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Max Scherzer on Nats' Playoff Run, Robot Umps, and Google Free Falls
The Yankees are unfortunately still alive, and Big Cat and PFT are dealing with the reality of Bronx fans crawling out of their hideouts to scream about 27 rings. While the world needs villains, PFT is already looking forward to the eventual downfall because a Wild Card exit just wasn't enough of a sweat for them.
PFT CommenterIt 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.
Switching to the gridiron, Big Cat and PFT broke down the absolute disaster of a Monday Night Football beat where a garbage-time fumble return touchdown destroyed under bettors and Redskins backers alike. Amidst the chaos of Andy Reid's questionable timeout usage, Big Cat realized that the Big Red coach might actually be getting his flowers lately.
Big CatAndy 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.
Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Hot Seat is 2017 because it’s been a rough year for the world of sports and beyond. PFT noted that even Tom Petty had to die twice just to make sure he was out of this calendar year.
PFT Commenter2017 should just end already because it has been a terrible year
Gosh, can 2017 just end already? Hot seat 2017. Also Cool Throne 2016 though... It sucks that 2017 now sucks.
On the Cool Throne, Hank is riding with the LSU Athletic Director for making the mess that Coach O is currently trying to gargle his way through. If you bring a bull into a china shop, you can't be surprised when the bull starts breaking the homecoming vases.
HankThe 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.
LaMelo Ball also finds himself on the Cool Throne after LaVar pulled him out of high school. PFT is fully on board with the move, questioning the actual utility of a formal education once you've learned how to deal with basic sexual frustration.
PFT CommenterHigh 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.
Big Cat rounded things out by putting the Titans on the Cool Throne for signing Brandon Weeden, a move that is less about football and more about the inevitable screen grabs of Weeden's face on the sidelines.
Big CatThe Titans signing Brandon Weeden creates an immediate quarterback controversy in Tennessee
The Titans signed Brandon Weeden. So that is a QB controversy in the waiting. I love it. I actually have a little stay woke for you... I think the Titans might have done this... to get a little social media play out of this.
Max Scherzer
Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer joined the show to talk about the upcoming series against the Cubs, and he didn't hold back on why this Nats squad feels different from the heartbreakers of years past.
Max ScherzerThe 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.
Max went deep into the weeds of the game, even debating the merits of robot umpires. While fans want accuracy, Max pointed out a massive unintended consequence that would change the geometry of the diamond for catchers.
Max ScherzerRobot 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.
Naturally, the conversation turned to his teammate Bryce Harper. Max defended the star's reputation, chalking up the "dick" narrative to a guy who just plays with too much damn flair for some people to handle.
Max ScherzerBryce 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.
Marlins Man and Guys on Chicks
The guys managed to get Marlins Man on the phone while he was literally sitting front row at the Yankees-Twins game. He confirmed that Gary Sanchez taking a foul ball to the groin sounded like a concrete block hitting a beanbag.
To wrap up the show, Julie Stewart-Binks joined the crew for a special edition of Guys on Chicks. Things took a dark turn when discussing "mancations" and the level of respect a woman has for a man who skips a trip with the boys for a birthday.
A woman will lose respect for her boyfriend and likely cheat on him if he skips a 'mancation' for her birthday
I just wouldn't respect a guy if he, like, canceled on his dudes for the weekend. I'm like, I know I own you now. And then I don't respect you and I'm going to cheat on you probably.
The episode finished with a classic Hank moment, where he revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of how indoor plumbing works during a shower, much to the horror of Big Cat and PFT.
HankFlushing 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.
Don't forget to flush before you get in the shower, unless you want to live like Hank.
