Stay Current (6-2-22)

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You know what you know now interviewed Matthew McConaughey just completely take the wind out of my save time for the drawing.

On a Thursday drive down. We are six hours away from tipoff of the MBA fine. As for who I think's going to win over think it. I watch both these teams play a dozen times of peace, probably a lot more than that since October and I'm been a trust my eyes here the Celtics of the better team this season one thickening and I think they're going to win in six games. But don't just take it for me. Listen to the experts listen to the math.

The basketball community seems pretty aligned on this. The people that I talked to I was reading an MBA anonymous story and the athletic which had scouts had coaches, executives giving their predictions anonymously on what they thought would happen and here's a quote from that athletic story from an active enough MBA head coach, Boston's defense is good enough to be able to limit the easy buckets that Golden State generates. That's what I'm considering Bostic to play big with Robert Williams.

Maybe Orford they can play small with Brent Williams they could switch a lot their physical. He has Boston in six games. So that's the basketball community.

They all seem to be aligned on Boston. The analytics nerds are even more overwhelming. They think Boston is going to win and there's really not much dispute about it. Take ESPN's BPI. This is math you crunched all the numbers going back to October and in the postseason and this is what came out ESPN's BPI gives Boston, 86% chance of winning the final 86% just one company, though Josh, you just can rely on BPI okay how about five 3880% chance that the Boston Celtics when the finals I don't always trust the experts.

I don't always trust the math, but when both those things are aligned together telling you the same thing and it's also in line with what my eyes say you bet I'm going to buy into that. It's also important to stay current to all the great stay current. I've always told myself as long as I do this I'm not to be the guy that says back when I was in high school and college. That's when sports were at their best.

Back in my day. That's when things were really good and just drawl in the past.

Stay current. Why listen to new music.

The great stay current. It's not just what was great back in the day. That's what's great now at the Chris rock show last night which I enjoy Chris Fox 57 years old when he is talking about music when he's making jokes and using examples is not rolling back on the Band or going back to the 90s yell when I was together with the fat boys how he's making jokes about those you And little laws asked from a 57-year-old man. Why because Chris rock stays current. That's a big part of the reason Chris rock is great. Stay current.

When I hear it's why Golden State is a favorite in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas has Golden State as a favorite wall. The nerd say they're going to win in the basketball community is buses going to win because they're reacting to the public. I was walking through Charlotte airport I ran into a listener on the way back to Boston way back from Boston bachelor party last weekend guy comes up to me and says Josh will Golden State if they play Boston told states can win in a sweep he will Dalton executive producer of the show. By the way, the W day I he says that in that I talked to them. I asked how much basketball he watches you know I usually pay attention when the playoffs get here when the playoffs come around. That's when I pay attention and you gotta remember this. Most people are not diehards. A lot of people consume sports and politics the same way, here's what I mean by that. You have the diehards but then you gotta realize most people probably just think it okay when's the next election. Then I'll turn on Fox or MSNBC or CNN.

I when's the next election, much of the day-to-day amount watching Bill more every week. Then you got in sports folks are. I'm not watching NBA basketball in November or in January.tell me when the playoffs get here then I'll start paying attention. And if that's your mindset, the cash would be 1/5 probably think still stuff current watch them when the final sample years ago that Stokely Thompson and Fremont Green. These pasta guys. I have watched a lot of them haven't seen them in the finals before this series reminds me a lot of the 2014 finals spurs key. That's not the one were real and shot.

It's the year after that.

And the reason hi this series reminds me of the hat Miami was a favorite in the series going in.

Even though San Antonio are the best record in the regular season and a lot of younger guys on the team. They had more guys in their prime Miami was falling apart. So while it was some of the same faces. Ron and Dwayne Wade and Chris bosh was the same Lebron D Wade and Chris bosh. They got beaten by Kawai Leonard, who became a mainstay in Danny Green and some of these other guys that were just coming into their prime. That's what this series reminds me a lot of the blown leads with Boston.

It concerns me the mismatches that Golden State's dealing with concerns me a lot more Boston has more depth. They have a better bench.

I I look at the size problem that we've been talking about a bit this week.

Golden State unfavorable matchups up to this point in the finals.

Boston hasn't a ramp to the defending champ sure they didn't have Chris Middleton but I was a battle conference finals Miami. They were in the finals just a couple years ago who has Golden State gone through Memphis and John Moran was out for half the series and you get to play Phoenix but instead to go up against the mavericks who have one All-Star and one All-Star only okay give me the Celtics Golden State has the name power but stay current list of the math listen to the experts who are telling you and telling you pretty clearly it's Boston. They are the better team. Don't over think this. I don't know. They when the night on the road and sipped disco but over the long span of a series I'm trusting math I'm trusting the better team is going to win out. I think it's Boston and I got them in six on Twitter at WSG exports. If you want an on today show. We've got two more pairs of Doobie Brothers tickets that were going to be giving away. This is for not Charlotte next week, but Raleigh next Saturday, so if you want to see the Doobie Brothers next Saturday nine days from now in Raleigh.

This is what you're listening for to win favor number 336-777-1600 same one you call if you want to talk to the WDC were potentially get in on today show, so will Sarah Bradford tonight. We had a terrific night yeah Greensboro Chris rock show all he was so good. Wish you were there. I need to know you and we didn't have any extra picture to pick his beat. I was asked was like you go to the right.

I don't think we number ticket you got was there. He had a great time hanging out with the folks from being retired. Doug Beamer and company had a really nice night in Greensboro. But you know didn't have a good night. Duke basketball. They lost Trevor keels, which was 50-50. Whether or not it was good to come all the way through everything I was 50-50. We don't know if he saying in the draft first to come back and it came down to the 11th hour Little League see this is unlike the teenager using the word literally and properly known of this is literally the 11th hour he had to 1159 to make a decision. We get the Jeff Goodman report at around 11. Some it was 50-50 and he decided he was gonna stay in the draft Duke started preparing for life without him during the week of the combine. They put together a plan B that Plan B was Northern Iowa was Ajay Green who suits over 40% from three they felt really awesome about him.

Hey, if keels to the combat we got the sky we can plug in a be a starting shooting guard for us but it became a really bad night for Duke when surprisingly to a lot of people.

Ajay Green kept his name in the draft to so there goes plan a day which is keels there goes plan B which is green now Duke sin search of a starting shooting guard Billy Baker's transferred out.

They have freshman and Jaden shut coming in and that's not one of those five stars at the ring and they got a lot of those things.

That's not one of them. Caleb Lakes last year, probably to be a guy you may be plays a role in a few years Allah Jordan gold wire one of those guys are developed, but he's not ready to step into a starting role. Yet, for a team that might be top-five in the country so they need to find somebody.

Fortunately, your Duke and Duke is Duke as we all know, but you gotta find somebody in the transfer market was good to be a fit. According to Steve Wiseman of the news and Observer. They have expressed interest in Texas. Texas is Courtney Remy and I hear people saying good things about me but I watched a lot of Texas basketball to funding the latter crispier this past year they overachieved I fell in his first season, but never really did Remy jump out too much to me averaged around 910 points a game. The year before that 12 point is been around a little while now proven score okay three point shooter, 36, 37% from three not as good as the alternative of Ajay Green or getting Trevor keels back so that one-two punch of losing out on keels and losing out on Ajay Green. That's a really tough blow for the what is causing it with Josh Connor O'Neill making out in studio with the covers wake covers the blue Devils as well had a chance to catch up with both John Shiner and Coach yesterday at the K Academy will learn more about that momentarily. We need to get to the important stuff, though. Will Dalton watched a few good men. The first time last night when you got next week again seven in your hearts to be full. After watching that I see to make you feel real good inside but were not talking about seven were not were talking about you. Good men do you want the truth. Can you handle the truth. I don't think you can handle the truth.

All right, let's go to the movies. Will Josh will.

Here's what I need from you tell me what you like what you like your favorite Claude give me a Rotten Tomatoes score 0 to 104 you give me that Connor O'Neill how high up on the cruise meter is good. I guess that's moving worse movie how high up as I would put it so I haven't been so little incomplete here. Haven't seen many of the mission possible good man is is right there under the new Top Gun I hear great things about. I was a big fan of the original so that's really yeah just another action movie guy and he thought it was cheesy. It depends on when you want to see.

I've watched it in the last 10 years, so it music and all that didn't have a great effect on me but I hear great things about the new one, so I'm definitely going to give that a look if you Goodman's my favorite congressman. The other gets his best one. What did you like most about Top Gun, not a few good men without. I really enjoyed Jack Nicholson now that I can go very cliché which Tom Cruise is always a great soup but I really like Jack Nicholson in this and he had some very good dialogues and I always appreciate good dialogues like that. That's part of the reason why love Game of thrones. So much is because just the dialogue there nice to listen to on how to explain it better than that – so it was Col. Nathan just that's right in this. If you don't think you can get on back down. Don't think you can get them back down. Okay like technical send it course yeah that sequence of the end might be the most iconic scene in any movie for them and not parents working. That's the key first movie he's ever written. Here's the key of Aaron Sorkin, Aaron Sorkin's very good at adding a bunch of jargon, lingo and making it sound cool and like something he knows things about in writing in such a way that you feel like you know what it's about. Even though I have no idea any of this law lingo that they're describing right stuff so I actually thought cruise out acted Nicholson in the final scene I did to step not hard to do work very hard that part where he says your you're under arrest, you son of a bleep. I lost lost those findings, they set it okay. I also like courtroom dramas. That's another one. This might be as good as defined in that category. What didn't you like is only one answer. I hope I got it right here for Demi Moore's correcting that correct anymore great actress not getting this.

All now I rewatch it a couple days ago, because I knew he was watching and had seen in a while. Demi Moore didn't care for. Yeah me and also not a good not a good lawyer at all.

Trying to remember what the line is strenuously objected that one. I'm sorry I lost. I and like the don't know what you would like a steak knife there's there's they went a little bit out there to make it seem like there was an interest in my she asked about a date but they may never revisit it at all cold too I like that pushed him along. She motivated them, but she has a lot better movies in her arsenal. Then I think her performance in that the best way at the kindest way I can put it Demi Moore I don't know if you have a favorite Demi Moore. Maybe G.I. Jane goes honestly first Demi Moore comes to mind is that Charlie's interest yeah all the talking movie. Don wanted about a couple times a year.

Okay then I Demi Moore's character on Ellen right, you nailed it.

What's the best quote. There's a lot to choose from.

What's the second best quote I guess is probably eyes specifically like that scene where Jack Nicholson's character says there is nothing sexy for there's nothing on this earth sexier. Believe me, gentlemen, minimum and you have to salute in the Mulford normalized think we could talk about more of the quote Jack Nicholson and that you want to talk about things that don't age well. That one probably doesn't age the greatest concern that I will tell you one thing I appreciated Tom Cruise.

What was he slogging for most of the movie was Tom Cruise drinking for most of the movie. One item that he drank three times in the movie, you whose he was drinking you whose love it. That's great product placement or it might just be cruise because he's a strange guy saying I do this movie but I'm only gonna drink you whose and also how do we think cruise is a baseball player, not other schemes were guiding rounders strike yeah yeah is another notable thing, not not a good ballplayer is hacking. Yeah the way he's so strange when he tried to do human type activity like Ron is think he's an alien is an alien run 20 just as funny drinks from a bottle. Funny, drinks funny things from said bottle fits grounders money money just last funny is nothing like a normal human being conquers okay here's the moment of truth. No 0 to 100 a few good men. I don't think we've had a score from Will at this point lower than 91 because they're all like I feel like you give me like very very good. I gave you the other guys last week and I thought it was a great sound is asked to see Oscar-winner but in the comedy world like never know when, you need to give me a movie that's like questionable people are on the fence about 87 is that noncoms don't do well either next week okay no let me go. 92 9290 Jimmy knocked off 90%.

Wow, I might be the meanest thing that you ever sat on the shelf I appreciated. I respected 89% on Russia's hiatus winning is something funny I almost given. 89 but I'd never denied it to them as the users that are keeping tabs of what you're scoring all these so we can go back the way that I don't know when you were a kid.

If your mom or dad marked your height on a wall somewhere I didn't but I so people who did my mom Connor. They do not get that treatment for you. One year I think we had a post like the crown mold, crown molding, like the post between the kitchen and the hallway had some marks on it for my height that's what I want this to be like. I want will see his progression of the movies now is watch try to collect with like I'm trying to resource your on my phone and looked up on the fence yet and I think I need him down away from the climbed down for will or for Connor growing a movie, it will that he could see I was thinking maybe in the spirit of the Elvis movie coming out in a couple of weeks. Is there a music biopic movie do we Cox walked belying me walk the line is great is it.

I mean, hell, I can just go watch Elvis and do that know the point of the season that you have, that's true.

She was greatest Encarta. Let's do this type of music biopic see what comes up. If anything noteworthy. I already said that the movies well. Is there a music biopic, that's shameful that he hasn't seen before. The play also has to be. You haven't seen that movie okay, we could think on this for a second and a lot of movies hereby are and what you got just now I'm coming across on certain things to not on the fence but pretty woman wow pretty woman not on the fence it's not on anybody's fence but it's a good or bad movie, but you are missing school of rock I think so losing that Jack Black yet seen that pitch perfect. I think I might. What's that about. It's like hello like an a cappella movie. Anna Kendrick, Ron Wilson.

I don't remember it enough that I did some almost famous CNET now West side story.

I don't think so. I'm just thinking of movies that are music related. If anybody is on the fence about almost famous come to the studio and I will thought you it's right at the movies to get week after that.

I movies to get to be another 92. If we did that very while I try to dig up some for your perusing to tell us how Coach K's doing, you visited with them that anyone ask about his new puppy that was the only substantial thing that I was there to get information on a main Coach K looks like somebody who has not been a Division I basketball coach for two months. He looks refreshed.

We're talking it between you know we had five or 10 minutes between talking touchpad talking to to John Scheier and the consensus among media. There was wow he looks refreshed.

He no longer looks like he's been sleep deprived for the last six months like we saw him in New Orleans.

I thought right constantly that out dutifully in his his longform feature about Coach K and that it it out. The hours long, even for a person in their mid-70s. It's it's a grind of the season and so removed from that now. It was interesting like Josh, if you remember last year the beginning of your we talked about we talk to coach K and I will talk to the staff. He didn't want to use the word last what is nobody saying that four letter word and wasn't lost was that last for love.

So now he doesn't. He seems to bristle at the word retirement like he's not retired.

He just stopped coaching so because because he still doing stuff with the school.

He's obviously he's involved with K. Academy John Scheier made a joke about how it's up S Academy of McKay Academy the 19th year of it. And so in my coach K as I think he has a speaking engagement in Vegas on Monday. He's doing stuff. He's just not coaching basketball so it was really interesting to hear his separation of I'm not retired, I'm just not coaching basketball anymore. How did Scheier sidestep the question about Trevor keels basically didn't. I mean I was always my question was when's the last time you talk to Trevor and this was no going down to the minute. This was at about 338 yesterday and he said he talked to him earlier that day's message about Trevor was the same that it was about a month before we talk to the coaching staff.

The they wanted Trevor to feel supported. They wanted him to feel like he was making the most informed decision possible. There was no at least the John Scheier's gotta tell us there was no you know, getting 100 text messages telling him how much of a mistake you be making if you left early and what what he would be leaving on the table if he if he left to go to the NBA and left does not affect because on anymore. If there is it's it's a lot less than what it been 10 to 15 years ago I got 7/8 movies here that I'm pretty confident will hasn't seen that you let me know if this checks the box of what were looking for here Lala land. I haven't seen it, and I seen it 30 dancing hello and I haven't seen okay and seen filling a lot of people like dirty dancing right well I mean if it's a movie that you have to see I don't think you will do that for bad movies. So Despina Butler if were talking about ones that should be ranked in the 90 percentile that's different.

Also, I see some mixed opinions. The further you go back with movies we could do footloose heard good things little brother blues brothers now that's that's interesting from line rule received from line. I actually think I have really who's in it. Why don't remember, but I'm pretty sure I remember why she handed movie yeah I have seen wayne's world that not a big Mike Myers spanned John Cusack hi fidelity new whiplash rule.

I think Ellen is probably age terribly for infinite is new of the movie as it is, you haven't seen whiplash having so just to talk on holiday how we feel about whiplash so you like the idea 30 dancing like the ideas blue brought blues brothers and whiplash basing it off your reaction which movies will then watch it a few weeks.

All I know I have not seen whiplash. I just it's one of those that I've seen enough clips of enough references are seen enough. You know, sir, on his trailer breakdowns of it that I get what it's about.

Eileen blues brothers because that's kind of a cultural phenomenon is also a an intern on the data going show. Once upon a time so you gotta see the blues Brothers blues Brothers is the movie there and watch that two weeks from now saying you're on the rise with Josh Grant on WSJ sports Rick Riley national sport Association Hall of Fame or and also I'd stay. Maybe the best MC of the event. I don't know Ryan McGirr.

Westrum might get mad at me, suggesting that Rick Riley how would you feel if I say that you are in estimating MC extraordinaire and Salsberry/Winston-Salem hierarchy autoworker. Louder, volunteer, and Salsberry then went limp that I quit and no wonder that about me got me completely.

While I don't think they forgot about you both know there are a lot of really good ones in this doing so help me golf. We were talking and I love the concept of this book a few weeks ago we were talking with Brian, another guy associated with the an estimate. One of the best writers out there. He has a new book out. That is a really creative deal about scorebook said how personal it can be in some of the things that have come out of all the games he scored dating back to 11.

It's it's a great in the book fair.

They have at the an estimate right next month were actually later this month were excited about tell me about so help me golf the concept of it. 32nd version were sitting here at a bar. I want to get this book. What is it about what a story book on the collective string on reporting here that Della Levitt called 11 years old and coat money through emotional real story all about memory call met outside yes all about that link is a lot of human interest. 100 give you one of the categories and their antler hinge in Ireland one day on the trip home was a blind part three you never played a blind there are any in America, but greatly. And in Ireland, you'll find when you hit it over a hill going to know if there's a green over there and one day poor guy all American made holes in one in the space of an hour and 1/2. It was the craziest confluence of luck of all time filling the bar that night in the hinge going crazy every find each other drink and people are members earned by getting free drinks in the drink like the townspeople the greatest night and the bartender for three until his wife walked in and she got to got their six-year-old boy. By the year and then she marched behind the bar and try to make it up yet what you been doing this fine day you little rascal and the kid got I've been putting balls in the whole ticket would hiding behind the three running out the ball in the hole your watch him go crazy. That's all for people, but all in one in 14 aces one day.

That's not that Rick Riley Greg is joining us here talking about this brown, about 15 minutes ago or so, the mats happened again yesterday. What's your level of interest in watching for non-golfers play golf on television.

Not much like my favorite Burton foreclosure throat Barclay on the downhill, whatever you like. He could do like fishing and I would like to go funny but I love what we tried to give other golfers crap. I played a lot of golf with Charles and really it gets so bad you can't even watch so when we were playing that time hopeful everything you know and if that thing once you get to double bogey you got to get the ball put in your pocket till the fifth hole I finally took about 2500 people around the green light for Charles like a lady and gentlemen, if you want to watch Charles Barkley play golf you come to the key box he'd never getting your green today.

Charles came up just towered over me. If not, I can make fun of fat people Charles C that you he has this fun teddy bear like persona on TV, but people forget that the sky was such the ultimate competitor when he played.

So when you are playing golf with Charles Barkley about a way would be and what I Rick Riley the book so help me golf why we love the game is the book you need to be picking up from the New York Times best-selling author when you're playing with Charles what's the balance of him not taking himself so seriously versus being competitive.

What part of the night before electric anime bar and poor people shot the patrol. All three and the one I got on barbell with $10,000. So then he comes looking Barclay hung over, but filling a great mood and degree notes. Through it all in it so you're not about keeping couple time, every time you notice the red light came on. He would stand over me as I was about to hit and go. It didn't relate once I get out about what you Riley with this year so that interested in watching those four guys play golf you talking about NFL players playing golf out there probably do need some golf majors to make things more and make the event more interesting.

What is what is the best non-golfer you've seen on the golf course from a professional sport standpoints. A professional athlete that's not a golfer that you seen out there stroking it very apparent and wanted a beautiful thing to watch.

And you know you for everything you got so grateful he helped to go to Africa with Metro light foundation nothing but Natalie and bed nets over family so they don't get malaria. He actually came with it and so wonderful.

He's a great guy. Quick great greatest year ever live. I think, but I mean I'm telling you that kidded taken up golf and forgotten breath of objectivity on Tory's uncle Riley with this year you wrote a book about a former Presidents ability or inability to golf, what, how many have you ever golfed with the president but from the other guy and me and him and Molly point thought in their one-time amendment for like part of the Leica signature and he's a girl that's good, Rick. Then he picks up his chip like Donald if you take a gimme chicken all yeah I never met like Edward Grant but a lot of fun you know if I get a bunch of stuff after work, but you know .12 club championship and you know it. Not that players a nine or 10. Even though his handicap together 2.8 which is 2.8 and Queen Elizabeth can polevault you whatever I took to heart it went well.

I don't believe it, but you come at the club champ should forget that you yeah whenever I buy a new course. I just play the club championship by myself and I'm the club champ which is fine and kinda hold their resident people you're the club champ and making time because you're a winner and you should vote because I'm a winner but wait a minute. You're not exactly a winner so please the latest Tiger Woods you know I don't cover pro golf anymore two years ago and Tiger like where you feel that you won't defend Phil euros record on Tiger like I love Tiger. I just wish someone and write better kit he doesn't yet dinner with me to throw in he doesn't have much fun playing golf. It's all kind of joy look where you want the magic pill one with Charles Barkley when he wants everybody to score well goes great with toolkit 500 block to Canada and then carry on bag so you can figure out. Build an idiot sometimes it building. The Saudi thing is proof he can be an idiot buddy. He also let you into his life. I've seen him stop the car in a rainstorm bomb on the side of the road.

Get out give the bobbin golf umbrella and given 500 block it out so it took for that reason, like I wish you would come back I will why you told that that reason I'm still going out of so help me. Golf is the book Rick Riley is with us.

He's in the he's in the state of North Carolina right now and this is a book that you need to read if you love golf and you love Rick Riley like I know a lot of people do the an estimate Hall of Famer. Here's been well tomorrow night at Quail books in Raleigh went out 7 o'clock and I hope to get up and be funny for 20 minutes went by and remind what you got it, thinking, but I don't care I find anybody Rick Riley.

I'm sure you're not, you have a problem with people showing up to a thing like this all on the way out. You talked about fill a little bit. The I've always been told for years Rick somebody's got to write the Phil Mickelson book, like there's a lot here with Phil that we don't know about and we hear the good stuff.

But the idiot stuff is are the things that we don't ever really see publish that often. What has bothered you about the way that Phil Mickelson's been betrayed.

The last few months while you know I read the book and not all note kind of a standard biography of her of a great player who the fascinating guy, but there are some rip their couple think about me okay.

Apparently there he saw the lost $40 million over five years, making 45 million a year in person with an endorsement so like you broke Phil go take too much member for while you were telling people I'm not fat, subcutaneous fat like Bill subcutaneous fat you so you can call Karnak and got all so fair and well reported. I just wish he come out and say look, I'm sorry. No, you compare the Saudi government that they had gay people and killed American journalists to the PGA Tour 10 ways to put apologize out, I noted didn't apply or enter the first Saudi to earn another one spot left and it could be filled going to do it.

I would be really I think I'll be really fat because I don't see how you wake up in the morning, no matter how much they give you and support a government that we had people Rick Riley the book again is so help me golf tomorrow. He's good to be in Raleigh signing that book to him whatever book you you you show up with he's going to be signing at the Quail Ridge bookstore at 7 o'clock in North Hills over there in Raleigh.

Rick hope to see you sometime in the Triad again soon and appreciate the time by tomorrow morning again like optimal markets. If you get into said field should go there or wake up in court.

Yeah yeah Whit Whitefield country club in Raleigh that's that's when you have success at two… You can talk your way to do anything. Rick said you got that no doubt that's Rick Riley joining us here on WSJ escorts have a chance to work to send to Michelle. And there's not a natural place for me to work this into the shell, but in our studio. I've got college softball on Oklahoma softball is 55 and two.

They have 139 of those games, by the mercy rule 55 in two you'll find me a team in sports. That's more dominant than that team right now and while we were talking about guys were not coming back to college with Terry Nancy Braun Jake Arabia Trevor kills Drew Tenney. Another example will of Little League not like the high school team way of describing the word literally literally in the 11th hour yesterday decided he's going back to Gonzaga. So if you're a Carolina fan in your life well for sure were to be the number one team preseason Carolinas right there in the mix of UCLA and can zag go with Timmy back where you might be able to slot there's teams 1 to 3 in whatever order you please Kentucky's pretty darn good with a lot of guys they have returned to another guy was pretty darn good start guide Darren Vaught you know from USA baseball and High Point play-by-play and now this weekend doing some high school play-by-play and this is what's interesting about this parent.

You've done so much baseball caught a lot of great baseball at the collegiate level and you've never called high school baseball before never once out like I may think about it. I did AAA baseball for the durables beginning last summer I called the US Olympic squad last summer in their exhibition games. I've gone as good of college baseball is ever you find have never once in my life called high school baseball Burlington. I am limited in Burlington at that, the home of the stock topics Burlington athletic stadium. The two a and four a state championships are taking place there tomorrow and Saturday and I'm your guy on those broadcasts would find it. The NS HS network do as you might know a lot of high school games nationwide and that will have a link for that. I'm sure I'll push it out on on my twitter and social so it's it's out there to search North Carolina baseball state championships. You should be able to find a stream of awake at Darren Vaught doing that on Friday and Saturday that's where you can follow him on Twitter you spelled out your credentials of what you've covered baseball wise. I don't think anybody that we have on regularly knows as much about college baseball as you do or cares about is much as you do.

Tomorrow must be like. In addition to doing state chapter baseball and must be like Christmas to you which in-state host. Do you think has a better drawl. The North Carolina Tar Heels are my East Carolina Pirates. I did Pirates have maybe the toughest to see there is an Virginia Cavalier yes I do something about this ECU team though and I wish you and I have talked about it. They lost their ace before the season started their opening day shortstop is now a picture in the rotation hadn't thrown since high school. It it's it's to me the best up with goblins ever done. I just can't imagine them not being in Omaha. It just if so, it it's not even that it's the least talented team he's ever had to have a chance at it, but it would be the most unconventional would just that. Just makes it feel like okay list is to be the one that does it right. It's a win-win for me man I see the College World Series starts the day before my wedding. So I'm not going and I've always said that this ECU goes to the College World Series him to be the first time to be there the first time that happened. While I'm not to go. If it happens this year. So if it happens I'll be happier than anybody but if it doesn't, I will feel guilty about the fact that I'm not able to make it yeah and you know you you mentioned the others hosting our stay in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Scott Georgia is a number two. VCU is just really really really good mid-major team at that as a number three.

There they might be my favorite number three in the entire field like Grand Canyon as well that their plan and that the Stillwater regional student North Carolina solitaire to it just wouldn't surprise me at all to see. Both North Carolina and ECU in Omaha. I don't I don't I don't know that I would put money on both of them making it by. It wouldn't surprise me there both capable Pirates have won 18 straight games North Carolina fresh off when the ACC baseball championship wake forest is in the College Park regional Dave got Yukon and Jim tenders team that's pretty darn good then pretty good for a while. It almost seems like every year they make the tournament. What do you get the Dick's a punchers chance at getting out of that regional yeah I do it's not a bad troll for them. Yukon is tossed I would be a little more worried about Yukon that I would. The host Maryland actually but let us do good. Wake forest team got 40 wins. The pitching has been unreal as of late rent louder, their ace is a big part of that one ACC picture of the year got a good deed on Friday. Got to go deep tomorrow at one. I would get I would. I would think that that's a requirement, but we know these guys can hit so you know what if it happens, he gets touched up a little bit. I mean it's it's a capable lineup. They don't refer to them as wake forest for nothing and put runs on the board last on the Dick's made the tournament they got out of the regional round with nice group on that team Gavin sheets and company in 2017 Darren Vaught with us here were talking baseball before we get unusual questions.

If you want to send a man at the USGS radio you could send it in 336-777-1600 will answer those just really just an opportunity for you to ask whatever you like sports or otherwise otherwise is usually more fun. Tommy takes he entered the transfer portal today where on the scale of shocked were you that this happened in does that level of shock exceed the level of shock. Many fell on Monday that state didn't make it into the field. I it's a fair question. I'm blessed surprised at this today than I was when when state didn't make the field now that comes with the caveat I was made aware that this was a possibility by some people. When I was in Charlotte at the ACC tournament last week and sort of poked around a little bit, including with Elliott Avett. When I saw him sort of data may hey, what's with the deal with Tommy.

Mainly I wanted to see if if Tommy was in a play with the collegiate national team this summer, which I think as far as I know is a possibility that sort of thing. All indications are it's been rumored for several weeks that he wants to be closer to home is from Florida, i.e. knowing what I know about Ellie David and the coaching staff if that was the only reason they would be really really upset that this is something that Tommy wants to do because whether it be Florida State or the gators. Those programs didn't want to take the chance on Tommy that NC State did initially right so I think it would be fair for any coaching staff to be perturbed and annoyed at the idea that Tommy was going to come to Raleigh and and do what he did for a season beat. Maybe the best freshman season ever in college baseball.

It's definitely up there in the ACC and then jump ship just to potentially even go to it on a conference rival in Florida State but there's there's the issue of his. His positioning, and merely hurt his shoulder, which led him to mainly be designated hitter for NC State.

But he's a corner infielder. I think next year he was mainly to play first base for NC State. Tommy seems to be dead set as being it's being reported by David Hale of ESPN that this is this is a bigger factor than was initially thought. Tommy is apparently dead set on. He's 1/3 baseman now I you were going to get a couple more years at NC State unless he is trying to become draft eligible sophomore next year.

I don't know if that's possible with him. So, if he is sure, but if not, you really get a couple more years and typically lick you can get into the position that you want to get during the three year career. I don't know that years one and two, especially when you break home run records in the batter's box really matter that much in terms of your your prospect status switches again rumored to be what he is focused on here anyway. He wants to be able to play third base every day because it helps his MLB draft status Darren Vaught with this year with get weird answer some unusual questions last week guys headed Josh left breast pumps is not right, is an unusual question.

Okay, it's time for unusual question with Josh Graham on Twitter at USGS radio 336 700 will Dalton you had one spewed up on the way in.

What was that? So delighted you going to Chris rock last night. I was curious for you guys. Whether it's for just nostalgic reasons or sentimental or the place just electric. What is like the greatest of bent sports concert or otherwise that you have ever been. I think it might be recency bias. I think maybe the top three of happen for me in the last five months, you have a lot where I was at Coach K's last game at Cameron and I was at Coach K's last game that's that's number one.

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I cried at the underfloor timeout is tied because it was so cool was overwhelming you out felt when you see there's videos of you know, like teenagers crying when the beetle started playing in the 60s. That's how I felt Caroline in the final four.

So that's that's number one. Probably going to see the Avett Brothers at red rocks going to Fenway Park and watch the Orioles last weekend. Pretty darn collapse upon the currently in Winston-Salem the previous weekend.

You have a lot of really cool stuff but number one has to be that the Carolina game in the world. This is going to take some categories here. Recent recently. I've got a pretty good sports one as I got to go with high to Rupp Arena at Kentucky when they put Tubby Smith's name up in the rafters that that was even like. Aside from having being able to call the game like that that was just such a couple of days and unreal environment because Kentucky fans love thank you were sitting next to me for the 2019 Duke Carolina game in Charlotte that for sure them if you want to talk best game yeah only time Zion really played against carillon yet nothing's going to top that mean that Blake you know when our friend Ed Harden who is covered everything there is to cover walks away from that.

Damon says it's the best game ever covered. Just know you were there for really big moment concert is hard to narrow down you give me hell for Jimmy world all the time and the fact that I like to me. Why don't you yell because I claim the note world and I can only name with her song). I don't like Jimmy world. Now you don't.

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It is 10 year anniversary album features, and they played the record front to back in sequence sustained good song off the record. Yeah, they played at the orange peel in Asheville. Best good news.

The rings that would impress a lot. I thought I would impress you, Jimmy world knowledge, one saw another one at home, but the other one I knew was paying the futures album documents and the title track futures, which is how I didn't know what I don't what I anyways I plated top ventilated front to back and the orange feel it was it was spiritual.

It will Dalton. How would you answer this question. This was pretty easy for me. This was the Carolina Duke game in Chapel Hill is 2020 when I was a DG show intern David Lynn had asked me. Have you been doing and digging now let me go cover it for the show is only my second time ever going to the Smith Center.

I had Benson's like fourth grade and you know going down on the floor and being like me to this chair beside me to: Anthony and all the other feels like just as the devil are taking correct, the game was unbelievable. So getting this one written and if I open the refrigerator. What's the strangest thing in their I like this, open the fridge Darren Vaught strangest thing in your fridge right now.

I might have thrown them out. I had beats in their recently and I was putting those in blended Olympics type thing, I think those went back what I had left. I was not great about consistently using it was a lot of is probably the Dalton wears thing in your fridge.

You have an answer off the top your head because I don't right now I am when you think about is it weird to have the new like having Chick-fil-A sauce from Chick-fil-A in a bottle that strange. If I weird you mean like uncommon, no I don't think that's not a lot of people allowing Chick-fil-A sauce. Now how about onions in the fridge is in the fridge and you have like a separate section on your like a been my parents used to have this wooden band. JAS sat next to his rater and it was always confused like okay if you already like sliced onions friends. Let me ask this question.

I want to Chris rock last night.

Top comics usually have you locked up the phone during Michelle I'm about it. I wish more places would do it. How would you feel about the team saying you know what, if you go to wargames. You can't be on your phone working a lot, no chance, no chance social media is too important for them while asking you how would you feel about why I would-I think it's too important think I think the experience you want.

Families taking photos together you wanted all of you want people to be able to use their phones to that of the parking lot outside is not as aesthetically pleasing.

Something I mean you're not showing off Camden yards adequately online.

If all of the photos at Camden yards rather than parking lot is up, you will posted pictures from outside the venue sampling is Chris rock and there's a sign in on it, just as they had to.

Otherwise, they would post everybody turned out okay will turn out fine. I don't like the pictures when we look at Lake U.S. Open Sampson in the background.

Now every single float every single great shot everybody with her phone up when you turn up the Masters nobody's on the phone because you can't have your phone in their so guess what everybody's free hands are free for a good old clap jock great and I'm plugged into this event a little bit more right now what Cameron did it. For example, Debbie great all the awesome 30 small we do it I could totally see him and restating rights. I don't know that they would sell that place out like it when it mattered like the Masters like you do it no I wish they would experiment with you knowing you don't think you are onto something in that there are certain venues that could, I don't think it's in everything you're saying every sporting event, but certain venues for sure can pull it off and I know I wouldn't scoffed at the idea that came in and were spectators could take photos and what's your unusual? What's the best second when a storm has ever had. In light of stranger things just seem the new season.

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Kate Bush is ever been. It's gotta be, are we counting Whitney Houston's cover of I will always love you Dolly Parton of accounting. No Seattle think the covers don't count. I think you know I mean like it would have to be like never to give you up by Rick Astley because of the Rick roll X out of Second Life. It is a great example the running man similar way yeah I like I like where your heads that yeah I think Rick Astley might be the right answer, and I think still it's still funny still is everything that happens. I don't know if I've been Rick rolled in a long time but if I were Rick rolled today. I think it would be great. Darren Vaught I think is really good know enough of of what a Rick role is to regrow us right now he is delighted were talking about once a Rick roll their home will you restarts an opportunity for you just did to Blair, some Rick Astley never going to get her Darren yet yet. Great stuff. Appreciate you bro and I'll talk to you next week. Enjoy the high school baseball and also the baseball of college baseball variety in the regional stage nice posted spent a lot of baseball can is a baseball again baseball baseball baseball baseball