We are under the lights as the show gets you ready for another edition of Major League Baseball ought to be a good one here between the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the New York Yankees. Aaron Judge looks to keep up the pace in the AL batting title race right after this. Eric Cole, the California-born right-hander is on the mound. Dan, any thoughts? This guy's having a real solid season up to this point and I know he'd like to get one more notch in his belt to get that 200 K's on the season. He's awfully close so you'd have to think in the back of his mind he'd like to punch out a few here and get it at that 200 K club for the year. In now is Andrelton Simmons and we are set for baseball here this evening. First pitch of the at-bat. Edge of the zone that time taken and ruled a strike. And as the Yankees get started here tonight guys, it dropped another one last time out and in fact they've won just twice in their last eight tries. Yeah Matty, this team finds itself with a huge lead, double digits right now and climbing, playing really good baseball. Some people will say, oh you don't want to have that big a lead. Throw in the dirt to first and he can't come up with it cleanly. Hey I know everybody was on their toes right there from the pitcher to the defensive side. Lead off hitters are known for this. Find ways to beat the ball into the ground and beat it out and get on base. Now they have to keep him in check. Let's see if they hold the runner close. At the plate, David Fletcher, as he'll look at a fastball in there on the outer half, it's 0-1. His career line against Garrett Cole, he's just one for 13. Simmons gets his lead at first, nobody out. It's a high fly ball headed for the left field corner, if it stays fair it's gone. But it bends just fouled into the second deck. Paul sent back up the middle and a diving effort there but will come up empty, it's a base hit. Hey two runners on after back-to-back singles right there. They're in prime position over the first run on the board. In now, Anthony Rendon, what a season he's having. Entering play leading the league in two of the three triple crown categories. This guy's got a big shot at the triple crown, he's leading in two of the three categories and top five in home run so that's where he needs to pick it up. From the stretch. This is an awesome matchup, especially at this moment in time. You've got some guys that are fighting for some serious hardware and I want to see how this shakes out. None out runners at first and second. Breaking ball drops right in the chute for a strike. Cole, or the Cole train as he's frequently called. This is year one of a new nine year deal that he signed recently so it looks like he's here to stay for a long time. Working for the punch out and the offering. Lays off that time and it's one and two. The pitch and the knuckle curve freezes him as he becomes out number one. He's not going to feel good about that at that nor should he. You have to want to swing the bat but he just stood there and looked at four straight pitches. Hopefully we'll see him get a little bit more aggressive next time. Here's the center fielder Mike Trout as he'll take a change up here for strike one. The sliders in the dirt as he lays off it for a ball.  Yeah, Maddie. Hey, you know what? This Ed Drummond, he's a good umpire, fair umpire, good ball and strike umpire. Pretty much straight down the road. That's all you look for, Dan. Just be consistent. I don't care if you're given two to three inches off the outside corner but you can't do it on the inside corner. If you're going to stick to one thing and stay consistent with it, no player will have a gripe with you. Runners are at first and second with one away. Sharp ground ball the third. Oh and he can't pick it up cleanly. Little Mayhew for one. On to first but not in time as he's in there ahead of the throw. And kids, this is how you always go hard in the second base. Could have been an easy double play ball but the slide really impacts the throw to first and they wind up only getting one out on the play. Good, aggressive, legal slide that time. And now the designated hitter for the Angels, Tommy Lestella. And there's a look at his home and road splits so far this year. Trying to hang a zero, here's the pitch. Ball one. Runners on first and third two away. Swing and a drive to right into the second deck and gone. So it's a three run shot to straight away right field. Number 21 for him on the season and the Angels have taken a three to nothing lead. I know Heidtzeit's 20-20 but you can't throw that pitch to that guy. Don't forget, he homebred yesterday. So you know he's locked in and ready to roll up there. We'll see if he learns from that mistake. Justin Upton the next to hit. And as you take a look at the splits here he's actually better against right handed pitching this season. Infield in the over shift here, now the pitch. Oh, there it goes. In the air to left center and you can forget about this one. Back to back home runs. Justin Upton with the solo home run. Number 23 for him thus far as the Angels have now opened up a four to nothing lead. Boy, not the way you'd like to start a game, right? First in you come in, you give up two home runs. We'll see if he can regroup right here. It's not easy to sometimes come back from that. Next batter to the plate, Brian Goodwin. As the first pitch to him is in there for recalled strike one. He definitely doesn't look himself to start this one and this lineup needs to be on the attack early and aggressive and find a way to stay in this game. One strike now from Cole. Good fastball as he gets the swing and a miss. Hey, I love that pitch right there. Better execution after just giving up an extra base hit. Into the wind up. Here comes the 0-2 pitch and right into the shift. But this a wind up foul, still 0-2. Four runs here in this half inning. Shooting for that low inside corner but he missed with it 1-2. A fastball but that's easy to lay off and it's back to even a 2-2. Having a hard time putting this hitter away here and when I was looking at the tape on him from his last start this is what I saw a lot of. He's not closing the door on guys and when that's the case they eventually get a pitch that they can do something with. Ready now with the payoff pitch. And he strikes him out here so he's able to stop the bleeding a bit as the side is retired. Four runs in the inning and they come on the strength of the two big flies. On now to the bottom of ending number one. The Angels are out in front. Four to nothing. Matt Andries gets the ball in game three of the series. Dan, please act. What do you got? Hey, we're gonna get a chance to look at a guy that is a little bit up and down throughout points of his career. A career ERA just over four. When he's good he can be really good and when he's bad well let's just say he can be pretty bad at times but it'll be interesting to see which one we see. He's a little bit of Jekyll and Hyde. Hopefully he's gonna be a little bit more Jekyll than Hyde in this one here today. First delivery to him on the way. Rounded weakly down the line toward third. About a foul ball here. Oh and one. And that misses one and one. So fellas this Angels team entering play here tonight. They come in looking to make it two in a row as they were winners last time out. Yeah Matty we had a saying in Texas hit or get left behind and that's exactly what this team did in their last game. Scored a bunch of runs but good approach at the plate working the ball to all gaps line the line. This team swung the bats well. I'm gonna be looking for that again in this one. And that one misses badly. It's ball two. Swing and a miss on the fastball and that's the first out. Boy that's the best pitch in baseball right there with two strikes. That elevated fastball. Every hitter thinks that hey they can do something with that. But most of the time you get the result that you saw right there. A big swing and a miss and another strikeout.  This he'll take a look at a pitch too low. It's ball one three twenty nine is the average for him coming in thirty one homers and seventy four RBI's. Here's a fastball that's nowhere near the zone. It's two and oh now going to be a long day if he executes like this punching tickets right out of the gate outside three and oh now. I'd be shocked if this wasn't a four pitch walk right here. He doesn't want to mess around and leave something over the heart of the plate and get beat in this situation. Free one was motion. Here comes the three and one belted high in the air out to left looking up is Upton. A solo home run there for Aaron judge thirty two now for the season as they get on the floor it's four to one now. Hey that's the price you pay right there when you try and sneak a fastball past this guy power hitter and every power hitter in the league knows you got to start with the numero uno number one man got to get on the heater and adjust to everything else. And he did just that. And that'll bring up Miguel and do harm. The first pitch to change up can't find the zone. It's all one. He enters play with 14 home runs to his credit this year. Want to know delivery. Like to see him be looking to the opposite field with this next swing pitchers trying to work your way to all count the pitch a swing and a miss. That's the first strike swing and a miss as that look like self defense there it's two and two takes this the other way to right that gets down and he's got himself a base hit boy so frustrating as a pitcher you make a quality pitch on the inside half of plate right there try to bust the ball off the other way. Yeah you tip your hat to the pitcher right there he executed his pitch but nice job by the offensive player fighting it doesn't matter what it looks like a knock's a knock next will be the cleanup hitter Gary Sanchez and he really thrives in the batter's box here at home something to keep an eye on in this one first delivery to him on the way runner back safely 0 1 pitch on its way swing and a miss and he's quickly in the hole 0 1 2 I know that fast ball registered at about ninety two ninety three but I guarantee you it looked about four to five miles an hour faster than that for this offensive player after coming off a curveball the old push to throttle and pull it is being used another 0 1 2 coming and going to miss on the change up and they're too gone that swing tells me he was really trying to get a pitch out front and rip it down the line but that wasn't a great pitch to do it on. It's really not the best to strike approach either now to the plate. Mike Tuckman as he will take a fastball in there at the knees for strike one. He did not play last night but clearly back in the starting nine for this one. There's a fastball at the knees. Good spot. Good pitch and it's 0 1 2. Well you could see he's coming right at this guy just pounding the ball in the strike zone. He certainly has the advantage now. This guy hasn't even swung the bat yet and a good curveball there but he wouldn't bite. It's one and two. Well the pitch swung on and missed and that's the final out of the inning. The Yankees answer right back on the solo home run second inning coming up. It's the Angels four and the Yankees one second inning set to go and the pitcher Max Stasi will be the next to bat. One of the keys to securing a win. They want to keep the pressure on and try to build that lead as much as they can moving into the later innings. Here comes the first pitch. The fastball here is you'll take a look at pole one one and all. And he falls behind now to an O. This offense is absolutely feasting on these count leverage situations. If he's going to have any chance of feeling good about his effort tonight this pitcher has got to get back in the strike zone and that's in there two and one and it misses three and one now. It's been a great job so far by the eight hole hitter. If he finds a way to get on base this could spell for a huge in popped up for Shella over to his left looks it into his glove and there's one gone. That is not the first base number three stepping in Taylor Ward and you see that average below the dreaded Mendoza line first offering on its way can't find the zone there as he lays off the breaking ball this year against right handed pitching Ward is below the Mendoza line the batting average under 200 unfortunately. Yeah Matty he's well aware of it runners in scoring position that's where you need to be on your game. He's just expanded the zone entirely too much in these situations. One ball and two strikes to count the one two is swung on and miss strike three. He's looking a lot sharper and has settled in here in the second inning. It'd be hard not to because that first thing was pretty much a mess. But I give him credit for letting it go and making some really good adjustments. So now to the plate will be Enverleton Simmons as the first pitch to him runs a bit inside for ball one bases are empty here with two men out lifted down the line in left long run for the left fielder and no one will track it down Angel shortstop behind in the counter to ball and two strikes I got to really commend this pitcher right here was able to regroup in between inning something happened in a dugout because he's on point coming out for the second and that misses two and two two out nobody on a good fastball swung on and missed per strike three and the inning is over. Angels are gone in order as they hold on to a four to one lead digging in now for the Yankees. Geo or Shella enters play sixth in the American League in the batting race. Ready with the first pitch here it comes. Didn't quite catch the zone there. Ball one. I couldn't catch up with the gas that time. I love the confidence in that pitch right there going right after one of the better hitters on this team not afraid to execute and they'll come back with one of the dirt as the count moves to two and one now fly ball out toward left center field on the move is trout. He gets to it and makes the catch for the first down. Now batting Tyler Wayne first pitch of the at bat on its way breaking ball that time that misses out of the zone. One out nobody on pulls this one into the air out into right field on the run is good when he tracks it down and makes the play to record the second out stepping up to the plate. And as you can see he's had some troubles here in his own ballpark. That's something he'll look to improve upon in this one the liver. Here's the first pitch line hard to center field trout is there and he'll make the catch to retire the side. So the Yanks go one two three they trail it four to one winning set to get underway and that'll bring in the second baseman. David Fletcher first pitch coming. Here it is on count. Here's the pitch ball lined to the left side but foul man the batter's eyes lit up right there a hanger just a little bit out in front couldn't keep it there fouled away the next oh two misses that's ball one did a good job to shorten up and protect the plate and he'll have another shot at it here here he comes on a ball in two strikes high fly ball out to straight away center Gardner is there he's got it one away with that we'll give you a quick look at our current standings in the AL East and digging in next will be Anthony Rendon over one here in the early going. Here comes the first pitch good slider there but laid off and called the ball low two balls and no strikes to Anthony Rendon. You never want to fall behind as a pitcher but doing it to a guy like this is even worse. He's got to bear down and execute for the rest of this at bat starting right now down low and the plot thickens here three and no trouble waiting next. Did you see Mike Trout in the on deck circle set to deliver on 3 0 a swing and a drive to center field that one's got a chance Gardner going back on the warning track he makes the catch. And that'll bring Mike Prout to the dish over one with a run scored thus far first delivery to him on the way fastball just misses that's ball one it's fouled away four to ones are score here in inning number three well out in front of the breaking ball there for a strike.  Angels go down one two three but they lead it four to one back as the Yankees prepare for their third turn through the order. Fans of the Bronx bombers have been treated to quite a bit of production from this line up so far this year. They enter the day near the top of the league in both team batting average and runs scored. So it's safe to say they're among the cream of the crop in terms of offensive production talking with some of the coaches earlier they all alluded to not only the high level of talent on this club but also the hitters tireless work ethic. They praised the professionalism these players bring to their craft as a major reason for their success and they said the hard work brings confidence when it comes time to compete in the batter's box. All right Heidi thank you and they'll try to crowd there to start the at bat it's one and oh here's the pitch little chopper back to the mound and that's the first out so the bases are empty with one man gone and that will bring up DJ LeMayhew he's ready. Here's the first offering a ball and no strikes slow roller down the third base line and the off balance throw beats him at first and that's a tough play so bases are empty here with two gone and that'll bring up the former American League rookie of the year big Aaron Jones ready with the first pitch here it comes and this is taken outside for ball one a ball and a strike two outs nobody on but a base runner here feels like he would really change the complex into the inning big spot right here in the middle of the order guys coming up and see if he can extend the inning change up just off the black and it's two and one inside for a ball as he falls behind to him here three and one this is good patience here to work at the three and one especially after two quick outs to start the inning even if you don't end up getting a hit or drawing a walk at least you're making the guy work a little bit and giving your pitcher a chance to rest a little bases are empty here with two men and a swing and a shot hit down the corner but this one will bend foul had plenty of distance though as it landed in the upper deck swing and a miss blew the fastball right by him and the inning is over one two three go to bombers and this is still a four one ballgame start of the fourth upcoming but first Heidi Watney is standing by with a report Matt I had a chance to discuss the state of the Angels offense with their manager between innings and overall he's really happy with the out that's they're putting together they've already put four runs on the board and they've done so by running up their opponent's pitch count so he said he thinks they're going to have a lot more opportunities to score because of that as the game goes on all right Heidi thank you all set for the start of the fourth and that will bring in Tommy Lestello to bat next the last at that many D we heard this guy's a good fastball later he got a fastball didn't miss it we'll see if they pitch him a little bit differently this time and mix it some off speed pitches swing and a liner he dives did he catch that he did what a play there for the first out here's Justin Upton now it'll be interesting to see if they use that change up in this at that that last at that that was a change up he hit for a home run I'm going to see if this time they don't go to more fastballs and curveballs strike one to start the at bat now pitch on the way and he misses with it one and one four to one our score as we play any number four late swing but he's still able to get a lot of this one out to a deep right field gone he finds the short porch for a home run a solo shot here to straight away right field his second home run of the game as they stretch the lead to five one balls jumping in this one that's the fourth to leave the yard so far Matty V this is kind of a mini home run derby D-roll ball flying out of the ballpark today just great approaches by both lineups today we were around the cage during batting practice both were super confident and it's coming through fruition today and he founds this one off he was a strikeout victim in his first try the wind up and the 01 pretty good pitch right there fastball in off the plate one of the things you want to do as a pitcher try to stand those hitters up now the one and one pitch waves and misses for strike number two that's how you open up the outside part of the plate pound two balls in and they get right back outside nice pitch you can tell he wanted to hold off but he swings through the inside pitch anyway and he becomes out number two oh man he's been absolutely getting over matched at the plate the last couple of games that's his fifth strikeout in this series alone so clearly this pitching staff they figured out how to attack this guy we'll see if he can make any adjustments to the plate now Max Stasi as with two away he'll swing and miss at the first pitch it's 0-1 0 for one for him here in this one be trying to back him up a bit there with the fastball five runs five hits and no errors to this point for the angels fouled off better runs away from him there and the count levels at two and two still hanging with him another good swing to keep it going another foul ball ready with another two two drill down the line but this is going to be a foul ball as that keeps things at two and two keeps fighting them off the eighth pitch of the at bat coming up he struck him out his seventh of the ballgame and that ends the inning but the angels add one more to their lead and it comes via the solo home run bottom of the fourth coming up it's all angels here five to one next will be the designated hitter Miguel Andujar he singled his last time lots of baseball left in this one as we're still early on but you don't want to fall too far behind they're already down by a bundle and one of the things you want your leadoff guy to get on and set the table for the big boys to start driving in some runs grounded up the first base line and facing right handed pitching so far this season Andujar hits a little over the two seventy mark now the first one so far this season Andujar is slugging north of four eighty which puts him among some of the best power hitters in the game in that category and a fastball swung on and hit the second reigned in throw on the first in time one away not a lot you can do with that pitch that fastball just ate him up inside and gets the soft grounder for the now it will be the four hole hitter Gary Sanchez comes into this one in the ball game ready to deliver here's the first pitch at the fastball just misses that's ball one five one our score as we play the fourth here left it up in the zone but it's a strike one and one ball swung on and missed as they set him down for the second time here tonight one of the big advantages to pitching ahead and account if you're a pitcher because you have to cover both pitches if you're a hitter you have to cover the off speed and the fastball in a one to count you might be sitting off speed and what happens he gets the fastball and can't catch up to the express at the plate now Mike Tuckman as he'll take a look at ball one he's over one thus far and up here comes the 1 0 on the run this one in on him and he can't connect so he finds himself down one and two now really tied him up on that one yikes he kind of looked clueless on that swing right there man if I'm pitching I'm going right back to that same pitch fouled away one run two hits and no errors for the Yankees so far pulled high in the air out to right field waiting on it is good one no trouble with this one and the ending is over so the Yankees go one two three they're down five to one the Angels Taylor Ward looking to put the ball in play here he went down on strikes in his first at bat and the pitch rarely see a pitcher of this quality throw one right down the middle and man as a hitter probably a good chance you're not going to see that pitch again the 0 1 some action out in the bullpen couple of right handers starting to loosen up I'll straight back looking for the strikeout here's the 1 2 waiting next is Andrelton Simmons 3 and 2 pitch but I here as he takes ball 4 and it's a base on boss to lead off the fifth inning and this is exactly what you want to do when you're trying to put a start away make him work his tail off throw a lot of pitches and get on base any way that you can a big inning at this point of the game and he's probably gone here comes the Yankee skipper on his way to the mound and it appears that we've seen the last here in this one of Garrett Cole so he'll depart after working just four plus innings as this will not go down as a quality start that's for sure. Louis Sessa takes the ball here as he'll enter with the runner at first and nobody out Andrelton Simmons will be the first to stand in against the new pitcher as he'll do so with the runner at first and nobody out. Here's the nothing nothing pitch short hit hard fielded cleanly throw on to first and one shortstop grounds out to the other one away. The batter number twenty two second base ready for another shot. Now David Fletcher one for two with a base hit back in the first inning of play. Look now the pitch swung on and missed for the first strike breaking ball below the zone. That's ball one going to need to make a little bit of an adjustment with a slider release and at least tempt to hitter that it's going to be a strike. Now the one and one pitch high in the air out to center field after it is Gardner he gets there and makes the play for the second out of the inning. The third team number six Anthony. Hunter in scoring position with two men gone and that'll bring up Anthony Rendon. First pitch of the at bat on its way swinging a looper to left and that's going to fall for a base hit tack on another here as the runner scores from second. So he's able to come through here with two away and that's a good time to check out our RBI leaders on the league leaderboard. And as you can see there he currently leads the AL in that department. Ready once again Mike Trout trying to keep things going now with the runner at first following the RBI single. He's ready. Now the pitch hits this one hard the other way a dive and he knocks it down and they will still manage to get him at first is spectacular all around play and the inning is over a run a hit and a man left. Last half of the fifth coming up the Halos lead this one six to one. Welcome back for the bottom of the fifth. Here's Heidi Watney. Thanks Matt. I talked with the Yankees manager Aaron Boone during the break about the team's offensive performance so far and he told me he's pretty unhappy with their discipline at the plate in this one. A lot of their outs have come from weak contact and strike outs as a result of chasing pitches outside the strike zone. He said it's going to be extremely important for them going forward to be more selective with their swings and force the opposition to throw more strikes. All right. Thanks Heidi. Leading off for the Yankee the third basehead number twenty nine. Here's the pitch off the plate. Boy they've been just getting shut down right here. It's been a while since they've even had a runner on. So I think it's time to start looking for ways to make some things happen. Drop a bond get up on the plate something. Line drive snagged on a short hop and that's out number one.  I mean this ball gets on him in a heartbeat. Nice job to stay with it though and then make the out at first and that'll bring up Tyler Wayne. So far 0 for 1 with a fly out. He's ready. Here's the first offering. That's popped up and that's in there base hit. Boy this guy's been swinging a hot stick lately and there's just another example. And even when he doesn't hit one on the barrel he still manages another base hit. Yeah. Don't overthink it when you're flowing like he is right now he's hot as a pistol. Everything's falling. And the runner will get back standing stepping in now. Point as he lays off a fastball too low for ball one hit it hard been lined out in his first at bat third base line but a foul ball one and one kicks and deals runners on first with one down and it's two balls and two strikes now to two here it is. He'll try to hold back but he won't be able to as that's ruled a swing and there are two away now fooled him just enough with that pitch to get him to go around according to the umpire sometimes it can be really tough for these big strong guys because once they're committed to swinging it's hard for them to slow their swings down and that appeared to be the case there. Jaime Maria takes over here with the runner at first and two gone in the inning number fifty one. I may read him here as he stands in with the runner at first and two away as a look now the pitch hit hard to short Simmons with a slide he gathers the throw that's off to that one one hit one left. We're through five here at the ballpark. It's the angels six and the Yankees one Tommy Lestella now he'll start things out now in the top half of the six pitch coming here it is and that misses ball one. Hey there's not a lot you can do with a slider breaking down it in unless you catch it way out front. I like the idea of taking it and making the pitcher bring you something a little more hittable to an oh now to tight with that one three and oh do. Next is Justin Upton as he gets loose in the on deck circle the three oh grounded back up the middle. He's right there throw to first gets him so the leadoff man's retired here to begin the sixth the left you'll get number eight nothing up there. Justin Upton will stand in looking for home run number three as we take it back to ending number four and this was his second home run of the game as he's been dialed in so far in this one to deliver. Here's the first pitch good slider there but laid off and called the ball low bases are empty one man out two and O counts in the angels left fielder. Even though this guy's a righty hitter he's going to get pounded with that two seamer he needs to make sure he catches this thing out front now Upton with a swing and a deep drive to left. And this one is gone a home run. So a solo shot down the line and left his third home run of the ballgame as it's now a six run ballgame. Well you have a great night hockey score three goals and that's a hat trick but how about hitting three home runs in one night. That's the baseball equivalent of a hat trick and that's awfully hard to do. Now Brian Goodwin as he'll go after the first pitch to him and comes up empty it strike one no hits to this point the wind up and the 0 1 behind 0 and 2 now nothing in two count and the pitch and 0 and 2 he misses with the fastball and it's fouled away just a bit high with the fastball but didn't get the call.   I should say his third punch out of the game. It's been a rough night at the yard for him. That's three times he's gone down on strikes in this one so they've really figured out how to attack this guy at the plate. Max Stasi as the first pitch misses to him it's ball one 0 for 2 for him to this point. But at that point either it's 2 and 0 when you're down 6 on the mound you got at least throw strikes here. Now the 2 0 home 2 out nobody on good breaking ball there laid off for the second strike and the inning goes away in unceremonious fashion on a swing and a miss at a ball way outside the strike zone but the Angels add one more to their lead and it comes via the solo home run bottom of the sixth coming up. It's the Angels seven and the Yankees one leading off the inning. DJ LeMay here and they'll need him to get something going here. This one doesn't look good so far down by a boatload as we entered the middle innings.  He'll start him with a fastball down an in for a ball one and oh look like the fastball got away from him there. It's ball two. The 2 0 Aaron judge waits on deck and that one misses. So the lead off man will head down to first on ball four to start the bottom of the sixth and that's what you want from your lead off hitter show some great patience and discipline making the pitcher labor to start the game. The result is a lead off walk and a chance to make some early noise. Here's big Aaron judge ready with the first pitch. Here it comes. Got to believe the pitcher is going to trust his defense right here. Look for something down in his zone to induce a ground ball double play. Nobody outrunner on first here's one that misses high it's one and one. Hey if you're going to throw a pitch like that to this guy that's right where you want to miss any lower and he'll probably make you pay for it. One one a ball and two strikes now a line shot to third base. And the runner gets back no double play. Now that the designated hitter and now is the Yankees D.H. Miguel Andujar he got on top of one and was a ground down victim last time. Yeah Matty expect this pitcher to try and get the same result that's his last step that right here. The double play is in order anything on the ground the way this defense is. They could certainly roll to and that'll get down for a base hit and he's safe. Hey there's a base hit right there. Now they have a couple of runners on with less than two outs. But they're down by so much of this game that hopefully maybe they can get started here in this inning. Yeah 100% Dan. I've played the game a long time. I've never seen a big league hitter given at bat away. You chip away and fight until that twenty seventh out is made. One ball no strikes to count. The second runner's you're at the corners with one man out and he misses again 2 and 0 couple strikeouts early in the game but he's done a much better job than this at bat trying to get ahead and put himself in a good hitters count. The 2 0 on the way in the dirt and block behind the play and he'll make it back in safely a third and the 2 1 pitch. Well the Yankees have been searching for that big hit pretty much all game. It remains to see if they could get it but now the center would be a good time on a line. That's a base hit. The runner from third comes across to score as they try and chip away at their deficit. That makes it a seven to two game. Nice execution right there kept his balance on a nasty breaking ball his hands stayed back and he was able to fight it off for a base hit standing in now. Mike Tuckman as the first pitch to him is off the plate for a ball one or no. He's 0 for two in the ball game so far and he takes back one. Now the one in one pitch on the ground is short. This could be two. There's one on the first not in time as the umpire was right there to make the call. They couldn't turn the ending double play. They just get the force out at second and the runner scores from third and bring in Giovanni Urcella third trip to the plate for him here tonight 0 for two at this point. First pitch on its way a first with two away. Swing and a miss it's 0 and 2 the count doesn't mean much to this batter. He's all in. He's not concerned with striking out so he's going to get his a swing off a swing and a miss as he chased with two strikes and that will retire the side. So it's two runs on two hits no errors in a runner left seventh inning coming up Angels lead it seven to three Tommy Kingley is on to pitch from the bullpen now to start ending number seven number four to get Tommy Kingley settling in now Taylor Ward the first base number three from the stretch. Here's the pitch on he takes something off there and had him way out in front for strike to looking to put him away. Here's the 0 2 and some action out in the Yankee bullpen now as a right hander starts to loosen up three comes on a ball in two strikes regardless of the result right here to be down 0 2 and work it back to an even count got to feel like it's a win for the offense and he takes ball three so it's a full count now. And just when you needed to shut down ending a lead off walk was certainly not on the agenda. He needs a bear down right here pitch on grounder down the line at third and the throw to first is in time. So the lead off man is gone here to start ending number seven digging in Andrelton Simmons. He's working on a one for three thus far. First pitch coming here it is bases are empty one man out right side dive but he can't get a glove on it. It's through for a base hit check that out right there. I love me some of that staying inside the baseball and moving it the other way. Sometimes a pitcher can execute his pitch. What does it mean the batter can't grab a not fletcher. No balls and a strike to count under at first year one man out that's in there and he's deep in the hole now 0 and 2. Now here's one hit in the air to the right side in their base hit and that runner will go no further than second as there are two aboard now. You know it's funny the first two strikes are for the fans.  It's for the team. You've got to shorten up and find a way. And that's exactly what he did right there. Softliner into right field for a base hit in now is Anthony Rendon as the first pitch to him's a change up that can't find the zone. It's ball one. He's got a hit in three at bats to this point. No to Rendon. Good swing just got to try and straighten that one out offer on that one two balls in a strike has to be a challenge pitch coming up here. He probably doesn't want to flirt with loading the bases three. Somebody's getting frustrated. He's not used to getting hit around like this in a swing through on an off speed pitch looked like he was actually a little late on that one. Good thing he didn't make contact with that pitch only he could do is probably get that on the ground. It could be a double play ball and now a slider in there for a called third strike and there are two gone now. It's never a good look to strike out looking but it's way worse when you do it with a guy in scoring position. Those are the times you really want to see a guy battle and at least put the ball in play box now Mike Trout as he takes a fastball off the plate for a ball one and all. He's hitless in three at bats to this point. Here comes the one oh what a great opportunity to come through right here to account runners on base find something middle of the plate and let it rip a little dribbler here off to the right side of the mound. Go on to first he'll be in time and a good chance for the Angels goes for not as the side is retired. Angels strand a couple but they lead it by four it's seven to three. Ryan Booker gets the call from the pen to take over on the mound and start the home seventh half of the seventh here and coming forward now is the shortstop Tyler Wayne. It doesn't look very promising so far this way as we move into the later innings down by a bundle it's time to get some base runners and hopefully a long ball to get them back into this one one and oh the count now the pitch has seen his role change with those one batter lefty specialists going the way of the dodo is a part of MLB's pace of play initiatives high in the air down the right field line but this is going to wind up a foul ball. Booker has tossed over 30 innings so far this season and when you look at his whip over those innings it's not a particularly pretty number over one point five so he's often dealing with a lot of traffic on the base pads unfortunately he's set. Here's the two to hit down the line at first scooped up himself for the out ready for another chance. Look boy. He went down on strikes last time up. Yeah but it was a good change up Matty good arm action on that pitch.   Don't be shocked if this pitcher tries to rush a heater right here. Fly ball out to straight away right. Good ones in pursuit. He can't get to it. This one's down and he's in there easily at second with a one out double. They haven't had much luck so far tonight so they'll definitely take that extra base in. It only takes one so maybe they can stream together a few and get back into this thing. Here's the veteran Brett Gartner. He'll take a look at a curveball that misses wide for ball one. He's hit listen is to add bats so far. It's two and oh runner at second here with one man up high fastball is in there and this is on the inside edge perhaps off the inside edge but it's a called strike two and two now swing and a miss and they'll dodge a major bullet that time two away. Really good late fight on that slider right there. The best ones have that late action that just darts at the last minute. They're so tough to get the bat on. And when you've got that good slider going it's a great strikeout pitch and that sends DJ LaMahieu into the box. So watch one missed down and in for a ball one and oh no hits to this point one oh pitch two out here and a runner at second two balls and a strike down to the Yankees leadoff man and the two one they're out to center field. Trout has a read on it. It's the catch and that'll retire the side one left for the Yankees. They're down four. It's seven to three Ben Heller has been summoned from the bullpen as he'll do so to start the eighth number and that'll bring in Tommy Lestela to bad next field shifted well to the right. Here's the first pitch fouled off fastball in the dirt that's taken for a ball. With this one almost in books the story was clearly the long ball. What are your thoughts on this offense fellas. Well Manny V. I don't know what your thoughts are D-roll but boy with the weather starts to warm up and the ball starts jumping out like this. It's clear that the pitchers need to start making better pitches. Yeah just great approach. No one really chased today really stayed staunch on their ability to get that pitcher to come into the heart of the plate and they did damage with it is in there for a full count now three and two backer back to the mound and he'll flip on to first to record the out now that much time now for our starter comparison and that tells the story as you can see neither guy able to get past five innings just and up them will stride in again as he looks to join a very elite list. We take you back to earlier this was home run number three in the ball game as he'll try and join just a select few with four home runs in a single game first pitch coming here it is in there no balls and a strike right hander starts to loosen up in the bullpen now and one and one is this one's in on the hands into the corner and slicing foul the one to misses for the second ball one out nobody on still two and two now the pitch and it's up to a three to full count now this is on the ground over the first and Upton's aboard it's a base hit boy this guy is off to some kind of series and he's one of the better road hitters in all of baseball and some guys just have a knack for lighten it up on the road getting that good night's sleep and finding a way to get to the yard early and work on their craft thing in now Brian Goodwin as he would look at a first pitch fastball for ball one Heller a right hander standing six foot three he was taken in the 22nd round back in the draft of 2013 I know this guy wouldn't go into the category of superstar but to grind out the career he has being drafted where he was my hats off to the 1 0 liner toward right center and he'll break through with a solid knock here his first of the ball game throw won't get him they look at this guy compete right there nice base hit are you kidding me he had already had the hat track he was staring the golden sombrero straight in the face and he said no dice Chad Green takes the mound to try to get out of this mess there are two on with only one away Max Stasi as he'll try to hold back on the swing but he went around for the first strike you could really use a knock here over three in the game so far not a surprise to see that low splitter there anything with downward movement like that is going to be at the top of the list in a double play situation one one is swung on and missed in that strike to get it ready big boy this guy's throwing three digits right here the best way I can help the fans is 90 to 92 you can usually see 90 to 95 it seems 92 to 95 it starts to really quicken up on you over three digits you're seeing a white blur he struck him out the third time he's fanned in the game well his struggles continue it's been a rough goal that at the plate with him and watching this at that it's clear to me that his rhythm and timing they're just all off even as a pitcher like I was you can tell these things and exploit them to get him out of the way Taylor Ward fouled away 0 4 2 from him so far in this one it's way the 0 1 pitch pitch taken several inches below the zone in fact 1 1 takes a pass and misses that strike to boy he said or cut that fastball it comes in in the high 90s but that's a dangerous location no matter how hard you're throwing back to back strikeouts keep them out of danger the three of us return with more Wednesday night baseball after this Justin Anderson is on to pitch out of the bullpen in the bottom half of the eighth Aaron judge he launched one over the wall back in the opening frame the first offering and he'll power in a fastball that time at ninety four for strike one there's a fastball pretty close that time but rule the ball one and one lays off the slider that time two and one to two and two now I think it's about time to choke up on that bat and get that foot down he's awfully tardy right now swing and a miss on the slider and that's out number one I think it's about time to choke up on that bat and get that foot down the slider and that's out number one digging in and looking for more Miguel So far two for three in this first pitch coming here it is too much bite on the breaking ball that time as it's well off the outside right guy right spot this one of the better hitters in their lineup just the guy they want to see coming up now to get this inning going the one one sent out to straight away center field and he's headed in without any trouble and there are two away now that So here's the cleanup hitter Gary Sanchez two away here in the eighth and times running out on him Danny yeah they don't have a lot of outs left to work with so it's time for someone to make something happen if they're going to get back into this thing he's set here it comes here with two men out there's a drive high in the air and deep to left center field out retreats to the track and he'll put this one away so a sigh of relief as the side is retired Adam on a vino enters from the pen to start the ninth inning as he'll try to keep the school right where it is heading to the bottom of the night now back to the top of the lineup stepping in andrelton Simmons it's been a two for him so far in the ballgame here's the first pitch to him here's a bouncing ball headed to the Mayhew at second throw on to first for the out and that is how the ninth inning gets underway the plate David Fletcher he steps in off a base hit in his last at bat he's set and the pitch and a half hearted swing there as he tried to go the other way and it's strike one man this guy's been locked in all game long I don't know where that ugly swing just came from on its way the oh one pitch and a pitch in the dirt as he lays off it's one and one that's back to back sliders on the outside part of the plate now would be a good time to come in with that good hard stuff inside set here comes the one one to first and then there's out number two now at the plate Anthony Rendon he comes into this appearance in the midst of a one for four day first pitch of the at bat on its way to out nobody on one and one pitch on the way hands it what a play angels are gone in order they hang on to a seven to three lead nor Ramirez right handed reliever standing six three gets the ball now out of the bullpen no way standing in Mike Tuckman these hitless in three at bats to this point the left fielder on the stretch hit hard on the ground to the right oh he makes the stop in time big league play in the hole right there and that's a pretty good example of why getting hits at this level you know he was running down the line thinking for real you got to be kidding me into the plate now Giorgio Shella he was sat down on strikes in his last at bat yeah and he didn't put up much of a fight either Matty got to find away can't go down three pitches I don't care if you're staring at him or swinging him you have to find a way to make this picture work a little bit harder here's a cold strike about thigh high nothing in one that's the exact way you're going to play as a reliever as a hitter you just have to tip your cap and look for the next one takes this the other way to right and call that a nice clean base hit as first of the game there's a bullet off the wall I'll feel it does a really good job of getting that one quickly but I think they had play there at second base yeah I'm not sure what's going on there Dan I got to believe you're busting it out of the box thinking to until somebody tells you no I know it would have been a good start right there in now Tyler Wade he offers at it and hits it in the air to left and that's in there base hit all you can ask as an offense is to try and get that time run in the batter's box and they've started out nicely right here they've gotten two runners on they're down for a grand slam is still in play let's see if they continue this nice offensive approach now tie butry comes on here looking to get the final two outs and earn the first place in the second half of the season and they're fighting in look boy and these guys are making a little push here you have to like the effort despite the odds yeah you really do Matt look they've still have a significant hill to climb and hey they string a couple of hits together here and all of a sudden this thing feels doable here's the first pitch to him with runners in scoring position this season boy carries a hitting line just over the 280 plateau they have to move out there and right as he hauls this one in for the second out and he'll make it up safely the third so they're at the corners now with two men out Brett Gardner now he comes to the plate as the last chance for his side two out here in the ninth looking to wiggle out of this here it is right down the middle with a change up but not what he was looking for taken for a strike and this will be a last chance for the Yankees that's inside and low hits a ball in two strikes pitch takes off inside and gets away the job to corral this quickly has the runners hold on in a missed he struck him out and that'll do it here as the ballgame is over well it's getting more and more common in baseball now these days to use it as a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a steady play in baseball now these days to use a ton of pitchers to get through a game and it took six here to get the job done but hey they'll do whatever they can to get a W and tonight's final seven to three Los Angeles put up a fourth spot in the opening frame on the way to victory High maybe rear wins out of the bullpen his ninth victory of the year Jared Cole struggled and gets the loss after giving up six earned so that just about does it for Mark De Rosa Dan please act And our entire crew, I'm Matt Vaskers, and you've been watching MLB The Show. 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Thanks so much for joining us on Think Tech Hawaii. We're honoring the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and taking some time for a little reflection and some other thoughts on where we are, where we might be headed and how we might steer things in a healthy direction if possible. We have with us today Professor Vanilla Randall, Professor Emerita of the University of Dayton School of Law and the leading creator of the racism.org website which has an incredible collection of materials and articles and information on racism and the law and society. And I commend it highly. Tina Patterson in Germantown, Maryland, mediator, arbitrator, business consultant and background in many areas of business and law experience. And Jeff Fortnoy, one of our leading First Amendment lawyers, media lawyers, partner at Cage Shuddy. And also, if I remember right Jeff, you got a trip last year to the some of the civil rights history in the South. Yeah, I took the civil rights tour which is now a big item of tourism in Alabama. So I guess one thing has changed in 60 years. People have figured out how to make money over the civil rights movement. It's quite an intriguing and fascinating trip. And I think everyone should do it sometime in their lifetime. Go from Montgomery to Birmingham to Selma. Meet with people who actually were there. They might have been 12 years old back then and they're in their 70s now but their memories are completely lucid and it's a fascinating journey into a part of our history, some of which many of us never knew. While it was probably before Tina's time, pretty much certainly within yours and Professor Randall's in my time. Professor Randall, what are your most vivid recollections of that march and that time? What sticks with you? My recollection is just a distant sort of, I was in living in Amarillo, Texas. I was 15 years old and I was in an abusive situation. So I was not, I remember my parents talking about it. I remember people at school talking about it. I don't really remember watching anything on TV. I don't even remember if there was anything on TV. Most of my connection to the march came after I went away to college and was a young adult. So I don't know that I have, I don't have the kind of, I wasn't in that part of the South and I was too busy trying to dodge my foster mothers abuse to worry about anything but that. I just got through reading a biography of Martin Luther King, Paul 600 pages and there was extensive discussion of the march and the events leading up to the march and actually the political and other issues that divided the Black community as to whether the march was or was not a good thing. It was about the time where the more active and more aggressive Black movement was taking hold, you know, about non-violence not being the way to accomplish anything and what would the march accomplish. And there was a lot, of course, I never had a clue of the disagreements about the march in general either before or after. There was even significant disagreement as to how effective it was within the African American community as to whether it did good or not good. But, you know, as a spectacle it certainly was important and critical to those of us who really didn't have an understanding of what might be going on. And I don't know, I'll defer to others but it seemed to me that it did move things forward. If you ask me today, are we better off than we were? And I don't mean we but African American community, I don't pretend to speak for them. But it seems to me as a white male, I don't think things are much better than they were the day of the march. But I'll leave that to others to opine. So Tina, let's fast forward to 2023. Looking at it from a different perspective of one who was not a teenager back at that time or maybe even around at that time. What are your thoughts? What most sticks with you about what the march still means? You're quite generous. I actually was around, but I was under the age of five. So I have no recollection of the event itself. I'm going to take this from a two pronged approach when I think about this topic because I think Jeff touched upon a couple of aspects, which is the background and leading up to and one of the books that really brought this to the forefront for me was Donna Brazile's book Cooking with Greets. And she talks about an element that we see now and I think is important moving forward. Where were the women specifically? Where were the black women? They were not present as speakers. There was division within the community about who should speak, why they should speak. But also what was, and I'm going to say this, the dream, I have a dream versus I have a plan. And there's this confluence of war on poverty, the industrial complex and war and women's rights all taking place at the same time. So when I think about 2023, I think about for me, 2008, August 28, 2008, I was in Birmingham, Alabama doing some work on behalf of the Kellogg Foundation regarding the status of race in the US and bringing together organizations and asking them what did they see the future of race in the United States in terms of race relations and the work that had been done. And sadly, the organization said we're concerned. We're concerned because it's still dangerous for us to drive from Mississippi to Alabama. We're concerned because it's still difficult for those of us who are below the Mason-Dixon line. And folks, Mason-Dixon line is actually between Maryland and Pennsylvania. I know you guys know that, but the general public thinks it's further south. It's not. It's that, quote, north, that it's difficult. And this continues to play out. But I mentioned this day also because this is the date that a senator from the state of Illinois accepted a Democratic, the nomination from the Democratic Party to be run as a candidate. And there were people who said it'll never happen. We will never see an African American male or much less any African American serve in the highest seat in the executive branch. It happened. And so fast forward. Where are we? I still think we're still stuck on. Where's the plan? There's all these divisive and divided perspectives. I know there are some who felt like, well, the speech was intended to be a cure-all. No way. No how. Not possible. Because you've got so much strata that you're trying to address. And that dialogue, and I noted one, not a lot of media coverage. Instead, there was a certain individual who was getting more media coverage that you won't talk about today. But I'll just say four indictments anyway. That got more coverage than this movement. And the fact that it's 60 years later and doing some type of retrospective in terms of where we are. But we did see, and I saw this on social media organizations talking about this. It's not just a check-in. This is a movement and we have to carry the baton forward. I still erased the question. Where is the plan? And it's what we've seen. And I particularly think it's poignant that we've had two shootings within the days following. And they're both called hate crimes, but they're race-related. Underlying it is someone feeling that they don't have their dreams being crushed by somebody else. And their way that they're acting out is appalling. But it's also indicating that we still haven't gotten to the root of what we need to move forward. So lots of work to be done. I don't have a problem with the dream. Where I'm concerned about is what's the plan moving forward? And now that we've got these other factors coming in. I kind of agree with you on the idea of having the plan. But I think it's got to be white people that have the plan. And that's largely because they're in control of the power structure. They're in control of the government. They're in control of the wealth. They're in control of all the choices that are being made. And that being, and I'm talking about black people, and I want to center it on black people, not all people of color, which I understand and fully support, that we're all in similar oppressions.  And what I have seen, I agree with Derek Bale that there will, that racism, racial discrimination, and racial oppression will be a forever part of the United States. Because I think what I've seen is a, well, first of all, through study and experience, that there are no laws passed. There are no wealth given in which it is not controlled in and privileged given to white men. It might not be explicit, but it is done that way. And at some point, white people have to step up and say, we want to give up the privilege. We're going to stop fighting. And that means providing black privilege. That means really reparations. That means undoing all of the harm caused by slavery and segregation. And what I see is whenever there's any minute attempt to do something, there is backlash. And that what's put in place is more severe, are equally severe as what left. So we thought, well, we had a war to get rid of slavery. Really? Then why did we do 14th amendment that kept slavery? I mean, not 14th, 13th amendment that only got rid of some forms of slavery. And this is what I see continuously. Never say, yeah, we're going to get rid of all kinds of slavery. Oh, we're going to get rid of some slavery, but you can steal enslaved people if they're in prisons or have been convicted.  Sit and uneducated, we need to build hospitals and schools so that we can get them well and educated. How long did that last couple of years? How so nobody wanted to pay for it? So that lack of reparations goes all the way back and then laws passed to enslaved. I don't want to, my point, I don't want to go through a history lesson. It's just that all the way through, there's been white backlash to black progress. And if white people want black people to have equal footing in wealth and education and housing and all of this other stuff, then it's going to be on them to do something to make that happen. I have no hope that that will happen in my lifetime or my grandkids like that. Well, you know, whether it's a dream or a plan, I think the reality unfortunately is that it's not going to happen. It hasn't, and what makes anybody think it's going to happen now or 10 years from now, that people's prejudices, biases, emotions are going to change. Sure, things can be done legislatively, you know, sort of a rights act and go through one after another, open up public accommodations. But actually when something is imposed on people, it creates a reaction. And so I think it just shows that unfortunately, whether it's the color of people's skin or not wanting to associate with anybody you don't think is the same as you, and I think it's worse now. I really do. I think in the last decade, whatever improvements may have been made judicially or legislatively as far as race relations, I don't think it really is shown in the interpersonal relationships among and between people. And I think, you know, the whole idea of reparations, you know, is something that sends people scurrying for the hills. Those who oppose the whole idea that, you know, why am I responsible for something my great, great grandfather may have done. But, you know, there's always hope. I think that's what the Martin Luther King philosophy was. There's always hope. There's always a dream. But I don't think that was his philosophy. That was one thing he said. His philosophy was that white liberals are never going to step up to the plate. It's the moderate white liberals. And he was getting the whole thing depressed behind the lack of his philosophy was jobs. People have dropped jobs from the whole thing that he was going on. Economic empowerment. I don't, I think he, whatever he said about a dream, that was one sentence that he had a whole philosophy. But I mean, I don't know. I just, I, I don't think the laws, I don't look at the civil rights law. The civil rights laws have never privileged black people in a way that we needed to be privileged. Why don't I say that? Because it is still legal to discriminate based on race in this country, as long as you don't do it intentionally. Black people needed you to say, we needed people to say through the law that all forms of racial discriminations are is illegal. But no, we call about intentional because white people were scared that if we make this too broad, then it'll come back on me. And when I don't intend it, so let's focus on intent. I think if we look at civil rights, we look at voting rights, you just name every area where we have used the law. And the law has been used inadequately for the protection of the interests of black people. It primary, and this is, I can't think what Derek Bale called it. I'm too old. I can't think what Derek Bale called it. But he had a specific word for it. And basically, his argument was, we're only going to get as much as white people want to give. And they don't want to give very much.  Some groups of white people get angry and upset and backlash. And that's the history of black people in the United States. And I hear you. And again, I'm coming at it from a little different perspective just because of who I am. But the issue is, is not government. Government cannot change the way people think and believe. That's the problem. And it's way beyond me to try to figure out how do you change people's attitudes? You can force them to do things. And, you know, although the law may not go far enough, that's what it tried to do. And, you know, some people accept it and some people don't. But it doesn't change their beliefs.  Something happens between then three or four. Well, maybe three or four. Okay, I'm not, you know, I can't, I'll accept that. But something happens between that and the time they're adults that that's just changed their views.  Or, you know, I don't have the answer. But I don't think government, although I think government has to do what it can, it'll never solve the problem. So Tina, what needs to be part of the plan? What needs to be part of the plan is legislative overhaul. The fact that we have a civil rights act and a voting rights act that has to be, has to go before Congress every few years, we didn't have that problem with the 20th Amendment. We didn't have that problem with the 14th Amendment making an amendment. That is something that Congress can do now. And there will be some representatives from the House of Representatives that won't be re-elected again. There'll be some senators that won't be re-elected again. But that is part of the price of serving the public. And you have a choice at some point to do the right thing or do what you have proceeded to do what's right. That's one. Two, this concept of when does it happen? Oh, it happens in the household. It happens when the child is watching television, changing the narrative. Now, does that mean I'm saying big brother or big sister needs to go into every household? Absolutely not. But what I am saying is some part of that conversation that Professor Randall talked about is instead of coming to me and asking me to talk to your white friend, you talk to your friend. You talk to your friend when you're having that dinner and someone says, oh my gosh, what's Juneteenth? They're at it again. First and foremost, who is they? Secondly, explain what Juneteenth is. I'm not saying you have to buy into Juneteenth, but at least know what it is. I know who was on the Mayflower. Why not know who was on what Juneteenth is about? It's changing that narrative. It's literally, and I'm going to stick to a person who I think very highly of, Robin D'Angeli. And she talks about white fragility. We don't want to talk about it. It's literally saying to that friend, I appreciate the fact that you're crying, but I don't need your tears. I need you to be an ally when I'm sitting in the office and I deliver a statement and then someone else in the room either talks over me or takes credit for my work. Those are the things that need to happen.  It's no, it was a hate crime. This person, Dylan Roof or whoever else we want to talk about, did this because he believes you are less than and I can eliminate you without any repercussion. That means talking with some of our law enforcement and saying equal application of your intake process. When you stop me, it shouldn't be with, and I'm not saying this is all law enforcement, it should be with, let's find out what's going on versus automatically assuming I've done something wrong. Jeff, Jeffrey, I agree with you. We can't change people, but we can certainly talk to what's an acceptable standard. The fact that we constantly, oh my gosh, just shooting happened. Oh, what are we going to do? Folks, really? What we need to do is talk about, I'm sorry, go ahead, Professor Randall. No, I'm just, I don't want to set you off. I just, I just read an article, just read an article about the thousands of stops made in New York and only 5% white. The enforcement racial disparities and the enforcement of laws and the implication of laws, that's something we can do about. But I also think laws change values. Why in the hell do someone go up and stop at a stop light when there's on a road that's so straight they can see for 100 miles and no cops around because the law has embedded in them a value to obey the law. If we stop privileging whiteness in the law, then white people will stop privileging it. As long as we privilege white people in the law, they're going to privilege it. And I hear what you're saying, but the problem is that some significant percentage of white people don't think they have any privileges at all. They think the opposite. They think blacks have the privileges. And we're not talking about 5% of the country. We're talking about 35% of the country. Well, you know, right? If you pass the law saying that it's illegal to discriminate based on any color for any reason, I hear what you're saying, Jeffrey, I'm going to use a different chat. And this is something that's near and dear to me as a business owner. And sorry, Professor Randall, because I'm stuck in my crop. There's a program called the 8A program, and it was developed so that businesses that were owned by individuals from historically underrepresented groups would have an opportunity to level the playing field. The program is essentially being dismantled under the Biden administration because a federal judge has determined that race should not be affected. And what that means is for those businesses that want to get into lucrative spaces, it's not going to be that additional. Well, why are you here? What type of funding do you have? What additional hoots? And I can hear, and I've heard people say, well, this is privilege. Actually, it's not. It's intended to level the playing field. Affirmative action was intended to level the playing field. And we are now having arguments about, well, I don't want to discuss that affirmative action is no longer part of the admissions process. You should be here just because. And we know that schools in the past have used photos, they've used essays, they've looked for specific information to determine that a person shouldn't be there because of their race. And I hear what you're saying, but the reality is that's not what's going on. The fact that people still have to literally determine, and I'll accuse myself as an example, I did not want my picture on my website for the longest time, because I wanted someone to hire me because of the work that my company can provide. And I know that there are individuals who will visit the website and go, African American woman, not so certain. And I'm fairly certain that many of my colleagues in the same space have never had to have that discussion or have had to think about it. And I know members of the LBGT QIA community say, oh, I have similar, but it's usually because it's something you disclose. It's not based on you see me and you make an automatic determination. I'm not saying that's always the case, because I know there are some times when appearance makes people think a certain way. But the fact that you have to actually think about it, what marketing looks like, what the approach looks like tells me, and I think for a rational prudent person would tell them, there's still, there is still a bias. I'm not disagreeing with you, but I, and I've heard this argument, that's why I use the 8a example, because it literally is going to be a setback. I'll go as far to say between affirmative action, what's happening with economic development, 8a program and other programs, the Biden administration is going to have a tough time in 2024 courting black voters, especially those who have been paying attention to what's been happening the past six to eight months, because what it's what's happening says, what are you doing and what do you plan to do moving forward. And you have prosecuting, you have governors, and this is a state and federal government issue, prosecutors, black female prosecutors losing their job just because. So in our last minute, some closing remarks. Professor Randall, you want to start us off? Final thoughts? Well, both professional and personal. Professional, I would encourage people to learn all they can about the different racial groups in America and about black history and about how the law really affects people. And I, I would encourage them to go to racism.org as a way to do that. Personal, my son lives in, my youngest son lives in England, we're getting passports. Very enough. Jeff? Didn't we solve everything while Professor Randall was not with us? And you're keeping it from me. Yeah, we're just going to keep it from you. While you were gone for a minute and a half, we we solved all the ills of 300 years of racism in America. You know, look, I think it's a I do think one thing we don't have time to talk about it at length is education and the lack of education. I mean, I have learned so much in the twilight years of my life about things I live through that I thought I had some knowledge of to know that I had no knowledge. And we know what's happening in education, it's going in reverse. And so when you look back 60 years and say are things better? Maybe I think there's probably more black entrepreneurs now, there's probably a lot more black PhDs. The probably the average wealth of the upper class of African Americans is better than it was, you know, 60 years ago. I'm sorry. Not be so well, I mean, yeah, that's true. But yeah, never mind. Two things. One, we got to get real about educating people the truth, whether it hurts or not. And we've got to figure out at the family level, as Tina said, standing up when someone says something that you know is wrong and willing to engage people, not an argument, but at least in a discourse. And it's got to so far to go. But you know, we just have to hope for the best. And Tina, you want to wrap us up? Dialogue, not debate, murder. This did not be the first choice when you disagree. And we're all in search of the truth. But I would tell people, don't trust, but verify. Don't trust TikTok, YouTube, Nene and them, your favorite cousin who listens to a station that you're not really sure about. Verify it. Talk, read. And dare I say it? Go to the library. Get a book. You don't want to get a book? Go to Audible. But get solid information. The amount of disinformation and misinformation abounds. You don't want to do that. Talk to an elder and ask them what happened. And then go and ask somebody else. But talk. Have a real dialogue. The sound bites that you get in 240 characters. At the time is not accurate. And Jeff, you were going to say something, I'll talk. No, no, no, that doesn't matter. I think what you're saying is quite profound. You said go to the library and I was going to say, yeah, if you can find the book. This is true. So let me say this. Go to an independent bookseller. How about that? So thank you all. Kind of drawing together. We're hearing there's a common theme underneath. And I'm hearing learning has to happen on an individual level, on a community level, on a societal level. And it has to be learning together. Not in homogenous, self-reinforcing implicitly biased groups, but in truly heterogeneous groups through solid bowls of humanity. Maybe there's some hope if we can move in that direction. So when you have prominent elected officials in high positions saying that slavery for a lot of people was a good thing because it allows them to develop a trade. We've got a long way to go. A long way to go. But it's also a reminder. If you know better, remember in November, go vote. Expecting somebody else to carry the torch to make the change is not the answer. You carry your own torch. A collective torch brings down the house. What a great way to wrap it up. And it may be that the generation in the best position to learn and change may be the one that helps make a difference for us, including at the ballot box. Thank you all, Professor Randall, Tina, Jeff. Thank you, folks, for joining us on Think Tech Hawaii. Thank you. Be safe, be well, and learn together.


So team keep it clean today, like not even 15 minutes ago. We just got back from a nice nine day vacation where we just completely disconnected from everything. It feels good to be back, but it felt great to get away and to really, really get away. Like y'all know normally if we go on vacation, y'all see me do like a video from whether it's a cruise or hotel, whatever it may be. Y'all see me do a video from there, but no, no, no, no, not this time. This time we were like, nope, we're not going to work whatever goes on. Whatever happens with the Ravens is going to happen. We'll talk about it when we get back and we will do that throughout this week. But today, today an article just came out from Bleacher Report. And by the way, we will be on Bleacher Report tomorrow at 12 p.m. Eastern time. So y'all look out for that. Y'all come through for that live stream. But Bleacher Report, they posted an article that had some very interesting kind of big news and some kind of like I was a little hesitant about when it came to the Baltimore Ravens and it had to do with one O'Dell Beckham, Jr. Now, of course, O'Dell Beckham, Jr., they signed him to a one year deal worth up to $18 million. He got about, I think, 15 or 16 mil of that. And then the Baltimore Ravens reworked O'Dell Beckham, Jr.'s deal so they could sort of maneuver the dead cap around a little bit because he was originally signed to a one year deal with four void years on the back of it. And then they reworked it to where I forget exactly what the numbers were after they reworked it. But I know his salary next year at his current rate is $50 million. So obviously, they're not going to pay him $50 million.  But no, they wouldn't do that. But big question has been going around Baltimore Ravens and around Ravens fans. What are they going to do with O'Dell Beckham, Jr.? And it's been a very interesting topic to hear people's different takes on it. Should they keep him? Should they bring him back? Should they let him go? What should happen with O'Dell Beckham, Jr.? And I'm not mad at anybody's choice, at anybody's decision. What anybody prefers when it comes to OBJ. For the people who want to keep OBJ, I get it. Like OBJ, the vibe was there. He brings the energy and this is a high profile name that brings some extra attention to the Baltimore Ravens. And it's somebody that when he does have the ball in his hands, he caught pretty much everything thrown his way. And he only had, I think, maybe one drop. So O'Dell Beckham, Jr., when he did get the ball, he did his thing. Now, at the same time with O'Dell Beckham, Jr., for the people who do not want O'Dell Beckham to stay, I get that too. Because of the price tag and because he was always hurt. He was always hurt. O'Dell Beckham, Jr. was never healthy. And the biggest question that I continue to have for O'Dell Beckham, Jr., whether he stays with the Baltimore Ravens or not, is will he ever be healthy? Because he's been dealing with injury concerns, literally his entire career. So I can't be like, all right, well, I expect O'Dell Beckham, Jr. at 31 or 32 years old to be fully healthy. Now, I don't think that's a realistic expectation. You, of course, hope that for him and you wish that he could stay healthy and be healthy. But the expectation when you think about it realistically, it's like, I don't think that's going to happen. But you never know. So with O'Dell Beckham, Jr., again, for people expecting to stay or people expecting to go, I get both ways. But according to Jeremy Fowler, let's just read this report from Bleacher Report. It says the Baltimore Ravens may replace one high profile veteran receiver with another this offseason. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported Sunday the AFC North team likely won't resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. So with that part, that really doesn't come as a surprise. I mean, like again, the year that he had with the Baltimore Ravens, it was cool. It was good, but it obviously goes way beyond the numbers. Because if you just look at the numbers, it's like, that's it. That's what you're paid 15, 16 mil for that. Those know it was a baddie. But it goes beyond the numbers because obviously O'Dell Beckham, Jr. was a huge part in bringing Lamar Jackson back, making him sign with the Baltimore Ravens. Because Ravens, they had to sign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. They had to do everything in their power in order for Lamar Jackson to return. And it proved to be worth it. Obviously, they didn't finish the job. Obviously, they still got more work to be done. But that was a huge stepping stone in bringing L.J. back. But now, so with that part of the article, I'm like, OK, cool. They not likely to resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. All right, I'm cool with that. But then this next part, I was like, I don't know. But let's read it. It says so they likely won't resign O'Dell Beckham, Jr. And noted multiple scouts highlighted Michael Thomas as a potential fit in Baltimore. Now, Michael Thomas, he is somebody that we talked about a lot on here in years past and previous years. But recently, that has definitely been an afterthought. Because when I think about Michael Thomas, I think about somebody who could fit in well with the Baltimore Raven. Somebody who could catch a lot of those inside slants. A lot of people call him what they call him. They call him like the Slant King or Slant Daddy, something like that. But anyway, with Michael Thomas, he's somebody that with a lot of short pass, he can get a lot of yak and stuff like that. So I feel like he could fit in good there. But then at the same time, we just nothing's official yet. Nothing's official yet by by this article. What Jeremy Fowler saying is that the Baltimore Ravens are expected to let O'Dell Beckham, Jr. go. OK, cool. But to let one injury prone wide receiver go. OK, cool. But to bring in another one, it's like, OK. I just now, if it was at a very low price tag, it was nothing crazy. Then oh, yeah, come on, come through, man. But anyway, let's just read the article. It says Thomas will be a free agent when his contract with the New Orleans Saints voice and Fowler pointed out the Ravens value established veterans at the receiver position. Well, we know that that is certainly true. EDC has been slowly getting away from what they used to do, but still kind of sticking with it at the same time in his own way. Let's keep going. It said Beckham was just that during the one year stint in 2023 and helped the team win the AFC North with 35 catches for five hundred sixty five yards and three touchdowns. So again, with this, O'Dell Beckham, Jr. He can still play as either the O'Dell Beckham, Jr. of old. No, he still got some juice left, though.  How frequent will you get it? How often will he be in the game for you? Will he remain in the game for you? Will he stay in the game for you? So that's just something to think about with O'Dell Beckham, Jr. But he said the article says, like Beckham, Thomas is a big name in large part because of his previous production. The twenty sixteen second round pick was once considered one of the best wide receivers in NFL, but hasn't been as a productive of late in large part because of injuries. Yeah, that's the part right there. So he played seven games in 2020, missed the twenty twenty one season, appeared in three games in twenty twenty two and then played ten games this past season. But the Ravens and other teams were surely being intrigued by the possibility of the thirty one year old rediscovering some of the old form that allowed him to win offensive play of the year in twenty nineteen with a hundred forty nine catches for seventeen twenty five one thousand seven hundred twenty five yards and nine touchdowns. See, that's amazing, but that's the thing I know for me personally, whenever I will look at the Saints, whenever I will watch them play, I will see Chris Alave doing this thing. He's just amazing. Some of the catches that he'd be making is amazing in his speed and his body control is just out of this world. But then when I will see Michael Thomas play, I will be surprised because I'm like, oh, he's not hurt right now. But then it ended up having. Oh, no, Michael Thomas is going to miss this game with injury.  Oh, he's going to be out for this extended amount of time with injury. So it's like with Michael Thomas again, you hope. You hope that is there. This is the same thing I hope for with Odell Beckham, Jr. Last year, I hope that he will be back. I hope that he will be healthy, even though expectations were low for his health. But we can't keep banking on health forever. I mean, excuse me, we can't keep banking on hope forever when it comes to health for these players. We talked about this when the Baltimore Ravens signed Sammy Watkins back a couple of years ago. If a player shows you who they are, you got to believe him. You got to believe him. Sammy Watkins throughout his career missed a lot of time with injury. What happened when he came to the Baltimore Ravens? Yeah, it was no different. Odell Beckham, Jr. was no different. If they were to get Michael Thomas, I couldn't. I would hope that it would be different, but I couldn't realistically expect it to be different. The only way, in my personal opinion, that I would not have because Michael Thomas is nice, but how nice is he now? The only problem, the only way I wouldn't have an issue with them signing Michael Thomas is if that price tag was super low, was super low, just my opinion. It ain't my money, but yeah. Anyway, it says it was Thomas's fourth straight season with more than 1100 receiving yards to start his career. It remains his best selling point ahead of free agency. They're referring to that 2019 year where he caught 149 catches for 1,725 yards, says the Ravens wouldn't need him to carry the offense like the Saints asked him to do at times during that stretch. And he likely wouldn't face many double teams given the presence of, say, Flowers and Mark Andrews. Y'all just gonna forget about a shot, baby. And like that, and Nelson Aguilore, Isaiah, like, we got some guys now. We got some guys. Don't sleep. But anyway, it says throwing the reigning. Oh, yeah, that's true. It says throw in the reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson. That is very true. The reigning MVP. Yeah, that's his right now. That's his. And again, we know what Lamar Jackson, whenever he finishes a season, he's right there in that conversation. And actually for two out of the three seasons, well, he hasn't been heard at the end of the year. Thank goodness for two out of the three seasons where he hasn't been heard at the end of the year. He's won MVP. Or where he started the full season, obviously, because 2018, that's his rookie year. He started the full season. He finished it, but he started the full season. But 2019 finished the whole season. Boom, MVP. Twenty twenty finished the season. He was in the MVP talks, but he ain't winning. Twenty twenty one got hurt at the end of the year. Twenty twenty two got hurt at the end of the year. Twenty twenty three finished the whole season. Boom, MVP again. So with Lamar closing out the season, more likely than not to get an MVP. But anyway, so a shout out to him. But it says throwing, reigning NFL MVP, Lamar Jackson, throwing him the ball and Baltimore sounds like quite the landing spot for Thomas at this point of his career, just like it was for Beckham in twenty twenty three.


As goes Moody Air Force Base, so goes Air Force Combat Search and Rescue. One of the most sacred things that we can say in Combat Search and Rescue and as a DoD as a whole is that we'll do everything in our power to try and bring everybody back. In the last couple weeks we've gotten our ability to use Chaff and Flare so we can defeat enemy surface-to-air missiles both of the radar and the infrared type. And then we also have been given permission to use our GAL-2C-762 minigun as well as well as the GAL-21, 50-cow machine gun as well. To be given us those capabilities it allows us to push into different theaters, open up different doors and provides capability throughout the globe. CSR is important in today's Air Force, is important in tomorrow's Air Force, and was important in yesterday's Air Force. As long as you have planes and aircraft flying into combat we owe it to those pilots who have someone willing to go in and get those guys if they get shot down. That's why it's important for us to keep up with emerging technologies. That's why we always have to be looking down the road into what not next year's fight looks like but to fight ten years from now. Where this is a new gun it's still a gun.  The advantages and disadvantages of this system or any system is the training. And I think the 41st is going in the right direction.  Something that I've never seen in my Air Force career where literally a test outfit, the 88th test evaluation squadron attached to the hip of the 41st rescue squadron. We basically came here to help develop TTPs that did not exist for the HA-60 whiskey in between developmental tests and operational tests. Without that they're on their own, they're trying to figure it out on their own but if they have something to reference back to then that's going to set them up for the most optimal success. The sheer amount of people that are going out there and employing the weapons really increases the amount of data that we can get and help find soon the product. This thing is, it's an impressive weapon system but I think what's most impressive is the way the squadron is moving forward training the guys to move. I think if you trained somebody enough with a sling shot they'd be dangerous.