Boomo Bugg Show 061726
93.9 The Score WYTK - June 17, 2026
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Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's Exclusive FM Sports Voice.
The Boomo Bugg Show. New Exclusive Inside Track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.
Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us your ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in. Where the question of the day is, are you ready for a double shot of the Braves today and tonight? Good afternoon. Welcome in and how are you?
Happy Wednesday. Well, we better, in fact, the Braves coming up here at about 12.45. Got rained out last night. Gonna be playing one this afternoon and then one tonight.
We're down to the final four in the College World Series. Georgia and Oklahoma, West Virginia and North Carolina.
Unfortunately, Troy had a bad game and lost to West Virginia. But my, oh, my, what a season they had.
Yeah, so there you have it. Getting down to the nitty-gritty. One thing is assured, BB, the SEC will play for the National Championship.
The question is who. A lot of lessons being learned in this World Series. And we've got a lot to unfold here.
But, BB, did you see the kid from Texas who had a perfect night one game comes back? And what is it with these kids now?
Is it a tick-tock? Is this a moment where they should get 15 seconds of fame by coming out and strutting their stuff like a proud rooster in an old country yard?
And then he gets 3-0, does what is going to give them some clicks on social media, and then embarrasses himself by striking out.
What's going on, BB, with some of these youngsters basically embarrassing themselves on the world stage?
Or does it matter anymore that you're embarrassed as long as you get the clicks?
Well, I'm sure that's some of it, Harold. But, again, some of these guys just get caught up in the moment.
And their teammates are egging them on from the dugout, and one thing leads to another.
So there you have it. Georgia basically coming out of the ashes.
Going to be playing for all the marbles. We're delving more into that, BB.
But, obviously, as we mentioned, a lot to get to today.
The Braves, your thoughts about the Braves last night?
One thing that got answered was, Baldwin, it was like he did not miss a beat.
Do you realize that he's been on the shelf for basically a month?
He still leads all National League catchers to be the starting backstop in the upcoming All-Star game.
And, by golly, guess what? They were leading last night.
He comes up, hits a home run, his first at bat.
So, obviously, that's a good sign.
But your thoughts about just not only having the lead, but then having a night off and now having to come back.
Alabama did it, if you remember, in the Super Regionals there with St. John's.
Your thoughts about the Braves getting ready for basically an old-fashioned doubleheader today.
Well, the thing about Baldwin is, Harold, he went out, I believe it was May 19th, came back last night.
Not only did he hit a home run, he hit the longest home run that's been hit in the major leagues this year.
Dad's center, 475 feet.
Wow.
And the other thing about Baldwin is, the catcher position for Atlanta, since he went out, they've had a grand total of three RBIs.
And I've been saying that, again, Austin Riley's got to begin to learn how to hit again.
Yeah.
You know, we're going to see what Acuna, what his situation is, his second or third time on a 10-day disabled list is what I used to call it.
But I think this is a key game for it.
The other thing about the Braves, Harold, they have not had a losing streak this year over three games.
And that's the reason they lead the major leagues right now, is they've been able to avoid a long losing streak.
Well, all you long-time baseball fans know this.
You get a team, and a lot of times, history shows that six seems to be the number of a team getting hot.
They'll win six, but the problem is, they'll end up after that losing four.
So, in terms of just numbers, they end up getting a net of only two games because what goes up does come down normally,
which tells you the Braves are having a good year.
And back to Baldwin, anyone who's played baseball knows, and I guarantee you, David Weathers knows this.
He's been on the mound in the majors, and nobody knows this better than David and anybody else that's been out there.
A catcher is more than a stick.
If you get a catcher, basically, if he hits .250, that's okay as long as he is an outstanding, not only defensive catcher,
but also knows how to call a game.
If you get somebody who, I mean, Johnny Bench is out there, right, or Molina, they know how to hit,
but they also know how to control that pitching staff.
And if they can get Baldwin back, and who would have thought, BB, when he went down,
that the Braves, I haven't seen the latest standings.
It was seven and a half over the fields at last report.
That could have flexed either way, a half game up or a down.
But bottom line is, seven, seven and a half, eight games.
Who would have thought that when he went down to the Braves to be in this position,
and now he is coming back, which adds even more ammo to the mix?
Well, I think it's the toughest job in baseball.
I know it is.
It's managing that pitching staff.
You've got to play defense.
You've still got to hit.
Harold, I think the other thing, and we'll talk about our beloved Bill Shanks with this on Friday,
with Spencer Strider now out for at least a month, and thank goodness he did not have a tear,
did not have any ligament damage.
But again, his velocity dropped four or five.
I think he was at 92 and then dropped down to 86, and they went out to the mound and took him out.
And again, we'll see where it goes.
But I really do think the Braves are going to have to look at,
and Bill Shanks has talked about this for three years.
Now, they've got some guys on the disabled list who will be coming back, I believe, in the next six weeks.
But at the trade deadline, I really wonder if the Braves are going to have to get a veteran pitcher.
Now, that's easier said than done.
But I think that's something Enthampolis is going to have to look at.
Well, here's why it's easier said than done.
Every team in the majors are after the same thing.
It's kind of like a left tackle in college football in the portal.
Everybody's at the same position, so they can drive their prices up.
You mentioned Bill Shanks.
Has Bill touched base with any of us about the latest move, talking about baseball?
Not necessarily, I guess technically it's on the field, but the issue is off the field.
Did you see the story over the last few days where Major League Baseball had the pride nights,
and a lot of teams pretty much said, okay, we'll play the game.
We'll go and do the different caps, the different configurations.
A few of the major leaguers did not.
One of the Dodgers and a few of the San Francisco Giants.
When I say San Francisco Giants, that's kind of the epicenter of the topic here.
And now baseball is coming out and saying, because they came out and wore a different cap,
besides the one that they said you're supposed to wear for pride night,
they wrote a Bible verse or verses on their cap, and now Major League Baseball is saying foul,
not with a bat, but because of your political stance, you can't do that.
Has Bill Shanks said basically, so you can go and put this on a cap, but you can't put that on a cap,
but we're going to call it freedom of speech.
Has he touched base yet?
No, he hadn't touched base with me yet.
I'm sure he would have a comment about that.
Yeah, three of the Giants wrote Bible verses on their cap.
Herald players write mottos or something on their shoes.
Now, you know, first of all, I do understand you need a standard for uniforms instead of turning into NASCAR,
which, again, some sports, I think that they're going down the road with that.
But, no, I can see both sides of this, and particularly with this coming from San Francisco,
but, no, I've seen other players, Herald, right on their shoes, you know, et cetera, et cetera,
so we'll see where that goes.
But I'm sure Bill will have a commentary about that Friday.
Well, the problem is, and I agree there's got to be guardrails.
The issue is the other side has already said we can do this, but when the other side comes back and wants to counter that,
what they write seems to be okay by the commissioner, but what the folks who write in the Bible verses, that is not okay.
And this is the same dude, Robert Manfred, who's the commissioner of baseball.
Remember, I guarantee the folks over in Atlanta remember that dude.
Oh, yeah.
Because they came back and they cried foul, and he's the one that signed off on moving the All-Star game from Atlanta to Denver a few years back, BB.
Basically, in effect, for the same issue.
Well, Harold, Manfred is one of the most unpopular commissioners in the history of baseball.
Atlanta fans and Braves fans will never forgive him for taking the All-Star again.
Atlanta got it back, and I'm glad they made the move, but at the time, he was quite unpopular.
Grow some backbone, my friend.
Basically, we mentioned yesterday a friend, Rick Rodenover in Scottsboro, saying a fellow by the name of DeBoer is coming for their big event coming up here in a few days.
I don't know if you saw what DeBoer's comments this week.
I got a feeling I know part of his sermon to the guys, basically, if you love Alabama, we need some help with the NAL.
I got the rankings here in a second who are the big spenders and where the Tide Tigers and Tennessee ranks with the rest of the guys.
But it's interesting that DeBoer now is coming out and saying, guys, if we want to win the national championships like we did back in the day, you got to reach.
Well, the NAL's been an issue.
I've seen a lot of that this week, Harold, about who's got money and who doesn't.
Now, I can assure you Alabama's not broke when it comes to NAL.
And I've noticed that.
And again, Kellen DeBoer's been on the speaking tour this week.
He was in Mobile last night, along with Alex Gullich of Auburn, and he talked about why Alabama's going to sign so few players.
Usually, it's 20 to 25.
They signed 21 last year and 25 the previous year.
This year, probably only 15.
Why is that?
Well, because, for example, on the offensive line, they've got 16 players, and they're going to put a lot of the money instead of into NAL for the transfer portal.
They're going to use that into the current roster and try to keep the players there.
But I do understand whenever they're making, Harold, like you said, they're going to be in Scottsboro on Monday.
He's going to make a pitch for NAL.
Well, the reason I bring it up, you're right, Alabama is not broke, but it's all relative, baby.
Here's the bottom line.
You may not be broke, but if someone basically shuts you down and you're the top 10, that means you've got six, seven, eight other guys that basically are riding bigger checks.
Just to kind of give you a framework, this is a list, a reported list of NIL spenders.
This is across the country.
I'll give you number 25.
This is top 25.
Number 25, Illinois.
They are $9.3 million.
The lowest spending team in the SEC.
Now, this is public.
We don't know Vandy.
This is public.
South Carolina.
I don't think a lot of folks are shocked.
I'm here, nine and a half.
Florida State, by comparison, $10 million.
Kentucky is at 11-2.
Arkansas, 11-5.
Auburn is in the top 16, baby.
We talk about DeBoer.
Auburn, it's hard to say, 11 only.
$11.58 million.
That's just a notch up on Tennessee.
Remember when everybody thought Tennessee was the biggest spenders in the country, and now they're only in the top 15.
In fact, Virginia ranks ahead of them.
Indiana, team that won it all last year, everybody thought they was writing the big checks.
They're only number 12.
I say only.
They won a championship with that kind of spendage here, which also illustrates the point.
It's not just spending.
It's knowing how to spend them and to capitalize.
Now, as far as the top 10, no shock, Oklahoma at 14-8.
DeBoer, for all the things he says, it's interesting because he sits here and bashes it.
He's in the top 10 at nine.
Clemson, 15.2.
The Florida Gators, 15.8.
The Alabama Crimson Tide BB at $15.9 million at number seven.
Yeah, Harold, I was going to guess they were close to that, and again, we've talked about this for years.
I learned a long time ago, life's not fair, and I wish it was across the board.
Everybody at least were fairly equal, as Nick Saban has been trying to say for years, but again, Alabama's smart enough, and some of the other schools, they're not going to pay $5 million for a left tackle or an edge rusher.
Again, it's evaluations.
It's what we talked about, the great job that Kurt Signetti did at Indiana.
And the evaluation, with the limited amount of NIL money you've got, you've got to use it wisely.
Well, that's a perfect marriage right there.
At number six is Michigan.
Everybody thought they might be higher.
In fact, a lot of folks thought Texas A&M might be higher.
They're at number five at a mere 17.2.
Bill Shanks, hush.
Georgia is a big spender at 18.3 mil.
They're number four on the list.
The Fighting Land Kiffin's at number three.
They're just over $20 million.
Ohio State is number two.
And I'm going to give you a long shot guess as who's number one, BB, in the entire college basketball or football world.
Could it be Texas or Texas A&M?
At a $22.2 million rate.
Basically, that's over twice, or right at twice what Alabama's spending.
So there you have it.
Yes, Alabama's spending a lot of money, but it's all relative when you start looking at this.
But I will say this.
Go to the trophy case and see how many Texas got in there and how many of those other folks have got in there, including last year's little old boys from Indiana.
Let's go to Auburn next.
And Jason Caldwell, stay with us.
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Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.
Welcome back in.
A quick reminder, if you love yourself some Braves
and you want a double shot of them right here on 93.9 The Score.
The suspended game from last night, the rain game,
going to be picking up here basically in just over a half hour.
In fact, pre-game just over about 20 or 25 minutes from now here on 93.9 The Score.
But first, chance for us to go down to the plane.
Say hello to J.C.
Jason Caldwell, basically there.
Got the Auburn Tigers covered at Auburn Undercover.
Jason, welcome in.
How are you?
I'm good, guys.
I'm a dog.
Hey, man.
Hey, we're doing all right.
Are you watching this World Cup now with a little different filter, a different lens?
I mean, when you come and they're that close to you guys there at Auburn,
it just takes on, I would imagine, a different dimension when you watch some of these games on TV.
Well, it probably does for some.
Not for me.
It's just not my sport.
I don't really watch it much.
So, I mean, it was obviously a great spectacle when they were here at Auburn.
But, yeah, for me, there's not much World Cup watching for me going on at the moment.
I hear you, J.C.
I hear you, J.C.
Let's talk about something that is coming here, and that's the conversation in college football just about 80 days away.
We heard earlier about Ken and DeBoer down in Mobile teaming up with Alex Golesh, basically both of them out on the rubber chicken tour right now.
And Ken may know bones about it.
Guys, if you want to get serious about this, you might want to reach down in the couch and get some more money.
Your thoughts about how Auburn is approaching NIL and the speech that they're giving to Auburn fans to kind of enrich the coffers, if you will.
Yeah, and it's just until something changes, it's a part of the conversation that you've got to have in every sport.
You know, people trying to explain to people, like, with baseball, and they're like, well, you know, man, you're this close this year, just go get a few pieces.
Well, that's great, but your guys on your current team aren't under contract.
So you've got to pay those guys to keep them and then try to go get pieces.
And it's the same thing in football and basketball.
It's not free agency where you think about it.
You know, we've always thought about it in professional sports terms where, okay, now your roster's set, go get a piece.
Well, it don't work that way in college sports right now.
You've got to rebuild your entire roster every year.
And because of that, it takes more and more money.
It's just reality.
And it's unfortunate.
But, no, it's part of it.
And, you know, do you have to be Texas or Texas A&M to compete?
No.
But you can't be at the bottom end of the totem pole either.
Well, I'm proud you brought that up, Jason, because we just got done talking about this is a list of the spenders across the country.
And did you ever think that if someone came to you and said, Auburn's going to be spending over $11.5 million for players, you probably said, my gosh, we're going to win a national championship.
Here's a problem with it.
Auburn on this particular list is 16th out of 25 teams, 16th.
And to put that in perspective, Alabama is at number seven.
They're spending $17 million, which is about six more million.
But what makes it more amazing about it, Jason, is the fact that Texas is spending over $22 million.
In other words, Texas, for every dollar Auburn is spending, Texas is spending two.
Now, maybe you can catch lightning in a bottle, but being realistic, what are the odds that that's going to play out a long time?
If you spend more money, chances are you've got more chances of winning a championship.
Yeah, and is that in football?
Yes, this is in football.
Yeah, I don't think that's even close to being correct.
I don't think those numbers are even close.
I think it's way more than that.
I do, too.
I'm just talking about this is a published one, okay?
This is just published.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
But even then, I think it is way more money than that spent on football, Ross.
My guess is that's closer to basketball, would be my guess, for 13 players.
Football, I would guess, for most teams in this league, if you're competitive.
And I guess part of that, too, is you have the NIL and your roster money and your budget that you're spending, but then you also have the outside NIL.
Auburn has a game in Atlanta.
You have things that you'll have in addition to money and some of the Nike stuff that you have.
But my guess is, yeah, I think in this league in football, you're probably talking closer to $25 million just to be on the break-even line to be able to compete in this league right now.
JC, one thing we do know is Auburn is doing well in recruiting the latest rankings.
I saw they're number 13 in 24-7 sports and ranked number five in the SEC.
Their latest pickup was Nate Kamba, a four-star defensive lineman.
I believe Auburn had five visits over the weekend.
Carlos May, certainly one of them, a four-star defensive lineman at Birmingham.
Junior James, you know, again, another freak from Thompson High School.
Mark Freeman just has an incubator.
George Lemons, Ted Willis.
But no question, this Auburn staff hit the ground running and is paying dividends.
Jason Caldwell, a little bit of a hiccup there.
We'll try to reconnect there with Jason in a second.
I agree with Jason.
This is just a published list, BB.
It's not to say, but regardless of the numbers, and I got a feeling if he mentioned Auburn
saying $25 million, by the same principle, that means Texas is spending $50 million.
The point being, Texas is basically doubling up a lot of the field in the SEC.
The problem with that is fans are still wanting Auburn.
Fans are still wanting Alabama to win these championships.
That's the problem, BB.
Once in June, July, when you sit here and talk about it, and people with a reasonable mic
and say, I agree with that, but once the season starts, what's the one thing that everybody's
got in common?
When they forget why, they may not have, they may have a decent roster, but I think the problem
with what Texas is doing, they're able to build depth, BB.
They can probably bring a guy in, put him on the bench, and still put, look at Arch Manning.
How much money did he make his first two years and never basically saw the field except in
mop-up duty?
Well, Jason is rejoined us again.
Jason, let me ask you about Auburn is really doing well in recruiting now number 13 after
picking up Nate Kamba, the four-star defensive lineman, head of South Carolina.
Your thoughts on the job Alice Golich and his staff is doing so far?
Yeah, and it kind of piggybacks on the back end of the conversation you guys were having
about trying to create some depth.
I don't think there's any other way to do it right now.
You have to recruit and develop guys, and I don't know that you're spending money on five-star
players in recruiting anymore.
At least not a lot of it.
I just don't know that that's quality decisions for what you're doing.
Get a bunch of good players and develop them, and then if it doesn't work out, then you go
grab a portal guy here or there to try to supplement that.
But, man, spending a lot of money on top-tier, five-star-type recruits for me just doesn't
seem wise.
Because, first of all, the d*** guy is going to stay.
Second of all, maybe at a certain position, but I don't, like, quarterback, you're probably
not going to play.
There's some other positions where you're not going to play, and are you going to stay
and develop and stick it out?
And if not, then, man, we just saw it with Deuce Knight.
I mean, Auburn, you give money to a quarterback, and, you know, you have a coaching change, and
it's gone.
That's it.
It's like, poof, there it is.
And so, I think, look, spend money on signing numbers of offensive linemen.
Go get some running back guys, guys who can play early, a defensive lineman who can play
early, and in developmental positions.
You know, I've kind of been screaming from the hilltops for that for years.
And I think, right now, more than ever, you've got to find a way to try to keep some of these
guys on campus and build something.
Because these are one of two things.
You can either be Lane Kiffin in Indiana, and it's worked out.
You can be just straight up, go portal, and hope you hit on the right guys every year.
Or you can try to be consistently there, give yourself a chance.
And to me, I think at Auburn right now, that's where I would lean.
Because the other side of that is, you better have a lot of money every year to turn it over
and to do those things.
And like Texas Tech, for example.
It didn't quite work out so well for them right now.
But there's two ways to do it, and I think Auburn's choosing a way to look at if we can
consistently give ourselves a chance.
Well, Jason, to your point there, we talked yesterday, and we asked about the money that
Sorosby's getting out there.
Basically, he's still going to get his $4 million.
So they can absorb that kind of thing.
And here's the problem.
In a way, you mentioned, you know, Deuce Knight.
What about Count Coleman?
Auburn goes out, recruits him, has built his brand, spends all this money, all this time
developing him.
And now Texas is going to take all of that.
They're going to put money with it.
But now they've got to, it's like the Yankees.
The Yankees back in the day, they went to Cleveland.
They'd let Cleveland get a hotshot name, bring them up in the minors, give them some numbers,
and then they'd go and snatch them away because they'd make a deal and poor old Cleveland
stayed in the cellar for years.
So in a way, that's where college football is.
And to your point, over on the other side of the state, DeBoer, basically, that's what
he is saying, in effect.
We're going to sit here and take that money and pour it back into the guys we've
got here, as opposed to going out and getting somebody.
They come in here, use us for a year, and if they have good numbers, they're going to
cash out and go somewhere else.
And that team's going to benefit from all the time and money we've spent to get them
to this level.
Yeah.
No, and like I said, I think you look at it and it doesn't matter the sport any longer.
I mean, but we're watching, you know, College World Series.
North Carolina has developed guys.
They do have some transfers, too.
And you look at the flip side, Georgia and Georgia.
Just about everybody they put on the field is a transfer.
Some from smaller schools.
You've got their pitchers.
The two guys that have pitched are Stanford, USC, and then Michigan last night.
So they've had three transfer pitchers that have pitched for them.
And then almost every position player, you know, started his career somewhere else.
They said, look, this is how we're going to do it.
And then they'll retool those guys and sign a bunch of transfers again after this year.
And so it's working at a high level for some teams.
It depends on how you want to do it, how you want to try to build a team.
And like I said, we've seen the Ole Miss have success with it the last few years in football.
Obviously, Indiana did.
You know, Miami were more bits and pieces, recruited guys, but then added a few transfer guys here, there.
But, no, it's a very, very difficult situation right now when you're talking about from a football perspective
and recruiting, you're doing official visits in the month of June.
You've got football camps going on.
You're trying to think about what am I going to need this year, but you don't know until the portal happens.
So you don't really know what you're going to need until after the season
and you figure out how many guys you lose.
You'll have to go find somebody else.
$5 million, Jason.
I mean, and not only that, how do you keep the locker room happy when, you know,
Brett Beaird and Harold Buggs is making $1.50 and this guy is making $5 million.
How do you keep a locker room together, and how do you coach somebody who's making more
than a lot of your assistant coaches?
Yeah, that's kind of been a question, you know, that a lot of people have had.
How is that going to work?
And, you know, you look and guys have made money recently.
Well, I mean, we just saw, you know, Miami brought in a quarterback, paid a bunch of money,
and they played for a national championship.
So it can work.
I guess the reality is it's always been that way in professional sports.
You know, the NFL team, you've always had the offensive guard who made, you know,
$225,000 for taking a quarterback who made $10 million.
And so it's always been that way, but we just hadn't seen it in college sports.
And so, you know, I guess there's a hierarchy, and it is what it is, but I still think in the end,
listen, I talked to a couple of guys at Auburn, and they said, look,
it's actually allowed us to coach guys harder.
And I thought, okay, because you're getting paid now.
Okay.
That's right.
We're not asking you to do this.
You're doing this because you're getting paid for it.
And so I think in some ways it's probably helped them, freed them up a little bit,
at least for that one year they're there.
Once they know they're there and they've got a year with them, then you can coach them hard.
We just got about two minutes left with you.
I was glad to see the Alabama sportswriters at their 54th convention honor some icons.
John Pruitt, Reuben Grant, Mike Bolton, and, of course, Phillip Marshall.
You and Phillip were close.
We talked to Ben Thomas about this on Monday.
I was really glad to see the sportswriters honor those icons.
Yeah.
You know, it's a tough year when you look at thinking about those four guys.
And what they meant to sportswriting.
But then you need to throw in our dear friend, Christina Chambers.
She wasn't a sportswriter.
She was absolutely in the sports field.
Her losses, well, they mentioned her.
But, yeah, to see so many in it, look, it was fun to listen to stories.
Listen to Ray Mellick tell stories about Reuben Grant.
And Kevin Scarbinsky talking about Mike Bolton.
And, you know, listening to those things was really great.
And so, obviously, John Pruitt's a guy that I knew really well.
And the whole time I was doing this job, he was around, you know, coming in on Saturdays
and obviously being around Auburn football a good bit.
And so, yeah, definitely well-deserved.
And it was an honor to be a part of it.
Absolutely.
Well, listen, it's an honor to talk to you when we get the opportunity.
But a lot of things going on.
Auburn baseball getting ready for next year.
Recruiting never stops.
Where can we get on line to get you at yours, Nathan King, and everybody else's?
Yeah, you can check us out, auburnundercover.com, part of the 24-7 network.
And, yeah, you're right.
It's kind of putting a bow on the year now.
But still got some things going on, obviously.
Got a couple of young golfers in the U.S. Open.
You know, Jackson Coivin there.
He's still playing as an amateur, even though he has turned pro.
He'll be an amateur this week in the U.S. Open.
And then a real talented freshman also made it into the field.
So, be watching those guys and see how they handle maybe the most difficult test in golf.
Yes.
And when you play at the Shinnecock Hills in the U.S. Open.
So, that'll be a good welcoming experience for both those guys.
Wouldn't it be nice if they handed out free lessons to all of us hackers, Jason?
Listen, man, thanks so much for your time today.
And stay as cool and stay as you can today.
And thanks for your time today.
Thanks, guys. Appreciate it.
Thank you, bud.
Jason Caldwell, Auburn undercover.
BB, as we mentioned, early start for the Braves.
It's going to be weird.
A suspended game.
As a matter of fact, the pregame is moments away.
They'll pick it up with a 3-2 lead, BB.
Yeah, second inning, and then J.R. Ritchie goes tonight in the night camp.
I think that's 6-15 on 93-9 score.
How concerned are you with the surging fields?
Now, seven games back.
Obviously, they corrected their problems.
Your thoughts about the stretch now.
It seems to be a race between the Braves and the fields.
Your thoughts about the fields now.
Well, quite frankly, with all the injuries the Braves have, the Phillies probably have a better roster.
But, listen, it helps to have a seven-game lead right now.
And here's the bottom line.
As the one and only Bill Shanks is saying, I concur.
Just win this series.
Do meatloaf win two out of every three.
And you should be there still standing after all that's said and done.
Speaking of Don, that's going to take care of business for us for now.
On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.
That's tuning in tomorrow, noon to 2, for the Boomer Buck Show.
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