Transcript of Hour 2: Live Dogs (feat. Adnan Virk)

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Don't place parlays on multiple long shots. Don't say a game is one when it hasn't hit triple zero.

Always drink your Jägermeister ice cold. That's the rule. Everything else is merely a suggestion.

Everything else?

Everything else.

Wearing clean underwear every day?

Well, that's just a personal decision.

Brushing your teeth?

Obviously smart, but not a rule.

Never PP on an electric fence.

Okay, maybe there are two rules, but the one that is 100% that I insist on completely, Jägermeister must be drank ice cold. Or don't drink it at all.

Damn, that's cold.

Exactly. You're finally starting to get it.

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Here we go, guys.

You guys realize how many people asked off this Thursday?

It's a thin cast around here.

I didn't put two and two. Wait, hold on. Sorry. I didn't put two and two together.

Now, look, I took a PTO day last Thursday. It was my first buy week at this thing. But I've been here every week. This is absurd.

Where did you go? I'm missing four people. Where's Chris?

He's like, Bucket Bay?

Is he alive? He had a dental procedure.

A dental procedure?

Fitting.

He doesn't have a Dentec at What about the other stuff that happened yesterday?

That is fine.

It is curious.

Didn't report in the chat.

No, he didn't.

It was a little backed up. I was out there for the fireworks.

I had to leave the chat. No fireworks. Any hootles.

Hey, Anyhoodles. Well, let's go into the bucket.

The Dintec bucket.

Yeah.

Indianapolis Cults. They are six and a half point favorite across the Atlanta Falcons. I'm not going to do much better than that.

Oh, wait, that's No way. That's an overseas game. I don't like overseas. 9: 30 start.

Why don't you like overseas? Is he xenophobic?

America First, Phil. I like that, actually.

I'll keep it, Phil.

Indianapolis is America's team right now. Everybody's waiting for my favorite.

Everybody wanted them to win.

Let's see. I'll give a nice little rummage. Okay. That one right there. The Minnesota Vikings. Jason McCursey, look good.

You got the Red Hot Baltimore Ravens No, I don't like that. Coming to town, four and a half point dogs at home.

A little surprising.

I actually like-Ravens is expecting the Ravens to go on this run. I actually like the... I'm going to put it back, by the way. I like the Vikings as a home dog. Yeah, that's a live dog. That's a live dog. Four and a half on a home is-Live dog. Yeah. I just don't think. What is it?

Live dog.

Dog. Oh, I've got the fine bucket plus death. So you lost right away? This is my first off of the season.

Hold on. Is there any money in the fine bucket? Nope. I can't I remember anyone getting fined.

I was the last one to pull that one. Okay. Took my own.

What was in it?

I don't know if anybody got fined. Was there anything in there?

Yeah, there's a good bit of money.

Just a loss at the bucket. That's all you got.

Wait, what the hell?

Yeah, that sucks, man.

Say Lord of Priles. I had the San Francisco 49ers. They are playing the Rams are 4. 5 point dog. Home dog. That's not happening.

That's the live dog.

I don't think it's a live dog.

What is it?

A live dog.

I got the Ram's. There we go. Completely flipped. Remember, the live dog, though.

You're going up against a live dog.

Is there really no money? Say it the way that Paul Rudd says it. A live dog.

When was the last time anyone got fined on their show?

I thought Dan said that he put like, $500 in there. When? One time that Jess wanted and she was complaining it wasn't any money. You're just making this up. And then Dan was like, Yeah, I'll get $500. He was just making it up.

Dan, give me $500.

I got the Jaguars. They're at Houston.

They got the Cobo Myers. I'm going to keep it.

Yeah. Davis Mills on the other side. No C. J. Strauss.

Jag's road phase. One and a half point spread.

I also hate that.

Hey, Riper, you smell really good. Like someone finally laundered your cow.

What is that called? Cow. Cow? Like Simon? Cow and cow. No, come on.

That's cow-el, even though you don't pronounce it.

Simon Cow.

Oh, thank you for your service.

Oh, so you got a service?

Army, Navy, Air Force. Nice.

Army is a 7th-point favorite against Temple. Navy is a 26. 5-point dog against Notre Dame. Do that. Air Force is a 5. 5-point dog against San Jose State.

You should take Navy.

San Jose State's got a good lawyer.

Navy only has one loss. You should take Navy.

Oh, man. If I took them and they won, that would be so awesome.

You can also get Coast Guard. Who are they playing?

I'm going to go to the back. Citadel. Wait, does it have to be-They're playing the Citadel? Hold on. Football. Does it have to be football? Can I get?

No.

I can't get a basketball?

You really want to trust them?

Yeah, when we walk through our door.

I went to school with a guy that played the Navy, by the way, high school. He was pretty good. I got the Eagles.

The Eagles are crying. They're on a buy, I think. No, no.

Monday night. Monday night. Monday night football.

There are one and a half point dog, Akron Biles.

You're going to sweat that out. I also like That is a live dog. That's a live dog. We got a lot of live dogs this week. What is it?

Say it like Paul Rudd. It's a live dog.

Live dog, baby.

There's really no money?

Thank you, Dipper.

No money.

Maybe I'll let you hold a dollar. We'll see on Monday.

I was going to say, let me get a couple of your stocks, buddy. We'll see.

I love all those things. I drool a lot, man. I don't know what you're doing.

Yeah, I drool a lot on that one. Live dog is hard to say.

Every time I spoke. It's a live dog. Be on the camera caught one, I'm sure.

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Mike, you know I have one rule to live by, right?

Don't place parlays on multiple long shots. Don't say a game is one when it hasn't hit triple zero.

Always drink your Jägermeister ice cold. That's the rule. Everything else is merely a suggestion.

Everything else?

Everything else.

We're wearing clean underwear every day?

Well, that's just a personal decision.

Brushing your teeth?

Obviously smart, but not a rule.

Never PP on an electric fence.

Okay, maybe there are two rules, but the one that is 100% that I insist on completely, Jägermeister must be drunk ice cold. Or don't drink it at all.

Damn, that's cold.

Exactly. You're finally starting to get it.

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Zaz? Yeah. What do you think about LeBron's plan, man?

Look, I'm all over this. When everybody sees what I've been saying, I just want to make sure you all say, props Zazlo. Zazlo had it first. You see the Lakers, the Lakers last night won again. They beat Wembon Kiyama. That's right. The Lakers are seven and two now. And ask me how many games LeBron James has played so far this season.

Yo, Zaz, how many games? None.

He hasn't played in any games. They're seven and two. Lebron's plan has completely backfired. You know LeBron, this is a silent protest. He does not have sciatica. It's total bullshit. He wants there to be this narrative. Oh, you don't want to sign me to a long-term deal? Oh, you think that the team is Lucas? Oh, you're not going to allow me to be a part of decisions?

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Time to throw away all your journalistic credibility and get reckless. Here is something we like to call reckless speculation.

You You're good. Okay. So again, everything that I just said, and you know that LeBron wants to come back when the Lakers are struggling. Well, the Lakers are really good without LeBron. This is unprecedented in LeBron's career right now, where a team that LeBron is on without LeBron is really good. Cooking. This is exactly the opposite of what LeBron was going for. I don't know if he's ever even going to play for the Lakers.

He wanted them to fall apart. When's LeBron going to be back? Absolutely. And now they're winning games without Austin Reeves.

That's one issue, 77.

What about him?

He's not going to let that happen. Lebron is not there. Okay, great. The issue is, usually the team would tank, but now they have a generational player who's there to be like, Yeah, that's not going to happen.

And the Lakers front office, their MO to start to look past LeBron, to give the keys to Luka. Luka is the guy who they're consulting for decisions is all proving to be the correct path. And you know LeBron, if you hook LeBron up to a lie detector right now and ask him, Is he happy with the Lakers seven and two start? That little meter is going to be flying all over the place. Nope, he is definitely not happy. His plan has backfired.

Man, it is staggering because also, Luka was hurt, Luka missed games, and they won through that. They've been winning. They're a good basketball team, man. Austin Reeves didn't even play last night. Austin Reeves didn't play last night. Groin injury. God, I hate a groin injury. But Jake Leravia, AKA who's number 12. He played well last night. He's been lining it up. He's been lining it up. He's been shooting well. Deandre Ayton played well. How about that?

I was surprised to see that.

Even Bronnie had a basket. Well, okay.

Everyone's-if LeBron leaves, Bronnie goes with him, right? I don't know. The obligation extinguishes immediately.

I don't know. But they're going to cut him? He's not going to go anywhere. Why would he? Why would you keep him? But why would he leave?

. Where's his dad going? He can't see what? 3 mil, 4 mil? Where's his dad going? I don't know. You got to aggregate.

You think that he's got to make a call and be like, Hey, I need to get traded to Absolutely. Wherever the old man is.

You think the Lakers are all like, Yo, LeBron, when are you coming back? Please, hurry up.

No chance. No one's asked him. No one. No one's asked him.

Plans backfired.

He probably walked down the facility talking about, Feeling pretty good.

He actually They went to Shams yesterday during the pregame show, and it's like, All right, we got an update on the bar. He's like, Yeah, he's going to start doing five on five in the next week.

Oh, he's going to ramp up?

Even though it felt like late November was when things were going to happen. Now he's already on five on five.

Tepo Saga's bullshit.

Got to ramp up. Marcus's smart, man. He's still alive.

Hey, he's not a good player.

He's still happy when he takes a shot. Yep.

Please take all the shots.

It's a weird build of a team, where you have Reeves and Luka who are really good, and then it's like, Everybody else is this mismatched piece of the straps of DeAndre Ayton.

It's whatever they could get their hands on.

The straps of DeAndre Ayton. Jake Lerivy was actually playing good, but then you got Marcus Smart running around there doing God knows what. Rui Hachimura turning a 17-foot turnaround jumper.

They got whatever they could get their hands on. Who's available? Yeah. It's the supermarket shop till you drop. And the first thing they got are Austin Reeves and Luca right here. And they're like, Oh, this looks good. Just throw it on top.

Ayton's big, wrap it around my neck like a Python.

So it's twofold this conversation, right? Because you got the Lakers who LeBron's plan has completely backfired, and the Lakers might be pretty good. And last night, you may have seen the New Orleans Pelicans. Good God. Now, that team never wins. And they don't even have- Two in a row now. Yep, both without Zion. All right. And you know who the New Orleans Pelicans won a road game against last night? Luka's former team. That's right. The Dallas Mavericks dropped to two and six. So you have the Lakers who are awesome, and Luka, for the most part, looks pretty good. And you have the Mavericks who were sold. The Maverick fan was sold by Nico Harrison that their window to win is right now. That team sucks. They're two and six. I don't know if anybody could have possibly seen this coming, but Anthony Davis never plays.

How's Cooper looking, though?

He had his best game last night.

He's been up and down.

He's been up and down. But again, it's one of those things where it's like he's being asked to play a position he's never played in his life.

But that also wasn't what Nico Harrison sold the Mavericks fan. It's not about Cooper Flag growing and becoming a star, which he will, most likely. No, it's that their window to win is right now, and this trade helps them do that right now. The team sucks, and the guy they traded for is never available.

Cooper Flag, by the way, last night, he had this quote, which I loved. He says, This is the most I've lost since, I think, ever. It took me a second to realize, Oh, wait, I've I've never lost this many games in my life. And that's what happens when you've lived a charmed life. He was beating up on little white kids in Maine, and then he gets to Duke, and he's beating up on college kids, and then you get to the NBA, and it's like, six losses in your first three weeks of the season. That's more of the losses than he's probably had his entire basketball career.

And he's not dominating like he would be in any of those levels. It's like, Oh, no, this is grown man basketball. Plus, I get guarded 94 feet, and I have to take the ball up and create plays.

He's going to be fine.

Oh, for sure. He's going to be fine. This is going to be good long term. Yes. In the long term, this is going to be good for him. They made a switch in their starting lineup last night. They bench Clay Thompson. They started D'Angelo Russell.

Clay Thompson has been woof.

Good for him, though. I'm going to be honest with you.

That's why. I'm happy for him.

That tired legs.

Last year, he was Wolfish. This year has been. Here's the one thing. It makes me sad that Clay Thompson isn't a warrior.

Not a lot of lift.

But it's like they got out at just the right time and took the money that it would have been owed to him because you respect him, and now you take that money and they spent it on 8 billion different guys. They're a much deeper team. They're a better team.

Let me ask you, though, if he never sustained the back-to-back injuries, his game would age with grace, right? This is all just a career undone by the widow maker in that sport.

The Achilles and the ACL, right? That back to get hurt while being hurt, sucks. That That's awful.

But you know about that Cardi B?

Do you?

Stefan Dix?

Yeah, he's got his-Yeah, he got his. His SO is mixed up.

You've got your black female rappers mixed up.

Who is the one that he's with?

Megan the stallan.

You know about that, Megan the stallan? Megan the stallan and Zazel the Sucker.

That was a sucker move.

That was a sucker move by you. Congratulations on your Sui nomination, though.

I got to That was bad, dude. You have good teammates here. We'll lift you. Thanks. Over your clear and obvious racism.

I'm going to say this. Zaz, because he won't been in tomorrow. Great week, but perhaps your most sucker week ever. What? You've been a sucker so many times.

When else is I a sucker?

Braunstroman? Sucker.

No, I disagree. And Bron Strowman retweeted me yesterday. How could Bron Strowman retweet someone who's a sucker? Pity.

He pities the fool.

You know about that WAP?

I like that song.

What's it stand for?

You know what it stands for. Don't even say it. There we go. You know about that octopussy?

I can't believe you did that. I can't believe the Cardi B. I mean, I can't. I can't believe you did that.

I can see where Zaz was going. Cardi B has been in the news because of Stefan Dix and them having a kid together.

You should get that hair system because I could see the beat of sweat that formed on your forehead. You're bald? There was a brief moment. You're There was a brief moment there where we all knew what happened, and then he knew what happened. And then it was just a little half a beat like, How do we spend this into a win for the old Jay Z? The answer is we don't. We don't. You just sit in it.

Sucker.

Admit it.

Like a sucker.

It's a little bit of a sucker. A little bit.

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I already did.

Hi, everybody. Yeah, you did. In the cold open. That's how anxious we were to get this thing started. So I've got some news. We have the results of the World Series winner, obviously. That's the Los Angeles Dodgers. I also have in hand the results of our head-to-head trivia from throughout the year. I'm not going to reveal those yet because this game might play a factor into what the ultimate head-to-head results are. Adnan Virk is joining us as a sad Canadian to talk about the Blue Jays losing to the Dodgers. We'll get to that in just a moment. But Ethan, what is our apparently new and creative Trivia game for our last game of the regular season? And folks, we'll be back.

It's the last game of the regular season, huh?

Well, all right. You suck. Ethan, what is it?

So before we get started, I have a number in my head. Okay. Are we all? Between one and 10. Jeremy, take a guess.

Seven. So you could just make it up.

Take a guess.

Four.

It is four. Jeremy, leave the room. Wow.

What's this game?

Adnan Virk, now with us as our 2025 MLB expert. The last time I get to say that here in 2025, the World Series has ended. It was maybe the greatest World Series of any of our lifetimes. It was spectacular. It was an extra innings game seven showdown in an incredible baseball game that was played. The Dodgers overcome the Blue Jays. They win the last couple of games on the road. Adnan Virk. We're going to put the Canada stuff aside for just a second. I'm just going to ask you, as someone who covers the game of Major League Baseball, as someone who is a fan of Major League Baseball, what was your reaction to this World Series?

It was unbelievable just watching those games and the ups and the downs and the thrilling cascades of emotion. For the Dodgers, they are at the heart of the champion. Just incredible resolve and composure to be down 3-2 and to win games six and seven on the road when your offense was sputtering. Yamamoto is nothing short of I don't know about your lovely lady, but my wife is not an avid baseball fan, but even she was glued to game seven. And she said, This guy's like Bumgarner. And I said, Yeah, she's a Giants fan. And I said, In some ways, Mad Bum is more impressive. In some ways, it's less impressive. She goes, What do you mean? I said, It's less impressive because Mad Bum pitch more of game seven against the Royals in 2014. He pitch five innings. But it's less impressive because Yamamoto is doing this on zero days rest. He just pitched game six, and he woke up the next morning, and now he's pitching give seven, two and two-thirds in the highest stakes possible. It is nothing short of heroic what Yamamoto did for his team. And in terms of great stories, it's why you and I love the sport so much.

We are avid sports fans. Of course, we love basketball and hockey and football. But what about baseball makes it the most special is that when you're two-eights away from losing the World Series, it's not Muki Betts, it's the home run, or Freddie Freeman, or Shoheya O'Tani, or Will Smith, or Max Muntzsche, but Miggy Rojas, the number nine hitter who crushes sliders and gets a slider that hangs, and he can be the hero. And he can be the guy who doesn't make a smooth effortless play at second He looks staggered like a drunk in double clutsches. But someone makes a play as Smith's cleat goes up and then goes down. It's the sport in which Andy Pahas, who had done nothing offensively, is in the game ostensibly for his defense and makes one of the greatest catches of all time. It's what makes the sport so special. So full credit to the Dodgers. This is not a situation, I think, Jeremy, where people said, If the Dodgers went, it's bad for the sport. I think it was great for the sport. They're a Goliath. You love them or you hate them. That's three World Series in six years.

Props to them. They deserved it.

They really did. And like you said, I mean, those stories, right? To have Miguel Rojas, who began his career with the Dodgers, with Don Mattingly as his manager, to end it against Don Mattingly on the other side as the bench coach of the Blue Jays. Rojas, who's really only in the game because Pahes had been struggling so much, and they shuffled around that lineup. He makes a defensive play. Pahes makes a defensive play. Obviously, the Mazarski moment for Rojas, it's so spectacular. I mean, obviously, the fans of this show know I couldn't get enough of it. It was a perfect World Series, and I'm so grateful for everyone who followed along this show this year that they got to have a postseason that looked like this one. But now I'm just going to ask you, as a Canadian, we talked about what it would mean if on our episode last week, we talked about what it would mean if Canada was able to bring this World Series home. I think we all anticipated that they would, if not for these heroic efforts, really by Yamamoto, who ends up being the best Japanese player on the Dodgers in the series, despite Shoheya O'Tani having series that he did.

But as a Canadian, Adnan, how does this one feel? What's your reaction from that standpoint?

It was awesome, man. I mean, the patriotism, the excitement, the numbers are robust, by the way. Insane.

Yeah, we talked about it. Yeah, please, bragg on it.

We had seven million people watching Game of the World Series for a country of 41 people. To extrapolate that to Americans, which are 330 million. That's like 65, 70 million people watching a baseball game. It's unbelievable. Game seven in America was 31 An average of 27, it hit 31 million. By comparison, and again, you and I are basketball fans. I'm not trying to besmirch another sport. No, please. Nba Finals? This was 53 % higher. Base was 53 % higher than the NBA's game seven. So don't tell me basketball is great. Listen, Thunder Pacers You couldn't even touch Dodgers, Blue Jays. And the rating, you only could count for one of the teams because Nielsen doesn't count the Canadian household. So the numbers for the Blue Jays and Dodgers was actually the equivalent of Yankees, Dodgers last year. And as Fox said, the biggest thing is the number of Last year's series was only five games. This year went seven. 15. 7 million people on average watch baseball. That's a huge win for the sport, especially when an entire country of Canada was into it. First World Series in 32 years. The thought was Dodgers starting pitching would out pitch the Blue Jays.

The Blue He's starting pitching had a better ERA. The Blue Jays out hit them. They played great defense, and they still lost the World Series. It's absolutely crushing. The good news is Shane Bieber opted in. He could have got $100 million contract. He opted in $16 million next year with Toronto. That's great. I I think Bob Bichette's probably gone. Maybe they can resign him, but hell of a season. Try to focus on the positives. Springer Dinger in game seven of the ALCS, your Savage Game 5 World Series. Vladi's entire postseason was incredible, but it still hurts.

So, Cody, what we're going to do is we're going to see how much you learn this postseason. So inside that packet, it's going to be a Sporcle-like game. You have every single packet in front of you. You can go to anything you want. I'm going to put a five-minute clock on. You just throw out names at me, and I'm going to give you get a point each time you get an answer.

Okay, my bad.

These are all of the games that we played during this postseason. You have the 2005 Dodgers, the 2005 Blue Jays, the 2001 Cleveland Baseball team, the 2001 Seattle Maritors, and then you have MVPs and the final outs. Remember, the pitchers that were the final outs, that's the game we played during Game 5 of the World Series. I'll count you in. It'll be a three, two, one count. You have five minutes to start just throwing things at me.

Ready?

Three, two, one, go.

Dodgers. All right. I forget what year this was, but we're cooking here. This is Hisop Troy at first base for the Dodgers. Correct. You're going to keep cooking?

Yup.

Jeff Kent at second base. Yup. Cesar Asturis. Yup. Shortstop. John... José Valentin? Correct. Jd Drew. Yup. Rightfield. Milton Bradley.

Yup. Feel free to move between things as you feel.

Yeah, I'm just cooking. Ryan Ludwig, left field. No. Damn, that's what I guessed. I forget who that was. Ryan Langerhans? Nope. Nope. All right, I'm going to move on. Okay. All right, I'm going to go Indians now. Okay. 2001, Indians. Jim Thomey at first base. Yep. Omar Vizquel at short. Yep. Kenny Lofton in left. Correct.

Oh, no, not in left.

In center field. I meant center, sorry. You're good. I'm going to move on. All right. Blue Jays. Eric Hinsky, first base? Yes. Orlando Hudson? Yep. Cory Kosky?

Yes. Great name.

Greg Zahn?

Yes. Roy Halladay? Roy Halley is on here. Yes.

Vernon Wells? Yep. What the hell is this left fielder FC? I'm just going to keep him moving. Okay. Mariners, 0-1.

Yep.

Ichiro, right field. Of course. Mike Cameron.

Okay. Mike Cameron, yes.

I feel like I got this one wrong at the time. Raul Ibañez, left field?

Not Raul Ibañez. That's not. You did get that one wrong.

Brett Boon, second base.

Brett Boon is second base, yeah.

John Alleroud. John Alleroud, first base.

First base.

Jamie Moyer?

Yes.

All right, let me go. World Series MVP. You have the Hamilton. 92. Oh, Okay. Liván Hernández. Yes.

You got that one right this time. Josh Beckett. Yes.

I'm stressing out now. Big Papy.

Not on this list.

Mike Loll.

Yes. Big Papy is on the other list. I'll give it to you because we're a sportful style.

Yeah, sportful style. Paul Knerko.

Paul Knerko was not the World Series MVP.

Kurt Zillik.

Yes. Yes. He was one of two for the Diamondbacks. I'll give you both points if you get them right.

Madison Bumgarner.

Yes, in 2014. Correct. You said Madison Bumgarner, and I'll give you two points because he got the last out of the 2014 World Series as well.

All right, let me actually... All right, Josh Beckett.

Yep. Uiara. Uiara, yes. One minute left. I mean, come on, there's one you got to have. Mariano Rivera. Of course, that's two.

Keith Falk. Yes. Darren Erstad. No.

You love that name. You love that name.

Fraser.

No. Fraser for what? Hot Fraser? I don't know.

No, I know what you're thinking.

Fries.

David Fries. Yes. David Freeze. He was the World Series MVP in 2011. Young, young, 10 seconds. Young, young, 10 seconds. No.

I don't know. I don't know.

All right. Five, four, three.

Alex Rodriguez, Derek Cheater.

Derek Cheater, Wonderworld Series MVP. I'll give you that point, and you're done.

That was fun, dude.

You did good.

All right, let's get to these next couple of questions with some pace here as we're wrapping up the pitch clock, because they're pretty simple. I want the first one, your takeaways from 2025 Major League Baseball season overall.

Great year for the sport. Attendance goes up. Third straight season. National ratings were up on ESPN, on MLB Network, and on Fox. And just good stories abound. Not only the Milwaukee Brewers, 97 wins, the most wins in baseball. Nobody saw that coming. So you get your smaller markets. Detroit has obviously been a great baseball city for a long time to get them back in the playoffs. But also Cleveland, the way they finish the season was incredible. Seattle winning the division for the first time in a long time, getting to within one win of the World Series, within their first in 50 years. Obviously, Toronto getting back first time since '93. Three. And in the National League, I mean, listen, sometimes good stories are stories of futility. The Mets spend all that money. They were '83 and '79. It is always fascinating to watch a car crash and figure out what the Mets will do this offseason. The Dodgers ended up winning the World Series, but San Diego had a good year. Philadelphia had a great season. They went 96 games. The Philly's, as Alex Avila said to me, everyone says, Oh, the Philly's window is closing.

The last seven seasons, their win total has increased every single year. Hopefully, they can resign Kyle Schwarber and still the guy who, for me, is must-see TV is Paul Skane. What he did this season, sub to ERA going to win another Cy Young, win his first time. Excuse me. Unbelievable. Great year for the sport.

Great year for the sport. We talked about it all year long. It's a golden era for stars. And so many of those teams you just mentioned have those individual stars like the Big Dumper, people who captivated sports fans to bring them over to Major League Base. And then finally, let's talk about those people moving forward, heading into 2026. We're not going to be gone for too long here at the PitchClock. Look out for us to come back in the next, hopefully, a few weeks. But as we look ahead toward 2026, what are some of the things that you're looking forward to at, Nan, whether that be teams, players, or just overall in Major League Base?

Well, I'll be at the Winter Meetings in Orlando in a month. Hopefully, you will join me there for a special Pitch Clock edition. Let's do it in person. I look forward to awards season in November. I think a hotly contested race is NL Rookey of the Year, Kate Horton versus Drake Baldwin. Love the Drake. For most of the year, Baldwin was the guy, but Horton was incredible in the second half. And of course, the MVP race, which you mentioned, Judge versus Raleigh. In 2012, Miggy won it because the Triple Crown, even though Trout had the better numbers, according to war. Very similar race in that. Judges' numbers across the board are better. If you look at the history, it's all Raleigh, first catcher ever, 60 home runs. That time, Miggy won. I think this time, Judge wins MVP. But I'm really curious how the race is going to go down. I mentioned Skane's, the fact that he doesn't have a winning record, he's going to win the sign, which is amazing. And yeah, already the moves are coming down. Trevor's story opts in. He's staying with the Red Sucks. Imanaga not resigned by the Cubs.

That's pretty shocking. Three years, 57 million. He's going to hit the open market. I'm genuinely surprised that They're not resigning Imanaga. They must really like Kate Horton. Maybe they'll just give Emunaga a qualifying offer. But those three agents up there, what's Bellinger going to get? What's Bregman going to get? What's Kyle Tucker going to get? Pete Alonso. Lots of major names to look forward to.

Yeah, lots of fun, lots of stuff coming up. And that's all before we get back to another really exciting year of Major League Base. Adnan, thank you so much for being our constant superstar here. You win the MVP of the pitch clock this year. But you know what we're also going to find out is who ultimately I've definitely won the most Trivia Games between Chris Cody and myself. That's what's coming up right now.

Just let me know when you're ready. I'll count you in. It's ready.

3, 2, 1. How much time we're going to give?

3, 2, 1, go. Blue Jays, Vernon Wells. Yep. Russ Adams, Roy Halley.

Yes, yes, yes.

Cleveland. That's all you have from Toronto. Kenny Lofton. I'll go back if I need to. Roberto Alamar.

Yes.

Dodgers. Okay. Milton Bradley.

Yes.

I feel good about this. Hisap Troy. Yes. Derek Lowe.

Yes.

Okay. Let's go '08 to '92. Okay. Manny Ramirez.

Yes.

Albert Buhos.

No.

Oh, shoot. Yeah, it's not. Jermaine Di. Yes. That's the guy. Jermaine Dye.

Josh Beckett.

Yes.

You said Comerica the first time.

Randy Johnson.

Yes. He was one of two. You can get the second one for another point.

Kurt Chilling. Yes. Paul Molitor. Yes. 24 to '09 or vice versa. George Springer.

Yes. First Astros.

Madison Bumgarner. Yes.

You get him for another point as well since you said his name. He got the last out in 2014.

Nice. Thank you. Cody Ross.

Jeff Safeway.

No. No. Marco Skudaro. No. Nlcs MVPs.

Oh, my God. That's why I remember them.

If you get three in a row wrong, you should lose a point.

No, relax.

You have three minutes left.

No problem. 180 seconds.

Yeah, I don't like this anymore. Coming back to last out. Brian Wilson. Okay.

Yep.

Madison Bumgarner, we already got. You got that. Yep. Bobby Janks.

Yes.

It wasn't Jason Marquis. It was somebody else. Yep.

You did learn.

It's a different J. M. Yep. Oh, shoot. Jason Mott.

That's correct.

Learning it.

Josh Beckett. Yep.

Really slow down.

Don't rush. And since you said his name, you get him for the World Series MVP as well.

Mariano Rivera twice.

Don't be given too many points over here. Oh, you did.

Okay. Mariano Rivera twice. Mariano Rivera twice. Yes.

I can't remember the name. Jonathan Pappabon?

Yes. For one of those Red Sox? The first one. The first one. Okay. And you guys both get Mariano Rivera for World Series MVP. Cody-e. Cool. Oh, I get one more point.

Yeah. Wade Davis?

Yes.

Ichiro Suzuki.

Go Around the Diamond.

Ichiro...

Back on '01 Mariner, sorry. Yes. Dukey. Interesting. Brett Boon?

Yes.

Okay. Is there a question mark there? Yeah, because... No, talk it out. I hate you. Jeff Kent on Dodgers?

Yes. Jeff Kent was on the Dodgers.

Is Omar Vesquel on the Cleveland team?

Is Omar Vesquel on the Cleveland team? Yes, he was.

Eric Hinsky on the Blue Jays?

Yes.

Cory Kowski on the Blue Jays?

Yes. 20 seconds.

I hate it. Stop it. Is that Greg Zahn behind the plate?

Yes. 10. Stop it. That's not true. 50 seconds.

You jerk. Adrian Beltr for the Mariner's third base?

No. Okay.

Have I gotten other World Series MVPs? Derek Jeter.

Yes. How many How many times are we going to give him credit for Jeter?

What are you talking about? That's the first time I have him down for Jeter.

Yeah, that's the first time I said it.

Who's that other Blue Jace guy? It's not Joe Carter.

Who is it? Twenty-five seconds. Shoot.

The Angels.

I didn't actually get that one, but I do know.

It's not Garrett Anderson. It's not Tim Salmon. Is it Darren Erstad? No.

Think about that, Royals. Al Fielder. No, stop it. Center fielder.

You're a dick. It's not No Big Papy?

Popy 1 in 20... Yes. Nice. Popy 1 in 2013. Five, 3, 2, 1. Last guess? No. 1. All right. He's the Royals catcher. It was Salvi Perez in 26. Oh, my God.

What?

We have a tie.

Shut up. Oh, my God.

Shut up. It's 35-35.

That did not sound very complicated.

It's 35, 35. No, it's 35, 35. I promise you.

All right, it can be a tie. What's the tiebreaker?

What is the tiebreaker? I did not consider that there would be a tiebreaker. We don't need one. It can be a tie. Cody. Rock for a decision. Who was the World Series MVP in 2023?

It's a stupid game.

I know. Can you tell me who won?

No. The World Series? No.

The Texas Rancher. The Texas Ranchers won the World Series in 2023.

It's right there.

I got this one. Didn't I get this one earlier? Cory Seager. Yes. Yeah, you got it. I knew it. I was like, You need to find it. Congrats.

On the tie. So I won. Cody wins. So who won the Season Series?

The winner of the entire series Can I just say that I can tell by Jeremy's vibe that he won?

It's Jeremy.

It's me by one. Oh, wow.

Even after this one?

After that win, it's me by one. I was up by two. You're up by two. And ready for this? I was up by two. We had three weeks this year where we included someone else in the trivia with us, and that person won all three weeks whenever we added someone else. So what I wonder is, what would have happened if those had just been head to head?

Who did better those three weeks?

Great question. It doesn't really matter. I won.

Did you look this up? What was the final score?

I won.

Who did this?

I don't know.

Who tracked this? But I won.

Shout out to Gabe. Winner.

I love it, Gabe, looking around. He's afraid to look at me. You're dead to Chris.

Hey, we'll be back in Pitchcock pretty soon, hopefully. See you then.

And if not, you know what's coming.

Bye, everybody.

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