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Max Scherzer

Wednesday, October 4, 201712 takes

Baseball Playoffs are back and the Yankees fans are back. Andy Reid calling timeouts and a terrible MNF beat(-). Hot Seat/Cool Throne(-). Nationals Pitcher Max Scherzer joins the show to talk about the upcoming playoffs, robot umps, his eyes, and sabermetrics (-). Segments include Talking Soccer(-), Marlins Man is on National Television so we called him(-), Mike Greenberg's dumb rules for the NBA All Star Game(-) and Guys on Chicks with special guest Julie Stewart Binks (-)​

Recap

Win
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is better to watch the Yankees lose late in the playoffs than in the Wild Card game

I'm going to disagree on the fact that you're glad they lost tonight because it's going to be so much better to watch them lose two games or three games.

The Yankees did eventually lose in the ALCS to the Astros in 7 games, providing the 'long' disappointment PFT predicted.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Andy Reid is the second-best coach in the NFL right now

Andy Reid is the second best coach in the NFL right now. Agreed. Agreed. It is crazy. We did this. We actually talked about this off air... Andy Reid behind Bill Belichick is the second best coach.

While subjective, Reid's subsequent legacy (3 Super Bowls) strongly supports the claim that he was already among the elite.

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Win
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Null
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Big CatBig Cat

Wisconsin will lose in the Big Ten Championship game this year

Wisconsin, this is their year. Oh, yeah. They're probably going to lose in the Big Ten championship this year.

Wisconsin went 12-0 in the regular season but lost 27-21 to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship game.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Null
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Big CatBig Cat

I hate the new NBA All-Star Game captain draft format

They're now making the all-star game where two captains pick the teams, which I fucking hate. I hate when they do this. My brain can't figure it out. I can't figure this shit out when you switch it all, when you swap it all off. They did it with the Pro Bowl, and Pro Bowl's never been the same.

The NBA eventually moved back to East vs. West in 2024 because the draft format lost its luster.

Guys On Chicks

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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Guys on Chicks
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HankHank

Flushing the toilet while someone is showering can cause them to 'shower in poop'

Hank brings up a good point. It messes up the pipes. The poop gets in the pipes... You're going to be showering in your own poop, yeah. I don't want it to be fresh.

This is scientifically incorrect; plumbing systems are designed to keep potable water and sewage separate.

Hot Seat Cool Throne

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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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HankHank

The LSU Athletic Director should be on the hot seat instead of Coach O

My hot seat, a lot of people are calling for Coach O to be on the hot seat. Nope. But read an article by Tom Fornelli... The athletic director is the one that should be squarely on the hot seat.

Subjective, though Orgeron eventually won a title in 2019, vindicating the hire temporarily before things soured.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

High school is useless and you don't learn anything you use as an adult

I'm kind of in agreement with [LaVar Ball] because who needs high school? Name one thing that you learned in high school that you used today. That's what I thought. No. You don't learn shit in high school.

This is a subjective lifestyle opinion.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The Titans signing Brandon Weeden creates a quarterback controversy in Tennessee

I have Marcus Mariota. So speaking of letting a bull into a China shop, the Titans signed Brandon Weeden. So that is a QB controversy in the waiting. I love it.

There was never a controversy; Weeden never started a game for the Titans.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017·Hot Seat/Cool Throne
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFC North is currently the 'Division of Quarterbacks' in the NFL

My other cool throne is names. Speaking of quarterbacks, cool throne... NFC North quarterbacks because that is officially the division of quarterbacks. Mitch Trubisky is going to start for the Bears... Matthew Stafford, Dark Horse MVP, Aaron Rodgers, Super Bowl winner, and Sam Bradford.

The division had Rodgers and Stafford, but Trubisky and Bradford (who was injured) were not elite.

Interview

Loss
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017
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Max ScherzerMax Scherzer

The 2017 Nationals are the most balanced team I have been on heading into the playoffs

Man, if there's ever a year, this is a year. I've been in postseason several times now, and this team that we have going into postseason, man, it's one of the best teams I've been upon just in terms of overall balance. You're talking about we have speed guys, we have power, we have pitching, we have elite pitching.

The Nationals lost the NLDS 3-2 to the Cubs, failing to reach the NLCS despite the balanced roster.
Win
Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017
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Max ScherzerMax Scherzer

Robot umpires would fundamentally change how catchers play defense

If you had the robot umpire and you now have a guy on first base, catchers have to worry about trying to frame the pitch before they throw out the runner. Now, if you had robot umpires and framing the pitch had no consequence... the catcher would just be in a position purely just to throw out the runner. You're changing the game.

In minor leagues where ABS (Automated Ball-Strike system) is used, catchers have indeed shifted focus from framing to other skills like blocking and throwing.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2017
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Max ScherzerMax Scherzer

Bryce Harper's 'dick' reputation is just a byproduct of him playing hard with flair

The way he plays the game, he's playing the game hard and he's going out there and competing. And he competes with a little flair. And sometimes that can rub people the wrong way. But when you have those guys on your team... you love those guys in your team because you like the guys that play the game that way.

Subjective opinion on a teammate's personality.