PMS 1553 - PK Subban, Jacob Misiorowski, Kendrick Perkins, Mark Schlabach

20:57And he's like, oh, is this going to count? He's like, man, I don't know. This doesn't look good. And I said, well, this game's long from over. It's long from over. And the reason why is you look at that second period when Colorado scores with, you know, under 10 minutes, I think it was left in the second. I think there might have been two minutes or three minutes left in that changes the whole game, right? They get the goal. Now they go back in, you know, they're going to get another goal. And to me, their execution down the stretch, being down 3-0, and we saw Minnesota do it, come back, being down 3-0, 4-3 earlier in the series, and then ended up losing the game.

21:34To me, Colorado showed over this series that, A, their depth, weighed heavily on Minnesota's non-depth in certain situations. I said it earlier, losing Middleton, losing Brodine, those are key pieces. even though you got other, those are key pieces and big holes. And Colorado exploited it by their consistent execution. They showed that they have championship pedigree. Nathan McKinnon, my goodness. I know the Kentucky Derby happened, but he looked shot out of a cannon from the Kentucky Derby coming through the neutral door before he ties that gate. He's an absolute horse. So they got the star power in him and Kale McCarr to put it all together.

22:13Minnesota's got that star power, but too many holes right now for them. And even as the management, I'm sure if you ask Bill Guerin or even John Hines, they're proud of their group because they know missing those two guys are key cause. You're not going to beat a team like Colorado missing those key plays. You just can't do it. So I think what happened was bound to happen. The team that was well-equipped for that moment is Colorado, and they're a well-oiled machine right now.

22:39Pat McAfee:Yeah, talk about a well-oiled machine. Let's talk about the machine, McKinnon, who you were talking about. 53 regular season goals that led the NHL. Seven playoff goals. He leads goal scoring in the playoffs. Last player to do both is Alex Ovechkin, the greatest goal scorer in the history of the game. So I think he's in pretty good company. Obviously, the change room is stacked and packed over there. You know, a lot was made of him and his flippers down there in that pool when people were recording it. And then we show you the goal differential plus minus from the first period, second period, and the third period.

23:09Pat McAfee:Is it a chance at this team because they are at mile high, which has been, I think, everybody, every scientist and every guru has come together and said hyperbaric chamber, good, right? I think everybody has kind of came together and said that, which is training it out to. Are they the most – you said depth obviously helps them, but are they in the best shape as well at this stage? Do we think that is also something when you're bigger and in better shape and stronger? Could that be a story of the Avalanche team as well, or am I making too much of the flippers in the pool actually being purposeful as opposed to just wanting to go flop around in a hotel pool?

23:42I believe that they are. First of all, Nathan McKinnon, over the years, I've talked about Kucherov being in that MVP situation and rightfully so for his impact on his team. But to a man, when you look at all of the top talents in this league, Nathan McKinnon's got to be right there with Connor McDavid. and he's such an explosive player. You know, personally, I've eliminated Colorado in the playoffs. I've had many battles against Nate, even though he's on the Western Conference. I've seen him grow as an individual, as a teammate, and now a leader. You hear it in his voice, the way he does interviews, all of those things.

24:23His influence from Sidney Crosby, Jared Bednar, you know, the Colorado Avalanche as an organization, building that team around him. He is a product of all of that. And it's one of the best things that you're ever going to see across sports right now, what he's doing. I got to give him real flowers because Kucherov's been great. McDavid's been great. But this guy's been absolutely the eye test, the numbers test, the entertainment, the explosiveness, the understanding of elevating his game in the moment. You're damn right he's in hell of shape. You can't perform that way without being in superb shape.

25:01And he's definitely mastered that. You know, when we thought Sidney Crosby set the standard for how you need to be in shape, I think Nathan McKinnon and McDavid now, but I think even Nathan McKinnon to a certain degree, that explosiveness and power in his game shows his commitment to being in the best shape possible.

25:19Pat McAfee:McDavid's from Canada. Sidney's from Canada. Where's McKinnon from? Canada. Fuck. Hey. Still got silver.

25:34He did. You know what? Hey, listen. So do we. Happy birthday, Jack Hughes. Happy birthday, Jack. Hey, happy birthday, Jack. Yay, Jack. Jackie. Jackie, baby. Yep. Happy birthday to him. Where's he from? Yeah, we got a lot of – he's from Michigan. He's a Michigan boy, right? That kid in gold last night kind of looks familiar. Oh, no, he missed a wide open. Well,

25:59Pat McAfee:I do see that as a potential super positive for us. So we appreciate him doing that for us, obviously, for everything he's done in the United States of America. I was trying to get Sidney Crosby to be USA as well because he had been in Pittsburgh for 18 years. That's a full adult, right, that can register to vote in that particular city. So maybe he came over and played for Team USA. Seems like the Canadian guys have a lot of pride in playing for the United States. Sid loves hockey. He's going to play in that IHL, whatever, the championship. With Kachuk right now? Yeah. Against, actually. It's like, Sid, Jesus Christ, you're 40.

26:29You just played another 21st season, whatever. Just take a break, man. They're addicted to hockey.

26:34Pat McAfee:These guys are addicted to hockey up there. I mean, they're actually addicted. Yeah, but Pat, Sid also knows, and he'll be the first to tell you this, he's got to continue to play. Like, he's still playing at a level that all these guys that we're talking about, Sid's right there. But he's got to take care of his body. And in order to do that, he's got to keep playing. Like, as you get older, the one thing that guys talk about consistently is you've got to stay on the ice. You can't get away from the ice. And he also, he's been consistent this way throughout his career. I've set an example for the country and for players that everybody wants to play at the Olympics.

27:09Everybody wants to play at the major events. But, you know, the world championships is still important. It's important for Team Canada, for guys to get together like it is for Team USA. So Sid doesn't want to bail out of those things just because, right? So for him, it's a double-edged sword. He's got to play, and he's our leader. So we got to see him all the time. wearing that jersey. Yeah, we get it. He's the greatest.

27:31Pat McAfee:We are super-duper human. He's done a lot of great things. Yeah, he is. He threw a football 30 yards for a million bucks, no questions asked in the middle of the show. And then Gino and Letang, I said, do you think he'll be able to throw this football through this hoop? They both immediately, yes, he'll be able to do whatever you need him to do. If you had him do something else, you give him a Rubik's Cube, he never did it before, he'll be able to figure it out. They're like, he's a superhuman. We've been very lucky in Pittsburgh to experience him as penguins fans obviously canada lucky to have him i think you should try playing for usa one of these though just like see if you can you know as matthew kachuk goes for the triple gold matthew kachuk's going to be the first american if they win the gold in this to win a stanley cup and olympic gold and a world championship gold medal so there's only i think six guys that have done it or five guys that have already done it he would either be the sixth or the seventh and the only american to ever do it sydney crosby obviously how many 30 guys 30 have done it but he would be the first American.

28:25Pat McAfee:There it is. Okay. Wow. 30 have done it in the history of the triple gold. He would be the first American. That's what's possible. And Sidney Crosby said, you think you're getting into our club, huh, bud? Let's see how that goes. Let's continue to talk about the playoffs, though, shall we? Let's stay in the West. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, PK, another great Canadian, Mark Stone. I know he's been out lately for the Golden Knights. I'm sure Ty has been pulling his hair out, wondering what the hell is going on with them. How important is it for Vegas, do you I think to close it out tonight, especially because, you know, Colorado now we're mentioning how great they are, but they might have a few extra days rest if the Golden Knights can't pull it out, which will make them even more dominant.

29:04Do you see this thing going seven? Do you think the Golden Knights can get it done? They had a great comeback the other night as well. What do you think about tonight? Well, well, we have to give a lot of props and flowers to John Tortorella because what he's done with Vegas since taking over is exactly why they're in the situation that they're in now to take over this series. Him getting more out of Thomas Hurdle, him getting Dorofiev to find ways to get on the score sheet, not allowing these guys with the excuse to get pushed out of games, pushed to the outside, or to have any other result than what's destined for him.

29:41So I think he's squeezing the life out of them. But the loss of Mark Stone, it's a huge loss and it's a massive loss for them down the middle of the ice it puts a lot of pressure on Eichel and Marner and and Barbashev to have to deliver offensively so when you can get Dorofiev now who's not just a power play specialist he's breaking down plays five on five and and can put some pressure on Anaheim's defense and on some of their younger forwards to pay attention to the defensive side like to me that's the shift in the series it's that cutter Gauthier Leo Carlson, Troy Terry, these guys are tilting the ice and they're doing it like as if this is their fifth and sixth year and running the playoffs.

30:23I think coach Q and everybody in Anaheim knew something that we didn't when they built that defense because they're built for this moment as well. So it's hard to say because you can't count out those young players, their size, skill, the plays that Gauthier and Carlson and these guys are making out there right now. It's ridiculous watching these guys out there playing. So Vegas is going to have to elevate. And then And at the end of the day, it's the goaltending. It's Dostal and Carter Hart. Carter Hart has been up to the task, you know, like Tortorella. He wanted to ride with him for a reason.

30:55This is why. So, you know, we're seeing Vegas kind of come together. And if they can find a way to win this series without Mark Stone, I think that says a lot about them potentially being able to compete with a Colorado because you're going to need everybody playing at that level. And Hurdle's turned it on. You know, Dorofiev's finding that consistency. Their D's getting active now. I like what's going. And they're blocking shots. Like Torch has got those guys eating pucks too. Yeah.

31:20Pat McAfee:We like crazy. Eating a good D eating pucks. Much pucks. Yeah. Pounding D's. Yeah. Pounding D's. Getting in on the D's. Banging dudes. It's all happening. Yeah. Big time. You got to get in and bang bodies. You got to bang bodies, Pat. That's it's a part of the game. No. And guys don't want to do it. They think they get on the score sheet and it's good enough. You got to wear guys down. Dale McCarr last night. He's holding his hip. He's wobbling up the ice. you got to wear, you got to get in and bang guys. Sometimes it is what it is. Yeah. You need job and sandpaper. Clearly a little bit of, a little bit of grit goes a long way, especially when you're just banging dudes.

31:56Seven game series. You don't pound the D you're kind of screwed. Once you get to seven, I'm kind of screwed.

32:02Pat McAfee:You're getting definitely screwed. You're on the sidelines. You're watching, you're in the chair. Yeah. Watching. Yeah. I understand what you're saying. I was a pucks in deep guy. I was a pucks in deep guy. Oh, dump it down in there. Yeah, I understand what you're saying. You used to get pounded. Yeah, on the defensive side, getting pounded by dumping it down. He was the team there trying to pound. All right, let's wrap this up, please. Okay, let's do the hockey. Let's go to massive one tonight. Obviously, the environments are a topic of the conversation, but much more. Go ahead, Tone. Yeah, PK, game four in Montreal was kind of weird.

32:36There was a long, long goal review, which was weird. And then, obviously, the puck off of the stanchion that goes in for a goal. It was, it was just kind of like a weird game. Obviously great in Vermont environment, great game. That series is awesome. What do you feel like it's going to be like Buffalo and Montreal tonight? Well, Montreal has to understand this one for seven on the power play is not going to cut it. Their power play has to put pressure on teams. Why? Because you're, if you get through this series, you're looking at a Carolina, they're not going to let you waltz up the ice and set up on your power play.

33:06And if your power play isn't effective, if your special teams is out of the game, it's going to be very, very difficult for Montreal. Now, once again, they were able to win games with only nine shots and those things can happen. I'm just saying the numbers don't work in your favor that way. So for them, they have to get connected on their power play. Good things, Cole Copfield's getting active. He's finding ways to get on the score sheet now. And I don't think he was playing bad before. So Slapkowski, you know, he's going to show up. I think if their power play gets going, he's got to be the guy in front of the net.

33:40They got to get more net front. They're playing too far on the outside. They're not shooting enough pucks. They got to put that pressure on Buffalo because they're a team that can score on you shorthanded. So you got to keep them at bay. And for me, Montreal's got to play fast in this series. Buffalo was the faster team. You could see it early on in the game. And like Marty said, he didn't like their start. Well, I understand because you guys aren't skating. It's against Tampa. They lose that game in overtime where Moser comes around the top because they're standing around watching for five minutes.

34:09So for Montreal, if they're going to have success, they got to be the faster team and they got to be connected on their special teams. They got to get going. So that's how I see it from Montreal's perspective. Buffalo's just got to continue to do what they did, get physical. I like how Lindy set the tone with saying that Montreal's diving and flopping. Let's get some of that action going on in the game. I like it. It's going to add to the environment and we'll see what happens today. But, you know, Buffalo's got to continue to be physical and frustrate Montreal. That'll work in their favor.

34:38Pat McAfee:Who do you think would weigh in a scrap, the Montreal Blade Boys, the Buffalo Blade Gang, or the lads down there from Carolina? Oh, Seth, Jarvis Boys. Jarvis Boys. Jarvis Boys. Which lad do you – okay, three groups of lads walk into a bar. Three groups of lads drink out the entire bar. One group of lads ends up walking out with the most unscathed appearance out of bar. Easy choice. Although all the lads do high five on the way out and stack, stick tap towards each other on the way out. How would you view, how would you rank the three? I definitely have Buffalo being number one, if that's the case.

35:19I think those guys, they, they, they know how to drink Montrealers. They know how to party, but it's all around the celebration of the team. There's a lot of class and elegance in Montreal. So I would suggest that Montreal may even be third on the list. I got the Buffalo blade boys first, second. and then who would be second after that? Carolina. Jarvis boys. Jarvis boys. They're from Manitoba. Yeah, and Jarvis boys have said they're on PEDs, FYI.

35:44Pat McAfee:Yeah, because they said the reason why the one guy was getting to crank that thing is because he's clearly on PEDs, and they asked him if that was true, and he said, absolutely. You know, if they're Jarvis boys, they probably played puck. Yeah, Manitoba. I think that's a tough part of town. I don't know. I've never been to Manitoba. And the Montreal Blade boys are probably French, so they're definitely third. They're playing with cork bats. They're corking the bat before they, okay. Which, why not? It's legal. Hey, to each his own, man. To each his own. I like it. Okay, so you got Buffalo, Carolina, Canada.

36:15Pat McAfee:That's what we thought. Okay, we appreciate you, brother. Have a good one, PK. Yeah, PK. All right, all right, all right, all right. But the Carolina boys are Canadians, which does happen seemingly a lot in hockey. Every time we brag about our teams, and they're like, hey, seven Canadians on your team. Just so you know, you basically are. That ain't the fight. That ain't the fight. That ain't the rule. Sidney Crosby's been here for 19 years. Exactly. He's the answer. He's said that before. Okay. Boom. You're welcome. Okay. He's basically American. Speaking of American, we got a major going on around here.

36:48Pat McAfee:Yep. PGA Championship over in Philadelphia. American dream story is coming true. Every once in a while, you'll hear a story about somebody that wasn't supposed to be in a place getting into a place in showcasing his talents to the world for maybe the first or tenth time ever. Yeah. Michael Block is hot. Stop it. At the PGA Championship. Stop it. His first hole. Hole 10 from 200 yards out. 23 inches. Stop it. 23 inches from Block. Yeah. Yeah, you can't even take a block and put it between the hole and the ball because a block wouldn't fit with how close he is. from two huns out right where blocky likes it swagging yesterday with the crowd he said i'm aiming right at that tree right there wait till i hit it pushes it a little bit the philadelphia guys boom instead holy shite of a major looking clean in the khaki puts it to 23 inches to start a PGA Championship dream.

37:50Pat McAfee:Block is hot, baby. The block is real hot. Block hot right now. That boy Blocky, he shot you up, Tone. Yeah, me? He shot you up. Blocky's putting for you. This baby shut him up. Come on, Blockhead. We will continue to follow along with the PGA Championship. Let's go to another incredible story that is happening right in front of our face. Ladies and gentlemen, we might have, in our current society, an ace pitcher in MLB who is going to own the top, maybe 100 fastest pitchers by a starting pitcher in the history of MLB. That guy happens to be a monster of a man who I think understands what's possible.

38:33Pat McAfee:Chillest guy of all time. Oh, yeah. Got voted in the All-Star game early. Rookie year only had five starts or whatever. Gets voted in. A lot of heat for him going into the All-Star game, maybe over somebody else. He gets asked about it. Hey, I'm just happy to be here. Lucky to be here, man. Just happy to be here. Lucky to be here. Let me go ahead and do it. And then he gets on the mound. Last night, 49 pitches over 100 miles an hour. Come on. He's throwing 100 miles an hour in his seventh inning. These baseball batters are having a... And then their eyes get a little bit tired as the game goes.

39:03Pat McAfee:103.6 is the max that he has hit. Sheesh. This guy's outrageous. His first four pitches last night, 102. 102. Welcome to the baseball game. Here's the first thing. Okay. 102 miles an hour. I can't get much faster. 102 again. 102 again. 102 again. Then 97. See ya. Oh, speed. This guy's must watch from the Brewers. Ladies and gentlemen, the Miz, Jacob Mizorowski. Yeah, Miz. How you doing, buddy? Doing good. How are you guys? Good. I hope you enjoyed the description of you that you were forced to listen to right there. Didn't want to put you on the screen because of probably the discomfort, but just know that is how we feel about you after getting to meet you.

39:44Pat McAfee:This is absurd what you're doing right now. I remember opening day, there was 104 mile an hour bet that you and I would have had. If you would have been able to lead the season with 104 miles an hour, that would have been absolutely absurd. But it seems like you're damn close and you've been throwing it. I'm getting there. Yeah. I am. So tell me how you feel. Why do you think you've seen this extended amount of speed that you've been feeling? And do you think this is just going to become your new norm forever? Like, is this just what the pitcher you are and who you're going to be? Yeah, I mean, I sure hope that's the norm.

40:13I mean, I think it's more just like adrenaline coming into effect and kind of going that way with it. But, no, against the Yankees, like, that was definitely straight adrenaline the whole game and was riding on that. So it felt good.

40:28Pat McAfee:Okay, so tell me about how old are you again? 24. Okay, so have you obviously been tracking your pitches for – When did you hit 100 and how much incrementally do you go up each year? Have you been tracking that? And what is actually possible with you being at 24 right now, hitting the speeds that are happening? Are we going to continue to build speed, we think? Longevity with the speed that we have? Like, what do we think the forecast is for your arm? Yeah, I mean, I think it's going to stay right around this for, you know, as long as I can possibly do it. But, you know, there's no way to tell exactly how long that's going to last.

41:05But, no, I started tracking speed in junior college. That was when I hit 100 my sophomore year of junior college in the World Series. So it was kind of cool.

41:15Pat McAfee:Yeah, kind of cool seeing triple digits up here. I bet that would be sweet. I mean, what you're doing right now is just very abnormal. I think you have the seven fastest pitchers in the history – fastest pitches in the history of MLB for a starting pitcher as well. So it's like – it's historic what you're doing right now because closers, obviously – Adronis Chapman. Heraldis Chapman. Sorry, I read his name earlier. I got it completely wrong there. Heraldis Chapman, though, he had like 105.8 or something. Closer. Right now, Mason Miller, Yenzer, he's out hitting 104, 105, I think. He's closer. So, closers only have to come in and get three outs.

41:50Pat McAfee:So, it's not an extended thing. What you're doing as a starting pitcher is just incredibly abnormal. Who do you talk to? Who do you call? Is it coaches? Is it other pitchers? Like, how do you kind of, I don't want to say, like, gather intel, but you're doing something that hasn't been seen before. Who do you kind of lean on, and what is kind of the daily conversation on how we keep your arm like this as you continue to grow into who you're going to be in the MLB? Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of talk with our staff in the training room and stuff like that of, you know, arm care that we're doing in between starts.

42:24And so, no, there's always good, you know, talks with Wu and, you know, Chad, CP, you know, all those guys. They always have something they want to add. And, you know, we'll talk about anything and everything.

42:40Pat McAfee:Last question here, Miz. You had cramps last night. Happens in sports. I wondered about the blood flow in your arm, okay, throwing 100 mile an hour at least 49 times in a game. First time that's ever happened. Are you throwing 100 in any warm-up pitches? Maybe. I mean, I'm not aiming for it to be 100. I'm more just aiming to get my body moving again from the, you know, sitting and waiting in the dugout. Because I'm wondering if you threw, like, over 60 100-mile-an-hour pitches just in the warm-up pitches, you know, because not just the starting ones, you're also rewarming up in there. But the blood flow, I would assume, the whip and everything.

43:20Pat McAfee:Are you getting cramps in your arm? Are you getting cramps in your body? What happened last night, and is this just something you're going to have to change your intake whenever you're going to certain places? Yeah, I mean, I had a cramp in Washington as well in the hamstring, and every cramp I've had this season has been lower body. So, you know, I think it's just going to end up being like maybe a little bit more food in the middle of the game, like having like a PB &J or something like that to, you know, get some more carbs in. Yeah, okay. So we're still figuring out how to be a pro, right?

43:51Pat McAfee:Yeah. Yeah, we're still figuring out our damn routine in this. I know the sky is the limit. That's how everybody who knows you around baseball talks about you. You're so fun to watch, man. We appreciate the hell out of you. Thank you. Thank you. Do you think you're cheating, though, with how close you are to home plate whenever you release the ball? Do you think that is a little bit – how tall are you again? I'm 6 '7". Yeah, and they're saying you're a strider, too. Like you're like – Lanky 6 '7". You're like, you know, elbows way over table, beer palm. The Wemby of baseball. So the release point is 7 feet 6 inches.

44:22So, yeah, I'm getting out there.

44:24Pat McAfee:Is that the most in baseball or is there others? I would have to look it up. I couldn't tell you off the top of my head. I like it. You don't even know. I like that. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, pitcher for the Brewers, ace for the Brewers, maybe the fastest arm in the history of baseball, Jacob Miserables. Yeah, Miz. It's been away from baseball. The real Miz. Hey, so your 7 feet 6 inches release spot, what is normal? No idea. That's a great question. Let me look at this. Somebody will have that answer. What's Randy Johnson's? Exactly. He was 6 '11". Yeah, so what is it? Because they talk about him stride.

44:58Pat McAfee:Like he, I guess a big part of his pitching is he gets very close to home plate. I mean, it is like on purpose, I think. Seven feet, six inches, him knowing his stat. Anyways, he's the man. Skeenzo is on tomorrow. Baseball obviously has some magical stories developing through their season, which only has 400 games left, which we'll certainly try to pay attention. Basketball, not a lot of games left. Not a lot of games left. We got to enjoy them all, especially when there's a massive comeback in front of Marshall in 50. Come on. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now, NBA legend and champion, 15-year vet, Kendrick Perkin.

45:34Pat McAfee:Yeah, big Perk. Perk, how you doing? My guys. Perk, good to see you. Thank you for joining us. You look spectacular. I just want to let you know that. I want to let you know you look amazing. Obviously, the blue hue around the blue suit, it appears is you know fantastic I'll have you know I try to do what I can when I'm in my home studio Pat you know I don't I don't have to make up all this and stuff like that so I try to you know color coordinate and do what I can especially when I'm coming on here with you know my guy oh you're at home you're in shorts right now this is uh you're exactly you're exactly right shorts Both sides, top only.

46:13Pat McAfee:Hey, business on top, party on the bottom. We get to hear a mullet of outfits right now. Okay, let's talk about last night. You want to talk about business and then party. 9-0 run to end this thing for the Cavs to send us to overtime. They steal a win in Detroit. Cade Cunningham obviously goes bananas, but they can't finish it down the stretch. Evan Fox, diehard Pistons fan, says this is your fault because whenever you did the whole James Harden Kool-Aid or blood thing in his heart, maybe you woke up the monster. Now, James Harden, in his post-game interview after he went crazy, had this to say about the outside chatter.

46:49You've been in the league for a long time. How did you silence the chatter tonight and have this sort of response in game three? What chatter? What chatter? That's exactly the answer to the question. What chatter? I play basketball, and, you know, whatever this team needs me to do, I'm going to go out there and do it. So, you know, letting the game play out. Fourth quarter, my number was called, and I go to work. But, you know, they made a run up 17. We've seen it before. Stay composed and win the game, and that's what we did.

47:20Pat McAfee:What chatter? Obviously got really loud. You were a part of that. Your thoughts on what you've seen from James and what you see from this cap scene finishing this last night? Well, first of all, he was listening. I was a teammate of James, so he heard the chatter. and the chatter at the time was warranted. But the thing that I've witnessed with James is that he's been more of a prolific scorer, looking to get buckets more so than trying to be a facilitator. So when you think about James being a scorer, and when he focused on doing that, he's one of the greatest scorers that we've ever seen in the game of basketball.

47:59One could argue he was Luka before Luka when he had on the Houston Rockets jersey. And no one ever doubted that James Harden couldn't win you a few playoff games. It's all about James Harden completing a mission and closing out the series. We know games one, two, three, and four, he's going to do his thing. And even in game five, game six and game seven, that's when we want to see him stand on business. That's when I want to see him get his feet high. But all in all, he did what they brought him here to do. Go on the road in a crucial game five and get a win for his organization, for his team, their first road win.

48:41But I thought collectively this was a character win for the Cleveland Cavaliers because Donovan Mitchell, double figures. Max Struess, double figures. Evan Mobley and Jared Allen both had a great night on both ends of the floor, completely took Jalen Duren out of the game. So I thought, you know, being down on the road and the way that they came together and got stops and timely buckets was a huge character win and arguably the most important win of their postseason.

49:13Pat McAfee:Yeah, stealing one on the road, obviously great. Stealing one that you're supposed to lose, obviously spectacular in a vibes-riddled kind of sport, which the NBA is. What does this tell you about the Pistons? Are you worried about this? Because, hey, you got 50 and Eminem there. Come on. Who knows what that turns into? I was at a 50 concert a couple weeks ago, Fountain Blue. Oh, we know. He still got it. Hey, he still got it. Still got it. We're talking Jacob Mizorowski. We're talking 103 on the paint if he wants to. So, if he was to get a mic, Eminem gets a mic, huge playoff win. You're already in an arena.

49:45Pat McAfee:It's going to be one of the greatest nights in the history of Detroit. We could be having the greatest night in the history of Detroit, one of them. Now, granted, you've got to win a title. But I'm just saying this could have become something epic. And instead, just shit the bed down the stretch. That's kind of what we see. Happens in sports. Obviously, you get unlucky and everything like that. What did you learn about the Stones? And what are your thoughts about Cade Cunningham being a guy? I mean, he is a guy, it feels like. Oh, Cade Cunningham is a bona fide superstar. He just doesn't have a bona fide Robin.

50:11Tobias Harris has been good for them, but he's not a guy that's going to be a second option that's going to take you to where they're trying to go and ultimately get to the promised land and try to win a championship. And I know a lot of people have been giving a lot of damn heat to Jalen Duren, and rightfully so. But the big fella is 22 years old. This is his first real playoff experience, him walking into the postseason and being relied on as a second option offensive guy. This is one of those moments that's going to make him stronger and better in the near future. The Cavs on paper, offensively, they're better than the Pistons.

50:54So when we look at this series, yeah, I picked the Pistons to win the seven, but usually when you pick a team to win the seven, that means you really don't really, you know, it could go either way. I'm not making excuses, but again, all the Cavs had to do when they're doing it is match their physicality. And we're seeing that from the bigs because let's be real, Before the playoffs started, the Cavs had a nickname of Hostess Cupcakes because they was creamy in the middle. But now they're changing the narrative. Jared Allen and Evan Mobley are actually playing like some grown-ass men now.

51:32Pat McAfee:They're calling them the cream field in the paint Cavaliers? Yeah. Twinkies? Yeah. I don't like that. I don't like that one bit. No. I always hated the cream on the inside. I'm just saying. What? If I bit into that thing and there was cream inside, hated it. Are you who? Give me the ho-ho that has, like, the solid shit. I can't do the soft, creamy when I get in there. Like a Boston cream donut. I agree with you. I hate it so bad. I'm with you there. I bite in there, I think oozes out. So not a Twinkie guy? No, not at all. Get it out of my face. I mean, the ho-ho's got the cream inside, too, though.

52:05Pat McAfee:Yeah, ho-ho. No, but it's a little harder, Chris, because it does the. It's more like the Oreo cream. Yeah, I'm talking about the texture of this. It's like you bite into that thing and then, you know, you don't want that. That's what he's saying. He's saying that's what they were saying. Not on the basketball court. You don't. Not on my mouth either. Your mouth, it sounds like you want that. Yeah, whatever.

52:23Pat McAfee:Perk, Tony's going on. I'll try anything twice. This is your fault, Perk. This is your fault. We did not know they were calling them cream-filled down there. I'm happy they're changing that entire narrative. Okay, let's talk about what's going on in the West. Obviously, it's some pretty special stuff. I had somebody call me that said they're picking San Antonio strictly because they have an alien on their team. They have an actual alien on their team. Go ahead, Conman. Yeah, Perkin, he's not the only one. It feels like Castle and Harper and even Devin Vassell are kind of stepping up as they've gotten older throughout these entire playoffs.

52:59You know, you mentioned Duren being a young guy. This team is full of young guys, but they seem to be kind of meeting the moment, especially after Popovich told Wemby and gave him a little pee-pee whack for getting kicked out the other night coming off the plane. But this is kind of the last series that we're looking at here in the West until the OKC one. We don't have a game tonight, unfortunately, but this would be the next one. What do you think for game six? Is this a Minnesota, you know, Ant-Man, force game seven? We're going back to San Antonio. Or do you think Wemby had that night off of reflection?

53:32Hey, I can't be elbowing guys in the larynx just because they deserve it. I just need to go out there and get 40 and 15 every night and we'll win a title. What do you see from game six here tomorrow night? I believe this series is going seven. Now, we know that Wimby has a hatred for losing, and so do Anthony Edwards. Anthony Edwards is going to protect this house. It's going to be hard, but he's going to protect this house. By the way, can anybody tell Julius Randle that the playoffs has officially started? Because they need him. They need him to be a robin. They need him to fix his damn body language.

54:10They need him to be engaged on both ends of the floor because right now he's getting pumped. Jay McDaniels, yes, one of my favorite players, he's getting pumped. And when we talk about Wimby, let me tell y 'all this real talk, and I really feel this deep in my soul. 30 years from now, in no particular order, The GOAT conversation is going to go Jordan, Braun, and Wimby. This man has officially taken over the NBA. The NBA belongs to Wimby for the next 10 years. This is Wimby's world, and everyone is trying to get an apartment in it. I have never seen a guy that is so dominant on both ends of the floor.

54:59I'm already watching the greatest defender I've ever seen with my own two eyes. We know that he's going to block shots. We know his capability of being able to switch out and guard on the perimeter. But the thing that stands out to me the most is that when he's able to go and contest the shot with one hand and the other hand while he's in the air take away drop-off passes to the bigs, I've never seen nothing like that in my damn life. Yeah, he's special. He's though, yeah, he, special is an understatement. Okay. I don't even know a word to describe him. Yeah, I don't even know what to say about him no more.

55:43He and this youth, this whole narrative of this youth thing, before I switched over and went to the, I mean, picked Minnesota for this series, I did come out and say that the San Antonio Spurs could win the NBA championship, right? And Wemby kept saying, we don't care about people saying we don't have experience. You know why? Because they have, they're young, but like my grandma used to say, they got old souls, baby. Yes, they do. Yeah, they got old souls.

56:09Pat McAfee:Traveled souls. I mean, when we heard Wemby, fresh out of the draft, this guy from France is number one. He might be the greatest of all time. He was talking about how the universe and he kind of understand each other. Then he went and trained with monks for his mind. And then he went with Kevin Garnett. Then he's playing chess. Then he's elbowing people in the face. He's pump faking into paint and passing it off. He's swatting. He's dunking. This guy seems to be everything. I'm excited to see what they say. And, Pat, I'm glad you brought that up because, see, going train with KG, Akeem Olajuwon, and even our guy Jamal Crawford, see, the training part is one thing, but what people is missing is the knowledge that he's getting after the training.

56:49That extra hour when he takes off his shoes and all of a sudden they're sitting down and all of a sudden he's getting that conversation. That's what people are missing.

57:00Pat McAfee:Yeah, the game that is being shared. We're out with Kendrick Perkins. We're back.

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58:25Pat McAfee:The name of the show is NFL Schedule Release PGA Championship Big Sports Comeback Thursday, May 14, 2026. This is the second hour. We can't thank you enough for joining us and allowing us to do this for a living. The Toxic Tables here at Boston Corner. In one half of the hammer, Cowboys AP Tone. Ty, we love you. Joining us live from Manhattan, Ohio is a man who's a college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup winner. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk. How you doing, Hawker? I'm doing great. How about them Cavs last night? I know Foxy's a bit upset, but yeah, great win for Cleveland.

58:55Pat McAfee:Uh-oh! Ohio showed up in Michigan. Michigan quit in the end, and Ohio remained kings in front of Eminem in 50, in front of a raucous Detroit sports town crowd. Go, Stones, go. I mean, the whole game, 15 at one point. They were down 15 at one point. Nine at the end. And they go in a 9-0 run to four. What? That's Ohio grit. AJ, is that why you're shouting this out right now? I mean, maybe they should split. Maybe 50 and Eminem should come on over and come to the Cavs. Whoa. Yeah, they're going to do that, Hawk. Yeah, right. You know who you have as a celebrity fan? You have Mike the Miz. So, congrats to you.

59:36That's really cool, Hawk. Thank you. He's a huge superstar. He has been for 20 years. When's the last time he's won a match, Hawk? It doesn't matter. Don't forget about the gun, Kelly, bruh. Machine gun, Kelly, as well. I do love MGK. He's awesome.

59:50Pat McAfee:But he doesn't go to the games. He doesn't care about the cast. That's because he's working. Him and Wiz right now, obviously, about to go on tour, releasing songs right now. They're both back seemingly in their absolute apex. Cannot wait to hear that entire album. On that note, let's go back to this, though. The Miz, maybe it has been since when did you say Miz last won a match? I said 2003, but I believe I'm out of line. I think he's won, you know, at some point. No, I don't think so. What would you say would be some point, though? Give me 2009, maybe. No. It was like 2 ,000 days ago. He's a tag team champion.

1:00:23Yeah, with R-Truth. Yeah, yeah. I guess I'm thinking maybe Mania matches. He hasn't won a Mania match yet.

1:00:30Pat McAfee:Mania, okay, Wrestlemania is obviously whenever The Rock is involved, okay, because we're taramonying all the ooze around here, pal. But, yeah, the Cavs, big-time comeback shot to them. How about hockey? Did you see Minnesota? They had Colorado just down and out, three zip, and then the Colorado Avalanche wake up. Did you see the point differential per period for these lads? Obviously, McCarr and McKinnon are outrageous, and the goalie can stand on his head, and the team is spectacular, and they're in flippy-floppies and pools so they can work out the lactic acid at a deeper level at mile high.

1:01:03Pat McAfee:Seems like they're in better shape there, buddy. Just absolutely stomping folks as the game continues to grow on. This is the classic take them out into the deep end, it feels like, with this Avalanche team, AJ. Yeah, it is. I guess I would assume if you're the coaching staff, you're thinking like hey what do we need to do to get out to a hotter start that's not every football coach talks about oh we need a fast start you know control the game whatever and colorado's good enough to where they get out to these super slow starts and they still just find a way to pour it on them late yeah and i think there is a chance that they just want to kind of see how the game's gonna go let's get a feel for this thing all right and then they like figure it out you know there's i think aaron could potentially be this way i think aaron rogers first couple quarters he's trying to figure out what the defense is doing you know then he come out and then in the end he has it figured out and that's why Mike McCarthy's been on the record everybody else been on the record it's like two minutes roll we want Aaron's hands we want ball in Aaron's hands he has figured out the defense and what they're trying to do maybe they're a team that just trying to figure out what the game's gonna be we know they're physical though oh yeah they'll hit you late they'll beat you down they know that in the third period you're probably gonna be feeling a lot worse than you felt in the first period and a massive comeback like that great for hockey that has already been up into the right con man yeah and it feels like they're just smarter like even this last play he's throwing it off the side of the board so his guy can go get it who isn't even supposed to be on the ice by the way and then for him to hold it you know like nikis wasn't supposed to be the guy who was coming on but he knew exactly what to do and then even when you watch the tendy the tendy's kind of waiting for him to shoot comes all the way at the top of the crease and then pass nope we're going to the other side like they are their IQ is even higher, which makes it feel unfair.

1:02:39Feels as though they shouldn't be able to do this. So, kind of Colorado being this good versus the Vegas Golden Knights who use that IR cap space thing. Kind of two titans of, hey, that's not allowed. Coming together in the Western Conference finals would be cool. And then maybe Carolina to bring it home on the East.

1:02:57Pat McAfee:I don't like the way you're saying ethical roster building conversations have happened in hockey. They still do that? Nothing wrong. That's a good question because I remember the Tampa Bay Lightning did this. I believe the Florida Panthers did this. With Marshy. It seems as if the Vegas Golden Knights were doing it every single year. They've done it a few times, yep. But what is the thing? You basically put somebody on IR, then their contract doesn't count, then you can sign other people, then when the playoffs start, you can bring back the contract because the salary cap can be adjusted a little bit whenever it's postseason, especially with an injured player retiring.

1:03:23Pat McAfee:So you're able to kind of fill up your roster with more money than everybody else because you're designating somebody to injury because their contracts won't affect what the salary cap is. Is that accurate, Nick? More or less, yeah, but they closed that loophole, so you couldn't no longer do that. That's why Stoner right now, genuine tease and peace. Before, it was always like, okay, Mark Stone, yeah, you're hurt for sure. For the last three weeks of the season. Yeah, you guys are just bringing people in. But now, for real, it's like, hey, they need Stoner back big time. Yes, they certainly do.

1:03:54Pat McAfee:Good luck to all the NHL teams that are up and to the right. Hockey has been spectacular. AJ, do you know what this is? Skull and crossbones. What type of skull, though, dude? You probably would know, actually. Oh, is that something to do with an author that we know? Oh, well, maybe at some point. And we do love Jack Carr, and that is certainly, I believe his most recent book, Fourth Option, is coming out or is out. Should be read by you soon. Out now. Go get it. Now, Fourth Option. This from Jack Carr. We love Jack Carr. Hell yeah. We love Jack Carr's brain. We love Jack Carr's commitment to our country.

1:04:34Pat McAfee:We love the way Jack Carr operates. And he's also saved the world like three to four different times for us. So if you can go buy Jack Carr book, not only are you going to be incredibly entertained, not only are you going to take a ride, this one is, I believe, about a retired CEO or CIA operative. And kind of getting back into it. So this is going to be a great trip with Jack Carr, like every single story. Fourth option available now. Bill sat down last night, said he was just going to read a chapter to find out what it was about. Said he read 15 chapters. Just immediately could not put it down.

1:05:04Pat McAfee:And we will say Bill is one of the leaders of the Jackar fan club. Oh, yeah. Loves it. But how could you not be, to be honest, with the way he talks? Shout out to Jackar. But now, this is not from Jackar. Good guess, though, because the skull and crossbone looks cool. And Jackar is certainly that. No, this would be a jungle cat, actually, skull. Yeah. That's a jungle cat. See that? Okay. Looks like a dinosaur, maybe? No, that's a... That's a... Okay, so who was that affiliated with? Oh, the Carolina Panthers. And watch that one right there, pal. Oh, there it is. Oh, watch your tail. Get it? Get it?

1:05:43Watch your tail. Yeah, that has many different meanings, I guess. Does it? They're great at the releases.

1:05:48Pat McAfee:Carolina has been OG of scheduled release. Remember, they had the throwback back to whenever we were kids, bicycle went into the house with the Nintendo 64, I believe, and the entire thing. This one, they said, is going to be explosive. They gave a little teaser. I believe there are bombs involved in this thing. Yeah, that's what we need to celebrate. Remember. Tannerite or bombs? I think Tannerite was being used, but I do believe they did have quite a bomb effect. There was a lot of this going on when I was watching it. Are all the videos coming out at 8 or are the videos going to come out before the show?

1:06:18Pat McAfee:8 p.m. launch on social media for the social media and creative teams to be on display. Some of your teams and our teams are going to potentially have the greatest products of all time. Maybe. And then some social media creative teams, digital teams, are going to be on display for being asked tonight. We need to remember that. And we should judge them. They're getting paid a lot of money. They have a lot of power. Some teams don't want to jump into the game and say, hey, we're about ball. We don't need to make these hype videos. I think then you just probably need to get out of the NFL and go to the UFL maybe or something like that.

1:06:50Probably get out of the marketing department if that is.

1:06:52Pat McAfee:Yeah, this is the NFL. You're going to have to have a social media digital team that creates things, content for your fans because everybody else does it. But I will say, if you want to be just like an Amish football team and do all that, I would respect it as well. I would say, good on you for running your business that way, but that's not the case. They employ and pay millions of dollars in salaries into creative departments, digital departments, social media teams. You're talking about these jobs literally being a massive piece of what these franchises are to a lot of people. I tried to explain way the early days of Twitter.

1:07:24Pat McAfee:I was lucky to get on Twitter very early in my life. I'm not saying I was early in the Twitter world. But it was like talking to the Colts at the time about how important their Twitter account was. Because there's a lot of people who don't live in Indianapolis that their only interaction with the Colts is through that social media account. That's it. Only see what that social media account puts out. Only know really what's going through there. That was back in the day. Now, obviously, everything's so widespread and we've got a lot more content of everything. But I think, like, the Colts have had, like, a social media department for a long time.

1:07:53Pat McAfee:Now they're, like, fully invested. Fully invested in this type of thing. And they're not the only ones. I think it's like a majority of teams now understand that the hand is where these people are going to fall in love with our brand now, as opposed to just, you know, out and about at the stadium. So tonight's a big showcase of the digital teams and the creative teams. And I think that's our big takeaway always is like, this video is awesome. These fuckers don't know ball. Okay, it's clear they don't know ball. This one's awesome. That's what tonight becomes. And also, who's getting all the primetime games?

1:08:22Pat McAfee:Who's playing where? We already know the international games. Now we just need to know who's going to be broadcasted to the world, AJ. Anything you're looking forward to? I'm definitely looking forward to. Like, I want to go to specific teams. First off, hey, it's going to be fun to look at the list of how many primetime games certain teams have. And then the teams that don't get any primetime and may get upset. I think the Colts, was that last year? You were pretty upset. Last couple years, thanks. Please, just move on. So, I mean, maybe this is the year. They're due, right? With Danny Dimes there, I think they're going to have a couple primetimes, correct?

1:08:49I would hope so. Listen. Well, you never know. There's so many primetime games now, though, with all the different – There is. Every day they're playing. There's a lot more, I guess, that you could consider primetime.

1:08:59Pat McAfee:Yeah, so if you don't get a primetime game with how many primetime games there are now, I mean, that's a real problem. Now, we have an international game, so we do know we'll be the only game on in the morning. Indiana morning's on, Indiana time. But it would be nice to get a couple more primetime games because it's good for your team, unless you're ass. Giants, weeks one and two, primetime games. If that's a slow start for Harbaugh and Jackson Dart, that's going to get real loud, real early by a lot of people. But that comes with being a giant. Ain't that right, Bruce? Yeah. The second we are, hey, are we maybe going to be decent?

1:09:33We're going to have a ton of primetime games. That's just kind of how the cookie crumbles. I don't love it. But, like, our Cowboys games, like, we lost a ton of close games last year. And our Cowboys games were both bangers. So hopefully they will be at least fun to watch, even if we do get off to that slow start. Also, I do believe, and definitely check this, but I think New England and Seattle both started either 2-2 or 1-2 out the gate last year. And then you saw, I know they both definitely lost week one because it was the first time ever the two teams in the Super Bowl were 0-1 after week one.

1:10:07But that is one of those things where, like, new culture might be a slow start and then in prime time, so loud. Are you a little bit worried about the Houston Texans?

1:10:15Pat McAfee:We got this in the mail earlier today, AJ Hawk. In the PMS game. Spell it right. That never happens. True. It'll all make sense on Thursday, huh? That hand. Mmm. Serum. Some pads. With blood on them. Uh-oh. You got blood on the shoulder pads. What's coming tonight for you from the Houston Texans schedule release? I don't know. something i know that son of a bitch toro is probably up to no good i know that there's some jokes that some people are probably gonna be making due to low hanging fruit uh and then there are some things also that you know maybe we'll see uh come in some sort of video i typically am a pessimist when it comes to this stuff oh great they're gonna make us show these bloody shoulder pads and there's gonna be some stupid mickey mouse thing that we're gonna have to watch tonight and be like, oh, this was good, when it isn't.

1:11:14However, the Texans are one of those teams, like the Chargers, like some of these social media teams that you can kind of hang your hat on them being great. Bloody shoulder pads, first thing I think of is Brian Cushion when it comes to Houston Texans. I don't know if there's some – Or J.J. Yeah, J.J. Wad. I don't know if they're – not J.J. Wad. I don't know if there's some sort of Vrabel connection as well since he coached there in Houston, but I do think that it will probably – I don't think they'll be taking –

1:11:41Pat McAfee:I think we could probably assume that that one's not going to be. I'm going to guess that a lot of these social teams saw New England on their schedule and like, oh, I got a great idea for our schedule reveal when it comes to New England. Oh, so this is why you've been kind of against it. Connor's been kind of against these social media teams getting a chance to be on display. No, I just don't want to be let down. I think what they have done the past few years is great. Videos, like we all look forward to them. Now that they're adding gimmicks, now they're adding shirts, now they're adding bloody shoulder pads.

1:12:09Okay, the only – once you get to the top with these social teams, typically the only way they go is down. And I'm not saying – and I think the AI thing has gone so out of hand that teams will now take pride in not using AI, which I think is great actually. So I think that will kind of go away a little bit. But I do worry that some of these teams are just going to try and out-creative themselves when they already have a great idea.

1:12:34Pat McAfee:Yeah, that's why it's on display on who's asked and who's not. Bingo. That is a big one. I think the Colts are going to come back in a strong way after what happened. last year. They need it. What did they do last year? Last year was bad. They didn't get the rights. Remember, it was like Minecraft or something. And like multiple teams did it. Another team had the rights already. I do remember. And then I think it was Chargers did it. I think it was Chargers did it and then Colts did it. Chargers got like the rights to it actually. And then there was like a whole thing and Chargers obviously was much better.

1:13:01Pat McAfee:But I think there's been a lot of changes made. Good. Brad Michaels for this. Ladies and gentlemen, we have received an exclusive from the Panthers.

1:13:17They're rich. Yeah, we need a sound. Can we go back to the beginning? I mean, geez Louise, we got an exclusive here.

1:13:23Pat McAfee:Can we go back to the... Next level. Where are we at? I got a bunch of the golf stuff up, so I got to close those out and we'll go back to it. Wait, wait. I got a few of the golf broadcasts up as well. These guys are watching the year. We're trying to do a show. It's got to be a watch-along. We were going to do the watch-along. Tell you what, from what I saw, that looks like ass. What? They just gave us an exclusion. I almost, when I first saw it, I almost said a worse word, but that looks like ass. Okay, well, I appreciate you not using the worse word. We don't even know what it is. We haven't even heard it.

1:13:57Pat McAfee:Why can't we just put up a schedule with words and where we're at and who we're playing? You're big shrink the game guy. Shrink the game, man. That did look like ass. Send me a magnet I can put on my fridge. okay please send me something i could touch this is your 2026 magnet right here no sound i mean are you kidding me they're just too they're gonna come after us there's no sound okay what was that we hear sound this is just a uh is that their new logo okay what kind of information did we gain from this that they're using ai they're melting steam There's some good AR videos out there. Okay, so there's no sound.

1:14:42Pat McAfee:All right, I will say that was kind of ass. See? That was stupid to give us. See what I mean? That was a bad idea to give us that. But it'll be a part of a much bigger... That was out of context, no sound? Yeah, right. Like, that should not be given to us. Like, give us a little bit more... That's a terrible towel there, though. Obviously getting shredded right there. That never worked out. Oh, the Florida Panthers speed of light. You think that's what's happening? Tell you what. I like what they're doing, baby. It's never, ever, ever been a good idea to do that to the terrible towel. A lot of teams have been cursed by what that just happened.

1:15:13Pat McAfee:Oh, with the explosive. Okay, so now I'm starting to piece it together.

1:15:20Right? To a bomb. Ends up in someone's butt because watch your tail.

1:15:25Pat McAfee:All right. Let's move along. Let's get away from this. Let's go to a major, please. That's their tagline. You'll never know. Just trying to connect the dots. Watch your tail. That's what it says. Yeah. Probably has a bomb in the butt. Maybe that's what it is, actually. Maybe that's the sound. Oh. And it just saws through. You never know. The cats. That's the sound of the – where's the cat going? No, it's just the sound that goes right through the terrible tells. October 17th. There's a chance. I just found out we play the Panthers. That's awesome. That's a W. I don't know if that's true. That's a good football team.

1:16:03Good football team.

1:16:04Pat McAfee:That is a good football team. Possibly a great one after that draft. Yeah, we'll see. Also, with this scheduled release, let's give a little grace here to the Carolina Panthers social team. I don't think we should have been the ones to necessarily do what we just did right there. Dan Morgan is just tearing apart his office right now. Joining us now is a guy who's wasting his life in a tiny little cube over there at Roman Inc. Ladies and gentlemen, our golf expert, Mark Schlabaugh. Yeah, Schlabaugh. Schlabaugh, how you doing? And I saw Blocky go from 203 yards out to 23 inches on hole one. How you doing?

1:16:38Pat McAfee:Keep it moving. I'm a majors champ. What other storylines do we need to know from the early starts here as another major kicks off? Well, I mean, Pat, that's the biggest one. I mean, it was an absolute dart from 202 yards. Oh, no. Can't even compliment Blocky. You know, for a second there, I thought if you don't, he doubled the third hole. Yeah, he did. All right, let's reconnect. What? Okay. No, no. The only thing we hear from him is that Blocky doubled the third hole. That's not fair. No, I thought so. Can we reconnect with him, please? Blocky has won over, yeah. So, but why do you think the universe – oh, and he's back.

1:17:17Pat McAfee:Okay. So, we couldn't hear anything that you said other than, and he doubled the third hole. Just want to let you know that that's all we heard, and we learned that in real time. I appreciate you bringing the actual facts and stats to us so we know who we can potentially get behind. Who should do well here today, you think? I tell you, I told you earlier in the week that DeChambeau or Rom winning this thing would be the big storyline. But if Jordan Spieth wins, he'll complete the career grand slam. And he's in a four-way tie, five-way tie for first right now at three under. Just had a back-to-back birdies.

1:17:51I mean, it would be the biggest story in golf bat since Tiger Woods won the 2019 Masters. I mean, he's still a guy that moves the needle, a fan favorite. He's a rollercoaster. I love him because he plays golf like me after he hits a bad shot. He's like, God, you suck. You're terrible. And, you know, got a five-way tie up there. Pot Gieter from South Africa. Came into the week ranked 127th in putting. He's gaining five strokes on the greens right now. Probably not going to sustain that. Stefan Jaeger from Germany. He was number three in data golf's course fits this week. I didn't take him. And then Minwoo Lee, the chef who's cooking this week, and cooked like hell when I took him in the Masters in my pool.

1:18:34Pat McAfee:Yeah, the chef could potentially go crazy. Did you see a guy who was late to tee box for hole one? Garrick Higo shows up a minute late. They give him a two-stroke penalty before he even tees off. He would go on to double bogey one here. How often does this happen in a major? Don't you kind of know where you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there? This feels like a very amateur mistake. Was he potentially just maybe dumping his pants? Like, what? Maybe he didn't make a putt on the putting green before going over there. He's like, I've got to make one before I get it. Like, how do we get to this, and how normal is this?

1:19:08It happened back in 2019 at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. It's rare. It's inexcusable. It's probably, you know, not to blame the caddy, but that's kind of the caddy's job to make sure he gets there on time. I can't figure out if he knew before the end of the round if they told him in scoring because he seemed quite surprised and had a long conversation with PGA of America officials in the scoring tent. Give the kid credit, though. I mean, he shot 369, or excuse me, 367 the rest of the way, and if it weren't for that two-stroke penalty, he'd only be one shot off the lead.

1:19:43Pat McAfee:Had to be so uncomfortable. I assume it had to be a, you know, maybe had one of them Philly cheesesteaks over there with some extra green pepper, you know, a little bit of cooking in there and just had to get it out. Is the putting green right next to first? Like how? Yeah, they're right there. I mean, he was only one minute late. There's stickler for rules. But, yeah, if what you're saying is true, I guess it would be the true definition of body time. Yes, it would be. AJ has a question for you, Mark. Yeah, I know they got a lot of rain, I believe, yesterday. I guess we've watched some different clips of guys putting the ball off the green and stuff.

1:20:20Are they – like are we expecting these greens to possibly dry out and get super fast as the weekend comes? Yeah, A.J., I mean, it's a Donald Ross course, so the greens of the defense. Guys have talked all week about there not being much strategy off the tee. As I said earlier in the week, it's kind of a gripping, ripping course off the tee at least. But you saw Bryson struggles. He chipped off or putted off the back of the green to about 57 feet away past the hole. A lot of spines, a lot of slope. They got about a quarter inch of rain last night. It's not supposed to rain for the rest of the week.

1:20:55I get up to about 89 degrees on Sunday, so they can make these things as diabolical as they want. The pin placement on number four today is absolutely lethal, and there's still some room back there for a Sunday pin.

1:21:08Pat McAfee:Okay, we can't wait to see where they decide to torture these guys throughout the weekend as another major's at hand. It's not just, obviously, the course conditions on the ground. How about in the sky? Go ahead, Conman. Yeah, Marky Marky. It looked windy as shit. When we were watching the earlier rounds there, is that supposed to be something that's constant this week? I mean, even on, you know, Rombo's hole out, it looked like the flag was going fast. Are we expecting a very windy round? And how much do you think that's going to affect these guys as they try and figure out these greens? Yeah.

1:21:42I mean, look, it's about controlling the spin. Most of these guys are bombing it. If you get a wedge in your hand, you've got to control the spin. the false fronts, 15, 16 miles an hour. I think that's absolutely why Michael Block yanked his tee shot down the left side on number three. Easy. Come on. Into a bunker. Look, guys, we watched him putt the other day on the putting green. Inside 20 feet, never missed. Yeah. Absolute machine. If he hit it 20 yards longer, you know, hit it as far as Roy, there's no telling. I mean, that's true. You mentioned the ball there. He said it himself. You mentioned the ball, Mark.

1:22:22What's the deal with Cam Young's ball? Why am I seeing people calling him a cheater for using some golf ball that everybody basically uses? What's that situation there? I'd say he's more of a visionary ahead of his time. You know, the USGA and the RNA, which two of the governing bodies, we're talking about changing the testing standards going forward starting in 2030. to get 15, 20 yards off the drive, make them shorter so that the courses don't become too obsolete. Cam Young unknowingly had been using a ball that is going to be approved in the future under those new conditions. And, you know, he started using it to win them championship last year, and that was the first time he'd won on tour after seven runner-up finishes, I think.

1:23:11Used it again at the Players this year and down at Doral a couple weeks ago when he went wire to wire. So, you know, golf geeks love it. I can't stand writing about anything more than rollback.

1:23:24Pat McAfee:You're the best because you are a golf geek, but you certainly don't ever portray it. You certainly sound like an optimist about everything that we ask about over there in the golf world, and that's why we love you, Schlaubach. Appreciate you, man. Enjoy the time over there. I was happy to go out today. Well, the first thing we heard you say was, he had double on three. Blockage just doubled. That was the only thing we heard from you. Everything else froze up, so literally your first words were, yeah, yeah, but let's, you know. It was good. I liked it. Well, you know, for a second there, I thought, look, if you don't birdie the first, you can't birdie all 18.

1:23:59Here we go. Bingo.

1:24:01Pat McAfee:That's what we're talking about. Listen to The Optimist. Ladies and gentlemen, your next shot's your best shot with Mark Schlaba. Yeah, Mark! Appreciate you, man. What a stud that guy is. B.A.S. the man. He's go, dog. Ladies and gentlemen, Blocky's back to even after a phenomenal couple.

1:24:26Pat McAfee:Come on, Blocky. Hey, Birdie, 13 there. 13's a par 4. 365 yards. 13th, whenever it comes to how hard the hole is compared to the rest, what normal score is. He has a birdie to start this thing. Only saw from 200 yards out. Shlabao just said inside 20 feet, he never misses. Yeah, that's sweet. I mean, he's playing well. That'd be fun. Could be a lot worse. Bryson's seven over. DeChambrough? Yep. I guess YouTube golf isn't cutting it out. Easy. What are you talking about? Hmm? What are you talking about? Guy's a YouTube golfer now. He's only playing major championships, and I guess he's only going to be playing the first two rounds of major championships.

1:25:04Pat McAfee:That's not true. Just because he rolled one from one side of green to the other side of green, got him bummed out a little bit. Very. Yeah, got him bummed out a little bit. He moved on. Oh, yeah, he also hit from someone's front porch, too. I mean, Tiger Woods was a scrambler as well. We don't know what DeChambeau's going to do tomorrow on this course. You're right. It's going to be tough, but yeah. DeChambeau's seemingly going through it a little bit. He's seemingly going through it a little bit. We hope he finds his way because whenever he's golfing, what a moment for him. We got kids standing on stages next to tee boxes on 14.

1:25:35Pat McAfee:I love that. Did you see the elevated? There was like five ladies who had, yeah, the elevator station. It's on 14, I guess. The lads just right next door. Oh, yeah, it's right next door. It's right behind our house. What do you mean right behind our house? Well, like there's like an eight-foot fence, and then it's hole 14 right there. It's one of the benefits of living on this course. Is there any way you could fix this for us? What if we built a 10-foot kind of like rise? I'm sure the course loves that. I'm sure the PGA loves that. The bros over there are like, yo, you could do that? Yeah. Let's go.

1:26:02Pat McAfee:Bro, we will hang. They're just standing there just right above them. Good luck, boys. Think about Sunday, 14. It's going to matter. They're about to see Blocky. Yeah. Oh, hold on to the lids, boys, at 14. They're going to want to explode up there from their riser. You can't hold your Blocky excitement in just a little bit more. Until he gives you one of these. Hey, throw me a beer. Let's shotgun one right now, boys, right after I drive this thing 250 freaking yards. It'll be no surprise if Blocky, post-hole 14 today, scores a six under after he runs into those. I'm going back. I got to go back.

1:26:38Pat McAfee:Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, football is king. We understand that. We're lucky for it. And if you're a Super Bowl champion and you represent a city, you're going to be asked to voice over the open to a major for golf. How much is Philly figured in the history of America? And golf? I am at liberty to say. And that says everything. My town has seen it all. Huge moments made possible by men determined to set a new course or tame it all on. Philly demands respect for all it stands for and everything it's seen. Inside stately buildings and on tricky fairways and greens, here where independence was declared, we the people are united by love of country, city, and this week, the PGA Championship.

1:27:25Well done. Good work, Dominic. Very good, very good.

1:27:30Pat McAfee:We the people. Could understand every word. Who else was in consideration, you think, for that? Nobody. Jason Kelsey, maybe, but I assume he's got something else going on. Wahlberg. Wahlberg's from Boston. Wahlberg. That hell are you right? He's from Boston. Possibly. What the fuck was that? That was unbelievable. I'm sorry. Was he not an eagle? Oh, you wanted him to be Vince Papali? Yeah. Papali. Okay, maybe Vince Papali. Nick Cage from National Treasure might have been up there. We're just doing Philly movies now? Yeah, just people who have appeared in Philadelphia. I mean, Stallone would be incredible.

1:28:00Stallone.

1:28:02Pat McAfee:Tom Hanks. I don't think he did. Didn't he get a movie? You're talking about that one from way back whenever he was. Philadelphia with Denzel. Yeah, absolutely. I guess that could be a good tie. What about Coop? Oh, yeah. That's the answer. Shit. They missed. They screwed it up. Maybe Sunday. Maybe Sunday to have a special presentation where he's there live and he, like, starts the whole tournament. Yeah, I assume there will be multiple things. I assume there will be. Sirianni better get in a game, too. I want to see him up on that high-ross. I think they asked him, too, but Big Dom was like, no, just me.

1:28:30Pat McAfee:We got a massive deal happening down there in Miami. Devon A-Chain. A-Chain has reached a new four-year,$68 million contract with$32 million guaranteed. Schulte is the one that reports that. Schefter amplifies it. Congrats to the Dolphins getting the running back signed up. Feels like the running back position is all of a sudden getting a little bit more paid, getting a little bit more appreciated. Is that a sign of the times or a sign of the players? Let's get a bubblegum being a diehard Dolphins fan. This guy has been something that you've been proud of. Wasn't there a little bit of a contract conversation for like the last year or so happening around him?

1:29:05Yeah, there was always rumblings that he could be traded, but I'm glad we paid him. It is a rebuild, I get that, but keeping guys like this, there's rumors we're going to pay Jordan Brooks as well. These are the cornerstone guys of the franchise you got to keep around.

1:29:17Pat McAfee:Okay, AJ, as you're trying to build the future, obviously with a couple different Green Bay Packers people coming down to Miami and kind of turning over the entire building, there is a floor for the amount of money that you have to spend. It's fascinating whenever teams are trying to figure out who they're going to be, what they're going to be. They pay Malik a good amount of money to play quarterback. They just paid A-Chan. Feels like they're trying to pick and choose what they want their building to be through the guys that they're keeping around or bringing in and paying A-J. Yeah, I think that's one of the toughest things.

1:29:44That's what makes great GMs and great scouts and evaluators and coaches like, hey, yeah, who do we pay? Because you know that when your team is good, you cannot pay everybody. And when you're going through a rebuild, you've got to find, hey, who are the cornerstones that we trust to pay and who has also been productive for this franchise. guys and obviously a chain has been very productive for them so good on him for getting a big extension I'm just glad that you mentioned it like I think the running back position has I don't know it's coming back into a good light it was like it lost its luster people thought you could just we can get a couple guys in there we'll just give the ball it doesn't matter we don't need like a stud back and I think now that's we're coming back to that a little bit to where like a great running back can really really make a team like take them to the next level yeah gonna have to

1:30:27Pat McAfee:be too in this modern NFL you're gonna have to be able to run the ball quarterbacks have to be able to complete a pass we're gonna need a third and 15 third and 12 at some point if we want to win a Super Bowl quarterback is gonna have to complete a pass there's gonna that is gonna have to be a part of your offense but if you can't run the rock you ain't gonna do shit in the playoffs got to be able to run the rock got to be able to have somebody do it paying a running back obviously to your point a few years ago was not worth the salary cap percentages allegedly to people and Then you watch Philadelphia Eagles or Saquon Barkley win a Super Bowl, and everybody goes, oh, I didn't know that this is what this was.

1:30:58Pat McAfee:And now everybody's going to continue to mimic that. We have Jonathan Taylor here in Indianapolis, so hopefully we're rewarded with a lot of primetime games. Sure. Yeah, sure. Hopefully because we got Jonathan Taylor. But I do like that that is a sign of the times of what football is. We're pounding the rock, con man. Yeah, and offenses seem to be kind of taking, like, those top eight, ten guys. Like, there is a separator, it feels like, in HNs. One of those guys, Jameer Gibbs, Bijon, we're like, hey, McCaffrey, of course, we have a running back that we're going to hand the ball to, you know, 18, 20 times a game.

1:31:29But he's also going to catch, you know, 9 to 12 passes a game. Like, that seems to be the difference. And in NFL offenses now, that seems to be like a focal point. Like, hey, yes, A-Chan is going to get the ball. He's going to get tosses. He's going to get, you know, in between the tackles. But we're also going to put him in the slot. And then he's going to run, you know, a bunch of routes the entire game. I'm like Jeremiah Love, for instance. There's a clip of him running just a little angle route, and that in itself feels like a complete game changer for some of these teams. Yeah, here it is.

1:31:59That's the one. Good luck covering that. Yeah, if you have a running back that can do both of those things, you're in a very good spot to be paid.

1:32:06Pat McAfee:Obviously, that juke is filthy, and being able to run a route is an extra weapon, especially because linebackers will have to cover him with the way a matchup is for a running back. So if you're able to get out, catch, and create magic, You certainly become a quarterback's best friend. Has he got tape on his left ankle? A little bit. It's for looks. He just looks sweet. Oh, you think it's like a one-glove type thing would do one spat? Yeah, I think so. One spat's not a bad idea. That is cool. I don't think I ever really thought of that. You were a click-clack guy, so you had to spat, right? Yeah, I did early on, no question.

1:32:37It was the first year they had cleats, and they weren't licensed yet in the NFL.

1:32:41Pat McAfee:The spat was so cool looking. Yeah, that was the best. It had such a good run. Feels so good, too. Oh, really? You like the cast-like feel there. You feel like you can kind of do whatever you need to do? Yeah, I use – I mean, I spat it every day for practice and games, but I used like stretch tape, though. I didn't use – it wasn't like locking my – it was not for ankle stability at all. What was it for? Feel, and it's just how I – you know, once I started – in college, you weren't allowed to spat. We were trying to trick Luke Fick, our linebacker coach, come out for warm-ups, no spat, nothing on, and then every once in a while, Luke would – after our team meeting, he would go take the elevator up to the box, and we'd spat real quick and come back on the field.

1:33:20And Luke was up in the box. The game started. He couldn't yell at us for spating. So we knew you had to win the game because we lost the game, and we spatted behind his back. You know, he might, you know, fight us.

1:33:28Pat McAfee:Yeah, you got to win that. Yeah, if you lose because of a spat, especially going on his back, I think Luke Fickle – And if you lose, you know it's because we spatted too, though. That's the thing. You guys out here taping your cleats in the bathroom after I leave the locker room. Why do you think I'm stupid? I can know what you're doing. Well, you guys think you're special. Cool. You think this is what you need, and then we lose the game. How you do anything is how you do everything. And now I'm going to fight you. There's a nice little spat there from A.J. I got kicked bad in the shin. I got a real high spat there.

1:33:54Pat McAfee:I like a little high spat, a little mid-range spat, a little low spat. You were spatting yourself. To those that don't know, a spat is a taped ankle outside of the cleat. Looks really cool. I mean, it was a super cool look. I like that you're doing your own spat, okay, because you're doing figure eights and L's around there and kind of going around up and down. but the sauce out of A.J. Hawk, could have never expected. He was batting himself down there with functional tape. What's it there for? It just feels good, man. I just like the way it feels. It locks you in. And I never wanted to have my laces flopping around.

1:34:25I always felt like you might click a, you know, a cleat might catch one of the loops.

1:34:29Pat McAfee:Yeah, click clack. You don't want it to do that.

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1:35:48Pat McAfee:Let's continue in football news, shall we? The ACC commissioner, Jim Phillips, started talking about playoff expansion, and he dropped a little nugget about ESPN having some thoughts, AJ. Yeah, ESPN's been pretty clear with all of us that they'd like it to stay at 12, maybe 14, but no higher than 16. And so that is, you know, that's important. They're our partner. They're our partner with the CFP. Obviously, they're our full partner here as it relates to the ACC. And so we'll continue to talk with them as it relates to the CFP piece of it. The championship game part of it, I don't know. I mean, that's down the road.

1:36:34But I have said before, it's, you know, when you look at championship games and if you expand the playoff to that number, I think you end up going from regular season right into the playoff. I just think you end up doing that.

1:36:52Pat McAfee:Okay, so obviously a lot of people have opinions on what the next schedule looks like, what everything looks like, what the playoff obviously looks like. We're in the middle of creating this college football playoff. So there is some evolution taking place right in front of our eyes. The ranking, who has home, when has home. They're trying to move the calendar so it doesn't last as long. ESPN, though, coming out and saying, we would like this to remain at 12. Okay, if we're going to go up to 16, cool. We cannot be doing 24. That's a fascinating piece of information for that. If it does get to 24, everybody's going to say ESPN's ruining it.

1:37:20Pat McAfee:They want more teams. They want more games. And ESPN's actually here now on the record, I guess, with Jim Phillips, ACC commissioner. I wonder if ESPN knew that he was going to be saying this publicly, saying, hey, we would actually just rather, let's get it right. Like, let's get to 12. Interesting because they are a partner and have paid a lot of money. Interesting because ESPN is kind of the landlord of the college football playoffs where they can lease out to other networks and everything like that, which they have tried to do. But also interesting because ESPN and the people that are in charge of the college football, and we've gotten to see this because of college game day and meet these people, these people are obsessed with college football.

1:37:52Pat McAfee:I mean, they're old school college football people. So I think anytime the ESPN people are always painted in like they're trying to take every dollar, it's like bowl season became a little ridiculous, but I think a lot of people wanted to play in bowl games. That kind of became its own thing. But when you talk about the people with the college football decision, they are obsessed with it. Now, does everybody agree with the way in which they are obsessed with it? Maybe not. But I do appreciate the fact that it's come out now that ESPN is like, we don't want all the shit actually, even though people would assume that we would want that because it's more shit for us to put on air.

1:38:23Pat McAfee:and how do you feel about the potential expansion now that we know i think petiti wanted to move acc commissioner there just kind of gave a little on the fence answer espn doesn't want to move how do you feel aj and what do you think inevitably ends up happening with it all i think from what i hear everybody talk about it's going to go to 16 games we've heard that hey you're not going to go to 14 like if you're going to go from 12 you're not just going to go to 14 i think you go to 16 teams now it sounds like it's not going to get to 24 that's just what they're guarding against okay like 16 we're cool with 24 we're not we're not even going to talk about that uh i i like i like where i like what they're doing now with 12 mario christopher i know you had a clip come out yesterday or whatever talking hey like i like 12 teams and let's end the season is much earlier than we do right now i guess what national championships january 20 something this this upcoming year after way after a transfer window so hard for coaches to do anything like how do you if you are there like if you are lucky enough to be playing a national championship game like you're spending a lot of plates trying to figure that out yeah and you know college football the product is awesome yeah up until the right has been for the last half decade or so since post-covid everybody really has fallen in love with college football obviously there could be more but the playoffs have become you know incredibly i guess they always happen you go back to the bcs you go back to the old school you go back to two teams you go back to four teams yet there's always going to be like some contentious mindset around it but as the playoffs continue you can tell who the two teams are yeah i think you can kind of tell or the three or four teams like hey these are always going to be the three or four if you add on a bunch more teams do we think we're going to miss potentially the teams that could have some massacres maybe but like i mean notre dame would have got in last year and they were one of the best teams in college football last year miami was what a 10 seed last year so uh miami would never would have made the national championship and obviously in the four-team era.

1:40:13Ohio State was, what, a six or an eight? Eight. Eight when they made it. So, yeah, I mean, I think it has been really good going from four to 12. I don't think 24 is the right move because I am in the boat where I don't want it. Like, I don't want – not that it would. I don't want guys in Ohio State, Michigan resting because that game doesn't matter. Like, hey, we're already in the playoffs or whatever. So, you need to – if you did do that or if you go to 16, you need to incentivize where there's more rounds at home in the playoffs so that you don't have guys resting. and you need to have a reason to play in every single game.

1:40:44But, no, 24 is a lot. 16 is probably where it's going to go. And, yes, can we shorten the time between rounds, please?

1:40:50Pat McAfee:We need to do that before the first round. Here's the first round if there was a 24 team. This was by CBS Sports, I believe, pieced this one together. Iowa makes it against Miami. James Madison, obviously, representing the Power Five against Alabama. Georgia Tech, Notre Dame. Houston, BYU. Tulane, Texas. Is that West Virginia? No. No, just normal Virginia. Virginia is making an argument. For what year? Last year. Last year. You can make an argument for a lot of the dogs in this one. Well, yeah. But I do think, like, inevitably, do we get down to Indiana, Miami? Inevitably. Yeah, and that's the problem with this one.

1:41:25It's like, hey, number 24, James Madison. Yeah, they were in it last year. Like, that can't happen. And I get that James Madison covered. And it was a hell of a cover. But at one point, that was a, what, five-score game? Like, even right now, there still has to be that type of change if we're just looking for the best team to be in it.

1:41:44Pat McAfee:Okay, let's pivot away from college ball, and let's go to the MLB. We had Jacob Mizorowski on with us, and we talked about the comeback in basketball. We talked about the massive comeback in the NHL playoffs. MLB last night had a bunch of comebacks, bunch of walk-offs. We're talking about fireworks all over the place. AJ, let's go to Toronto. Jays in Rays. Bottom of the 10th. 3-1 Tampa, Toronto. Grand Salami. Walk-off dub in extra innings. Varsho says goodbye. Let's go to Mets Tigers. Carson Bench. Bottom of the 10th. Hole shot. Bring him home. Mets win over the Tigers. Tigers having a tough Detroit.

1:42:39Pat McAfee:Yeah, they're tough. Astros Mariners. Here's Zach Cole in the 10th. Extra innings. Walk off. Single. Congrats to the Astros. Getting a massive dub. Rangers. Diamondbacks. This. Boom. What a shot. Bottom of the ninth. Bring them home. That's a dub. In extra. Celebrate the hell. Love the hat going off. Nationals. Reds. How about this Reds team? They're on a bit of a schneid. Then they found it. Then let's go to the top of the tenth. In Cincinnati. Washington. Goodbye from Dalen Lyle to Ron Homer in the top of the tenth. And then let's go to Padres Brewers. San Diego. Slam Diego. Gone. Brewers heartbroken as a big dong in the top of the ninth sends the Slam Diego Padres out of Milwaukee with a dub.

1:43:44Pat McAfee:MLB showing up, man. Every single night there's fireworks. Obviously, Paul Skeens is pitching like seven, eight innings of no-hitter stuff. In that game there, before Slam Diego decided to win it late, Jacob Mizorowski, 49 pitches over 100 miles an hour. This guy's literally a state fair object, AJ. That's what this thing. Go watch the fast baseball throwing guy here with the Milwaukee Brewers, AJ. I mean, how long until this guy's arm falls off? I mean, he was awesome. He always is when he comes on the show. But, man, it is fun to watch. It truly is. Look how skinny he is as well. I know he's got long levers, a strong lever, as we have said.

1:44:17I know he's tall and he can really torque it.

1:44:19Pat McAfee:Shohei Otani's on the mound again. He's on a potential run to win all the awards in the pitching category. The hitting has been up and down, up and down. But Shohei on the mound has been dominant. I love this. He told us at the All-Star Celebration press conference for the Home Run Derby and All-Star weekend there that he views himself as a pitcher who can hit. Now he's getting an opportunity to do a full season con, man, and he is delivering. He is filthy on the mind. Yeah, and it feels like pitching is as cool as it's ever been because of the pitch clock maybe or maybe it's just because it is something that I respect a little more after seeing some of these guys and what they're doing, like him, Skeens, Mizorowski.

1:44:55It feels as though before, you know, Summer Slam home runs are cool, But now we have these pitchers who are balling out. And Shohei is one of the guys that can swing the freaking bat.

1:45:03Pat McAfee:Only two batters, Judge and Schwarbo, who are both having incredible seasons right now, have more MLB home runs than Shohei Otani since Shohei's MLB debut. And only one pitcher, the Grom legend, has a lower ERA with 500-plus innings than Shohei Otani since Shohei's MLB debut. In the batter's box and on the mound, that's baseball. This guy's best. I can't believe we get to watch this guy. He's fun. I mean, baseball is really doing it right now, and the stars are showing up. and he might be the biggest they've ever had. And there's some new stars. I have to mention Murakami. The guy from the Chicago White Sox is electrifying.

1:45:37Munataka Murakami? Bingo, yeah, power. Yeah, that's all he's got. I think he's also tied for the lead in home runs as well, or at least he's at that 15-16 mark. He is electric.

1:45:48Pat McAfee:Okay, let's go to the NFL briefly here. Malik Neighbors had another procedure on his knee that had ACL recovery happening. He got a scope done because he had some stiffness. Now, I did a little bit of research on this, AJ. You know, anytime you're doing a second procedure after an ACL surgery, you have to wonder, is everything going to be okay? Is Malik Nabors going to be all right? Obviously, he's incredibly fast and he's twitchy, and he is a prospect that the NFL could potentially tell stories about with how great he could be, especially at primetime week one, week two, brand new offense, Nabors goes crazy, fresh off an ACL.

1:46:22Pat McAfee:Okay, so he got another procedure because he was experiencing stiffness. Bruce Brown, who follows along with Malik Neighbors, is one of Malik Neighbors' biggest fan, actually said, seems like Malik Neighbors' social stuff, not the most positive right now. It feels like he might be going through a little something. What I think potentially happened after making some calls to people that have been in the rehabilitation of NFL athlete situation is he potentially got a Cyclops lesion in there. What is a Cyclops lesion? Well, a Cyclops lesion is a cluster of scar tissue that kind of builds up, and it prohibits you from full extension.

1:46:56Pat McAfee:Okay, so after you get a surgery on anything, there's scar tissue that builds up whenever the skin is put back together, both under the skin and onto skin. There's something that is done where it's a metal wand that is basically trying to break up the scar tissue. It is cruel and unusual punishment. AJ, would you not agree? Yeah, called Grastin. Okay, it's called Grastin. It's the worst. They are rubbing... It hurts a lot. Exposed nerves. I mean, it is both on top and on the bottom of the skin. and they're just rubbing this metal bar just across it, okay, just right up and down. It's a part of the recovery because scar tissue being broken up is a huge piece of full recovery.

1:47:35Pat McAfee:So Malik Nabors, what we think, this is just according to source, says, and also somebody that's been through some knee surgeries, not an ACL, but through some knee surgeries is a Cyclops lesion potentially formed of scar tissue, not because he wasn't doing it, but just potentially because something happens. so they did a procedure to clear out that scar tissue they will have to now once again beat down the scar tissue on the other side none of this is fun this is all very miserable stuff very painful stuff that you have to sign up and go through but from who we talked to and i said they feel the same way as soon as he's able to get full extension after this which he will be able to do this should be no holdbacks at all for what malik neighbors is doing so that's that's basically in a nutshell what i've learned about the situation but anytime you do surgery or procedure some things can go wrong, even the shit you don't even think about, like, oh, scar tissue potentially coming together and prohibiting full extension, which especially would be needed for a wide receiver.

1:48:27Yeah, don't you think what was interesting, I guess, in the tweet, they didn't, like, update his timetable. They didn't say he's going to be an extra six weeks or four weeks. That's a good sign, I would imagine, right?

1:48:37Pat McAfee:Yeah, the people that I talked to, multiple, they said he's just, now we just, yeah, this will be, he should be good. And the stiffness that he was experiencing was probably the lack of an ability to fully go, which happens afterwards. And then the good news is they found out why. Like, not knowing why, you're not able to, that's problematic. Like, hey, is it a muscle thing or whatever? Them finding out what it was, like some scar tissue that we need to clear out is probably the reason for this. Good news. We'll pull for him. Come on, Leek. We can't wait to watch you back out there. We did not talk to Leek or his doctor, but we've talked to people that have experienced these types of things in the past and what it potentially could be.

1:49:15Pat McAfee:Obviously, whenever it comes out, whatever it comes out, just know that we are super positive, and Malik is going through things that are not fun right now. The scar tissue, it is. You got to sign up for it, too. You got to wake up. Hey, you're up at 5.30 a.m. What are you doing? Well, I'm going in here to get recovery, and then they're going to be just scraping every nerve, and you just got to sit there. We'll take a break. Thank God. It still hurts during the break. Oh, yeah. Because it's irritating. Can't you store it all? I don't know, actually. Did it get treatment like that? That's a slippery slope.

1:49:47Could you imagine? Yeah, that is a very slippery slope.

1:49:50Pat McAfee:Yeah, don't say that, okay? I'm just saying. We don't need to be powering up for that. But, boy, I don't know how I didn't think about that at the time. I'm happy. I know guys that have had, you know, getting ACL, they had to get all doped up to have them do the whole, you know, you bend your knee, especially early on out of surgery. Like, they couldn't handle it, and they had to. Just the tiny little movement is such an accomplishment. But to get to it after surgery, especially for like, Malik Nabors is one of the most explosive athletes of all time. So just read having to move knee and then slide knee, lift knee, lift body.

1:50:24Pat McAfee:It all is so minuscule. It's all so annoying. Malik, we all can't wait for you to get back out there. Sorry you have to go through it. We hope you'll be okay. Let's pivot away from that. Back to a major, ladies and gentlemen, boots on the ground. A guy who did a golf round with Scotty Scheffler, the other day. Ladies and gentlemen, Stanford Steve. Yay, Steve. How you doing, Steve? What's up, boys? How we doing? Okay, where are you at right now? It looks gorgeous. The clouds look like they're out of a movie set. It's spectacular here. I'm sitting on the 18th green on our set up. Rory is right over there.

1:50:55You can't see it, but he's on nine. He went a little right on his drive. He's finishing up his round. I'll tell you one thing, guys. The confidence of the players the last three days walking around with them playing, And they thought they were going to absolutely murder this place. And I thought the score, after hearing them talk, I thought the scores were going to be a lot lower. And I thought we were going to have a lot more guys lower. I know the afternoon wave is just getting going here. I thought somebody would shoot a 63 today. It sets up perfect. Guys love drivers off the deck, you know, on the tee box.

1:51:31And then hitting pitch wedge nine in. It seemed pretty simple for the first three days. But we got a bunch of rain last night. So the guys were talking how much difference the course is going to be on Thursday. I think we're seeing it play a little tougher, which is great.

1:51:43Pat McAfee:67 is the current lowest thus far that has been posted. There's obviously a lot of golfers still to finish their rounds. Day one here of the PGA Championship. You were out there with Scotty Scheffler two days ago, or yesterday maybe. What was that like? I mean, how's that happen? You just golf and walk and hang with Scotty Scheffler and Scott Van Pelt like randomly, or how's this go? It is a very thing I am thankful for, Pat. Like, we go out, you know, everybody's playing Monday and Tuesday. And Scott and I, you know, for years now since we've been doing the PGA, we'll go out to the range. Hey, when are you guys going to play a practice round?

1:52:14Would you mind if we joined? And Scottie's always out there. Him and Gary Woodland. Sam Burns, we walked with Tuesday. Scottie was just playing by himself Monday. And, you know, somebody was out there, you know, grabbing pictures, and that's what you saw. It was, you know, overcast day. He was in a hoodie. I was like, I don't know if I can ever play golf in a hoodie. But he's the man. so down to earth. It's literally just, you know, we stay away. Like if you, you know, we, there's an acknowledgement if he's working on something with his coach, Randy Smith, or his great caddy, Ted Scott, you know, we keep, we keep our space, but you know, the size of these fairways, there's a lot of downtime.

1:52:49And, you know, we're talking, we're talking Texas football. We're talking Cowboys stars got eliminated. I mean, his Mavericks, you know, a rough season, but Cooper flag, but I mean, he's a giant sports fan. You guys have had him on and that's what it is i mean these guys are awesome gary woodland obviously his story is incredible but all he wants to talk is nil and what kyu and bill self are doing uh he's obviously a big chiefs fan too so it's just great to be able to pick those guys brain about what they're trying to do out here and and then we're we're just having a good time in sports it's an awesome deal and i feel so fortunate it's like it tuesday was 70 degrees and beautiful we're out with those three guys it was like fake life like it's all of it's a fake life and i'll tell you

1:53:29Pat McAfee:what, you're crushing it all, and we're thankful that there's guys out there that aren't living a fake life and grinding on the range to become the golfers that they're becoming. If somebody shoots a 63 here to start this entire weekend, that would be absurd over there, especially with some of the misses that we've already seen earlier. The crowd sounds and looks like it's going to be awesome throughout the weekend. There's 10-foot risers. Go ahead, Tone. Yeah, Steve, I was wondering how the Johns are doing out there with the golfers. I know the PGA Tour has been talking about how the crowd has been recently this year.

1:53:56And then I also saw some Johns yelling at Scotty about being a Cowboys fan already. How's the crowd out there? They are. Let's just say they're still getting warmed up, Pone. When you see it, we were out here, Scott and I on the porch, and, you know, the Eagles chants already started. You know, Scott's saying he's obviously a Commander's fan. He says go birds, but he doesn't mean it. But, yeah, it's steadily been climbing. I just think with the energy and these guys, as they get, you know, more familiar with the course, we're going to get a ton of birdies. We've seen some Eagles. You know, Rahm hooped one in.

1:54:30The energy of this place, it's spectacular. The Johns are great. They're spread out all over the place. Friends of mine that then came, they said they haven't had – it was the easiest event they've been to, getting in and out. And the best thing about PGA is, you know, concessions are free. You just walk in, you know, freshly made burgers, dogs, soda, water. It's awesome.

1:54:52Pat McAfee:Yeah, it does sound awesome. No, no. You have to pay for the beers there. Oh, okay. Because I want an order beer. An order beer. An order beer. Hey, have a great time out there. We'll continue to follow along. You're the best. I appreciate you guys having me, man. Good luck. Hey, I was back in college football for like six minutes the other night. Saw your big-ass head. Missed those days. Can't wait for the season. You're the best. It's Stanford Steve, ladies and gentlemen. Hey, Steve! What a good time it's going to be for golf this weekend. Has another major tease-off here on this Thursday, May 14th.

1:55:22Pat McAfee:That's A.J. Hawk. The boys are here. We'll continue digitally for a little bit. Huge day in this program's history. Should be a lot of fun. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We'll see you on the other side. Goodbye. Well done. I feel like I really hit that. Oh, yeah. I didn't know where I was going. By the way, you know that. Found your way. Yeah, we're out there in the woods. Choose your own story. You hold the pen. Bingo. But do you actually? Or is it maybe some super being? Maybe God or Jesus Christ or, you know, the universe? Who's actually holding the pen in your life?

1:56:00Or is the pen holding you? No. All we have to think about is who's holding the golf club. Okay, where's Bucky? Where the fuck is Bucky? Top of the leaderboard. That's where he is.

1:56:10Pat McAfee:He fucking better be, dude. 203 yards. He's even. 36. Boom. 202 yards. Pretty good. I thought Rory's plus three. What? That blister. That's what I just looked at. I mean, how is he supposed to walk around Philadelphia with a blister all over his feet? And that's why he's so smart. He had this ace in the hole excuse before he didn't see it off. It's not excuse. It's reality. You ever ripped a toenail off? Yes, I have. And I ripped a fingernail off. And you know what I didn't do? Tell everybody about it. Actually, I think I remember you. He had to limp. Why are you limping, Rory? There's a lot of conversation about you.

1:56:42Pat McAfee:You're obviously one of the most famous golfers on earth right now. He ran a major. Why you limping? He said, hey, lad, just fucking blister. Take a look. Looks like we know how the golf gods feel about him hanging around the Masters for two months before the tournament started. This is not how that's going to be, Judge. Okay, okay. But he's on his way to missing the cut, so maybe it is. We'll see how he closes out. He's Rory McIlroy. That's true. Where is Blocky right now? That's a good question. He's even? He's six. He to go. About to make a push. Somebody said he was going to be six over through three.

1:57:16Pat McAfee:Who was that? That was me. A lot of time. Foxy's wrong again. Detroit's having a tough one. Last night, the Tigers give up a massive shot to lose late. The Pistons give up a 9-0 run at the end of the game. They go to overtime and then lose. Red Wings are never going to be a playoff team again. And Foxy's sitting over here going, this guy stinks. He doesn't. Okay? He hit from 202 yards to 23 inches. Maybe he needs to show a little bit of respect. I will say I called Blocky a dickhead yesterday, and I take that back because this guy's a gamer. Okay. Hole one has all the pressure in the world. He knows the Internet's talking about him.

1:57:52Pat McAfee:All the pressure in the world. Yeah, the weight of the world. And he sticks it to a couple inches. That's pretty good. Now he did double bogey two holes later. Oh, fuck you. Okay. We heard it. And he got a birdie to get back to even. Boom. How about that? I give Blocky some credit. Michael, get off his block block more like it. Yeah, absolutely. That is what it's like. Yeah. Yeah. You guys think those Johns on 14 are going to give him beers and, like, cheer him on? I think they're going to raise so much hell. From 14 to 18, I bet he shoots six over on those. Dude, they're walking. Those guys are going to rattle him.

1:58:25I'll take that action.

1:58:26Pat McAfee:That might have been what the Stanford Steve conversation was whenever he said with the boys this week, they felt really confident. I thought somebody was going to shoot a 63. There's no way the lads on 14 were literally hovering over their shoulders during the practice. They had no idea that the end of that tournament, you got real, real adversity, and it's 10 feet in the sky staring right down on you at the tee box. That's something you can't prepare for. That's the John's difference. You also can't prepare for the fact that those kids are probably going to have some sort of speaker, and they're going to be bumping on my block.

1:58:56And Block is going to walk up, oh, shit, that's my song, and he's going to pipe a drive 350 yards. He's going to Lambeau leap right into their arms. And they're only five deep right now. Wait till Saturday and Sunday. I bet they're about 20, 30 deep.

1:59:11Pat McAfee:Yeah, that thing was built for power. Look at the amount of metal that was put. I hope the PGA gets pissed and starts building a wall taller, and the boys just have to keep building their stage higher and higher to see over time. I have faith in this no-fense-to-PGA. They just got a lot of other things to deal with. Feels like these lads would only focus on battling against who can get higher. I would say the lads on the stage would win every single time here. If they went from an 8-foot fence to a 16-foot fence, I think the lads get to 17 feet within 30 minutes or so. Yeah, or just – I hope it's good craftsmanship.

1:59:43That's all I hope.

1:59:44Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's Philadelphia. Those guys will buy deer blinds and they'll just set those up. That's not a bad idea. Yeah. I like that these people who live on these courses, this course, are doing that. Like you saw the ladies that just had their – they had little umbrellas. They were just sitting right there, right on the edge of the fairway in their backyard. I'm going to go up to the house. Anybody do anything? That's good. Come back down, sit there. That's great. Very rarely do you see that. The major side in Europe, right? That one house was just right in the middle of the cows. Yeah, it's like that's one.

2:00:12Pat McAfee:Live on a golf course, they say. It'll be fun, they say. I didn't know they also say, like, just fucking park it at 10 feet above the sky, above Earth, just watch them play. And also, you're going to be eating golf balls in your bag. AJ does it at Jack's tournament every year. It's not a major, but it's up there. It's an elevated event. What does AJ do? He goes to those houses. I attend those. Yeah, the houses there have – they build a fence up on everyone's backyard and they've got to pay for a gate cut if you want to get in and out. But, yeah, people have gigantic house parties. And, yeah, it's a huge party.

2:00:42I realized that when I was in college and I went to the Memorial Tournament. I'm like, geez, this is a giant, awesome party with some golf happening. Golf's good. It's golf but louder. It's a party, yeah. Party sport.

2:00:57Pat McAfee:Liv's kind of have a little one – John Rahm, 101 yards out. Yeah. I think he's even. Rami's even. Tom Smith, I think, had a hot start. He's back to even. The lads are okay being even, I think. Yeah, exactly. And maybe we get Scoot here. Let's go. Yeah, Koepka was one under whenever I saw him. That was a long time ago. I don't know where he's at now. I think I saw he was still one under. Scooty's about to tee off, too. And if that wind dies down, he may shoot a 61. Yep. Let's go. Be your friend, tell your friend something nice in my change of life. We're back tomorrow for a beautiful feel-good Friday.

2:01:30Pat McAfee:I think it's going to be packed to the gills. Hell yeah, always is. We'll be with great vibes as we go into another weekend that's going to be the best weekend of all time because it's the next one. Hell yeah. So that's how we should be viewing it because we're lucky to be here. We're thankful to be here. We'll see you tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Great job, boys. Great job, boys. You too, dude. Great job. In the back, good work out there. Major weekend. Great job out there, boys. Good show, boys. And remember, we can't do any of this without you.

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