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Episode 17: Top 10 Sports Movies of All Time
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List season continues and this time the boys aren't talking great players but great movies! Everyone loves a good sports movie whether it be for the nostalgia, the passion, the heartwarming ending, or the art from a film perspective. If you're listening to this, you probably know your favorite sport movie off the top of your head, but do you know your top 10? I can assure you, its a lot harder than you think! But we're here for the hard work so we bring you each of our top 10 sports movies of all time.
Also, the Stanly Cup Finals are set, NFL trades are firing off on June 1, MLB has made its initial proposal for the new CBA further cementing the idea that a lockout is pending, the NCAA Baseball Regionals have been electric, and more!
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Transcript
Introduction and Overview
00:00:01
Cody Atkinson
Hello and welcome to the Coastal Launch Sports Talk. I'm Cody coming to you from the bayous of Houston, Texas.
00:00:09
Justin Daulton
And I'm Justin. coming to you from the magic of orlando florida
00:00:13
Cody Atkinson
And today we will be your destination for more off season content. Don't worry, as always, we will still use the rundown to talk NHL finals, NFL trades, college baseball, and much more. But our focus today will be on bringing you our top 10 sports movies of all time. And let me tell you, trimming a list of sports movies you love down to just 10 is almost impossible, but we are here to put in the blood, sweat, and the tears to bring you guys what you want and that's top 10 sports list
00:00:45
Cody Atkinson
So with our trajectory set, it's time to sit back, lock in and get started with the rundown. This
NHL Finals Preview
00:00:52
Cody Atkinson
is the Coastal Launch and we are ready for liftoff here on episode 17. And we're going to run right into it, Justin.
00:01:01
Cody Atkinson
NHL finals, the Stanley Cup final is set. Puck drop tomorrow, 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. Central Time, 8 p.m. Eastern Time. Vegas is coming up coming off of the sweep of the ca Colorado Avalanche, and the Carolina Hurricanes are coming off a Game 5 win over Montreal. So let's start it off, man. What what were your thoughts on the conference finals?
00:01:27
Cody Atkinson
on the conference finals What were your thoughts on those two series? And and and then let's get into this Stanley Cup.
00:01:33
Justin Daulton
Yeah, i think I think both of us went in and kind of, as a week went on, we texted each other throughout the, as the finals kind of happened. And both of us, are I think, were just a little let down that the that they ended as quickly as they did, especially, you know, we talked about the potential of the sweep last week between Vegas and Colorado, because they were they were playing games for, I think, Tuesday night after we recorded.
00:01:53
Cody Atkinson
Thank you.
00:01:54
Justin Daulton
So the potential of the sweep there, and then, you know, Carolina and Montreal split game one, game two. So we were looking like we were going to punch, counter, punch, counter, counter, counter, counter the entire way.
00:02:08
Justin Daulton
And then end up
Stanley Cup Final Analysis
00:02:09
Justin Daulton
getting that. So I think ultimately, do I think the, at least on the easter conference side do i think the better team did win yes because I do think Carolina is the better team Montreal just had the hot hand through the first two rounds and got some lucky bounces their way so I think ultimately yeah the better team won there i think there's a lot to be said about the Western Conference side that the better team did not win And it was more so that it is the hot team that went in there and took care of business in Vegas and and shocked the world with every single meme possible and making fun of Nate McKinnon with the plushie from the Olympics coming in second place once again.
00:02:42
Cody Atkinson
Thank you.
00:02:46
Justin Daulton
But ultimately, yeah, I mean, I'm still very excited for the Stanley Cup final. I'm very excited to see kind of what happens with, you know, the the the bridesmaid, if you will, in Carolina that has been short every single time for the last what feels like the last five, six years.
00:03:03
Justin Daulton
Then you have Vegas on the other side, who has had tons of success ever since they joined the league. So i'm very interested to see how it all kind of shakes out. um I know that we're going give our our kind of our thoughts on the finals here in a second and predictions and all that stuff, but I'm very interested to see how it goes. Obviously, I think both of us wanted more from the the conference finals, but still some entertaining storylines going into it.
00:03:25
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, I think you you touched on it really well there. I think from a conference final perspective, it was a little bit of a letdown. um But from a Stanley Cup final perspective, I think we are getting um more than we could have asked for. I mean, you you have the hot hand in Vegas. You have the team that's been unbeatable since they got the new coach. You have the history of Vegas already. Like just such a young franchise already has a cup.
00:03:52
Cody Atkinson
been to multiple finals. they just They're always there, and they're as cutthroat as can be. right yeah the The coach and the team doesn't do the media. Coach fired eight games before the season ends. That coach has not been allowed to speak with any other teams. In the meantime, they're cutthroat.
00:04:08
Cody Atkinson
um and Then you have Carolina, who, like you said, is just a bridesmaid. like always the bridesmaid never the bride and i think that's where we're getting the best stanley cup we could have asked for because if it was carolina healthy colorado i don't think there would be a lot of excitement that you were going to get anything more than the bridesmaid again right like i don't think carolina was going to get a lot of love to be the healthy colorado but to be vegas like now we have something like but You could go either way. There are going to be people on the Vegas side. There are going to be people on the Carolina side.
00:04:42
Cody Atkinson
And it's hard to argue with either of them at this point. So I do think from a conference final specific perspective, it was a bit of a letdown. But from an overall perspective, I think a few things reign supreme. I think we get the best.
00:04:57
Cody Atkinson
Stanley
Major NFL Trades Discussion
00:04:58
Cody Atkinson
Cup final that we could have asked for and also i think this really highlights why the Stanley Cup is one of the hardest things in sports to win because Minnesota in round two loses because they lost two guys slugging it out with Dallas Colorado loses in round three because they lost a couple guys slugging it out Minnesota lost a couple more slugging it out Vegas it's hard to stay healthy it's a physical game and and I think it's really highlights how difficult that is so I'm i'm very excited for the finals a little bit let down in conference finals themselves. But also we have two teams on similar amounts of rest. There's no, there's there's really nothing at stake other than who's better. So I'm pretty excited for that. Where are you, where are you leaning with this?
00:05:42
Justin Daulton
I'm leading with the Eastern Conference. I think that there's gonna be a little bit of Homer in me with that. i There's also something to me that the, you know, we talked about this back in January, you and I did before we did the pod of when you have the story, I think the story matters more when you come to writing the scripts, if you will, right?
00:06:01
Justin Daulton
You were more on the bandwagon of Indiana winning the national championship because of the story, right? um i am more of a fan of the story for Carolina.
00:06:08
Cody Atkinson
True.
00:06:10
Justin Daulton
than I am the story for Vegas. I also just have an issue of a a newer franchise having this much success early on in their and their tenure. So I think for me, that's I'm going to go that way. I do think they're more evenly matched than I think a lot of people are giving them credit for. Both teams skate with such a such amount of speed.
00:06:28
Justin Daulton
they play some ferocious defense goaltony can be shaky at times and you saw that with you know the punch counter punch in the conference finals for Carolina and then you saw it obviously throughout the entire series with Anaheim and then into or what was their first round of Vegas Utah so you saw some shaky goal play I think the goaltender for Vegas has a sub 900 save percentage throughout the entire Stanley Cup playoff and it's really only an elimination game that he actually like stands on his head and actually performs.
00:06:58
Justin Daulton
So it's going to be very interesting to see how these two teams actually match up when we get into it come tomorrow night. But I think they're a lot more evenly matched than i think a lot of people are giving them credit for.
00:07:10
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I'm also going to be on the Carolina side of things here. And to your point, I think the main reason is this the story, right? I've been on Carolina since the beginning of the playoffs. You know, a lot of people, for whatever reason, I'm not ah familiar enough with hockey to know why so many people dislike or doubt.
00:07:30
Cody Atkinson
Carolina year in and year out to me it was just a team that kept running into a bad matchup with Florida but other than that they were dominant in the playoffs and I saw no Florida in their way so I felt really good about their their chance to make magic and I picked them to make the finals and here they are so I'm i'm not switching my pick like you said it it could go either way I see many different ways that Vegas can win this but right now I i was on Carolina I've only seen them lose one game and in three rounds and I think that needs to be taken seriously. So I'm going to, I'm to stick with Carolina. um And and I think we can, we can wrap up our, our Stanley cup talk there, unless there's anything else you wanted to add right at the end.
00:08:08
Justin Daulton
No, just the only bullet point there is the Cup stays south. you know everything It's been in the south for the last, what, five years, six years now? So stays in the south again, in my opinion.
00:08:18
Cody Atkinson
yeah you And that's why we need another Southern team in Houston, because as hockey is a Southern sport, officially.
00:08:23
Justin Daulton
It sure is.
00:08:24
Cody Atkinson
Let's keep.
00:08:25
Justin Daulton
No, and and and the the streak, sorry, the streak of no Canadian team winning since 1994 continues on this year.
00:08:29
Cody Atkinson
e
00:08:32
Cody Atkinson
yeah Yeah, that was another thing. That's a good reminder. I wanted to mention that. I think that streak's coming to an end soon, though, because that Montreal team's here to stay.
00:08:40
Justin Daulton
Oh, it's such a good team yeah
00:08:40
Cody Atkinson
They're young. They're going to keep getting better. They are going to make a final. I don't know. I'm not saying next year necessarily, but in the next few years, they will make a final. That streak's That streak's coming to an end, but I did smile that it's here for one more year.
00:08:53
Justin Daulton
team. Yeah.
00:08:54
Cody Atkinson
But with that, let's kick it over to the NFL, man.
00:08:55
Justin Daulton
There you go.
00:08:58
Cody Atkinson
We did not expect to be talking NFL today. um It was not going to be on the radar, but we have two massive trades in the in the NFL today. One expected, it had been reported on for a while. That's A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots.
00:09:14
Cody Atkinson
for a 2028 first round. So not this year, but the next, and then a 2027 fifth round. ah But the one that that shocked the world this like at noon was Miles Garrett.
00:09:27
Cody Atkinson
We love Miles Garrett. If you don't know on this podcast, I went to school while Miles Garrett was there. I stood next to him. I walked past him. I was a senior. He was a freshman. I looked up at him. It was a weird experience. Miles Garrett traded from Cleveland to the l LA Rams.
00:09:43
Cody Atkinson
for Jared verse a first in 2027, a second in 2028 and a third in 2029. I don't know if that's final or what, I think there was the article still said they were figuring some stuff out, but that's what it looks like. What a massive trade. um Just give me, I don't know how we want structure this. Just give me your thoughts on the trades for the day, which one's bigger and and what do you think about each one? Like who's winning? Is it good? like what are you thinking?
00:10:10
Justin Daulton
I think in terms of what's bigger, it's definitely the miles Garrett trade because we've known about the AJ Brown deal unofficially, I guess, since what, since the super bowl ended basically, um, that we knew that AJ Brown wasn't happy in, in Philly and wanted out of Philly.
00:10:15
Cody Atkinson
Pretty
00:10:20
Cody Atkinson
pretty much
00:10:25
Justin Daulton
So I think that makes the miles Garrett deal a lot bigger. i do think you've got to look at the, the and NFC West and look at the impact that this trade now makes for it.
00:10:35
Justin Daulton
Um, they were a play away or two away from making the Super Bowl. And now Myles Garrett puts you in a position to make one or two of those plays and flip it to where you're you're beating Seattle, right? You're a sack on Sam Darnold away from going to Super Bowl, basically.
00:10:51
Justin Daulton
So I think you're looking at... You're looking at the complexity of the NFC West now becoming what we thought was going to be a two-team division, but potentially, you know, a third team gets in the mix. Maybe all four teams play in Arizona, gets involved a little bit too.
00:11:06
Justin Daulton
Maybe, maybe not. Just depending on how it shakes out the quarterback position, right? So you're now looking at, you know, yes, the Niners are still there. They're still competitive. Obviously, you knew the Rams were going to be competitive.
00:11:17
Justin Daulton
Now you've got a power struggle at the top between between Seattle and and the Rams. And I saw some some some heat on Twitter. i don't know if you caught it as well.
00:11:27
Justin Daulton
There was conversations last year of Aaron Donald coming out of retirement for the playoffs to to make to make a run.
00:11:31
Cody Atkinson
That'd be crazy.
00:11:34
Justin Daulton
who is to say aaron donald doesn't come out and and just go ahead and give me a league minimum to play to de-tackle next to miles garrett like that's now a very serious conversation we need to have and now you go from the texans having the most dominant front three or four to the rams having the most dominant front three or four in the league like then that's not even there's on there's not a there's not a number three close to them in that conversation so Compensation-wise, yeah, sending out Jared First, who's still at the prime of his career, i get it, Myles Garrett's probably a top-five pass rusher all-time when his career is over.
00:12:10
Justin Daulton
Jared First probably not in that conversation for top-five all-time. But the picks that the Browns are getting back, that's insane.
MLB Salary Cap Proposal Debate
00:12:17
Justin Daulton
It's it's worthwhile compensation. But man, that that could that can potentially change the Browns' future like for a team that we you know most of America craps on and in not being a successful team can't manage the team right.
00:12:32
Justin Daulton
But now you're looking at having an additional first-round pick in second-round pick in 2028, and an additional third right in 2029. If that's how it all balances out, like that changes your future for the Browns. And if you're still looking for a quarterback where Shador pans out,
00:12:49
Justin Daulton
You know, or if Deshaun looks like, you know, pre-2020 Deshaun, you know, what does that all look like? And does that make make the Browns a better team? And it possibly can. Like, I can't sit here and tell you right now who's the winner or loser.
00:13:03
Justin Daulton
I think if the Rams go out and are competing for Super Bowl again, they're your clear-cut winner until we see what these draft picks do for the for the Browns in the long run.
00:13:14
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I think for me, if you if you win a title in any scenario, then you win the trade like that's why we play the game. um So that's just amazing. Like it's a process over results if you really want to dive into it.
00:13:28
Cody Atkinson
But ultimately, if you if you if.
00:13:29
Justin Daulton
But the Browns could also still win a Super Bowl because of it, too. I'm not saying that it's realistic, right?
00:13:32
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:13:33
Justin Daulton
But you additional first-round pick in 2027. That could be an Arch Manning. could be a Marcel Reed. could be literally any of these quarterbacks that we're going talking about in a couple months. And that changes your trajectory of your franchise. You could go out and get you know the next Will Anderson Jr., the next you know Derek Seenly Jr., or whoever it's going to be.
00:13:55
Justin Daulton
you know using texans lino for it all like you can go and get those up of guys and now the browser in the position to be
00:13:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:14:01
Justin Daulton
for all intents purposes and a very non-competitive division, be competitive to win a division title and make a run at a Super Bowl. Like, I'm not saying that it's going to happen, but I'm saying that that puts them in a position to do that.
00:14:13
Cody Atkinson
No, for for for sure. So to to be clear, the main point I'm going to get at here is I think I like these moves for all four teams involved. I think all four teams did did really well in this.
00:14:24
Cody Atkinson
I guess my my only point is if if Miles Garrett is the difference between the Rams and the Super Bowl, then by all means they've won that trade and then Cleveland has a chance to win one and and prove why it was theirs as well.
00:14:33
Justin Daulton
Thank you.
00:14:38
Cody Atkinson
I think the Rams are at their best when they like the the Rams more than any team. It's the F them picks philosophy for the Rams. That's when they're at their best. And I love to see them doing it again. Like that's just how they go out and get dues is how they got Stafford.
00:14:55
Cody Atkinson
i'm I'm blanking at the moment, but there were a couple other guys. I think maybe Ramsey at one point they went out and got with the same mentality.
00:15:03
Justin Daulton
Yes, it was Jaylen Ramsey, yeah.
00:15:04
Cody Atkinson
Was it one? Okay. And there was one other two who, um, it's escaping me at the moment. That's not, this isn't what I prepared to say. So, um, but that was their, that was their philosophy, right? They won the Superbowl. That's what their GM said. them picks.
00:15:17
Cody Atkinson
Um, I love it for the Rams because
MLB Centralized Media Rights Proposal
00:15:20
Cody Atkinson
that's what they should be doing. Cause that's how they're built. Like you only have Stafford for a little bit longer. We roasted them for not using their first round pick on a contributor. Well, they just went and got a first round pick caliber contributor.
00:15:29
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:15:31
Cody Atkinson
um And it makes more sense why you get Ty Simpson now if you knew that you were trading all of your future capital.
00:15:32
Justin Daulton
That's true.
00:15:36
Cody Atkinson
You have you had sure up. the the QB retirement handoff now because you were giving up all your picks come June 1st. So I think in everything they did, it makes more sense.
00:15:47
Cody Atkinson
I absolutely think Myles Garrett could be the difference between um you know the NFC Championship where they lost last year, the championship and and ah and a Super Bowl next year. I picked them, I think is my favorite in the the episode we did right after the Super Bowl.
00:15:59
Cody Atkinson
That remains to be the case. I do see like, I think giving up Jared verse who I think I saw in the article is like already a two time pro bowler for whatever that's worth.
00:16:11
Cody Atkinson
Sometimes it's like, yeah, this guy couldn't, this guy declined it, this guy declined it. And that's how you got in.
00:16:15
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:16:15
Cody Atkinson
So, I don't track him, but I could see where you would regret giving up a cheaper edge rusher for the much more expensive one. um And then on the draft capital on top. But at the end of the day, you're getting a guy who's coming off a season where he broke the record playing for a team that didn't put anyone around him.
00:16:34
Cody Atkinson
ah I'm doing that trade all day, every day. um um And like you said, I love it for Cleveland. Yeah. first and like you you get an edge rusher back somebody who's cheaper um you get a first next year plus your first next year that way if you're if you're competitive next year and you don't have the the pick to get the quarterback of the future if you decide you need to go that route you now have two picks to trade up you have two first rounders to trade up and go do that you also have more ammo in 2028 2029 to build around this quarterback, give him the best system and stop being Cleveland Browns. After I picked them as a winner of the draft too, I love what Cleveland's doing this off season. Miles Garrett was too expensive and you weren't competitive. You were wasting his career and he was,
00:17:17
Cody Atkinson
that's not where you needed to to spend your money. So I love that much bigger deal than age of Brown to new England as
College Baseball Playoffs Chaos
00:17:23
Cody Atkinson
well. But I love this for the Eagles. He was becoming a locker room cancer.
00:17:27
Cody Atkinson
It was just, it wasn't working. You went and got Makai lemon. So you have your replacement, you get a first it's not this year, but the next year, but like, whatever, dude, like you, you got one, you needed to get a first, you got it.
00:17:36
Justin Daulton
A first of first.
00:17:39
Cody Atkinson
They, they gave up a first and a third to get AJ Brown like four years ago. or whatever it was. And now they're getting a first and a fifth back a few years later. So it's basically like they rented a j Brown for a third, fifth pick swap. Like that's incredible. The Eagles continue to do it. And I like it for New England. I think A.J. Brown will be much happier in an offense run by a past first quarterback. I don't think it'll last forever because I think he's the type of player that can't be happy forever, a Stephon Diggs type.
00:18:07
Cody Atkinson
But I still love it. And there's every chance that they recoup a good portion of what they spent when it's time for them to move on from them, too. So what a day in the NFL trades. I'll give you a second if there's anything you want to add on. But I love this for all four and I love this for just the excitement of the season to come.
00:18:26
Justin Daulton
Yeah, we've talked about New England at length on this podcast. I'm a big fan of what New England has done so far with Drake May and that system and been putting pieces around him.
00:18:37
Justin Daulton
to grow into the NFL role. You look at what he did with Stefan last year, along with, you know, Keyshawn Booty and then the running back crew that he has around him, obviously, this only makes him a better quarterback, in my opinion.
00:18:50
Justin Daulton
And that's surprising to say for a guy who's, and it's going into his third year. of people forget that this is his third season and he's already been in Super yeah, so you're in a really good position in New England. You didn't give up a ton of capital.
00:19:03
Justin Daulton
You probably would have spent a first round pick on a wide receiver anyway. So why not go ahead and get an a proven Pro Bowl and a Super Bowl winning wide receiver and someone that's going to be a dog and now in that wide receiver room And so I love it for New England. i and I hate that New England is getting better because it's going to be a team that is going to be annoying for, for the Texans.
00:19:26
Justin Daulton
But I love that deal for New England. And it's, it's something that I wish that the Texans could have found a way to, to to prevent. I would love to see AJ Brown in the Texas jersey. Doesn't make sense well for the wide receiver room that we have.
00:19:37
Justin Daulton
But man, it, it only makes the AFC harder now for the Texans because New England is that good.
00:19:45
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, it it definitely does make the AFC harder, but to me, like for at this point of the off season, like that's just more excitement for the battles that we're going to see the Rams.
00:19:54
Justin Daulton
Oh, yeah.
00:19:56
Cody Atkinson
Like LA Seattle battles are going to crazy. I don't know if we have the Patriots on the schedule this year, but like if we do, that's going to be a dogfight.
00:20:02
Justin Daulton
I don't think we do.
00:20:03
Cody Atkinson
It's just, I'm, I'm thrilled for it. yeah I believe in what the Texans are putting together enough to be excited by the competition.
MLB Team Performance Updates
00:20:12
Cody Atkinson
Although if we meet the ramps in the Superbowl, going to be very upset.
00:20:15
Justin Daulton
What a matchup.
00:20:15
Cody Atkinson
So, but if if I get to, if I get to, if I get to see either, if I, if I go into the Superbowl and it's like either I watched the Texans win or I watched Myles Garrett win, I guess that's not the worst consolation prize.
00:20:18
Justin Daulton
what a matchup
00:20:29
Cody Atkinson
So yeah.
00:20:29
Justin Daulton
so same way that we felt when Vaughn Miller finally won it. like it's the same It's the same emotion.
00:20:34
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, exactly. But with that, we'll kick it over. We're going to touch basically every sport this week.
00:20:40
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:20:40
Cody Atkinson
We're talking MLB next because we've mentioned it on the pod. This is going to be a treacherous offseason. There is every chance that we either, it's almost guaranteed that we won't get all of 2027, but there's a chance we get none of 2027. The MLB owners have put out their their initial proposal for the new CBA, and it is now official that they are pushing for a salary cap and a salary floor.
00:21:09
Cody Atkinson
The last time they pushed for this was 1994, where the World Series was canceled. It was a mid-season strike. So I'm assuming the timing of the CBA was just different back then. They fixed that by making it an off-season thing. So you don't go on strike mid-season.
00:21:24
Cody Atkinson
um I don't know the details on that. I was two, but um that, that was the last time. And it's, that may be the case again, but the owners proposed a salary cap of two 45.3 million and a floor. of 171.2 million. That would be a 50-50 revenue split between owners players. Very, very similar to NFL, NHL, NBA models.
00:21:46
Cody Atkinson
And there would be a centralized, I put centralized revenue share. I just re-type and stuff sometimes.
00:21:53
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:21:53
Cody Atkinson
Centralized media rights. ah So that instead of which of, which is huge, if there's gonna be a salary cap side floor, they absolutely have to centralize that. The Dodgers make way more money then these low market teams because their media rights are worth way more.
00:22:07
Cody Atkinson
um And that creates this, that exacerbates the discrepancy between the spending, between the haves and the have nots. What are your thoughts on this? To to me, this was a way more of a a reasonable first proposal by the league than what I expected. like I knew they were going to push for Salad Camp Salad Floor. I just assumed they were going to start with like lowering it ah outrageously so that it was stupid because that's just what we do around these parts. But this is I thought this was a very, very reasonable first proposal.
00:22:42
Cody Atkinson
What are your thoughts on
00:22:44
Justin Daulton
No, I'm with you. It puts you in the same realm in competitiveness with the NFL, which is the top tier in terms of spending because it is the number one sport in America, right?
00:22:55
Justin Daulton
So when you look at when you compare those numbers, obviously a lot of those numbers in front of us, like the NFL always goes up $20, $30, $40 million a year depending on how good the year was. I think the biggest thing outside of the the cap and the floor is the media rights.
00:23:09
Justin Daulton
We talked about a couple weeks ago that like I bought the Rays media package this year for $60 for the whole season to watch the Rays. I can't do that if I'm a Dodgers fan. I can't spend $60 and get 162 Dodger games. right So I think you're finding some way to get the the the the floor evened when it comes to being able watch the MLB games, right? that That only makes it better for the fans. And it's something that we've criticized the NFL for years over of like not getting it right, you know, finding a way to how they they got themselves into the monopoly of of NFL Sunday ticket with just DirecTV and then finally getting away from DirecTV. Now it's with YouTube and YouTube still wants you spend $500 to $600 year $32
00:23:53
Justin Daulton
just for just to watch all thirty two teams now they're trying to come in with a single team package and all that stuff, just get rid of it and find figure out a way to allow your fans to watch all 162 or all 17 when it comes to NFL so if they can figure out how to make that work in there that's only going to allow the game to continue to grow, which is the point of a CBA is to make sure that the game doesn't stop growing.
00:24:18
Justin Daulton
So i think in terms of the, to go back to the cap and floor aspects of things, when you talk about what it does, right. I saw someone broke down numbers. I sent it to you. What, what has to happen with the numbers?
00:24:31
Justin Daulton
the the top of the top have to come down over $500 million dollars combined to get back into the cap. And then i think it was another $300 million dollars from the lower end needs to come up to meet to get into the cap and floor.
00:24:44
Cody Atkinson
I think it was, I thought I saw something that said 600. So I think it was a net gain for players.
00:24:49
Justin Daulton
Maybe it's 600. Yeah.
00:24:50
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:24:51
Justin Daulton
it It was still going to be the same amount of spending regardless because of the of the cap and floor. ah it was i think it was like less than a... less than a
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00:25:02
Justin Daulton
hundred million i think difference in spending so the players are still making the same amount of money you're just not going to get super teams like i think what'll be really interesting obviously these numbers aren't finals i think there's gonna be a lot of moving back and forth between both sides it's going to be real interesting to see how these teams will dance around the money side of things like are we going to get rid of deferred money are we going to move are we to get rid of those those those top
00:25:05
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, that sounds right.
00:25:31
Justin Daulton
and if you do what is that what what happens to the Dodgers? What happens to the Yankees? Like what happens to the Mets who spent beaucoup money over the last six years. Right. So, but but then you also have to look at the bottom third, what happens to the athletics? What happens to the Rays?
00:25:45
Justin Daulton
Like, how do you get these teams to field competitive teams within, within the confines of ball? So, i think it's good for baseball It's something that you and i have talked about at length and we're going to continue to talk about on here about it.
00:25:57
Justin Daulton
It's only going to make baseball better. And I think whatever makes baseball better is is good for me. So whatever needs to happen, i and this is probably the first in my life that I'm going to agree that the owners need to hold it out for as long as they possibly can because the players aren't going to make money.
00:26:13
Justin Daulton
So if you force them to where they're not going to make money, eventually they're going to agree with the salary cap. And I think that makes ah the sport better.
00:26:21
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I guess official stance of the pot, it sounds like is pro salary cap. And I'm not a big um proponent of like, a lot of people will be like, well, you're you're rooting for billionaires and not millionaires.
00:26:36
Cody Atkinson
um And like, I don't care to you the owners don't care anything about me and the players don't care anything about me either to both of them. I am simply a necessary evil for them to make the money that they make. It is required for fans to exist, but they both absolutely would prefer that fans not exist because we are, we're, we're just not important.
00:26:58
Cody Atkinson
And so I don't root,
00:26:59
Justin Daulton
we're ah We're a butt in the seat.
00:27:01
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I don't when it when a negotiation comes up, I don't root for the players. I don't root for the owners. I root for what I think is best for the sport as a whole and what I think is best for me as a fan. And for me as a fan, that's a salary cap, because like you said, the current system leads to the Dodgers spending.
00:27:18
Cody Atkinson
you know, 400 million or whatever it is. And the A's spending 40 or something ridiculous. And it's just not fun to watch. I, as an Astros fan, I have seen many a player come through here, reach stardom and then leave. And I also think that is bad for the sport. I think movement is good for the sport, but I think when we, what we have reached, um,
00:27:40
Cody Atkinson
is paul skein's debuts for the pirates um how long should the pirates hold on to paul skein's to maximize trade value because they can't sign up long term same thing with terek scoobel same thing with hunter brown jeremy pena um we're talking yordan alvarez trades last week like it's yeah it's
00:27:57
Justin Daulton
Blake Snell, Tyler Glassnow, Evan Longoria, like the list goes on and on.
00:28:01
Cody Atkinson
I think it's bad it's bad for the sport when at least 50% of your fan base cannot attach themselves to players because their teams cannot afford to keep the player.
00:28:11
Justin Daulton
Yep.
00:28:11
Cody Atkinson
Jaden Daniels is not a threat to get traded out of Washington because they can't afford him. And that's good for football. um They may trade him because they decide they suck or whatever, but like that's their own doing like.
00:28:25
Cody Atkinson
That's good for the sport that you you can draft the guy and you can believe in your organization for the next 15 years. That's not the state of baseball right now. I am pro salary cap, pro salary floor. I believe there's going to be some, obviously this is not what will what will be final, but I am very excited that this this is what I thought was a reasonable proposal. um
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00:28:44
Cody Atkinson
I ah wouldn't even be mad if they raised the floor.
00:28:48
Cody Atkinson
from, I think it's like 75% ish like to the cap or something like that. If they made it or I'd be
00:28:54
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:28:56
Cody Atkinson
pro pro make your money I just want the money to be more spread out. I don't think you need guys making 70 million a year. Maybe that goes to a guy currently making one and now he makes three and it spreads across the league like that. I would love it. um I am pro this. I think it's ah a very reasonable um and I hope this creates a negotiation where we can settle on a cap and floor and we can, we can really fix the economics of the sport and and And if if centralized media rights, well, they would have to be involved in this because it's the only way you can get the the lower teams to be able to come up to the floors. They have to be they have to make more money off of the media than what they're currently making, which also would be great for the sport and great for us because then you can actually buy MLB TV and not be blacked out of your own team.
00:29:44
Cody Atkinson
I would love to have MLB TV. I'm not spending it because I can't watch the Astros on it.
00:29:47
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:29:48
Cody Atkinson
um
00:29:49
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:29:49
Cody Atkinson
So I...
00:29:50
Justin Daulton
Which is why like the package for like the, for like the raise that came out this year was great. Like, but it took how long for us to get the rights back into the organization for them to sell it within the market.
00:30:01
Justin Daulton
Right. To be able to watch how to market in marketing or market game.
00:30:01
Cody Atkinson
Well, yeah, and and not every not every team has that still.
00:30:04
Justin Daulton
But yeah. Right.
00:30:06
Cody Atkinson
like The Rays are one of few where you can actually do that.
00:30:07
Justin Daulton
Like the, well,
00:30:10
Justin Daulton
Yeah, it's less than a third of the league that actually have the capability of doing this, which is crazy. Like you should have control of of your market, of your games.
00:30:17
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. So just give me MLB TV with no blackout restrictions, and then I can pay whatever they're charging, and I can watch everybody, including my own team.
00:30:27
Justin Daulton
Hell, you and I would probably go out to splitting like we used to do with NHL TV.
00:30:30
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:30:32
Justin Daulton
Like we used to split it to watch watch both both teams. So we'd get back to that, honestly.
00:30:36
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So um yeah, definitely. I'm excited that there's movement on this and I'm excited that I, at least in my opinion, this is a reasonable first offer.
00:30:46
Cody Atkinson
I hope they can move from it, but that this can be an anchor point for the negotiations so that we can clean up some of the issues. But wellll we'll kick it from there. I know we're we' we're kind of, we got to speed up our rundown here a little bit.
00:30:58
Cody Atkinson
I'm going to fly through NCAA regionals because I know you haven't been locked in on that, Justin, but what I'm going to do here is I'm going to to sell to you
00:31:01
Justin Daulton
It's all yours.
00:31:06
Cody Atkinson
um And to every fan, why um you need to be locked in on college baseball playoffs just as a concept going forward, whether that's this season or or next.
00:31:20
Cody Atkinson
A lot of people are upset that March Madness just isn't. what it used to be, right? We don't get those Cinderella runs. the the The haves have more, the have-nots have less, and we're just not getting the Cinderella runs. And let me tell you, if that's what you're looking for, if that's what you're missing in college sports, college baseball is where to find it.
00:31:39
Cody Atkinson
The number one overall seed. So this is Duke of college basketball for this year. UCLA goes one and two in their regional. They lose the opening game to St. Mary's.
00:31:51
Cody Atkinson
They beat Virginia Tech by scoring three in the bottom of the ninth to walk it off. And then they go back and lose to St. Mary's again. Don't even make the regional finals. Cal Poly advances out of that regional. The number one overall seed is out weekend one.
00:32:07
Cody Atkinson
Also, the number two overall seed in the country is out weekend one.
00:32:09
Justin Daulton
Okay.
00:32:10
Cody Atkinson
They lost back to back to Oklahoma. Oklahoma advances over Georgia Tech. We also lose number eight seed Florida. Number nine, Southern Miss. Number 10, Florida State. And number 13, Nebraska. All lose in the first weekend. That does not include the fact that Auburn is fighting for their lives right now.
00:32:31
Cody Atkinson
A&M is fighting for their lives right now. And number 16, West Virginia. That game has probably concluded at this point. But they were in overtime battling with Kentucky to see who.
00:32:41
Justin Daulton
didn't didn't arkansas also Didn't Arkansas also lose?
00:32:44
Cody Atkinson
Arkansas wasn't wasn't a national seed, though. So Arkansas was a two seed in their region. they They were hosted by Kansas. Kansas did beat them. So that was not technically an upset, although in a lot of people's minds, that would be an upset.
00:32:57
Cody Atkinson
um so
00:32:57
Justin Daulton
as of recording As of recording, so just the so you can add it into your, Auburn is up 2-0 right now over Milwaukee, top of the fourth. A&M up 1-0 at the bottom of the fourth. I know you have the game on next to you.
00:33:09
Justin Daulton
um And then West Virginia has gone final 6-5.
00:33:10
Cody Atkinson
Well, I'm about to.
00:33:12
Justin Daulton
West Virginia does advance in extra innings. Florida lost, which you have sorry, who West Virginia did advance.
00:33:15
Cody Atkinson
Once Virginia does advance.
00:33:18
Cody Atkinson
You said West Virginia does? Okay.
00:33:20
Justin Daulton
yes And then Florida lost Oklahoma beat Georgia tech St.
00:33:24
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:33:24
Justin Daulton
John's beat Florida state. And then we'll obviously keep an eye on A&M and USC has the rest of the pod goes on.
00:33:32
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, so if you're looking for drama, this is it. Obviously, if if because Auburn's fighting with against Milwaukee. If Milwaukee advances, that would be a shocker of an out of of a result that that Milwaukee would advance. If A&M loses to USC, that is that would not be considered a shocker, really, but it would um just be another top 16 seed that goes down.
00:33:55
Cody Atkinson
i My most surprising advances, which was updated as of like noon today, so I i don't think... Kentucky over West Virginia would have been it. Oh, Troy over Florida. I'll include Troy on this. So Troy advances to a super regional. Cal Poly advances to a super regional. Arkansas Little Rock advances advances to a super regional. And St. John's advances to a super regional. Every single one of those was either a four seed or a three seed in their tourney. So you got to think March Madness terms. These are 12 to 16 seeds. This is, if you if you miss,
00:34:30
Cody Atkinson
what the cinderella runs of what march madness used to be then lock into college baseball in the playoffs it is the purest form of playoffs um that we still have where it just chaos reigns supreme i told you While we are loading up, A&M is starting their closer in ah in a winner-take-all game seven, and USC is throwing a guy who threw 90 pitches on Friday.
00:34:51
Cody Atkinson
It is Monday. He had two days off, and he's throwing again.
00:34:55
Justin Daulton
Thank you.
00:34:56
Cody Atkinson
it's It's a beautiful thing. It's chaos. These teams are not designed to play this many games in one weekend, and they have to scrap about, and you get crazy results. this was the best weekend of college baseball there is.
00:35:07
Cody Atkinson
And I just, I need anyone listening to know next year to lock in because it's, it's, it's what we miss in, um in March Madness.
00:35:18
Cody Atkinson
So with that, I'll kick us over to the wrap up. I know you got some stuff to say about the race.
00:35:21
Justin Daulton
have time i have two I have two things in the weekend we go in the wrap-up.
00:35:22
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
00:35:26
Justin Daulton
um One, i this is something that's been bothering me for years. I love college baseball just as much as you do. I hate hate, hate, hate, hate the fact that if you were if you are the host of the regional, you have to be an 018.
00:35:42
Cody Atkinson
Yes, that's stupid.
00:35:42
Justin Daulton
I hate it Like, it's the...
00:35:43
Cody Atkinson
Yes.
00:35:44
Justin Daulton
it's the dumbest rule ever a and m should never never left their home dugout the entire time never left their home i locker room no that that that is their field that is bluebell park that is
00:35:54
Cody Atkinson
I don't think they actively, I don't think they actively leave the locker room or the dugout, but it is ridiculous that you're batting in the top of the inning.
00:35:58
Justin Daulton
which is no no they flip sides because you still have to do the the home and away so you do flip dugouts correct that's what i'm saying like it's just it's
00:36:05
Cody Atkinson
That's crazy. It's dugout all year, bro. They got to clean it out or what?
00:36:10
Justin Daulton
correct Correct. Every time.
00:36:12
Cody Atkinson
That's stupid. Yeah,
00:36:13
Justin Daulton
um The second thing, because yesterday was the first time I really got a chance to sit down watch college baseball this year.
00:36:19
Cody Atkinson
that was a bad game to watch.
00:36:20
Justin Daulton
Pace of play. Well, yeah, I also tuned in for the Texas State-USD game just to see like the competition leading in.
00:36:26
Cody Atkinson
Ah.
00:36:27
Justin Daulton
Pace of play is an issue in college athletics or college baseball. I'll say that. um There's no reason why it should have taken an hour for an inning and a half to to have occurred. I know this is a really hot button topic from the MLB for a couple of years now.
00:36:41
Justin Daulton
I know pitch clock is a thing in college baseball, but man, pace of play is atrocious, man. Like that was, those are rough games to watch and it was tough to stay locked in watching it.
00:36:52
Justin Daulton
So I don't know what the NCAA has to do to to do it, but that was my second thing.
00:36:53
Cody Atkinson
It's fair.
00:36:55
Justin Daulton
I just wanted to put it out there that those are, those are two things that need to be addressed going forward. Cause there's no reason why Andrew should have been an opposing dugout this weekend.
00:37:00
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:37:04
Justin Daulton
And there's no reason why college baseball game should be taken four to five hours to happen.
00:37:08
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, there's there's definitely still some cleanup in the sport. Technically, these regionals are treated as if they were played at a neutral site, but they're played in a host stadium, and that's why you get the NCAA doing stupid stuff like A&M had to be the away team twice this weekend for fairness, and I don't think it needs to be fair. You earned the ability to host, so just host.
00:37:29
Cody Atkinson
That's your advantage is you have the home field and you get to bat the bottom of the ninth. Just let it be the advantage. They earned it. I will agree with you. Pace of play needs to be worked on. Some of that is just... Talent is spread very thin. Often at bats go much longer. Pitchers don't have a put out pitch. Pitchers walk too many guys.
00:37:47
Cody Atkinson
But one thing that I don't think they can implement, at least there's a lot of discussion inside the sport that they can't, but there's no three batter minimum in college, which I know has been huge for the MLB in speeding up pace of play. They do have the pitch clock, but they don't have three batter minimums. So you get multiple players.
00:38:06
Cody Atkinson
pitching changes an inning once you get later into the game and coaches or are doing their thing. i personally would love to see that just to help it speed up. But I understand there's ah it's a different sport when you think of the talent you have at hand, the development you have at hand, things like that.
00:38:24
Cody Atkinson
I understand why it's not, but like personally, i do agree pace of play can be an issue. But if you, if next year, if you got like the weekend dude, just lock into squeeze play and let it bounce you around the league.
00:38:37
Cody Atkinson
Like it's, you know, kind of like red zone. And that way you don't have to worry about pace of play. You just get to see all the chaos and it's a ton of fun, man.
00:38:43
Justin Daulton
Sure.
00:38:44
Cody Atkinson
It is the most, the most parody in all of sports is in college baseball. And I love it, but we'll we'll kick it back to the MLB.
00:38:48
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:38:51
Justin Daulton
Yeah, let's go to MLB. So admittedly, we've been on, we've,
00:39:00
Justin Daulton
they are the the darling of baseball this season. The Rays have had their first bad week, Cody. Two and four this week.
00:39:06
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:39:07
Justin Daulton
um Finishing off series against the Orioles and then we have the Angels over the weekend and we started today with the Detroit Tigers. I looked at A&M's course but I did not look at A&M. 10 to 9. So we at least made it competitive at the end.
00:39:21
Justin Daulton
um
00:39:21
Cody Atkinson
But that is final.
00:39:22
Justin Daulton
Final 10 to nine.
00:39:23
Cody Atkinson
Dang.
00:39:23
Justin Daulton
So now we go two and five for the week. So first really rough week for the Rays.
00:39:28
Cody Atkinson
I'll update that for you.
00:39:30
Justin Daulton
Thanks. um You want to go ahead and make that a half a game lead or at least so a one game lead over the Yankees. don't know what the result of the Yankee games is today, but going to today was a one and a half game lead over the Yankees. Now at least a one game could be a potentially a half a game lead over the Yankees, depending on what they play today.
00:39:47
Justin Daulton
Um, Really, if you look at the scores, it really is that the Rays' bats have gone silent. This is the first time all season they've gone silent, which is something that you and I have talked about at length it is how long can the Rays hold on to this style of play? the The bloop singles, you know, where the top three to four guys are the power guys, and then everyone will say how quickly. can we just turn the line up over get speed on the base run run run Run, run, run, run, and then see what happens.
00:40:12
Justin Daulton
um I don't want to say that the style of play hindered them. It's just the bats just stopped hitting. And it started to look a little better over the last two games. The the Angels game yesterday where they raised one, and then today, obviously, putting up nine on the board. So bats coming back alive.
00:40:28
Justin Daulton
And so it's just kind of figuring out where we all kind of fall back into place after a rough week. I think this is just a blip on the radar. I think we've seen that this style of play in the way that the Rays been playing baseball is sustainable. for the whole season but it's ah it's a long season it's 162 games so at some point you're going to hit rough patches we talked about it with the astros already um you're gonna hit rough patches so how do you survive the rough patches and and get into get back into rhythm so um i have all all the faith in the world that they'll they'll packs bounce back around um get back home um we're at home right now but we'll we'll get a break here in a couple days and i think that's what we're looking forward to now is just get a break between some series and
00:41:11
Justin Daulton
let the guys have a couple days off and hopefully get the get the mojo back going um but i have committed and i'm still going to even though it was roughly to bring in at least one stat um a week um yandy diaz um his batting average has skyrocketed um we've talked a lot about chandler sentson on here talked a lot about junior kim and arrow uh but yandy diaz's uh batting average is now skyrocketed on the season with sixty three hits so far on the season which is not his brand of baseball.
00:41:41
Justin Daulton
He is our power guy. He is the guy that hits three, um bounces back back and forth with Camonero for three and four, but definitely in the power spot in this lineup. And so for him to be the batting average leader and a pretty ah hit high hit total for just ah past the third of the season is very admirable for Yandy Diaz, but it's good to see someone that's really been known to the only hit bombs to to be more of ah of a team guy this season. So just goes to show that the the raise way still continues to find some find ways to produce talent and put the guys in the right position. So, um, check back next week. I I'll be interested to see where we follow this next week, but, um, definitely a blip on the radar.
00:42:22
Justin Daulton
Blip a, if you, if you, if you will, for the project Hail Mary reference.
00:42:23
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. cool Yeah. Yeah. Blippe if you're coming from the Project Hail Mary universe. Shout out Rocky. um I I'll say I am with you in that. I don't believe that this rough patch has to change anything about what you believe Tampa Bay can do this year. Every team is going to hit one.
00:42:42
Cody Atkinson
um Their style of play makes it more. i feel like makes it. more where people will jump off the bandwagon because you know that's but they were barely getting on the bandwagon to begin with um but i have uh no no qualms that the rays can can can find it again it's just a it's a long season you're gonna have ups and downs they'll They'll bounce back. They'll be better for it. So I'm excited to see how they managed to do that for sure.
00:43:11
Cody Atkinson
From the Astros perspective, we actually are on, I would say, the first real upswing since again, since we we swept to Boston in the second series of the season. um You know, there it was a four and three week this week, which does not sound super impressive, but You know, you're coming off the weekend before you swept Chicago.
00:43:31
Cody Atkinson
Then midweek this week, you take three out of four against the Rangers. Then you have to play the Brewers, who are the hottest team in baseball right now. You go one for two, but really you were um um one or two managerial kind of over managing moments away from taking two out of three.
00:43:52
Cody Atkinson
against the Brewers, you it's probably the best I've felt about a series loss in a long time. You lost Sunday because you faced Jacob Mizorowski and he's thrown 103 and you just got to chalk that up as a loss.
00:44:04
Cody Atkinson
But, you know, Saturday you smoked him and Friday you you like get away. It's a game you should have had. You felt like you played even with the Brewers all weekend, and and that's better than the Astros have played in a long time.
00:44:17
Cody Atkinson
um So I personally am very excited for the Astros. I told you and Mike back a long time ago that low-key pitching is what has kept the Astros competitive for so long, even though people think of names like Springer and Altuve and Correa and Pena and Bregman and Tucker, like it's pitching.
00:44:38
Cody Atkinson
That has been the core of this, and the pitching is is back right now. Spencer Arrighetti has a sub-two ERA still. ah Mike Burrows has had his first couple like back-to-back good starts this season. Tatsuya Imai was a part of that no-hitter that we reacted to live recording, and then he went up against Mizorowski on Sunday and went six innings, two runs. like he He fought tooth and nail.
00:45:04
Cody Atkinson
with Mizorowski and one one pitch ends up over the fence and that's the difference in the game. um the Things are pointing up. The pitching looks a lot better, and that's what I need to see to really believe in this team. So for me, it's all eyes on the Pirates series. The Pirates come to town this week, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And Wednesday, I will be in attendance. We have Paul Skeens coming to town. So Paul Skeens pitching um at Dyken against Spencer Arrighetti, who is our best pitcher right now. Like I said, sub-two ERA.
00:45:36
Cody Atkinson
um So very excited for Eskeens versus Spencer-Argette matchup. I think the Pirates series, if they can keep the momentum, if they play the way they played against Milwaukee, I think it's a sweep um or at least two to one. and And I think you feel really good going into it. So for somebody who was ready to buy a tombstone and bury the team two weeks ago, this team is back.
00:45:58
Cody Atkinson
and And I'm excited to to see where it's going to go. um And I think it's goingnna it's currently driven by pitching, and I think it will be continue to be driven by pitching. So I could not be more stoked for that. But with that, I'll kick it over to you. And we can do some notifications, and then we can get that into what we really came here for today.
00:46:18
Justin Daulton
yeah notifications this week once again for everyone listening notifications is just something we're gonna breeze through just mention for the sake of mentioning it um and move on um we are still a mason miller podcast cody um but we may we are also yes good correct um christopher sanchez a starting pitcher for the philadelphia phillies we talked about the philadelphia phillies at lengthier
00:46:30
Cody Atkinson
But we are also a scoreless inning streak podcast. Mason Miller first, scoreless inning streak second. We have to do we have to be right to to the others that come in his path.
00:46:46
Justin Daulton
is up to 44 and two thirds scoreless innings so far for this, uh, on the streak. Um, it is on the longest scoring issue by a Phillies, uh, since 1893. Um, that's 1893 guys. sets That's, uh, that's a long time ago. Um, and the last game of a run on April 30th and the second inning of that game.
00:47:02
Justin Daulton
Um, obviously we, it's the thing that not being spoken about, right. You know, when we get closer and closer to records, we'll keep an eye on it for the notification sake of things. Um, silently I'm rooting against him because I want Mason Miller to get it because we are,
00:47:15
Justin Daulton
um um on ah unashamedly Mason Miller podcast. um Following up on a topic from what feels like probably about a month ago now, Brandon Sorsby, earlier this week, NCAA ruled against him originally to not regrant his ah eligibility.
00:47:33
Justin Daulton
And so as as we've noted with Alabama basketball earlier this year, NCAA is not a real governing figure. The British Rorsby has now gone to a, what I assume is a state judge in Texas to get his eligibility back away from the NCAA to have an injunction put against the NCAA so he can play football at Texas Tech.
00:47:55
Justin Daulton
um So we will follow that and keep you guys updated to kind of see what happens with that.
00:47:57
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:48:00
Justin Daulton
I still don't think he's going play. I don't think he should play. But I think ultimately he is going to play because NCAA is not a real governing figure anymore.
00:48:08
Cody Atkinson
I don't know, man. This one's different. I'll say I know this is a notification, so we won't sit here long, but I think this is very different than the age-based discrimination that the NCAA is having so much trouble defending.
00:48:20
Cody Atkinson
um The NCAA can point at every major sporting body in the U.S. and say they have the same rules. If you're in the MLB, you can't bet on MLB.
00:48:29
Justin Daulton
Sure. Mm-hmm.
00:48:30
Cody Atkinson
If you're in the and NBA, you can't. If you're in the NHL, you can't. do enough like None of them. I think they can point to all that and say, look, this is a rule in every league for the integrity of the league. And because of that, this is easily defendable.
00:48:43
Cody Atkinson
We will now. So he's suing the NCAA. And so the case today is he's asking a judge to say until his lawsuit settles, he is eligible.
00:48:54
Cody Atkinson
Um, which would not mean that he's full-time eligible, but it would likely mean that he can play next season because the legal process takes so long. Definitely rooting against him just because I don't want this to be a precedent. I have enough. We have enough civil suits in college sports. I don't need more.
00:49:13
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yeah. We'll have to get Amanda to write up a ah dissertation for us to explain the legal process for us.
00:49:18
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. I mean, she's she's done some of these. so not Not for the these types of cases, but like she's done injunctions and stuff.
00:49:22
Justin Daulton
you Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:49:25
Cody Atkinson
So she can give us the lowdown.
00:49:26
Justin Daulton
Have her do a case study for us.
00:49:28
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
00:49:29
Justin Daulton
And the last notification, we're not basketball fans here, but we at least got to mention every once in a while. um The Spurs have defeated the the Oklahoma City Thunder in game seven. That was last night or two nights ago, one of the two.
00:49:40
Justin Daulton
Set up in yeah seven of the finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks starting on Wednesday.
00:49:41
Cody Atkinson
Some point.
00:49:48
Justin Daulton
I have one note and one note only for you here, Cody. Something that I would love if this happens. Have you heard of Dan Housen?
00:49:57
Cody Atkinson
Have I heard of what?
00:49:58
Justin Daulton
Dan Housen.
00:50:00
Cody Atkinson
No.
00:50:01
Justin Daulton
He is a WWE wrestler. That he is a gimmick wrestler. He is a vampire. undead type of character but his whole shtick is cursing people okay so he got when they were doing wrestlemania stuff he got brought on to first take and he cursed stephen a smith okay so stick with me here stephen a smith paid him real human money because that's all dan house i want is real human money to be uncursed
00:50:13
Cody Atkinson
Oh, did he curse one of the teams?
00:50:23
Cody Atkinson
heck yes.
00:50:30
Cody Atkinson
Okay.
00:50:31
Justin Daulton
but he'll paid additional money for him to curse at the time i who did those who did the Knicks play in the semifinals? Not the conference finals. Whoever it was, because don't follow basketball.
00:50:42
Cody Atkinson
Boston? No, not Boston.
00:50:43
Justin Daulton
um
00:50:44
Cody Atkinson
Maybe Boston.
00:50:44
Justin Daulton
Maybe it was Boston.
00:50:45
Cody Atkinson
I don't know.
00:50:45
Justin Daulton
They were down like 3-1 in the series, and they won three straight games to win the series.
00:50:45
Cody Atkinson
Maybe Boston.
00:50:51
Justin Daulton
And then they had...
00:50:52
Cody Atkinson
Oh, is he going to pay to curse the Spurs now?
00:50:54
Justin Daulton
So hang on. So then he then he came back on for backlash when he was in Tampa, and he cursed the Cavaliers. And then Nick swept the Cavaliers.
00:51:04
Cody Atkinson
Ooh.
00:51:06
Justin Daulton
So now does Dan Housen come back on the first take to curse the Spurs? I'm locked in on this because the curse is real, man. Like, I'm on board with the Dan Housen curse.
00:51:17
Justin Daulton
So I'll bring back news if if he does show up on on anything else. But, man, it is it is fun to watch when when these –
00:51:23
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, keep me posted. but if he does come back, I think we need to have we need to investigate Stephen A for um rigging the playoffs.
00:51:33
Justin Daulton
No, I think we need, i think the inverse, I think we need to pay for a cameo for Danhausen to curse the SEC.
00:51:34
Cody Atkinson
because
00:51:38
Justin Daulton
So the A&M wins the SEC.
00:51:41
Cody Atkinson
Oh, true. Or curse like curse just everybody but A&M. We'll pay him once a week to curse A&M's opponents after we have him curse like the Big Ten or whatever because that's who keeps winning him.
00:51:49
Justin Daulton
Correct. Correct. Yeah. Correct. There you go.
00:51:51
Cody Atkinson
well I like it.
00:51:52
Justin Daulton
how was That was, that's the mindset you need to have.
00:51:53
Cody Atkinson
i see I see where you're going with this.
00:51:54
Justin Daulton
Um,
00:51:55
Cody Atkinson
I like it.
00:51:55
Justin Daulton
okay But yeah, I'll report back to see if he pops up before before Wednesday to talk about what is going on with Dan Housen and the New York Knicks going into this the the the finals here.
00:52:08
Justin Daulton
But with that, um it is time for why everyone is here this week, Cody.
00:52:09
Cody Atkinson
I like Okay.
00:52:13
Justin Daulton
It is another top 10 list. We are still in my and my range of expertise here. um So last week, obviously, we did top 10 college quarterbacks of all time.
00:52:24
Justin Daulton
This week, we have top 10 sports movies of all time. and per my wife's request um i have been given her honorable mentions for a sports movie. So gonna put those five movies out there for you real quick in no particular order.
00:52:35
Cody Atkinson
okay
00:52:37
Justin Daulton
The first movie is The Blind Side, um where she quote unquote called it a chick flick, but I don't consider it a chick flick, but hey, that's what she called it.
00:52:40
Cody Atkinson
Okay, fair.
00:52:45
Cody Atkinson
I can see where she's coming from though.
00:52:47
Justin Daulton
Okay. The second one was Major League.
00:52:52
Cody Atkinson
Okay, so I learned that Major League did not make your top 10.
00:52:52
Justin Daulton
um
00:52:55
Cody Atkinson
Oh,
00:52:56
Justin Daulton
No, no, this is her honorable mentions, not mine. this is her honorable mention
00:52:58
Cody Atkinson
ah so so she can honorably mention something that that made your list.
00:53:00
Justin Daulton
This is just her movies. Yes.
00:53:02
Cody Atkinson
okay okay great Okay, fair enough.
00:53:02
Justin Daulton
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:53:04
Cody Atkinson
Okay, so Major League, great choice, Catherine.
00:53:05
Justin Daulton
quoteote this movement Quote, unquote, this movie was the Charlie Sheen movie.
00:53:06
Cody Atkinson
Great choice.
00:53:10
Justin Daulton
So, take...
00:53:10
Cody Atkinson
No, she's a wild thing. She's very right.
00:53:12
Justin Daulton
Correct. Then there's Bring It On, the cheerleader movie.
00:53:14
Cody Atkinson
Well done. Okay. No, that's fair. I like that. That's a good one.
00:53:17
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:53:17
Cody Atkinson
good
00:53:18
Justin Daulton
um
00:53:18
Cody Atkinson
Good call out.
00:53:19
Justin Daulton
Then there is Love and Basketball.
00:53:22
Cody Atkinson
I've never seen that
00:53:24
Justin Daulton
It's a 2000s, obviously, rom-com, but it has basketball in it, so it qualifies. um And then, quote unquote, for the plot, Kree 3.
00:53:34
Cody Atkinson
one.
00:53:37
Cody Atkinson
Get out of here.
00:53:37
Justin Daulton
So there you go. um And then I'll run through my honorable mentions.
00:53:40
Cody Atkinson
That's tragic.
00:53:41
Justin Daulton
Do you have honorable mentions this week or is it just me?
00:53:43
Cody Atkinson
um I'll rattle some off the dome.
00:53:46
Justin Daulton
Okay, I have five, but in no particular order. And some of these I maybe might make on your list. We'll see. No particular order, Dodgeball, the true underdog story.
00:53:55
Cody Atkinson
I didn't even think of that one.
00:53:55
Justin Daulton
Hilarious movie. It's such a great movie. Still holds up. the legend of agravants this is a golf movie starring Will Smith where he plays a caddy um where he is caddy for literally like the all-time greats um they all come down to play of a tournament down like rural like South Carolina type a deep south all that fantastic movie it hits home for me as a childhood classic uh but now I could have to make the list um then there's then there's Warrior the Tom Hardy UFC movie that came out uh like 2011-2012
00:54:20
Cody Atkinson
Never seen it.
00:54:25
Cody Atkinson
That's fair.
00:54:28
Justin Daulton
great emotional payoff and really what made me a Tom Hardy fan. Then there's Any Given Sunday, fantastic football movie. um Not enough for me to put it in the top 10, but that's really the first one that really missed the cut for me.
00:54:41
Justin Daulton
And then Draft Day is my other honorable mention.
00:54:44
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, draft day is a good honorable mention. It did not make my list either, but it's definitely up there. It's just, it's to it's a little too, uh, on the nose to be a top 10, but, but I do like it a lot for me, the honorable mentions. I, I did try to stay away from nostalgia too much.
00:55:03
Cody Atkinson
Um, so, cause I easily could have made a list of my favorite childhood sports movies. Um, I try to stay away from that. So like space jam doesn't make it the mighty ducks series.
00:55:11
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
00:55:11
Cody Atkinson
None of those made it. Um, so that would be some of it um have you seen iron claw
00:55:21
Justin Daulton
No, it is on my list. I saw it on HBO the other day and I almost turned it on, but I i've heard really good things about it.
00:55:25
Cody Atkinson
yeah that that was i fought really hard with whether or not to include that ironclaw is the best movie I've seen that I do not recommend to anybody because it will rip you apart emotionally.
00:55:39
Cody Atkinson
I watched it on a plane, which was a mistake. Don't watch that in public. And Amanda watched it on my screen without the volume. And she was like rattled by how emotionally devastated. Like she's just reading the subtitles on the tiny plane screen in the back of the seat. It's just, it's and it's an incredible movie. it's It's a well done movie with really good actors, but the story, which is,
00:55:39
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I've i've heard Yeah.
00:56:02
Cody Atkinson
you know, based on a true story is absolutely incredible. So do yourself a favor, watch Iron Claw at once, never watch it again, because you can't handle that emotionally unless you're the world's strongest person.
00:56:13
Cody Atkinson
um I'll stick with those. Those are really my honorable mentions. I i did also, i kind of tended to stay away from some of the the two, two heavy comedies.
00:56:24
Cody Atkinson
So there's like the Water Boys and the Happy Gilmores didn't make it, but also very, very good movies.
00:56:25
Justin Daulton
Yeah, same.
00:56:31
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I think for me, with the parameters on my list before we dive into it is i actually wanted to be films like i wanted to be movies that like I could actually compare to my actual favorite time top movies of all time.
00:56:44
Justin Daulton
And so for that, a lot of these movies, and kind of as I go through, think of it in that way of are these movies that you can churn on and it be mentioned in the same breath as these other movies that I also love.
00:56:56
Justin Daulton
So that's where, like you said, a lot of those other ones fall off for me. Like Varsity Blues falls off, but Varsity Blues is such like a seminal football movie for me because like that was something that like me and my dad connected over and all that. So there's some nostalgia to it, but it's not one that I can mention in the same breath as as some of the ones that are in my top 10.
00:57:15
Justin Daulton
So with that, I believe you went first last week, Cody. So I guess I'll go first this week. my number ten is the only one that does flirt with being a comedy esque movie um but there is such an emotional payoff um and it's one that shines a light on a sport that doesn't get a lot of love um and it is Cole Runnings um so obviously for those of you don't know Cole Runnings it's the story of the Jamaican bobsled team in the 90s um that qualifies for the the Winter Olympics um the first time in their country's history um fantastic movie great uh it's um John Candy
00:57:20
Cody Atkinson
Go for it.
00:57:50
Justin Daulton
is the the main actor in that movie um he's the coach of the team and all this stuff fantastically hilarious movie at the same time um but the payoff in terms of father-son connections through a there is some love ah love aspects of romance in there um but also just the way that the you see the olympic committee kind of embrace the jamaican bobsled team towards the end as well um and getting respect from the from the world um It's a great movie. It's something that it's also so easy. It's like 90 minutes long. So it's a very easily consumable movie and one that I can put on any day of the week and have a great time watching it.
00:58:24
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, for sure. i I gave myself one slot for a nostalgia, comedy, fun movie. Just one that, like like you said, I don't know that I can compare it to some of the great movies of our generation, but like it has a special spot for me. Cool Runnings was up there for...
00:58:49
Cody Atkinson
the nomination as well. Ultimately, i did end up giving it number 10, Sandlot. I went Sandlot at number 10. I haven't seen it in ages. I'm sure it does not hold up great. I know watching it as an adult, you're like, that's just a dog. like That's just a normal sized dog.
00:59:08
Cody Atkinson
And so I know there's some of that to it. It's utter utterly ridiculous, but i can't I could not make this list without that because that was the pinnacle sports movie of my childhood. i saw it probably a hundred times.
00:59:22
Cody Atkinson
um It's the most quotable of the movies on this list. ah Most of the movies on this list, I could not rattle off quotes with you, but like if you wanted to go quote for quote on the Sandlot, I could probably try. Yeah. And for that reason, I'd say I had to make the list, but I did put it further down because I i think if you're somebody who wasn't born at the same time as us, then then it probably doesn't hold the same spot for you. You had to watch it as a child for it to hold that spot, I feel like.
00:59:50
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I think for me with that one, doesn't make my list, but like, Sandlot is such a one that like you, that's how you imagined a neighborhood kind of growing up. Like you imagine being able to play baseball with 13, 14 friends and just going out there and having a great time and, you know, connecting over ah over an amazing sport.
00:59:59
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:00:07
Justin Daulton
So yeah, it's it's a movie that deserves its flowers and like it's one that it ultimately doesn't make my list but man it's in ah an incredible movie and one that i can't wait to show my kids in the future and hopefully it stands up a little bit for for this uh for the sake of time um my number nine movie um is the only golf movie i have on this list i don't know if you have a golf movie that makes this list or not um but 10 cup
01:00:31
Cody Atkinson
i don't.
01:00:33
Justin Daulton
makes this list for me a Kevin Costner golf movie um there's gonna be a theme with another Kevin Costner movie on this list but it is about finding love within the with ah within a sport that you also love um and it's something that also is filmed in Houston. It's filmed out in Kingswood, Kingswood Country Club.
01:00:53
Justin Daulton
um It shows how much like you can love a game, but also love another person. But there's also, there's a hard lesson in there that golf is an unforgivable sport and will eat your lunch no matter what you do. It doesn't matter how good you are, but also shows how ridiculous the game of golf is. So that's where the movie was like,
01:01:10
Justin Daulton
all right move your move your change to your right pocket and be your phone into your back right pocket and also all right now adjust your weight here all right no now take everything out like it shows how ridiculous the sport is um but how good it can be when you are good and know when you can be competitive with it um but has an amazing love story underneath it all too um and kevin costner just nails that role um as we'll talk about very soon on my list for another kevin costner movie
01:01:35
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I think one thing i'll I'll note as we do this list is I think we we're each going to have some blind spots. There's some great movies that we haven't seen. Tin Cup is one of those for me where i've I've never seen it. I know that I should.
01:01:49
Cody Atkinson
um I watched probably eight sports movies over the last week trying to like refine this list. Tin Cup was not one that I watched, but um definitely one that I should watch. if I've heard great things about it.
01:02:00
Cody Atkinson
I have not seen it. Otherwise, maybe... Maybe it would have made my list, but I think that's largely why golf did not make this list. It was the Caddyshack was it. And like I said, i steered away from comedy.
01:02:11
Cody Atkinson
So um for for me, number nine is 61.
01:02:12
Justin Daulton
Yeah, fair enough.
01:02:16
Cody Atkinson
I'm not sure if you're familiar. This is the story of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle playing for the Yankees, chasing Babe Ruth's home run record.
01:02:18
Justin Daulton
Mm-hmm.
01:02:25
Cody Atkinson
um So this was the first season. where the MLB season was extended from, I think, 154 to 162. um They were chasing Babe Ruth's home run record.
01:02:34
Justin Daulton
Mm-hmm.
01:02:36
Cody Atkinson
Ultimately, um trying to, they're first off, they're battling the ghost of Babe Ruth, all these reporters that don't want them to succeed it. Then you have the reporters choosing between the two because they play for the two teams. They're rooting against Roger Maris for Mickey Mantle, who's a true Yankee. And you get a lot of just the emotional side of it, the press side of things. He's his own fans booing him when he hits a home run and and and the asterisk over the whole thing um you broke a record but the season was longer so they're going to be ah separate but equal records is like if you if you recall the history like that's kind of what they did there were two records one for each season length and so there's like it's just uh an incredibly um emotional uh story and you just kind of watch these men crack under the pressure uh of the, of the experience.
01:03:16
Justin Daulton
Right. Okay.
01:03:30
Cody Atkinson
And I think I figured out that there's like a couple of movies that fall under this, but it may get paints Yankees fans as just the worst people on the earth. And I have to appreciate that for it as well.
01:03:45
Justin Daulton
anytime that the Yankees were painted I not no that's one that definitely needs to get added to my to my list for sure that's one I that's ah that I've missed over the years um number eight for me is for love of the game um this is in the same vein as 10 cup um Kevin Costner I what what to me is one of his best it's him throwing a perfect game
01:03:45
Cody Atkinson
Highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. Very good movie.
01:04:06
Justin Daulton
while in the back of my recounting his his love that's gone and how he wants to kind of recapture it and then it ends up with him. retiring at the end the game and then going and getting the girl at the end of it all. And it shows the beauty and the the heartbreak of baseball, something that we'll we'll talk about a little bit later on because I think there's at least one movie that we will share a little bit later on where it's How Can you Not Be Romantic About Baseball? And this is a movie that perfectly encapsulates that of how can you not romanticize baseball? How can you not be...
01:04:39
Justin Daulton
someone that is a romantic while playing this game of baseball, loving it because it doesn't love you back. And ah there is always an expiration date on it. But don't forsake your own personal life for the sake of the game.
01:04:53
Justin Daulton
I think there's so much to be learned from that. And something that we were talking about before we hit record is Culturally, this movie is not loved, and but I think it is underrated for what for the story that it tells.
01:05:05
Justin Daulton
um But I think I'll save a little bit more thoughts for it because I think you have it on your list too, but it's an amazing movie and it's something it's a movie that deserves a lot more love than what it gets
01:05:15
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, absolutely. i'll I'll save my thoughts on it. It will appear on this list as well, which is it likes it interesting to me because I think we like this movie at a just a higher level than the average observer. And so I always find that interesting for me. Number eight.
01:05:32
Cody Atkinson
is is a little bit of a legacy pick um this is not necessarily not only for the movie but what the movie created for me it's rocky um it's the original it it um is an incredible movie and story on its own but obviously it birthed the entire rocky franchise which uh
01:05:42
Justin Daulton
Mm-hmm.
01:05:54
Cody Atkinson
poured over into the Creed franchise that kind of has built off of it. I don't have much else to say beyond that, but I have watched the Rocky series multiple times and and I would be remiss to not shout it out for um just its place in ah gen and just creating these this like area for for fighting movies to exist right like it was kind of the og um and and it stands the test of time very very well i love to love the rocky movies um um planet adrian also inspired by the rocky movies if we want to bring hail mary project hail mary in every few minutes
01:06:41
Justin Daulton
no, I mean, ah Rocky doesn't make my list regrettably. Like, it's but it's a tough list to make, but... i from a filmma side side of it because they when I'm not a sports fan I'm a movie buff right like the movie should never have been made like when you look at it when you look at the behind the scenes of it all like they never even got permission from the city like from the state of Pennsylvania to shoot on the library steps like they literally just got out of the car with this with the steady cam and just filmed them running up the staircase and they got back in the car like because they never got permission to film there so like it's just one of those things that like
01:07:13
Justin Daulton
encapsulates the heart of what they were trying to even do with the story of like that true underdog, like fighting against, you know, the upper echelon of the sport, like in the same way that the movie was made. So yeah, it's a fantastic movie and it's something that doesn't hold up necessarily well against some of the modern movies, especially when we talk about the Creed franchise along with it.
01:07:33
Justin Daulton
But it's definitely a nostalgia pick for sure that needs to be mentioned in, in these top, you know, tens, twenties, whatever it's going to be.
01:07:40
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, this is the one where I tell you, like, I'm not a movie critic.
01:07:40
Justin Daulton
Um,
01:07:43
Cody Atkinson
I watch movies and I go, that was fun. I enjoyed that. Where where you're you're much more in the weeds than me.
01:07:46
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:07:48
Cody Atkinson
and And so for me, the legacy of it all outweighs the fact that, objectively speaking, the newer Creed run is like, those are better made movies. But, you know, they they couldn't be without Rocky. I think I felt like Rocky needed a ah shout
01:08:08
Justin Daulton
Yeah, absolutely. um Number seven, and Cody, you are a privileged individual. you have ah You have access to my list of lists. um I did shake up the order because once again, I'm looking at this in terms of like how good these movies are against other movies, right?
01:08:25
Justin Daulton
So 42 ends up higher than For the Love of the Game, because For the Love of the Game is number two on my baseball movies list. 42 ends up on here and ends up higher because of the cultural relevance that it brings into it. Obviously, rest in peace, Chadwick Boseman, who played Jackie Robinson fantastically in that movie, but obviously a way that they showcased like his rise into stardom and even not stardom during the Breaking the Color Barrier in baseball.
01:08:51
Justin Daulton
and playing for the playing for brooklyn there's so much to be said culturally about this movie there's another one that i think both of us may have the list that does another thing a little bit better in terms of culturally and and brings up these the segregation topics a little bit better but man 42 is one that from an enjoyment and an entertainment based perspective and as in terms of a filmmaking perspective 42 deserves to very much be on this list and it's one that i I think a lot of people can continue to watch and learn lessons from it, not just from a baseball perspective and and trying to love people within the sport, but also loving people that are different playing these sports, not just baseball, but football, and looking at soccer, you know, and and even hockey. Like, but there's a lot of lessons to still be learned about what Jackie Robinson did back in then and in the early days of of Major league Baseball.
01:09:45
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, uh, there are a lot of movies that, that broach this subject. I think there are a lot that do it quite well. And I think 42 is definitely at the top of, um, towards the top with the other one I'm sure you're referencing of, of doing it very well and making, uh, not only the statement, but making a great movie.
01:10:07
Cody Atkinson
Um, around that. And so neither of those made my list, just not the direction the list went. I definitely have more of a fun vibes to the list, then that then like i think in know and a lot of these there's some cheese, there's some fun, um but definitely both of this one and the one that I'm sure you're going to reference are are ah very worthy of being in the list and and would be in a lot of lists. 42 is a great movie. ah For me at number seven, um i too I'm going to tell you, I tried really hard to not make this a baseball list ah and I still have more baseball than all others combined.
01:10:46
Cody Atkinson
But number seven is not baseball. I picked Ford versus Ferrari. I don't know if you've seen this movie.
01:10:51
Justin Daulton
Yeah, love it. yeah love it
01:10:53
Cody Atkinson
um Incredible movie. This is one of the ones that I rewatched this week in in an attempt to put this together. It's a...
01:11:04
Cody Atkinson
A telling of Ford entering racing. So they you know the Ford Motor Company is losing losing money. They look to buy Ferrari to enter the racing scene and be cool again. and Ferrari uses their bid to up the price of Fiat, sells to Fiat to stay in control, stay Italian. Ford gets so pissed off that they make their own racing team and they're going to beat uh ferrari and and it it all circles around le mans which is uh i think just such a cool concept i know i know it's real and i don't watch it but like it's so cool to see a movie built around it this 24-hour race and um it it really hits the the politics of it all right like um christian bale's character it's i think matt damon and christian bale christian bale's character is rough around the edges but
01:11:53
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:11:55
Cody Atkinson
a brilliant engineer and Ford's trying to kick him out at every turn and screw him. And um ultimately he ends up being the best that, that he was promised to be, and they still find a way to screw him. And I won't spoil everything, but just an incredibly emotional movie as well. I, I could watch that over and over and over again. To me, it's, it's at the top of of racing movies and I wanted to make sure there was a racing movie on this list.
01:12:24
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I will save my thoughts because it does hit my list a little later on for you.
01:12:27
Cody Atkinson
Okay. I did not think we would have that one in common.
01:12:31
Justin Daulton
No, I love Ford vs. Ferrari. It's one that I recommend to a lot of people that aren't, it's not even from like a racing perspective. I think it's just ah such a well a well-made movie, but I will save my personal thoughts for a little bit later.
01:12:42
Justin Daulton
um My number six movie is Friday Night Lights. this is ah This is a movie that obviously spawned the TV show, and and I think the TV show is... Leaps bounds better than what the movie was.
01:12:55
Justin Daulton
i was one of the people that watched Ryan Airlines from start to finish. I own it. I love that that series. But the movie is emotional. It is nitty.
01:13:05
Justin Daulton
it is gritty. um It shows like that really what it means to play high school football and what it to play high school football. and it what it looks like to be in that scene in texas because i think very few states play football the same way that texas plays football especially at a high school level and when you watch right now eyes and you see them i almost equate it's like the junction boys for a&m like they're the same kind of nitty-gritty style um but they're very much like hey you're out west texas man it's nothing about oil fields the ground is is hard as rocks
01:13:29
Cody Atkinson
you
01:13:38
Justin Daulton
and you're gonna go out there and you don't have pads that are great and you're just going to go out there and going to knock up ah up each other's high up against your heads and going to see what happens and I think it's such a it's such a pivotal movie for football fans and what it takes to play this sport and what it takes play sport at a high level.
01:13:56
Justin Daulton
But as an I think as you're kind of seeing a theme for me of movies that don't necessarily pay off the way that it should, right? It shows the emotional side of the sport of, hey, it's not always your day. Like it's not always your moment to to for greatness.
01:14:12
Justin Daulton
and it And it shows, because especially at the high school level and even the college level, think that's what you and i love so much about those two levels in terms of sports is you never have that same team ever again.
01:14:23
Justin Daulton
And that's kind of what you get with Friday Night Lights because there's so many seniors on that team and so many of them. And then you get in the way that they're committing to Texas, to Texas, to Oklahoma, wherever it is.
01:14:34
Justin Daulton
And like, you're realizing that this is their only chance for greatness and Spoilers for it, they don't do it. They don't win the the the high school championship that year. And it's such an emotional hit when they when it doesn't pay off.
01:14:48
Justin Daulton
um That is something for me that that sticks with me as a sports fan. I'm like, hey, you've got to enjoy it while you have it because you don't know how long you're going to have it. But it's fantastic. And if you've seen the movie, I highly recommend you watch this show because the show is fantastic.
01:15:02
Justin Daulton
Coach Eric Taylor, obviously Kyle Chandler is fantastic in the role um on the on the TV show. And I could probably talk for for hours of how great that TV show is. Literally gave us Michael B. Jordan that we've already talked about with with Creed on this. I'll mention it earlier, right?
01:15:18
Justin Daulton
He comes from that TV show. So but both the movie and the TV show are fantastic and I highly recommend both.
01:15:24
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I love Friday Night Lights. Ultimately, it didn't make my list on the caveat that I think this TV series is much, much better. i love the TV series. and and And for me, it didn't make it because rewatch the TV series. I don't rewatch the movie.
01:15:43
Cody Atkinson
and and that that's kind of the the differentiator there, but but i it's ah just an incredible story. If you watch the watch the movie, watch the movie, and then go watch the TV series and then re-watch them both. It's so much fun. I love Friday Night Lights. Six for me is our first repeat. This is where I have for the love of the game.
01:16:02
Cody Atkinson
We both like this movie more than the average person. um I'm a sucker for the way a movie is staged or framed, and For me, you're you're watching him throw a perfect game and between innings, you're cutting to these things that he's remembering about um a love outside the game and how he's grown as a person and how he's realizing what is and isn't important and how he's coming to terms with him.
01:16:29
Cody Atkinson
his time in the game being done and it's beautiful it's it's just beautifully written and I think one of the things that I love about it that it has going for it is in so many ways it almost like you're watching the movie and it's Kevin Costner but it's like to me it's almost Justin Verlander because he had that like that run with the Tigers where he was that freaking good um and you're watching this guy you know obviously he he went to the Astros it's a little bit different but like
01:16:46
Justin Daulton
you
01:16:56
Cody Atkinson
watch it like the way they talk about kevin costner is what i imagine would be justin verlander if he just hadn't left the tigers and it stayed there this whole time and uh just kind of picturing hit going out like that um it is just incredible i think it's a way better movie than what people think it is and i i don't really know what the the k knocks on it are that's to me it's it's near perfection it's it's so good. It's the love of baseball and the love of life and how you blend the two and how you um ah move on when, when it's time to move on. it's just, it's perfect. And I watched it this morning. it was great.
01:17:35
Justin Daulton
It's one that I haven't rewatched in quite some time and I definitely need to. And I need to introduce it to the wife because I know for sure she has not seen it. But I think she would love it because it isn't like heavy baseball.
01:17:42
Cody Atkinson
in
01:17:46
Justin Daulton
Like you you can be a casual fan of baseball and still understand that movie.
01:17:49
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:17:50
Justin Daulton
Maybe that's why people don't like it as much in terms of baseball list because maybe it doesn't have as much baseball in as it should.
01:17:50
Cody Atkinson
Yeah.
01:17:56
Justin Daulton
um My, going number five, um in the same essence as your pick from earlier, my pick is Creed. um Here is f my fighting movie for this list and it's something that takes the rocky formula it perfects it It's one that, you know, it still has Rocky in it. So you still get the emotional payoff of having him in the movie.
01:18:18
Justin Daulton
You still get a lot of emotions from Rocky, but you get to see the kind of the current state of boxing within this movie of, hey, it's, there's so many people that are in it just for the money.
01:18:29
Justin Daulton
And you can see it when they're talking about it. when you're, when you're comparing like, this guy's number five in the world, whatever, and you're showing the net value and all this stuff. And you're getting into really what you get with the Floyd Mayweather side of boxing, as opposed to when we were growing up, the Manny Pacquiao side where it is that true competitive fighting. and when we're going to fight, you know, 12 rounds, and we're going to go toe to toe for 12 rounds, right?
01:18:50
Justin Daulton
This movie kind of shows that nitty gritty, that underbelly of it all, and really making a name for yourself and not wanting to, you know, put on the name that you truly have because you want to be your own person within this sport.
01:19:02
Justin Daulton
Ultimately, obviously, he does kind of, he does don the name of Creed, right? But I think it just perfects that that under that underdog story. um It's beautifully shot. It's done by Ryan Coogler, who directed Black Panther.
01:19:17
Justin Daulton
um And they, him and Michael Jordan, they're anytime that they do a movie together it's an instant watch and a classic and it's it's a fantastic movie and you spoke all very highly of other the Rocky movies Rocky 1 through 4 or Hale or Peril did as some of the best sports movies of all time I think Creed now definitely needs to be in that conversation for sure of of how good Rocky 1 through 4 and now how good the Creed franchise is as well and it's something that has allowed the Rocky franchise and the Rocky name to continue into a ah whole new generation as well
01:19:52
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no, i I knew that Creed would be on your list and that kind of gives me the freedom to to use Rocky as my mind for the list because I knew Creed was covered on the other end. it An incredible ah rebirth of the series. You know, like you said, it was kind of the the The series was long gone. It it had run its course. and And this was of the like this, like um not relaunch, but like this remake society we live in where like every movie is a reimagining of a previous one. Like there's not a lot of great new ideas. I think this is one that's done really, really well where they they're not remaking Rocky. They're they're continuing the story.
01:20:34
Cody Atkinson
As an offshoot of the original, bringing back you know Sylvester Stallone and um you know carrying this forward so that another generation has their Rocky. ah Yeah, no no complaints. I think Creed is well-deserved on this list.
01:20:50
Cody Atkinson
For me, yeah.
01:20:50
Justin Daulton
And all three movies are, are for our, all three movies are also fantastic. So if those of you out there that have not watched all three, i I highly recommend watching all three movies.
01:20:58
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, you have you can't put them all three on here. You to pick one, but like watch them all.
01:21:00
Justin Daulton
No. Yeah.
01:21:02
Cody Atkinson
It's great great stuff. For me, um I'm still back in baseball again. For a Trouble with the Curve, I don't know if you've seen this one.
01:21:06
Justin Daulton
Hmm.
01:21:09
Cody Atkinson
um Again, i think this is one that I like more than the average baseball fan. This is a baseball scouting movie. It's Clint Eastwood, a scout, loop losing his eyesight and still working the scouting game as his daughter comes in to try to help him. And um he he understands more based on the the sound he hears than than these young guns and their stats. you know it's he's He's the good guy. ah I forget the actor's name, but it's the guy that played Shaggy.
01:21:41
Cody Atkinson
He's the bad guy who only cares about the spreadsheet.
01:21:43
Justin Daulton
Matthew Lillard.
01:21:45
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, yeah, he's he's the bad guy that only cares about the spreadsheet. And then off to the side, you, for some reason, have Justin Timberlake, who's a scout for another team, but trying to become a broadcaster. And it's just, for me, it's again, it's it's cheesy, but sometimes I fall for cheese.
01:22:00
Cody Atkinson
um And it's just, ah it's a love of the game. It's like, ah you know, the perfect swing when you hear the sound off the bat, you know, the perfect pitch when you hear the pop of the glove. um And it and it and it then has like multiple of those underdogs of like, you know, pitching guy who doesn't play for the team. He sells peanuts, but he's the good guy. And the the guy getting drafted number two overall is the douchebag that doesn't respect the peanut guy, but gets struck out by him in the last scene of the movie. And also Shaggy's proved to be wrong. And it's like Clint Eastwood, the guy that's 70 and can't see anymore is still knows more baseball than he'll ever know. and
01:22:37
Cody Atkinson
It's just, it's incredible. I love it. I watch it so frequently. um Yeah.
01:22:45
Justin Daulton
Yeah, nowhere near my list, but I do know of the movie. I've never seen it, so I don't have much of ah an opinion on it, but I have seen clips here and there of it.
01:22:51
Cody Atkinson
ah I'm off, I'm on a ledge with that one. I know that's not, it's not common. I would suggest watching it. I love it. um You, I don't know if you will, because most people I don't think would have it near their top, but it hits all the right, just all the right emotions for me.
01:23:07
Justin Daulton
All right. We're now we're in Mount Rushmore territory. so best of the best type movies here.
01:23:11
Cody Atkinson
yes we are, huh?
01:23:12
Justin Daulton
Number four for me is Miracle. The only hockey movie on this list for me. i Miracle hits so many of those emotional points and it hits on the patriotism of the Olympics. So that we obviously just lived through here a couple months ago with the, with the winter Olympics and team USA this year.
01:23:33
Justin Daulton
it' be an anniversary of miracle happening but i think when you look at the the cast and you look at the moments and the way that they they film it and the way that the guys rallied together, it really does make you feel like that's truly what happened. I know it's a it's an entertainment kind of reimagining of what happened and it's a retelling of what happened.
01:23:52
Justin Daulton
Obviously, there may be some things that are made up to make it better for an entertainment value, but it really truly makes you feel those moments are real and and it's what actually happened. You're there with those guys, right?
01:24:03
Justin Daulton
That you really felt like, Hey, it's really David versus Goliath. It's really just these moments of, can we actually beat the USSR? Can we then go beat, can we go win the gold? Can we do this as a, to represent our country? Right.
01:24:17
Justin Daulton
And I think it's, it's amazing and it's emotional and it's powerful. And it's something that is culturally relevant for, for hockey. And it's something that has spawned generations of hockey players that come out of the U S and want to play for other country. And, and,
01:24:34
Justin Daulton
obviously now it's winning the gold medal, but it's a, it's a movie that is so good. It's rewatchable. I think all, all 10 of my movies are super rewatchable and it's something that you can put on any day the week. We talked about it when they won the gold medal, like when are we going to watch Miracle again? Right.
01:24:47
Justin Daulton
It's a movie that you can put on and you can feel good about yourself and the country and the sport of hockey once you're done watching it.
01:24:55
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, no no notes. Number four for me is also a miracle. um This is a moment where I was i kind of in my mind.
01:24:59
Justin Daulton
and
01:25:02
Cody Atkinson
I was like, I let the cheese win because it is a very cheesy. like like like It's a disney like all right i think it's like a Disney movie, but it's it hits all the right notes.
01:25:06
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:25:13
Cody Atkinson
it It hits all the right emotions. Yeah. Just add that to the fact that we just relived um USA Olympic gold hockey. You go back and watch it and you're like, this movie is everything I remembered it being.
01:25:28
Cody Atkinson
um No notes.
01:25:31
Justin Daulton
Fantastic. Number three, and this might surprise you because I think you probably walked in thinking this was number one, but number three is Moneyball for me.
01:25:41
Justin Daulton
I'm sure you're going share your thoughts on Moneyball. It's going to be your top three, I would imagine, as well. It's probably, outside of what might ends up being my number one, probably the best movie, one of the best movies on this list. like Take away the sports aspect of it.
01:25:57
Justin Daulton
it shows how much some one person will go for baseball and the love they have for that sport. You get the iconic quote of how you know how can you not be romantic about baseball? you know I know there's been recent interviews of some of it as being played up for entertainment value as such in the movie and all that, but I still don't think you lose the heart of what actually went on and how much it changed the game of baseball and what it is still doing to the game of baseball.
01:26:24
Justin Daulton
um And then, of course, we we, you know, to spoil the end of the movie, like the number that he was given from the Boston Red Sox has gone public. And, you know, the amount of money he churned down, the ability churned down to stay with the Oakland Athletics, it it shows that you can still root for the little guy and feel justified in rooting for the little guy to win in these in these sports that,
01:26:47
Justin Daulton
the little guy doesn't win and there is no chance for the little guy to win, you know, has a guy that roots for the Tampa Bay Rays. Like I, I, and it has done money ball better than the Oakland athletics have.
01:26:57
Justin Daulton
But like, when you look at that and like, you feel like vindicated for following guy to do that, right. i think it's a movie that is fantastic. It's emotional. It's powerful.
01:27:09
Justin Daulton
It's excellent, excellently acted and directed. you know,
01:27:18
Justin Daulton
in the movie and you've always forget that it's Chris Pratt until he shows up in the screen. um But man, it's it's a fantastic movie. And if for some reason you're out there and you have not watched Moneyball, you need to go and watch Moneyball. It's a fantastic movie and it'll make you fall in love with baseball and a truly like recognizable subplot as well of a father and daughter story as well.
01:27:40
Cody Atkinson
yeah absolutely i yeah i'll save you my thoughts uh it is to come on the list uh for me number three this is out of nowhere this is not this is this is me being and me because i love this movie but it's the replacements um i don't know if you've seen the replacements it is uh keanu reeves uh as the star
01:27:55
Justin Daulton
Yeah. Yeah. yeah Yeah. I love it.
01:28:02
Cody Atkinson
It is the, i don't know if, i don't remember if it's the whole league goes on strike or if it's just that the team, the Washington Sentinels go on strike and they're tasked with bringing a coach out of retirement who puts a team of nobodies together to try to finish out the season.
01:28:20
Cody Atkinson
Keanu Reeves is a quarterback from Ohio State that flamed out. There's ah a guy that they get out of prison and they get away with it by cheating. He comes out of prison on a work release and they change his name and that's how they get away with letting him play in the league. There's the tight end is one of the, has the best hands in the world because he's deaf.
01:28:39
Cody Atkinson
And he has to sign, but so you can't call audibles because he won't know that you call them audible.
01:28:41
Justin Daulton
Thank you.
01:28:46
Cody Atkinson
thenre the be like The center or one of the linemen is a sumo wrestler that just eats raw eggs before every game and rips one and they have to move the huddle because it smells so bad.
01:28:58
Cody Atkinson
like it's It's one of the best movies. It is peak 90s. So you have to know that going in, this does not hold up to Justin's criteria of comparing to great movies because it is peak 90s.
01:29:10
Cody Atkinson
There are loopholes everywhere, like trying to get a guy out of prison by changing his name. One of the friggin' linemen shoots somebody's car just in broad daylight that that's never followed up on.
01:29:23
Cody Atkinson
He doesn't get in trouble for that.
01:29:25
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. There are loopholes throughout it, but it is just such a good movie. it To me, it is probably number two in my just re-watchability standards.
01:29:25
Justin Daulton
Thank you.
01:29:37
Cody Atkinson
um I watch it all the time. I recommend it to everybody because so many people haven't seen it. I think it's as underrated as it gets. i i know I'm out on a limb. I'm alone on this take, but it is a top four sports movie of all time, in my opinion, because it's just...
01:29:54
Cody Atkinson
it's just if you watch it no If you watch it as a peak 90s movie, it hit it hits perfectly.
01:30:01
Justin Daulton
yeah i play i put the replacements on the same level as any given sunday if you've seen any given sunday um there's just so much of like nostalgia baked into those movies for me and with any given sunday it's jamie jamie fox is like the the hot shot quarterback out of college and he's thrown onto a team of like degenerates uh but you really get the the the age-old quote is like it's it you know it's fun and games until someone loses their eye well in this movie so in a football game cause it just gets poked out. Like it's this a crazy 90s, early 2000s movie. But same plane for me. Like fantastic watchable movies and something that easily super quotable and fun movie to watch. um My number two is Remember the Titan.
01:30:49
Justin Daulton
Man, don't think there's anything that I can say about this movie that isn't already set out there in the zeitgeist this movie. But it's something that like is shown in leadership classes. It's something that's shown in football programs, youth camps.
01:31:04
Justin Daulton
It's shown in religious, religion aspects of things like it's so, it's so well diverse and in the cultural relevance that it has. Obviously it does a lot for the segregation aspect of, of youth sports and in high school sports.
01:31:17
Justin Daulton
And it really shows how much community can come together via these avenues, right. Via sports, whatever, you know, whether it's just football, baseball, whatever it may be. it shows the power that sports can do that. And it gives you that escapism to let go of how bad reality actually is. And to get back into, Hey, we're all human and we're all playing the sport that we love. And we need to, you know, come together and we need to win. um But it also shows that it's, it's, there's found family with it all too. And that's something that's huge for you and I of how big found family actually is in our lives. And, you know, something that it's not a movie that I need to watch every, every other day. It's a movie that i can watch once every two years and,
01:31:58
Justin Daulton
One that can still bring a tear to my eye and, you know, something that's going to be relevant through the ages because they that did such a great job with this movie. But man, there's not there's not much where I can say to do this movie justice.
01:32:10
Justin Daulton
It's well deserving to be top four. And it's something that i no one has been able to replicate ever since because it is that good.
01:32:18
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. ah but Remember the Titans is not on my list. um Like said, I went with a little bit more of a rewatch ability. aspect to it all and I think the weightiness of the movie um does take away from some of the rewatchability.
01:32:33
Cody Atkinson
Just not every day that you're kind of up for for the weightiness of it, but it is an incredible movie that approaches the subject so well.
01:32:45
Cody Atkinson
um It has quotes for days, it has scenes for days, it has an incredible cast. um There's not much you can say negative about Remember the Titans.
01:32:57
Cody Atkinson
It is iconic, especially again for our generation. And it is also kind of just important as ah as ah as a piece of of art, as a reminder of, you know, where we've come as a society and and where we should strive to to continue going.
01:33:12
Cody Atkinson
So absolutely love Remember the Titans. I was certain it was in your top two. I just didn't know if it was one or two. um
01:33:19
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:33:20
Cody Atkinson
for For me too, I'm going to this is where I put Moneyball. um Like you you you said, everything there is to say about Moneyball. um It's just, it's so good. And just kind of the progression of baseball from the site era, I guess you would say to the data era, right? Like I love the the transition from the old school scouts all i'll never um I'll never not think of the quote where he's like, they're talking about the player and they're like yeah, but his girlfriend's a six at best, so he's got no confidence.
01:33:57
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:33:57
Cody Atkinson
And you're just like, what a what a line, what a way of thinking that like used to kind of exist in this sport. And um it's just an incredible thing.
01:34:09
Cody Atkinson
movie obviously i have some tie to the movie where like my cousin was drafted by billy bean under the money ball philosophy um and was playing for them at the time the movie released so like i couldn't have been more excited for it he was not mentioned in the movie unfortunately it was a few teams before before his time but like you said incredible cast um the A's aspect of it was exhilarating.
01:34:35
Cody Atkinson
Then the, the family aspect outside of that, you also have the superstition aspect of baseball with him, not allowing himself to watch any of the games um except for the one. And, you know, um all of that is incredible.
01:34:50
Cody Atkinson
And Jonah Hill, I don't think could have done a better job in that role of being the, you know, uh i i put i i did 32 or whatever he's like i lied i did 48 i don't know why i lied to you um and then he's just you know uh all of it they're teaching him how to how to cut a player how to tell him he's been traded you know it's it's just it's incredible i am a sucker for the some movies that touch on business side of sports um and i definitely wanted to
01:35:22
Cody Atkinson
I include this as my kind of representation of that. There's others. i don't know if you've seen Air, which is the the making of of the Nike Air Jordans. That's a great business side of movies.
01:35:32
Cody Atkinson
There's Jerry Maguire is a great business side of sports movies, but Moneyball is the reign supreme in that.
01:35:36
Justin Daulton
Classic.
01:35:41
Cody Atkinson
And it's for me, the second best sports movie of all time.
01:35:46
Justin Daulton
I'm interested what your one is because I have no guess at this. Oh, no, I do. I know what your number one is because it's not my number one.
01:35:49
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, you know what number one is.
01:35:51
Justin Daulton
Yeah. My number one is, once again, remember the parameters on my list. It is something that can be mentioned in terms of other movies and compared to film. um It's Ford versus Ferrari.
01:35:57
Cody Atkinson
What do I think you're number one? Oh yeah, duh, you said it was still on the list. Dang, that's your number one. Ooh, you're bolder than me.
01:36:03
Justin Daulton
Yeah, number one, Ford vs. Ferrari is a movie that I tracked. I tracked this movie from its production to seeing it when it came out. It is, that was a year that I tracked every Oscar, like Best Picture nominee movie, and it was something that, like,
01:36:18
Justin Daulton
I knew I was going to love this movie from the moment it was casted in but and produced. And James Mangold is a fantastic director. He's the guy that directed Logan. He's been tapped to direct the Star Wars movie.
01:36:31
Justin Daulton
He is a fantastic director and he knew how to direct Matt Damon and Christian Bale in this movie. Obviously Christian Bale slimmed down for this movie. He did Vice before it. He slimmed down to do this role.
01:36:42
Justin Daulton
Um, And you you hit on it so much, like, to build up this kind of aura around Ford Motorsports to get into the into the racing scene.
01:36:53
Justin Daulton
And this is before stock car racing got really popular, and it was all really based around, you know, Grand Prixs and Formula One and all these other, you know, these very...
01:37:04
Justin Daulton
expensive racing scenes, right? Not necessarily that the honest man can come in and and race, right? that That wasn't really happening yet in motorsports. And it really showcased, you know, you talked about the rough around the edges, Christian Bale, and then you had the fight like the the exact opposite with Matt Damon, who was this guy like, I'm go go shake your hand, we're gonna do business, we're gonna be friends. And Christian Bale's over there, they'll be flipping the bird at you, moving on, right? and And go out there doing his own thing. Like, I remember the scene, like, of like they have so many computers in the in the car and he's like tear all that out give me some string and we're gonna go run the track
01:37:38
Justin Daulton
And he's like, going show you what's wrong with your car just by doing one.
01:37:38
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. The aerodynamics.
01:37:41
Justin Daulton
Yeah, the aerodynamics, like your computers aren't going to tell you what's wrong with your car. going to you what's wrong with your car. And like that just sets the tone perfectly for the movie. You talk about the emotions of it all at the end of it. You know, there's the great father son relationship built built into this movie as well.
01:37:55
Justin Daulton
And, you know, seeing how Ford gets into it, gets the respect of its peers against Ferrari and these other major players and in motorsports. it's It's a fantastic movie.
01:38:06
Justin Daulton
It's a movie that's in, I want to say, my top 50, might even be my top 25 movies of all time because it's that good of a movie and it deserves to be the number one sports movie of all time. and it's Obviously, there's movies that don't make this list because of this, but man, it's it's a fantastic movie and it's something that deserves every flower it can get because it is that good.
01:38:27
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Again, no notes. The only thing I would add is like it so much like some of my takeaway from it was just like the the friendship aspect of like Matt Damon and Christian Bale and like how he's fighting for him, but also at times not doing enough. And then you know, we'll try to avoid spoilers, but there's a tragedy in the movie and there's this aspect of a grief and how do you manage grief and how do you move on and how does, how do you support who's left? Oh my God, dude. It's just like, I saw you just, you're just, you're just a tearjerker. It, it,
01:39:10
Cody Atkinson
it's so much more than a sport. Like if there was no sport in the movie, it would be an incredible movie. And the the racing on top of that is just a blast.
01:39:19
Justin Daulton
Yep, absolutely.
01:39:21
Cody Atkinson
All right. What do you think my number one is? What is your guess?
01:39:24
Justin Daulton
Well, and based off of the conversation we had before, i want to assume it's Major League. He is your number one movie of all time.
01:39:29
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, it is. Yeah.
01:39:31
Justin Daulton
I'll let you go, because I have thoughts on it as well.
01:39:31
Cody Atkinson
its It's major league for for me. I know this again, this is, uh, this is like my one, um exception to the comedy rule.
01:39:42
Cody Atkinson
This is does not fit the criteria of living up with the standards of of great movies outside of sports. This is none of that. It is just pure unadulterated fun.
01:39:54
Cody Atkinson
It is great story, a ragtag. The owner puts together team that is designed to lose so that fans stop coming to games so that they can contractually move the team.
01:40:07
Cody Atkinson
The team comes together to do great things and they do it by having Charlie Sheen as a pitcher who can't throw strikes and as it turns out, just needed glasses Willie Mays Hayes, who I might be a Chandler Simpson clone we're calling Rays on it.
01:40:17
Justin Daulton
Thank you.
01:40:24
Cody Atkinson
Like, um, it's just, it's, it's glorious. You have, uh, I forget his name at the moment, but he, uh, he can hit the ball farther than anyone planet earth, but he can't hit a curve ball until he, until he curses Jobu and, uh, throws away his religion to hit the curve ball.
01:40:44
Cody Atkinson
Uh, you got, um, I don't know, I'm not good with the actors' names, but you have the catcher who's just kind of, the the savvy vet whose knees don't hold up, but he puts the team together. And then the shortstop's just this rich guy that shouldn't be playing anymore. And they have to keep putting him in his place. You have the love stories on the side, the classic baseball love stories that take me take me seriously as a person. I'm not just a ball player. I'm not just doing my thing, trying to make my way around town. I have real feelings for you type stuff. It's
01:41:19
Cody Atkinson
I don't know man it's just great there's the if we're trying to talk iconic moments there's sliding into second coming up short and doing push ups in the middle of a game because that's what they do in practice there's the the cardboard cut out of the owner every time they win one they take off an article of clothing.
01:41:29
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:41:35
Cody Atkinson
from the cardboard cutout. There's the driving the bullpen cart to her house. um It's just so good. it it is It is the pinnacle for me of like, this is like the first sports movie that I loved.
01:41:45
Justin Daulton
No, it's… it's
01:41:51
Cody Atkinson
And and it's never been unseated because it's the OG movie.
01:41:56
Justin Daulton
yeah i i love major league i think any baseball fan or even someone that played baseball loves major league because it's a movie that showcases every single wacky like um like tradition and all this stuff of baseball like you know you're not gonna you know you're not gonna talk about a win streak you're in the middle of a win streak because they're gonna curse the win streak and then you're gonna talk about like hey you don't you don't you know you don't you know everyone the like it was dead and then you put it on one article at a time because it's just your your tradition of your daily ritual and all that stuff like it showcases all of that from spring training all the way through and it like it perfectly encapsulates that and it's something that you know wild thing like all you gotta do is mention that a baseball fan instantly everyone knows exactly what you're what you're talking about you can start singing that song right now um because you're doing it now bobbing your head like it's yeah
01:42:18
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
01:42:48
Cody Atkinson
In my head, in my head I was thinking.
01:42:50
Justin Daulton
Like, it's just an instant, it's an instant thing for sure. And it's, it's a fantastic movie. They put Charlie Sheen on the map for who he is, is the wacky, crazy actor that Charlie Sheen is. And, you know, it, it shows why we love baseball kind at its core. it shows why we love baseball because we're at the end of the day, baseball is a game that is meant for kids that adults play.
01:43:10
Justin Daulton
Right. And you really get to see that with this movie is it's, yes, it's a team destined to lose.
01:43:18
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:43:20
Justin Daulton
and they have such a fun time doing it and they don't really care what gets on their way throughout that season because they're just gonna have fun playing the game of baseball in you know you mentioned like charlie she just gave me glasses and he comes out with the duct tape on the glasses and all this stuff like the big coca-cola ri glasses and he goes out there and strikes out the side like it's a fantastic movie and it's while didn't make my list, man, it's, it's on my baseball list because it deserves to be on my top 10 baseball list because it's just that good of a movie. And it's something that will stand the test of time.
01:43:50
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, for sure. I'm going to, I'm going to say this, this concludes our list. um I'm going to say shocker that I thought I ah certainly thought I would be alone and not including field of dreams.
01:43:54
Justin Daulton
This is a conclusive list. yeah
01:44:01
Justin Daulton
Oh, I, man, I love Field of Dreams. I do. And, not to get into the emotion
01:44:06
Cody Atkinson
I do not.
01:44:08
Justin Daulton
i love it for what it is i have a lot of issues in my personal life that ah detach me from that movie that you're that you're aware of because i don't have that emotional resonance with with that part of my life for it um but there is something of like the historical you know fictional historical fiction genre of that movie of the of the of the white socks you know being cursed and you know they're all in the cornfield so they get to come out and play one last game of baseball because they couldn't play baseball anymore and all that stuff like i was sucker for that that stuff and just i this thing kevin costner has better baseball movies you know we talked about before we hit record like i'm not i'm not the biggest fan bull durham but other people are but like i think coven costner has better baseball movies as we talked about for love of the game um that there's that's the reason why field of dreams doesn't make my list
01:44:55
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, I ah probably my hottest sports take is that I think Field of Dreams is significantly overrated. I find it so cheesy and corny. Like it.
01:45:05
Cody Atkinson
There's a lot of cheesy sports movies that I love. um For me, it just takes it too far. It's just like, we're just, people are popping up out of thin air all over the place.
01:45:17
Cody Atkinson
And he's driving from town to town and meeting people that aren't real or aren't alive or aren't something. And I'm just like, what is happening here? Like, it's just a fever dream of a movie. And for me, it's just, it's too, it's too much.
01:45:29
Cody Atkinson
I get what it is. And I get, I think I get why people love it, but I'm just like, I'll i'll do something else. This is, they They took it too far for me. We took we took the corny movie to its you know extreme, to like to like its endgame, and i I wasn't here for it.
01:45:47
Justin Daulton
Yeah, I mean, there's so many other baseball movies to talk about, right, that we didn't talk about. Like, I just mentioned Paul Durham. You know, the the rookie can be mentioned on here, the natural. Like, there's so many there's so many baseball movies that...
01:45:56
Cody Atkinson
The Rookie, the Natural Rookie of the Year, Little Big League.
01:45:59
Justin Daulton
Rookie of the Year.
01:46:00
Cody Atkinson
um What's the eight Eight Men Out?
01:46:01
Justin Daulton
Oh, Little Big League. Yeah, I think...
01:46:03
Cody Atkinson
If you haven't seen that one, it's a great one.
01:46:06
Justin Daulton
Yeah, like, there's so many baseball movies on it here. Angels on the Outfield, neither one of us mentioned. Like...
01:46:10
Cody Atkinson
Angels in the outfield. That to me, that also kind of was a little bit too much on the nostalgia side for me to include it.
01:46:12
Justin Daulton
Whoa.
01:46:16
Justin Daulton
Sure. Fever Pitch is on my top 10 baseball small movies list because of the the the Fallon footage aspect of the 2004 Boston Red Sox in there as well.
01:46:22
Cody Atkinson
Mm-hmm.
01:46:25
Justin Daulton
So like there's definitely those moments in there that I think put movies so much higher than Field Dreams. And while I can understand the the emotional side of of it all, it just doesn't hit for me in the long run when it comes to Field of Dreams.
01:46:41
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, for sure. for sure
01:46:43
Justin Daulton
Well, man, that wraps up the list. Before I kick it to you, for everyone listening, next week we are going to do the ranking of the current City Connect jerseys. Cody and I are not going to making you a list on it. We are going to do it in real time.
01:46:56
Justin Daulton
and We're going to do the internet tier list. So the S tier all the way down to the F tier, or whatever the bottom of that is. for all 30 so the current ones so we're not going to talk about the space city uh city connect for the astros next week we're going to talk about the newer kind of retro kind of amalgamation of all the astros jerseys into one kind of perspective that they did last year um so that's what you have to look forward to next week before i kick it to cody on to to get us home for the week
01:47:25
Cody Atkinson
Yeah, man. To wrap this up, I do have some bad news for us here, Justin. It is looking like A&M's baseball season is going to come to an end tonight. um I will say we started our closer. threw 101 pitches today.
01:47:44
Cody Atkinson
as a a closer, just threw 101 pitches. He threw 20 some odd on Friday. um Ultimately he went six and two thirds. He did give up five runs. um I am putting that on the coaching staff because he had at six innings, he had given up two runs and, and then they just kept them in too long. He, you know, put two men on in the seventh, I think his 99th pitch of the game is a three run home run. There was just no reason he should have still been in the game at that point, but I understand how thin the pitching is. They were trying to get everything they could out of him. They left him in too long.
01:48:14
Cody Atkinson
extends it to five to one. The ultimate and nail in the, in the A&M season is actually twofold. It's having the best offense in the country that was utterly silenced by USC two games in a row. That's really shocking, but I guess it's baseball also. They just had our number.
01:48:31
Cody Atkinson
And also you just went into the season without enough pitching depth and you just, you cannot do that. I know there are injuries. I know there was a guy who they thought they had who,
01:48:42
Cody Atkinson
was ineligible because of a, of a, a title nine investigation at Baylor. um There's all sorts of things that led to this. It's just not something that can happen. You add,
01:48:53
Cody Atkinson
You came into the season with four starters. That's your Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and your Tuesday. um You need more than that. the The Tuesday guy gets moved to the bullpen because you lost your best bullpen arm. And then mid-regional, it's announced that your ace pitcher is out for the season.
01:49:12
Cody Atkinson
And by game three of a regional, you were out of starters. You had no one left to throw. And that's just a position that you cannot find yourself in. So the the baseball portal is open already, which is just one of these wild things of college sports calendars.
01:49:28
Cody Atkinson
The season is ongoing, but the portal is open. And I hope they address pitching going into next year. We will be losing a lot of talent to the MLB. Ultimately, a great team. ultimately a good season. It's an improvement from last year.
01:49:44
Cody Atkinson
It's hard to say great if you lose in the regional that you hosted, but as I mentioned earlier, you would, assuming the results hold, you would be one of one, two, three, four, five, one of seven regional hosts that didn't make it out of their regional. You are far from the most egregious. The number one and two teams in the country also didn't. So sometimes baseball will be baseballing, and it looks like A&M season is likely to come to a close and we will begin to look forward to next season, I guess.
01:50:15
Cody Atkinson
So with that.
01:50:16
Justin Daulton
Yeah, a little post-mortem for that. Yeah, before you wrap up, the little post-mortem on a a topic that we we can talk about next week. Year two, Michael, are you early in or not for year three? That'll be topic for next week, I think.
01:50:29
Cody Atkinson
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we we can do that as a topic for next week. It's hard to it's hard to be unbiased on the topic. um I do have family on staff, so um it is hard to be unbiased. But... um ah Yeah, I think there's a lot that can be discussed about it. I do think this was ah a marked improvement on um year one. And so there's a lot of science to be excited for. But, you know, also, given the talent of the offense is kind of ah a disappointing way for the season end. But again, it happens. So um I think.
01:51:02
Justin Daulton
Yeah.
01:51:02
Cody Atkinson
I think it's something that we should definitely ah discuss next year, ah next week. I think he did enough to to stay for sure. But there's the the question of how much rope um I think is is still a valid discussion.
01:51:17
Justin Daulton
right.
01:51:18
Cody Atkinson
Cool. I think with that, we we'll we'll kick it off.
01:51:18
Justin Daulton
see week then.
01:51:21
Cody Atkinson
Like said, we'll be ranking City Connects next week. um And yeah, we' we'll we'll catch you next time. Let us know in the comments on Spotify or Apple or wherever you're listening to this if there's ah a topic or a list that we're not doing that you think we should do. We would love to to to holster that and and bring it out the next time we need it. So ah until next time, I'm Cody.
01:51:43
Justin Daulton
I'm Justin.
01:51:44
Cody Atkinson
Peace.
01:51:46
Justin Daulton
Peace.