Here Comes The Judge (10-4-22)

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Cam Newton insulted by Charles Barkley from some. In the process to know what you know now. He's interviewed Matthew McConaughey and he's taken on just completely out of time on the triad where in America today, you can bet on almost anything sports related does not legally in the state of North Carolina, wink, wink.

Let's say you visited the casino on Indian territory close to Asheville. I forget what sponsor is attached to the casino but you walk on in. This is a real prop.

You can actually bed on first NFL coach to be fired in your top two choices right now are Matt rule and Ron Rivera with Matt be in the heavy favorite +110 which means you have to bet hundred and $10 to make 100 back with your bet he's a heavy on Don Faber and that's because after losing to Arizona Sunday.

It feels like the walls are closing in on him a little bit with that be in the backdrop for this coming Sunday against the Niners. This absolutely feels like a must-have for the Carolina Panthers if Carolina loses this game. Matt rule could be fired as early as next week cashing in that first NFL coach fired that this has to be yet you are at home it The three-game homestand.

We dubbed it. Matt rule's last stand. You gotta win two out of three of it. If you don't it has to be now it's year three it's five games in this had to be the year for Matt. You cannot afford to start one and four with four of the first five games on your schedule being at Bank of America Stadium.

It would truly be a dead man walking situation. David Tepper prove anything to us. The last time you made a change once he makes up his mind. He's just going to go ahead and make the decision. He did so in late November early December with a month left to go and Ron Rivera's last year in 19 conversely, if Carolina were to win this game. It's a completely different feeling. Be into and breathed into them for or 14 and beg your pardon. That's a huge difference between being two and three MBM 14 the NFC is bad objectively bad. Bad enough that I think at least one team is going to make the playoffs with a losing record 88 and 18 and nine. I think that could be good enough.

If you are to win three at least gives you a chance if you fire your coach your waving in the white towel white flag your waving it.

It's the season's over.

We saw that after they fired Rivera they didn't win a game after they fired their offense of coordinator last year and Joe Brady they didn't want to game the rest of the year when you fire your coach, your giving up on the season. After doing if your two and three is no reason to give up on your season there still a lot of football to be played.

But if you're wanting for more than 1/4 of the way in and things. Looking ahead, probably not going to get better. At least not in the near future.

I wouldn't blame David Tepper made a decision. The most difficult four-game stretch of the season begins after Sunday's game against San Francisco. You might be thinking cha-cha watch San Francisco play last night.

Are you kidding me it gets more difficult after that. Yes, three of the next four games are going to be away from Charles, here are the games you're at the Rams, the defending champs your home against Tampa Bay and Tom Brady. Your Atlanta which is to into then you're at the defending AFC champs, the Cincinnati Bengals favorite disco no slouch resolve that. But at least Carolina has them traveling west coast East Coast on a short week. I'm not counting Carolina out of that game, but I will say today pretty firmly favorite disco is a must win game for the Carolina Panthers and more specifically for Matt rule on Twitter at W SJS radio if you wanted WDs telling me we got an Instagram page now.

Yes we do. We work in radio why we got one of those ways up there is more places to be. Nobody wants to see that by the way at Baltimore not too far outside of that will stretch you just laid out debating whether or not to go to that game B.is going to be running a tailgate before the game for that Panthers ravens game up there are guys from Jimmy seafood so I might make my way out to Baltimore for that.

I haven't decided a reminder, the drive is good to be broadcast live tomorrow and on Friday at the Carolina classic fair so make sure you come out and say hello. We will be broadcasting our show live tomorrow at the Carolina classic fair tomorrow and on Friday we will have a pair of hornets Celtics preseason action tickets are playing at the Greensboro Coliseum Friday if you want those with they had a Windows on tomorrow's show, but you will have to be in person to Windows at the Carolina classic fair and will have weight for his army tickets later on in the week so get will be broadcasted live from the fair tomorrow and on Friday.

Right now the drive is being broadcast live in studios located in downtown Steve and I anybody who knows me knows how thrilled I've been the last two weeks as a lover of college football and of the Baltimore Orioles to watch these live cuttings into broadcast every single time hearing judge steps to the plate with the chance of history so totally not because the producer of the show will Dalton is a huge Yankee fan. I'm being told we're going to be breaking into the show. Every time is at the plate. That's what were going to do today.

Awesome grounded out his first Tibetan WDs now telling me we have an update from right before we went on the air. 10 minutes ago. Let's find out together. What judge did this is from the yes network. This is going to be obnoxious. It is going to be a better why are you doing this you not been reading social media wake fans, especially a lot as is only before the show. I hope to God you talk about wait for his next time Rhonda Larry Sorensen does color commentary or waken a former Bigley great. It's his birthday today. So happy birthday to you Larry Sorensen wake forest color commentator for your birthday were to be interrupting during today show every single time hearing judge steps in the plate. He's over today. I'd say probably has 10 more at-bats left in the regular season.

I'm now concerned that judges are going to get there today feels like his best shot because it's a doubleheader and heat the Rangers are pitching to him for a bath last night to it that so far today there giving him a shot and there's no way the Yankees are going to bench him for one of these games right is no way they think you shake your head, but they took Luis Severino out of a game where he had a no-hitter from seven last night. There's no way they take judge out of the second game of a doubleheader tonight right when you talk about a historic record me at no-hitter's great too, but is tired with you, but I think it's fair to ask the question two weeks ago today judge hit number 60. That means he's only hit one home run in the last two weeks. 10 more regular-season at-bats roughly remaining Scott today and two more games game tomorrow game on Thursday to close the regular season. It feels like it might not have and I went diving deep into the numbers. W. D.

How's this for a stat. The Texas Rangers are the only American League team. That judge has not homered against this year and you like that one. Well is facing a lefty today. Only 14 of the 61 homers this year have been against left-handed pitching, so we'll see if he homers during today show. Frankly, I hope he does. That way we don't have to do this anymore, but it's been a few weeks and he still hasn't gotten to that 62 Mark all right this is dry when Josh grabbed Hays firm are generally good to join us and for minutes that the Lord's work in creating APD Pablo RE/MAX to Stephen a Smith viral triad laced comments from yesterday Josh we get a home or in New York.

Did he do it.

It was the God before Aaron judge that homered this does happen, it just happened on the west means no sooner than we can start we got to go to the yes network here. We know Michael is six. Got Scotia everybody buoyed our that's my impression. Impression of a hammer died in Arlington at 316 Central standard Time okay. Speaking of that Stephen a Smith sound Stephen a clearly hasn't lived in North Carolina for a long time.

That was my take away from hearing him yesterday telling Matt rule he's gotta pack his bags okay. Here was the beginning of his take on Baker Mayfield Eagle care what the fan thinks the Fayette state and then guess what, because when we turn this around a wee with his goal only be off the net lateral anyway this is North Carolina is the Bible Belt, they don't play that there why you out of town for your press conferences you out of town for your zip you got these progressive commercial the lien on anymore.

You could fill, you got the ball and you got to be quiet. I just realized because of the guy home ring right before judge game is tied which means that might not be the last judge at that judge cutting fantastic getting back to what Stephen a said there.

This is the part that did not go viral. Baker plays in Charlotte. A lot has changed in the state of North Carolina and specifically in that city, said Stephen a Smith last called home around 30 years ago. I don't really view Charlotte as quote the Bible Belt I don't view Charlotte is a God-fearing city anymore since I get when I visit Charlotte also will run you out of town for your press conferences. What is that, did you not watch cam Newton's press coverage is or is that what Stephen I was talking about but they felt that people in North Carolina didn't like cam Newton or gave them a fair shake because they got mad some of the outfit seed wearing press conferences. Either that or he's been watching Matt rule reactions. Maybe getting on some more.

Stephen, I he then just name drop half the state with the same thing out of the way. I'm incredibly familiar with Carolina will North Carolina will solve very greedy little small little no. Carolina went will North Carolina pull one second the beaches to the airport thing in the middle of that. Did he say Raleigh-Durham as if it's one place. Can I hear that part again. Is that what he did by McGee I think said it well that it is a 360 dunk improving what you know about North Carolina to leadoff with Kernersville. This was the dunk contest and Stephen I was trying to land the plane a B and nine and 9/10 for me not attend but what made the tent as if he said K Vegas instead. I know all about K Vegas instead. He said what he said but let's get a ruling on this. Did he break the golden rule will solve very was that Raleigh – Durham, Raleigh, Durham. I don't know, I've been seeing people having this debate and I think I think it sounds like Raleigh/Durham. When will you say probably like is he doing the airport today.

What I'm saying, it sounds like Raleigh-Durham is an he's combining the area to one hasn't lived in this area for a long time. Or maybe or maybe this is it when he refers to his North Carolina days.

He's not talking about see this is the thing that people do in the big cities. They do this in Raleigh. They do it in Charlotte. They think all whatever anybody talks about the state of North Carolina have to be talking fondly about Raleigh or Durham or Charlotte when Stephen J talks about North Carolina.

He is talking specifically about one area and that's the triad he once was on Clarence big house gains his basketball team as a walk on their these legendary stories where he wrote on the school newspaper and would criticize big house gains while also playing for big house gains and he also started his journalism career in the tribe. It wasn't random that Archdale was brought up or is he said Archdale I would've is there if there's one tent city that if he said it would've made my head explode if he would've said K that would adopt Archdale Kernersville, that's pretty cool Road K on ESPN's birthday at what a good, a bit too much, but it shouldn't surprise us that Archdale was brought up. That's where his journalism career began another place he goes back to at least once per year. He told hi Paul fine mom on his show. Not too long ago. I don't know if I've ever told you this by what the Winston-Salem State University and I used to work in Archdale, North Carolina at the Greensboro news record and I was an editorial assistant making 15,000 a year, living off the tunafish and Kool-Aid driving a 1985 Mercury Topaz in 1993, 94 okay and I used to drive down this road. Main St. in High Point and High Point, North Carolina, make a left off of Main Street and go to Archdale in this apartment complex wants every single year.

I go back and I've done so for the past 25, 20, 25 years, every single year. I go back and I make sure I will kill without fly in to Greensboro Charlotte I drive down to whatever I always make sure I drive that same path and I make this same left turn and I go in my pocket the hill with old apartment complex was and I just sit out the about 15 or 20 minutes and I do nothing but reminisce about where I was at that particular moment in my life. Graduated from college be another editorial assistant wondering what my life is going to be a way am I am going in at that time is when I lost my brother in a car accident as well. All those memories come back and I do it once a year just to make sure I never forget where I came from Archdale is really cool stuff from Stephen Eisman and when he talks about North Carolina. What he's talking about is the triad is talking about Winston-Salem being that is a ram he's talking about Archdale is talking about. He knows what K Vegas is about. Is there another town that would've been just as funny. I'm talking about. Imagine a high point in their not not on the ESPN not on the first take weed and get that, but love for you to mention Winston-Salem image of Winston-Salem State worry with school talking about Clemens law. Good to know what a big dog about Davie County outstanding Hays firm are created APD Pablo RE/MAX to Stephen a Smith sound there if you haven't heard that word play that we welcome Hays to the show and W. D. Has a North Carolina themed Scripture plays with Hays to celebrate the occasion. Next is excellent were for Mars part joins us now sports channel lay a remix of PD Pablo's raise with Stephen a Smith mixed in their I just want to know what city bum you out most that Stephen I didn't get to me.

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He thought Walker town would've been a nice addition. I thought Kang would have been about as good as anything. If he said it that way. Not King but Kang would have been an excellent addition to what I want to talk down about how yeah get better would all like I would like to live good with the brace. If you do not drive down like your not know all of North Carolina is very firm in your ad you like all triad jacks which drive love you brother drive. Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte, I don't think you said Raleigh-Durham airport but you just mange it before cities incorporated the airport by your Greenville near real progress. You need good to be a hamlet or quiet back or Middlesex to get that like any major child out of the triad may lead actually really does know all of North Carolina with village a lot and very familiar with the triad. No love the Hillsboro Youngsville that would've been big time name checks on Stephen Ace part. You told me Hays is on Twitter by the way at DH PIV. We've got Scripture plays to do in a second that WD tells me is North Carolina theme. Also, we are interrupting the show with live cut ins to Aaron Judge… We been doing this all day and he is I think do what forth in the top of the ninth and the Yankees are up five before so there is a chance at the end of this conversation. We need to go to the yes network and Michael care to see that's out of out.

Now I'm dry don't play that game. I know what I want. I don't try out like… I don't do that. So if you want to go there and let me know and I will happily bow you told me you had some of my tweets either wanted me to explain or just read all to read it word for word, but I don't have them in front of me, but there was your radio guy you lead sports radio conversations and you figure your back about was… Like what I lack the robot where you were driving our grid will delegate in their you will learn the ropes would like brought in a good light loss conversation about Judge Graham which one is like Josh Graham doing more sports radio guy which tweet was more sports radio got worn when he said to another person when you hear show named your show yesterday game like that, like twilight, I've got a radio show or the other one which is more sports radio guy you been bondage and not the other way around.

Don't forget, let's remember, you can live a good route that will sports radio guy tweet your show or you.

By the way around and I think that first. In either case context is necessary and how things come off is very important. I think it is saying you I have a show when you don't versus somebody trying to tell me how to make a take telling me the takes I otherwise could do and then me reminding them. Hey, I know how to deliver a take. You can do your own show. If you want to tell people how to do their job really like when you are the John does you know you could go got very forthright in how it comes off that I agree with you how it comes off that is not great but it was more never the aggressor. I'm never the guide to come at people, it's usually when people are in my mention that I respond things and that's what I meant to say rather than it was a status thing of you were my mentors more than anything else that's all I will say all I like. I want to give about the same tweet, like 10 years from now. You're right.

I know you might be like that that I say things like I regretted. I regret it I regret it now I regret engaging it all when in reality people are just state fans that are mad at you, you probably shouldn't engage because it doesn't matter what you're going to say but anyway got them to provide raw when put a smaller stage with earlier but you have fun to watch.

So I enjoyed Twitter as always you speaking Twitter two people have written in funny Stephen a Smith cities to have referenced if he did call facts will rather than pronounce it Colfax or advance rather than advance that would've been great on Stephen Ace part let's get the Scripture plays with Hayes and hope that Aaron Judge doesn't interrupt us.

Mari somewhat of a Renaissance man experience in the finer things. When he hangs his hat is same as Zion is you can decide if this music/trash close plays with North Carolina being. I guess that means that PD Pablo is off the board but he also is not off the market.

I still have friends in Greenville, North Carolina.

Tell me that he pops up on bumble placates PD in North Carolina and I think that's PD Pablo and in one case they actually swiped right in that up with PD Pablo.

It turned out, yeah that's PD Pablo on bumble through story early college.

Through the robot problem how Raleigh huge mansion in the north part of valor might be the weirdest interview ever done to okay the first song we got when you start off with Carolina on my mind by James Taylor old school. I'm glad you chose this song and not sweet Caroline because I got a feeling there would be some controversy surrounding sweet Caroline. In terms of who can claim it in a way that it's pretty clear what were talking about in this song right Hayes 101 of the parts we Caroline play, it's your grade. We can all believe we know the oldpost whatever song we Caroline and mama and brave those are two actual plates on our I don't believe he ever North Carolina in this all there is absolutely no debate about what he thought because I see this conspiracy.

It's been on the rise about country roads. Obviously, along with West Virginia and in their states all they made a wise move would hate the song that everybody goes with legally little doggy song going out of town before we make here a lot in my mind and raise up or because they told but now conspiracy theory that cut euros is not about West Virginia. It's about the western part of Virginia yes stick tick-tock that's out there that everybody needs to see that really, I'm glad that there is no debate, no conspiracy, I'm sure. Like a graduated South Carolina. They play Carolina my mind that everybody knows this on second song is what Greensboro woman by Townes Van Zandt is a green arrow heard this song didn't know I was called, dog, and I can't hear will you know what this is orders.

It's called green arrow woman by Townes Van Zandt on her and there that I write. Figure songwriter you know as I have many of God in my life. I'll pass on the Greensboro woman and better later in the night and went way too deep you always go deep WD will see what you got here to close things out unwritten for you. I'm not in this inevitable part feel it. Let's go wagon wheel by dairies right boy, can you please actually just break into the Yankee game. I. For what Darius I don't like. The grid for all time favorite ordered credit on the like. It even for God's is grounded out to judge one for five.

The five before Yankees and close out here. So unless the Rangers score in the bottom of the ninth.

That's it for the judge interruptions that would be true though, and for the games purposes. I'm to go ahead and say that was skip my every Aaron Judge at bat.

He did not Homer today or in the front end of today's games.

He has another one later on tonight so Darren, I'm in a put a pin in our baseball conversation for after unusual questions as Darren joins us from USA baseball hi point does high school football and he's also lottery boy on Twitter@Darren.you can shoot them a follow if you haven't already get in the unusual questions this last week as Josh left right unusual question. Okay, it's time for unusual questions with Josh Graham and USPS radio three 367-1600 Darren how are you doing good good thanks for asking. Here's a question for NASCAR junkie on Twitter.

Why was everybody loves Raymond called everybody loves Raymond when Robert clearly hated his brother Raymond?

I think the great title. It is a great title doubt because this thing and wasn't the whole dynamic of their relationship. It like yeah Robert sort of resented him it's his brother. So ultimately he loves him think that was the hold that was the whole point of aerodynamic when I worked numerous way when I think of everybody loves Raymond all I think about is 40-year-old Virgin, and just everybody loves Raymond being in the big old box that all run brought over to Steve Carell's house. I won't say what else is consistent in that box but it was out of place.

All that's everybody loves Raymond just really good show really good show that here's a question I have for you Darren. How old is too old for you. Generally to watch a movie and this is what I mean like do you have like a defined year not saying there are exceptions like Pam and I watched this class or whatever let's say you haven't watched a movie before and you're looking at how old it is.

There a line that you draw of this is a movie too old for me to want to watch versus what you classify being an old movie. No, I mean, under the right circumstances, watch a movie for many time. I just have to know know on the front end right like it if I'm not in the mood to watch a silent film from the 1930s, then now that's good that's good you're not heard if you see a black and white movie I'm just going to turn it on necessarily if it's older than 1970.

Then odds are probably not going to choose.

It is the same movies are right there on exceptions to the rule, but I'm completely game of the movies in the 70s 80s 90s to thousands but I just, whatever in my brain. I see a movie that's older than 1970 I don't use that movie just about that being said, I don't frequent movies made over the so I don't think you're shutting off but a ton of movies that you otherwise might watch what I do find it to be like a weird demarcation line you put that line in your brain.

I just think there's a lot of movies that I still think feel kind of modern that were made in the 70s that I don't feel like our I think there's the through line in the 60s, movies don't feel modern app I can't find movies that deal very modern probably a few accepted but in the 70s. There are a ton of movies that I would think are usually re-watchable only watch a ton of time in the 60s are a lot of movies. It was popular to make 3 1/2 hours, four hours long before we started to figure out okay. Audiences generally don't want to stick around for that long.

These movies and maybe that's why you start creating what feels like a more modern day product and what feels like something that's a little bit more modern art and I would say that has more style than absolutely. I when I look at the movies in the 60s. Usually I'm not clicking on those if I haven't already seen because I just its probability of this is not going to feel modern for me.

I'm not going to enjoy this when I'm scrolling something 1970.

It might be a one year difference, but I feel a lot more apt to click on the 1970s or even the 1969 my line of demarcation. If I was your therapist that would dig more into why field for something from the 70s feel modern but we can say I'm saying that I still love watching a lot of movies from the 70s in a way that I don't love watching a lot of movies from the 60s which started up and feeling modern again under the right context. I'm game to watch anything but I'm not going into 70s movie thinking man.

I hope this feels like a movie that was made in 2015. A lot of the film techniques and things.

I mean, and now I get what you're saying is I'm not saying that the world today is a lot like 1972.

But what is your unusual question and I had it my why did I lose it. Following up with you all right, W. D.

What is your question what is the most out there and just bizarre fair food you've ever seen or well we counting the Krispy Kreme burger. It's all fair game and there is all fair game.

Not intended cream burger that was. I felt gross.

After reading that in a way I'm not usually the person I usually roll my eyes at the person's life is Burger King. You guys know okay I feel great when I know that you but when it's Krispy Kreme burger.

I felt disgusting. Now, as you know, you know me and by my lack of fast food interest give me the doughnut burger 10 times out of 10 over any fast out of how was it prepared because that's important was it to donuts to create one bond with this person a more more of the sophisticate repairs and they sliced now. It was each don't it was one doughnut per side of the burger was a double Patty burger sent to Hattie's and then you had what one doughnut was a bond one full down and then one full doughnut was the other is the story of me eating one of these on the year in baseball in Morehead city on summer collegiate baseball, and it was toward the end of the season I was trying all kinds of things to keep myself saying it's a long season. One of the guys who helped with the team would bounce around from department to department system nights he would work in the concession some nights, grounds crew, that's what he thinks. One night we decided that it was helping and concessions he brought in a box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts and because of another member. What brought it up. We had talked about this. This burger, so he decided to make some in the concession stand just for us, not not to sell to fans just for us, so he gets a break and brings to up to the booth and sits next to me while I'm eating.

The thing on the air and sort of giving my review while simultaneously calling baseball. I did get a new guard. You know the little Wingard for the microphone on on a headset I had to get a new one. The one that I was using what I was doing this delays all over the meeting unusual question Sharon Vaught did you think of yours.

I swear I had word will ask my question I get a fair fit for you know what is spaghetti and meatballs on this. No I'm not he now mind you know okay you okay so this is like I've gotten way into cooking tick-tock and you can find videos where there just doing too much like I saw this video, this woman very like how some Amish she's just like me and you know the presentation is there if you know tick-tock at home cook person you can picture that the archetype of person I don't search her sheet so she's she makes a meatloaf Patty and wraps it around the baked spaghetti and it's spaghetti inside of meatloaf and I don't understand it. On that note, I will sign up for that because I would just rather you make a good meatloaf and good spaghetti and I'll eat them separately. Darren will get it you want us to continue filibustering and wanted ask you about baseball. I was given my fair food so you gave us two stories so I think that counts I okay do you want do you want baseball or do you want asking unusual question I have lost mine twice.

Okay, so how concerned are you at this point the judge is going to hit 62, three games left after earlier today little concern is like this is the point at which therein. Their season is been good. They're going to sound like they're not going to the playoffs. It's not like there's anything left for the team truly to play for. He's going to pressurize it himself this point. Just human nature and not away. Aaron Boone just in the last few minutes, says that he expects judge to play a game tonight somewhere okay question in Eddie's got to write as if you Boone. You will be hated by everybody.

If you decide to sit, judge, and he doesn't hit 60. If you reduce his volume and he doesn't get to 62 demonstrates right like you cannot be the guy did that to Erin judge. I think you'll get it but man it's just like it. He said it's such a sleepy pace compared to what it was when he got two weeks ago we had 62 weeks ago today. So is that one home nonsense that I'm at my my proclamation this doesn't hit it tonight is not. I feel like tonight is the night facing a variety 47 of the 61 home runs betting it's righties, but it is interesting that judge. The only AL team. He hasn't had a home run against is the Texas Rangers this right so that would complete the trip and it's not like he hasn't been hitting the guy he's been relatively locked in his own bases like 550 or 600 since he hit 61 so he's I think he's going to get it but it's starting to get a little here, give me one team from the NL one team from the AL you love is your favorites going into the postseason to get to the World Series favorites. I preseason I picked the Dodgers race. I think I think I'm going to stick with it, although I'm hesitant with the raise. The Dodgers obviously your pacesetter for the entire league. At this point it's it's tough not to go with them.

I don't like the Mets a lot in the NL the Mets and the Padres. The only teams with with declining when percentages since the All-Star break so like they're still good. Like the Mets I think of plated at 95 when pace since the All-Star break, but it's a lower win percentage than it was before the All-Star break and that's when they got to Grumbach slot. I don't not sold on the mats. Padres are not consideration as well. I think the Dodgers run away with Darren Vaught. Good luck with the lottery drawings and the next time we speak to you.

It'll be postseason baseball that were talking about is excited thanks for the time to get