 That is for Saturday's preseason game is all of a sudden hitting that uncertain moniker. Patriots head coach Gerard Mayo hinting that he's going to finalize a week one starting quarterback by Monday. He wants one more look-see in Sunday's exhibition contest of his two top signal callers and what they can do in that game. Jacoby Brissett and Drake May.  Steelers QB Russell Wilson says he is going to play in the team's last preseason game, which is, of course, this weekend. Wilson played five series in the last exhibition game. Didn't do too well, to put it plainly, as he got moved around and thrown around the field, and that offense didn't come up with any points.  Speaking of coming up with runs, Jesse Winker did it as he hit the game-clinching home run on the bottom of the ninth as the Mets devised a plan to beat the Orioles 4-3. The Red Sox take care of the Astros 4-1. And lastly, Aaron and Rob, Joey Votto has announced his retirement. The big slugger spent...  Ten plus years. I think it was 17 years with the Cincinnati Reds. Says he's done. And Aaron and Rob, as I get it back to you, potentially.  chance at making the Hall of Fame, or at least he's in the conversation. Do I have a vote? I have a vote. You do! I don't think so. You don't think so? I know there's a lot for him. His on-base percentage and all that. I just... If I have to debate or argue your stats, probably you're not a Hall of Famer. Alright, B-Fin, thank you. Appreciate it. It is The Odd Couple, coming to you live from the TireRack.com studios. Rob Parker, Aaron Torres, and for...  Chris Broussard, and Aaron Torres, go ahead. You're going to get people in trouble. The Connecticut Sun, you're from Connecticut, and they played in Boston, the first WNBA game in Boston, right? Had a sellout crowd, 19,000 plus. Was it $100 a night? I was trying to figure out. Was it what? $100 a night at the game. For every fan, you get $100 if you come. I'm just kidding.  Come on, Rob. It's a growing league. Have some respect. So this is what happened. So, yes, the Connecticut Sun played in Boston.  on Tuesday, okay? And so, basically, obviously, the Connecticut Sun are based out of Connecticut. This was the first time that they have played in Boston's TD Garden. That's obviously where the Celtics play. The game was announced in December. As you said, drew a crowd of 19,125 people. But here's the problem. Wasn't on TV. Maybe that's not the problem. But according to one player, Dajane Carrington, she was not happy with the promotion of this game.  I think that there could have been a lot more publicity or promo from the top. Connecticut had announced that we were having this game probably almost a year ago, maybe. I don't know. Sometime right after last season. So it was ample time to do what needed to be done. But it didn't matter anyway because they showed up and it was sold out. We got the dub. So I guess my tweet worked.  And the game should have been on a national television broadcast. You shouldn't have to pay for any type of subscription to see a game that's this historic, in my opinion. What do you think, Rob? First, I want to say this. I'm so old, okay, that I used to cover when I covered the New Jersey Nets. I don't know if you even know this, Aaron.  The Celtics used to play four games a year in Hartford. Of course! Yes, at the old Hartford Civic Center, which was in the mall in downtown Hartford. But people would never believe that, that the Celtics would give up four home games at the Boston Garden to play in Hartford, Connecticut. That's how long ago I was covering the NBA. This is in the 80s. You'd have to ask my mom about this, but I was a big...  I kind of came as a fan, I hate to age you here, but early 90s, and I forget if it was Shaq in his rookie year or Alonzo Mourning and Larry Johnson, those Charlotte Hornets teams. One of the two, if not both, came to Hartford to play the Celtics, and I vividly remember going to one game. I really liked the Hornets, but I seem to remember the Shaq and the Magic. So yes, I'm very familiar. And by the way, fun fact,  the Hartford Civic Center, now called the Excel Center, going through a major renovation right now. It's still home of the UConn Huskies. So the place is still open. It probably should have been knocked down 25 years ago, but that's neither here nor there. Yeah, I don't know what her belly aching is about. They sold out the game. It wasn't like they had the game in Boston. Nobody knew it was going to be played, and 4,000 people showed up. Then I could see the criticism of, it sold out. What, what?  And why would it be a national game? I mean, just because it was in Boston? It was historic because it was in Boston? Is that what she's saying? What was the historic part of it?  Well, no, I guess because it was the first game ever in Boston. Okay, cool. Like you said, different teams play in different places. The Lakers play in Vegas a couple times a year. It doesn't mean that it has to be a nationally televised game. This also, by the way, is the young lady who...  had a couple hard fouls on Kaitlyn Clark when she came to town, when she played the Connecticut Sun a few weeks ago. She's had some very interesting tweets about the state of Kaitlyn Clark. She was one that she gave a pretty hard foul to Kaitlyn Clark. So this is...  a young lady that it feels to me, uh, certainly listen, she certainly, she was the one also that mocked Caitlin Clark with the whole, you know, the fake head, the head knock, you know, the head pullback or whatever. And, you know, I, I think, you know, two things can be true, right? Is, is we can appreciate the growth of the sport and,  Does feel like an awful lot of bellyaching, though. And this goes back to the beginning of the season, all the Kate and Clark stuff, but this young lady, it feels like every single time something comes up, she's complaining a lot. And I hate to say it, Rob, it's all the stuff that a lot of people have talked about, is that there's more exposure than there's ever been already. There's only so many national TV games. And it's like I'm just tired of everybody in the WNBA thinking they are owed everything, when in reality, if I'm going to be honest, and maybe you disagree,  And I don't think anybody really cared about WNBA until Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese showed up. I'm with you. It still doesn't move me. I've seen the highlights, but I haven't watched a full WNBA game. I'm just not into it. And it's no disrespect to people who want to watch women's basketball. It just doesn't do anything for me. I hate to break it to you. During the summer, guess what I watch? I watch baseball every night.  Well, you're a Hall of Fame voter. No, that's what I watch. It just has nothing to do with the WNBA. This might actually make me sound even worse than you saying you don't watch at all. The only game I tuned into was the follow-up game. If you remember, early in the year, Caitlin Clark and Indiana played Angel Reese and the Sky, Chicago.  And Angel Reese had a really hard following, Caitlin Clark. And then it was the, you know, Angel Reese had the big thing about the media. The media is out to get us. And, you know, certain players get all the calls. And so there was like a week of discourse. And then they played a week later. And I tuned in to see if anything crazy happened. And then, of course, nothing happened. And it was just another, you know, women's basketball game.  That's usually how it goes, right? Yeah, no, there was a lot of hype there. There was a lot of sizzle, not a lot of steak on that particular evening. Yeah, I mean, the WNBA, I don't understand, and this is the last point I'm going to make.  The game was a sellout, wasn't it? I just don't like, oh, they didn't promote it. They knew about it for a year. Obviously, people knew about it for a year because they bought tickets. The Sun, they play in the casino. They do. Right? What do they get, 8,000 people? It's not a big arena, is it? No, it's not. And that's what I'm having trouble figuring out is, like you said, first of all, 19,000 people.  That's a big crowd. It's a great crowd, but what was it about the game that warranted more coverage? By the way, let me ask you a question.  Isn't it sort of insulting to say, well, because it was a sellout, it deserved more coverage? So you're basically acknowledging that one of these crowds is essentially, I don't want to say never existed because it's the third biggest crowd of the WNBA season. But if it warranted more coverage, it kind of makes you feel like, well, if it's already sold out, then we're going to make a big deal out of something that maybe we should just be expecting rather than celebrating. You know what I mean? 100%. I don't get the criticism here. All right.  There's an epidemic running through Major League Baseball. That's right. And we'll tell you about it next. It is the Odd Couple. Rob Parker, Aaron Torres, in for Chris Bouchard right here on Fox Sports Radio. Stick and stay in the U.S. of A.  Sometimes you miss something. Or sometimes you may want to hear it again. As soon as this show is over, you can podcast it. Yeah, baby! Just search The Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Chris Brewstock wherever you get your podcasts. Again, just search The Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Chris Brewstock wherever you get your podcasts. Rate, review, and most importantly, follow.  Hey, it's the Odd Couple. 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Oakland getting a run and a half against the Tampa Bay Rays. And the Dodgers, who beat the Mariners last night, I got them one and a half runs down against Seattle in Los Angeles. And remember...  I'm not telling you who to bet on, Aaron. I'm telling you who I bet on. All right, let's stick to baseball. Tarek Skubal, right, who is the star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers have already basically said he's having a great year.  14-4, 2.49 ERA. Rob G., they're already saying what? That they're going to shut him down, right? Well, they're not going to shut him down, but what they are going to do is he's scheduled to make, with the calendar breaking this way, 6-7 ERA.  starts the rest of the way they've already said that's not going to happen he's going to get longer rest now because they're worried about his innings count he's already at a career high and the dreaded 200 innings is within play if he makes every start and they don't want that to happen which is a big deal rob and aaron because he is right now the al triple crown for pitchers  Like, this is historic. This is not, I mean, I know the batting one is unusual too, but he is that guy. And unfortunately, we might be deprived of a chance at history because, you know, they don't want him to get hurt. I just, Aaron, here's my issue.  He's a healthy young guy. As long as he's not feeling any issues, why would you not just let the guy pitch? Saving him for what? He's having a historic season. Rob G. talked about it. Triple crown of pitching? He's had 25 starts so far. He's got about six left.  If he gets knocked around or he doesn't feel well or his arms twinge, take him out. But if he's healthy, why are we babying everybody and just automatically? We see this in the NBA. It drives you crazy. Let's rest these players and all this load management. And we still have injuries, right? Kawhi Leonard is the king of load management. He is. And he still gets hurt. So how does that justify anything?  Well, and here's the other thing with load management specifically, I know we're talking about baseball, is there's no actual proof that it helps prevent injuries. And, you know, listen, all these guys have been pitching all their lives, you know, high leverage games, whatever. I'm just against, I'm against this as well, Rob, and I just think, you know, like, you just look at it, and one, first of all, he has a chance at history, he's fully healthy, and I just go back to what I said a minute ago, is that when you try to, uh...  for lack of a better term, it's not the perfect term, but when you try to play God with these situations, it never works out. And these guys are highly trained athletes. They've been training their whole life for this exact situation, and you just never know when you're going to have an opportunity to do something like this again. I mean, you go back, and I know it was different because they were in first place, but remember the year 2012 when Steven Stroudsburg got shut down and the Nats were in first place and the favorite to win the NL?  And they shut him down, and of course from there they ended up losing early in the playoffs, and they never sniffed another World Series title when he was with the team. So if he's healthy, if he can play, just let him play. He's young. His body is used to it. And again, I think when you start playing God with stuff, that's when injuries start to happen when you're in that start-stop mindset more than anything else.  Yeah, I'm with you. I know it's a different day and age, and people don't look at things the same way, but Dwight Gooden with the Mets, you remember when he broke onto the scene, started 31 games his rookie year. Yep. Was 17-9. Do you know what I mean? I'm looking at it going...  Why not? Why stop the guy if a guy's having a historic season like that? None of it makes sense. And the other thing, too, is I know this shouldn't be a reason, but the Tigers are obviously not very good. I think we all know that. You're obviously very plugged in in Detroit.  Gives a reason for people to tune in, people to be excited about the team, people to show up to the ballpark. And again, neither of us is saying if his arm is falling off or he has pain to keep running him out there. But, you know, the fans are paying fans and they deserve to have something to be excited about in an otherwise kind of forgettable season.  100%. Anytime somebody's playing well, why would you take them out of their own rhythm, take this guy's dominating, he's having a tremendous year, let it finish out, play out. Maybe he does win the Triple Crown of pitching. It's not something that happens all the time. It would be a great honor. All right, our number two, speaking of Triple Crowns, maybe Ohtani can't win it in the National League. We'll talk about that and much more. It's the Odd Couple. We are.  At Lowe's, save big every day when you buy in bulk. Save 10% when you buy one pallet or more of select shingles. Plus save 10% when you buy 68 or more select OSB sheathing. And if you find a lower price in-store or online, we'll match it. Because Lowe's knows savings. 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