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Max Homa, Dmitry Bivol off his Big Win vs Canelo Alvarez, Insane Sports Weekend & Monday Reading

Monday, May 9, 202211 takes

We start with one of the craziest Kentucky Derby’s ever. How horse racing might have been saved by an 80-1 shot. (-) NBA playoffs and Ja Morant getting his knee slightly tugged at.(-) Hockey playoffs and PFT and Jake may have a bet. (-)Who’s back of the week including F1 race in Miami. (-) Max Homa joins us fresh off his Wells Fargo victory to talk about his win, staying positive, and Big Cat’s golf swing. (-) Dmitry Bivol and Billy Football join us from Las Vegas to talk about his huge win against Canelo Alvarez Saturday night, how much Billy helped and more. (-) We finish with Monday reading “I put nose spray up my dick and it didn’t work” (-)

Recap

Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Rich Strike should be retired immediately following the Kentucky Derby win

If I was Rich Strike's owner right now, you just gotta retire this horse. You gotta be like, I'm going out on top. It should just be put out to stud for the rest of its career. Never let it raise again because you're never going to reach—Rich Strike is not going to become the new Secretariat.

Rich Strike did not retire; he continued racing but never won another race, finishing his career with a string of losses before retiring in 2023.
Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Rich Strike's 80-1 win saves the sport of horse racing

Wouldn't it be perfect if you have an 80 to one a shot that like everyone's going to look at and be like $30,000, we could have bought this horse. I guarantee everyone was saying that after. I think they're gonna, if there is something wrong here, they're just going to sweep it under the rug because it's the greatest story ever. So it's going to save horse racing this year.

A single race outcome's ability to 'save' a sport is inherently subjective.
Win
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Rich Strike will not win the Preakness

Rich Strike is a dog. Hold on. Horse racing needs a bad boy... but he's not going to win the Preakness. So it will be, it will go away quickly.

Rich Strike did not win the Preakness because the owner chose to skip the race entirely to rest for the Belmont Stakes.
Loss
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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HankHank

Marcus Smart was clearly fouled on his three-point attempt against the Bucks

I mentioned the refs. I was only specifically talking about the last play of the game. When Marcus Smart clearly got a fouled shooting a three and they called it on the floor, only got two free throws and kind of ended the game basically.

The NBA L2M report for Game 3 confirmed the call was correct, stating Smart was not in the upward motion of shooting when the foul occurred.
Win
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

The Celtics win Game 3 if Jayson Tatum plays even average basketball

Jayson Tatum went four for 19. He did not play well... If he just plays average, they win that game.

The Celtics lost by only 2 points; it is mathematically likely that even slightly better efficiency from their star player would have changed the outcome.
Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Big CatBig Cat

Chris Paul is the best player in the NBA who also sucks

Chris Paul, we, yeah, we did determine like, we all agree. He's awesome. But at the same time he sucks. And those are my favorite players. Like he is the best player in the NBA who also sucks ass.

This is a subjective characterization of a player's career arc and postseason reputation.

Who Is Back

Win
Take Slip·May 9, 2022·Who's Back
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HankHank

Carlos Alcaraz is making the tennis world go crazy by beating the top three seeds

Carlos Alcaraz... 19 year old, beat Rafa, Djokovic and Zverev who apparently is the number two. So he beat one, two and three on his way to the championship. Tennis is back. I mean, sports world is on fire because of this kid.

Alcaraz did defeat Nadal, Djokovic, and Zverev consecutively to win the 2022 Madrid Open.
Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022·Who's Back
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is not Ryan Tannehill's job to mentor Malik Willis

I've got a couple of things to say about this first thing, is it he's right. It's not his job to like teach another man how to take your job. I don't think there's a workplace in America where that's your expectation to train somebody to make you unemployed.

This is a subjective opinion on athlete professional etiquette.

Interview

Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Max HomaMax Homa

Winning tournaments when no one is watching is my MO

I fly way, way, way under the radar. I'm glad this tournament didn't sound like a video game... I saw the Derby yesterday. Everyone's very, very focused on other things other than the golf. And that's, I feel like when I'm the most, most powerful.

Homa's 2021 Genesis win (Tiger Woods hosting) and 2022 Wells Fargo (Derby weekend) both occurred during major sports news cycles.
Loss
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Billy FootballBilly Football

I am 30% responsible for Dmitry Bivol's victory over Canelo Alvarez

How much of your win goes to Billy Football? [Bivol: 30%]. He taught me through the ball, you know, like right hand. [Billy: Activate the shoulders. I liked that he was also posting some pretty aggressive videos].

Billy Football is a podcast personality and not a professional boxing trainer for world champions.
Void
Take Slip·May 9, 2022
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Dmitry BivolDmitry Bivol

Canelo picking me up during the fight was a sign of fatigue and nerves

I just thought, oh, he's a little bit nervous. And he wants to show me how he's strong, but it wasn't good for him because I see he's a little bit tired. And he lost his part. He waste his power on this moment.

This is an expert's psychological and physical reading of an opponent during a match.