Alex Rodriguez, In Luka We Trust And Who's Back Of The Week

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On today's Pardon My Take, we have Alex Rodriguez, A-Rod11. We have A-Rod in studio.
First time we've had someone in studio in a really long time. Awesome conversation with him.
We also announce new episodes of The Corp are coming out on Tuesday and Thursday. seven different interviews this season.

So three on Tuesday, four on Thursday, get ready for that. We have NBA playoffs going crazy.
We have who's back of the week. Billy's list, a pack show for everyone.
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Today is Monday, August 24th, and we are officially a Luka Doncic Stan podcast. Hell yeah.
He's so fun to watch. So fun fun to watch it's a pretty good day to be a

bitch-ass white boy like yeah you and i are definitely card carrying members oh yeah bitch ass white boy crew 43 17 and 13 his second he's half of the times that luca don't just has played in the playoffs he's averaged a triple he's had a triple double and he hit the game-winning shot and all on basically one ankle

and all without Kristaps Porzingis

and he electr the game-winning shot and all on basically one ankle and all without Kristaps Porzingis and he electrified everyone and guess what he's 21 years old I remember when I was 21 years old I was beer bonging whiskey yeah like a fucking idiot and like jumping through tables and playing beer pong and being like oh my god I had the greatest comeback ever I hit three cups when there was one left on my side. Luka Doncic is averaging a triple-double in the playoffs at 21.
Yeah, when I was 21, if I could just not get lost on my way to work, that was a big accomplishment. Luka's murking people.
Big, big week for people playing on one foot. Our own Jake Marsh with a big victory as well.
That's a key to victory in a real athletic competition is having one sprained ankle. I also, Luka is awesome.
I didn't think, I mean, he could single-handedly beat the Clippers now, especially we're going to talk about playoff PP in a second. But he has like electric, he is the story of the weekend.
The Mavs like go as Luka goes. And just I'm just gonna say it to the Hawks uh who traded him on draft night to the Kings that took Marvin Bagley bad drafts happen don't worry about it they do you miss on a generational superstar that is going to be incredible in the NBA for like the next 20 years, shit happens, man.

Right.

He was playing overseas in weird leagues that are like the big 12.

He was playing in the best league in Europe, and he was dominating there.

So who would have known?

It is like the Texas Tech.

You thought he was like a system player.

Who would have known?

He was just as likely to be the next Darko as he was going to be the first Luka.

But yeah, he's fucking awesome.

And again, that Clippers perimeter defense sucks shit. And the Hawks could have had him.
They suck ass. And so could have the Kings.
Yeah. And the Suns.
It's one of those things where whenever Luka does something good, you can tell just by looking on Twitter, not because people are talking about Luka, but you see Marvin Bagley starts to train. Yep.
And that's a big story. Yeah, it happens.
It sucks. The one, if we're going to nitpick Luka, I have a nitpick for you.
Yeah. His Twitter handle, it's Luka7Donchich.
It always looks like it's a local TV channel when I see it. It looks like Eyewitness News.
Eyewitness News. What? Luka7Donchich is what his Twitter handle is.
Just because of the seven. Yeah, Luka7Donchich.
Seven on your side. He's actually, Melo's going to lose the stay Mello with the seven in it.
Although he's double zero now, so he already has lost it. Have people compared him to the other famous Luka? Is he now the most famous Luka of all time? Luka Magnata you're referring to? So Luka, don't kill any cats.
Luka's out here murdering cats. Yeah, right.
He is. But like in the cool way to put it, like if you're a fly-ass white boy.
So playoff P. Playoff PP.
Holy shit. That guy stinks.
I don't understand how you can be like considered – I don't think anyone calls him a superstar. There was a time when he took the Pacers to the Eastern Conference Final.
But one of the – you would say the playoff p is at the top of the list for second bananas and then the playoffs come around and it's like dude have you played basketball before and uh i don't know i mean kawaii poor kawaii because he's like i you know this was going to be the two of us and you just fucking suck he finished third in mvp voting last year yeah that So he is there. I mean, Lou Williams was awesome, but man, playoff PP.
And I know that it's also, we've talked about this before, but big game James, James Shield. Like when you get a nickname like that, Charles Barkley had a great line.
He's like, no one calls me championship Chuck. He's like, that's what it's like calling him, calling him playoff P.
Did he give himself that nickname? I don't know. How sweet would that have been, though? Knowing Playoff P, yes.
On the back of his jersey, he should have had Playoff P as his statement. People don't forget the time that you got teabagged by your dog and posted on Instagram.
That's true. Those nuts were just sitting there.
Huge-ass nuts. The nuts were straddling his elbow.
Every time I see him, I'm like, sucks in the playoffs, likes to have his dog's balls rest on his arm. It's also a tough look when you're catching direct shots from Seth Curry, the lesser of the Currys, who just drills a shot and calls him a bitch-ass right to his face.
There's also a weird thing, dynamic, that is not talked about, that he plays for Doc Rivers. I'm pretty sure Playoff P was dating Doc Rivers' daughter and then cheated on her with a stripper.
Got a stripper pregnant. That's got to be awkward in the huddle.
That's got to be like... They're professional about it and they pretend like, hey, this didn't happen, but when Playoff P shows up and he really sucks, Doc has to be looking at him being like, you motherfucker.
I actually think... Doc Rivers probably thinks he dodged a bullet that his daughter didn't get pregnant from Playoff P.
It. Well, the other thing that's...
It's Playoff P, not Playoff Sperm.

Interesting with that is that Seth Curry is now married to Doc Rivers' daughter.

So there's an element of, I feel like, where Doc Rivers, like, he can't say it,

but, like, when Seth Curry's letting it up, he's kind of like,

Yeah.

Hell yeah.

You know what?

That's my boy.

He's Playoff S-I-M-P.

Okay.

That's my nickname for him.

But he...

Wait, he's not a simp.

He's a simp.

No, he cheated on a... He cheated on a girl with a stripper.
He got a stripper pregnant. Yeah,.
But he's not a simp. He's a simp.
No, he cheated on a girl with a stripper.

I think if Seth Curry is able to roast you with any sort of conviction,

you are a simp.

Yeah, but he's still a Curry.

He also said, now to be fair, after the game, George cleared some things up.

He said, to be honest, in hindsight, if I shoot the ball better,

this series will be a lot different.

Yes.

He also didn't name himself Playoff B. Yeah, I know he did.
He's lame like that. Yes, of course he did.
That's exactly who he is. Paul George on guarding Donovan Mitchell.
Y'all ain't met Playoff P yet, huh? It's a fun guy to watch. It's an out-of-body person.
I mean, it really goes back to just don't trust a guy with two first names because that's, I mean, Playoff P, Paul George, just pathetic. And you're ruining it.
You know you know what though here's the nice spin zone is that if Luca somehow goes on a run here and gets like the Western Conference final that would be awesome because watching him play basketball is so much fun and I think we said this on Friday but you know he's good when the announcers start talking about how his hips and his last step and that euro step that he does it's just it's unguardable yeah the step back he gets so much clearance away from he's what six seven yes and he's he's like a magic johnson almost like he does have that type of vision like he can play any one of four positions at all times he's a problem and i i can't believe he's this young yeah like 21 he plays like he's an experienced dude like 26 27 go ahead you're 21 he's a month younger than me. Yeah, and look at you.
Yeah, 21. He plays like he's an experienced dude, like 26, 27.
Go ahead, you're 21, Billy.

He's a month younger than me.

Yeah, and look at you.

I wish we had Luca

on this podcast

instead of you.

I also feel like 21...

Straight up.

I'm not...

Is that mean to say?

Straight up.

I wish Luca was our intern,

not you.

Would help with our

European listeners.

It would help with everything.

Money, everything.

I think my English

might be a little better. I don't know.
I don't know. You struggle sometimes.
What do you think you do better than Luka Doncic? I think I was thinking my naturalized English might be better. But like what if you could pick one thing that you're like I could beat him in.
You think it's overhead curls? I don't know about that. I didn't grow up with football.

I bet you.

He grew up with handball, which is a harder sport to play.

Yeah, but he didn't grow up with an American football.

Yeah, but he's such a beast, I think, that he could beat you in that.

I think he's 6'7", 260 pounds.

He could probably throw over 50 yards.

Call of Duty?

I don't know if he plays Call of Duty.

Yeah, so you got him on that.

We got to get you one-on-one versus Luka in Call of Duty.

Battle of the 21-year-old interns. All right, so the other games we had, the Blazers.
Hiccup. They had a hiccup game.
Blazers in five, officially done. Blazers in six now.
Okay. We had the Mellow versus LeBron for a minute there, which was awesome.
Throwback. They were going one-on-one against each other.
And then Anthony Davis remembered that he's the best player on the court, and he should just dominate all the time. The Blazers are a fun team, and I'm not going to regret rooting for them, and I'm going to continue to root for them against the Lakers, and I'll continue to tell myself that they have a chance at winning.
They don't have a chance at winning, but they're a fun team. Well, yeah, they've always been fun.
I was always just against the Blazers derangement syndrome being like anyone who realistically said they could beat the Lakers. Well, Charles Barkley said that.
Yeah. But again, I don't know if Charles Barkley actually minted or not.
I think he's just rooting for fun. That's the kind of guy Charles is.
Charles also, I think he mortal locked or whatever it may be, guaranteed. Oh, wow.
The Raptors put up 150 on the nets. The Pacers on Saturday.
He guaranteed that. That didn't work out.
The Heat are looking good. The Bucs are looking good.
I got a take about Giannis that I'm squatting on, but he's got to go to the finals this year. That's all I'm going to say.
Because when he dunks on the Magic up 20 and pounds his chest, and I'm cool with sportsmanship shouldn't exist in pro sports. But if he gets stopped in the Eastern Conference Final again, like, you can't do that where you just, in the first round, you're a beast, and then in the second and third round, you get shut down.
Yeah, he's going to. So he's got to do that.
I'm just putting that on my watch. Right.
My watch list. Like, he is a great, if you're looking to buy stock in a does this person have a clutch gene argument, Giannis would be at the top of my list right now.
So I think you obviously have to have some success if you're a superstar like that. It's like Lamar Jackson.
You see a narrative emerging around him as he loses in the playoffs. This is the fun part about sports.
It is the best part. So if Giannis, excuse me, Gannis? Gannis.-Ganas.
Ganas. It's a G, not a Y.
If G-Ganas, if he is not able to get to the finals, then yeah, he's going to have that narrative round. I'm just ready for it.
We're going to do some cross-sport shit, too. We're going to be like, is he the Dan Marino of the NBA? Just be ready, Giannis.
I'm not trying to put pressure on you because I know you put pressure on yourself and you're a fantastic player and a lot of fun to watch but just be ready because i'm watching and if you get stopped in the eastern conference final i'm gonna remember dunking on the magic up 20 and like and pounding your chest and being like i'm the man against a hapless magic team i also think that giannis is at a little bit of a disadvantage from not growing up with the american media because he right now he reads all the stuff that people say about him. He knows what the emerging narrative is.
And he's like borderline getting into fights in a lot of these games because I think he's out to prove that he's got a chip on his shoulder. I think you might see a Draymond Green type situation later on in these playoffs where he might actually get into a fight in a big game.
Then he'll have to miss the next game, and it would impact his team. And then now we've got hothead Giannis emerging as a narrative, and then in two years he's going to go play for the Lakers.
Yeah, probably. Speaking of Lakers, going back to them, pre-Who's Back of the Week is J.R.
Smith looking high all the time. I just fucking love his face.
I love

his face. Whenever he makes a mistake,

I think he fouled Gary Trent

Jr., just a stupid foul

shooting a three, and then they zoomed in on

his face, and he looked like he

was from outer space. He was awesome.

What do you mean like he's starting to look high?

No, no. He hasn't been

playing, though. He just

signed and all that stuff, so he's back.

We're getting him in prime

time looking at his face being like, holy shit. He's not high right now as far as I know, but damn, does he look high.
I need to get one of these fun behind-the-scenes stories. We've had CJ McCollum had $6,000 worth of wine that was broken in and removed.
LeBron reads just the first page of every book. LeBron reading the first page of a book.
Which I'm actually not going to hate on that. Jimmy Butler selling $20 Starbucks cups.
I think, well, I'd love to read an oral history five years from now of how the weed delivery services worked in the bubble, how they were able to get marijuana distributed. If there was one guy, every team gets one person that's allowed to come there that has like a grow up in their hotel room yes because you know that there's there's some dro being cooked up down orlando uh i want to go back real quick to lebron reading the first page of the book because that went viral uh i think it went viral late thursday but over the weekend as well that is the most relatable that lebron has ever been because anyone who uh is not a real book guy but an aspiring book guy, which I put myself in that camp where I probably about a dozen times a year, I'm like, man, I should read more.
My brain feels better when I read more. I understand where LeBron's coming from, where you see – first of all, you judge every book by its cover.
Whoever said don't judge a book by its cover is a fucking moron. See a book, a cool cover buy the book read a few pages never read it again that's the recipe so lebron i'm gonna give people are giving you shit for that i think that's the most relatable he has ever been in his entire life that's why you got to be reading kindles like kawaii leonard because nobody can tell what page you're right you know what lebron should do he should just like put post-it notes on random pages in his book so it looks like he's been leafing through him he did do he after that went viral on thursday and friday on saturday i think there was a picture of uh bookmark halfway through the book okay there you go he just slid in there it was actually just bought you know how they used to do that they'd slide the bookmark in the middle of the book yep we went to barnes and noble that's what it was but just dog ear some of the cases.
Fuck that, LeBron. Just bend a few of them over.

He's read The Godfather,

The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

What else has he read recently?

I don't know, but I just...

One of the screenshots was from The Hunger Games.

Perfect.

Don't listen to haters, LeBron.

You are relatable when you just read

the first pages of books.

Because that's...

Listen, 90% of reading the book

is just doing it in public and letting people know that you're reading the book whether you read it or not doesn't really matter you open the book you bought the book that's the hard part yeah the coolest thing is like if you ride the subway and you just have a book open in front of you yeah you just know that everyone's looking at you and they're like this dude is smart this dude has his acting your book's upside down but you don't know that at the time um hank your celtics have uh have ended the Sixers season, ended Brett Brown's probably career as a coach for the Sixers, ended maybe this era. I'd say that Celtics killed the process.
The process is done. It's over.
The process is, yeah, it's a tough way to go out. I don't know what they do, but it's so funny how it always works out.
I think you got to trade for Markel Fultz. Well, the crazy thing is the process like people say, like the process failed, but like the process was working.
No, it worked. You got the picks.
You just have to hit the picks still. And then they got rid of the guy who set up the process and the moves they've made the last two years have just been absolutely terrible.
Yeah, it's like if somebody designs a kick-ass spreadsheet or database for your company and then you fire that guy after you've already got like the work you put in now you don't have anybody to maintain it behind the scenes right and you've just got like a series of monkeys at typewriters trying to figure it out it doesn't work the same and you also drafted uh two great players that could not be worse for each other in joel and bead and ben simmons so i think that's where they have to do the the and and they didn't draft Jason Tatum when they cut over and they didn't draft Jason but the like sports radio call in like you need to trade one of the two and just build around the other I think is actually now true like someone in Philly has been saying has been calling Angelo and Philly has been calling in for last three years screaming about this Angelo and Philly is correct. I do not think that you can win with both those guys.
You got to try to figure it out. Maybe trade Ben Simmons to the Bulls for Zach Levine and the number four pick.
There you go. I would definitely.
Who says no? I would keep Embiid, but that's just for the argument of like everybody in the NBA is going small these days. Build around a big man.
Yeah. Zigg while everybody else zags.
I would. I don't know know i'd probably keep ben simmons just hope eventually he can shoot a three um but yeah that's a fun fun thing for the sixers to have to figure out i just it sucks like sixers fans like uh our good friend roan he's a diehard sixers fan and he's just sat like i i was like so what do you think he's just like i don't know man like it's just everything sucks yeah it's just the the air of the Sixers were that team there's nothing worse than having that team that that feels like they're climbing the mountain and feels like they're setting something up for like a solid three to five year championship window and then wake up one day and be like wait maybe that's real.
Well, I think the process got a little bit ahead of itself

when they thought that they were a little closer than they were,

so they started bringing in like rent-a-players,

being like, this is the missing piece.

And also Tobias Harris.

There were some other things.

They gave like $200 million to Horford and Tobias Harris.

Yeah, those are solid contracts.

Solid contracts.

But like sometimes it's dangerous to think that you're closer than you are.

Al Horford is such a great example of like when a guy is,

I don't even know how old Al Horford is.

is Those are solid contracts. Solid contracts.
But sometimes it's dangerous to think that you're closer than you are. Al Horford is such a great example of when a guy is – I don't even know how old Al Horford is.
He's probably like 33, 34. When he opts out, you've got to know something's up.
He opted out of that contract with the Celtics where he was guaranteed a lot of money, and you're like, uh-oh, someone's going to give him too much money, and it's going to be very stupid. Because a guy like that should not be opting out ever.
I do like being reminded on a yearly basis that Al Horford can still jump occasionally. Yeah.
Like when he has the Al Horford game in the playoffs. Yeah.
Not the same guy anymore. So and then the Rockets Thunder series has been great as well.
I mean, it's been great basketball. Great basketball.
Great series. The Nets.
Sorry for your Nets, Hank. That was a pretty quick and easy sweep there are terrible terrible offensively awful team i put way too much money on them on friday and i was just watching just screaming at the tv the entire time yeah they have a bunch of guys that are trying to prove that they're supposed to be there next year yeah the rent so yeah keep your eye on them next year yeah they got some good guys i back.
You know what I saw on Friday? I saw a lot of heart.

So maybe that's a team that might be on the up and up next year

once they get maybe one or two impact players.

I was thinking about, I think it was because we live in New York City

and we see the Yes Network commercials,

but I saw a commercial when DeAndre Jordan was in it.

Was DeAndre Jordan hurt or anything?

I think he just said,

there's no chance I'm going to get my ass kicked in the bubble.

He opted out of the bubble. Shout out him.
That's a smart move. Not for me.
Yeah. KD and Kyrie are not coming.
I'm out. I mean, think about the upside for him.
Best case scenario, they win one playoff series. Yes.
Best case scenario. Alright, so playoff hockey.
Hockey Hanks watching the Bruins right now. The Stars and Avs started.
That's going to be an awesome series. Anything else? Oh, Mike Milbury got booted out of the bubble.
Yeah, saying that it was nice to not have women around to be a distraction. That's hockey tough.
You don't hear any NBA announcers saying that. Was that Hot Mike or was it like a Tom Brenneman or he just said that? No, he just said it.
No, he just said it. It was just pure take, just no very take.
He might not have been in the bubble. He might have been in Stanford.
I think he was in the studio when he said it. No, he was because he took that picture of the Space Needle.
Oh, yeah, the Space Needle. He called it the Space Needle, whatever the hell it is.
Yeah, that's true. So his explanation was that there are no women in the bubble, so it's not like the guys can't be distracted.
Right. We're trying to get – Guys can be dudes.
Yeah, can't get that punani. Right.
So we got the announcers stepping in front of each – I bet you Tom Brenneman was like, oh, nice. Everyone's going to talk about Mike Milber.
This is going to take the distraction off. It just didn't happen.
Everyone's like, oh, Mike Milber. Because Mike Milber is one of those guys where I don't think anyone really likes him, so – Maybe Tom was talking about the NHL bubble when he was trying to figure out what the capital of North America was.
Right. He was like, no chicks.
Yeah. It must be.
Heaven on earth. Goal.
Oh, you got another goal. Hockey Hank.
One thing I've noticed is this overhead camera angle in hockey, you never score a goal live when that's on. It's like when they do that in the final four they when they do the overhead showing the court and it's the worst it makes you want to throw up yeah there's never been a goal scored with that overhead angle um all right let's get to who's back of the week then we have uh a rod on the show before we get to who's back of the week who's back of the week is sponsored by our friends at butcher box we love butcher box so so much ButcherBox is the best when it comes to meat.
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New Batman trailer came out. Wait, Christopher Nolan? Not Christopher Nolan.
Robert Pattinson. Speaking of Twilight.
The dude from The Office that ruined The Office? No. No, he's in Twilight.
Robert in California. He was one of the heartthrobs from Twilight.
No, but who's making it? Christopher Nolan? I just want more Christopher Nolan. I don't think he is because I know that he's only.
I'm pretty sure. It's definitely not.
But those are the best. Christopher Nolan should just make Batmans every year and the world would be a better place.
Is the Joker in this one? Matt Reeves is the guy directing it. Hmm.
The Riddler. The Riddler's in it.
The Riddler. Okay.
Remember Jim Carrey as the Riddler? Yeah. He was awesome.
Everyone was freaking out about it, though. I kind of have Batman fatigue.
I feel like it's a little too soon. It's been a long time.
But I don't know. It's one of those things where they make great movies.
The Christopher Nolan ones were so good, and then they're just going to do a less good. I mean, they did the Ben Affleck was Batman two years ago.
That's true. But we forgot about that one.
Did that movie come out? Batman vs. Superman and Justice League.
Yeah. The trailer for this one looks pretty good, though.
Like, I'm pumped to see it. I watched it.
I was like, it's okay. And then everyone was like, universally, like, this looks so, so, so, so, so good.
So we'll see. Batman's back.
Just do old ideas again. Robert Pattinson, didn't he...
Was he a vampire in Twilight uh-huh slash werewolf I think vampire were

fucking double that'd be sick if they made defense if they made this Batman like a vampire bat that would be very cool yeah or if they made this bat giving everyone coronavirus that would be cool too if they threw that in there Batman's that it for who's back yep yes okay

you're such a fucker. My who's back.
Every time you have multiple ones, and then the time you have one, you always are like. Well, I usually preface it by saying I have a few.
Yeah. But we're done with this one.
You just had the one. Who's back? Not whom's back.
Hank is right. Who is back? Hank is 100% right.
Okay. I have two.
Is that okay? Yeah. My whom's back of the week.
First is North Korea. North Korea's back, baby.
Because Kim Jong-un is in a coma, allegedly. There's like some spy from South Korea that said that according to his analysis, Kim Jong-un is in a coma.
Just like Batman. We've seen this before.
Yeah. He comes back.
We know how this ends. Kim Jong-un comes back from the dead so often.
He's like Betty White or Harrison Ford or who else dies a lot? Almost dies. Marlon's man.
Yes. Leroy.
Many times. He just keeps coming back.
So I'll believe it when I see it. But apparently he has a little sister who's like 33 years old.
Yes. Who's going to be taking over.
Now, I want to say there have been a lot of reports out there that just refer to her as Kim Jong-un's sister. She has a name.
She's a badass woman. Okay, are you afraid of her? Her name is Kim Yo-jong.
Okay. So she's going to be taking over.
Mike Milbury is shitting his pants. He thinks that North Korea is going in the crapper right now.
I support her as a strong woman, even though she's probably going to be a dictator. It's going to be bad.
But now we're in a pickle. She'll fire a tank at you if you don't already kiss her ass.
So we are on her side. I don't support North Korea.
I think. But yeah, I'm in a pickle mentally.
I'll have to think this one through. Harrison, what's his name? Not Harrison Ford.
Dennis Rodman needs to go overseas post-haste and try to figure this out. He's probably there.
Yeah. he's giving organs to him.
My other who's back of the week is Earl Thomas. Earl Thomas is back as a free agent.
Earl Thomas of the Cowboys rumors are specifically back because he got cut after getting into some fights with his teammates for the Ravens. And so I guess they were really pissed off at him because they're willing to pay like $10 million against the cap this year and $5 million.
There's a leadership committee. On the Ravens, yeah.
A leadership committee decided they didn't want him. Yeah, so he's gone.
He got the ax. I was asking Hank earlier if he thought that maybe, maybe this is a Belichick move.
Maybe Belichick picks him up. They lost Patrick Chung for the year.
They get Earl Thomas as like an impact veteran that everybody else has given up on. He also said that in his Instagram comment, he posted the video, he said, this has been one of my best camps ever.
And immediately I was like, oh damn, Earl Thomas, the Bears should get him because he said it. He's in the best shape of his life.
Yeah. That's all it took for me to be like, man, he's still got it.
Yeah. Just because he said it.
What do you think, Hank? Patriots? I don't feel it. Get him for cheap? I would love it to get him.
I think just don't feel like it's something that's going to happen. Remember that time after a game in Dallas when he went up to Jerry Jones? He was like, come get me? Come get me, yeah.
And then that's also where he banged his brother. It was in Texas somewhere, I think in Austin.
So yeah, maybe he'll be going home. Actually, that would be perfect if he went up to New England.
Tom Brady won, what, two Super Bowls after he kissed his son? Imagine the dynasty they'd go on if they got a safety that fucked his brother. Just something to think about, Hank.
I think it was just one. Just one? Okay, well, maybe you'll get two.
Out of that. Out of that, yeah.
Stepping up a little bit. All right, my who's back is Madden Coates.
Back on my bullshit. This is the week.
Get ready. My mentions are about to be lit.
Thursday. I heard.
I got word. Thursday's going to be the day.
I don't know what I'm going to do, but I'm worried. I'm going to send a lot of fake codes for sure.
You know what you got to do? Are you getting that lottery machine? Yeah. That's on the way from China.
So put some. No, it is.
It literally is.den codes on ping pong balls 1500 on it have like have you know one out of every five be an actual code yes oh that's good okay so we'll do and we'll do a stream or something we'll give away codes we'll probably give away some codes on friday's part of my take yeah just get ready don't ask for the code just wait i'll say the word and you'll get some codes we're gonna give up i'll give a bunch to all business pete he'll fucking give them away it's gonna be it's gonna be raining codes i love it everywhere um i just so i'm gonna get madden this year and i got you bro it's been a while i got you it's been a while since i played we played on that live stream yeah i hope that it's good i hope that i'm at my brain's able to make that honestly honestly i don't care if it's good or bad. Just bring back minigames.
I just care about the codes. Bring back the fucking training camp minigames.
I probably won't even play. Madden, to me, is just giving away codes.
That's Madden. You remember, though, when they used to have the running back drills, and then the tackling drills, and the pancake drills, and the passing through the fucking airborne ring drills? Yes.
Bring those back, please. Those were awesome.
Or don't. I don't care.
Just give me the codes. You just.
Yeah. That just likes the power.
No, I don't. I do not care about the game.
I just want to give way codes. I want to, you know, give to the people.
Billy. My Who's Back of the Week.
Billy, not a Chad. Wearing a backwards hat and a Budweiser tank top.
My Who's Back of the Week is cocaine. Whoa! Billy, go on.
Oscar De La Hoya is coming out of retirement. What's his name? Oscar De La Hoya.
Yep. And his friend Dana White was asked at a press conference about his thoughts on Oscar De La Hoya coming out of retirement and he said cocaine isn't cheap.
Yeah, makes sense. Dana White is a hell of a name, like a slang term for coke.
I'm going to start calling it that. You got any Dana White on you? Pierce and coke literally translates to.
So are you, you probably don't even remember Oscar De La Hoya. I think he fought Manny Pacquiao once.
Yeah, but you, like, he fought Floyd Mayweather in like 2006 or 7. He's got to be like, what, 52, 53? He was old then.
He was old then. Maybe this is just him saying, like, John Bones Jones, you need to come back too because cocaine isn't cheap.
They really need to just have a senior tour. Porn stars and boxers, they always age poorly.
That's it. If you're a porn star or boxer and you get past that like age of 40, it's tough to fake it.
I think they do have a senior tour for porn stars. You just age into the MILF category.
Right. But we need the full on more sensual loving and boxing.
Maybe it's bigger gloves. Maybe it's like pillow gloves.
Yeah. So no one's really getting killed out there.
I'll watch it, but I don't want anyone to. It's tough when someone boxes.
It's like Chuck Liddell. When he went back in there, as he was walking in, you're like, oh my God, he looks terrible.
And then he got the shit kicked out of him. It's a hard sell.
You almost feel guilty watching him at some point. Right.
This is like my grandfather just getting his ass kicked. Right.
Same with poor stars. You know what they should do? They should just allow old heavyweights to fight young lightweights.
That would be cool too. Conor McGregor would sign up immediately to fight a six-year-old.
Yes. That would actually be a lot of fun.
Just go out of weight class. All right.
Let's do our interview. Is that it, Billy? Yep.
Anything else? Jake, do you have a who's back? Oh, Jake does. The Yankees.
No, the Yankees were off this weekend. Onomatopoeia.
Mike Breen, a double bang today. I saw that.
By the way, we should at least everyone's going to be like, how could you not bring it up? Jose Abreu, what he did this weekend was insane. He hit six home runs against the Cubs and he hit four home runs and four straight at-bats, spanning two days.
That's crazy. You've got to feel like God when that happens.
Has Mike Breen ever done a double bang before? I think maybe when Steph against the Thunder four years ago. Remember they were down like 30, and he hit like a half-court regular season game? He either went crazy with a bang or did double bang.

I'll have to look again.

Yeah, you really got to pick your places

if you want to alter your catchphrase.

It has to be something very, very simple.

I would actually appreciate if you could do

maybe like an analytical breakdown of the bangs.

Like seconds, how loud, decibels.

I'll work on it.

It would be interesting to see it visualized.

It's like the verbal meme of the chick

that's getting railed on her back. And it's Mike Breen who says, oh, fuck, you're going to make me double bang.
Yeah, do that. But also the charts.
Yeah. Okay, you got it.
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Okay, here he is,lex rodriguez okay we now welcome on uh recurring guest my boss uh in preparation for the corp season three which drops on tuesday and thursday this week uh it is alex rodriguez one one a rod actually probably our first interview that we've had someone actually come in in a long time. So it's good to actually see a person in person.
It's great to be here. I love your show and I love to be in Barstool headquarters, man.
I think you're breaking in that couch right now. I don't think we've had a guest on that couch.
Actually, A-Rod, I'm going to tell you right now, for your safety, don't make any sudden movements because Billy broke that couch. so the last thing I want is for you to make a sudden movement, have it fall have your coffee fall on your lap

and then Billy's going to be like... Lawsuit city.
Yeah, right. So, A-Rod, before we do everything else, let's talk real quick about the Corp Season 3.
First question, how difficult is Dan to work with as a co-host? From 1 to 10 or 12. Yeah.
Very difficult. Season 3 presented some great opportunities and some challenges.
The biggest challenge was he came to our home in the Hamptons. Wasn't allowed inside.
No, never. That's for COVID.
The outdoor cat inside. No, no, no.
COVID, not COVID. We did not go inside.
No. We interviewed.
So we're going to release it Tuesday and Thursday. It's going to be the whole season.
We have. Should we just say the guests? We might as well.
Yeah, let it rip. Kevin Durant, who will be on PMT.
So that I at the end of the Kevin Durant interview, I was like, we got to do PMT. He's like, oh, I know because we've talked some shit.
And so that will be happening shortly. We have Jay Snowden, who is Penn National Gaming CEO.
Steve Madden, ever heard of him? If you've watched Wolf of Wall Street, you definitely have. Jimmy Fallon, Ice Cube, all of our friend Joe Buck, and then finally Jennifer Lopez.
So a star-studded corp season three. Did you think this was our best? Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, I think it's our best. And J-Lo, she smelled great.
How tough was she to book? She smelled so good. I feel like she'd be tough to nail that.
Well, we had Jeff Lee. We had Nick.
We had Ashley. We had our entire Corp office trying to wrangle down.
But it took us three seasons. Yes, it did.
So it took a while. She loved it.
Dan was so tough. Jennifer said, never again.
Yes. For that reason.
You guys got to get Jennifer on PMT. She's always welcome.
Would love to. Is she welcome? Yes.
Sure. Absolutely.
Yes. You know what? Jenny from the block? Let me check with Hank.
Hank, do you think we can make room for J-Lo? Yes. Hank says maybe.
So, yeah. We'll have our people reach out to your people.

So check it out Tuesday and Thursday.

It's all going to drop then.

You can binge listen to it.

So, A-Rod, it's actually perfect that you're here today because we're taping this on Tuesday.

And the Fernando Tatis stuff just happened where the baseball world, the unwritten rules of baseball, are like front and center on Twitter. Where do you land one on unwritten rules? Are you an unwritten rules guy? Not really.
Let me set it up, right? Because I think our listeners at home may have not watched the game. So Tatis hits a grand slam late in the game.
The count is 3-0. He swings, hits a grand slam, and the Texas Rangers and Woodward are basically saying, that's Bush.
He shouldn't swing 3-0. So, number one.
Up eight. Yeah, up eight.
Right. So, two things here to unpack.
Number one, you should never get upset at the player. It is the manager's responsibility to determine green light, light so dan if you're hitting and it and i'm in europe eight and i'm the manager i have to tell you green light or don't swing so that's the number one they're going at the wrong kid tatis did nothing wrong uh he is basically our lebron james in the making right uh following in the footsteps of Mike Trout.
He is colorful. He is fun.
He fucking dances merengue. He's a good-looking kid.
He's colorful. We need more tattoos.
Let's promote him in baseball. Let's just loosen up a little bit.
Let's have a little bit more fun. Right.
So in terms of unwritten rules, you're very clearly against this one, which I don't even think that this is an unwritten rule because it's like so nebulous it's like okay perfect storm of things you're down by eight three oh pitch etc etc there's a lot of factors that go into it yeah but what what about um like what are some unwritten rules that you do actually believe in well first of all i don't believe that if you're a pitcher throwing 98 miles an hour, you should throw someone's head to even some type of argument or something that you disagree with.

If you want to hit someone, you should hit them under the belt or at the ribs.

No higher than that.

Because you can end somebody's life.

That's the truth of it.

I think things like that.

If you're up nine, you shouldn't be stealing bases.

But guys, in basketball, if you're up 20, if you want to shoot a three go for it right without belichick belichick and brady if they're up 25 they'll go deep and they don't care you know what you don't do load the bases or get into a 3-0 count that's right like i've always it's you could say maybe it's uh not great sportsmanship but it's it's perfect it's not little league it's hardball It's hardball, not softball. There's no sportsmanship in professional sports.
I love Tatis. You guys got to watch him.
Tatis is a stud. What's the alternative? Like just strike out? Just go up there and strike out on purpose? Or not swing, I guess.
But like what the fuck? Yeah, swing less hard. Guess what? The more home runs he hits, the more money he's going to make.
Like this all, like you've got to go up there and try your best. And let me give you one twist.
If you're up eight and they don't score and Texas Rangers comes out and hits a grand slam, now he's a four-run lead. Right.
Now you have to burn up your bullpen. Look, I've been taught from Lupinella from day one, you play to the last out is collected and play hard.
Yeah. No prisoners.
And then his own manager is basically throwing him under the bus, saying, like, you shouldn't be doing something like this. I've heard from, like, a few people in baseball that are saying, like, yeah, you know what? You don't swing on this type of pitch.
Like, how would you handle that as a player if your manager didn't seem to have your back? Well, first of all, I'm not sure of the exact details, but if the manager didn't put on the take sign, then he's giving them free liberty to swing. So, again, a young kid, you have to be patient.
You're not going to be perfect. You know, people make mistakes, and I don't consider this one of them.
I do think that you have to coach, mentor, but let them fly. Let the eagle fly.
Yeah. I saw actually Eric Hos Eric Cosmer kind of talk to him after, like, hey, listen, this isn't what we do.
Because I think he was more, Eric Cosmer was talking to him about more like pimping the home run a little bit more. Because then guys can get thrown at.
But from a player's perspective, how often would you sit down one-on-one with the manager over the course of a season? Well, I sat down with managers all the time, and there's different conversations, right? The conversation when you're a first-year player or two-year, second-year player, that conversation is very much like you're talking to a professor or your teacher. When you're a veteran player and you've been in the league 15, 20 years, you're usually talking in collaboration, almost like he's your partner to help out the young players.
But Eric Hosmer could not be a better leader. He's a world champion.
He's a 305 guy from Miami. And he is the perfect guy to lead that young bunch.
But again, I think letting this young man fly and don't start putting guardrails on him, that's the worst thing we can do. What we need to do is promote him, tell his story.
And guys, put him on here. Put some merengue.
He'll get up and dance with boots. Check out his Instagram.
I'm so excited because we finally get a glimpse of what baseball could be, and I love it. Another unwritten rule question.
What about stepping on a pitcher's mound? Oh, Dallas Braden. What about if it's a certain podcaster that might work as a co-worker of ours and you encroach on his territory? First of all, I love Braden because he was a great competitor.
That's what you say when someone sucks. I like that.
No, no. Dallas Braden really tried hard.
He got the most out of his talent, Big Cat. He did.
Was he Randy Johnson? No. No.
Absolutely not. But he was a great competitor.
And look, in the heat of the moment, you do a lot of stupid shit. And that was probably pretty silly, but he was throwing a fucking no-hitter.
And I wanted to do everything in his mind. Wait, was that the – oh, that was a different game than the perfect game.
But yeah, yeah. He was dealing that day.
He was dealing that game. That was around the time he threw the perfect, right, the no-hitter.
And he was dealing. And we probably got one or two hits.
Right. So I actually wanted to – you know how Dennis Rodman used to do, like, provocative things? Yeah.
That was something provocative to get him riled up and get him out of his game. It didn't work.
He still shoved it up our butts. So do you uh let's put it to bed forever do you think you look back on that like yeah i probably shouldn't have done that i shouldn't have walked on his mount yeah i mean there's so many things uh dan that i would take back but at the end of the day the reason why you don't take them back is because they're learning lessons but that was just game and ship yeah i knew exactly what i was doing uh i thought it would work it didn't work because he kept pitching and it did work in that i i love dallas he's very very funny very very talented and he's also passionate so knowing knowing dallas how i know him like you can get a rise out of him and he will he will be passionate which is actually a great thing because you need more of that in sports absolutely but by the way you you should have the ability to express yourself that's how i wanted to express myself at the time um it was an unwritten rule but uh at the time i said fuck it i we want to win this game and if i can get this guy thinking about me and not the other eight hitters then that's a win i'll take that so speaking of dallas he did throw a no hitteritter.
It was a perfect game, but we say no-hitter.

So he had that one game where it was like he reached the pinnacle. Were you ever on a team that got no-hitter or had a perfect game thrown against you? I believe we got no-hit.
What does that feel like? Like, shit. Terrible.
Are you saying it? I got it. Dwight Gooden.
No-hitter, I believe, in 96 at the stadium. I'm going to look it up.
So when you're standing in the locker room or in the clubhouse, in the dugout, are you guys like, hey, anyone going to get a hit today? Do you feel the pressure? You feel like a little bitch. You feel like, especially after the game, you're depressed.
I wish I had more presidente then because that's what you feel like. What inning do you start noticing that? You start getting kind of a funny feeling around the fifth okay and do you say anything to the opposing pitcher because i know that you're not supposed to talk about it but you can be like hey you got a no hitter yeah i said this fucking guy has a no hitter are you fucking kidding me let's go yeah and you say it loud enough where only your teammates you can't do that today with no fans i mean they can hear you on the field i give you credit, though.
I'm looking at the box score right now. I think you walked twice.
I walked twice. So you only hope for two.
Dan, you're not going to believe this. The first at bat, and you can go back and watch it, which I'm sure you won't.
I hit a ball that I thought was a triple, and Bernie Williams went back and just made an unbelievable play. And I said, no big deal.
We're going to hit good and hard today. And sure enough, no hitter.
That's incredible. I love Doc.
Does it feel any worse getting no hit or having like one guy on your team? Maybe one guy went three for four with like two home runs or something like that, and everybody else got shut down. Does that feel any worse? No.
I mean, you want to be on the scoreboard. You want to get a hit personally, but you want at least somebody in your team to get a hit.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm watching it right now, so you – that's hilarious, though, that you thought, like, oh, this is going to be my day, and then everything goes against you. God, that would suck so bad.
And then the next day, after a no-hitter, what's the conversation in a clubhouse? Like, when you all show up day you're like hey like do you mention it or you're like hey let's just let's get out there and try to get a hit here this fucking happened in new york so the next day every paper no hit no hit no hit i would say carried him off here's the crazy thing i mean i grew up a huge Dwight Gooden, Daryl Strawberry, Keith Hernandez.

I grew up a Mets fan.

So the fact that Doc had been through so much, his father passed away that week.

So he throws a no-hitter.

He points up at the sky.

And honestly, it was just an awesome story.

So from that point of view, I was like, okay, if this is the condition of a no-hitter, I'll take it. Yes.
Speaking of those 86 Mets, another guy on that team, Lenny Dykstra. Love Lenny.
So Lenny, you're a fan? We're a big Lenny fan too. Love Nails.
Yeah, that's right. So I guess what he would do before each game, so it would make the baseball seem like a lot bigger to his naked eye, he would just stare at a ping pong ball in the locker room.
I like that. For about an hour and a half.
And he figured like, if I stare at this small white thing, then eventually when I get on the field, it's going to look like a beach ball or something like that. Did you have any tricks or any things that you did to get your eyes like locked in? Great question.
I feel like you must have talked to a maker, someone, to give you, prepare you. No, I just, I listened to a Lenny Dykstra podcast like yesterday.
And I was like, I bet A-Rod's got some stories. You know what I would do? I would get a broomstick and I would go to the parking lot of the hotel we were staying at and I would hit beans.
I would hit a hundred beans, like the little red beans. Yeah.
I would hit those. Dried beans or out of a can? Dry beans, dry.
They'll get sloppy. And with the broomstick, I would clip them, clip them and obviously you hear the clip and sometimes when i had a horseshit game i will go back to the hotel and i will tell my nephew who was at the time like 10 years old throw me some beans he goes what uncle alex i'm tired let's go bean time that's great i mean i don't think i could hit a bean no definitely not i'd go like 10 for 10 for 100 maybe and be like that would be it'd be so satisfying if you just like really made a solid connection with the beans and find like 30 feet.
First of all, who was your favorite player growing up? So I liked the Braves growing up. Oh, my God.
Because they were on TV all the time. So, well, Ryan Sandberg on the Cubs.
And then I would say like Chipper Jones, Mark Limke, Sid Bream, Greg Maddox. All those old Braves guys.
Griffey Jr. So your bat just came up.
You fucking rocked that ball. Yeah.
The fact that you didn't get a hit there. I thought it was a trip off the bat.
Yeah. It was an unbelievable catch.
Who was your favorite player? Griffey, Rhino. You know, I actually, the Mariners, your Mariners team.
A-Rod. A-Rod.
Yeah. Randy Johnson being, like, so tall.
Jay Buhner. Jay Buhner.
That was Norm Charlton. Yeah.
I mean, we play this game sometimes where it's just, like, sit around and name players from certain teams. And those mid-'90s Mariners teams are when you can just, like, have an hour-long conversation just naming guys from that team.
I like Terry Pendleton because he had a fat ass. He did, yeah.
Terry, yeah. Terry's good.
He was a chonk. You know what's crazy is we can talk about lineups from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and it's hard for us today to talk about a full lineup.
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So speaking of that, when you were changing the lineup, would you ever have a manager that changed you, threw you around day-to-day? Did that kind of screw with you? You know, in that era, we weren't doing that.

You'll hit second for a week, then you'll hit eighth,

or you'll hit seventh, or you'll hit sixth as a young player.

But once you get established, I remember that in 2009 I had surgery.

I came back to the Yankees first year with the new stadium,

and Girardi basically said,

Hey, big boy, I hope you're ready and healthy.

We're really struggling.

I came back. I hit my first pitch home run in Baltimore.
CeCe threw a complete game. And then we played like 750 baseball from that point and obviously won the World Series.
But the point of the story is he said, you're going to hit fourth every game. And every game that year and every postseason game, I hit fourth.
And that type of stability really helped me. And I think it's something that we need to get back to.
When they changed to the new Yankee Stadium, did you look at it and you're like, this is a joke? Like, I'm going to hit so many home runs? Yes. I mean, sometimes it'll be a pop fly.
You're like, wait, how did that go out? It was crazy. The old stadium had a better fan environment because it was like the old, you know.
Right, right. It had history.
Yeah, of course. This stadium, it was like we were moving into like the Peninsula Hotel, like something really, really fancy.
But it was just a joke to hit home runs. Right.
And I'm sure that it will eventually get to the place of the fan. You just have to build history.
Yeah. You know, like it takes time.
Yeah. So we got to address at least the elephant in the room uh what are our jobs going to be if you uh become the mets owner we have some ideas pft why don't you start i mean i don't want to ask for much i'm not here like looking for a handout all i want is to be the guy that drives the bullpen cart when the heaviest reliever goes into the game i just want to do that drive there, maybe put some spinners on the golf cart, maybe put a bitchin' stereo system in there, and definitely one of those shag carpeting steering wheel covers, and drive back to the bullpen.
That's all I want. You don't even have to pay that.
That's a great idea. That's free.
Bringing the golf cart back with some cool vibe, I think that's a good idea. Live out of the game.
He's in for that. I just want to be a clubhouse guy.
My job will be to just lean up against the batting cage with an oversized jacket on, Mets jacket on, maybe some seeds, and just shoot the shit. Will you be a dip guy? Yeah, dip.
I'll bust balls. I'll towel.
Go in the bathroom. I'll towel whip people if you want me to.
Just a guy that everyone's like, hey, he's just hanging out. That's a guy.
Yeah, he's just hanging out. The cat just wants to annoy your players.
Is that too much? No, I want to hang out. And then maybe sit on the bench.
And then every now and then, the manager can look at me and be like, what do you think we should do here? I'll be like, I don't know. We could do this.
We could do that. What do you think? I have a better question for you guys.
Yeah. If you guys were commissioner for one day, what are the two changes you would do to make it more fun and more young? Good question.
Six more DHs. Six more.
Okay. That's like Rob Manfred suggesting for everything.
He's like, slap another DH on it. That'll fix the problem.
I hate to say this because I do love the history of of the game and this would probably screw with it but i kind of like these seven inning games i like the double headers i like the seven inning games people have been liking them i i just there's something about it there's a little more urgency to it um i just if you could maybe compact the season a little bit because i always thought when baseball season starts in the first month is teams playing in front of like no one. And it's 45 degrees.
Like, what are we doing? Baseball is a summer sport. People are liking the seven inning games.
So maybe you just figure out a way to like, I understand if people don't want to get rid of 162. But maybe the solution is a couple seven inning doubleheaders.
How about shorter about shorter seasons? Yeah, so shorter in the calendar. I don't know if – 162, I feel like people don't want to give that up.
But expand the rosters a little and then throw in – maybe make it a month. Maybe like July is just doubleheader month.
Just bang out a bunch of games. That would be really nice.
So I always get really interested in baseball right at the start of the season, and then I lose track and I kind of forget about it for the next two and a half, three months until mid-July kicks in or after the All-Star break. So some way to condense those, maybe give a longer All-Star break because it's not even really a break, right? That's a good point.
That's something that the players complain about all the time is like, yeah, we get a weekend off, but that's not really enough time. How about making an All-Star like the whole week? week? Yeah.
And do a little bit of an international flair. And obviously you end on Sunday with the big game, but Homeland Derby and festivals and music and just make it host you guys to come at the all-star.
We have to make the players stars and make them interesting. That's why this Tatis story, to me, is fascinating.
Let's talk more about about tatis the fact that we're talking about baseball is a good thing because of this controversy that happened just you know last week well i think like 99 of people that are seeing this are like that was an awesome home run that's it's ridiculous to expect him not to swing on it so in a weird roundabout way uh like all the old baseball people talking about how this is not a part of the game is actually drawing more eyes to it. And people are like, yeah, I like this.
So it's probably going to be good over the long term. Also band shifts.
I love that. I hate shifts.
I was literally about to say that. Have it be like in other sports where it's like this player has to exist between this boundary.
And then that way it's more offense. You don't get all these ground outs that should be seeing.

I think the NBA came up with illegal

defense, man-to-man.

NBA playing a zone would suck.

They have it now, but yeah. They changed it.

But yes, for a while, and they

obviously changed the

defense where hand-checking and all

that stuff. So yeah, you have to

grow as a sport as evolution happens.

When it gets more physical, the NBA got

more physical. Defense kind of bogged everything down.

They freed up the

game similar to the shift where there's nothing worse than a guy hitting an absolute piss missile

single right to uh the third baseman who's now standing in between the second baseman and the

first base right or the second baseman playing right field so let's recap so here here the

commissioner you're deciding shorter game seven header month yeah and i'd also i i'd approve

I'm sorry. basement in the first base right or the second baseman playing right field so let's recap so here here the commissioner you're deciding shorter game seven header month yeah and i'd also i i'd approve a rod's bid to buy the mats yep that's the hardest thing i would do so double headers yep all right i like that and then shorter season uh eliminate the shifts both off your feet have to have at least one foot in the dirt so second baseman can be playing in right field field.
And then I would say more access. We want to see the batting cages every day.
We want to have it on their phone. And we want to see what Judge is doing at 430.
We don't have a vehicle right now to see Judge or Mike Trout. I want to see what Tatis looks like today in batting practice, but in the tunnel, so behind the scenes.
Yes. I like that.
I'd also mandate one nerd in the dugout at all times. I like that.
So, like, one of these Moneyball guys, he sits in the dugout, he has to wear a suit and a tie, a laptop, and he has to make at least one lineup change per game. I like that.
And then he has to deal with the guys around him face-to-face when he makes that lineup change. Just more confrontation in general.
I like it. Also allow fighting, like in hockey.
I like the suit in the corner. Put him in a cube in the corner with a computer.
Two computers. Yes.
Have you talked to Jeter at all since he got involved with the Marlins? He's been obviously criticized a bunch. Have you talked to him? What's your relationship with him? Relationship is fine.
We've talked, we've said hello a few times in passing, but I don't think he gets enough credit for for i think the stanton trade was a good trade for him because it relieved a lot of financial uh yankees picked that up and i think for derrick give him five years before passing judgment because he walked into a very difficult situation here's a five-time world champion hall of famer derrick jeter is going to be just fine. i would not bet against mr jeter yeah okay yeah um also coming out of miami i wanted to to bring this up the super bowl halftime show uh j-lo great job i don't know if you happen to see mike wilbon's tweet about it or no tell me you've had issues with mike after this no what are you saying all right so mike wilbon said, best halftime show ever, dot, dot, dot, by far, dot, dot, dot, and I'm a Prince fanatic, dot, dot, dot, but this is unequaled, Lordy, dot, dot, dot.
The Lordy. He's coming in on J-Lo.
Did the Lordy send up any red flags where you're like, hey, Mike, I appreciate you, but step off. Michael, let's set up a Zoom.
We're going to have to have a face-to-face. Yeah, yeah.
No, I love Mike. Mike's a friend, and I'm a big fan of his work.
But I think a lot of people were saying that the Super Bowl, she worked so hard. I mean, let me tell you behind the scenes now.
I mean, she was working, and Jeff and Nick, they can attest, sometimes 3, 4 o'clock in the morning for literally months and months and months. And then you do all of this, six months of work for six minutes.
She killed it. Yeah.
Yeah. It was an awesome, awesome.
Great halftime. Sure.
It was also like the last time that the world was normal. That's true.
Yeah. That's true.
I look back on that weekend and I'm like, man, you remember concerts? Yeah. That's wild.
That was kind of fun. You remember being allowed to hang out with your friends? Yeah, that was kind of fun.
So, A-Rod, we have the Corp coming out Tuesday, Thursday. We actually talked to J-Lo about the Super Bowl halftime and everything that went into that.
Are you – you obviously are a big Dolphins fan. Are you buying in on Tua? Are we in on Tua? I don't know enough about football, but here's what I'm buying.

I cannot wait to see Tom Brady in Tampa.

That's going to be very interesting. And Gronk, who did season two at the Corp, who we love around here at Barstool, is interesting.

It looked like he's doing a lot of good recruiting.

How old were you when you retired?

40?

Yeah.

So are you just watching Tom Brady and being like, what hell going on 41 yeah i am he's amazing could you know did you notice like the even the back half of your 30s like a difference in the preparation the recovery all that stuff was it year was it that noticeable that it was year to year yeah i mean in your 20s you can do whatever the hell you want i mean nothing hurts you just get up and you just go out and hit home runs in your 30s you start having to really really work at it what helped me was is i had really really good work ethic in my 20s and i think that's a big key because there's a residual in your 30s okay and anyone who plays into their 40s usually is a good worker, right?

A good worker.

You got to take care of your body.

And nobody's more meticulous than Tom Brady.

I'll tell you a story.

When about eight, nine years ago, I was playing golf with Tom Brady in Miami.

And I asked him, how long do you want to play?

And I thought his answer would be like 35.

I mean, NFL guys are getting crushed.

He said, I want to play until I'm 45 or 50.

And I just kind of laughed and he shot another birdie or something.

and sure enough I mean he wants to play

another

Thank you. NFL guys are getting crushed.
He said, I want to play until I'm 45 or 50. And I just kind of laughed and, you know, he shot another birdie or something.
And sure enough, I mean, he wants to play another five years. That's crazy.
Did you see that when he was doing the match against Peyton Manning, that one eagle that he had? Like the one hop into the cup? That right there made me think, yeah, Tom Brady can do whatever he wants until he's 50 years old. Whatever he wants.
So, yeah, I think for most of us, like, we spend, like, the first five years of our 30s forgetting that we're not in our 20s anymore. Right.
And then the second half of our 30s, like, trying to catch up and undo all the bad stuff that we did the last five years. When you were getting up to your 40s, like, did you have to make any adjustments to your diet at that point? Oh, yeah.
I mean, look, when you're in your 40s, you start cringing about some of the shit you did when you were in your 20s too. You know, it's diet, it's rest, it's sleep.
Sleep is very underrated. If I didn't sleep eight hours when I played, especially as I got older, I was a bum the next day.
Is that possible, though, to get a solid eight hours of sleep all the time as you're going on these road trips, as you're playing, you-back games some doubleheaders sometimes? Or is that really difficult? It is difficult, but you know what? Since you don't have to be at the stadium until about 3, sometimes you can just sleep in until noon or 11. But my routine was, I like to get up around 9.30, go to the gym, work out, have a little breakfast, and then go back to sleep for about an hour.
Nice. Catnap.
I have one last question. MeUndies soft question of the day.
Go to MeUndies.com slash PMT to get 15% off your first purchase. My last question is, Billy, what do you want to say to A-Rod? Billy is a huge Yankee fan.
He's very nervous. Okay.
A-Rod Corp has a very diverse portfolio of investments, ranging from UFC licensed gyms, car dealerships, as well as real estate. What factors do you look for when you're investing in assets? And what is the common denominator between all of them? That was a real question.
Great question. What the hell? Billy, I feel like I'm on CNBC.
This is serious shit. Great question, Billy.
Squat box. I like it.
I like it. First of all, we like three things.
We like things that we understand really well. We like things that we can bring more than just capital.
And things that we're really, really passionate about like Presidente would be a great one. And then we like great people to manage these businesses.
So like in baseball, we like playmakers. In business, we like playmakers.
Now, I have a follow-up question. How do the Mets fall into those categories? Good question, Billy.
Well, I mean, look, I can't talk about that, but here's what I can tell you is that it goes into passion.

We understand it.

And, you know, I was a childhood fan.

Billy asked him to go on your podcast.

Do you have a podcast?

No, I don't have a podcast.

You have one coming.

Go ahead. Say it.

Go ahead and say it.

No, it's –

Billy's a weightlifter.

He might dabble in some other thing.

He's a cross freak.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, you have a wide range of gyms. He would love to work out.
Yes, I would love to work out. He just wants to work out.
Talking about getting swole. He literally just wants to work out with you.
So maybe internship next summer. I would love to.
Whoa, he's our intern. What the hell, Alex?, Alex? Actually, you know what? You take him

and in a week you're going to text me and be like,

what the fuck?

Take him back. You have a great first impression.

All right. Any other?

Oh, Jake, do you have anything you want to say? Jake's a huge Yankee

fan as well. Jake, where are you from?

I'm a fellow South Florida guy from Weston.

Yeah, Weston.

What high school? Cypress Bay. What college?

Syracuse. Finance.

Broadcasting. Favorite announcer of all time? Yeah, Weston.
What high school? Cypress Bay. What college? Syracuse.
Finance. Did Dale ever hear about it?

Broadcasting.

Broadcasting.

Favorite announcer of all time?

Mike Tirico.

And how do you feel about Michael K?

I grew up a Yankee fan, like Big Cat mentioned, so I've grown to love him.

I could see how some people have an issue with him having a talk show

and offering maybe too many opinions as a play-by-play guy on the call,

but I like him a lot. And Jack Buck? I mean joe buck love joe buck okay so what's your question so on that note as a analyst what are you looking for as a play-by-play guy to make your job easiest ah great question i i think we're looking for just first of all chemistry uh in someone who is selfless that wants to put you in a position to win it's like anything else in sports what made magic johnson so great i mean he would just pass the ball and you would dunk it he'd put you in a position to win um i think that's what a joe buck or matt vasgurgeon does so well kevin burkhart um and my favorite broadcaster coming up was tim mccar.
And part of it is he worked with Jack Buck and Joe Buck for so many years and is that chemistry back and forth. And sometimes you can't explain it, but you can feel it.
Thank you. We're not a Tim McCarver company anymore, though, now that we have Dion.
So they have a long time. Oh, that's right.
Yeah. I forgot about that.
Yeah, the cooler. Yeah.
The cooler. We're on primetime on prime time yes yes um i love prime time uh yeah i just want to say last time we interviewed you i did a bad job as an interviewer and as a podcaster i feel like i need to make it up i mistakenly asked you about the painting of you as a minotaur and you said didn't exist hand up was a bad question by me, because the painting was a centaur.
So you were able to deny the existence of the Minotaur painting. How many Alex Rodriguez centaur paintings did you have? Zero.
And I was actually, I thought that was the best part of the interview, because you gave me an opportunity to clear that. Okay.
So no to your first question in the last episode and second one. And when I come back, if you guys have me back, I want you to ask it one more time so we can just keep clearing.
Oh, well, let's clear this. How do you feel looking back about the kissing yourself picture? I thought it was a very cringing moment.
I wish I can say that somebody paid me like, you know, a thousand bucks to do that. But they just convinced me.
And I said, yeah, I think that's a good idea. My God, what an asshole.
It happens sometimes. Someone tells you it's a good idea.
Yeah. I think a lot of younger athletes need to realize that when you're doing these photo shoots, you can actually say no if you want to.
Exactly. You don't have to go along with it.
I was just so excited they were taking a picture of me. I said, yeah, I'll do that.
Why not? Yeah, I'll kiss myself. All right.
Well, A-Rod, thank you so much. Everyone tune in.
Like I said, Corpse Season 3 is coming out Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Seven great guests.
And always a pleasure to have you on. Awesome, guys.
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I kind of like them. I like them, too.
I'll be honest with you. If you were a drug guy, but you're not, that's where you'd put your drugs.
That is perfect. And I think that Major League Baseball, if they want to grow the game, they want to appeal to the youth out there.
I know for a while MLB was dropping hats all the time that were like subtly gang influenced where they would have like the gang colors that they put out for certain teams trying to like market any way that they can. This is a great way to market to stoners.
I was a dad's Dallas Braden. This is this Oakland A's hat with cargo pockets on the side is specifically for Dallas Braden.
This is a dad hat, too. too.
It looks like John Ulruve's dad would wear this hat. Four kids go to the game, keep all the shit up there on the hat.
You never have to worry about it. You know what looks sick? If you're a dad out there wondering how come there hasn't been a hat that I can clip my external cell phone holster into, look no further than the Oakland A's hat.
Let that 5G really fucking roast your brain. Yeah.
Boom. Put your phone right in that hat.
Kidding aside, I would rock the hell out of this hat. We know you would.
Yes. Not for the drug reasons.
No. No.
Not for the drug reasons. It's a good hat.
It's a good looking hat. It's a great hat.
The other thing we had was all of the – I think it's a not-to-brag we called it, but whatever's going on in the NFL right now with these false positives, you're suspect. Very suspect.
Suspect. I have a stay woke on it.
Pope Ben Affleck and Good Will Hunting, you're suspect. I have an important stay woke.
Me and Billy were chopping it up about this earlier today. But I think, well, this most recent lab that had all the false positives, it's a brand new lab that the NFL is using.
You know where it's located? Where? New Jersey. You know what else was in New Jersey? The Sopranos.
Chris Christie. Oh.
Yeah, and Chris Christie, both. And I think, just stay woke on this.
If there's a lab that can kind of put out these false positives on game days, get some line movement going on the action, there's a lot of money to be made out there. I'll put it that way.
Well, it simply makes sense that they would – the false positives are perfect because now going forward, if you get tested positive and it is game day, you can be like, well, let's just play. Like we said, the NFL is going to do a good job of making sure everyone plays no matter if they have coronavirus or not.
I'll put it this way. If Patrick Mahomes tests positive on a Sunday morning.
And he's got Sunday Night Football. And then you know what? It's a false positive at that point where Goodell will be like, it's a false positive he's going to play.
And then two days later he'll be like, well, the false positive reading is false. Good job, NFL.
You've muddied the waters enough that we can now safely go into the NFL season just assuming every test that is positive is not actually positive until it's negative, in which case it's negative. The Bears had, what, 10 players? Their tight end room was depleted.
Every team was affected this time. It was like the Bears, the Browns, the Bills.
It's so perfect, though, because now we can just say, well, it might not be everyone's dog brain can kick into overdrive whenever your favorite team has a player that tests positive. You can say, well, it's probably a false positive.
And guess what? If the player's important enough, it will be a false positive. Don't figure out a way.
Wink, wink. Yes, it will absolutely be a false positive.
The NFL always got it figured out. Next time we say the NFL doesn't have it figured out,

just remember they have it figured out.

I had a theory.

Not through actual health measurements and taking care of their players.

Just making sure the games get played.

They have it figured out in terms of generating revenue for sure.

I was thinking that if there are college teams

that aren't going to be playing football this fall,

why not just allow those senior quarterbacks to be the emergency quarterback for whatever team is in that district? If it's the Browns or the Bengals, they could sign Justin Fields to be their emergency guy, so in case Baker, if he's playing a primetime game and he goes out, he tests maybe a false positive, maybe a false negative, bring Justin Fields in. Justin Fields could do double duty in Atlanta as well.
Fuck Suryat. But I don't know why I'm still believing him, but he said that all college football is in trouble.
And I actually think that's true now. So why are you believing him now when it's a bad thing? Because I can't quit him.
Yeah, he's got a great name. I can't quit him.
Suryat. He's obviously really successful.
Suryat. Fuck you, dude.
You really fucked me me over. Billy, you probably know this.
Is there a way that you can train dogs to sniff coronavirus? Yes. You don't know that.
Oh, you don't know that. Check page two of my list.
Okay. Page two of Billy's list.
Wait, the back of page one? You have absolutely nothing about dogs. Chinese man Big Belly saves him from falling down well that is at least three weeks old I remember being tagged in that fucking story it was like this is the Homer Simpson thing there's nothing about dogs researchers train dogs to sniff out COVID-19 infections in just a few days but isn't that isn't that the same as a test well they can sniff it they say the meta but what's the metabolic process of your body changes when you wait okay hold on this is very important this title i'm assuming you copy and pasted it it's confusing researchers train dogs to sniff out covid19 infections in just a few days now did they train the dogs in just a few days or can they sniff out the infection in just a few days in just a few days so the dog has to be like has to have his nose buried in your groin for a full weekend and then he's like it says it it's in just a few days where do you have this i don't i don't have this on my sheet billy it's on the back he's on the second back of the second billy's saving trees now so we get everything in two, got it up here.
But you see how it's a little confusing there? I didn't comment page that. If the dogs sniff it out in just a few days, why wouldn't you just get the rapid test? Right.
But if they trained them how to sniff it in just a few... It only took them three days to train the dogs.
I guess we'll go with the fucking COVID dogs. Yeah, every team has dogs.
I was saying that they should do an air butt about this. Diagnostic labs.
Diagnostic laboratories. Well, it's like in World War Z when they're going into Israel and then they have the dogs sniff at their zombies.
They start barking, going crazy. You're quoting a movie for medicine for how we should do our medicine.
I kind of like this, though. Exactly.
I never saw it. Go on.
Well, they have the dogs sniff if they're zombies or not. And the dogs figured it out? Yeah, they go nuts.
So, yeah, why don't we do that? In a few days, I think they mean like after a few days after getting COVID. No, but that makes no sense.
Why wouldn't you just get the test? I think it's in just a few days. That's how long it took them to teach them.
Yeah, it's really smart dogs. Right.
Like they have good dog trainers. That would be sick, though, if every starting quarterback got assigned a COVID-sniffing dog that he had to take around everywhere.
Yeah. And just stayed away from it.
Yeah. Boom.
That would be perfect. Okay.
That is our show. Great show, everyone.
Anything else on the list that we should address here? Oh, there's an asteroid that's going to hit Earth on Election Day. Who cares? That's pretty cool.
Who cares? Everything, we get the two... Did you see that map? Did you see that map? Someone had a great tweet.
It was when you go to the bathroom for like 20 minutes while you're playing SimCity because it was a map of the US and half of it's on fire and then there's two hurricanes coming at the same time to the Gulf of Mexico. Guess what guys? Everything is going to shit.
The world is fucking crumbling but we have sports back so just say fuck it and listen to part of my take. We've got Luca.
At least we've got Luca. Luca we trust.
Love you guys. Billy take us out with a closing thought please so that you worked very hard on closing thoughts

there's two extremely important

chemicals in your brain

serotonin and dopamine

and you should try to make them

as high as you can

because I'm pretty sure the serotonin shows you out

and the dopamine makes you want to do fun shit

so what you gotta do is you gotta exercise

so make sure you exercise

because it keeps those chemicals high

in your brain

and that means you can do cool stuff

Thank you. So what you got to do is you got to exercise.
So make sure you exercise because it keeps those chemicals high in your brain.

And that means you can do cool stuff.

And that's really fun.