That One Sports Show

What a week for sports (although Geoff doesn’t believe it). You can find all of our World Games recaps throughout the site, so be sure to check those out. Would You Rather Race a great white shark (with the possibility of being bit and losing a pinky toe) or get bitten by one (at an unknown time in any water that covers your body, bathtubs and swimming pools included)? Toss Up Will Kyrie Irving get traded this week? Gentleman’s Slap Bet: Where will Kyrie Go? (John says Minnesota, Geoff says Cavs) Season standings John (15-11-2) repeat Geoff (13-13-2) new Sports Watch Update Columbus Crew 10-10-1 – beat Philadelphia 1-0 on 7/22. Play at Philadelphia as this comes out, then at Real Salt Lake on Saturday Cleveland Indians – 52-45, 1st in American League Central Cincinnati Reds – 41-58, 5th in National League Central Baltimore Orioles – 48-51, 4th in American League East World Games Update Wrocław, Poland, in July 20-30 2017. Sport of the week: Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race (listener request) Lucky Whitehead, Not So Lucky It was a bad week for Lucky Whitehead and we cover the ins and outs of what went down. Doesn’t look good for the police or the Dallas Cowboys

Steve Wright joins us after a crazy week for the Cavs. Kyrie wants out, but the Cavs don’t necessarily have to ship him anywhere. Will there be a three-way deal? Will Kyrie end up elsewhere? Steve also takes a stab at who he’d rather have on the floor between Derrick Rose and Deron Williams. It seems like it should be obvious, but Geoff doesn’t fully agree. You can find more of Steve Wright over at perimeterplayers.com. The article discussed in this episode can be found here. Derrick Rose, according to the advanced stats, was clearly one of the worst players in the NBA in 2015-16.

Justin DePrekel, the original Couch Dweller, joins us for our two-year showiversary. We cover the important topics, like traumatizing gym teachers, how to score tennis and whether finding a condo is worth it as a football player with millions of dollars. Would you rather: Have Donald Trump own your favorite sports team or continue as President of the United States? We also take a look at Extreme Croquet, a sport that does not live up to the name in the eyes of the couch dweller and Geoff.

Steve Wright of Perimeter Players joins us once again to make sense of NBA free agency, how the Celtics became the best team overnight and who stands to benefit the most from moves they’ve made. John attempts to act smart about basketball but as usual dumbs himself way down. Steve also gives us a glimpse of who stands to make it as rookie of the year and which drafted player will make the biggest team impact. The terms “Bestern” and “Leastern” Conference are copyright of Geoff Peterfy and Steve Wright. Their usage from here on out will be subject to residual payments made in the form of pennies. Far-off Predictions Dennis Smith Jr. will win rookie of the year for NBA. Quadrilogy for Warriors v. Cavs, Warriors win.

Huge hockey fan, no longer expert, Kenny Moskal joins us to talk about the Vegas Golden Knights, how they fared in the expansion draft and whether they stand any chance in the upcoming season. We also grill Kenny with Hockey trivia to determine just how big of a fan he is. Hockey Trivia In 1967, the NHL expanded with six new teams, four of which are still active. Name at least three. What was the last NHL to move cities? Lightning Round Trivia Who’s better Sidney Crosby or Wayne Gretzky? How many hat tricks could you score on an empty net in 2 minutes? When will the Blue Jackets get their first Stanley Cup? Would you rather be an enforcer that always plays or an trick-shot artist who scores every time he’s on the ice, but has bad asthma and doesn’t get to play much? Toss your answers in comments below!

Check our previews to see how we’re stacking up so far. Here’s a hint, not well. Aaron Judge became the first rookie to win the Home Run Derby after smashing many many balls over the walls. He smashed four over 500 feet including a 513 foot shot and one that hit off the roof. He’s a beast and incredibly fun to watch.

Would You Rather Watch 10 hours of the Olympics straight through or 10 1-hour segments of the World Games, but for the 10 straight hours you have to stand with the volume way louder than it should be. Last week part of our would you rather came true with Robinson Cano hitting a game-winning homerun in the top of the 10th to help the American League win the All-Star game. Toss Up Over/Under = 13.5 Obstacles completed by Couch Dweller #2 in this weekend’s Bonefrog Challenge (20 obstacles) Geoff: Over John: Under Last Week: Who gets further in HR Derby, Cody Bellinger or Aaron Judge? (tiebreaker of total HRs) John – Judge (won the derby) Geoff – Bellinger (beat by judge) On the year: John (14-10-2) Geoff (12-12-2) This week in sports history 1892 Alexander Cartwright, American sportsman (recognized as inventor of modern baseball), dies at the age of 72 1901 Cy Young wins his 300th game, as the Boston Americans defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3 1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs, off of pitcher Dixie Davis of the St. Louis Browns 1928 1st televised tennis match 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million with the Bulls, at the time the richest one-year contract in team sports history. How were the ESPYs Peyton Manning did a fine job with his opening monologue but past that the ESPYs were what we expected, a big ol’ ball of meh. Wimbledon update Gentlemen’s Bracket: Semi Finals: (24) Sam Querrey (USA) vs. (7) Marin Čilić (Croatia) 8:00am EST Friday (3) Roger Federer (Switzerland) vs. (11) Tomáš Berdych (Czech Republic) 10:30am EST Friday Ladies’ Bracket: Finals: (14) Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) vs. (10) Venus Williams (USA) TBD (Usually Saturday) DraftKings and FanDuel Merger a bust World Games The World Games are coming up in Wrocław, Poland, in July 20-30 2017. We’ll start taking a look at some of the more obscure sports that are held. Sport of the Week: Korfball Team of 8: 4 guys, 4 ladies Scoring: average seems to be around 12-18 Large field or basketball court Can’t run with the ball Can’t take contested shots Basket is open and 11.5 feet tall

Notes coming.

Baseball notes coming later.

Raw show notes below: You tell us: BIG3, good or bad? (614) 398-3243 WYR: Be a manager known for getting ejected or known for having your players hate you, but you still get results Toss Up: over/under 67.25 hot dogs eaten by Joey Chestnut. Geoff: over John: under Actual: over/under 4.5 trades in NBA draft tonight Actual: 5 (not including pure trade swapping) Updated 6/27 John (13-9-2) under Geoff (11-11-2) over Columbus Crew 8-9-1 – pounded Montreal 4-1, play Atlanta United again July 1st Indians – 40-35, 1st in American League Central Redz – 31-44, 5th in National League Central, slid back down Phillies – 24-51, 5th in National League East Trial for the latest flag football league, by Michael Vick and Terrell Owens LeBron Would Be Better With an Eye Patch Ohio high school sports records NBA Draft Recap Big3 thoughts Columbus Gaelic football, big match coming up July 15th against Pittsburgh, both the men’s and women’s teams will play, we’ll have a link for you. Korea urged to not include North Korea in 2018 Olympics

That’s right, we’ve hit triple digits. Never again will we do an episode with only two numbers. Would You Rather Be a phenomenal rookie (like Aaron Judge/Cody Bellinger) and then fizzle out or never gain notoriety (like the backup for Derek Jeter, exactly you can’t name him)? Toss Up Over/Under 4.5 trades in NBA draft tonight John takes the under and Geoff took the over. Last week it was: what will the higher number be, Phillies wins or Aaron Judge homeruns. Judge had 2, Phillies had 1, so both John and Geoff win. John (13-8-2) Geoff (10-11-2) In Memoriam Throughout the last 100 episodes we’ve had some ideas and tried some segments and wanted to take a moment to remember those failed ideas. If you’d like to see one come back, let us know. 30 for 30 in 30 Sports cliches Old timey twitter Hour long shows Sponsors Half hour minisode Mondays Reviewing Video Games Doing the show live Ohio Sports Updates Columbus Crew – lost 3-1 to Atlanta United this past weekend, play Montreal Impact this weekend. They sit at 7-9-1 6th in Eastern Conference. Indians – 39-32, 1st in American League Central – Jose Ramirez was named AL Player of the Week after hitting .516 last week which included a sweep of the Minnesota Twins. Reds – 30-41, 5th in National League Central, slid back down MLB Headlines Aaron Judge invited to the Home Run derby. He was also put on the All-Star team by huge numbers. Fellow rookie Cody Bellinger wasn’t on the ballot, but could be invited to the Home Run Derby. Would be pretty awesome to see both go toe-to-toe. Kyle Schwarber aka Schwarbie, aka Joe Buck’s BFF, was sent down to AAA after continued poor performance this year. It brings John great joy, only because Schwarber helped beat the Indians in the World Series this past year. Other Headlines Sunday June 18, International Cricket Council Champions Trophy – Pakistan trounced India – Pakistan won by 180 runs NHL Draft this Friday. Goalie Bob and Johnny Torts won some trophies and the Blue Jackets protected all their players by giving up their first-round draft pick to the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather will duke it out later this year in the boxing ring, but does McGregor stand a chance.

Today we’ll be taking a look at Edd J Roush, a legendary Reds player best-known for two things: swinging a 48-ounce bat and being ejected for falling asleep in the outfield. Edd J Roush was a 5’11, 170lb farmboy, from Oakland City, Indiana, born with a twin (named Fred) in 1893. As a kid, Roush grew up on his family’s farm, gaining his strength the old-fashioned way by bailing hay and doing odd jobs that improved the power of his hands. When he would play pickup baseball games there was rarely a glove for him to use. Roush was a natural lefty, but with no left-hander gloves available he would switch between arms depending on the situation. Once he got to the majors he made the full-time move to lefty and didn’t look back. Roush bounced around the minors for a bit then hopped to the majors for good in 1916 with the New York Giants. On July 20, 1916 Roush, Christy Mathewson and Bill McKechnie were traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds. Roush settled in center field with McKechnie to his side in right field. McKechnie, to Roush’s dismay was the quietest outfielder he’d ever worked with and refused to call pop flies, leading to the two of them having a heated exchange. It turned out the McKechnie had been gunning for the center field spot and was upset it was given to Roush. Once McKechnie had seen the speed and agility of Roush in action, he conceded that he couldn’t be mad about a better player getting the position. The two became lifelong friends and spent a majority of their careers together. Swinging a Big Stick With the Reds, Roush had laser focus at the plate, winning the NL batting title in 1917 and 1919, hitting for a lifetime average of .323, never hitting under .321 while with the Reds (when playing a full season). The 48-ounce bat he swung is still the heaviest, regularly used bat in baseball history. It’s rumored that Babe Ruth swung a 54-ounce bat, but most sources point to a regularly used 44-ounce bat. An average bat in today’s MLB is 31 ounces, so Roush was using his farm-built strength to swing a stick a full pound heavier than today’s sluggers. Roush was not using the heavy wood for power, he was merely using it for solid hits. Over his 18 years, Roush only had 68 homeruns, while racking up 2,376 hits. He rarely struck out and was in the top ten for fewest strikeouts in 12 of his 18 seasons. This included one season in 1931 where he struck out 5 times, giving him 75.2 at bats per strikeout. World Series Win In 1919, Roush helped the Reds to a World Series Championship over the infamous Black Sox. Edd was a no-nonsense player and grew increasingly frustrated once he learned there was bribery going on in the Series. He had gotten wind that some of the Reds pitchers had been approached by the same bribers and put an end to all of it. Through the rest of his life he claimed that, even

It’s official, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will feature a new sport; 3-on-3 basketball. The sport hopes to involve more countries that may not be able to put a full 5-player team together. Rosters will only require four players and seeks to be more fast-paced. With a 10-minute game clock, expect scores to end up below 30. A 12-second shot clock does not leave much time for decision-making,further leading to a lightning pace. Three-pointers will be worth 2, inside the 3-point line will be worth 1. Another rule to note is that the game is played on half court, so players will have to take the ball back to (we believe) the half court line to gain possession. Steve Wright discusses his dream team and what countries may be considered top contenders now that a new format is around. 3-on-3 basketball will be in addition to the standard 5s format, so don’t worry, the USA should bring back at least one basketball gold in 2020. You can catch some of the 2014 Youth Olympics 3-on-3 below. Just kidding, the IOC has disabled embedding from YouTube for some reason, so instead, here’s a link to the highlights. On top of the Olympics pulling the sport into the fold, Ice Cube is helping start a 3-on-3 league (called Big3) here in the states. The league begins June 25th with 8 teams. The #BIG3Draft results are in! Who's your squad? A post shared by BIG3 (@thebig3) on Player salaries look like this [via Bleacher Report]: The base salary for BIG3 draft picks is 100K. Additional incentive is that 52 percent of all BIG3 profits go to the eight teams. The first place squad will receive 30 percent of that pot, the 8th place team, the least. The league will see the re-emergence of Allen Iverson as a player/coach. The league hopes to not stray too far into street ball, but have the excitement and skill-level of the NBA. Make no mistake, the Big3 leagu

Steve Wright of Perimeter Players joins us once again (with the help of some late-night crickets) to talk about the NBA Finals, Kevin Durant and some things to look for in the upcoming NBA Draft. Discussion Topics: Where these Finals sit in the history of finals If Kevin Durant is less of a sellout because he won MVP How much longer LeBron will be in Cleveland How many technical fouls it takes to get ejected if you’re popular has KD surpassed LeBron as best in the NBA NBA draft outlook

Would You Rather Be known for getting ejected for falling asleep on the playing field, or playing phenomenally on drugs? This last week in sports history Dock Ellis threw his no-hitter while tripping on LSD in 1970 and Edd J Roush was ejected for falling asleep in the outfield during an argument in the infield in 1920. Toss Up Aaron Judge Homeruns vs. Phillies Wins. John and Geoff both choose Aaron Judge with the Phillies sitting at 21-43 and Judge sitting at a league-high 22 homeruns. Last week: More US goals in the US vs. Trinadad and Tobago World Cup Qualifier or Penguins goals in game 6. Both had 2. John (12-8-2) Geoff (9-11-2) USA This week in sports history 1913 Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers), born in Brooklyn, New York 1920 Reds’ Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but umpire ejects Roush for delay of game. You can hear more in our Minisode Monday episode all about the legendary Edd J Roush 1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY 1992 US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 2002 Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4-0 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O’Neal, L.A. USMNT Still Strong Beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 led by Christian Pulisic (18-year old who currently plays in das Bundisliga) and then drew with Mexico 1-1. Head Coach Bruce Arena has not lost since he came on as the new coach, after the firing of Jurgen Klinnsman when USMNT suffered 4-0 loss to Costa Rica. Christos FC Christos FC aimed to become the first amateur team to advance past the Open Cup’s fourth round since MLS joined the fray in 1996. An April loss snapped the team’s 50-game win streak, one that featured two national amateur championships last year. Started in 1997, Christos FC is littered with college phenoms and players who have played professionally or semi-pro. They are well-known for not preparing and partying hard the night before. In their match against D.C. United, they scored a quick goal, but ended up losing 4-1. Ian Harks of Wake Forest scored his first goal. EA Announcements at E3 Which E3 sports game reveal are you most excited about? Madden LongShot mode (like a movie) NBA 18 Live will have a street ball feel, but will it be able to compete with 2K basketball. Geoff feels very strongly about this. Other Sports Notes Eddie Lacy got some extra money for making a weigh-in, we talk about a few other interesting contract bits throughout the last few decades. Sunday June 18, International Cricket Council Champions Trophy, either between England v Pakistan and Bangladesh v India