Being a manager and getting ejected from a game is theatrical work.
It's all theatrical work there... you didn't want to waste their [the players'] time if it wasn't a good act. So you had to have your stuff together.
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The bottom line is if they [the Suns] win, if they win the NBA finals this year, that guy needs a ring. He needs a ring for sure. And he needs to do the pregame ceremony.
Nikola Jokic's ejection in Game 4 was total bullshit
The Jokic ejection was bullshit. It was bullshit. Having that be an ejection was so, so stupid. I don't know if that changes the game... but yes, ejecting the reigning MVP, that's going to have an effect on it.
'Same height parties' should be normalized.
Normalize same height parties where you show up and they measure you at the door. And depending on how tall you are, they give you these like lifts that you walk around in that bring you up to the exact same height as the tallest person at the party.
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The Houston Astros weren't just banging on garbage cans—they were using NASA technology
If the Astros got this technology from NASA that was going to steal these signs and relay them to the dugout on internet wifi... believe me guys, they wouldn't be banging on a garbage drum and give the hitter signal. It had to be very high-tech guys.
I should have stayed at ESPN instead of taking the Red Sox manager job in 2012.
I would've stayed at ESPN. They were ready to give me a multi-year contract and I was loving the job.