00:00Playoff rotation early.
00:01Slow down a little bit, Tiger.
00:03Oh, man.
00:04Like, let's get there first, please.
00:07It's always sunny when he's your number one starter in the playoffs.
00:10And number two starter, Peyton Tolley.
00:12And then you figure it out, Ranger Suarez.
00:14Jake Bennett to be your third starter.
00:17You can bring Brian Baio in as long as it's not any kind of a pressure situation
00:22or one of the first three innings of the game.
00:25And everything will be A-OK with baby Pedro.
00:28I think he's better under pressure.
00:30Baby Pedro.
00:31Just don't let him start.
00:33I mean, isn't that the issue, though, that it's the pressure of the first inning?
00:38I think there's more pressure later on for a lot of guys.
00:42I am thrilled that they won that game yesterday.
00:45That was a real big swing game in my view.
00:47And if this team gets there, you can't doubt the rotation.
00:50You can't end the back end of the bullpen.
00:52What do you need if you want to go on a World Series run?
00:54You need elite front-end pitching.
00:56You need a closer that stops it before it starts.
00:59It's on the back end.
01:00And you need clutch hitting.
01:02You need a guy who's willing to cram his near-broken, swollen pinky into a hole cut in a glove
01:12and swinging his bat like the Durbinator is swinging his bat.
01:16That's what you need, Curtis.
01:17Did you see what Chad Tracy said?
01:18They sent a video of the Durbinator to Roman Anthony at the Hilton.
01:22No, they did not do that.
01:23But Roman Anthony will be back, too.
01:27Do you think it's Jet Blue?
01:29How do you think he gets home?
01:30If he's staying at the Homewood.
01:31Despite what Wiggy would want, Roman Anthony will be back and with this team by the end of the month,
01:37it sounds like to me.
01:38So that is excellent news.
01:41And Curtis, of course, I don't think you really like Jaron Duran.
01:44We've discussed that before.
01:45I don't know how you could.
01:48You have a severe dislike for Jaron Duran.
01:52I think Jaron Duran has a severe dislike of himself.
01:55Which is the problem.
01:56He might.
01:57I don't know whether he likes himself or not.
01:59I would say if you go around bullying people, you can't bitch about being bullied.
02:03Yeah, you can.
02:05Okay.
02:06Well, there was the argument.
02:07You had it as your lead yesterday.
02:09But then there was an argument all day long yesterday from some that it's not right to dox a guy.
02:16Yes, it is.
02:17I don't care.
02:18I do not care.
02:19This guy told him that he should have pulled the trigger.
02:21You're telling a suicidal person, somebody who's battled this and been very open about it, to pull the trigger?
02:27Yeah, your face, your name, it should be everywhere.
02:29I don't care.
02:31Stop with the doxing.
02:32Only losers think that that's doxing.
02:35It is.
02:37Well, going and looking and finding where somebody works.
02:40Do you like that move?
02:41Well, yeah, you can Google the person and it immediately pops up.
02:44Yeah, I love that move.
02:45Trust me.
02:46I love to go look for these people.
02:49I mean.
02:50And also, like, if you are dumb enough to go at somebody and say something like that and all your
02:56information is online, your place of employment, yeah, your employer should know that they've hired an absolute D-bag.
03:04Like, sorry.
03:04Yeah.
03:05And as I said yesterday, I think Jaron Durant should provide the same outlet for all the people that he's
03:09yelled things to, called the F word, screamed at.
03:12But there is that outlet.
03:13There is.
03:13It's called X.
03:14Like, we found out about.
03:16So, with 400,000 followers, those people can reach the same amount of people?
03:19No, but I'm just saying, like, it's out there.
03:21Like, we all knew about the Tyler Milliken thing.
03:24Because.
03:24But not nearly on the same scope.
03:26As we should.
03:26As we should.
03:27But, right.
03:27But I'm saying when that happened, there was a lot of people that said, oh, disgruntled fan.
03:31He's just butthurt that Jaron Duran doesn't like him anymore.
03:34I mean, Ken Laird was basically destroying Tyler Milliken.
03:37He was?
03:38Yes.
03:39On a Saturday show, he's like, oh.
03:40What did Tyler Milliken do, Ron?
03:42Ken, that's not right.
03:43I swear on everything that's holy that on our show, well, Ken's show, Ken was saying that he was like,
03:50there was something clear that Milliken was saddened that he was a fanboy, that Jaron Duran is no longer friends
03:55with him, and this was personal in some way.
03:58Yeah.
03:58And it's like, well, dude, you can't go around saying you want to think about other people's mental health, and
04:03then some guy comes to meet you and say, get out of my way, you effing fat A.
04:08You can't do that.
04:09No, it's not right.
04:10But two wrongs don't make a right.
04:11And, like, for me, this took it to an extreme.
04:15If you want to tell – the fact that people think it's okay to tell anybody that they should kill
04:19themselves, that's the problem here.
04:20Of course not.
04:21And we should not live in a society that it's acceptable, and I'm done with that.
04:25So let's say that Roman Anthony is swinging the bat on Tuesday in Portland, and then he's back with the
04:33club in time for that series with the Yankees, end of the month.
04:39You would sit Jaron Duran and Roman Anthony immediately as your left fielder.
04:45Yeah, I mean, I would – I'm sure they'll – Trace and the crew will try and get them in,
04:50you know, 15 straight games, but you need to get into a rhythm.
04:55And as you hit the final 20 games of the regular season, you want to find out what you have
05:00there.
05:00And I think if you're playing Roman Anthony every third game or just platooning with Duran, you might not get
05:04your answer.
05:05And how is Jaron Duran going to react to that?
05:08I think he's a team guy.
05:10I'm sure he'll be really good with it.
05:12He's got to be a team guy.
05:13The teammates all love him.
05:15They do.
05:17I mean, they –
05:19Have we heard any of the players say anything negative about Jaron Duran?
05:22I don't know that we would, though.
05:24Oh, my gosh.
05:25I feel like Red Sox players are so, like, petty when it comes to throwing digs or calling people out.
05:32Like, I think we would know if there was an issue in the clubhouse between Jaron Duran and the rest
05:36of the team.
05:37But do you think they like it when he is flipping fans off?
05:40No.
05:41Okay.
05:41But they know that he's hot-headed.
05:45Yeah, I think players, especially baseball players that have to deal with the media on a day-to-day basis,
05:50abhor having to answer questions for others' antics.
05:53And they've had to answer question after question.
05:57I don't know their personal relationship with them.
05:58I wouldn't have the first guess.
06:00I think when and if Jaron Duran is no longer a Red Sox, there will be a lot of comments.
06:06Just like when I was told that Pedro and Schilling was all a media creation.
06:09Whenever there's – Jalen and Jason.
06:11Listen, I was told media creation, this is something that you're crying – I've never heard them – when have
06:16they ever said something negative about the other?
06:18Well, you can just understand things, just understanding basic psychology.
06:22But basic psychology is not what's been going on.
06:24Like, the Wilson Contreras stuff, like, he came out and spoke glowingly about Jaron Duran immediately after.
06:30Like, we have players that –
06:31Did you see the photo of – the video of him in the dugout?
06:32Yes, I brought it up.
06:33And then immediately after the game, he was the first to say something positive about Jaron Duran.
06:38I just think guys wouldn't be going out of their way to speak so highly of him.
06:41Maybe they're afraid of him.
06:42If they didn't, like –
06:43What?
06:44Maybe they're afraid of him.
06:46I don't think they're –
06:46I don't think they're afraid of him.
06:47You think there's, like, a hostile work environment?
06:49I think there are certain people at our company that don't say things to me because they think I'll lose
06:53my mind.
06:54I mean, that's everybody.
06:55It's not just work.
06:56But I think the same can happen with this guy.
06:58People see you walking down the street in Southie, and they move over to the other side of the street.
07:02If I charged for photos, I'd be a millionaire.
07:04I mean, you're very grumpy at times.
07:05I'm not grumpy at all.
07:06I'm the happiest man here.
07:08Yes, he has.
07:09No, I think you would – I don't know that there's a massive love for Jaron Duran.
07:18I think he's a teammate.
07:20But I think that they would probably welcome Roman Anthony back.
07:25And if Roman Anthony is – hopefully Roman Anthony has been bothered by what may have been said here and
07:32there
07:32and is on an absolute vengeance tour to try to prove everybody wrong.
07:40I hope that's the case.
07:42And don't you think the organization would love to see Roman Anthony get into left field and not leave for
07:45a long period?
07:46Like, that would be – enter the playoffs.
07:49There was – he cited it.
07:51There was a Bob Nightingale story a couple weeks ago around the deadline that said the team is planning on
07:56trading Duran in the offseason.
07:57So that would be kind of where you'd want to go.
08:00Get Roman Anthony in there.
08:01See what you can get.
08:02And if Roman Anthony has a great September and an excellent October, nobody remembers the ring thing.
08:06It's totally gone.
08:08Everybody's just – it's like it never happened.
08:10And you're on to next season.
08:12Well, Patriots leave Toronto with at least a win and save the sweep.
08:18And I don't know if they were wagering on any wildfires while they were up there or not.
08:22But on their way to – on their way to Pittsburgh and then back at Fenway next week.
08:29And, of course, a giant part of the annual WEI Ness and Jimmy Fund Radio Telethon, which is happening on
08:35Monday and on Tuesday.
08:37I think Razor will be with us on Monday.
08:39Everybody – that's the – one of the great things about the Radio Telethon is everybody wants to get out
08:46there and be involved and help when it comes to the cause.
08:50It's an amazing couple days.
08:51It really is.
08:52You see the same people with the Dana-Farber.
08:54You see the volunteers.
08:55It's just –
08:56And it's athletes that have – like they don't play here anymore that want to come back and continue to
09:01give to something like that.
09:02Like as much as these players make an impact on the Jimmy Fund patients, the Jimmy Fund patients make an
09:07equal impact on the players.
09:09For years and years after their time here.
09:11Well, and it's also great to get the chance over those two days to catch up with people who have
09:18shared what they are struggling with cancer-wise on the show and are doing great.
09:24Like that is –
09:24They are the cancer slayer.
09:25That is the –
09:27That is one of the best parts about it.
09:28It's the two best days of the year at the radio station.
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