Max Scherzer
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
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.
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.
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Big CatWisconsin 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.
Big CatI 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.
Guys On Chicks
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.
Hot Seat Cool Throne
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.
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 CatThe 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.
Big CatThe 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.
Interview
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 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.
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.
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