You've seen the headlines.

Heard the debates.

Some say the three-point ball has created a monotonous rhythm to the game.

Has the three-pointer ruined basketball?

And how did we get here?

The rise of the three-point shot can be partially traced to an eccentric Kansas genius named Martin Manley,

whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.

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Available July 22nd, wherever you get your podcast. See, Mesa's never late to cross talk. There he is. He's ready to go. Oh, we didn't go back and look at that. No. Did you not go back? Yeah. All right. We'll get somebody to do. Let's make a bet. Let's make a bet. We're here for Home Run Derby to decide extra inning games moving forward. Everybody on board. Swing off. Wasn't that great? That was fantastic. Okay. So let me ask you this. It was great. We're all in agreement. Too gimmicky to implementing regular games? Is it any more gimmicky than a ghost runner? No. It's no more gimmicky than a shootout in hockey or three on three in hockey. So if you were Rob Manfred, starting next season, would you implement the swing off in lieu of extra earnings? Yes. So every game then would end after nine innings. Yep. Go to that. And then it's like hockey goes to the shootout.

Can you imagine the drama of that and an extra inning? Like, here's why I think you nailed it. This is why it was so good last night. The players were so invested in you. They were hanging on every swing. Think about how much fun Dave Roberts could have picking his three guys. off the top of my head,

I would go Muncie,

Shohay,

either Freeman,

if he's healthy or Teo.

Teo.

Teal.

Yeah.

But it would be so fun.

And maybe you have a rule that like they have in soccer, once you do your penalty kick, you're off the board. So hockey's like that. So in a hockey shootout, you have your three guys. If we go to a fourth guy, it can't be one of the three. And you have to go deeper and deeper into the roster. And sometimes you'll get the guys that never do it. Yeah. Like imagine if all of a sudden you run in and Miguel Rojas is your one guy. Like that would be amazing. How does it go bad

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