PMT DB
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Christian Yelich, Dave Jauss, and Big Ben’s Relatable Diet
The Home Run Derby is in the books, and while Pete Alonso remains the Polar Bear king, the show started with a post-mortem on why the event feels a little over-engineered. Big Cat and PFT are all for mashing taters, but they aren't exactly lining up for more statcast graphics and confusing clock rules.
PFT CommenterThe Home Run Derby has become way too complicated with clocks and Statcast data
The only reason I care about [the Home Run Derby rules] is because they took what was quite literally the simplest competition in sports, which is hit ball over fence... and then they put a clock in it. They added extra time based on a Statcast. They started measuring exit velocity. Timeouts should never be incorporated into the Home Run Derby. It's a very simple process.
Speaking of people fighting the clock, Ben Roethlisberger is reportedly on a new health kick. Big Cat sees right through it, noting that year 18 is a hilarious time to finally decide that a vegetable might be a good idea. It's the ultimate "I'll start my diet on Monday" move, just on a professional athlete scale.
Big CatBig Ben's year 18 diet is just a relatable attempt to outrun aging
I likened it to, after a long weekend of drinking and eating terrible food. And you say to yourself, you know what, I'm going to eat a salad on Monday. Everything will I'll maybe do 20 pushups. Wow. I'm back. That's what Big Ben is doing as a career where he spent 17 years eating PF Chang and doing whatever he wants. And then year 18. He's like, why is Tom Brady playing still? Oh, because he eats healthy. You know what, honey, get me a vegetable.
PFT CommenterBen Roethlisberger's new diet is actually just the TB12 method but more strict
The report was that [Ben Roethlisberger] is doing the TB12 method. Except the Ben Roethlisberger method is more strict than the TB12 method. It's basically like no meat before breakfast. He's probably going to see how long he can fast.
Team USA Basketball is also under the microscope after some shaky exhibition performances. Big Cat isn't ready to panic, but he is ready to point out that the absence of a certain sweater-wearing legend might be the missing ingredient. He also thinks the transition from the NBA's whistle-heavy style to international play is catching some of the stars off guard.
Big CatCoach K would never have lost two games in a row with Team USA
Coach K would never lose two games. He would absolutely never. You guys roast him day in and day out. He stops being the USA coach. They lose to Nigeria and Australia. Back-to-back coincidence or—
Big CatNBA players are struggling in international play because they don't get 'NBA fouls'
It's actually what basketball should be because all of the guys in the NBA are looking for all the fouls that they call in the NBA and they don't call them in the world in the FIBA. So they're doing the jump into a guy. They're doing the, you know, going up for a layup and throwing their head back and the refs are just letting them play. And it's fucking awesome.
Christian Yelich joined the show to catch up and, naturally, get into some new high-stakes gambling. After some debate about his famous "belly button move" on the basepaths that got him tossed from a game, the conversation turned to his eventual return to the Home Run Derby.
Christian YelichI will participate in a Home Run Derby eventually
It's a career-long bet. He never said like next Home Run Derby, you just said ever win a Home Run... At some point before it's all said and done, I got at least seven more years left. So at some point, at some point we're going to get out there. I hope.
Big Cat and Yelich also brainstormed a new version of the PMT bump. If Yelich can rediscover his MVP form and tear the cover off the ball in the second half, the rewards for Big Cat and PFT will be significant.
Christian YelichI will spend $20,000 on a guys' trip for PMT if I hit 20 home runs in the second half
All right. I like that. Okay. Yeah. Just the guys... 20 home runs? A lot of home runs in the second [half]. 20 for 20. If you hit 20 home runs, we'll do a Brewster's millions, but it's $20,000 weekend where Christian just spends it on us.
They also touched on just how impossible the sport is for the average person. Yelich didn't mince words when Big Cat asked about the chances of a regular guy getting a hit off the best pitcher in the world.
Christian YelichA normal person would never get a hit off Jacob deGrom even in 1,000 at-bats
If you did one at-bat for a thousand days, I would say zero [chance of a hit]. Eventually, at you just be standing there and you just be pure guessing on time. The thing with [deGrom] is like, this ball goes like this... and then yeah. I mean, he throws 95-mile sliders and they look like fastballs till you go to swing at it.
Later, the guys sat down with Dave Jauss, the Mets bench coach and the man who served up meatballs for Pete Alonso’s Derby win. Jauss is a true baseball lifer with incredible stories from the 2004 Red Sox to the 1999 Home Run Derby. He explained that as long as you can still locate a batting practice heater, you’ll always find a home in a dugout.
Dave JaussIf your BP arm is healthy, you'll always have a job in baseball
I think it's my arm. Because as long as you throw really good BP, you'll always have a job. I never say it's up here. Maybe it's my heart a little bit, but the arm, because I always say if that arm goes today... I'll either be the Mets bobblehead or Wally the Green Monster.
Jauss gave a masterclass on the nuances of the game, specifically why being a third base coach is the most stressful job on the field. It’s not just about waving a runner home; it’s about managing total chaos.
Dave JaussBase running is the hardest thing in baseball because it requires reacting to nine people at once
Third base coach is the closest to being a player as a coach. You are because you have to react as a base runner... base running is the hardest thing. And as hard as it is to hit, base running changes every pitch and you are involved every pitch and you have to react off of nine people, not just the pitch in one person.
We wrapped things up with a wild Hot Seat/Cool Throne that featured Billy Football’s questionable quarterback tiers and some biological theories about the immortality of tortoises that surely won't be debunked by a simple Google search.
Billy FootballTortoises have no natural lifespan and biologically never die of old age
Tortoises have no natural lifetime. Only be killed by other things. They never die of old age. If you left a tortoise alone and kept it forever, right? I think tortoises do die, but they don't have any like, 'tortoise dies of natural causes.'
If you see Big Ben at a PF Chang’s this week, just remember he's only there for the steamed vegetables.
