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Jones and keep 1990 slash early 2000s heavy metal new metal grunge alternative pop punk butt rock rock bands bracket Rolls-on two matchups for you in Nirvana Jane's addiction Foo Fighters Alice and Jane stone temple pilots and Pearl Jam goes live coming up Who 20 minutes from now at Jones and Keith the project wins that one, but that's still gonna be a Tough test. They're very well-liked. I don't think that's how I'm gonna vote. Oh, you're gonna STP I think I'm going for the upset there Course a great album sure is tends a good album not wrong with that. They got good albums They got some hits between the two of them, but yeah, I think I would I would lean STP there All right, not to tell people how to vote. Oh, no, no, you're never as it's probably how I'm gonna vote But I've been wrong around a lot of these they come your way again about 20 minutes from now Meanwhile you heard Roman Anthony with the home run last night wound up being the deciding home run the deciding run For the world baseball classic next time ask you what's he done? Tell me what he's done when it comes to a big giant contract early in his career I know this isn't the Red Sox paying for this
But what he's done is he's got the US into the championship of the world baseball classic and he's been starring on a big stage For his team and for himself. So that's what he's done so far in not even a full season in big league baseball You like this tournament. I know you're a fan of all things international playing for your country Team USA versus any other country is always fun. I Maybe it's because there's more Red Sox in it. Yeah, it helps maybe it's because again, the US feels Stronger this year than maybe they have been in some of the previous years And I know they won it. What was it two world baseball classics ago 2017? Mm-hmm. That's a long time ago on the calendar But I feel like I'm more into this I feel like more people here are into it and again I just wonder if that's because it's Roman Anthony and there's a bunch of Red Sox starring in this tournament But it's been it's been a good take and I was not and never really am super into this tournament It's spring training pictures as you said the way it's built. You can't go deep in these games
It's not best on best like the the the Olympics for hockey or the Olympics even for hoose where the best guys are out there at the end of the game It's not that in fact it pretty much turns into a lineup against a revolving door relievers Starting in round five or six or ending five or six rather so I'm not always super into this tournament. This one I've been into and maybe it is just because it's Roman Anthony and the Red Sox star Yeah, it's funny baseball might have the best all-star game But maybe the worst international tournament and I know there'd be people that would argue that this is better than Like basketball in the Olympics. I don't know. I'm made to pick your poise and I feel like the world is catching up I think the best individual players in the world top three or four might even be international guys Right now not that their teams are loaded, but maybe in the next Olympics Maybe France gives you a little bit more like with Wembee and the rest of the guys that he has, but I think those two are kind of duking it out Football she doesn't exist hockey. I think it's the best. What are we getting fly football? We're getting that guess. Yeah, I think digs might be in that by the way
Yeah, oh, no, no, that's not the Olympics. I'm sorry That's whatever someone that would Tom Brady, right? Yeah, that's that's what that's like. Oh, by the way You see Tom Brady on Instagram. You know, no, but maybe saw it on Twitter. He's like a bronze wife X wife. No, I saw that. No, he's by itself. He's wearing like short shorts and he has like knee tape on with no shirt on throwing a football Nice like did your entire all the K tape all the K tape is on K tape. Huh all over his knee and he has like some freaky knees Some loser comment on there and it's like calm. What are you doing? It's try to smash cross me already Would you please throw the football the backyard and get back scrubs into the Patriots? I missed that But no hockey's great and then even if it's not your favorite like you me or the people listening But like the world cup for soccer. It just means so much to those countries It means so much to all the players. I'd put those at the top, but this has been really fun I don't know. There's not like another time to really Do it like because if you if you throw the tournament right after the world series That's tough too because you've had like a month where guys have already been shut down
Do you get the world series guys to pitch in that? How many guys are ever gonna pitch like seven innings in an exhibition game or even a world-based well-classy game There's not gonna do it. There's too much money tied in with their team They're too afraid of injuries and stuff like that But even with that said even with the starters go in three four maybe five innings You still got these awesome lineups and you have the best players in the world for the most part Playing in it, but not all of them right like Eric crochet is like I'm good. Terrick scoobles like I'll give you a one Like they're a stand-and-watch, but I'm not I'm not gonna pitch any more to our school I'll throw against great Britain for a few innings and then I'll go take a seat You know like okay, it's the best picture of baseball. He's like we could use ball because he's your one-star against somebody else School because I feel like that's one thing that you do get in basketball You know to the point where we're arguing over whether Jalen Brown should be on it or not and that whole thing because like you do They do ask the best players to be a part of it and usually those guys all say yes But no it has been pretty fun and I think at first I was like why do they need 20 teams? But then it's provided some entertaining stuff like the team Brazil those first few games was kind of fun
There's some cool stories. It's endearing when you get these guys like Chechia like that guy. That's like What does he like? Yeah, I think yeah, so you're like all right that so that's kind of cool And then you whittle it down to to this so no, I think it has been a fun tournament And it's one that they should they should definitely keep doing so Some text rolling in you you just brought up though You know, you're not gonna get seven innings out of a starter You could have got more I thought out of schemes last night. It worked out like I mean for all the crap We've given to Rosa for not realizing that his team had already punched its ticket through to the quarterfinals and he would have been just a massive massive Goat in a bad way if they wound up Whatever italy doesn't win that game and the US is bound before the quarter finals loser I guess his decision paid off last night by going to Rogers who came in and immediately got a double play I would have stuck with schemes longer But I guess that one worked out for him. Would you would would you have stuck with schemes? No, I don't think so he He definitely wasn't like at his sharpest wasn't locked in he was hitting guys
He wasn't totally wasn't striking people out so he was not totally locked in so I feel like you were kind of Now they ended up only scoring one run total in the in the whole game But he didn't seem super locked in and you know if you were The pirates or if you were the red socks even yeah, maybe you do say hey schemes We need you a little bit more but when you have a loaded roster of Great relief arms. I'd go to the pen couple of texts one here Guys on the morning show Roman Anthony said he'd hit 30 homers when they were down there Yeah, I think I think a brave way to promise that as well. I think that's that's 60 homeruns right there texture says I think I doubted him a little bit when he said it He says now after watching the WBC. I don't doubt him. You think 30s in the cards or you think we're talking more like But before we were wondering if anybody on the team was gonna go 20 what are we talking mid 20s? I think it's in the cards. I think I guess I think shy. I heard say this morning He is total went from like 18 to like 24 and a half now. I think he's even much a huge joke I think he's even money to hit 25. Yeah, but I do you think that people overreacting to him and his performance at the world baseball classic or just
See, I would just guess it's him proving he's healthy. You're like always healthy now. He obviously has power Yeah, but if the original home run total was like 18 and a half I mean just because he's healthy right now doesn't mean that he will be in the regular season so I don't feel like they they they went with the lower number last year in 71 games he hit eight homeers So even if he is healthy as an ox and you project it forward. It's not yeah high teens. Yeah, yeah, so But I think maybe it's just like is it watching them playing or is it because He has success here and this is the way it works. I guess with gambling maybe the over bets just started getting flooded No, like oh crap. We need to low. We need to raise that number up a little bit. Maybe That's a big jump for all basically all that's happened is He's been good in spring training. Yeah, that's kind of what this is. I don't want to bet against him But I would take the under on 30 if you want to talk me into 25 I mean that that feels like a more realistic number. Yeah, uh six one seven seven seven nine seven ninety three seven this text as well
Hey guys, you're still doing this rock and roll bracket. It's not a rock and roll bracket. How dare you? So Jones and keep 1990. So I really see Heavy metal new metal grunge alternative pop-punk butt rock rock bands bracket. It's actually quite specific Well, yeah, and it's March madness. It's only the 16th So of course, we're still doing well, that's what I was gonna say. Yeah, it's two weeks. We're doing it all March It's March madness. It's a really weird text the vote will close On March 31 so you get your winner then guys. It's not a rock and roll station. This is the same texture We what it's a sports station well for now this changes everything and Roman Anthony has done nothing at all He hasn't won anything so shove it Jones. He hasn't won anything. Oh, I mean, he's about to maybe win the World Baseball Classic He did not win anything last year. That's true. In fact, he talked about not playing in the postseason a year ago This is with Ortiz and a rod and Jeter after the game last night This is Roman Anthony on what the World Baseball Classic experience has meant to him and it's it's a way to replicate Some of those big games that he missed out on last October. Yeah, I mean you can't beat this environment this early in the year and and
Going back to Houston and even Arizona just just being out there and being around this atmosphere and these guys and all these fans it you know I haven't been in the postseason unfortunately like you like you mentioned. I missed it and So for me getting this experience is huge and and for me, you know, I love going out and competing I love the moment So missing the postseason last year it killed me But just to be here and and to turn the page and be healthy and and get the opportunity to represent this country It's everything for me. Okay, so that's Roman Anthony He's enjoying the experience and while it should make him better I was skeptical of that before getting to this tournament, but it should make him better like he hasn't won anything like Okay, he's 21 years old and he was you know He played a half a season It was still third in the rookie of the year. Yep, and it is already I think unanimously their best player or they're at least their best position player Who wants to get a crochet that's fine, but like they're best every day player On a team that a lot of us think he's gonna make the playoffs Yeah, okay, he hasn't really had a lot of opportunity to win a whole lot of things I mean, if that's the thing like How many of the guys on the DR of one anything like I mean Machado and Soto
No, what do we talk about anything like the division? Yeah, I don't I I guess I don't know the series he helped them make the playoffs last year I know he wasn't there in the postseason, but he helped make the playoffs Machado and Soto haven't won anything Soto did Soto definitely were the nationals to Machado not get one machado. He didn't get Orioles to the podgers I thought Machado cameo Did he not spend time with the Dodgers? I thought maybe he won something. I don't think Machado did Guerrero got there didn't win. Correct Soto. Soto did anyway. Yeah, Billy just said Machado struck out in 18 Okay, so is that what it was uh Yeah, yeah against the Red Sox true. Okay. Yeah, right so But either way like Bobby wits awesome. He hasn't won anything Aaron. I heard courtesy. This is morning Aaron judge is awesome He hasn't won anything although he really thinks it up in these big games my god Skins hasn't won anything, but then do this game that we do all the time in other sports crochet You know when we're talking like expansion drafts in like the NFL right and we have we'd all have Drake man Like really really high whether he's in your number one overall pick or not. He'd be really high He hasn't won a Super Bowl yet, but you're also like projecting forward basketball
Do the same thing like where would you take Tayden and Brown compared to all these other guys in baseball If you're talking if you're doing these rules, you're like you have this player for their rest of their career Roman hit these is on the super short list. Yeah him and come an arrow probably I mean I are right at the top of the list. They're right coming arrows now 22 He was 21 last year and you guys like wait and Henderson are young enough where you might take them over That's fine, but You guys 21 years old like yeah, I don't know. I didn't expect them to win by 21 I don't know about you if he gets to be 28 and he hasn't won yet. Maybe that's a discussion 21 I cut him a little slack for not winning but baseball is also weird baseball you get At least should get penalized less than like basketball or being a quarterback. I would agree with that. Yep, right like Mike trout Now, I mean you could argue Aaron judges like a laughing joke for how he hasn't won no judge no judge is a fair discussion Yes, Mick David and hockey and I know you just said like football Meaning a quarterback and hoops is different, but like Mick David and judge those to me are fair discussions. He's 21 years old And he might win the world baseball classic Now look that's a thing or not. That's not that's not a world series. I get that, but like what's he won? Maybe that it's literally a world series though
Yeah, this is true. Yeah, well, you could argue that majorly baseball world series is really just it's a world one game Not really a series US versus Toronto. Yeah, the judge said it's a better crowd than any of the world series World series games. Oh, oh boy. Those are those are look how yanky fans Although I swear I was watching some of the early rounds and not USA, but some of the other games There's like 10 people in the crowd. Did you see some of those games? Yeah, it'd be like I don't know what the magic was Catchy has a big baseball following. I don't think about it. Yeah. Yeah, that's what I was saying. Yeah, I mean even last night Was was it actually a great crowd or was it just all Dominican fans? I feel like it was just the Dominican fans took over which makes it great Don't get me wrong, but I feel like that's most of what it was six one seven seven seven nine seven ninety three seven a couple of red socks updates Keith do with them what you will Marcelo Meyer scratched yesterday He is going to be out today although the games rained out today, right? No game Out either way, but he wasn't going to be in today's lineup chorus said to expect him tomorrow. I know, but really so that's I'm not expecting it I mean, I'll I'll believe it when I see it
I guess what I'm saying you rule them out for two days, but you know he's going to play on Tuesday Let's see. It's just way too concerned like I was missed a ton of time. Who'd he's had every injury every season There's always something with him. I feel like on the field. He has already proven he can play anywhere defensively That's not an issue at the plate. There was good and bad at the major league level last year I don't know how much more he can accomplish at the plate in the minor league Level so he needs to figure it out at the major league level But the number one concern with him is the injuries If he's he can't play in games now he's getting scratched even if it's for a day or two like it's already begun And then now you what get into the season and then you start to rely on him And then it just feels like he's going to be one of these guys that's hurt all the time I mean, I don't know how else you can look at it because every year he's been in the organization. He has been hurt Yeah, why is this you're going to be any different? I just I don't think he's had a great camp And I want him on the team and and Keith the best friend of the show like we enjoyed talking to him last year and what's So we're rooting for him. Oh easy guy to root for any doesn't have a ton of skill
But the camp started with the manager dumping on him Not guaranteeing him a spot on the roster and now he's hurt and and you know maybe it's just a minor thing And he'll be back out there later on this week and we'll stand down on it But I would say it has not been a great camp for him Meanwhile, Sunny Gray also your number two starter, which I want to have an issue with but I think core is just splitting up the lefties crochet and Suarez So you have Sunny Gray sandwich in the middle. I think but he's going to start game two in Cincinnati probably that probably just though He can go lefty righty lefty righty and then whatever you do with fifth is you can go there Suarez is another guy though that just based on track record. He's going to miss a few starts this year. That's definitely true. So Yeah, no, I don't know. I don't have a huge problem with that Plus I mean the last time Sunny Gray was in the American league he was pretty damn good So like there's a chance that he could he could have another really good season and be worthy of a number two starter 617779793 seven will get to your feedback on the red socks and the world baseball classic You want to talk Roman Anthony you can we'll get to you coming up Plus we'll update you on the Celtics Jason Tatum seems to be rounding into form
Plus I think you can kiss the one seed goodbye in the east we'll get to all of that next
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