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00:00Well, but first let's begin with the story that is percolating around Major League Baseball right now,

00:04but surrounding the Players' Union, as it looks like they have a new partnership,

00:07Penn Entertainment has secured a deal with the Major League Baseball Players' Association to

00:11make ESPN Bet and the ScoreBet brands officially licensed sportsbooks of the Players' Association's

00:17arm. It's a non-exclusive licensing agreement giving ESPN Bet and the score permission to use

00:22players' names, images, and likenesses on wagering websites and apps. So this is the first of its

00:29kind. And again, non-exclusive, which means other companies can do the same if they pay the

00:34Players' Association. Meanwhile, the National Basketball Association, regular season winding

00:39down, also season winding down for the Philadelphia 76ers. That would include Joel Embiid. He's going

00:45to undergo arthroscopic surgery next week on his troublesome knee. He'll be reevaluated in six

00:50weeks and is expected to make a full recovery. Hopefully he gets to play a full season next year

00:55for the Sixers. Meanwhile, contract extension season going on right now in the idea that every

01:03single young player in Major League Baseball needs one. How about this? Kattel Marte, Jackson Merrill,

01:09all these players are getting locked up. Already through 2028, Marte has signed a new agreement,

01:13six years, $116 million, and includes a player option in 2031 for $11.5 million. And also

01:21Christian Campbell, who's basically played a couple of games in Major League Baseball,

01:24gets an eight-year, $60 million contract extension with the Boston Red Sox. So

01:30why are these happening? We will touch on that on tomorrow's show, potentially. We're expected to

01:34have former big league manager Buck Showalter on the program. Now, the top story in all of sports

01:40last night had to be this. The Los Angeles Dodgers won again. They were trailing 5-2. They came back

01:45to tie it. And then do I need to even ask you who hit the game-winning walk-off home run shot for

01:51the Dodgers yesterday? It was Shohei Ohtani, bobblehead day. Of course, Shohei Ohtani hits

01:55the walk-off shot, 6-5, the final. L.A. is 8-0 on the Major League season. The flip side of this,

02:04by the way, folks, the Atlanta Braves are 0-7 to start the season, and no team that's ever started

02:090-7 has ever made the playoffs. This is true. Meanwhile, Dave Roberts is running out of words,

02:15running out of compliments for Shohei Ohtani after another win, although he does say the team

02:20hasn't played all that great. Hard to believe. I mean, it's, you know, I think if you look at

02:24our club, we haven't, like I've said, we haven't really played great baseball. And tonight,

02:28obviously, was the worst night, first game, worst game we've played. But the Penn has been

02:34fantastic. And you get two young rookie pitchers coming up against a good ball club, not playing

02:41great, but the 2-0, two innings apiece, shorten the game, give us a chance was huge. And, you

02:48know, being down 5-0 early and to kind of deploy the bullpen, coming up on an off day,

02:55resting some guys that needed it, so it allowed us to still manage the workload for these guys.

03:01But I can't say enough about Dreyer and Penn as well. And also, Kirby hadn't pitched in three days,

03:07four days, maybe, to pitch a clean seventh was huge to give us a chance and keep him relevant

03:13and fresh. And so it was just collectively, you know, Shohei being Shohei at the end and,

03:19you know, what better way to finish the game on his bobblehead night with Walker Homer.

03:25All right. So Shohei with another home run. Jackson Merrill with a two-run home run as well

03:29after signing his new contract extension. And by the way, the Dodgers are 8-0 and the Padres are

03:347-0. Dylan C struck out seven in six and a third. The Padres have never started 7-0 until yesterday.

03:42Ivan Herrera, he's the catcher on the St. Louis Cardinals. He had his biggest game ever as a pro.

03:47Three home runs as they beat the Angels by a final score of 12-5. He's the first catcher

03:51in Cardinals history to hit three home runs in one game, which definitely impressed his manager,

03:56Ali Marmol. He can hit. He can really hit. He puts together incredible at-bats, rarely swings

04:03and misses, just takes a professional at-bat, man. But those were three really, really good swings.

04:12So happy to see that out of him. Clubhouse is absolutely loving it right now. So very positive

04:17day. Yeah, that's what I've really liked about our club, is they're not giving in. Even if you

04:23think about yesterday, it was a frustrating loss, but you go down three in extra innings and you

04:27come back and put a three spot on. Couldn't overcome it the second time, but I just like

04:31the overall fight. And then, I mean, that game turned pretty quickly. It's a huge blow. You got

04:37your number one on the mound, and that happens, and the guys answered back immediately. So

04:42they're picking each other up, which is a big part of this.

04:46All right, Garrett Crochet. We'll get to him in a minute. Another huge pitching performance for

04:50Boston. But first, Jack Leiter, a 1-0 shutout. The Rangers shut out the Reds two days in a row.

04:56Leiter struck out six in five innings. The Reds' offense has gone cold. Meanwhile, the Red Sox

05:02have gotten a hot performance to start the season with their contract extension,

05:06one of many, by the way. 3-0 the final. Crochet, eight innings as they pitched a 3-0 shutout in

05:13the game yesterday, and Crochet talked about his performance after the win.

05:17Yeah, yeah. I felt like there were a couple times where I lost it, but the pitches were

05:21competitive enough. And you add in the fact that we were playing pretty solid defense,

05:26you know, a couple double plays definitely help your cross.

05:29This was the first time you pitched into the eighth.

05:32Yeah.

05:32How big a deal was that to, like, you know, was there a conversation?

05:36No, no conversation. I think that I was just in control leading up to that point.

05:42Yeah, my first start in college, I went eight, and I haven't sniffed it since. So that's,

05:46it's funny. But, yeah, it felt really good.

05:48I mean, you know, as ways go to celebrate a contract, like,

05:52yeah, is that a pretty good one for you?

05:54Yeah, I'd say so. Very excited, you know, about the long term, but also really focused on the

05:59present. And, you know, it was nice to kind of have a day to let it breathe so that I could

06:04really focus up for the start.

06:06Another huge pitching performance in baseball yesterday from Arizona Diamondback starter

06:10Zach Gallin. He tied a career-high 13 strikeouts. The Diamondbacks beat the Yankees 4-3. Pete

06:16Alonzo with a monster series in Miami, a grand slam a couple of nights ago, a two-run or three-run

06:22home run to tie yesterday as the Mets beat the Marlins 6-5 in 11 innings. Alonzo was on fire.

06:28I was there. He talked about it after.

06:30I mean, I'm just happy I was able to come through for the team right there. Yeah, it's just,

06:37yeah, today was obviously a really important game for us. And, yeah, just happy to help contribute.

06:43Take us through the home run. You're down three there with two guys on.

06:47Was that one of the cases where you're looking to go home run?

06:50No. For me, I'm just looking to just get a good pitch to hit over the middle of the plate.

06:55And thankfully for me, I was fighting off some really tough pitches there. I mean, he came at

07:02me with his best stuff. And he located some good ones, especially early in the count. But I was

07:08able to just stand in control and let the ball show up where I wanted it to. And thankfully,

07:13I was able to capitalize. Zach Wheeler struck out 10 for the Phillies yesterday. Trey Turner came

07:19back, hadn't played in a bit with an injury. He had three hits. The Phillies beat the Rockies

07:23final 5-1. Over in the National Basketball Association, a very competitive game last night

07:29between Oklahoma City and Detroit. OKC wins this one 119-103, pulling away late. The Thunder are

07:36now 64-12 on this NBA season, pushing 70 wins. An incredible year for them. Shea Gilgis Alexander

07:44had 33 points in this one. He's about to get his first ever NBA MVP after the game. Talked about

07:51making sure the team is focused as they head down the stretch. I would just say it was like

07:56winning time. We knew having a lead, the only way they can get back in is if they score. And if we

08:02stop from scoring, we'll win the game, at the least. So that's what we hung our hat. That's

08:06what we focused on. That's why we got a dub. What is it about these Lou 3s? They just seem

08:11to be such momentum turners sometimes in the course of a game. Yeah, he's a big shot maker.

08:19His confidence never wavers. He steps into every shot like he's made his last five.

08:25And that's why he's become the shooter he's become. He's confident. He works hard.

08:29They trust his work. Cleveland Cavaliers also picked up a win yesterday against the Knicks,

08:34124-105. The Houston Rockets have won their 50th game of the season over the Jazz, 143-105. And

08:43back in the NBA playoff picture, they've won six games in a row, beating themselves at 124-103.

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