HR3 - Backend of Braves bullpen may be best in all of baseball
In hour three Mike Johnson and Beau Morgan quickly touch on some of the biggest headlines around the local and national sports scene, Mike talks about how he’s going to be on a zoom call with his former teammate and now Atlanta Falcons President of Football Matt Ryan, Falcons Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, and other Falcons alumni where he and the other Falcons alumni will have a chance to ask Matt and Coach Stefanski about the team. Mike and Beau also continue to recap and react to the Atlanta Braves beating the Seattle Mariners 3-2 last night in Seattle in game two of their three game series thanks to Matt Olson’s go-ahead solo home run in the top of the ninth inning. The guys also talk about Braves starting pitcher Bryce Elder having another quality start last night and pitching six strong innings, talk about how Braves Manager Walt Weiss has the luxury of having three elite relievers in Dylan Lee, Robert Suárez, and Raisel Iglesias to help him shorten games, continue to react to the news that the AFCA Board recommended expanding the College Football Playoffs with maximum participation, elimination of conference title games, and ending the College Football Playoff by mid-January. Mike and Beau also let you hear what Georgia Bulldogs Head Football Coach Kirby Smart had to say about College Football Playoff expansion when he did a one on one interview recently with College Football writer and analyst Josh Pate, react to what Coach Smart had to say, explain why they think college football is headed for a 24-team College Football Playoff and no conference championship games, react to Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Framber Valdez nearly starting a benches clearing brawl between the Tigers and the Boston Red Sox yesterday after throwing a four-seam fastball, a pitch he hadn’t thrown all year up until that point, at the the back of Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story, explain why they think Tigers Manager A. J. Hinch's comments after the game about the near brawl with the Red Sox brawl said everything there is to say about Framber Valdez, and then closed out hour three by answering people’s questions about anything in the Morning Mailbag!