“Deja Nats”
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Hey, it's Tony. If you're hearing this, it means that Nigel has flushed the mouse and forgot to have me record something new. So who knows who our guests will be today? Maybe Mick Jagger, Sandy Koufax, Dally Llama, long hit of the llama. Probably not, but I guess you'll have to tune in to find out. But first, let's keep the sales weasels happy.
Previously on The Tony Kornheiser Show.
And he said, you know, I could really catch a ground ball and I could really throw, but I couldn't hit at all. And I had to quit baseball saying, this is way too hard for me to play.
Well, the ball's stationary in golf. You don't have to worry about somebody sweeping it past you. It's stationary.
And Tony, you don't have to worry about getting killed on the golf course. At least I don't. But when you step into the box every night and someone is buzzing the tower at 98 miles an hour, the fear of God goes through your head.
The Tony Kornheiser Show is on now.
Love that phrase, buzz in the tower at 98 miles an hour. I'd never heard that before. No, that was good. Loved it. I was hoping Kurt was going to give us a, Mr. Gilmore, I'm your caddy. You know, just great. And Tim's voice is, of course, extraordinary. Yes. My thanks to Ralph Bizarro, the oddly named Ralph Bizarro in Holly Springs, North Carolina, for a lovely note. Thank you very, very much. And a note from Peter Jennings, not that Peter Jennings. This assumes, it says, tomorrow, Monday, is going to be the greatest Dr. Tony opening rant in show history. This assumes that the beloved host is not in the ICU or has not been arraigned on charges of menacing the Nats bullpen. Cancel any guests. Just do a full episode on the Nats weekend.
So... Look, I did not watch yesterday. I watched the previous two games. The Yankees swept the Nats, and they swept them in the exact same way that the Phillies did a few weeks ago. How many total innings do you think the Yankees had the lead? Three. Three or four. If we count up all the outs. Three or four. That's all it is. The Nats are an improving team. They are better this year than last year. They have a much better offense this year than last year. Their bullpen is horrific. It stinks beyond any, like my anger at Jose Tena because he strikes out all the time and wastes challenges. You hear that in my voice. I cannot accurately, my anger is sometimes at Dylan Cruz. Jacob Young would have had that catch here.
Dylan Cruz is getting protection by the bullpen.
You know, he's, yeah. Dylan Cruz, the number two overall pick. First and third no outs. He strikes out a lot or grounds into double plays a lot. You know, I got Tana. I got Vivas. I got Cruz. It just, you know, it's not there. But nothing compares to how terrible the bullpen is. This happened with the Philadelphia Phillies in Nats Park. The top of the ninth, three straight games, right? They got 100 runs. The amount of runs that the Nats bullpen gives up in top eight, bottom eight, top eight, top nine has to be the worst in baseball. It has to be. They lose all these games. They have leads. They had leads in the Phillies games. They had leads in the Yankees games. Each day they had leads. They had leads late, right, Michael?
Yes. Late in the game. Not big leads, but leads late. Leads, not huge. Now, one of the reasons they don't have huge leads is because, and C.J. Abrams is having an all-star season and is going to start at shortstop. The other night, he struck out with bases loaded, right? Yep. They don't, although they score a lot of runs, they don't often have that big breakout inning when they have runners in scoring position that puts the game out of reach, though God knows nothing is out of reach with the Nats bullpen. And Dylan Cruz has done the same thing, strike out with a whole bunch of people on. The most wonderful surprise of the season is Meade. Meade gets up there, even pinch-hitting home runs. Meade is the great surprise of the season so far, correct?
See you later, man. And the rest of it, I mean, Wood has been terrific, and Abrams has produced a lot of runs, and Luis Garcia lately has looked like Roberto Clemente.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–5:40
2
Why did the Nats lose late again to the Yankees and what's wrong with their bullpen?
5:40–10:43
3
Which Nats players are surprisingly contributing this season and who is underperforming?
10:43–25:50
4
Why was Zach Wheeler initially snubbed and should he have accepted the All-Star invite?
25:50–30:41
5
What happened at Wimbledon and which players are emerging as the next greats?
30:41–41:39
6
How did Tony’s weekend golf outing go and what funny moments did he share?
41:39–59:56