FELGER & MAZZ Live on YouTube! | 7-11-2025 | 98.5 The Sports Hub

FELGER & MAZZ Live on YouTube! | 7-11-2025 | 98.5 The Sports Hub

All right, it’s hour number three. Felgra and Mass coming to you on 985 the sports hub and our YouTube channel. Uh no longer on NBC Sports Boston as they are broadcasting Celtics summer league action. Big Jim Murray’s in the mass chair. We got Jimmy uh Jimmy Stewart and Kevin Majour behind the glass. We’re taking your phones on everything truly agendree. Uh Danny in Maine. What do you got for us Danny? Hey guys, it’s turning into a big week for Ultimate Frisbee on the Sports Hub. And this weekend, actually, coincidentally, the Boston Invite is happening, which is one of the largest local club Ultimate Frisbee tournaments um that’s that gets held in Massachusetts. And I want to give a shout out to the Portland Red Tide, which is the fourth oldest club team, and they’ll be playing this weekend. Thank you, Danny. I blame you, Jim, for that. I’m sorry, Mike. 985 the infomercial. So, this is what this is. That’s my bad. No, but it’s You take the good with the bad. Did he say their is their championship is called the Boston Invite? I I terrible name for their championship. You guys want to come? I I wasn’t listening. An Anthony on the Cape. Go ahead, Anthony. Thank you for asking. Good afternoon. Uh, yeah, I was intrigued by Well, I got the same email you did about Matt Cameron the other day and uh I I was kind of intrigued by your conversation. Good theory about the Foo Fighters. I know Dave Gro is a massive Sound Garden fan. He he says Sound Garden are the kings of of Seattle Grunge and Super Unknown is the greatest album of the ’90s, which I fully agree with. But my theory is why Matt Cameron left the band. Uh, and it kind of goes along with a pet peeve of mine with these musicians who are like liberal activists, hip hypocrites. I mean, Bob Dylan wrote Masses of War, but now he wants he’s pro-war now. So, what I think is Matt Cameron got fed up with Eddie Veter/ Shawn Penn, the liberal activist who probably is bombarding the new album with all sorts of this stuff. And Matt Cameron’s just had enough. You wish Anthony, you you got How’s number on you, Anthony? Did you lose your place on the 266868? Thank you, Jesus. If he had a problem with Eddie’s politics, why’d he stay with him for 27 years? Yeah, you wish it was politically driven. Um, but I don’t know what the Matt Cameron thing I I stand by it. I thought it was cold. I thought it was weird. Uh, I thought I it both their statements led me to believe something might be up. But did we do this on the off air show, Mor This is an off air show thing that we were doing, but we’re doing it today. Um, if he were an athlete, I would say, “What does he have in his back pocket?” If he were an athlete, I’d say he’s got a deal somewhere else. Because why would he just walk away from a really good gig? You only walk away from something if you got something better waiting for you somewhere else. So, I just guessed that they Foo Fighters just lost their drummer, Hawkins. Taylor Hawkins. Yeah. Taylor Hawkins to a overdose. Uh, and they need a drummer. And does Foo Fighters draw more than Pearl Jam now? I think they probably do. Uh I don’t know. I mean, it’s probably one and the same. Uh I think Pearl Jam plays more. Yeah, they you know, they’re on the road or they have been over their career, but I think I don’t know. It’s probably close. I I My answer is I don’t know. I I just guess that if I’ll just put it to like this. If if there were if he were an athlete and he walks away from his team for no real reason and there’s an opening on another team, you would say, “Oh, yeah, you just do the simple math of it.” And I said, “Well, this would make sense. He’s got something.” But the the the the capper to me was um uh Pearl Jams, the term chapter that was Pearl Jam statement where, you know, they said a bunch of nice things, but it was just black and white. There was no pictures like them arm-in- arm or anything. It was just pitcher. It was just black and white statement. And they talked about the incredible chapter that they had with Matt Cameron. As if Matt Cameron was just a chapter. He was with the band for 27 years. As we said, Murray, that’s not a chapter. That’s an era. Like he is he’s not just another Pearl Jam drummer. People, oh, they lost another drummer. Lost another drummer. They had him for 27 years. They rifled through a couple of them early in their career, but when they found Cameron in uh well, do the math. 1998, whatever that is, when when he joined, like that was it. So they haven’t rifled through drummers. They haven’t cycled through that. No, he’s was a big chunk of their their whole time. Huge huge part of the band. He wasn’t a chapter and but they called it a chapter. So I just think you know these breakups are usually over money in some way, shape or form. That’d be a wild resume if he goes to the Foo Fighters. He would have played in the three like three of the biggest alt rock bands of the last 30 35 years. Soundguard and Pearl Jam and then Foo Fighters, right? Uh, and I think he, oh, by the way, is outstanding. I think he is a killer drummer. Tremendous. Back to your phones. Tom in Rhode Island. Hi, Tom. Hello. Um, I’m a Dolphins fan and I was wondering what your thoughts would be cuz I genuinely with the chaos going on in the Dolphin locker room right now, the fact that they really don’t have a quarterback in Tua and their backup is Wilson. um despite having the weapons like Hill and Waddle, McDaniel might be fired after week one if they lose to the Colts. Um and so, you know, Boston has complained that, oh, we’re getting this tired old defensive coach. Well, Miami went and got the sexy young offensive coach and it’s falling apart in Miami and there’s really no hope. And so, M, you know, Miami might be an easy win for the Patriots. Okay, I’ll say you think he’s getting fired after week one. I don’t know about week one, but he’s for the uh the gym fired list. He’s number one for me. It’s either him or Zack Taylor in Cincinnati if they got off to a bad bad start. But I got egg on my face with Mike McDaniel because when he first came in, he was the hot new thing. I liked the approach. I liked his quirky approach at the uh the Deis after games. I liked it. It was just different and I liked his innovative offense with all the motions and things like that. And I was like, “Yeah, I’d take him over Bichc.” And Bichc had run his course at the end here and I’m certainly no Bill fan. We all know that. But I was pro Mike McDaniel. Egg on my face with I think this is now flamed out in Miami. I think he’s in fact Asante Samuel. Well, I know he’s been out of the league for a while, but maybe talking to his son. He went off on the whole Dolphins organization just like a week ago. Called Mike McDaniel a pushover, which I think he’s right. That’s probably the right term. I think he cowtowed a Tua too much. It’s I think he’s run its course there. I think he’s going to be fired after like five or six weeks. The Dolphins are going to not be that great this year. First coach fired, Mike McDaniel. Okay, I agree with all of that. I’d still give him another chance. I I still totally Yeah, these guys we know it happened with Pelich. You flame out your first spot, you go somewhere else a couple years down the road, you get a second chance, you can b you can, you know, turn everything around. But as far as Miami is concerned, I think it’s run its course. It feels that way. It feels like they’re teetering and he could be fired definitely during the season. He’s probably the leader on the board in Vegas would be my guess. No, Zack Taylor, I think. Oh, is it really? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, well, McDaniel’s McDaniel has to be up there. Uh, and so fine. Like, yeah, it’s run its course. And I’ve heard some bad things about Miami, too. another sort of brown check mark source who would who would know and that’s all I’ll say about my source that um we were talking about offseason participation and guys showing up for the offseason program and he said and he would know that in Miami it’s really spotty and a lot of guys don’t show up in the offseason and there’s kind of resentment among the players and this is what happens when not everyone shows up for offseason workouts the guys that do sort of you know form a certain faction the guys that don’t get looked at a certain way and yeah, we’re the workers, you’re the lazy, right? It’s simple as that. It’s like, yeah, any workplace there’s a group of people who dig in and work and other people who f off. Like those are kind of different factions and there’s like distrust or people looking sideways at each other and he says that’s definitely going on there and it’s probably starts with McDaniel. He probably doesn’t hold players accountable enough and I’m sure he’s part of that problem and he’s look feels like it’s run its course and I agree with all that. I’d still give him I’d still give him another chance. He he he’d be a guy that I would still look at to run my team and coach my team. Honestly, I would and I would hope that he would learn from his mistakes here, what he didn’t do right the first time and be better at it the second time. A lot of coaches are better the second time. And I still believe in Mike McDaniel. Me too. To an But you know, I think one of the lessons he might have had to learn here, which was one of the approaches I liked early on, is like, oh, it’s different. He’s like a players guy and a little more friendly like that. I think you ultimately get taken advantage of in the NFL. You just big time. Absolutely. Chris in the car on the south. Hi Chris. Hey guys. I just want to say uh garlic grilled cheese on shakedown is the most delicious food. And I guess just real quick before I sizzle hot sports stick. Uh I’ve seen the band Fish 361 times. And I will say Jim, they uh 20% of their stuff’s trash, 20% of it gold, 60% platinum. They are a great band. But I see your point, you know, now wanting to get into advance when you’re older. But anyway, so Damen Lur going to Celtics, right? And this is just theory. If the Celtics got Damen Lure for something short money, say five mil, something like that, right? Now you they retain Al Horford as well, get rid of Sam Hower, right? Now, you try to eek through and get some wins in the season with uh Simons and then trade Simons before the deadline to get back under the uh the salary and then hope you can win a couple in the next month or so and hope that uh Tatum at least comes back early and maybe you do a playoff run. You’d have a great team on paper. Okay. I I I’ll just hit on one part of that. I I I don’t know if this upcoming year should be the total throwaway that some people are implying. The East is really down and really wide open. And I keep getting pummeled with these stories about how Jason Tatum is progressing. Look at him in the pool. Look at him with the kettle bell doing the crunches. He’s coming along. He’s ahead of schedule. Okay, so he’s ahead of if he comes back in March and the East has nothing. Why would you completely throw away this year? And yeah, I think winning the finals against any number of teams out west, you would be a pretty big underdog, but you don’t want to go to the NBA finals. Like, I still think that’s on the table for the Celtics this year, considering again the East being trash. And even after those trades of Porzingis, and Holiday, they’re still fourth in terms of the Vegas odds. It’s it’s dropped a little, but the only teams ahead of them are Cleveland, New York, and Orlando. And okay, Orlando is like like young and pluckucky. I still don’t know that they they know how to win, you know? So yeah, they they should not treat this as a complete throwaway year. And as far as Lillet is concerned, I said before like I’m a no. You know, he’s a score first point guard. That’s proven not to work. I feel like with Tatum and Brown, Kyrie Irving, Kemell Walker. You have two case and points there. It works best with guys like Drew Holidayiday. I know he’s not here anymore, but you need more of a combo defensive guard than someone like Damen Lillard. I I I’m I’m a no on him. Rich in the car with an agenda free Friday question. Go ahead, Rich. Hey, I was just wondering uh your guys’s favorite golf courses in Mass. Uh I know you guys said that you play quite a bit, so I’m just curious. Okay, I’ll give you a couple. You want to go first though, Jim? No, you go ahead. So, I mean, my home course, uh which is Charles River, is I think a nugget. It is just a beautiful little nugget. Traditional. It is a uh people would say a poor man’s country club in Brooklyn where they play the open. You know, Donald Ross course built around the same time on the same kind of land. I think that uh a George Wright and Hyde Park where Joe Murray grew up and I used to play a ton. That’s also I believe a Donald Ross built right around the same time with a lot of the same kind of topography. And I think those three courses, unfortunately, Wright doesn’t get the tender loving care that those other two courses get, but those three are like, and I think Country Club’s the best of them. Uh, but, uh, those are, I think, amazing, amazing little local courses, and I love, uh, my club to death. Love it to death. I think the finest golfing experience in New England is Old Sandwich down in uh, Plymouth. I think soup to nuts course staff the experience just tremendous and I think my comet down here on Nantucket is as good of a public course experience as you’re going to get anywhere ever. My Comet here on Nantucket I put it on a list that’s just a short little list to answer the question you Jim. Uh my uh my course in Stonem uh Bear Hill uh nice little uh you know bluecollar country club just nine holes but love it there. Uh, and I’m above proximity, too. So, I grew up in Melrose. And, uh, you can’t go wrong with Mount Hood. It’s now been taken over by Sagamore. I like Sagamore Lynfield and Sagamore and Hampton, too. But, they’ve uh they’ve cleaned the place up, poured millions of dollars into over like the last 10 years. So, that’s one two for me. I’m about proximity, convenience, and what I know. So, Bear Hill and Mount Hood. We keep getting uh calls from Maz’s tiers fats, fat proathletes. Pat and Charles Town, go ahead. I’ll make it quick. Yankee starter CC Sebathia boys. on the list. Got him yesterday. Yeah. Another guy that that doesn’t look right. Skinny, right? Yeah. You know what I mean? You don’t recognize him. Did you end up looking up Jonah Hill yesterday? The actor. Do you know who I was talking about? He The picture I saw, he looks good. He looks like Bradley Cooper. Oh, like the beard and it just looks weird. There’s one there one picture I saw of I’m like, “Dude, you’re actually kind of good-looking.” Yeah, he’s into surfing and everything now, too. I don’t like it. I need him to be a fats. Well, either way, good for him. Agenda free Friday continues. More your calls right after this. Heat. Heat. I said he didn’t want to go out and be at first base and be 20 ft in front of their freaking dugout. out with, you know, what went on in Boston and now he’s working with me at first base. He didn’t he didn’t want to have to go through all that bull through the press and the media. And so anyway, so I completely understand. But Raphael Jvers, the next time I’m in San Francisco, your ass will be on the field at first base. Just letting you know that. Just from Yeah, but if he’s not if he’s not going to go out, he’s going to call you. Hey, look. Even if I got to go grab you by the back of the neck and drag your ass out there, you will be at first base. All right, let’s get into this nut job. Will Clark, that’s Will Clark and the San Francisco Giants. It’s Felgar and Big Jim Murray here on Agenda Free Friday. This is going to be the Super Cut of the Week brought to you by Supercuts, Real Smart Hero. They bring you the Felgar and Maz Simo cast every day on NBC Sports Boston except for right now because the Simo cast on NBC Sports Boston is taking the Celtics summer league. But the Supercut of the week is again brought to you by Supercuts. When you’re thinking about your next haircut, use your head. Head to any of the 120 Boston and Providence Supercut salon. Supercuts real smart hair. We’re currently on our YouTube channel if you want to watch us visually. So this is going to be the Super Cut of the week. So that’s Will Clark last week, Jim. Yes. And we played that sound and it became a story because Will Clark uh one says riff Rafy Devers Dvers uh stiffed him on doing some pregame work at first base which is a story. It’s like you know Raphael Dever is not taking David Ortiz’s call or you know you deny you turning down a legend to do some work on the field. It made Devers look bad. And furthermore you know that last part of it where he says I’m going to grab by the scruff of the effing neck and bring him out there the next time. You will be out there like a dad to his 8-year-old son. real kind of dick comment. Oh yeah, that that drew some headlines too because it was such a hard ass, you know, dick comment basically disrespectful really from Will Clark. And it’s like I’ll just say this, Murray, it’s like I did not know Will Clark was like this. You know, Maz said Will Clark had a reputation for being a red ass and this is what he is. I didn’t know that. If you had said Will Clark to me, Will Clark to me I would treat like uh or I would think would be like uh Cal Ripken, Ry San Ryan Sandberg, Derek Jeter, like a a stately sort of franchise icon. You know what I mean? Yeah. Cuz he um maybe it’s just because the way he played, you know, he had such a beautiful classy smooth swing. One of the great swings of all time. I put it up there with Griffy Juniors. absolutely with the the greatest left-handed swing you’ll ever see, you know, and he was just such a smooth, graceful ball player is what I’ll say. And was there for so long, I just assumed he was like a classy elder statesman franchise icon like that guy. You know what I mean? Yeah. Well, no, he’s kind of a self-righteous prick as it turns out. Turns out he’s just an a-hole. Yeah, because so anyway, he said that last week in his own words. He said that and that’s what made it a story. Apparently, Will Fleming, who does socks playbyplay on the radio, had said a day or two before that that he had heard that Rafy Des stiffed Will Clark on on field work in San Francisco a couple weeks ago. So, Will Fleming said that, but that wasn’t a big story. I don’t think that that really got aggregated, unless I’m mistaken. We had people call us and say, you know, Will Fleming said that Rafy Divers stiffed Will Clark, but it wasn’t a big story when Will Fleming said it. I don’t think, unless I missed it, forgive me if it if it was. But when Will Clark said it on his own podcast, it blew up. It became a headline on ESPN.com. And if I have my timing wrong, forgive me. But I in my mind it became a real story when Clark said it himself and then said, “I’m going to grab him by the scruff of the effing neck.” This is all a backdrop to the story blows up and now Will Clark attempts to do, I don’t know, damage control or something. Was this yesterday or the day before, Jimmy? I believe this was uh yesterday. Okay, so this is Will Clark either yesterday or maybe the day before, but either way, in the last day or two, here’s Will Clark. Here’s this Denis’ um attempt at damage control. Have you heard this, Jim? Uh, no, I haven’t heard this. This is unbelievable, Jim. Okay, even better. Feel free to Jimmy, you can feel free, Jim, to stop and start in real time if you want, Jim. Okay, I’m on a little bit of a delay here cuz I’m remote, but Jim, you go ahead. Roll it in. Dave Fleming actually introduces me to his brother, by the way. Stand by. Stop by. Dave Will Fleming’s brother does playbyplay for the Giants. Okay. Yes. Right. Yeah, that part I knew. Yes. So, that’s Dave Fleming. Go ahead. Dave Fleming actually introduces me to his brother Will Fleming, who is one of the Red Sox radio TV guys, I guess. And so now he goes on some podcast Zoom. I don’t know when it was. And blows this thing out of proportion again. And here we go. I just got to tell you right now, this is a bunch of [ __ ] That’s first off. Uh second off, that was, let’s see, my first encounter with Raphael Dver. So, I didn’t even know him before, you know, those two or three days that I spent in San Francisco. So, you know, Rafie and I are fine. I’m going to work with him, you know, whenever I get around to first base and all that. And, uh, Will Fleming, you can go off, mother. All right. You want to take a conversation that we’re having and then blow it out of proportion because you’re a East Coast piece of reporter off. All right. And so other than that, I’m cool. But you know, today’s today’s one of them days where, you know, blown out of proportion. Matter of fact, there’s even some I think it’s on Instagram or something like that. It says it says that I was going to like grab him by the neck and drag him out there or something like that. It’s like, what? I would never. You said it. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, does he have a does he have a drinking problem or something? No, I was But listen to what he blames it on, Jim. Go. What? I would never say that, you know, a guy who I just met and I’m going to be working with him for the whole time he’s in San Francisco, you know. So, you know, with this AI [ __ ] that’s going on. Oh, man. He blamed AI. That’s what that is. It’s probably that AI [ __ ] because uh I haven’t even posted anything on Instagram for a very long time. Yes. So, the Red Sox fans or Giants fans, baseball fans in general, you’re you’re a hyper nerd, uh, has been able to take this video of you saying this and manipulate it and at the computer make it sound just like you saying it. This is what he thinks or this is how he’s trying to spin it. You know, with this AI [ __ ] that’s going on. It’s so nut. It’s so nuts. I almost kind of respect it like that. He’s going to say something like this. I mean, the tape is everywhere. He said it on his podcast. Yeah. It’s not manipulated. It hasn’t been altered. Someone didn’t add a voice or make an AI voice and add it to your lips actually saying it. Will Clark, he sounds like someone who might have a problem. You think? Yeah. Like that’s there’s a lot of I mean that’s uh you know with this AI [ __ ] that’s going on. It’s a great excuse though if you ever screw up on the air and just go too far, go over the line. Yeah, that was the AI. Oh yeah, I got hacked. Yeah, someone took my took control of my account. I got hacked. I don’t know what you’re talking about. Like it’s just it’s akin to that. So that has something. He is a real piece of work. This whole Oh my god. I I I never would have guessed that Will Clark sounded like that or was like that. He talks and sounds like the worst possible guy you could be stuck next to at a bar. Like he it’s that kind of madness. Like those kind of sounds like kind of sounds like a backyard firework guy. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Will Fleming, you can go off mother. Jesus. All right. You want to take a conversation that we’re having and then blow it out of proportion because you’re a East Coast piece of reporter. Well, that part East Coast piece of crap reporter. I But a good line. Actually, the thing is I’m not sure. So, forgive me if I’m I don’t mean to underplay um Will Fleming, like I that’s not my intention here, but I I I do know he said it first across the street cuz people called us or emailed us and said, “Just so you know, Will Fleming has said that Rafy Devils blew off Will Clark.” But I don’t remember it being a ESPN. I think it got a headline on ESPN after. Yeah. And it got blown up and really aggregated after Will Clark didn’t just confirm it, but gave you like all sorts of more details like Yeah. And the basic detail was Will Fleming said one time, Will Clark said three times. They blew him off three straight days. So like Will Clark made it much worse. But you know what, Mike? It’s not his fault. Probably that AI [ __ ] because that’s what I’m going to do from now. Whenever Rick or Mary comes down the hall and says, “Listen, you know, I know that that was the AI that was AI bullshit.” That’s going that was that AI BS. That’s that Jay Stew and Kevin Majour in the back there with their AI bull. Don’t look at me, you know, with this AI [ __ ] That’s That is unbelievable. All right, that’s the super cut of the week. I promise. Back to your phones after uh Kevin Majour get you updated here. Essential Sports Hub headlines. Oh go Go go go. Heat. Heat. baby. Back. Heat. Heat. N. Hey, hey, hey. on the sports hub. Can’t satisfy that sponsor. The lightning round brought to you by Blue Sky Restoration Contractors. Indeed, the lightning round brought to you by Blue Sky Restoration Contractors. Lots of heavy rain this week. Indeed, if you’re experiencing water damage because of it at your home or business, Blue Sky is the only company you need. They’ll take care of everything from beginning to end. So, don’t panic. Just visit Blue Sky Restoration Contractors. The website is gobbl sky.com. gobbls sky.com. No e blu sky. Gobl sky.com. Blue sky restoration. Restoring your property and your life for a brighter tomorrow. Everything is on the board on this agenda free Friday. Danny in Somerville. What do you got Danny? Hey fellas, great show. So, uh, for Patriots away games, we have two all-time great destinations, midocctober, uh, weeks six and seven, back to back at New Orleans and then Nashville. I wanted to ask which city you prefer. I’m pretty sure you’d say New Orleans, but Nashville is the verbal homecoming revenge game. So, that would be kind of cool. Uh, what do you think? Thanks. Okay, Jim, go ahead. Uh, New Orleans for me on that one. I think Nashville has jumped the shark. It’s uh, too many bachelorette parties. It is too obnoxiously loud. Uh there’s still like genuine cool uh and little uh spots you can find in New Orleans. Way better food. I’m taking New Orleans over Nashville 100 times out of a 100. Okay. It’s been too long since I’ve been to Nashville. I’ve been many times. It was back it’s it’s been too long. It’s maybe been 10 years longer since I’ve been in Nashville. I think you might hate it. When when I was in Nashville was cool. It so in the la 2018 the last time one of the last times the Patriots had a road game down there. It was awesome. Yeah, it is. In the last like five years, it’s gotten to be a little too each one of these terrible bands has their own named bar. It’s it’s it’s obnoxious now. Nashville has jumped the shark. Okay. I still think New Orleans is genuine, you know, good and bad for all of its faults and everything. It’s still like a real I still it’s most I think New Orleans is our you most unique city by far. Uh I love New Orleans. So I I would go New Orleans over Nashville. I would say though if I were a Patriot fan and I wanted to go to a road game, I would still pick the Miami game every year except for this year where they play in week two. Correct. Yeah. Too hot. So that is just that’s pushing it. The the it is but you know you get a November December game in Miami and make a weekend out of it. That’s why my road game recommendation for Pats fans this year is November 9th in Tampa. That would be the one that I would think you should do. Okay. Everyone else is going to go to those other two. Go to Tampa in November. I’m not a huge Tampa fan, but Florida in the winter for a weekend is yes. That’s a big fat yes for me. Is there anything else at Cincy? Yeah. At Baltimore in December, no thanks. At Buffalo anytime, ever. No. No. No. So, all right. We continue with a uh agenda free Friday. Here’s a lightning round call. Sully and Nem. Go ahead, Sully. Hey guys, happy Friday. Um, I want to talk a little bit about Lucas Gilito. In the last 30 days, he’s second in the MLB as the best starting pitcher. Um, your your phone blows. What’s your point? Um, he So, I read a report that he plays the show before his starts. I was wondering if you guys think that’s a good strategy for um the show. What’s I can’t can’t stand the phone. What plays the video game before he starts? Is that what it is? Is that Yes, that’s true. I mean, whatever works. I was going to say vid what show is that? What show is the show? The show the PlayStation video game Major League B plays Play PlayStation before it starts. Out. I don’t care. Out. Out. If that gets you off, then do that on your own time. Cory gives him the lineup beforehand so he can simulate what might happen. Hey, is that true? If it calms his nerves, maybe he gets some insight. These games are so advanced now. Fine. Like, fine. Whatever works. His last starts, he’s got a sub one erra. Fine. Whatever. If it works, whatever it takes. Ste, are you serious? Yes. He actually plugs in the opposing lineup. Yes. Oh my god. John and Maine in the lightning round. Go ahead, John. Uh, when Belich check got fired, Belg French software. Sorry, John and Maine. Hold on. Yeah. So, so this is us, not you. Go on. Try it again. Can you hear me? Go. Uh, when Belich check got fired, Faler, you were worried about the state of the show and uh how you’re going to navigate it. So, two and a half years later, I wanted to follow up to see if you’re feel how you’re feeling about it. Uh, it’s not a Bellich check thing. It’s a I think it’s a General Patriot thing. Uh I think we are in a post I It’s It’s hard to tell. The numbers are down, but they were up as soon as a year ago. So like I I I don’t know. Give me more time. But I do wonder, Murray, if the Patriots been down for as long as they have been. I know I’m not I’m acting like it’s been 20 years, but you know what I mean. Yeah. this five-year downturn has deflated the balloon a little bit out there. Yeah, I think so. But the the good news is though, and especially now with the variable hiring, just from talking to buddies and even, you know, we had a client here yesterday at lunch with the guys at uh at Brewin Remodeling, like they they’re they’re pumped. Like people are they’re ready to bounce back. Like they want it. Like they’re like, “Please.” They’re begging like be good again. They’re they’re ready to to jump back in and be obnoxious like, “Yeah, f you. Hate us cuz anist type of pads fans.” It’s like you have you’ve had to crawl back into your hole these last few years and it’s been tough to watch especially two four and two 12 seasons those Chargers games in December when you want to like drink bleach. Awful. But people are ready to jump back in. Uh but I’ll I I think the Patriots being bad is bad for business. Yeah. Oh totally. It definitely is fact that the fact that we get to, you know, there have been some good, you know, sort of Felgar and Maz content, like getting to rag on Gerard Mayo or really question the crafts or really second guessess their decisions. Like those are good shortterm sort of talk radio things on a just in a vacuum. But overall, no. Them sucking is not good. Not good. They’ve got to get good again. Uh I would like for them to get good again. We all need them to get good again. I think that rises all boats as well. One of the disappointments, Murray, is that the Celtics aren’t enough. Like you would think like in the 80s when the Celtics were the Celtics that it was a Celtics town and it was like Oh, big time. Yeah. They sort of drove everything. Yeah. This Celtics team, as passionate as some of their fans are and as good as they are, I don’t think they did it. I don’t even think they have the juice of the team of the big three of Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen. Like, you know, granted I want It’s a good point. Like, they don’t to me and I think guys my age, you know, 40s, 50s, like I, you know, people enjoyed and definitely enjoyed that run and the Celtics getting that title, but they didn’t feel the same way about them. So, that’s been a disappointment that they haven’t they haven’t risen, you know, all the boats in the harbor. Yeah. Lightning round is brought to you by Blue Sky Restoration Contractors. Mike and Wuburn says he wants to yell at me. Go ahead, Mike. So, uh, I would like to ask you a question, actually. Um, you said last week that someone got to me about the Bruins. I would love to hear who it is that you think got to me. I don’t know. I don’t know how the internet works. Is it the Is it the Jacobs family? Cuz I I’ve treated the Jacobs family like Pton Manning treats first round buys in the playoffs. I’ve trapped all over them for freaking over a decade. Uh, it’s not any I have no relationship with players. I have no relationship with any I just want to see the team be good. Okay, Mike. And I’m cutting you off just because this pingpong left and right thing that’s going on with the French call screen is driving me crazy. All of a sudden, we’re having a technical glitch. Okay. So, it on a Friday in July. Good luck with this one. Come on. When you talk, it sounds like we’re next to a helicopter repair shop or a telegraph machine. Exactly. So, no, I’m just saying Mike, your tone has changed in the last year. It’s gotten much softer, much more understanding. You’re most of your calls you call up and kind of defend Don Sweeney and the moves that he makes. And it’s a whole it’s a tonality thing. It’s just you’re not on the attack with the Bruins like you once were. It’s almost as if someone got to you. I didn’t say someone has gotten to you. I’m saying it’s almost as if. And then I said, “If the Bruins did get to you, that would be kind of smart because you know a lot more hockey than I do. You know the league much better than I do. If we get into an argument, you can really throw names at me in past instances that I’m swimming upstream with. I can’t give you that like you can give me.” And so if I were the Bruins and you were on their side, you’d be a valuable guy because you could call up and put me in my place. It doesn’t take much for someone to send an anonymous email like uh deep spoke B throat with the header like here’s ammo for you V Felger and then someone said this actually happens in some other context. Was this one of you that said this to me like people um what am I trying to I can’t remember what the the kind of example that was given to me that this actually takes place. This sounds down J Stew’s alley and I don’t remember. So I there, you know, I was only Why? Whatever do you mean? I don’t know. But I’ve never been given information directly from a sports franchise to use against the show. Never. Not once. Ever. I swear. I Mike used to be a very angry Bruins fan. Hyperritical. And I I just don’t get that from him much anymore. Alex in the car quickly on Maz’s tears. Quick. Hey, that Will Clark sounds like Johnny Gold, huh? Yeah, I got a fat guy for Fat Tears. Uh remember Rod Beck? Yeah, Rod Beck was a Rod Beck was a good fatty. Uh was he uh we had different, you know, cat. Was he a lovable fat? Yeah, I would. I think he was. I would put Rod Beck in lovable fat. Yeah, lovable fat. I think Mass covered him and speaks well of him. So, lovable. Okay. Lovable fat. What if you’re at a grocery store and the guy right next to you in line is pointing at you and yelling at you? Are you going to go get security or you going to do something right there? No. Will Clark and Ryan Gomes I think. Uh quick break. We’re back with more on a long commercial free segment. Thus concludes the lightning round brought to you by blue sky restoration contractors. Visit gobl sky noe.com. We’ll hopefully take a look at the uh the calls. Hopefully we can figure out the sound thing and then get right back to you after this. Yelling my dog. Heat. Heat. Why do you feel that? Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Slip inside the eye of your mind. Don’t you know you might find a better place to play? You say that you never be but all the things that you see slowly fade away. All right, welcome back to the program Maserati on an agenda free Friday. True agenda free. We’re down a man. Got Murray in the uh Maz chair. Kevin and Jimmy Stewart behind the glass. Kevin’s been handling the updates today. So, uh, again, we’re talking about everything and open it up to, um, discussions of backward fire backard fireworks. Big Jim Murray’s Subway tuna fish sandwich selection. That one really came out of nowhere, too. Uh, the uh, the tuna fish sandwich thing. Yeah. Yeah, he did. A caller, first caller out of the gate. Yeah. First caller out of the gate says, “Jim, thank you for the tuna fish sandwich recommendation.” Which sounds like I’m the least picky person I know. I will eat anything. I don’t I don’t do tuna fish. That’s like the one thing I don’t That’s like I don’t I don’t you know when they serve you salmon at a wedding, I’m out on that. And tuna fish. I don’t do that. That’s like the two things I I don’t do. Anything else? I’ll do. But your tuna fish hammer sounds really really tuna. Oh yeah. You know, there’s a lot of flavor in this thing again. Extra onions, extra pickles. We’re going jalapenos and then a sweet onion sauce in there too. You’re very oniony when you get you’re not getting done after you finish that sandwich cuz you f you of tuna and onion for like a Don’t you want to make out, babe? Make sweet love to my giant tuna fish and pickle sandwich with onions. Back to your phones on everything. We’ve had some technical difficulty. If you sound bad, I’m gonna have to cut you off. Don’t take it personally. Dean and Shrewsbury or Dan and Shrewsbury. Go ahead, Dan. Yeah, it’s not the great Dean in Shrewsbury. It’s Dan this time, but I just wanted to call in two drummers for Pearl Jam replacement. I would go Joe Russo from uh Joe Russo. Ed, tremendous drummer. And Claude Coleman, who was the drummer for Wean and Wean is a great I have to cut you off. Do you know the second guy? Cuz we’re having some I don’t I know of that band Wean. I can’t stand them. So, uh I’ll say no. Joe Russo is Joe Russo is from where? Badass. He plays for He played with I don’t know where he’s from. from he played with one of the postgarcia iterations of the dead. Okay. like they, you know, they did they went out on tour as the dead, the other ones. Um, like they adjacent names where it was Weir and Lesh and most of the guys and then a replacement guitarist and Russo was the drummer on one of those tours. And so now he does something called JRAD, which is Jay Russo’s Almost Dead and he’s got his his own band and it’s mostly dead covers, but not exclusively dead covers. And they bug the crap out of me, by the way. I went to see them once and they bug the ever loving crap out of me because I don’t like the guys that do the vocals. It’s I don’t And one of them wears a chapo like a hipster little hat and between And the worst of all, I’ll just say well, like a paper boy hat that I wear or like a uh like a bowler hat or like I can’t remember exactly what the kind of hat was. Like a top hat like a villain from the 20s. No, it was more like a coffee shop hipster hat. Something I’d wear maybe, but you wear it better. This guy. Okay, so between I didn’t like the way he sang. I hated the effing hat and he had an iPad in front of him where he was reading the lyrics off the iPad and the and the song was Sugar Magnolia. So I’m like, dude, if you’re gonna play dead songs, you’re gonna know that one like you’ve got to read it off the iPad for that one. You freaking you freaking shapo wearing dink. So between him reading the lyrics off the iPad, the stupid hat, and his voice quality, it’s like, “No, nope. You don’t know the words. You’re not It’s I don’t like the way you sound.” And you don’t even know the word. So f off. So the band bugged me. But Jay, is it Joe Russo or Jay Russo? I think he said Jay Russo. It’s I can’t remember his first name. I’m so bad with names I can’t. It’s Jay or Joe Russo. Russo. What a giant octopus badass. What a He’s tremendous. So yes, Russo to Pearl Gem. That would be a go. He would work cuz he is tremendous. He’s that band. It’s hard to say like the drummer is the band. No, he’s the band. Uh Brian Somerville, quick. Spelga, I need the Oasis deep cuts that are beyond Wonder Wall, Champagne, Supernova, and Big Jim. If I’m going to travel to Toronto to see them, top three things to do. Thanks. Uh stay in your hotel. Laugh at them for calling napkin servettes. Uh why stay in your hotel? Have some poutine. I don’t know. Well, it’s a fine city. It’s not It’s whatever. It’s been ages since I’ve been there. I don’t know. I can’t recommend much. So, that’s what I would do now. I would mostly stay in a hotel until it’s showtime. Find a good dinner. Get some good poutine. So, I don’t know where to go anymore. Like, I used to go there all the time. I think it’s kind of a cool modern city. Yeah. I mean, it’s probably been shoot 11 years, 12 years, whatever the hell it’s been since I’ve been there. It is. It’s fine. Yeah. It’s not bad. It like in the middle of the week there ain’t much going on it feels like. But on the weekends, I’m sure it pops a little bit more. But at this point, yeah, I don’t know. Don’t ask me. I don’t know. to stay in the hotel. It’s been too long since I’ve been there. And in terms of uh Oasis songs, I’m giving you the songs that they’re playing on their set list except for Champagne, Supernova, and um Wonder Wall because you don’t need to hear that. Like short of that, like what was their third biggest US hit? Uh Supersonic maybe. Good qu Let’s look that up. What was their third biggest US hit? What Oasis Songs charted USA? charted USA charts. Yeah. Okay. Uh well, anyway, we we’ll look at Wonder Wall, Champagne, Supernova, Supersonic. I was right. Very good. Aha. It’s almost It’s almost as if I worked in alt rock before. I didn’t know that that got so much radio play. Yeah, mostly on like the alt rock charts. Okay, an hour to go. True agenda. Free. Whatever you want. Right back to you after Majour get you updated. There’s only 90 seconds here. There are no MD1. Heat. Heat. final hour. Felgar and Maz on an agenda free Friday. Agenda Free Fridays are driven and brought to you by our friends at Catches Law. Proud sponsor of Agenda Free Friday now for a while. At Catches, they specialize in helping those who have been injured, not only from a one-time incident, but from a lifetime of hard work and labor. Does this sound like you? Visit catcheslaw.com. We come to you on 985, the sports hub. We’re brought to you by the DraftKings Sports book on the radio side. As always, the Simocast is out. Simocast, the NBC Sports Boston, has gone to Celtics Summer League. So, we come to you on our YouTube channel. If you want to see us on YouTube, go to our YouTube channel. And that’s that. We’re going to take your calls this hour. from Italy. Now, we’re having technical difficulties with the French call screener. Well, before we do, I actually, you know, usually, unless someone has a fresh take for the final hour, and even though I sort of half joke to start the show to say, “Hey, middle of July, uh, let’s open it up like uh, let’s mail it in a little bit today.” I have a fresh take for you. Okay. Well, let me just say again, we’re take your calls. We get right back to them. They s the our calls our screeners messed up. So, I’m going to cut you off real quick cuz I want to take your call, but it’s like 5 seconds or 10 seconds and then we got to go cuz it doesn’t sound right. So, that’s the deal. Be ready to go quick. But Murray, first, what do you got? Well, it hit me from listening to the headlines with the Majority and he keeps mentioning that Garrick Rocher has opted out of the All-Star game. So, his start tomorrow is really mustwatch. Like, I’m curious cuz him opting out of this is kind of interesting. His last two starts weren’t that great for him. He’s never done a whole season as a starter. His last year is first as a starter. The White Sox wouldn’t let let him throw more than like four or five innings in the second half. Is he feeling something before the All-Star game as Jimmy gets closer to the mic? Like I I find this a little bit interesting because if he falls off in the second half of this season, by the they’re cooked. Like he is the guy obviously and so not to mention concerns about his future as a frontline starter. I just find it a little bit interesting that he’s opting out of the All-Star game. J Stew, what do you know? So, I think he’s going to air it out because Corora is on record yesterday or the day before saying his next start after the All-Star game will be the last game in Chicago. So, it’ll be the Sunday. So, it’ll be a full week of rest uh for Garrett Crochet, assuming he doesn’t pitch in the All-Star game, which now he’s on the record saying he won’t. So, he’s going to air it out on Saturday. So, that’s good because there should be urgency with these games. You should win these games. You should make trades now. That’s what you should do if you’re the Boston Red Sox. I want to see postseason baseball. Well, you’re right, but like the MLB All-Star game isn’t like the stupid NFL Pro Bowl. Players show up for that thing. They want to be there. It’s a big deal. I think like him opting out kind of I think is a little bit of a tell or at least a little bit of a concern because again the second half last year with the White Sox, they wouldn’t really let him throw and go deep into games. Is he if he’s fatigued fine, small C concern, or is something going on there? I want to see what he looks like tomorrow cuz these last two starts weren’t great. If I were a Socks fan, I’d be happy he’s not pitching the All-Star game. F that. Yeah, I’m all about the uh the postseason. I want to focus on October baseball. And maybe they maybe they’re pitching him on Saturday intentionally so he is unavailable for the Tuesday game and that’s why they they moved him back a day or two. Usually you would do that on a Sunday because Tuesday would be their throw day. So they would throw an inning anyway or two innings or whatever their off day. Well, anyway, it’s a good thing that he’s not pitching the All-Star game. In the same way, it’s good that Bregman isn’t playing in the All-Star game. Now we got to make sure that Chapman isn’t playing. Okay, once again to the calls, but I gota 5 seconds at most because of our French call screeners. Chris and Worcester. Go Chris. Thank you. Actually, I’ll change my take. Awesome job. I love it because you’re right. I’m worried. Took too long. You got like 3 seconds, guys. Just get Honestly, it sounds that bad. It sounds that bad. When I say five to 10 seconds, I mean five to 10 seconds. I don’t take it personally. You don’t sound right. It’s not your fault. It’s us. Tim and Auburn, try again. Go. Yes. I’d just like to say I’m looking forward to the Celtics season this year. I I don’t think it’s a throwaway season like people have said. I think there’s a lot of interest. I’d like to see how the team actually does. Okay, let me stop you. They’re too long. Let me give you an example cuz if I Hey, it’s Jim Jim and Melrose where the Red Sox thought. Leave Raphael in center field. That’s it. Uh I gave him 12 seconds. I agree on the Celtics thing. Like this is just the kind of year that would get me actually interested. Like when you’re the heavy favorite like last year, last regular season, was that interesting in any way, shape, or form? Uh, no. I don’t think so. It wasn’t to me. I barely remember anything from last regular season. Like I you you you would have to I remember them blowing two 20 point games to the Knicks in the playoffs, right? I remember those games, but that’s post regular season. No, regular season. No, not not really. Like there was no win that was like big or out of nowhere or they showed you something like I don’t know there was nothing there and not their fault. That’s what happens when you’re a really good NBA team. Like that’s the But now there’s like stakes. You’re going to be an underdog a good number of nights. If you do really well, no one will be expecting it. I still think there’s a chance that you’re near the top of the East. Like I kind of like those years when no one expects you to do anything and it’s all it is all sort of gravy and you get in the postseason and you can then up the stakes and you do it again. Like I the the fans are sort of right, oh we’re not going to win. It’s like I I don’t I I feel like you are you really fans? You really like the sport? And by the way, if that’s the case, if you’re a fan who’s like, “Oh, we’re not going to win anything.” Trade Derrick White now. Trade Jaylen Brown now. That’s what you need to do because Derrick White’s value is never going to be more than it is right now. So, just get get the best you can for a return. Have another team tank or try to get some draft picks and just move on from Dark White. I’ll just keep saying it again. They keep pounding us with stories about Tatum’s uh rehab. Yeah. Back in the rehab and all that. It just primes your pump for him to be back sooner than he would at a higher level than he would. Okay. So, he’s coming back quickly and in great shape. You’re the best team in the East with Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown. So, why are people writing off the season? the media is telling them to. That’s why and I blame the people at NBC Sports Boston fell. I blame your brethren who’s owned 30% by Bill Chisum now. Is that transfer over? I think so. I don’t know. They’re 30% owned by Chisum now. It’s a good question because I I blame them for Chris Forsberg writing uh you you got to wait two years to get out of the full repeater tax and all these other penalties. No. Like go for it. Spend money. Win championships. That’s that’s what I thought this was city was about, Felgar. And I blame your people at NBC Sports Boston for it. For telling our fans, for telling people like me that, “Oh, no, you can kick away another season. It’s okay. You can kick away two seasons. It’s okay. Don’t worry. In two seasons, they’ll be back.” I It’s ridiculous. Thanks, Forsber. But it’s like, and then the very next story on NBC Sportsbos.com is how great Jason Tatum’s doing in his recovery. So, if Tatum’s doing great in his recovery, he’s going to come back next year. Which is it? Why are we kicking away the season? with Tatum and Brown and Derek White. You’re the best team in the East. Does that Yeah, Forsber. Why? Why Forsber? It just doesn’t add up. Uh Dean and Shbury quick, my man. Combo guard. Smart idea. Murray. Marcus. Smart idea. Oh god. Oh yeah. I guess I did kind of put myself in a pickle there saying if I’m out on Lillard, I want more of a combo guard than Marcus Smart ostensibly would be more of a fit for what Tatum and Brown do. Just not that combo guard. Yeah. Right. just not him. And is is Smart even a combo guard? He’s a good passer. He is good defensively. Yeah, but it’s probably not anymore. He’s not. The problem is he’s never met a shot he didn’t like. And it’s the ego to talent ratio is way out of control. Lucas in Cambridge real quick. Yeah, I think the Bruins are going to be so bad next year by Christmas. We’re going to be talking about Gavin McKenna. Thank you. Gavin McKenna is at the consensus number one guy. Next generational player, right? Uh Kevin Majori. Yeah, he gives me the thumbs up on that. Do you think it could be that bad? I don’t I that’s just me hoping too. I don’t know. And that roster is Did you see the story in the Globe where uh I think it was um Marco Sturm had coffee with uh Connor Ryan of the Globe and Connor Ryan asked him like, “Oh, do you think it’s going to be tough for for you to score this year?” He goes, “Yeah, I think so.” Oh, no. I’ll get you the exact quote, but it was pretty much that. It’s like, “Yeah, you think it’s going to be tough for your team to score?” “Yeah, I think so.” Oh, no. Good god. Uh, how about uh let’s see. Tony in Kingston sounds angry. Go ahead, Tony. Quick. If you don’t know the song Cold, don’t play it. From a band, the feeasants who play jam Grateful Dead music, no tablets. Have a good day. Okay. Yes. So, I understand that. He said the comment line says, “You don’t know the rejoin song. Don’t play it.” That might that be might be more for Zo. I feel like many times when I’m listening to Zolak and Berkeley, there is a rejoin that I know coming back and he is like 100% wrong like in terms of what the song is that he’s listening to. That is true. Yes, that does happen with Zo. By the way, can I get this quote right with the Bruins coach? If Connor Ryan to Marco Sturm, do you feel you have the personnel to consistently generate offense this season? Marco Sturm, I’m not going to lie, it’s going to be hard, right? Oh boy. Which is no. That’s uh Yeah. Well, I mean, but that So, he’s just he’s just telling you the truth. He’s not lying. We We had a that caller who said before about the Bruins, I can’t remember how it was framed, but if you’re handicapping the Bruins season on their roster, they’re porked. Yeah. Right. Their roster is clearly lacking, and they clearly are not talent-wise. If they make the postseason, it won’t be on their quote unquote talent. Here’s a prediction because I can predict the future, Felgar, unlike you, is that the Bruins will lead the NHL in shootout attempts this year. Yeah. Right. I So, they’re going to win the So, they’re going to win on how they play, which happens in hockey. You can do that. You can win to a to a certain level on how you play. It happens all the time in that sport. Circle the wagons, pack it in, get good goalending, grind it out. I I I And he said it in that answer. If you I I think Jim, if you kept going, it’s they’re going to rely on their power play. Even though I think their power play blows like you look at their first power play, it’s poster, geeky, Elias Lynholm, Charlie Makavoy, who’s not good on the power like they don’t have a great looking power play, but I think that’s what they’re going to rely on. Five on five will be hard. Poster knocks a weapon. Five on five. They’re not going to score. They’re gonna try and keep the puck out of their own net. win, you know, one goal games, one score games. And if they can do that to the eight seed, that’s like that’s their path. That’s what they’re going to do. And that’s actually what I’m rooting for. I’ll I’ll take that because there’s no way for them to address the talent thing overnight. They just they can’t. But something they can address overnight is how they play. And to get Swayman back up to where he’s capable of playing, that’s attainable. And so do that thing, which I I I think they’re doing. I I just don’t know why they needed to give that guy five years. What’s his name again? Tanner Janette. Tanner. Tanner Jano. Tanner Jano. Tanner Jesse. He is so underwhelming. We all forgot his name. Like there there were 10 teams in competition for him according to LA. Yeah, I’m sure. Yeah. The the the Hartford Wolfpack, the Providence Bruins, and the Moose Jaw Red Saints. Exactly. Uh we continue with your calls on a very abbreviated basis right after these words. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Natalie Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. All right, welcome back to Falgra Maz on agenda free Friday. Big Jim Murray sitting in and a weird audio glitch here on the Is it the call screener, you think? Oh, it’s definitely the call screener. Yeah, cuz it’s not just one caller. It’s happened with every single call that we’ve taken over the last 25 35 minutes. Tommy and Lynn, what do you got to say today in 5 seconds? This is what I got to say today. The Red Sox, they should go after Joe Ryan. Trade Durant or Story? Let’s go. Okay, they did it quickly. They’re not going to take Story. Why would they want Why would they want Trevor Story? Why would they want an expensive old uh injuryprone shortstop? No, it’s going to have to be Duran and maybe Christian Campbell. Duran, this top pitching prospect. It’s going to be young players, not someone like Trevor Story. People love weighing in on fat athletes. Maz’s tears. Fatletes. Mike in Nashville. Who do you got? Quick. Damn Nashville, but uh fat athletes running back Mike Tolbert. We used to call him Chadbert. Mike Tolbert. That’s a good one. Tolbert. Let me I remember the name. Let’s see. Oh, yeah. No, he’s a little to He’s a little jab. Another rotund. Yeah. One of those like human bowling ball type running backs. Rotund. Yes. Yes. Yes. Joe and Blackstone. Go. Hello. Go. Nope. That is not even close. How did it get worse? David Melrose. Go. What’s up, guys? We got three songs from Oasis. Got to listen to Rock and Roll Star, Some Might Say, and Morning Glory. Have a great weekend. All great songs. I think they’re all on their set list. They are all on their set list. You know what my big beef is? That the set list doesn’t change. The exact same. The exact same. So, it’s like I’m just debating to go see him. You know, it’s like uh Toronto, East Rutherford, Chicago. I said you wanted the off Pasadena, which sounds like a cool take. Yeah, that one seemed to maybe wet your whistle. Uh oh god, I love the Rose Bowl and I love the great uh you know uh tailgate thing there. You park on the golf course. Have you ever been to the Rose Bowl? No, I’d love to. Like that one when you mentioned I was like, “Oh, that’s kind of cool. That’d be a great place to see them.” I’d love to see a you know when the Rams were there for a little bit before they were building, you know, building out the stadium in Englewood. I was like, “Oh, that’d be kind of cool to go to a game there.” The Rose Bowl is truly one of I think the coolest stadiums. Um it’s like a throwback. It’s one of those that’s just there’s no decks, you know, so it’s just one one smooth big bowl. It’s sort of um if if it’s not sunken in the ground, it feels like it is cuz there’s the hills around it. It’s just beautiful. And the parking lot is like you’re it’s on a golf course. There’s a I would hope a mun uh but a golf course that kind of surrounds it and you park on the golf course. So the tailgate is a fun place to chuck the football around and etc. etc. Go ahead. Quick digression on this. So, cuz that this used to be part of the Super Bowl rotation. It hasn’t been there, I think, in like 30 years. Why did No luxury boxes. Is that what it is? I mean, that would be my guess. And when I say no, I mean limited, you know, cuz it it doesn’t have the two decks. So, it’s not like there’s the lower level, luxury boxes, upper level. It’s one big thing. And then, you know, the the press box they built like as tends to happen on one side of the stadium. There’s a press box with like four or five levels where I’m sure there are luxury boxes in there, but I would say it’s the limited number of luxury boxes cuz it always looks so cool when they used to have the Super Bowl there. It’s beautiful. It’s tremendous at the Rose Bowl. It’s just they’re going to open with they’re going to come out to the recorded effing in the bushes thing and then they’re going to play Hello and acquiescence and morning glory and some might say and bring it on down and the 16th song is going to be slide away and then they’re going to close it with Rock and Roll Star for their 19th song and then they’re going to come out and play a three song encore of Master Plan, Don’t Look Back in Anger, Wonder Wall and Champagne Supernova. I know exactly what they’re going to do and I can’t believe creatively that a band would do that. It’s like, don’t you want to jam out and go somewhere else and like you just feel like playing a certain song on a certain night and you just do it? And don’t you get sick of playing one song at the same time every night? And like if you play the same song every night at the same time over three months, you’re not really you’re not really playing music. You know what I mean? You’re It’s like a play. It’s like a It’s like a It’s like a Broadway show. It’s a performance. You’re not like I can’t stand that. This is This is where you and I differ. Like I This is This set list is perfect. It’s all hits. It’s what I want to hear. They’re being played correctly. I know when I can pee. I know when I can run to the parking lot because I don’t need to hear that encore all that much so I can beat the traffic. Perfect for gym. And I know they’re going to be like on what when they’re happening, when to show up. This is this is a I really should consider going if it’s going to be like this. It is like this. And like you know what? I think it’s a Well, most bands do that. It’s the special ones that don’t to me. But I think the Brits have a long history of this. You know, I I went down the I’m a big set list guy. Like what you play when you play it. Like I’m into the set list. I went back and looked at Beatles set listes in the 60s. They play the same thing every night in the same order. And they went on tour. The last tour they did in 1967, even when they were like going to Shay and all that. Yes. Shay Stadium, Candlestick Park, like that run. Those were the last concerts they did, I think. And I believe it was 1967. the exact same set list every single the same songs in the same order every night. Like I hate that. Oh, it’s such a pet peeve. Um I’m not going to take any more calls. I’m sorry. It just it just it sounds too bad. It you really This sounds interesting. Joe and Maine, can you say this in five seconds? Go. Yeah. Check out the golf cart fight video with the with the hockey player Enforcer. The Okay, Murray talked about this the other day. Yeah, Joe Murray brought this up as part of Murray’s musings. It the video is phenomenal. Have you seen it yet or No, I haven’t. It’s really worth seeing cuz it’s Okay, so what do we got to What? Tell me what to Google right now. Uh just golf cart video. Uh golfart golf golfart golf cart fight video or golf cart fight video NHL player. It’ll pop up. It’s been incredibly viral over the last like 72 hours. Uh because the guy that molts off and that is hammered takes the the most deserved beating possible. And it’s not like a super violent beating. He just gets ragdalled, which is it’s great. It’s it’s very satisfying. All right, we’ll wrap it up with a final segment of your emails coming away right after Kevin Major get you updated. Essential Sports Hub headlines presented by Celsius Energy Drinks. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hallelujah. brought to you by our friends at Coleman Electric. Bunch of really good electricians helping homeowners like you. You need electrician, you want to call Coleman. Thank you. You search them up at K U H L M an AN uh panel replacements, old wiring in your house. Anything that’s less complicated or more complicated, they’re the ones for you. I’m laughing cuz I am I do have the golf fight video up. It’s great. Now, did you listen to it with the audio? So, it’s uh Yes. Uh I He said he I’m going to throw you in They threw him in the lake and the two guys just wouldn’t leave. Yeah. So, my my only It’s It’s a truly satisfying video and it’s great. The only pet peeve I have with it is that the a-holes who takes the beating friend in the white shirt should also get a smack cuz go away. Go away. He keeps trying to like be friends with them or something. It’s like he’s so hammered that he doesn’t understand what the hell like the situation is and doesn’t realize it’s time to get in their golf cart and get the f out of there. So, does the does the guy in the flower shirt then actually when he after he takes a beating, does he try and go tee off? He does. Yeah, he goes back to the tea box. He goes back to the tea box like nothing’s happening, getting ready to tee off. And then he keeps getting yelled at, told to get the hell out of there. Then he goes to their cart, the guys that are yelling at them, pulls out a club or a putter, and he pulls out a couple clubs. Yeah. Like he’s going to use him as a weapon. And those guys really are like flip. They flip out. Uh and then my It’s great. He gets thrown in the pond that that uh XNHL player while hitting him is saying bang like with each punch. Oh, it’s it’s one of the all-time great viral videos. So, uh, I saw it. There you go. All right. Emails. Uh, language police. It’s electric. Thank you. Uh, Nick writes in, “Dude, you keep saying wriggle room, and it drives me effing bananas. The correct phrase is wiggle room.” While wrigle room, do you see what the difference is there? Wrangle out of it. While regal room is sometimes used, it’s considered an egg corn, which is a misheard or misused word or phrase that sounds like the original. You know what he’s talking about? Like uh for all intents of purposes, correct? Intense and purposes. Some people say intensive purposes. That I guess is called a eggorn. Anyway, wiggle room refers to flexibility or leeway in a situation like having extra time in a schedule or room for negotiation. Felgar, your job is to talk to say words. Please effing stop with this because I freaking wrigle every time you do there. That’s how you use it. Love you. Mean it, says Nick. It’s almost as if this email was written by me. Uh, but I’ve learned to accept it over the 10 years I’ve been with this show because every time I do hear it, I’m like, do I say wrigle room? Sure do. Every single time I do. Yep. Why don’t Why don’t you correct me? I’ve learned. It’s just one of those things like it’s kind of cute at this point. It’s the bit for the show, Felga. Yeah, we do bits here, Felga. See, say it like Felga. Wrigle room. Wrigle room. WBC. Wiggle. Wiggle. Wiggle. Yeah. I I think both apply to the same concept. I I really do. You You wrigle out of something. It’s just like like how you’re never going to remember Milton Williams. Williams Williams’s name. I will never remember that fell’s name. It’ll be week nine. He’ll be until he epically sucks and then we bag on him for the bad sign and then Milton Williams will just roll off the tongue like Jaylen Pulk does cuz he blows and isn’t going to make the team. That’s another failed receiver pick. That name comes back to me. Milton Williams is a struggle. Alex writes in subject line, “You’re an intellectually dishonest two-faced Red Sox shill.” Good subject line. Hey Mike, you are just so wrong on your Red Sox angle in every way. You of all people who are obsessed with quote, “I need a baseball season and quote, I hate when the team quits.” End quote. Then supports the team trading one of the best left-handed hitters in the game. What the actual hell? Then you get mad about rumors of them trading players off again because, quote, “They’re still in it.” Then he says in parenthesis, “They’re actually not. Anyone who thinks they are is either a [ __ ] or a troll.” Or you say the team should be trying to win. You keep screaming. Yes, you keep screaming that, Mike. And yes, I agree. That’s why I’m against the Devil’s trade. That trade was a white flag fact. Any winning the team does without him is not proof that they’re better off without him. They would be even better with Devers. Also, giant asterisk on this quote unquote hot streak. They’ve been playing absolute garbage. Again, please just stop with your intellectual dishonesty. It’s truly pathetic. You’re starting to turn into Milligan. Uh on the other side of it, we were saying before that uh so this is like I love getting these emails cuz this happens all the time. We’re talking about the Red Sox pitching prospect that the Twins wanted for uh what’s his face for Joe Milton. Joe Milton. Yeah. Jack Bow, right? Joe Ryan, not Joe Milton. Right. Joe Ryan. My head. Of course, there was an Eric Milton who pitched for the Twins once. Low ball, too. Not to be confused with the quarterback better than Drake May. Joe Milton. Jack Bochamp. Jack Bo writes in Felgger, I work for a minor league team and was with told just last week. Here we go. So, every Tom Dick and Harry who sees a guy in Providence or Worcester now or whatever says this kid’s this kid’s the guy. This guy’s the Stones cuz you went and saw him and you want to have discovered the next great thing. But anyway, this guy says, “I work for a minor league team and was with Tol just last week.” Is that how it’s pronounced? Do we know? I agree. Most pitching prospects are disposable. But take a look at this kid. 66 250. Played both ways in college. This kid is the most durable pitching prospect you’ll ever see. Fastball tops out at 98.9 and he’s only 22. Look up a photo of a kid and he’s got ace swagger to him and is working every day. This is not a kid you want to let go under any circumstance. What you should be worried about is the Bailey pitching lab ruining him with spin. If this kid throws more gas and less ass, he’s your onetwo punch with Crochet and not in the distant future, but sooner than that, love the show. Jack Bo, I will say, so, you know, now that I’m looking at him for the first time, he does look he’s what I want in a pitcher, which kind of looks like all ass and legs. There’s some meat there. Okay, it’s what you want. You want meat with a pitcher and Paul SK all ass and legs. It’s right. It’s true. As opposed to this Miserowski kid with the Brewers. You ever see him? He looks like a twig. That’s concerning. Oh my god. Yeah. That’s an arm that’s ready to explode at any moment. Okay. So, you want to keep the double A pitcher. Fine. You got to throw him bulk. Or are we going to stop hoarding prospects? Can we play October baseball? Are we okay with this or no? Is our baseball America ranking struggling now? So, we don’t want to trade a kid. I’m with you, Stu. I like the tone. Uh, you want some uh idioms saying where things come from? It’s been a while since we’ve done this. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Paul writes in, “We say we’re feeling blue when we are sad. Why? Because ships traditionally will fly blue flags when the captain passes away. Oh, so these are things that I don’t look up intentionally cuz if it’s wrong, I don’t want to know if that’s wrong. I just like, oh, that’s kind of cool. Yeah, I like that. I don’t want to look that up. I’m going to take that at face value. Good night, sleep tight. Know where that comes from? No, I would think that, you know, you wrap the covers around you, you snuggle tight, all snuggle when your little baby is like a human burrito. A good way to get a baby to sleep is to wrap them really tight. You know, just sort of mimic the womb with her tight in there, sleep tight. That’s what you think it would be. No, apparently not. Comes from the fact that beds used to be supported by ropes. So if you tighten the ropes, the bed would get tighter and more comfortable to sleep on. So instead, they didn’t have they put like ropes underneath. You know what I mean? And you tighten the ropes. I don’t like that thought of that at all. Murray, why are nosy people called eavesdroppers? And that’s another one. That’s another ear corn. Do people say ees drop? Did you know it was eavesdropper? Yeah. What else would it be? You’re eavesdropping. Yeah. What the hell else would it be? Steves dropping. Like I don’t know. I never knew it was eaves as in the part of the roof. Did you know that? No. No. Okay. Nosy people are called eavesdroppers because the eve is the part of the roof that extends beyond the walls of the home. Right. So if you wanted to hear a conversation inside the house, inside the walls, you would stand right below the eve. Huh. So you get your head right up against the wall. Interesting. You’re inside the eaves. You’re an eavesdropper. I was thinking people were trying to get information only on Christmas Eve and then then thus eavesdropper. Pulling out. Final one. Thank god. Pulling out all the stops. Any idea? Uh no. Pulling out all the stops comes from the idea that pipe organs have knobs which stop them from playing. So if you pull out all the stops, you can play all the instruments at one time. That applies to a lot of things. If you just pull out stops, you can go a pipe organ. A pipe organ. I will say I love the sound of a pipe organ or church organs. Oh, I was going to say like the greatest pipe organ of all time, Chicago Stadium. Old Chicago stadium. Okay. Used to go down there all the time for Blackhawk games growing up in Milwaukee. They had a badass huge honking pipe organ. It’s tremendous. Um those are the only ones I I pulled aside. Um like uh so like it’s used sometimes in songs. I like you know the band like the band the band one of the great bands of all time. Jimmy pull up chest fever. Oh yeah. So that’s uh that’s Richard Emanuel, right? Is that his name? Yeah. I love when bands will occasionally like throw you a curveball like the beginning of a song like you get church organ like, “Oh, it’s such a nice touch.” Like the beginning of chest fever. I love it. While he’s pulling that up real quick is uh this ain’t chest. Oh, sorry. I was looking for the Chicago Black. What am I looking for, Jim? Chest by the band. I’ll just read this one cuz I I like this email from Joseph. He uh said, “Sorry it’s a day late, but I think this is worth mentioning in regards to Matt Mass Maz’s fat athlete tears on Thursday.” Yep. Former Steeler Leavon Kirkland was big for an inside linebacker even in the 90s. He was listed at 275 for most of his career. The Steelers cut him after the 2000 season for cap reasons and for fat reasons because he was up around 300 lb. I couldn’t find it online, but I do seem to recall that off season, that offseason, Kirkland checked himself into a weight loss clinic at 300 lb. And when he checked out, he was 301. That’s Joe and Nasha. And it reminded me of Mass. The thing that might was my favorite thing of that whole Mass’s tears the other day is when he told the Rich Garcia story when he was covering the team and he was talking to him about, you know, he’s like being heavy. Like is it a big deal? And he’s like, “No, no, no.” He’s like, “Most of my mass said like Garcia said, “Yeah, no. Everyone in my family’s big. You should see my sister. You should see my sister.” I’ve thought about that since all day yesterday and last night and laughed. It’s the best. You should see my sister. So, I think on the the organ for the band is Gar Hudson and Manuel played piano. But either way, this isn’t it either. This isn’t it either. Nope. The hell is this? What weird version is Fever? San Francisco Civic Auditorium. No, I want the the the studio version. No, no, never mind, J Stew. It’s okay. Those those that know the song, they have a live at Wembley version, too. I don’t want live. Matthew also writes remastered. Felgar, you say flush it out instead of flush it out. Oh, either of those are acceptable. That one I’m not going to get on you for flesh. Flush either or. I don’t know what I say when I say that. I’m pretty sure I say flesh. There it is. Is what I’m talking about. So good. I wasn’t going to break until I got the right one for you. Thank you, Jimmy. You know, like when a band throws you this. Oh, I love some church organ. But is that a pipe organ? Yeah, pipe. Church. It’s all got that sound. Okay. Either way, the final word comes your way next. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey world again. No. And the final word brought to you by Town Fair Tire. If you’re looking for the best deal on tires, there’s only one place to go. That is Town Fair Tire, the best prices and great free services. Nobody beats Town Fair Tire. No, nobody, Jim. Nobody. Nobody. We wrap things up with the J Stew weekend review. Taylor Fritz recovered from a mid-match l and reached the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time with a 63 641676 victory over Karen Kachev. Kach Kachanov Kachchenov Karen Kachchanov Karen Kachanov Kachanv Karen Hakenov Karen Hakenov Karen was not correct. How do you say your name? Karen. And what else? Kachanov. I’m Joe Mar and I’m fat. # I stand with Joe. Tier 4 is known as lovably fat. George Foreman, boxing champion, was kind of a tank. Shaquille O’Neal, late in his career, got freaking huge, gigantic, and he’s still kind of big now. Tony Gwyn, Google some photos of him and how fat he got. Tier 2 is what I call fat to a fault. Uh, Bartolo Cologne at times looked like he swallowed an air hose. Sean Kemp, do you remember him? Oh, yeah. At the end. Yeah. He ballooned up like a tick. Jonathan Broxton was sort of a highly touted reliever when he came up in Major League Baseball. Later in his career, he looked like Milicanin subsequently apamusly. Thank you. We all deserve raises and promotions. I agree. Come on. Come on. Again, that sound there is Jay Stew and myself trying to get Tony Maz in here on a Friday during the summer of Maz or I think it was trying to get a opinion out of me. Yeah, that’s what it really was. Yeah. Yeah. On the Red Sox. Or you can use your imagination what those two were doing there. By the way, I don’t know if you saw this, Mike. So, after last night, you know, seven straight for the Red Sox. They had a real win last night. Fan Graphs has them making the playoffs at 40.7%.

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