But how much of this do you think is about the owner versus owner? And obviously it tends to, uh, gravitate towards the advantage, major advantage, that the Dodgers have? You know, it's unwinding a little bit because the Mark Walter stuff have because of the favorable terms that they got from Major League Baseball.

Yeah, they got all that money, the TV money.

I think unlike a few other times, I do think the owners are all on the same side.

I mean, I think outside of Steve Cohen, I think everybody wants some sort of labor certainty.

I know Steinbrenner does.

I know Henry does.

Those are two big markets.

Where do you stand on them? Yeah, I think

Mr. Russo, how we doing? It's Russo and Rizzo, partner.

I don't know who the partner is, but I do know you, Mike.

You do a wonderful job.

Your father.

is a good talk show host i know you got a sidekick there mike wisdom on whomever they vary every day um as far as the nil thing is concerned uh you guys trying to figure out what recruit would work in big sky basketball is a scary thought to say the least and if anybody would misappropriate funds i know your partner would because the kid is lost So the idea that he is going to figure out which mid-level player to give $25,000 to, you know, some two-guard from, you know, Walla Walla Washington, and he's the new Dylan Darling of... lumberjack basketball is a scary thought.

You, on the other hand, Mike, I trust.

So if you are in a situation where you find a player in the West Palm Beach area or you find your player in Peoria, which I think was your old stop, or if you find a player in your backyard in Stecker Heights, Ohio, you don't live in downtown Cleveland, if you find a spot there and you say, Mr. Russo, I think I have a player for you, you inform Tim and Tim being the Sonny Vercaro that he is, one of the great recruiters of our time, he will figure out a way to get that player to travel to Flagstaff.

All right? Here's what

Yeah,

I mean, he played 18 great.

You know, when he got unlucky, like in the bunker on a couple of occasions, 15 and 18, he shrugged it off.

You got to be very impressed with him.

You know, and of course, DeChambeau.

And by the way, that is a two-stroke penalty.

I mean, you cannot freaking...

sports, what are you more interested in terms of the MLB trade deadline coming up? The Mets being sellers or the Yankees being contenders and trying to bolster their team before a postseason run?

I don't know what it was, but I felt that yesterday, and, and I thought San Antonio was going to win last night.

That's an excellent job, Dan.

I said yesterday the three things trying to make a case for San Antonio that gave them a chance.

They had a good finish in game two.

Maybe they carry that little momentum over the last six minutes down 14.

The same thing you just said, I think the Knicks may be a little too amped up.

You know, maybe come out a little disjointed because of the hoopla and the fact they could win a championship in New York.

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What does he mean to that city, to that market, to that fan base?

Well, he was the voice of the Yankees when they were great for about 15, 20 years.

Uh, even more than that, beginning in, say, '94, '95, uh, and taking it all the way to, you know, 2020.

Uh, you know, at least, you know, at least say, say through 2010.

He had, uh, you know, historic calls.

He, whether it's Brochas, Tino Martinez, Jeter with the home run against Arizona, Boone's homer against the Red Sox.

Four World's Championships, two perfect games.

Right

I have to be honest, when I see my friend Christopher Mad Dog Russo, what I see now is Jim Nance and Tony Romo.

And by the way, thanks to you with the stupid weather.

In West Palm Sunday morning, 23 degrees with the wind chill.

That was your fault.

The greatest weather, January's phenomenal.

Every day, no cloud in the sky.

It's 74 degrees.

How about you?

They want to lock out what they want to lock out is the Dodgers dog.

And I think there's a, you know, this is going to help if you want to lock out.

I would think this would help that scenario.

This obviously helps Manfred because you can't have the Dodgers do it.

I mean, listen, they make the playoffs every year.

This has got a lot to do with Otani, who gave him that incredible contract with all the deferred money, which was a loophole that they capitalized on, which needs to be corrected.

I mean, obviously they gave, you know, Sasaki all the money, Yamamoto all the money.

Oh, wow.

sound perfect i love it i thought anything for you dog i got

you how was your thanksgiving sir uh thanksgiving was that was was good first of all i had dallas on a parlay which was a good pick wow they won the game but uh thanks uh the thanksgiving was good wasn't that many people who So I didn't have to sit there and bounce around with the Lavelles from, you know, from 2 o'clock to 7.30, quarter to 8, which is a huge advantage.

And we only had two of ours there.

And Timmy's excited because Northern Arizona won two big games this week for them.

Nice, yes.

So he's in a good mood, you know, Monday and Wednesday in Flagstaff.

So it was actually a halfway decent day.

You've got to

I got you.

How was your Thanksgiving, sir? Thanksgiving was good.

First off, I had Dallas on a parlay, which was a good pick.

Wow.

And they won the game.

But the Thanksgiving was good.

Wasn't that many people there? So I didn't have to sit there and bounce around with the Lavelles from, you know, from 2 o'clock to 7.30, quarter to 8, which is a huge advantage.

Yes.

Did they lose it or did the Dodgers win

it? I think you got to say the Dodgers won it.

You know, they scored four runs off that bullpen.

The center field, Piazz makes a great catch.

Yes.

Rojas makes big plays all over the place.

It hits a one-out homer in the ninth.

that.

Did they lose it or did the Dodgers win

it? I think you got to say the Dodgers won it.

You know, they scored four runs off that bullpen.

The center field, Piazz makes that incredible, makes a great catch.

Yes.

Rojas makes big plays all over the place.

He hits a one-out homer in the ninth.

I