HOUR 1: Are Fans and the Media Too Easy on the Tigers' Organization?
The Valenti Show
Audacy
4.3 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Mike kicks off today's show with a city A vs B comparison to prove the point that the fans and the media in Detroit are going way too easy on the Tigers organization. Rico responds in the second segment and then they both open up the phone lines in the third while also reading a few of your ticket texts.
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| 0:00.0 | Good afternoon on a Tuesday. It's nice to have you with us. I have a question for RICO and Kenny and David. Do you want to hear a story? I do. Okay, now here's what this is going to require. |
| 0:14.0 | David, I'm going to ask for something I never ask for. I need all three microphones |
| 0:20.1 | turned off. I want you to just sit quietly let Uncle Mike tell you a story and I'm going to |
| 0:27.2 | just lay some dad out there and I'm fascinated now this is topic, right? We're not talking pickles now, so perk up a little bit in your cubicle. |
| 0:37.0 | We're not asking you what your favorite brand of garden hoses. |
| 0:40.0 | This is sports now. And I'm going to tell you a little story about a tale of two cities because |
| 0:47.6 | last night I was Apoplectic. |
| 0:53.0 | And I wanted to find a comp for how I think we should be behaving in this town |
| 1:01.9 | versus how we are. And I have said this is Seattle City. This town just |
| 1:08.0 | dominates the market of being flaccid. There's just this town has no spine. So what I wanted to do was give you this. So work with me guys and I want you to |
| 1:19.4 | participate at home in the car in the cubicle and certainly right here in studio. You ready |
| 1:24.2 | fellas? City A and city B. Now get your thinking caps on and then at the end of |
| 1:31.4 | this, then at the end of this I am going to ask a couple of what I deemed to be |
| 1:37.0 | appropriate questions. Are we ready to play? Okay we are and my mic is off. Okay mic's off We're hermetically sealed. This is quiz show. |
| 1:45.8 | Here we stay here, you want me to go behind the glass? |
| 1:48.0 | No, stay. Stay. |
| 1:49.4 | Everybody ready? Here we go. City A. And if anybody needs me to slow down just say it. You need me to |
| 1:57.0 | repeat something happy to do it. City A is in rapture right now. City A is on fire. Okay, a lot of anger. Ownership is getting shredded. |
| 2:10.0 | Whether it's radio, television, God forbid, in print, ownership's getting shredded. |
| 2:21.0 | The GM has been booastily at any public setting and he is also getting |
| 2:28.0 | shredded. The calls for the manager's head |
| 2:31.0 | are on an everyday basis. There's hangers in the streets and there are only five |
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