169: The Sports Tavern - MLB/NFL/NHL/NBA, All Sports
Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 11 segments
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Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 11 segments
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Warren RoganHostTim HanlonGuest
Dan NewmanGuest
Harv AronsonGuest
Okay, so what we're gonna do is, um, today's format, uh, we're going to do where each of us nominate a player for their respective Hall of Fame who has not been elected to their respective Hall of Fame.
We'll each, uh, nominate one person, tell us why we think that person should be in the Hall, and then as a group we'll say, "This is the one that's really been overlooked and should be in," only you can't choose the person you nominate.
so if you nominate Pete Rose, Harv, if you nominate Pete Rose, you can't vote for Pete Rose.
One of you guys are going to argue for it, one of you are going to argue against it, and the other one will act as the judge.
We each come up with a what if scenario and sort of like what if the ABA had never merged with the NBA, what would professional basketball look like today? And f- and then finally, if we have some time, we'll do a couple of true/false questions.
I'll, uh, I'll, I'll make a statement true or false, and you guys'll take a guess as to whether or not it's true or false, but that's only if we have the time.
So, um, what I'd like to do is let's start off with who should be in the Hall of Fame and why, and Tim, I am putting you on the spot.
Well, uh, as we record this, right, we're in the middle of the World Cup, and as listeners to our show know, I do obsess a little bit too much about soccer stuff, only because, as m- listeners know, I grew up in the '70s and the New York Cosmos and, and it was a-
... white-hot comet moment of, of, of international superstars that brought soccer from this sort of foreign world into everybody's consciousness.
And we're in the midst of the World Cup now, so I do have a bit of the World Cup fever.
So I'm gonna throw a name that actually you guys might even know even if you're not soccer fans, which I'm assuming you're kinda, eh, probably meh about, but that's okay.
Okay, so I see some head nodding and, and Warren even had a, a exasperation there.
Okay, so what we're gonna do is, um, today's format, uh, we're going to do where each of us nominate a player for their respective Hall of Fame who has not been elected to their respective Hall of Fame.
We'll each, uh, nominate one person, tell us why we think that person should be in the Hall, and then as a group we'll say, "This is the one that's really been overlooked and should be in," only you can't choose the person you nominate.
so if you nominate Pete Rose, Harv, if you nominate Pete Rose, you can't vote for Pete Rose.
One of you guys are going to argue for it, one of you are going to argue against it, and the other one will act as the judge.
We each come up with a what if scenario and sort of like what if the ABA had never merged with the NBA, what would professional basketball look like today? And f- and then finally, if we have some time, we'll do a couple of true/false questions.
I'll, uh, I'll, I'll make a statement true or false, and you guys'll take a guess as to whether or not it's true or false, but that's only if we have the time.
So, um, what I'd like to do is let's start off with who should be in the Hall of Fame and why, and Tim, I am putting you on the spot.
Well, uh, as we record this, right, we're in the middle of the World Cup, and as listeners to our show know, I do obsess a little bit too much about soccer stuff, only because, as m- listeners know, I grew up in the '70s and the New York Cosmos and, and it was a-
... white-hot comet moment of, of, of international superstars that brought soccer from this sort of foreign world into everybody's consciousness.
And we're in the midst of the World Cup now, so I do have a bit of the World Cup fever.
So I'm gonna throw a name that actually you guys might even know even if you're not soccer fans, which I'm assuming you're kinda, eh, probably meh about, but that's okay.
Okay, so I see some head nodding and, and Warren even had a, a exasperation there.
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