SPORTS TALK WITH THE GUYS - JULY 18, 2020

SPORTS TALK WITH THE GUYS: SATURDAY MORNING EXTRAVAGANZA - JULY 18, 2020

THE MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKS ARE LIVE, ON SATURDAY MORNING! NO ONE IS SAFE WHILE WE TROLL THE DIGITAL AIRWAVES. JOIN US AS WE DISCUSS THE LATEST NEWS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS AND REVIEW THE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. NO FANTASY SPORTS HERE: WE KEEP IT REAL. YOU NEED TO REMEMBER: WE KILL BRAIN CELLS AND AS SUCH, WE MUST JUST BE THE PURVEYORS OF THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. 

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Colin Kaper . . . like it matters?

Over the last few months, a football player decided to make a statement about our society, our mutual society. I won't even mention the athlete's name, you know who it is, and the statement was nothing short of . . . having a seat.

Our hero, as many have called him, decided to let everyone know that he was making a statement by . . . sitting down.

The outrage in this athlete's heart was so great, he decided to take a seat during the performance of the National Anthem, at a sporting event.

It has been a tradition of respect for people to stand for Adults when they enter a room, you meet someone, the President appears, the reciting of the Pledge Allegiance, singing of the National Anthem, etc.

I, Colin, have had issues with my nation, The United States of America, but I never dissed my fellow citizens, I never embarrassed myself - check that, I was a wee lad once, I never insulted the institutions of this great land because I am a part of this land and I know that for this land, this country to continue, traditions keep it going. I will continue in those traditions: respect for me fellow citizens, its institutions, law and order, morality and a few other things.

Colin, you and I don't agree on what you did, specifically: you taking a seat during the singing of our national anthem. I am glad that someone went over to you and suggested you take a knee instead of remaining on your lazy bottom. Doesn't matter, you blew it because no one cared what you were trying to bring attention to . . . that Black Lives Matter.

So, let's return to your "actions" of your deep, held beliefs. You decided to let the rest of us know that you are unhappy, angry with what is happening in America. Understood, Colin. What now? What are you going to do now since you have let us know that Black people are dying in America?

I invite you, Colin, to join me in going to Congress to call for investigations into these crimes against our fellow citizens. How about, you joining me in demonstrating against these evil actions against our brothers and sisters?

I've done it and I will probably walk, demonstrate for something that I believe in. I will not buy from institutions that do bad things, I will not spend time with people that actively work against me. How about you go out to the front lines, Colin? How about Ferguson, Cleveland, Chicago? When are you going to stand up with your fellow brothers and sisters and DO something? Wait . . . you already did: you took a seat during our National Anthem.

Shailene Woodley was arrested recently, in North Dakota while demonstrating, taking a STAND against a pipeline being constructed. Size matters buddy, and she is only 5' 8". How tall are you? I really can't tell because you are sitting . . . both during a song and during the game.

1-9. Wow. You can't do it on the field and you can't do it off of it neither. Thanks for bringing to light and for doing something.

Loser.

Shailene Woodley: My Hero.

Players need to take responsibility and if not, MLB must.

In a recent program, I was able to reiterate my belief that Baseball and most professional sports, are at their best when they police themselves. Before the 1990’s, MLB teams were known for having rules in place, given from the veterans to rookies and these rules, sometimes known as the “un-written rules”  and Team rules were the glue that guided players into great, professional baseball players. These rules governed the play of the game and most importantly, conduct.

When considering conduct, the rules were simple: don’t embarrass yourself and don’t embarrass the team. It was understood by the rookies that these rules, along with the un-written rules were to keep one self from being embarrassed as well as not embarrassing your opponent – it was a golden rule: If you don’t embarrass me, I won’t embarrass you. Respect. It was also understood that the player was never, ever greater than the game and often, teams had Kangaroo Courts that kept players loose and would penalize “selfish” play. Selfish play was when you “showed up” another player, didn’t run out a ground ball, loss of concentration, missing a play, admiring a homerun and others.

Teammates kept teammates in line and most often, it was done in fun and others, it was to impart the rules of the great game we call BASEBALL. Players did this on their own and it worked, it taught humility as well as respect for oneself and your opponent and it worked. Players have moved away from Kangaroo Courts and look at what we have today: lots of players that are out of control, off the field and on.

We can go back to this and make it part of the game again. We can do it to enforce some of the larger problems today: players rushing the field in a bean-ball incident, steroids use, cheating and other personal issues which are detrimental to the player, the team and baseball. There was a time when in baseball when a player was suspended for fighting, cheating, etc., teams were down a player till that player was done with his suspension. Why baseball went away from this is a mystery and it is something that should be brought back: If a player chooses to take illegal substances and is suspended, today, teams can replace that player’s spot on the active roster with another player. It should be that a team should be penalized for the actions of individual players by not being allowed to replace the suspended player and will have to play a player short till the suspended player returns.

It would work that teams would return to policing themselves, not by choice, but by threat of having the entire team punished by the actions of a player that chooses to be selfish. Think about it: players are now put on notice that by choosing to do something that is against the rules of baseball, they not only risk their careers, but they are now risking their standing with their teammates. In addition to financial penalties, you would eventually return to teammates that had to struggle with being a player down. This is peer power at its best.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is being negotiated now and if baseball wants to really take a stand, MLB should make this penalty a part of the CBA. In addition, it should include penalties for players that run on to the field which include suspensions and additional fines.

If players don’t want to enforce themselves, Baseball Management can do so by working changes into the CBA and by modifying team rules of conduct of players and rules of how the game is played. Baseball, through its rules committee, can decree changes to the numbers of players allowed at any time on the field, just as it does now.

Dan Ferry and the scouting report

This morning, as we were discussing the Danny Ferry audio file which points to an inflammatory scouting report, We found the scouting report (Thanks to Peter "The Big Dog" Gama) and thanks to me, Roger "The Scorekeeper" Noriega, we found that you can actually read/see some of the names mentioned in the scouting report! The Atlanta Hawks did not do a good job in "blacking out" the information in the team scouting report.

Read it for yourself.

Posted on Roger D. Noriega's public Facebook page:

As being discussed by The Scorekeeper, The Big Dog, Brian, Sonny on the Couch Potato Sports Show . . . here is the scouting reporting on Luol Deng.

You need to read it and once you magnify the post, you can read many of the blacked-out names! Breaking NEWS right now!

http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/news/documents/2014/09/12/LuolDeng.pdf

It took the Big Dog two minutes to find the scouting report that ESPN didn't bother to look at or report on, as a matter of fact: NO ONE ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.

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ESPN refuses to comment on this report because they didn't bother to do their homework and don't have it!

The story is simple: the scouting report is real and Danny Ferry was reading from a in-house report with inflammatory language which made it into the final report that was presented to ownership!

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MLB All-Star P Tommy John visits with the Tri-State Sports Guys

Today, at 8 PM EDT, MLB P Tommy John, winner of 288 games, will be in to discuss the medical issues regarding Mets' All-Star P Harvey.

http://www.tristatesportsguys.com/tsg/tri-state-sports-guys-live-tonight-8pm/

Jack Clark was a dangerous hitter in his day.

Jack,

didn't yo mom tell you that if you don't having anything good to say about anyone, you shouldn't say anything (for the record, my mom never told me that) at all?

Jack, who is an announcer with WGNU 920 AM has accused Albert Pujols of taking performance enhancing drugs. He did so, on the basis of Chris Mihlfeld, Clark's former trainer. He also accused P Justin Verlander of Detroit of juicing.

You see, Jack Clark has a new radio show. Seems that Jack could be trying to score ratings and it seems to have worked. There is one, teensy weensy problem: You said it on air and you have no proof. I don't know all that much about the law, but I think SLANDER might come in to play here. As a matter of fact, good 'ole Prince Albert is taking legal action against Clark. Someone has to do the right then, right Albert? Whatever.

Sure. Fine. Jack has his buddy, Chris Mihlfeld to back him up, right?

Wrong-o, Jack! Looks like Mr. Chris is telling everyone that he has not spoken to you in over ten years and he never told you (Jack)* that Albert was shooting up! Jack, you should have settled with Chris first and maybe had him on your program to break the story. It may be true, Jack, but your witness, has bailed on you. More likely, if we believe Chris Mihlfeld, you haven't spoken in over ten years.

OK. Let's think about this one for a bit, shall we? You have known about this for some ten years and you did . . . ? What? You keep it to yourself? Gee, Jack, that isn't very smart. It also isn't very honest. If it is true, I have to question why you bring it up now, why, do so at this time?

You have a new radio program and I figure that you are trying to score ratings. Good luck Jack Clark, there are ramifications when you accuse someone of something. Next time, make sure you have proof, stupid.

I bet he decided to accuse Albert of taking PEDs, just like everyone has been accusing A-Roid of everything, as mentioned in one of my previous posts.

Oh and by the way, I was the first one to call Alex Rodriguez "A-Roid" on air. The day that the story was reported on ESPN, not 13 minutes later did we go live and call him "A-Roid." I have digital proof, and yes, your mom still dresses you funny. I will also quote Amanda Bynes: "You're ugly."

Every time someone calls that dude "A-Roid," you have to be nice to your mom. There, I said it.

Jack Clark was a dangerous hitter in his day, now, he is a former shell fr himself and the pot-shots that he is taking, just gives you the feeling that he never was all that bright after all.







* - It may have been appropriate for me to have left the (Jack) in lower case letters and without the parenthesis' . . .

Donnie Baseball needs to stop sharing . . .

Recently, Don Mattingly, the manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers stated that he almost lost his job as manager of the Dodgers. This goes back to his slamming management earlier this season, which had many believing that it was only a matter of time before he was let go.

Don Mattingly tell us that team president, Sam Kasten, told him that the team might make a move, even though he (Kasten) didn't want to make a move (fire Mattingly) at that time (May 2013). Mattingly stated that he believes that Kasten wasn't threatening him, simply being honest. Don appreciates honesty.

Don, Don, Don! Dude, you sound like a teenager that is over-analyzing your relationship with a girl and you are seeking help from all of your friends by talking about it. I will tell you, as I was in the same position once, well, maybe five or six times before, and you haven't learned to shut up about it. Your "friends" listen only because you may reveal intimate details about your relationship and you bore us with your mulling and whining.

Don Mattingly, Los Angeles Dodgers Team Manager ((USATSI))

Management is not your girlfriend in this case, but like your girlfriend, once you talk about her in public AND she finds out that you are talking about her . . . dude, woman are frightening when they want revenge. Dodgers' management doesn't want to hear about "when they almost fired you" because down the road, the public will, bring it back up and direct their fury at management - it will never go away.

Don, you have your job. You like your job? Take it from me: stop talking about your intimate conversations to EVERYONE. You will pay the price in many ways: People will not trust you because you reveal everything to everyone. Your employer won't trust you either and prospective employers won't give you the time of day.

I hope shes worth it.