How much is Aaron Judge's #62 home run ball worth now that it's been 24 hours and did the guy who caught it taking the offer?

This is the atom gold shell we will scratch your Panthers itch which is this point poison sumac rash is terrible spreading all over your body and it's very uncomfortable but will deal with it because you know you have to do, so hopefully will get better. I don't know when but hopefully they will get better so major-league baseball's regular season came to an end.

Yesterday the playoffs start tomorrow. We talk about that a little bit today, although not guest related. I have some thoughts on a few things. New format tomorrow will break it down so to speak with Elliott Johnson are or baseball analyst former big leader. I think half of his 75% of Elliott's teams they played for or in the playoffs while also what what better expert. Could you find that Elliott Johnson that'll be tomorrow on the program. We got a lot of football talk about because it's a of a weed out weekend in the ACC, one of those types of weekends were to start separating even though we are early in the conference season we are going to start separating things starting this week are, let's get started and see a much we can get done before the brackets, brackets, brackets, brackets two different sports. I should've gotten sprockets to do even though it sprockets is Victorian can't say I do okay. It's an old SNL thing right was Mike Myers and who else did it like something I should definitely check out that yes sprockets is very good very well yes hard for the first time in baseball's postseason. That's board is giving us actual brackets sort like these of these are real brackets.

I guess you could say that they used to be brackets even when it was just five days but yet a wildcard game and while carbon points obscene bye-bye so really wasn't real.

Right now we got back we got four series series playing into two. So we got brackets and they are static they do not move. So there is no receding, and I'm excited about this for a lot of reasons mean people can gamble on this. It's not quite like the NCAA tournament bracket pool but it is fun.

Here's Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of major-league baseball alive argue doesn't really like baseball. In fact I said he hates baseball but he does seem like he likes it now and I believe this was the interview with Mike Greenberg right this from the interview with with with greeny on get up and he thinks that the new format has made even the regular season better, but I think that the way the mess in the brace plate down the stretch. The series last weekend shows the format is good. It keeps everybody playing all the way through the end of the year in order to get that line the first round, which is great. We certainly sought from the tenants perspective. We had weekends in September. Overall attendance numbers diminishing since 2014, and let down the stretch make. In September better really was an important goal of postseason. I'm not entirely sure the format had anything to do with that. But because we don't know, but Mets and Braves were certainly exciting. There was a lot of drama we knew was going to make the playoffs pretty much aside from maybe the race between the Brewers and the Phillies for the wildcard we knew was going to make the playoffs for a while the American League at one point looked like there were like six teams for two spots and then in the span of maybe five days. We went down well. We pretty much knows to make plans now. The Orioles were the last team with a chance and they were for about the last three weeks of the season. About four hours or so games back so probably not going to make that up unless you almost went out the real drama was who was going to win the NL East. As it turned out it was the Atlanta Braves real quick. Here the here's how the brackets look good. As we have brackets in that school on the AL side Houston is the top seed they will take on the winner of the 45 series as the Blue Jays hosts the Mariners. That's interesting.

I mentioned yesterday, those two teams enter the American League at same time 1976 I believe was the year and Seattle is going to be a little bit of the pain that I think for Toronto and I would say that Seattle might be a little bit of pain for I think Seattle's plucky Yankees are the number two seed raises are in Cleveland this weekend for that series winner heads to the Bronx NL and top-seeded Los Angeles. The Dodgers 111 wins this year and they dealt with injuries and they had 111 wins they await the winner of the weekend set between the Padres and the Mets in Queens. I keep that Saying this is the this is the fallout for not winning the division was a Padres artichoke fee, Dodgers, or next to you. They never listen to me, they never listen.

Anyways, that's one series Atlanta 101 games just like the Mets did they both 101. They will host either the Cardinals or the Phillies. Whoever escapes that weekender in St. Louis. All four series start Friday. They all start Friday. They are all best-of-three and there's just one day off before the division round starts. All four of those series start Tuesday there was a best-of-five series to 21 in the wildcard around the first round.

All of these series are played in one location. The higher seed hosts so there's no guarantee of you getting a home game which that's fine you have.

You still have an opportunity and last I checked, teams were allowed to win on the road is not a plan against so should be.

I think a lot of fun.

Got some thoughts on who will advance I sneaky like the Braves to repeat in the National League yeah out of the brazen would it, but I sky, like the Braves them to repeat in the National League. I think they have a lot of will just say gumption like I like I like the cut of their jib, but an auction house in California has made an offer on home run ball number 62. They offered the possessor of the ball.

Whatever his name: Cory Youmans I think is his name. Yes I works in finance in the Dallas area. They offered him $2 million for the ball. He has not responded to the offer.

According to the auction house they thought they sent him an email and text message I got Corey's cell phone don't know but they have not. They have not received a either a counter offer or a response from Cory Youmans so members of this yesterday.

I believe my understanding is that that ball is worth about 5 million to me this proves that the ball is worth about 5 million because the auction house isn't going to offer 2 million for a ball that they're going to sell for 2 million now that's not how this works so this is if anybody out there has ever sold something at a pawn shop. If you sell an item in a pawn shop when you walk in.

If a similar item is there and it's it's listed for $100. Don't expect more than like 30 now for what you're going to sell what that word split in half.

If more I think I would be more than a nap.

Anyway, here's Mott, Rob Manfred because the ball is significant at 62 and Greenberg was trying to push him towards what the real record is. So here's Manfred on the record book say what they say. I think that over the history of the game. The different errors all perform differently. The equipment was different and I think the best way to handle it is let fans make their own judgment as to what records are most significant to them and this is what we sorta said yesterday, and in Rob did it in a TV soundbite form, but the record is 73 judge hit 62, which by the way, is the American League record nobody in the American League's ever had more than 61 before air judge and it is fair. It's not an end of discussion.

As we were told by several people I didn't know you can't stop people from forming or having and espousing an opinion on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs and again don't make an assumption that everybody in baseball is currently clean exhibit a Fernando tattoos Junior for the San Diego Padres that set me anybody can, whether accidental or otherwise. Anybody can be found to have you something I should review.

But the issue is up for debate. Depending on your point of view, it's okay. I have to agree with it.

I don't have the disk.

Whatever were all adults, we can handle the conversation. Nobody should cry about it.

If you want to recognize air judge is the official as as your homerun king I stop you but it's okay to have that opinion. It's okay to have this discussion. Moving on we started this with the expansion of baseballs playoffs from 5 to 6. There are rumors noting rumors. There is just there are discussions now about expanding the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Actually it's not just the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The NCAA transformation committee. They float they discussed all NCAA tournament fields.

So doesn't it doesn't just mean men's basketball could be women's basketball lacrosse, volleyball, whatever.

All of them expanding to include as many as 25% of eligible schools. There are 363 schools playing Division I men's basketball 25% of that is 90 section 90 point something, but will just round to 90.

I don't think were going to go to 94 men's basketball. But here's the way I do think it will work out. Let's talk about this before. We currently have four or eight for the first four date. Therefore, games in Dayton they call that the first four.

I believe it's eight teams playing for four spots. It's 22 games featuring the lowest for automatic qualifiers and then to games featuring the lowest for at-large bids I think were going to double that to I will call it an early eight why not an early eight so eight playing games for of the automatic qualifier version and four of the last eight at-large teams on the board in version and will probably have it in two different sites whether it's Dayton all the time. I can no reason to think the date will be part of it and I don't know where else to put them. If Dayton is going to maintain that spot as the first four and again they embrace the heck out of it.

I don't know where you put the other one, Ogden, Utah, Missoula, Montana. I remembered a time where the first round of the NCAA tournament used to be in Boise and Missoula. Mont Boggess in Missoula, Montana and Ogden, Utah, and we get a late night game. From there, maybe that's the way we'll go. I don't know but I think at the very least, we will expand the field from 68 I think I have this right to 76 and I don't know how fast we can do that but I don't think we would damage the integrity of the NCAA tournament. At that point, but I think when you go to 90 I think will start to do a little damage and I'd there's but then again, money and don't care about the integrity of the tournament when money is involved, it will depend on how much more money exactly is involved there on Panthers and 49ers Sunday that I did not come out yet very reactionary offered Troy Wingo from ESPN was down here – I don't try to remember how long ago this was, and I believe when he was here coincided with the eclipse right so there's a photo of Trey using the protective glasses, looking up at the eclipse as your words, we had to wear protective glasses. The eclipse for whether it's either. Either that or this game is Medusa. I would advise not what staring directly at this game don't make eye contact. Okay, so I shouldn't sit down and watch it for three hours light through your television may be yeah right, maybe. And so it's okay through television okay but if you're at the game. Now I would wear protective lenses, yet not enough beer in the world and how that made like serious UV protection for this site so the 49ers have a great defense and a mid as my kid likes to say mid offense that I literally had the look of the lingo for that yet.

I'm out of that range, but I have 14-year-olds on getting new lingo, it is very funny to me. We got Truro from a local establishment and he was Sunnyside 40 took a bite out of a ghost data submitted by I don't know what that made that rule is still the head coach Baker Mayfield is the starting quarterback in the latter case really one of the options for jaywalkers not really an option.

I guess mad corral you could convince yourself that may let's take a look at need me. I don't think so and I'm not even sure that when healthy Sam.

Donald is an option here either spots so Baker Mayfield start quote yeah in the former case rule is it dumb he has to know the endgame here so but I don't understand what would be gained from punting on rule now rule did have conversation with the big boss about a lot of things not talked about trying to beat the Saints this week it was. You know he's have this this week so I got to talk a lot about my conversation with Dave, but the peace he was doing whatever else was the land you know so he speaks of is a really good owner and good man and to keep on the best I can for I'm I yes David Tepper is knocking as they had met. If you don't think you're done. If you don't beat the Cardinals your delight beat the Saints up you if you don't beat the Cardinals you done your docket. Not every day is not an ultimatum. I now fans want this to go and I will just simply tell fans be patient as you're going to get your wish may be before the end. This is not even know that if it's before the end of the season is again missing college you're not Wisconsin, unless you're auditioning somebody on your staff. Yeah, you're not.

There's just no reason to do it, and to be perfectly honest I I am not a fan of taking now right and I'm just not. I am not that guy because I think that intentionally sabotaging your season is counterproductive to what you want to do when you would like to do is see some growth not forget about your iTouch you would like to see some growth, especially from young players by wood your magenta that's been bad battle site.

I don't think you can see a coaching change until we get well into the season more likely after the season is not just write it out. It's terrible already says nothing get better now. I hear his rule in terms of have have people around the world reached out such a tough question like we want you out here in the media room.

We can't wait for you to leave like a nice guy. I would be excited to deal with bad he's doing the best he can, even if it's not very good at doing the best he can give you an honest days work. Now I don't know how to get this in some college football here five ACC games to consider this weekend. Florida State and NC State Wolfpack are three point favorite which seems a little low to me. ACC network 8 o'clock bounce back answerable schools write FSU soundly beaten by Wake Forest, NC State capitulated ultimately to Clemson's program's greatness in death Valley at Mont thoughts on what I believe it NC State can be better than they are right now that this team can be better than they had shown right now. If we are being honest, lucky to win against East Carolina a lot of self-inflicted wounds but escaped not really that great against Texas Tech. The other power funded. The only power fighting.

They played to that point, but effective enough. Got a when I did like a couple things from that game they crushed Charleston Southern and Connecticut because they were supposed to and the Clemson game left me wanting more in terms of the wind, but in terms of how they presented themselves offensive and I said this is the beginning of the year. The opportunity is there. Are you willing to let Devon Leary do his thing and it appears that they aren't and they won't and they're not going to change who they are, which is what defense do the heavy lifting and offense because of where needed and I don't believe that's the formula to win the ACC unless Clemson is terrible.

The opportunity was there last year to win the ACC because Clemson ostensibly was awful.

They're not awful. Clemson is actually very good NC state was knocking to beat them by playing it close to the vest and that's what they did and that's what they do. But I still think there is room for more for them. If Dave Dorn is willing to find no fenced in back. Dave Dorn got a find a nonoffensive system that is explosive.

They are not explosive. I think the Seminoles will struggle to score against NC State. I also think the Wolfpack will struggle to score against Florida State. I just think the Wolfpack will struggle less score you NC is at Miami hurricanes are 3 1/2 point favorite is 4 o'clock on ESPN2. I think the first team to legitimately establish the run has the upper hand in this game. I'm not sure either team will but the first team to do it.

I think will win the game. With that said, the only known quantity in this game is North Carolina's quarterback Drake may, so I will take the Tar Heels in this game but anything could happen here. Anything could happen.

It is in Coral Gables Duke is at Georgia Tech 4 o'clock on the ACC network blue Devils are 3 1/2 point road favorite gotta keep their foot on the gas Duke have to check was inspired by a coaching change last week and they won at pit pit is a compromised team ranked because they just couldn't fall far enough. The blue Devils can run and pass and cover so to me unless Georgia Tech overwhelms Duke at the line of scrimmage. The blue Devils will win this game in the next two weeks for Duke ultimately is not Duke season, but if they have designs on book ending their 2012 trip to the ACC championship with the final coastal division title they got to go to know in the next two weeks and if they do that, in the driver's seat unless Miami also beats North Carolina, in which case I would set up the show down Miami and Duke later in the season probably to win it army is at wake. I hate these gains because you just never know when you play a team like Army what you can to get the nights were competitive and a couple games against Sun Belt competition and good good Sun Belt teams, but there ultimately one in three there only when is Villanova. I think addicts have a favorable runway to get to 71 and the trip to NC State in the first first Saturday of November.

I think Weick wins this game. I think wake will be 71 when they get there. Clemson at Boston College. BC is getting 20 1/2 points at home 730 on ABC. My question is why is this game on network I isolate what what is it that ABC had no other options right now me run unless ready like different thing.

I know the Eagles have a good quarterback and I know they just beat Louisville, but unless you are just playing a hunch here that BC is going to have something or Clemson is coming down because Florida State snacks and that's a big game for Clemson. Unless you're playing that sort of a hunch, I just don't see this being competitive in O'Brien Reseda so he has a kidney infection will miss the second straight game. We were just listening to some of the questions from the press conference earlier this week and I understand the obligation to ask Matt about have colleges since college and colleges reached out but it almost seems like people want this to happen and I just I feel bad for Matt, who I happen to have been the like a lot as a guy.

He seems embattled.

How is he handling all of this now think probably, and one thing I can say in all honesty I can admire about anatomy of a product that could become a punchline to a lot of people look beyond it, but he only works on the thing in front of him. I mean when he said we got a look at the tape we got to fix it in practice setting that is how he lived his life on a not a he gets it he understands. Everybody can get it understand what you really kept everything.

Not about 09. According to this or that. It was like okay we got to work on this particular thing in practice and honestly thought he can really do that again is joining us here Panthers.com you're the man who wrote earlier this season about Baker Mayfield and the promise and all of that and I was convinced that Baker Mayfield is a guy who could actually be very good and I am not necessarily unconvinced of that, based on what we've seen through four weeks, but where are the areas that Baker specifically can improve and I know you wrote about Baker mayfield@panthers.com. I think one Gary would be not throwing the ball to the other. I think not growing your employee who where JJ Watt hand happen to be right amendment and being clip, but Shelley got big things he gotta clean up one thinker thinks interesting to me about Baker is walking the phenomenon known unfold is the reason I think a lot of people are scratching their heads about what's going on with him right now is he's never shown even last year in Cleveland when he was hurt even more quite like it mean he looked like maybe and flip again. He looked like a guy rolled in a week for training.

He looks like you guys still learning how to do this here, but he hadn't had all the ribs she would look for a gotta have.

If they can get a Time Machine tray for mid April imagined they would want you and I imagine the product we see would look a lot better but at the same time can't do that and I just it's a little bit of marriage, good or great, underrated band dog. It's a little bit everything its receivers, breaking off route sure it protection come in through the wrong time.

At certain times the monthly Baker and in until he plays better. It can be tough for them to break out of that skid. Oh congratulations reclaim the number one ranked yes is not supposed to get better against the 49ers but football is a weird game and you just never I look at the 49ers as three quarters of the football team have great defense and the offense is at times good enough and at other times they put up 10 and the quarterback drops back out of the end zone at Denver.

So let's be on gold. You did this show in April. Would you rather have Jimmy grok lower Baker make an think is still an honest question in a nine ghetto, it's reasonable. I mean, we didn't think Jimmy would be back on right now. The reason is back on the field but it same time and that was an open question throughout the off the right now I fear what I mean getting started on their issues and I think most people, given that joy. Well, let me think this way.

If you have 32 general managers that question that off-season, it would not have been 32. Nothing in either direction. It would've been pretty close down the middle. To be perfectly honest frog is because Jimmy has a history of figuring out how to win games, not although he does a lot of very silly things like drop back out of the end zone. Yeah I got you. Don't you remember that you and I probably talked about it. I remember a prime remember two days ago there. I have a short memory at your quarterback a cornerback or a radio exactly exec, I don't know what I made a prediction yesterday that were woefully wrong and I just continue to move on. All right latest injury. Jeremy Chan that's a bad one. He is such a catalyst for them. How do they cover for this and where are they in terms of health, especially on the defensive side of the ball on particular sort.

There is no lie mean there's no way to spend that not great. Jeremy is one of those guys mean he is quickly and at a young age become front of the character of the place. He is young to be a conscience of anything but.

1.2 so yeah that's not easy and it's not going to be one guy there that it they always mix-and-match a lot of coverages.

I think there'll be time joking about Parkdale Hartfield back. I'll be time to see John Chandler that only time you think you and Burroughs.

I'm here probably hummingbird for the guy who yeah you heard all your bit started but again for the last couple years knows where to be now if you physical Jeremy of course not. Not a lot of faith even in the NFL necessarily hard but yeah there have to do that when by committee safety by committee not nearly as popular chronic back by committee but the spot.

Right now there again. Panthers.com is joining us here on the atom gold show want to go back to the offense for second because we have this really well I'm going back to a good spot of the offense going back to Christian McCaffrey like they can rely on him more than they are. Is he being I hate to say is, is he being used enough.

But I'm not sure he's being used enough right and again. It's funny that we're having this conversation always come around eventually year ago was going to use them too much. Your problem into the ground that I think lives with most things in life.

Moderation is key by somewhere between the 30 touches again getting the last year before he got 30 and eight carries last week mean that's obviously not ideal, but now there's so much chicken and egg all the talking to a coworker today assisted in football.

Everybody always makes it about one thing and it's very seldom about one saying it the greater time points about one thing, so with Christian you know you want to Find that happy medium given the ball some, but not too much, and that's a tricky balance strike looks good.

LB popped up on the injury report for you know the ankle to thigh each of the other week or take a leak in the middle of practice and documenting this is our number one priority Panthers.com go fight now. I needed when he's out there. My most dynamic players in the game, so I think they want to be cognizant of God doing too much and not jeopardize that. But it think time. Yeah, I think when you simplify this thing for the Carolina Panthers on Christian plant then you get a BJ I need to not turn it over anyway. This defense is playing. I think to harking back to the old days. It's almost like Rodney Peter know to let me know if you got put up 30 points again. He's probably not the way that defense played an active so I am a I am a big Occam's razor guy answers often bears strip it down do the things are good at not as many of the things you're struggling out so if it's me, I would make sure Christian had 1820 carries the swing and you try to his the high probability target the people like DJ and legitimate open field and make plays. I don't know the discussion altogether be able to go this week you donate your report with a hamstring turn in the Panthers.com later this afternoon the latest on that if I could not pull quote of your plug quoted fine ivory. I appreciate you staying on bread.

Here's the thing that does this conversation reminds me of conversations we had about Camden about well you want to have him take too many heads because because your best players right thing football is unfortunately very temporary. For these guys.

And the longer you try to protect them.

All it means is that you're not getting the best out of them for you so trying to preserve Christian McCaffrey's career is a bad idea for the team and it's also a bad idea for Christian McCaffrey because if he's not getting the ball. He's not putting up yours and is not justifying the contract that you already gave him so I would think 18 to 20 carries is the minimum light. I think he should be touching the ball in some way shape or form between 25 and 30 times again.

There enemy 30s alive, but you know again another one of the problems is it's hard to get any one person other than the center that many cut your only run 53 quite well that is a problem that converts on third down yet again if they convert third down they have more play more opportunity to Christian about would take care of a lot, but all by the way, when your last in the league in third down conversion to go tomorrow does not easy not as easy. Donna said yet that look there. Their offense is been a tough watch and until that proves a little bit damp but basically no chance to be good teams if the offense is what the offense is as it turns out they haven't played too many. I think really good teams.

At this point this is the best team I think they both faced so far this year and again I think that every desire and San Francisco is again three quarters of the team they are super dynamic in terms of depot set Samuel and Brenda York and George Kittle and that will be the challenge for this Panthers team still feel good about Baker. I don't think you mean it.

October what are you going to do. There's not in others. Not a lot available on the street right is not an option for attorney and that's why I do not want to be characterized as apologizing for anything like that. I just think that because he's so wonder why what we've seen from him over the course of his career. Jan mentioned this on Pampers.com yesterday or maybe it was couple days ago and the SPL got mail back. He has always been at his best in the middle of the year in November and December rather than September October guy thinks up into coordinators a lot in Cleveland used to that been through this process before and has generally been better this month the pastor ratings November the I don't will see were almost at and why at one and three. The clock ticking and I got it figured out fast for a lot of reasons.

As you know but yeah I mean I guess there is reason to think that it's not always gonna look like the way it works on. Obviously there's only one way to go. We can only go up and that's a good thing you asked the old guy stated Panthers.com Darren will have all of the skinny on everything. I appreciate it man I'll talk to you about the altar and staying on brand is what Darren he dad was there was doing. This is the atom gold shell