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August 22, 2022 5:48 am

Arizona Cardinals reporter Tyler Drake joins the show | Joey Gallo; LA Dodgers continue to roll.

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The boat on Sunday night. It was also the debut of Athena fell on Fox in 2022 brand-new team by the way, with Kevin Burkart and Greg Olson as the number one crew, along with Erin Andrews who used to work with Joe and Troy who have moved on themselves shows shoveling of the Jack but there was a lot of love and a lot of excitement and a lot of attention paid to the fact that this same stadium that was on national TV on Sunday night will also host the Super Bowl and what six months, seven months, our lives are about to belong to the NFL yet again.

It's almost that time of the year is after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio. I do not care about preseason scores. I mean, it's important to survive preseason without major injuries.

It's important to get your roster set and also if you got major competition in particular positions. Well that's what preseason is four bytes the ravens actually take pride in having this exorbitantly long a preseason winning streak. It's now 22 games again. It doesn't matter to me using preseason scores is against my religion. But the ravens take this thing seriously, so they were there in the desert on Sunday night and that's where we find Tyler Drake who is fresh off another preseason podcast. A majority even as time for us. Tyler welcomed after hours and on CBS sports radio. Are you done with your podcast yeah my final post got it right now but will be up but probably after we get off.

Thank you for squeezing us in on what is a busy Sunday. I guess a precursor preseason for the media as well just to be there and kinda be going through game day progressions, what was the atmosphere like for this preseason game against Baltimore. You know, we will Arnold rock there are black helmet so that lot is popping only use them a few times this season. How come, yeah, I really don't know. I think the that that should be a primary helmet to be on really really clean. I think with the color red uniform little pop even more through the black pants on and and oh yeah, for sure, but definitely one of those changes that I think everyone in Arizona was waiting for an overhaul of the uniform. I think a lot of people be happy.

Yes, if the product improves as well or if they can start out ANO would actually maintain that through the course of the rest of the season so Tyler, it's been it's been interesting off-season for Kyler Murray, Cliff Kingsbury, to say the least. He was once again calling plays in street clothes. Therefore this preseason game, but how happy is QB one for the Cardinals now you will not really thinking about all the outside more about football and and yeah I think one of those things okay will give you a little bit of another chance to do something will keep you involved in the often will have you not play but do something worthwhile will sit on the sideline and honestly paid off pretty good but had to scores with them a run of the show and Cliff came away impressed, even for but you know if he could have his way not call the plays, but that would be the way that you would not get paid so that can't happen.

Absolutely nothing to do with that language that was in his contract mandating film study and wanting him to see the game a little differently and paid more attention to it will about the funny thing is I think people you could maybe pick up that way. I think with the whole study clause in it being in the contract and them being out of the contract and kind of everybody's questioning of you know is he that leader is he the guy studying film, and I think this is a way to kinda show that is ingrained in doesn't want going on is understanding more than just going to go out and throw and try to win the game.

Seeing more of the formations you want to run or just talking with the guys and and that's click here to talk about after the damages in taking over more of a leadership role.

If you guys are trying to come up in front of Piper roster spot is taking more of that and I think you can. I'm in if it was if he really didn't want to do it. You wouldn't be as emotional as he will sideline complement when they ended up I'm finally scoring in think and work up again but like you said it's preseason nothing counts but don't collect great Salt Lake. I don't say much ado about nothing but that so much more was made at that language. In his contract when it became public, but what was your perspective on initially anyway. The Cardinals mandating a particular number number of hours watching the film from my perspective. My thing was another just another thing to talk about much was the greatest thing but I you know it's one of the things that it is pretty much unprecedented.

It's one of those just the language of it was very bizarre and at the end of the day got taken out, but still doesn't think with the fact that it was in there so I think maybe this is a way to show like he is doing what he should be doing but were not were doing a little bit more of a subtle way, even saying hey you go spend four hours of film studies so it was a very, very, very, very weird very weird part of the office, but honestly Arizona as whole. It is just an*Tyler Drake is with us from 98 seven AZ sports Arizona sports following the Cardinals preseason game under the lights against the Baltimore Ravens. Yes the ravens did extend their winning streak now 22 games.

I wonder if they're going to curl up in a fetal position and cry when the streak is over.

I've no idea.

But I wouldn't put it past them. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio other than Kyler now that that appears to be settled, and he seems so happy.

What are the major questions about the Cardinals as they kick off the season you know I think one of the biggest one or opposite of Mark is golden when the season starts and I don't really think it's good to be one guy to be a collective guys but who, out of the you know the rookies Kim and Thomas, my dictators and their menu go to KG Dennis cardiac and of Oxnard so there's a lot of candidates for it. I think it's to come down to like maybe if three guys getting a rotation, more so than just one guy thinking over but who knows, maybe somebody shines in.

It looks like Micah Sanders had the right to be that guy get up to speed camera. Thomas can bulldoze people, but I think the same thing with Meijer Victor Dimmick is usually thing out to me this preseason just what class and I think he's really taken it upon himself to take the off-season and you know physically where he needs to be using Canon and start to show for sure and it's just another jump out of that line tonight, but he still played well and I thought he stuck another good game and had a pretty eventful couple weeks, a snake in his bathroom and test positive for COBIT so he was unable to be with the team tonight wasn't on the sidelines not traveling to Tennessee for next week's practices or the game against the Titans when is he going to rejoin the team yeah yeah you would think. I mean with Kyler. I believe they waited there five days before he came back so I would assume you would be clear if you don't have any symptoms or anything like that I was going to be cleared to be good and five days maybe, but also knows and but at the same time either to be in Tennessee, there can be you join practices of the Titans so there was really no point of him going up there in a room in my opinion to begin with the team, but yeah think I'm dealing with baby snake in the series of event think you know. Thank you to either. Well, I think I'd rather have COBIT and baby snake in my bathroom. It was the funniest thing the funny thing was that the next day I found a giant scorpion in my house so I yeah how big are we talking about. Oh size probably know, not that I thought about how pretty big like Like maybe a little over half. Besides 30.

I had to collect myself a little bit yeah I just got it out of the house by doing what I covered it with a cup and then found the paper put that on UNIX.

Glad it did not lie with hearing about that. That is impressive. I'll tell you once I found a snake in my basement bathroom but in my basement and my mom after I started screaming involuntarily call my mom still screaming, I suppose, and she said you grabbed the broom and dust pan and you sweep it into the dustpan and flip it outside so that's what I got yet the first time I went to flip it outside. I didn't throw it hard enough. I was just so freaked out that it only landed like 2 feet from my back door side to go sweep it up again and throw it even farther out the outside because I want to come right back in the road was absolutely gross. Tyler Drake is with us from the desert. It's after hours here on CBS sports radio. We know that James Connor is always a pro bowler, but he's the top running back who do you think has the advantage in that spot behind him. Then someone to spell him and be the number two guy, you know, for me at this point I would have to say you guys been talked on, I think it's between him and Darrell Williams, but out of it to spend a lot of conversation of you know and really unprompted from Cliff. I mean you need us to stand up more time to not eat you know Benjamin, so you definitely taking that next step. I think they want to see little bit more recent games have a couple.

Snipe at their whim plan one so I think that competition is deftly something to watch them behind them. Jonathan Ward running back back to the Cardinal this year and it's good to see who stays on a dozen. I think it really comes down to special day between Warden Ingram.

But right now you James Connor and she way you know to be Darrell Jonathan Ward Kathy Robie my my file I was looking at the Cardinals schedule and the NFL did not do Arizona any favors in kicking off the season this for people who don't have it memorized. I didn't either, but I'm sure Tyler does they start seeking the city, Cardinal Arkansas, the Cardinals, the kids any cheese at home that are on the road at Vegas against the Raiders. The new look raters their home to the Super Bowl champion Rams. They go on the road. Carolina, which Bobby thing on a playoff team last year but then back home to take on a team that was a wildcard out of the NFC East. Last season the Eagles before hitting the road and have a tough place to play division game at Seattle. Wowsers. What you make of those first six games murderers row you… That alone like that.big nightmare when you go to the raters and just to be trying to suck Tyler everything was Chandler Jones and nobody well that's your variance thing one in and yeah it's just got the ramp and and we saw what happened the last time they played each other in that was really really rough and and again I mean Carolina yeah like you said might not of been the best you master but they for some reason have a Cardinals number last couple games so that's another game that you really can't just circle is when right now but I think if they can get through the first 16 reading three foreign to that interview that can be pretty good with it and get the help that I think that's the kind of joke that they might that could help in the second half of the season, whereas last year as we see them just fall apart so 33 foreign to do that. I think the season is very much in the him in there and got back I was a forgot about him, but I haven't heard his name mentioned a lot since I was in the Cardinals have no they were going to be without him for the stretch while he suspended how much did his injury have to do with their limping to the finish line. Last season map of about you from general manager Q, owner Michael Bidwell and coach. At one point or another.

They all said younger hopping injury was one of the biggest reasons why they fell apart just a walking dream that you use the leadership from both sides that also picked it so definitely definitely do really feel Cliff manages everything without him there because I knew that was the biggest kind of what are you doing when every game.

It just seem like they were falling apart even more and it really didn't seem like changing so much in the offense so I think Cliff saw couple things he liked the other day were you actually got up for what is that of Toronto more age agreed, younger, hopping Markey's Hollywood Brown and he said that looked like picked up the phone with that and so we seven will be the earliest we could see that considering the money they came to Kyler Murray and they met face that they put behind him with the finances.

What are the expectations for him personally, but also for the team after last year, making the postseason as a wildcard, but really fizzling once I got that point yet. I think the big now you know ending on a high note.

Getting the playoffs not just saying you made the playoffs and falling apart. Getting a playoff morning at least a game called the progression. I think I think that'll that'll eventually you know help them move along closely with that with that contract and a lot of people are so thrilled with the number of job numbers of dollars but into the day they want to get you, but he also games like calamari cabin. He has the ability to, you know, kind of go off script and win games when other quarterbacks can't do that so I think it would be done. I think they probably could assist if there were got done earlier. The that the consultant businessman. It went how it went. It was awkward. It was weird that I got done and it seemed like all moved on and I believe even if time went on recently and said you know he's like a different player different person so maybe that's a good thing. Maybe receiving a new more leader oriented Kyler Murray, do you think the expectations are realistic the contract, notwithstanding, yeah, yeah, I think, for sure. I think after seeing the laughter. I mean they had in store. I mean just take Harold out on a big maybe hopping doesn't get hurt or do you want to hurt they might be able to get enough wealth little more momentum and actually make noise just yeah I think very much very possible that they could definitely build off of last year, just getting through really the beginning of the year and back with some of the stars is your phone blowing up my notes not it might be. I do know I can. I have not.

I feel like we can hear the vibrations because you are extremely popular and busy right now and probably have no matter it's it's just vibrations is not beeping everything. I know you have got other stuff going on your podcast to so we present a couple minutes. You can find Tyler on Twitter at T Drake for sports.

The number four sports 98 seven AZ sport said and done only on the air but also with the podcast and the web as well and covering the Cardinals as they kick off 2022. It's great to catch up with you. Thanks for making time for us on the show live Tyler yeah no problem you want to talk to the ground, but you love it doing great and having fun doing it. That is the name of the game. Thanks Tyler will talk soon be able to pick his brain a little bit because obviously with the contract that Kyler Murray signed and then the whole flap over mandated video and film watching their lot eyeballs on him and maybe expectations been twisted a little bit do something they shouldn't be.

Can the Cardinals start out as you know, I don't know but what's far more important is how they finish. It's not how you start, it's how you finish and they finished with a fizzle last season. All right, you can find me on Twitter a long radio on our Facebook page 2 about to post new photos from the last few days to see you can see what I was doing when I was away from you and will continue to look at the football preseason weekend number two having a chance yet to react to the DeShawn Watson settlement with the NFL's of that as well and her phone number is 855-212-4227.

It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio you are listening to the after-hours podcast will talk about hello what okay okay I timeout down what all four have you on their thank you Tom. I appreciate I've never had someone use now posted while I was away from you. I was busy gazing.

I do enjoy gazing at all types of scenery, and in any time I could spend outdoors, someone asked me recently as part of ask Amy.

What's your it's richer perfect idea that was phrase what your idea of a perfect first day. I guess the question anything that outdoors. I don't care what it and it's hiking if it's on about it is on the golf course. Anything outdoors, horseback riding, that's my idea of a perfect birthday is outdoors because there's always more joy unless you're getting well is getting baked by the heat, or unless you're here in the pouring down rain backside right now I would take the pouring down rain and would be happy with it so I love to be outside and spent some time walking around New York City with my family after my brother and I played catch for a while to on Thursday was great. We we went to field near my house and we were able to throw the ball for quite a while is fine even though a superhot and then my my nieces had a concert that they desperately wanted to see at radio city on Thursday evening and so we all took the train into New York and we walked around Midtown Times Square wall to wall bodies.

Not a lot of fun for me but the girls were so excited about this particular composer they wanted to see it was a full Symphony Orchestra. If you know Japanese anime. You then know about this music but I do not have the music and I was still blown away by the brilliance of the musicians I chose a really awesome event and it was five nights sold out so my niece Deanna. This is her thing. She's the one that got all the tickets. She said that they had sold out for shows Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday any added 1/5 show and that's the only way she was able to get tickets so she was thrilled and the looks on their faces. My nieces Deanna and Lauren. The entire time they were mesmerized by the shell with the reaction of the audience at radio city was really cool. Plus if you never been to radio city music Hall. It's iconic that was awesome to be able to hang out there and then on Saturday I did something I've never done before I joined a group of people that I did not know none of them.

I never met any of them. I found this group online and I joined them for a rafting trip down a portion of the Delaware River of the river is the border essentially between Pennsylvania and New York and the part of the river that we were rafting some actual white water rafting opportunities at Scott Rapids and we were in a beautiful section of the mountains to and so is just amazing. I did not take my phone on our raft for obvious reasons. One woman who was in the group took her phone on the raft and probably dropped it in the river and never found again. So that's not what I was doing actually locked my phone in Princess Leia and the phone was on airplane mode and I just left it so I didn't take any photos while I was on the raft and I was the one he was in the back with the kayak paddle summer steering us for most of the time that we ended up the final 30 minutes of our rafting trip we were going into a headwind so I really had to paddle a lot than to actually got some some pretty sore muscles.

Now here I guess it's been about 36 hours or so. It was an awesome opportunity to get to know the people, but also play in the water. There is this one stretch where the river was fairly calm and deep so I was the first one to get in the water.

I just jumped over the side of our rafting swimming around and it was so much fun and the water was beautiful and it was deep enough that I couldn't touch.

At that point, but there was a current, there is a current in the Delaware River, even as low as the water was because a lot of the Northeast is in a supreme drought. So we continue to flow swam and have a good old time and all of a sudden the current is really starting to pick up and in addition to that, it's becoming more and more shallow. So all of a sudden, if you don't have your legs up in your essentially floating or doing a backstroke which is what I was doing your legs and your feet are our banging off the rocks underneath you because it became really shallow really quickly, so the current start to pick up as we approach this set of rapids and we had to get a bunch of people back into these two rest.

We had two rats that were connected mine, which is a smaller raft and then a larger rat that had about eight people and and most of them were in the water so were with a greater sense of urgency, trying to get some older women out of the water and onto the raft.

Again, as the current is getting stronger and were picking up speed and most of them couldn't jump toward give a big old kick and landed the boat they had to be pulled and/or pushed in some of these women are in their 60s. I give them credit for doing this work with a greater sense of urgency pushing and pulling and jamming people into these poets, there's two of us left in the water and though the woman that I was partnered with NR raft and so we're trying to get everybody else in the boat before we get in but they get the waters moving faster and faster and it's really shallow, so you can't really hang your legs down, or you're in danger of breaking something getting a nasty bruise with some of the women did end up with bruises because their legs were banging off rocks. So here I am trying to ride kind of run in place will not run in place but run in the water next to our raft and I wait for a relatively prominent rock and as soon as I feel it with my foot. I jump off a type I push off as hard as I can't and I just leap into the boat.

It might be the most athletic thing I've done in maybe the last leg was outstanding was outstanding and was phenomenal. In fact the rest of the people of these two rafts gawked at me. What made things I felt pretty proud of myself but one more woman to get the boat and by this time she's in danger of getting sucked underneath the bowl because the current is so much stronger and were maybe 50 yards from the rapids by now.

And so after I get in the boat. We immediately turned to her and we just tell her give a big cake and we will pull you there's three of us just grabbing her in any yanking her onto the boat. She's laying sideways on the raft. I grab a paddle and I did get us down. These rapids, even if she's completely out and laying sideways across our raft so the other raft went down the rapids backwards. We were able to go forward, but she was not in place so that that was actually a and B was adrenaline filled.

It was a fun experience and I really enjoy just being out in the water. I didn't get in the water again, but we got splashed and wet every single time we went down to set a rapids and actually wheat a bucket old Folgers coffee container we were using to bail because the raft would fill up with water. There is one section of rapids where a group of four kayakers were going down rock in the middle of these rapids.

I didn't see in time so I didn't get us around them in time and were sideways and are bar, but the bottom of the raft, which is where I was, gets stuck on this rock, you know, for those of you ever done this in a rafting before you got careful because he can see it can snag a hole right in the bottom of your raft and so we get the rock gently back and forth but also you get to get off that rock before another boat eats you or before you get flipped upside down and so the another got a harrowing stretch. There were rocking back and forth to get the boat off this rock and he were doing it so we finally come free. We don't flip.

Thankfully we get we get moving again comes through, flipped over and falls out of her kayak. Oh my gosh and she was a young woman who looked like she never told of experiencing the situation. She comes up, thankfully she could stand up, but she's in the middle the raft at a rapid she comes up spluttering water poured saying she was freaked out and really nervous. Thankfully, she did not end up banging her head, but she had to get picked up by another boat because her kayak went careening down the rapids and came out of the bottom. I was that it was an interesting day. I hadn't done any rafting white water rafting in quite a while. Probably not since I was in Alaska and did some rafting on in judo actually coming off of a glacier, so it was a awesome experience.

I met some cool people but I also was really proud of myself for being bold and brave and joining a group of about 30 people that I didn't know is going to make new friends and will likely do some more. Find outdoor activities with them moving forward. The two pictures that I took that I posted on Twitter a lot radio but also that are now on Facebook. I hope you'll check them out. Producer J. Help me to post them on their after we were done and I was Princess Leia and I were driving were climbing up into the mountains to go down the other side after we left inside Delaware River gap and the sunset was absolutely glorious so I was trying to find beauty in the evening and stopped to take some pictures. I didn't have my phone with me all day long, but I had my phone when it counted so in a couple of the pictures you'll see not only the cloud formations are gorgeous and the Golden Globe purple and pink and yellow from the sunset, but also you can see the sun and over the mountains down behind the Delaware River and not the stretch where we rafted so we could look up and see those scenic viewpoints. The overlooks which are really cool and also on Facebook as well as on Twitter, you'll see this I just that's a brilliant photo.

I just happened to be looking right place right time. How often are we looking but not really seeing and that's something that I tried to do more often the last couple of years is not just look around me, but actually see what it is that I'm looking at and I was walking toward this skyscraper with blue Windows in New York City. This is when I was with my family on Thursday and I look up at this building and realized the Empire State building is behind me, but it's reflection is captured perfectly in these blue Windows of the skyscraper that was down the block from me, so I snapped a couple of photos actually think I want to enter this photo in a contest, some type of an amateur contest because it's pretty amazing. I also call with my brother in the reflection which is kind of fun but I shared one of those photos as well as two from the Delaware River at the sunset and I hope you'll check it out on either Twitter or on Facebook after hours with Emile's so I of course got to sleep at night, which I will never ever ever take for granted because it's been 10 years of not really sleeping at night and I loved it, but I also love my job and we are getting close to football season so there is a lot to do on this Sunday nights. And yes, my schedule is normal this week. I can't speak to next week but it's normal that after hours with Amy Lawrence.

You are listening to the after-hours podcast after-hours with Lori like many others, is found with the judge hears it. The main thing. What happens when guys get inserted into the Dodgers lineup. Think about Justin Turner would be another great example, but is not the only one these guys when surrounded by other competent haters and a lineup that is dangerous from top to bottom. Of course, even if you are the eight or nine hitters and it was Joey Gallo and then Cody Belanger was back in that nine spot doing damage for the Dodgers against the Miami Marlins on Sunday it it's easier to see good pitches it's more likely that you will see quality pitches when there are so many other guys around you who can smoke the peace Paul and that after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio 10 to 3 the final for the Dodgers over the Marlins actually didn't sweep this series but to see Gallo go to for three with a couple run scored and then Belanger, who had a home ride every got benched by Dave Roberts not that long ago and the way that Gallo had been booed and really blamed by a lot of Yankees fans for how poorly he was heading the ineptitude in their lineup and then to see him now with the Dodgers and here Robert rave about him on a pretty regular basis. I think that would Joey reverse continued growth comfort. What is about coming here hitting coaches is relentless in trying to build this in real time during the season, tighten up the swing mechanics and he's bought a every day it seems like it's getting more more consistently sticking better about your circular swings himself triple double squared up, take a walk in their I certainly believe that it just validates confidence in just to get them down there doing good just makes us at the boy said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts in LA now in 84 wins one listener to the show and follow up our Facebook page chastised me for talking about football when he is Dodgers are playing so well and it still baseball season so if you think about what the Dodgers can do with that lineup in the way Trey Turner is heading and how Freddie Freeman is been on fire this summer and as I say Cody Belanger getting bench but but even a former NL MVP being in that nine spot they really tax starting pictures for their opponents and Sandy Al Qatar who is an All-Star exit through a scoreless inning at dodger Stadium in the All-Star game going back a month ago. I he gets worked by the Dodgers. No match for this lineup really is 3 2/3 innings were the shortest performance of the season for him six runs on 10 hits both season highs for any team against him. He has one walk in five strikeouts, but the Dodgers were able to hit them early and often. This is what the Dodgers are capable of. I'm not telling you anything about anything about anything. In October, only that these Dodgers have stacks that lineup and there once again sporting the best record in baseball it's after hours here on CBS sports radius of the Dodgers and the National League West have an 18 game lead over demons, 12 games, about 500 is crazy.

I have the Padres went through major swoon and so now there in the their loss to the dust. The Dodgers dust but they are 12 games, about 500 is not like there a terrible team there likely to end up as a wildcard at least be in the mix until the end of the regular season right now they are. I have came up on the Phillies for the second wildcard that's the pace. The Dodgers are setting now in the second half. It's similar to what the Yankees were doing in the first half, the Mets are sitting on 79 wins so there five back of the pace set by the Dodgers and the Braves had 75 wins all of that is ahead of the pace with the Cardinals.

Though they are the hottest team in baseball right now with seven consecutive wins in eight of their last 10 I want to see Albert Poole's enemies Cardinals on the postseason stage. If you missed it. He hit three home runs over the weekend, including a pair of them on Saturday and he's now sitting on 692 Ford to tie a ride to pass them for fourth place on baseball's all-time home run list and then each to reach baseball immortality if you've noticed while waiting is fun winning is contagious and as much as the Albert pool storyline will become bigger and bigger in these final six weeks of the season, especially if he continues his assault on 700 what's really notice about the Cardinals. Is there just having a good time enjoying competing and it's a perfect mix of veteran guys, young guys and super focus on executing time so it is a dream come true. As a manager, especially Oliver Marmol was the first time manager in the major leagues when you've got veterans who can set the tone of the clubhouse and needs better in some of them were older than he is. Think he's in his early 30s.

I remember exactly how old Marmol is but we know that Albert Poole's is 42. Adam Wainwright is 40. Yet here Melina is in his 40s. Marmol is 36. Thank you. Producer J is a guy who can even take his cue from what the elder statesman are doing in the Cardinals clubhouse and then you do have guys like Nolan Aaron Otto course, other other guys who can hit this not out of the baseball and a good mix of experience and wisdom verses that use the power.

The explosiveness that the type of mix that can be formidable in the postseason) are plus John Rooney on Cardinals really helps. I love listening to his old run calls that you can tell that the Cardinals right now are along for the ride. I read this column that was written after a sitdown interview with Albert pool halls in which he talked about how he left a lot of money on the table.

There were other teams that called and offered more money for what he knew would be his last major league baseball season at 42 years old. He said that he was still contemplating what he wanted to do until the Cardinals called and that's it. He never gave it another thought. He knew that going back to St. Louis was the perfect way to wrap up his Hall of Fame career and he doesn't care about the numbers he says, but there will be more and more attention, and the numbers will become more and more of a focus on the storyline. The closer he gets. Even now, with six weeks to go the regular season if he stays healthy even if he cools off a little bit, but continues to hit the ball the way that he is right now.

He'll get 700. I want to see it so badly, so you're telling me there's a chance is definitely a chance. I know Barry bonds there's more than just a chance. In fact, Marmol says he's going to get it. No doubt he's going to get it the way that the Cardinals fans respond they lift him up. His teammates there along for the ride. I know we got to see Barry bonds ascend to the top of baseball's record books. I get it. 762 home runs, but it was always tainted. It was always with a black cloud this without approvals is different and I've also along for the ride is after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio