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All Star Christian Yelich + Mt Rushmore Of Things To Pregame For

Wednesday, July 18, 201812 takes

Baseball is officially back after the Home Run Derby. Cowherd's Manalytics have new and approved sabermetric stats ( - ). Hot Seat/Cool Throne ( - ). Mt Rushmore of things you should pregame for ( - ). Milwaukee Brewer and first time All Star Christian Yelich joins the show to talk about making his first All Star Game, the move from Miami to Milwaukee, Jose Fernandez's tragic passing and how the team coped with it, and the one and only time he got tossed from an MLB game ( - ). Segments include emergency PR 101 for Josh Hader and Mike Trout's Q score being lower than Kenneth Faried, Bachelor talk for guys that don't watch the Bachelor, and Guys on Chicks.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Bryce Harper will not be a National next year.

We commonly agree that, yes, Bryce Harper is no longer going to be a National next year.

Bryce Harper left the Nationals and signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in March 2019.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Bryce Harper's Home Run Derby performance raised his value from $300 million to $450 million.

Colin Cowherd actually said that Bryce Harper, based on the home run derby, made $150 million last night. He's going to go from a $300 million guy to a $450 million guy because all the owners in baseball are going to lick their lips and be like, I want a piece of that ass.

Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with the Phillies, which was much closer to the original $300 million figure than $450 million.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Le'Veon Bell and the Steelers are never getting back together.

Le'Veon Bell and the Steelers are never, ever getting back together.

Bell sat out the entire 2018 season and never played for the Steelers again, signing with the Jets in 2019.
Loss
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Le'Veon Bell will eventually sign with the Washington Redskins.

So, yeah, future Washington R-Word Le'Veon Bell. You heard it here first on Pardon My Take.

Le'Veon Bell signed with the New York Jets in March 2019, not Washington.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Yadier Molina will be the next player-manager for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Yadier's going to be the new player manager. That's what my sources are telling me.

Mike Shildt was named the permanent manager and Yadier Molina never served as a player-manager for the Cardinals.
Push
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Texas football is officially back because they have 60 players who can vertical jump over 30 inches.

Texas football. This could also be filed under Texas football being back. Because they are back. Tom Herman said they have 60 players that can vertical jump over 30 inches.

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Texas went 10-4 in 2018, their first 10-win season in a decade, but the 'Texas is back' claim remained a meme for years after as they failed to sustain elite status.
Void
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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French kissing animals is fucked up.

Slipping your dog some tongue, that's fucked up. That's an issue, yes.

This is a subjective moral/social opinion.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Elon Musk is a total fraud.

I'm so here for Elon Musk, like, just having meltdown after meltdown because everyone realizes he's a fraud and, like, promising people to go to Mars. ... Elon Musk... Total fraud.

This is a subjective assessment of a public figure's legitimacy.
Win
Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Imagine Dragons' new song will be the perfect pump-up music for college football this fall.

Imagine Dragons dropped a new song, which is going to be the perfect pump up music for college football this fall. ... It's really good. ... It's very, very, it's like perfect. You can actually imagine, you know, like South Carolina playing Clemson on a Saturday night.

Imagine Dragons' 'Natural' was indeed the anthem for the 2018 ESPN college football season.

Interview

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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Giancarlo Stanton and I would still be on the Marlins if Jose Fernandez hadn't passed away.

I'd still be there. Stanton would still be there. We'd all still be there this year if that [Jose Fernandez's passing] didn't happen. This would have been his last year before free agency so we would have been gearing up making a playoff push and we had a ton of talent on those teams.

This is a counterfactual that cannot be proven, but reflects the insider perspective of the team's stars.
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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018
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Mike Trout should get a mural of LeBron James' 'Welcome to LA' mural tattooed on his neck to improve his fame.

He should put, like, the LeBron James Welcome to L.A. mural on his neck. Yes, and then people will finally be like, oh, Anaheim is also in the L.A. market. And then he'll get swarmed by people trying to deface the mural on his neck. Yes. And so everybody will know what he looks like.

This is a satirical suggestion.

Bachelor Talk

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Take Slip·Jul 18, 2018·Bachelor Talk
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If you name your kid Blake, he is guaranteed to win at least one reality TV competition in his life.

If you name your kid Blake, you do so knowing for a fact that he will win at least one reality TV competition in his life.

The Bachelorette contestant Blake Horstmann did not win Becca's season, but did appear on several spinoffs. This is a satirical generalization.