A Crunchy Groove Thursday (Hour 4) 5/7/26

at seven ten pm against the Braves. But a reminder in an hour, David Vasse gonna have Dodger Talk with Alex Vesia joining him on the show. So stick around for your Dodger Fixed. Tonight it's time for the final hour fun Fact.

community of excellence. Well, I know you felt it in your veins, and I know Ronnie felt it in his guts. On this day in the year seventeen eighteen, the city of New Orleans was founded.

and Saudi Arabia. El Bambino. Kimmy Antonelli continued his stunning start to twenty twenty six with his third win in four Grand Prix as he secured a sensational victory in Miami. Kimmy delivered his finest all around performance of his sophomore season, recording his third consecutive pole position to go with the Grand Prix win. On Sunday. It was a complete performance for Kimmy, the youngest driver on the Formula One grid.

He had to overcome several challenges going into the weekend, including a schedule change on Sunday that saw the start of the Grand Prix moved up by three hours to avoid heavy rainstorms. How about that? How about that? Yeah, rainstorms forecasting in Miami later that afternoon and they moved up the race three hours. Would they do that with a football game? They wouldn't do it for a baseball game either. Caught me by surprise. Came home, I was like,

what the hell? Yeah, names damn near over. Some rain did fall Sunday morning, the wet conditions abated for most of the race and under cloudy conditions, the nineteen year old Ita Loo from Bologna delivered an impressive performance. Impressive, matt impressive because although he was on pole riding the D.

not crack easy under pressure. He survived usual carnage on lap one, which included a full three hundred and sixty degree spin by the lustful Danish Prince Max for stopping Kimmy, who had the quickest car all weekend, kept his cool and fought his way back to the front, eventually getting past reigning world champions sprite like Lando Norris and completely

outperforming his teammate, the curiously odd looking George Russell. Russell who admitted on Saturday that the Miami circuit was not his favorite on the calendar, and he lived up to that remark on Sunday. He was half a second slower than his teenage teammate all weekend. He has now failed to make the podium in two successive races, finishing fourth in Miami in a car that was evidently quick enough

to win the Grand Prix. What's up, George? He finished forty three seconds behind Antonelli and has three weeks to reassert himself as the number one driver for the Mercedes team when they reconvene in Montreal. The odd looking George now trails his teammate by twenty points at the top of the Driver's Championship, and when the red lights went out,

a dramatic start ensued. Kimmy faced a three way scrap alongside Mad Max and Little Chuck Leclair before both the Mercedes and Red Bull cars locked up into the first corner. The lead would change hands several times and that's exciting from there, and then Kimmy overtaking Leclair, while Norris and Oscar Piastrian Verstappen all took turns at the front, separate

crashes for Isaac Hadger, Pierre Ghestlee. And meanwhile the safety card deployed in the opening laps as well, ghastly at the hands of the Kiwi assassin, Liam Lawson, drop.

wheel driving. This time it was the Frenchman gas lead who was his victim, and once the safety car cleared, it would prove to be a two horse battle between Antonelli and Norris, with sprite like Lando staying on the gearbox of the youngster during the later stages of the race, but despite the constant pressure, the Italian teenager maintained his

composure to score his third victory of the campaign. Kimmy becomes the first driver ever to convert their maiden three pole positions into wins, and it's three Grand Prix victories in a row to Kimmy Antonelli.

finish lin Sorry, Chuck, seems like the appropriate reaction. He was well, you know, he spun out. He would have been a podium. He was later hit with a twenty second penalty post race for repeatedly cutting corners as he desperately tried to keep his prancing horse on the track for the final lap. Tough way to end it for Little Chuck. His teammate Kim Kardashian's boyfriend Sir Lewis Alright, Hamilton.

ten with a double points finish for the team from Oxfordshire. Now, in three weeks time, the Formula One circuit heads to North America for the sports most historic and unpredictable weekend the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, once attended by Sadie Kates and Tina. The three weeks time tight championship battles volatile weather and one of the most unforgiving tracks on the calendar. The stage is set for a dramatic weekend

at the circuit Jill's Villeneuve. The circuit rewards bravery more than perfection and who will be willing to lay it all on the line? Long straits and heavy breaking zones creating prime overtaking opportunities and to turn run while the infamous Wall of Champions waits to punish even the smallest mistake like Don Martin.

on Mercedes. Despite winning early races in twenty twenty six, Mercedes largely held back its first major yes their first development package under the Miami Weekend, while the rivals aggressively upgraded their cars and they won anyway. Team boss Total Wolf indicated that Montreal's package is critical, with reports suggesting Canada will feature their first substantial arrow overhaul.

Nikki has gone from the ranks of Formula one. That doesn't mean as countrymen, the equally embarrassing Lance Stroll won't take up the cause of exterminating the little fellas every chance he gets while driving around the circuit. Oh, it's so ridiculous. Ridiculous to you, the Lance, but not the groundhogs. Expect wheel the wheel battles, aggressive overtakes and a good possibility of chaos from lights out to checkered flag in

Montreal and possibly some of this. Yeah, we know the groundhogs will be laying it all out on the line. Will the drivers as well? And that is your F one report Other California and we'll return to do some Birthday of the Day and then off night Dodger Talk featuring David Vasse and Alex Vesia as we discussed Thank you for listening to this crunchy group. Thursday on the Petrosen Money Show on AM five seventy LA Sports.

And here, with a quarter of the season over, he joins us to discuss some big national picture topics on the Petrosen Money Show. What's cracking, Cliff? How are you great to have you on? Oh man?

on il Man and you guys have seen it. You guys have probably not dealt with as much at versy as some of these other teams. But somehow I know that the Dodger has always been able to figure it

out on the flock. And this year, I'm not saying they ain't going anywhere, because it seems like every time they have something that you know, jumps off, it's like, well, the Padres are behind them, but it feels like the Padres are ten games always as opposed to two or one and a half is for for some odd reason,

they just it's just a slow grind for them. But you are missing some key pieces that you have to keep an eye on, you know, as we jump into May and like it's a long season, but you still have to keep your eye on what's been going on of late of just the I L and you have some guys, you know on rehab assignments. That's coming back,

Snail being one, But can you get Mookie back? Can't get these guys back and feel good about, you know, moving forward and having these guys on the ross and helping you win some ball games.

World Series and back to back years. Like, I don't know, if you had to split it into percentages, is there a higher percent into your concern that maybe these guys are getting a little bit old and that's why that bottom of the lineup with the young guys is producing seemingly a little bit more now than the top Or is it just kind of the way the season plays out.

if I'm not mistaken, in the league. May they close and if you look at the Phillies just until recently they started bawling, like, I don't know what happens when the older guys tend to take a little bit, you know, more time, because you can have an excuse for the Phillies it's cold and April so on and so forth. It ain't cold in LA and they might be getting a little older. But at some point you're gonna have

to utilize the youngsters. You're gonna the supporting cast dues have to play and if you get that, if you get that contribution, then everything kind of falls into place. I of what Andy Pyez is right now, we talked

about this morning on the show. D Row went in and depth and just his his his you know, masturbation, his maturity and everything about what he's had it and what he's done this season has been phenomenal to watch after what he endured in the World Series right and riding the bench, coming in for the greatest catch prior of his career. But when you think about him and

where he's at, you don't need these dudes. And I'm not saying I'm not giving them, you know, the the you know, the crutch right now, I'm just saying until the Padres are win that that division by ten games, by winning that division by eight games ten games, I'm I'm I'm sorry. I'm not ready to relinquish anything that Dodds has done. Uh thus far?

I mean, yes, he's incredible. Yes, the ability and all everything we talk about with him is there. But don't you have to protect him at some point from something I think you do. That's just me as a former player grinding in the cage, grinding, grinding, grinding, you know, playing both sides of the ball as an outfit, or maybe not getting one ball a game, maybe getting two balls a game, not throwing, getting big lee hears out and then trying to hit ninety five ninety six. When

you look at him, he don't look tired. But I think you have to protect what we've seen in the past from him. You know, he's going through to Tommy John's like this is Yeah, I get it. People might think that, oh, it'll be great if he wants a young but is it about championships with sions? If you ask him, I think he would say championships.

really long term deal. What do you think it's gonna happen? What do you think it's gonna be like in a few years.

the durable guy that I want to be. And when you're not available, it's there. There's your answer, right like I wasn't available enough to speak on Like, well you gotta be. You know, you gotta post, you gotta post. I commend dudes that post. I love dudes that go out there and you can look at their track worker and say, well he's posted for the last three four years and one to fifty plus one fifty five plus.

I need that dude on my team. How do you get that out of all the time, you know, for me to watch that game consistently every night he pitches when I'm up. You know, I'm fifty three years old now and been out the game for a while. For me to watch that game late a night on West Coast, Oh tiny needs band lineup. I need to see him playing none against the other dudes. But he's just a

difference maker like that. For me to watch that game and watch what he's doing, and everybody's mentioned Unicorn and all these things, and it's great. I think it's phenomenal. Yes, he's going to the Hall of Fame. I think it's great. But how do you maximize for that team moving forward? If you want to throw in the contract, cool, how do you get that? How do you get the best

out of that? And that's protecting him from some sort of whatever it is, maybe not hitting as much, maybe you know, every sixth day, maybe missing the start, whatever it is. It's important to to you know, listen to and it's important for Timey to be truthful to them and say, hey man, I'm feeling a little you know, you know, fatigue, you know, a dead arm, whatever case may be. And if that's the case, then I know,

for a fact. Dave Robertson and the whole organization will protect that, but he has to be truthful and making sure that they stay on top of anything or everything that happens for him moving forward, because he's that important to not just their winning, but just the overall fan base and what they mean, you know, what he means to LA What.

gone when Snell gets back. Is what do you think the balance is for the front office to try to give these guys, these young players, as much rope as they can and much opportunity as they can to prove that they're everyday big leaguers while still kind of having this older roster and feeling the need to, you know, win every game and win a World Series. Is that a tough thing to balance? And do you think they're doing a good job of it.

you always about leaving the last impression on that organization to let them know that you can play at the big league level. It's about consistency, or it's about understanding the role that has changed for you as a player when you get to the big leagues. Right, it's not going to be the position that you came up with. May it might it might be something totally different, and you have to make that adjustment on the fly. So I think when you look at these dudes getting you know,

an opportunity. One of the one of the best things. One of the coaches says me a long time ago. He was like, it's free. Like what you mean, it's free. The opportunity is free. It's air and opportunity. Take advantage of it. Don't put pressure on yourself. Play the game you can, and Doc is watching the whole everybody's watching, and you Freeman's watch. Everybody's watching. And it's about the little things you bring to the team that's going to take that team, you know, to the top. It's never

about the big things. If you bring the big things, three homers, cool, that's cool. But if you can make a play, if you can get that precious out that you need, if you can do some of the little things, then you're always being the hunt of being on, you know, on that roster, you know, when when when time b

towards the postseason. That to me is how you establish yourself as a youngster, especially on really good teams, on teams that are just you know, fighting for you know, just to stay above water, stay above five hundred, so that the opportunity is going to last for one hundred and fifty plus games. You're going to get the ride out and get your feet up onder you. You don't

get that luxury on good teams at times. So I think Doc and those guys have done a good job of just you know, allowed these dudes to play their games, get their feet wet a little bit, and then say, hey, you know what's coming, so just prepare yourself for this. But give me what you've got right now, and I guarantee your time of come and get the great.

a cade Horton, a Justice Steele. You know, now, Matthew Boyd, you have a revamped bullpen and you're doing what you're doing the last three days to the cistin I res who are real in my opinion that that is phenomenal. I mean, listen, I expected the Cubs to probably win that in L Central, but the duel without pitching, and I've always said, if you don't have pitching, you're probably gonna come up last. They've sought me. But I think

in L Central is one division. While I'm looking at going Wow, I inspect all these teams will be five hundred above.

And speaking of Downy, one week from Friday, Matt and I will be in beautiful Downy, California at the BJS for a big time show a week from tomorrow at two of We're gonna have a heck of a time in Downy and you are required to be there as a Petros and Money showed listener.

you wanted to send a pool. You could technically, but you weren't gonna.

your bookshelf. That's what Edwin Herbert Land did. He created the polaroid picture, and man, there was so much hope and possibilities that you had with your high school relationships and college relationships before the text photo thanks to this man born in Bridgeport, Connecticut parents Ukraine immigrants. He was a fidgetter, would take apart anything and everything in the house, clock appliances, put them back together, their brand new gramophone.

And when Pop saw that, he said, all right, your talented kid. Put them into the gifted classes. And he ended up going to Harvard and he's one of these guys. They get to Harvard and he's like, h too smart for you. So he left after his freshman year, moved to the big town, worked odd jobs to make money, and then at night would sneak in to the laboratory at Columbia University use their equipment, where he invented the first inexpensive filters capable of polarizing light. He called it

polaroid film. He realized he could manufacture a film with millions of micron sized polarizing crystals coaxed into perfect alignment with each other. So when he's twenty two years old, he goes back to Harvard asks his physics professor, who had some scratch, can you finance me here? Let's start the land Wheelwright laboratory and they commercialize polarizing technology. As you would imagine back then it wasn't VC, but it was going to Wall Street and showing what you had.

So he got a bunch of money. They renamed the company Polaroid Corporation in thirty seven, and really it was sunglasses.

Why don't we have instant film cameras. So after the trip, research and development files for the patent, figured it out in about three years. How dedicated was he to the polaroid camera. He was in his lab for eighteen consecutive days, wearing the same clothes, having people bring food into him. When he thought he was right on the cusp of figuring it out, he did, And of course he demonstrated his instant camera in nineteen forty seven it was available commercially.

Fifty seven were manufactured. They sold out the first day. He was part of the Utube program, Corona and Samos Photographic Satellite program, an advisor to Dwight D. Eisenhower, more than just a scientist, a real American, an American that helped the cause and helped pervy kids before the advent of the camera phone. You led with the PERV and you finished with the perse Yeah.

now over a dozen novels and good ones. Oscar and Lucinda won the Booker Prize and became a movie with Ray Fines and Kate Blanchette, story of an American priest and an Australian heiress who loved to play cards. It was a good movie. It's a great book. He did Jack Mags, a reworking of The Great Expectations. That's you know, you don't just rework that, Matt, you know, it's like trying to do Peter Gabriel for the alive guy. You know,

that's a real undertake. He did The True History of the Kelly Gang, which also won the Booker Prize the Ned Kelly historical fiction work, and that became a big movie as well. In two thousand and nine, I read his book Parrot and Oliver in America, which was an inspiration of the life of Alexis to Tolkville, who was an aristocratic guy, a European dude who visited our country in the eighteen thirties and wrote about his reflections. Very good book two thousand and nine. Love That. Lots of

great nonfiction as well, and short stories. He did a rock musical. He wrote the screenplay Till the End of the World with whim Wenders, or, as Matt likes to say, Vin Vendors you you inventd us many honorary degrees in the Order of Australia.