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Felger and Maz on a re-entry Monday, 98-55 of Sports Hub, simulcast on NBC Sports. Boston, no Felger, no Mazz. Once again today, so you get yours truly Big Jim R.E. In the A-hole chair alongside Adam Jones, who's normally on nights here at the Sports Hub, and Matt McCarthy as well, and you at 617-779-0-985. Red Sox sweep the Royals over the weekend, second sweep in a row after they did it with the Nationals over the 4th of July.

Yay.

I don't know how much you can really take from that. I'm with Jones. I know he's the sports vulture. You're so negative Jones, but I'm with him. and that you can get more out of seeing this team and what they're about in losing two out of three to the Yankees the prior weekend than what's going on here in these last couple of series. It's about the competition sucking. Yeah, I don't even get why that's controversial. It shouldn't be. You still have the ardent defenders. No, this is one of the best teams of baseball. Yeah, it is. But this is why I put an asterisk on the 62 wins that they have.

You have the best team in baseball, statistically, and in terms of the record. But I'm not putting them against, you know, up there with, like, the late 90s Yankees teams, or even the 2007 Red Sox. No. You can't. It's weighted. The competition sucks. and the proof of this,

go no further than Dan Shottesy

of the Boston Globe.

As Arden, a baseball defender as there is.

You know, The competition sucks. And the proof of this, go no further than Dan Shonnesi of the Boston Globe.

Is Arden the baseball defender as there is? You'll defend the game until he's blue in the face, hates the steroids. He'll never vote in, Barry Bond, so on and so forth. His column today in the globe, the Red Sox may be red hot. True. But baseball is striking out in every way. Baseball's lost Shaughnessy, and he's right to call out the lack of competition.

He goes on to say, because we...

Oh, my God, I'd rather stick needles in my eyes. Right, that's how I feel about watching these series. And this one that starts tonight, Texas Rangers. Everybody, yeah, Shinsu Chu, he's a point in television. My problem is with you. Yeah, I get it, Dan. I do. he goes on to talk about the geeks and how they've helped ruin the game.

Take that, Beatle. Analytics out of control. Even Commissioner Rob Manfred agrees. Manfred recently told the athletic, quote, there's a growing recognition that analytics have produced certain trends in the game that we may need to be more proactive about reversing. There are owners that feel that way. There are fans that feel that way. Yeah, the shift. Meanwhile, the game is taken over by geeks. The players have become more faceless. Mike Trout, great player. Why isn't he as popular and well known as Kevin Durant or Steph Curry? Can I give you another one? Yeah, please. Because why is he in Japan? McCarthy brought up Mike Trout before. Isn't Mookie Betts the same thing? Yeah. Like, what do you really know about Mookie Betts outside of he bowls? What do you really know about him? 10,000-watt smile? Yeah, but like, what do we know about Mookie Betts? Like he he should be, he should be a big signature star in the game, too, just like Mike Trout. I don't know anything about Mike Trout, except he does subway commercials. He knows about Mookie Betts is that he seemingly doesn't want to be a Boston Red Sock. Oh, okay. You can make that case. Yeah, because the franchise is cheaping out on him. But no, the Red Sox spend money, except on Mookiee Betts, who, you know, they wanted to save $3 million on his salary this year.

Okay.

It's a good. because the franchise is cheeping out on him. Oh, but no, the Red Sox spend money, except on Moogie Betts, who, you know, they wanted to save $3 million on his salary this year.

Okay.

It's a good point.

Yeah.

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