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Michael Rapaport on Bill Simmons Beef, Cat Updates, and Pranking Jason Kidd
The Cubs are dead, and Big Cat’s voice sounds exactly like the state of the franchise. After a gentleman's sweep by the Dodgers, the mourning period has officially begun in Chicago. While the pinstripes are currently the hottest team in baseball, Big Cat is busy trying to redefine the very concept of sports misery.
Big CatYou cannot have a championship drought if you have never won a title
The Astros, the Indians are the longest drought for Major League Baseball. Yes. For a championship. The Rangers are second longest. The Astros are third. The Rangers and the Astros have never won a World Series. Can you have a drought if you've never won a World Series? Because I say no.
With the Dodgers moving on, the focus shifts to whether Tommy Lasorda will actually follow through on his threat to leave this mortal coil if they don't win it all. Meanwhile, PFT has his eyes on the Yankees as the definitive "Team of Destiny."
PFT CommenterThe Yankees are the No. 1 team in the 'Team of Destiny' power rankings
My guess is the Yankees. The Yankees, currently right now, if we're doing our team of destiny power rankings, they're clearly No. 1. The pinstripes are popping extra hot right now.
Thursday Night Football actually delivered a classic between the Raiders and Chiefs, though it ended in a flurry of penalties that had the guys questioning Andy Reid’s late-game strategy. PFT suggested a more creative approach to the goal-line stands.
PFT CommenterAndy Reid should have kept committing penalties at the goal line to prevent the Raiders from ever reaching the end zone
It was the Schrodinger's cat of penalties where the Raiders were mathematically eliminated from scoring touchdowns if you just keep committing penalties and they can only get halfway to the end zone, halfway to the end zone, half the distance, half the distance. They'll never get there. Andy should have just kept his foot on the gas.
Michael Rapaport joined the show in-studio to provide an update on his backyard cat situation, which has apparently escalated to include a dead opossum. The conversation quickly turned to his new book, *This Book Has Balls*, and his escalating friction with the Ringer. Rapaport didn't hold back on the stat-heavy culture of modern sports media or his former friend Bill Simmons.
Michael Rapaport85% of The Ringer's basketball podcasters are 'hipsters' who rely too much on stats
85% of the people that are on the Ringer podcast discussing basketball, they're hipsters. In terms of the stat, stat, stat... I want an eye test. I don't want geometry. Can you play or can you not play?
Michael RapaportBill Simmons' HBO show was 'trash' from the first interview
I did his HBO show, which I knew was trash. I knew which we all knew was trash from the first interview from the first person... I knew that when I watched the Simmons thing, everybody knew, because there was so much anticipation and hype, and because he left ESPN, you knew... yo, this is in deep shit.
Rapaport also shared his scouting reports on celebrity athletes, specifically calling out a certain former Spider-Man for his lack of game on the hardwood.
Michael RapaportTobey Maguire is the worst basketball player I've ever seen
The worst basketball player I've ever seen is Tobey Maguire. That motherfucker. Stick to the poker tables, you nerd.
Before letting Rapaport go, the guys touched on the NBA season and the classic debate of LeBron versus MJ. Rapaport is standing firm on his stance that the King will never catch His Airness.
Michael RapaportLeBron James will never be as good as Michael Jordan
23 reasons why LeBron James will never be like Mike... Caitlyn Jenner. Another topic we need more on. LeVar [Ball] can't ball is a good one.
In a moment of pure podcast magic, the guys played a clip of their visit to Ryan Russillo's show where they managed to get the Milwaukee Bucks' front office on the line. After PFT’s Matthew Dellavedova impression got them through the gate, they actually landed on the phone with Jason Kidd. Big Cat was less than impressed that an NBA head coach was just sitting there answering a desk phone.
Big CatThe Bucks should fire Jason Kidd because no good NBA coach still uses a landline desk phone
I would fire Jason Kidd if I were the Bucks... what coach is at their desk just picking up their phone? Their landline. If you're an NBA coach and you've picked up your landline in the last 10 years, you're a bad coach.
Fantasy Fuckbois returned with Tony, Marco, and the rest of the crew delivering questionable advice for Week 7. Hank is all-in on a Falcons star finally exploding against a porous New England secondary.
HankJulio Jones will have a massive 'revenge game' against the Patriots on Sunday
My stardom: Julio Jones. The Patriots secondary stinks. Primetime revenge game. Julio Jones. pick him up on the waiver wire and start his ass.
To wrap things up, the guys handled a deep Explain It To Hank regarding the definition of "clout." Big Cat decided that instead of a social metric, it should probably be a high-end Hollywood narcotic.
Big CatClout is a drug that is cocaine-like but not addictive and has no hangover
Clout is like a drug that you only do when you're in Hollywood. You do clout, and you have the greatest party of all time... Clout is like, it's cocaine, but it's cleaner, and it's not addictive. It's not addictive, non-bad for you. No hangover.
If you see a guy in a gorilla suit jamming in Oakland this weekend, just know that’s the peak of football culture.
