL draft from the
Steelers perspective.

595
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,240
I'm going to have to put my
specs on for this because I'm

596
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:49,120
getting old.
What are we looking at here?

597
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,920
You know, what are we looking at
here?

598
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,880
This is great.
Everybody does mock drafts.

599
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,600
All right, So I'm going to give
you ESP NS mock draft here.

600
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,280
Who's who's mock draft is this?
Let me see.

601
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:09,440
This is Jordan Reed on ESPN.
He has the Steelers at #21

602
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,239
taking KC Concepcione.
I wonder if he's related to Dave

603
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,800
Concepcione from the Reds.
The Steelers are expected to get

604
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:23,159
one more year out of Aaron
Rodgers, sorry.

605
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:26,199
So let's get him some more help
in a building block for his

606
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:29,000
eventual heir apparent, whoever
the hell that's going to be.

607
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,600
TK Metcalf is entrenched as
their wide receiver number one

608
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:37,040
and Michael Pittman junior was
acquired in an offseason trade.

609
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,320
But Concepcion from Texas A&M is
a player who can take advantage

610
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,880
of space and short to immediate
area.

611
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,760
It's so he's prone to
concentration.

612
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:52,000
Drops seven last season.
He's a big play waiting to

613
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,840
happen.
I feel like that's been the

614
00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:55,760
Steelers offense for the last 10
years.

615
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,720
Big plays waiting to happen.
Rarely ever did.

616
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,200
Ridiculous.
Listen, that's ridiculous.

617
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,800
Jordan Reed, I'm sorry, you're
ridiculous.

618
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,760
Let's talk about the Steelers.
They have one first round pick,

619
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,920
one second round pick, three
third round picks, two fourth

620
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,920
round picks, 1/5 a 6th and three
7th.

621
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,280
That's called draft capital,
folks.

622
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:23,880
Could they make a trade?
Could they make a trade?

623
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,520
They could.
Omar Khan loves to make trades.

624
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,320
He's shown it the last couple
years.

625
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:34,040
Here are my thoughts on this
wide receiver stuff.

626
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:38,040
Now, whether or not the Steelers
do this or pull it off, that is

627
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,800
their choice.
But I think they're nuts.

628
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,400
This is a deep wide receiver
draft.

629
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,400
You don't go in the first round
for a wide receiver.

630
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:52,160
You have DK Metcalf, who is a
good wide receiver and he can be

631
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:55,120
great.
You've got Pittman Junior, who

632
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,960
is a good wide receiver and can
be great.

633
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:03,200
You've got a tight end and Pat
Fryer Muth, you've got a

634
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,280
another.
I mean, I love this guy.

635
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,160
Darnell Washington, Mount
Washington.

636
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,200
I think he's a beast.
And I think Mike McCarthy's

637
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,160
going to have a lot of fun using
him.

638
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,080
We do have a little bit of a
running back issue.

639
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,320
We got Dowdle at running back.
But what's great about that?

640
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,800
And I think this is going to be
kind of like the hidden gem.

641
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,800
I know this isn't draft talk,
but I'm on a tangent and I like

642
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,440
to do that.
The hidden gem is that Dowdle

643
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,480
understands the McCarthy
offense.

644
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:36,200
OK, So what are they missing?
And we're not going to talk

645
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,080
about quarterbacks.
I don't want to hear anything

646
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,080
about Will Howard right now.
I don't want to hear anything

647
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,280
about Mason Rudolph and I sure
as hell don't want to hear

648
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,680
anything about Aaron Rodgers
because this is a Steelers

649
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,840
problem, not an Aaron Rodgers
problem.

650
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,760
Because it doesn't matter if
Aaron Rodgers is there or not.

651
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,640
Why?
Their offensive line is not in

652
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,960
great shape.
You know, I don't know if any of

653
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:04,480
you heard the news today, but
apparently Broderick Jones has

654
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,880
suffered a set back in that neck
injury.

655
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,520
Now Steelers brass are denying
this.

656
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,960
Well, I don't know.
I don't want to say denying it.

657
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:20,040
I think what they've said is,
you know, nothing has changed.

658
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,000
So maybe that's hope that they
can get him back.

659
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:28,440
And I called I, I text the boys
earlier and and and I called

660
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,800
Broderick Jones a bust.
Although I am happy that I spent

661
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:37,320
250 plus dollars on Broderick
Jones, you know, sign jersey

662
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:38,760
that will be hanging behind me
soon.

663
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,920
But I'd I I, you know, you got 3
1/2 years or so of Broderick

664
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,600
Jones.
He ended up being pretty much

665
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,800
not a whole lot.
He showed minor improvement.

666
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,800
Now you're missing a left
tackle.

667
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,200
So yeah, who's the who's the guy
behind him?

668
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,040
Is that cook Great.
All right, your offensive line

669
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:03,520
lost, say Amalu lost Jones.
You got to draft an offensive

670
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,880
lineman.
That is my opinion.

671
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,840
This is where the Steelers could
trade up to get the guy from

672
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,040
Penn State.
He's a beast.

673
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,640
He's an absolute beast.
No, he's not a tackle.

674
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,760
He's not a tackle, but he's a
beast.

675
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,040
And that's what we need to get
this team back.

676
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:25,120
And that's what I think Mike
McCarthy wants.

677
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:32,080
Because if you get that line set
and they understand that offense

678
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:35,200
and they're blocking
assignments, your running back

679
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:39,480
Dowdell understands that offense
and where the holes are going to

680
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,640
be.
And you could take a guy like

681
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,840
him and he can make a big
contribution.

682
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:50,200
So I'm hoping that in round one,
they trade up to get this guard

683
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,680
and they have the capital,
capital to do it.

684
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,680
I think I've been calling for
this since the end of the season

685
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,880
when Jones's injury was
disclosed.

686
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:03,000
I'm not always right, as the
Grand Schwabini would point out,

687
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,080
although I'm right more than
they think I am.

688
00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,480
I really am.
I called Mike McCarthy being

689
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,040
hired about a month before they
hired him.

690
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:14,920
So now again, I'm Tooting my own
horn and I can do that because

691
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:16,320
there's nobody here to make fun
of me.

692
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:18,800
And that's fine.
You can make fun of me if you

693
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,560
want.
Any hints on who will be guest

694
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,600
pick readers?
Big Ben Tomlin, I don't know, I

695
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,360
haven't heard anything.
Sorry about that.

696
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,680
Chris, I really, I really don't
know.

697
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:34,040
But who do you guys think the
Steelers should pick with the

698
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,960
number 21 pick?
Who do you guys think CBS has?

699
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,400
Jordan Tyson, wide receiver,
Arizona State.

700
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:48,080
Why in the hell does every
single person that I, you know,

701
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:54,200
read their mock draft pick a
wide receiver for the Steelers?

702
00:39:54,280 --> 00:40:00,360
Why we we traded for DK Metcalf.
We got Michael Pittman, junior.

703
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,280
We don't have a quarterback
right now who has any, you know,

704
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,640
who has proved themselves in the
NFL.

705
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,640
And for all you Mason Rudolph
lovers out there, look, his ship

706
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,320
has sailed.
It has sailed.

707
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:18,360
We will never see Mason Rudolph
as an accomplished starting

708
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,240
quarterback in the NFL.
That doesn't mean we won't see

709
00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:26,280
him as a starting quarterback,
but his ship has sailed.

710
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,520
They have a shelf life.
He's a backup.

711
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,720
Will Howard, I've heard a lot of
guys talk about, you know,

712
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:38,040
Kansas State, watch the tape
before he went to Ohio State.

713
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:39,800
He's a winner.
He's a winner.

714
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,920
He's a winner, fine.
He's a winner.

715
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,000
They picked him in the sixth
round.

716
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,360
They didn't pick him to be the
starter.

717
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:52,920
And of course, that was the Mike
Tomlin regime, Aaron, this Aaron

718
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:54,800
Rodgers stuff.
Fine.

719
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,280
What are we going to do?
You know, what are we going to

720
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,640
do?
I mean, the previous regime left

721
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,840
an absolute dumpster fire in the
quarterback room.

722
00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,880
And we've been talking about it
for years and years and years.

723
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:13,960
And I'm sorry to say, the
Steelers fans, I mean, yes, you

724
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,240
know, we made some moves and we
have a lot of draft capital.

725
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:19,960
And the whole idea is win now,
win now, win now.

726
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,720
I don't see them winning now.
Howard must be terrible, says

727
00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:26,400
Chris Chotta.
I never even hear him mentioned.

728
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,320
I hear Ty Simpson more than I
hear that.

729
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:38,200
Yeah, Ty Simpson.
Should we draft Ty Simpson?

730
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,800
I don't know.
After his pro day, they're

731
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,760
talking about him being a top
ten pick.

732
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,560
If that proves to be true, once
again, the Steelers are going to

733
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:52,360
have to trade up to get him if
they want him, if they want him.

734
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:57,080
So I'm going to end this poll
right now and I'm going to add a

735
00:41:57,080 --> 00:42:01,640
new poll to YouTube.
I'm going to add a new poll that

736
00:42:01,640 --> 00:42:12,480
says should the Steelers take
take an offensive lineman OL or

737
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:18,360
a wide receiver WR for those of
you who aren't familiar with it

738
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:25,800
or AQB in round one, should
they?

739
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:29,840
So you're we're going to go
offensive line, we're going to

740
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:34,520
go wide receiver, and we're
going to go QB.

741
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,000
And if you're not on YouTube,
you're not going to see this

742
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:41,120
poll because it's only on
YouTube.

743
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:47,560
So if you're not on YouTube, if
you're if you're watching on X,

744
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,880
thank you for being here.
You know, hop on over to

745
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,800
YouTube, hit that subscribe
button, click notifications.

746
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,440
This is a sports sports black
and gold.

747
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,840
I'm your TD.
I'm Chris, your TD technical

748
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,880
director.
The Grand Schwabini is not with

749
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,880
us tonight.
He is at home watching the Pens

750
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,520
Flyers.
He's a Flyers fan.

751
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:04,560
You know, don't crucify him for
that.

752
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,280
It's been a long time 1975 since
they've really won anything.

753
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:14,200
And HJ is down at the game.
There's about two minutes and 30

754
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,600
seconds left in the first
period, tied up 00.

755
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,400
Looks like the Flyers are still,
oh, there's Malcolm with getting

756
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,920
into a little scrum there on the
side with Hathaway.

757
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,640
So looks like it's kind of a
physical game.

758
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:31,120
HJ is going to be calling in
shortly and we will get him on

759
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:35,280
the broadcast and we will get an
update on how he sees it live

760
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,200
from PPG Paints Arena.
I thought at first, says Chris

761
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:40,960
Chada.
The Fields Russell Wilson

762
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,280
experiment and then the Roger
signing were part of a grand

763
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,560
scheme of some kind.
Turns out it was straight up

764
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:47,280
desperation, grasping for
anything.

765
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:50,640
Yeah, there, there were no grand
schemes with Mike Tomlin.

766
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,760
Let's let's let's go into the
way back machine, okay, way,

767
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:57,280
way, way, way, way back when Ben
Roethlisberger looked like he

768
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,760
might have three or four years
left in a league, maybe even a

769
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,120
little less.
We did a bunch of shows about

770
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:03,600
what's going to happen after
Ben.

771
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,960
And one of the things that we
talked about here in the sports

772
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,760
porch was all of those years
where Mike Tomlin was held up as

773
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:13,600
this amazing head coach, just an
incredible leader of men,

774
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,120
players wanted to come play for
him.

775
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,040
All of that kind of stuff was
being said.

776
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,280
And I don't want to take
anything away from Mike Tomlin's

777
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:22,520
tenure as the Pittsburgh
Steelers coach.

778
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:27,880
It's not easy to coach a
football team above 500 for 17

779
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,200
years or 18 years.
Whatever he did, that's not an

780
00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:32,480
easy thing to do.
It's not easy to coach A-Team to

781
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:36,200
a 2 and 15 record either.
It's a tough job, and he did a

782
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,720
good job.
But he was handed a Hall of Fame

783
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,880
quarterback who had already won
a Super Bowl when he took over

784
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:46,280
the franchise.
That was great, but made his job

785
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:50,480
easy, made it easier, I'll say
easier, made his job easier.

786
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,720
Why did it make his job easier?
Because he never had to think

787
00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:56,680
about who he was going to pencil
in as the quarterback.

788
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:00,840
Never once it was Big Ben, and
we talked about that.

789
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:04,160
We're going to find out what
kind of coach Mike Tomlin is

790
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,240
when Big Ben leaves, and not
overall, because he was still a

791
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:10,720
good coach.
And again, look, I'm not

792
00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:14,160
coaching an NFL team, so I can't
judge the guy based on that.

793
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:19,640
But what I can say is that we
now know that he had no idea

794
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:21,800
what he was doing in the
quarterback room because he had

795
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:26,120
18 years to not learn about it.
All he had to do was throw Big

796
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,360
Ben out there and, and look for
everybody who, you know, who

797
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:31,400
likes to piss on Ben and all
that kind of stuff.

798
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,240
The guy won two Super Bowls.
The guy's one of the great

799
00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:37,120
quarterbacks in NFL history.
Off the field.

800
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,320
It doesn't matter, you know,
personality, it doesn't matter.

801
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,800
He's a family man now.
That's great.

802
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:46,280
I wish him everything and I'm
I'm looking forward to him going

803
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:49,200
into the Hall of Fame because he
deserves to be there.

804
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,800
So but since then, no grand
plan.

805
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,360
They didn't even think about it.
They didn't even think about it.

806
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:57,600
I don't even know why they
drafted Mason Rudolph.

807
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:02,920
So easier job transition.
George at what Pat off track.

808
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,000
Can you please explain that
comment to me?

809
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,120
I'm not sure what you're talking
about.

810
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:14,720
So you know, this quarterback
mess that they've left, you

811
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:16,280
know, you've you've got an
issue.

812
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:20,840
And like the counselor said last
week, it's it's it's a league of

813
00:46:21,440 --> 00:46:24,720
haves and haves nots easier job
transition.

814
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:30,000
George Seaford or Mike Tomlin.
OK, so George Seaford took over

815
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,080
with it wasn't Montana, it was
Steve Young, right?

816
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:40,640
Is that right, Pat off track?
I would I would say thinking

817
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:44,840
about the George Seaford years
about the same, because I think

818
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:49,240
Seaford won a Super Bowl and he
was handed Steve Young and then

819
00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:51,480
they they were a decent team for
a while.

820
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,560
I don't remember how long George
Seifert stuck around.

821
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:59,240
But at the same time, you know,
that was also also a different,

822
00:46:59,320 --> 00:47:02,040
a different era in the NFLA
different era.

823
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,840
It wasn't a win now mentality.
They they would develop

824
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:07,760
quarterbacks, they would develop
players.

825
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,600
They drafted differently.
They didn't get paid this insane

826
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:18,120
amount of money, you know, So
this is this is tough, I think.

827
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,400
And, and the Grand Schwabini
said this last week.

828
00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:26,040
I think if the if the Steelers
do believe that Ty Simpson is

829
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,960
the guy, he's the guy.
If they believe in their heart,

830
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,400
this guy's got it, then they
should go get him.

831
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:40,360
So looks like HJ is going to be
calling in at any minute from

832
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:45,800
APPG Paints and I'm going to let
him know that we are ready for

833
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,240
his call.
Of course, I'm going to have to,

834
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,840
you know, screwball around here
with my phone guys, I apologize.

835
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:58,240
We're on a little budget.
We're on a tiny budget here on

836
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:01,560
the in the Monroeville basement
studio.

837
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:05,560
So HJ should be calling in here
any second.

838
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,240
I'm going to put the phone call
right there.

839
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:13,360
I'm going to put it on.
Let's go, HJ, call us up.

840
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,640
We want to talk about the 00
tie.

841
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,320
Are we hooked up to the right
Bluetooth?

842
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:21,680
Yes, we are.
All right.

843
00:48:21,680 --> 00:48:25,400
So while we're waiting for HJ to
call in, let's keep talking

844
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,680
about Steelers draft situation
here.

845
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:32,480
Never mind, we're going to talk
to HJ right now.

846
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:39,760
All right, HJ, you are live on
the air on the Sports Sports

847
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,680
Podcast.
Let's bring it up right here

848
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:43,960
now.
It looks like it was kind.

849
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:45,560
Are you there?
Can can you hear us?

850
00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:46,680
Can I hear you?
Can you?

851
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:47,920
I'm here.
I'm here.

852
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:49,240
Sports, Sports here.
Are you there?

853
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,520
Yeah, we are.
All here we are All here.

854
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:55,040
My God, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
have a heart attack.

855
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,800
All right, so give us the let
let me, let me give you a real

856
00:48:57,800 --> 00:48:59,520
quick.
I I was watching the game.

857
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,440
I don't know if you, I don't
know if you can get to somewhere

858
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:04,400
where there's a little less
background noise.

859
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:09,400
But I cannot.
OK, I haven't got my headphones

860
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,080
in so you know that's what you
get.

861
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,880
OK, no sweat.
All right, So what what we're

862
00:49:13,880 --> 00:49:24,880
going to have to do here is
from, from what I could tell by

863
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:30,040
watching, OK, it looked like the
Flyers were and the Penguins

864
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,400
were both getting pretty
physical in front of the net.

865
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:36,080
And.
The Flyers are they're trying to

866
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:38,760
play the same game that they
played the other night.

867
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:44,120
So give us your first period at
00, only a couple shots on go

868
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:46,800
goal for both teams.
What are you seeing down there?

869
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,880
HJ Well.
I'm seeing a little bit more ice

870
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,320
for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It looks like they're able to

871
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:54,880
get the puck out of their zone a
little bit better, which is

872
00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:57,800
good.
They're still struggling really

873
00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:00,440
hard.
The power play is just not

874
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:01,840
working.
I don't know what's going on

875
00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:05,960
with the power play, but it
doesn't seem to me that the

876
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:09,640
Pittsburgh Penguins know what to
do on the power play right now.

877
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,480
And that's the biggest problem.
I think the ice is loosening up

878
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:15,400
a little bit for them.
I I definitely see a lot more

879
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,040
space out there.
I'm seeing it harder for the

880
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:21,000
Flyers to break out.
I haven't seen nearly as much

881
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:25,240
transition from the Flyers as I
did in in the Saturday game.

882
00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:29,400
So that's it's encouraging, but
Jesus, what I wouldn't give for

883
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,600
a good shot on goal.
It's it's really like pulling

884
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:34,440
teeth here to even just shoot
the pop.

885
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,880
I don't know what's going on,
but if they can figure that out,

886
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:41,440
I think they're going to be OK.
But boy, it sure didn't look

887
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,000
like in the first period they
they hadn't figured out to be

888
00:50:44,040 --> 00:50:49,160
honest.
Well, I'll, I'll tell you what I

889
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:55,480
got a 5050 poll on the Penguins
beating the Flyers tonight, so

890
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,760
not everybody's hopeful.
Chris Chotta.

891
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,760
Chris Chotta says HJ only 8
total shots.

892
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:08,480
Boring or great D?
So I would say great D, but I

893
00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:15,240
hate a great D What's happening
is there's a there's a lot of

894
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:18,280
space in the neutral zone now,
but what the fires are doing

895
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,080
instead is when they're getting
into their own zone, they're

896
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,720
just basically attacking the
puck with three or four guys.

897
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,720
So what the Penguins have to do
is they can't think.

898
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:29,320
They just got to get the puck to
the other side where the guys

899
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,920
aren't and then they'll get a
two on one instantaneously.

900
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,040
But they don't.
They haven't seem to figure that

901
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:38,160
out yet.
So then yeah, I would say more

902
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,360
to the boring side then great
defense.

903
00:51:41,400 --> 00:51:47,040
But then again I like the wide
open game myself so I would I

904
00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:48,920
would go with boring.
I would absolutely go with

905
00:51:49,040 --> 00:51:51,080
boring.
That's pretty simple.

906
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:54,280
So what have you seen from
Sidney Crosby?

907
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:57,840
Because he was, he was pretty
much absent from game one.

908
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:02,120
And what I said to you before
the before the show tonight was

909
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,400
that my feeling, and I did say
this to everybody out there, my

910
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:08,280
feeling is that Crosby has to
score a goal to win tonight.

911
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:10,520
Yeah.
It doesn't.

912
00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:13,680
It doesn't look like he's
anywhere near scoring a goal, to

913
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:17,520
be completely honest with you.
He still looks like I, I don't

914
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:20,000
know.
I, I don't know if it's, I don't

915
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,840
know who's doing it to him.
I don't know if it's risk to

916
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:28,560
line in or, or if it's a Dvorak,
but somebody seems to be

917
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:31,600
shadowing him it, it seems like
it's a different person every

918
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:34,280
time.
So what what they're doing is,

919
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:36,960
is they're basically taking him
out of the play.

920
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,400
And when they do that, you can't
force the pumping him.

921
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:40,800
You got to let somebody else do
it.

922
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:44,480
That's why I think, I think
that's why they got to get racks

923
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,640
up on that first line.
I think if they get racks up on

924
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:50,080
the first line, then racks will
do a better job to get the puck

925
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:52,920
to Sidney Crosby.
And they they're going to have

926
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,160
to make a decision on that
second line.

927
00:52:55,160 --> 00:52:58,080
Now who's going to watch
Chinnikov when Gino has the

928
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:00,800
puck?
Because then Chinnikov, who has

929
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,920
actually shot the puck well
tonight, has missed the goal

930
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,760
every time he's shot the puck.
So he's got to get the damn puck

931
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:09,000
on goal.
If he can do that, I think I

932
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:11,320
think they're going to be OK.
Even if they decide to keep

933
00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:14,520
Chinnikov up on the first line,
I still think it's OK.

934
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,240
But these guys got to hit the
damn net and that's what they're

935
00:53:17,240 --> 00:53:20,520
missing.
Like Pearson did the same thing.

936
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:23,920
Like you shoot it really hard
and if you're on the side, it's

937
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:25,960
just going to come right out of
the zone and that's it.

938
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:27,560
That's all there is that they
attack.

939
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:29,960
So that's what they got.
I think that's what they got to

940
00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:34,160
fix in the second period.
The grant, the grant Swabini has

941
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:37,120
joined us.
He he is watching hey.

942
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:39,120
Schwabi.
Yeah, he says.

943
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:43,520
My highlights so far.
Great anthem by Jeff Jimmerson.

944
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:47,840
So obviously, obviously he's
going with the boring.

945
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,760
He's going with the boring.
Iceberg has been solid as well.

946
00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:57,560
I don't know about.
That Chris Chauta says Sid was

947
00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:00,600
fighting, barking at guys at the
end of the game seems

948
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:03,160
uncharacteristic of Sid.
They're getting under his skin.

949
00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:04,760
Yes, obviously.
Now listen.

950
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:10,480
Is it the the post?
The post scrums have gone more

951
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,240
towards the Penguins in the
first period, right?

952
00:54:14,080 --> 00:54:18,440
Yeah, I've noticed a lot more
pushing from the Flyers post

953
00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,520
whistle than than the Penguins.
I like that.

954
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:22,920
I thought that was a good change
for the Penguins.

955
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:25,960
But if they get the penalties
they got, they can pay on the

956
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:27,520
power play and they just
haven't.

957
00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:31,080
So I look for the Flyers just do
more of that to frustrate them.

958
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:33,800
If if we can't score on the
power play, why would we?

959
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,400
Because what tends to happen in
the playoffs is they'll be like

960
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,600
make up calls.
So meaning if the Penguins got

961
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,920
three power plays in the first
to the to the fires one, they'll

962
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:44,840
make up a call just to kind of
even it up.

963
00:54:44,840 --> 00:54:47,960
So the fires can be on the power
play, even if it's the dumbest

964
00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:49,720
of calls.
And by the way, that tripping

965
00:54:49,720 --> 00:54:52,400
call on Carlson was an absolute
freaking joke.

966
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:54,600
Yeah, that was.
That was not.

967
00:54:54,800 --> 00:55:02,360
That was.
Yes, yeah, I I saw that.

968
00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:04,280
I saw that.
Let me ask you one more question

969
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:05,960
before I let you get back to the
game there.

970
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:08,880
HJ.
There's been a lot of talk about

971
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,840
Chinikov not being on the second
line.

972
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:13,320
Did I hear you say he's still on
the first line tonight?

973
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:16,040
Yeah, they made no changes at
all.

974
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,840
The Pittsburgh Penguins are
rolling with the same lines, the

975
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:21,840
same defense, the same goalie as
they did in game one.

976
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,880
It doesn't seem to be a problem.
But remember, they can make that

977
00:55:24,880 --> 00:55:28,360
change anytime they want.
They can flip recall and and and

978
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,480
Chinikoff anytime they want.
So they got the guys on the ice

979
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,800
that they want.
I personally think that Soder

980
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:36,800
Bloom, I would have put Brazil
in, but I get it.

981
00:55:36,920 --> 00:55:39,440
If the guys that are on the ice
are not the problem right now,

982
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,040
the execution is.
They got to get a better

983
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,640
execution.
They got to find a way to more

984
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:48,760
on that and they'll get a goal
and I don't.

985
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,400
I personally, I think that the
penalty kill is going to have to

986
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:54,400
do something in the second
period and the best thing that

987
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:57,720
can happen is we get a short
handed goal and life is good.

988
00:55:58,080 --> 00:55:59,240
That's what I'm looking forward
to.

989
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,680
I think that's what's going to
happen in the second or third

990
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:02,680
period.
I think we're going to get a

991
00:56:02,680 --> 00:56:05,760
short handed goal.
All right, this was HJ.

992
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,840
He's live from the paint.
Hockey Jesus joining us at the

993
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:12,680
end of the first period for the
Game 2 HJ.

994
00:56:13,360 --> 00:56:15,360
Let's go Pens.
Bring him some luck, buddy.

995
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:18,160
I like sports.
Coachers get to work.

996
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,120
Let's go.
All right, We'll talk to you

997
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:21,760
later, my friend.
Thanks for the call.

998
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:26,360
All right, my friend.
All right, guys, that was HJ

999
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:29,520
from the paint down at PPG
Paints Arena.

1000
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:33,920
Listen, I want you guys on X to
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1001
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1003
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Want to see your comments.
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We got a draft show coming up.
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draft for a little while on
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We're going to be doing some
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The draft is in Pittsburgh.
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1014
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:11,000
that.
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1015
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,800
excited.
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1016
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:16,840
remind you of is that Hockey
Jesus preaches on this podcast

1017
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:21,480
right after every Penguins game.
So after this game, win, lose.

1018
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:23,600
It can't be a draw after this
game.

1019
00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:27,880
Looks like two shots on 19
attempts, O for three on the

1020
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:31,600
power play for the Pens.
Three blocks, 15 hits, 10 face

1021
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:36,240
off wins.
Flyers 595 shots on goal out of

1022
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:39,920
nine attempts.
It it's not looking good right

1023
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,760
now.
I I I I agree with HJIII think

1024
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:44,440
the Penguins.
They need to start playing their

1025
00:57:44,440 --> 00:57:47,320
game and stop worrying about all
the scrumming around down there.

1026
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:49,040
I mean that's what the Flyers
do.

1027
00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:51,280
They try to get in your head.
That's what Philly does.

1028
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,520
It gets in your head.
Trust me, I lived there for five

1029
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:55,520
years.
It's still in my friggin head.

1030
00:57:56,080 --> 00:58:00,240
So H JS going to be preaching on
the podcast live on YouTube

1031
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,600
right after this playoff game
tonight.

1032
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Look, if you're a hockey fan,
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1034
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It is draft time and he kind of
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1035
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He's educated me a lot on
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1036
00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,400
He's made me a hockey fan.
I'm going to be watching the

1037
00:58:18,400 --> 00:58:22,480
rest of this playoff game.
Hopefully we get a Pens win.

1038
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:27,160
Absolutely.
Hopefully we get pens win.

1039
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:29,600
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Want you to know that we get
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1049
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:58,040
What is Pat off track?
Says all the hops and bong resin

1050
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:01,560
from the teak basement.
What are you talking about?

1051
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:02,760
I have no idea what you're
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1052
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:07,920
So where was I?
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1057
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:19,120
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1058
00:59:19,120 --> 00:59:22,320
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1060
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That's what like they like to
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1061
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:30,200
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It's going to be a marathon.
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And during the day you may see
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1086
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:42,000
I'll tell you what guys, this
has been awesome.

1087
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:45,880
I do miss these guys, but it's
actually been kind of pleasant

1088
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:49,000
being able to do this show,
manage it myself, not get made

1089
01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:51,640
fun of.
And look, not very many

1090
01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:53,840
mistakes.
No mistakes at all because I

1091
01:00:53,840 --> 01:01:00,920
wasn't distracted before this.
All right, guys, thank you so

1092
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,320
much for being here.
I can't tell you how grateful I

1093
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:05,320
am.
This has been a lot of fun.

1094
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,080
It's playoff hockey in
Pittsburgh.

1095
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:09,440
It's a hockey night in
Pittsburgh.

1096
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:12,480
The Pirates are doing good.
The NFL draft is here.

1097
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:16,040
We're all excited for the
missing Grand Schwab beanie for

1098
01:01:16,040 --> 01:01:17,920
the missing HJ Donna, PPG
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1099
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,640
Catch a show later, I'm your TD.
We'll see you next week.

1100
01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:27,800
That's the news and I am at
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