WRAT Sports 6.28.23
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00:00All right, Dave, sports, what do we got, man?
00:02Okay, let's start with baseball, where the Yankees lost to the lowly Oakland A's last
00:08night, 2-1.
00:09The A's who came into the game 40 games under .500.
00:15They're the worst team in baseball.
00:17That's terrible.
00:184-0, 40 games under .500 they came in.
00:22What was their excuse?
00:23The excuse is they don't have Aaron Judge.
00:26And it's still an absolute mystery of when Aaron Judge will return to the team.
00:34It'd be easier to find out what's going on in the Bermuda Triangle than to find out when
00:39Aaron Judge will return from this toe injury.
00:41Toe?
00:42It's a toe?
00:43It's a toe injury.
00:44Which toe?
00:45He tore a ligament.
00:46In a toe?
00:47Yeah.
00:48That's why it's such a weird thing, because it was a ligament tear.
00:52In a toe?
00:53In a toe.
00:54Which toe?
00:54I don't know which toe.
00:56He'll get you a toe with polish to it.
00:58I know.
00:59We need Walter to get Aaron Judge a toe by 3 o'clock.
01:02Seriously.
01:03You know?
01:03I mean, that's the way it is, because the Yankees' offense is non-existent when No.
01:0999, the new captain, isn't there.
01:12You could just see it in the stats.
01:13The Yanks are under .500 when Judge isn't there.
01:16And instead of averaging five and a half runs a game with Aaron in the lineup, the Yankees
01:21are averaging just about three, and just barely over three runs a game.
01:25I'm losing to the worst team in baseball.
01:27Come on.
01:28That just stinks.
01:29This is a road trip where we wanted the Yankees to come out of this.
01:33Jimmy Steele and I were just talking about it yesterday.
01:35The Yankees needed to win five out of six in these next six games.
01:40They just got off to a 0-1 start here.
01:43Awful.
01:43So, come on now.
01:44Awful.
01:44Meanwhile, the Mets, while they are also facing the Heat, they got a win last night.
01:51They beat the Brewers 7-2.
01:52Francisco Lindor hit his 16th home run of the season.
01:56He's been a bit of a bright spot for the Mets this year in their difficult season.
02:01Starter David Peterson picked up the win.
02:03The Mets improved to 36-43.
02:05Phillies took down the Cubs 5-1 behind two home runs from Brandon Marsh as the Phillies
02:10go up to 41-37 for the year.
02:14Looking at the division standings, currently the Yankees are in third place in the AL East.
02:20The Phillies are in third and the Mets are in fourth place in the NL East.
02:25Hockey, the Devils made a nice deal yesterday.
02:28The Devils landed Calgary Flames' leading scorer, Tyler Tofali, in exchange for Igor Sharangovich
02:36and the 80th overall pick in the 2023 draft.
02:39So the Devils getting some firepower.
02:42Yeah, we could use that.
02:43And that's what we're talking about.
02:44If this past season where they made that kind of a great improbable postseason run.
02:51Wow, they just beat the Rangers.
02:52Well, they got to the semifinals.
02:54Well, they got to the second round.
02:56No, it's semifinals.
02:57I don't consider that to be deep.
02:58It's Eastern Conference semifinals.
03:00You beat the Rangers.
03:01Come on.
03:02They got to the semifinals.
03:04You got to go further than that.
03:04They're the youngest team in hockey and they got to the semifinals.
03:06It's time to go further.
03:08I know, but that's why it's year one of the building thing.
03:13And now it's time to get players like this.
03:15And now let's go after a Stanley Cup.
03:17I agree.
03:17Now, NFL star Leonard Fournette, former Tampa Bay Buccaneer, and just came off of winning
03:24a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs.
03:27He's a free agent right now.
03:28But anyway, his car caught fire on the highway due to a mechanical issue, shared a picture
03:34of it, totally obliterated.
03:36Police investigated, said definitely, yeah, not a crash.
03:39It was just that he was driving his car and it just practically exploded with him in it.
03:44That's nuts.
03:44He is very lucky to have survived it.
03:47When you see the picture of the car, it's a Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat.
03:52It's totally destroyed.
03:54I don't know what kind of mechanical issue is responsible for that.
04:00Sounds like a recall.
04:01Oh, my Lord.
04:02Sounds definitely like a lawsuit of some kind.
04:05And finally, basketball Portland Trailblazers star Damian Lillard says he will not ask for
04:09a trade.
04:11He is a big time superstar in the NBA, but kind of is going unrecognized there because he's
04:18playing in Portland where the team really hasn't done a lot in this past 10 years.
04:22You know, they might make it to the playoffs in the first round, but then they go out.
04:26And this guy's a superstar.
04:27He averaged 32 points and seven assists last year.
04:30I say put him on the Knicks.
04:33Well, if he doesn't want to trade, what are you going to do?
04:35Well, here's the thing.
04:35So he doesn't want to trade because he's like super duper loyal to Portland, but they're being
04:41honest.
04:42They appreciate his loyalty and they're like, look, you're a superstar.
04:46We need to rebuild.
04:47We got to trade you and we'll get some picks back and, you know, and we'll trade you to
04:53someone who you want to go to.
04:55Now, other people are talking about Miami Heat and Boston Celtics being interested in
04:59Damian Lillard.
04:59But I say bring him to the Knicks.
05:01You put him with Jalen Brunson.
05:03It's the best backcourt in the NBA.
05:05That is your quick look at sports.
05:06All right.