Episode 14 - First time in San Juan, mi hijo

Puerto Rico may be small in size, but its sports legends are larger than life. Katie and Matt break down iconic careers, unforgettable Olympic moments, and the fearless mentality behind Puerto Rican athletes Monica Puig, Carlos Delgado, Amanda Serrano, and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

Transcript

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Hello and welcome back to the Dogs Podcast.

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It's been a while, hasn't it, Matt?

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It's been a while. If you don't remember, I'm Matt.

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And I'm KB.

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And we're the hosts of the Dogs Podcast.

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Mm-hmm.

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It's been a while. I looked back. It's been a couple weeks.

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A couple weeks, sorry, guys.

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Maybe a little bit more.

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We went on vacation.

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Yeah, we were sipping drinks.

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Sipping pina coladas on the beach.

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And margs and whatever that mango drink was that I had a bunch of painkillers. The painkiller. Yeah, we were in St. Thomas. I wanted to say something else. Because the song stuck in my head that you guys will hear soon. Yeah, it's a good time. Any highlights, Katie?

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Uh swimming with turtles, turrets sharks, rays.

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Turtles. Saw some rays. Saw Barcuda. Saw a couple, well, maybe the same Barracuda. Separate times.

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Yeah. Yeah, a lot of cool sights under that sea. We snorkeled on Epstein Island.

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Yeah.

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Apparently it's a great place to snorkel.

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Yeah, it looked great. I wasn't a part of that extravaganza. I chose to stay away from that island. Yeah, it was a good time. Good time. But missed you guys. We did. Thinking about you guys. We were kind of worried about getting recognized down there, but yeah, but luckily, no one. Yeah, luckily, no one came up to us. So that was good. Yeah. That was good. Nice. Uh-huh. Um, reminder to buy merch. Yes. Everybody. Um, yeah, I don't know.

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A lot of good stuff still ready for sale. Yeah, ready for sale.

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It's gonna be some fun summer gear coming out that Katie's totally gonna do.

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I forgot. I mean, I didn't forget about the Mother's Day gear. I just I ran out of time.

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It's okay.

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I'll come out with some good stuff.

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Yeah, that'll be good.

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Maybe like a little tank.

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Yeah, that'd be awesome. Little little tank. Yeah. Some shorts. Yeah, maybe some shorts. That'd be cool. I'd buy shorts.

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People's I had people request socks.

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Yeah, it's a good idea. Uh maybe we'll get some socks, shorts, tank. Could we do like a head no headband with a stupid?

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No, I think that would be cool.

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I'd do it.

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I know somebody that would get that.

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Who?

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Mike?

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Oh, totally. Mike would totally go. Nice.

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Uh yeah, and uh yeah. So speaking of that. Speaking of Mike. Speaking of Mike, did you know we hit we had a big milestone on with our listeners, our audience?

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Um, I I I think you had mentioned this, but I don't think it really sunk into that.

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Well, so you had apparently we had 700 something.

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750 downloads. But now we're past that. We're we're on our way to a thousand.

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Yeah, wow. Should we should do some crazy for that?

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Yeah, I think a couple more episodes. We'll get there, but that's not the milestone that we're talking about.

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No, it's not. It's not. We got another continent on the map. We have I have a little buddy in South America, Jesus, and he was our uh first South America listener, so he gets down there.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Thank you, Jesus.

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Appreciate you. Shout out, Jesus. Do you know Jesus? Yeah, he's like a what?

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Yeah, he's my new workfriend. Oh, nice.

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Well, shout out Jesus. Hello.

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Yeah, hello.

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Hope you're doing well down south. It's awesome.

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Yep. Uh yeah, and so today's topic, Matt.

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Yeah.

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You know, we try to keep things, you know, really current.

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Yeah.

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You know, as much as possible.

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Staying up to date. Yeah.

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We try to be like with the trends.

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Yeah. We're hip.

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And on my I listened to this other podcast, and they were cr they had me cracking up at this AI song that's gone viral, I guess, on the TikTok.

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On the TikTok.

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Uh, which I don't do, but they they were talking about this. Yeah. And it's frickin' hilarious.

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Rip the band-aid off. Rip the band-aid off.

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Okay. I'm just gonna play it, you guys. Here we go.

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Buggle up.

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It's so funny. All right, and then it repeats and gets crazy. First time and send one. First time and send one.

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My son.

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I wonder if this guy made the song for his son.

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Whoa, maybe. Yeah.

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But it's freaking catchy. You can't deny that. Yeah, it's stuck in my head. So, so what are we talking about today, Matt?

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We're talking about four dogs from Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico. And some of these guys are from San Juan.

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Yeah.

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Me ho.

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Yeah, we're gonna go through four dogs today. Um, hailing from Puerto Rico or Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican descent. Um, in that, yeah, that's what we're gonna do. Super crazy. We we were gonna do a different thing. We were actually totally gonna do something else for the last three weeks, and Katie did a last second 360. Listen to this, listen to this AI song. I think we should do Puerto Rico. And that's what we're doing.

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That's what we're doing. We got some good docs for you in store today.

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Yeah, but before we get into those docs, we have some honorable mentions because I think if we didn't say some of these people, everyone would freak out. Which is fair.

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Um Well, yeah, because when I call I called you and I was like, are there any like cool p like sports people from Puerto Rico? You're like, well, every baseball player in the history of history.

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That's not what I think. I I mean a lot of ball knowers will will say, hey, there's some good Puerto Rican baseball players. Yeah. And there are. And there's one that I was like early on when we came up with pot, I was like, I want to do this as a dog one day.

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Oh.

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And and now is the perfect time. But there's some other really good Puerto Rican baseball players and also boxers.

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Yeah.

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Which that makes sense, but I I guess I didn't totally know that.

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I didn't know that.

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Yeah. So, okay, well, let's stop with the fluff and let's talk about some of these honorable mentions. So dig in. Shout out number one, Roberto Clemente. I mean, one of the GOATs of baseball. Um, he's really the ultimate Puerto Rican sports icon. Like, if if you type in like Puerto Rican athletes, he's number one, 15-time all-star, 12-time gold glove award winner. Um, and he was the first Latin American player to reach 3,000 hits when he was with the pirates.

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So I'm assuming he's not playing anymore.

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No, I think he died. Yeah. I think I talk about that later. So we'll circle back on that. So R.P. Roberto, um, and shout out Roberto. But he's a like he's a Hall of Fame, he's a legend. He can't really be a dog because he's too good. Yeah. He's too good.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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Who do we got next, Kay?

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Ivan Pudge Rodriguez. Pudge.

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Yeah, they call him Pudge.

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Why do they come Pudge? I don't know. Pudgy.

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He's I mean, he's a thick boy. Yeah, he's three three C's for sure.

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Well, he's one of the greatest catchers in MLB history, a 14-time All-Star, 13-time gold glove winner, and a national baseball hall of famer. So he's right up there with Roberto, right?

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Yeah, for sure. For sure. Yeah, but Roberto, like one of the baseball goats. Pudge, yeah, him too. We also have Carlos Beltran recently inducted in the Hall of Fame just last year. Um yeah, I have a jersey card of him, baseball, uh, baseball card, no big deal. Um, shout out Carlos. And actually, you know what? One of our dogs played with Carlos alongside him. Um little tease there. Oh. Uh dynamic switch hitter, nine-time all-star, known for his postseason heroics. That's Carlos.

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Is dynamic switcher meaning you can play, you can hit on both left and right?

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Yeah. Learning. It's awesome. Who do we got next?

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Francisco Lindor or Linder.

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Lindor.

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Lindor. Linder.

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Linder. That just matter.

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Well, he was a superstar, superstar shortstop.

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Currently is. He is. He's still in the league. He is. He's still a ball player.

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Multiple time golden glove and platinum glove winner. What's a platinum glove?

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I think that means like you're the absolute best, maybe, in the league.

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What the heck?

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Yeah. I think you're the best in the league.

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Well, wait, so what's a gold glove?

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Gold glove is you're the best of your position.

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Oh my gosh.

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Wouldn't you think gold is better than platinum? Was platinum like the ultimate thing? Like if like Bagel just looked at you because of that noise. Sorry. Also, Bagel's in the room, so if you're ever noise to him, but he's being a good boy so far.

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Platinum Glove is given annually to the best overall defensive players in both the American and National League.

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Best in the league.

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Yeah.

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That's what I said. Ball knower, Matt Hall.

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You knew.

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Yeah. Alright, so Francisco Lindor, who also plays on the team of the dog that I'm going to be talking about. Uh-huh. Or one of the one of the teams played for. So we have some boxers, too. Okay. So Porta Puerto Rico has excelled in boxing over the years. They've won six medals in the ring between its Olympics debut and um and Atlanta in 1996, with Luis Ortiz collecting lightweight silver uh in LA in 1984 while do you think it's Jamie? Or do you think it's Jaime?

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Oh, maybe it's Jaime.

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Jaime Espinal won a freestyle wrestling silver at London in 2012.

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And that's not I'm gonna talk about a little boxer.

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Nice.

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And uh yeah, we'll just say I'll just say that. Yeah, it's not one of those. Let's just say that.

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Let's just say that. Who else we got? Boxers.

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Fa uh how do you say Felix?

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I'd say Felix.

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Uh but isn't it like Faeli?

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Maybe. Maybe.

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Well, he goes by Tito anyway. That's cool. Tito Trinidad. He's one of the most famous boxers in Puerto Rican history, holding multiple world championships in the Welterweight? Welterweight?

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Yeah, I mean I directly copied that.

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Lightweight, middleweight divisions. There's so that was one thing I learned. There's way too many divisions.

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Divisions going on. Yeah.

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What the f F is Welterweight?

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I don't know, but I directly copied it because I didn't know what it was, and I didn't want to be wrong.

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What is Welterweight? Google. Welterweight is a standard weight class. Betwe it sits between lightweight and middleweight. See, too many.

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Betwixt. Is that a word? Yeah, that's a word. Is it actually? Yeah, but I think it's like Is that not the right word? Shakespearean. Oh. We also have Miguel Cado, uh, the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four different weight classes. So he must have been a welter, a middle, a light, maybe even a heavy.

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Maybe. But how can you be all? You just gain weight.

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I literally think they gain and lose weight like aggressively to be in different weight classes. That's insane. It is insane. Shout out Miguel.

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And then we head over to basketball.

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We got one ball.

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Jose Juan JJ Berea.

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Barea. Do you want to scratch name? JJ Brea.

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Yeah, he's a JJ Berea.

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Who's a fanfave?

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Fanfave NBA point guard who played a crucial role in leading the Dallas Mavericks to the 2011 NBA championship. He's also a cornerstone legend of the Puerto Rican national basketball team.

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I think I think I want to do a JJ Brea episode.

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Wait, why do I know him?

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Um, I mean, just like a ball player. No, no. But like, you know. Like, I mean, I think he was around when you were starting to get into basketball, you know. Yeah, he's I mean, he's a little little point guard. Yeah, he played until 2020. So I think he probably would have. He was a champ NBA champ, right, with the Mavs. Mostly with the Mavs, also with the Minnesota Timberwolves for a minute. Played about like 14 years or so. Yeah, pretty good, pretty good, like little roll guy, seems like. Little roll guy. Um 5'10, too. So he's truly kind of short.

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5'10. 5'10.

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So that's not what we're talking about today, Katie. Kick us off with our first Puerto Rican Dog. Dog.

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Okay, so I you're I don't know anything about tennis, so you might have to help me through this a little bit. We need to bring in your team wife.

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Yeah, my fiance.

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Um, Monica Puig. That's how that is how you say I looked it up.

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Okay.

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Monica, because I was gonna say Pewig.

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Well, the only reason why I made a face is because there's Yassiel Pewig in the MLB. Well, there wasn't.

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They're saying her name Pwig.

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Okay, Pwig.

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Pwig Pwig.

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Pwig it is. Pwig it is.

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Okay, so she's the first Puerto Rican in history to win a gold medal at the Olympics representing Puerto Rico, having done so in 2016 at the women's singles tennis event.

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Wow.

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First gold medal.

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First gold medal in Puerto Rican history.

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Yeah.

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In 2016.

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2016. Huh. That's kind of crazy. And real. Yeah. So before before that, before 2016, you know, she was kind of respected on the tour, but she wasn't really considered one of the like elite superstars in tennis. So she was like kind of on the radar, but mostly not. You know, she had like those flashes of brilliance, but she was pretty inconsistent. And so that kind of kept her from being outside that like top tier.

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So she was a little streaky.

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Mm-hmm. Interesting. Um, so she entered the Olympics as an unseated player that year, ranked outside the top 30, and few analysts predicted predicted that she would meddle, let alone uh win the tournament. So she was, yeah, totally flew under the radar, came in bling, guns a blazing. Um, she was born in Puerto Rican, the capital of San Juan Miho. Capital of Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico.

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Bum bum bum bum. She actually grew up in Miami. She was introduced to tennis by her mom. After taking lessons, she progressed through age groups at national, regional, international levels, but turning pro before turning pro at the age of 16 in 2010.

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So she wait, she became a pro at 16?

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I th yeah, I think so.

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I kind of feel like that's Yeah, maybe it's common, but that sounds like a lot of people.

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In tennis, I feel like tennis people are crazy.

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Dude, I didn't know.

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So then in 2016, that means she was 22. 22. Quick math. Yeah, huh. Um, and fun little fact. So she probably like this was probably her good luck charm. She before the Olympics, she got herself a dog and named him Rio.

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Oh, that's awesome.

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So, I mean, I don't know. That might have been like Rio.

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That's a good name. Yeah, doesn't it? Have you seen the movie Rio?

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Uh, like with the little toucans.

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Yeah. I don't yeah, it's like Will I Am's in that movie.

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How low how old is that movie?

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We lived in Lake Bluff, because I remember I watched it.

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Yeah, so it's like older.

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Yeah. Good movie. Sorry.

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Okay.

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Yep.

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Um, well, anyway, so I was gonna like put all the like I don't know, because she played all these frickin' matches. And I don't know the like four, six, one, four. Like, they play what do they play? Three things in a match.

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I mean, I think it depends on the tournament or the style, like if it's doubles or singles. So I don't really know.

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Like, okay, well, from what I gathered, yeah, she like turned it the frick on at the Olympics. She slayed and ended up in the final round. She was playing the lady who was ranked number two in the world.

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Wow.

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And she was gonna a future number one. Angelique Gerber. Kerber.

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Kerber.

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Angelique Kerber, I think was her name. I'm not familiar with her. She won the Australian Open and finished run runner-up at Wimbledon earlier that year, and everybody was like, Yeah, dude, she's hands down gonna win. So frickin' Monica like came in from behind here.

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Wow.

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Um, so she played her in that gold medal match. Monica played fearless, aggressive tennis, tons of pressure, one and three sets. Wow. So I don't know. Is that is it like three? I don't know, is it first or three?

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I think well, some sometimes it's five, sometimes it's three. I don't know why.

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Yeah.

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No.

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Um, so I sorry. So I have a video. Uh I have a video to play because I don't know, it's kind of cool. You can kind of hear how this is kind of so crazy at the time. This was her winning the Olympics. This is when that was like final moments. Ready? She's getting ready to hit the ball. Okay. She's getting ready to hit it. Angelique. Angela kits it back. Angela kits it. Monica hits it back. Angela kits it, it's outside.

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She's freaking out. She can't believe it. She's on the ground.

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Beautiful moment.

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She's crying. She's crying. She's sobbing.

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It was the manner she did it in. Played such wonderful tennis. Believed in yourself.

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And the dream has come true. The dream has come true, baby.

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Monica.

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Yeah, dude. She said, I've made history and it's brought me a gold medal. I always had faith I could achieve something like this, and now I have the confidence, having known I did it. I made history. It's amazing. As the week went on, I got faster, more powerful, and was believing in myself even more. I know this isn't the end for me. My life is going to change for the better.

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Wow.

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So, you know, it's kind of cool to think like in um in something like the Olympics, like you can feel yourself getting better throughout the time, you know?

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Yeah.

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Isn't that interesting?

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Oh, for sure.

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For sure. Yeah. Um, so sh that year she was named Best Female Athlete of Rio 2016 at the Association of National Olympic Committees Awards that November.

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Wow.

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Uh she actually retired from playing professional tennis in 2022. She since has turned transitioned into a career, uh, transitioned into a career as a tennis channel analyst and broadcaster.

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Oh, cool.

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Um, and as of uh this year, she's a new mom. She's in Puerto Rico. She's she's like all into endurance sports, so like marathon running, focusing on tech driven health and performance.

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Wow, Monica.

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So uh yeah, she's she's in a new chapter of her life, but what a cool, what a cool era that 2016 Rio Olympics for Monica.

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Yeah, super cool. I did a quick live time lookup with Matt because I'm sure that also All people that know tennis were just screaming while we're while we were trying to figure out if it's three sets or five or whatever. So matches a full match is determined by sets. Most professional tournaments and all women's matches use a best of three sets format, meaning the first two or the first to win two sets wins the match. Men's singles at major Grand Slam tournaments use a best of five sets format.

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So in that one, it probably went her, Angelique, her.

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Yes, because they went to three. Yeah. Yeah. Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. Nice. Okay.

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Who's next? Who's our next dog?

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Yeah, so this is um this is probably gonna be the longest one just because this is like seven. Sorry, can you load that video too, by the way? Okay, sorry to load it. Okay, good. So first of all, I'd just like to apologize. When I do baseball, like I get really excited and kind of get in the weeds a little bit with the stats. So um, but I think this is a person worthy of going in the weeds because once again, when I was thinking about this podcast, this was one of the first names that came into my brain. Because this guy, he's he's in like an underdog, he's not the headliner ever. He somehow isn't in the freaking hall of fame, which baffles me because this guy was like one of the best ding-dongers of all time. Enough teasing. I'm talking about Carlos Delgado, so he was one of my personal favorites from childhood, um, from Puerto Rico. So we'll talk about that in a second. Um, and actually, I looked back at this. We briefly highlighted him on the Derek Lee episode, which is kind of funny.

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I yeah, I remember kind of his name.

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I just quickly was like, because I was going through like the rankings of the MVP that season, and I talked about Carlos Delgado because he played on the Marlins that season um for that one season. So, career summary highlights before we get into the thick of it. Um, so he's a legendary Puerto Rican former pro baseball player, uh, first baseman for the most part. He was a two-time All-Star. He played 17 seasons from 1993 to 2009. He's definitely known for his time with the Toronto Blue Jays, but he was also a float of Marlin for that one year. And he was on the Mets for the last four seasons of his career. He hit 473 ding dong Achinos. 473 career home runs. And he also had 1,512 RBIs. He is one of only six people in MLB history to hit uh get ready, Katie, 30 or more home runs in 10 consecutive seasons.

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Jesus.

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Yeah, I mean, that's not a what is that? Three over 300 home runs in 10 years. Yeah. Crazy. I mean, that's consistency to a T.

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Over 10 years.

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Yeah, pretty amazing stuff. Wow. Um, Carlos had a four home run game on September 25th in 2003. He was just the 15th player at the time to have four and one game. So four and one game is nuts. Okay. So I want you to do me a favor on the video, if you can skip to a minute 45, because I mean, so yeah, at a minute 45, I think is his fourth home run. What I want to mention before, because one cool thing that you won't hear in the video because I'm skipping it, is the first home run in the video of the four is his 300th career homer. So they're like, wow, that didn't take long. That's his 300th, you know? I think his 300th was either the first or the second home run in the set. Now play.

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Oh, it's my now serious.

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Pretty freaking cool stuff. No, what yeah, and I'm sorry, I think I probably should have done it two seconds before that, because it's like it immediately goes into like because yeah, I think if you if you did it like a minute 43, you would have heard this the crack of the mat. No, no, no, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. You got everyone got the point then. But at the beginning I was like, oh shit, that did not sound like I wanted it to.

SPEAKER_08 26:45

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_04 26:47

So pretty cool, pretty cool to hit your 300th, and then your 301st, 300 seconds, 300 third, 300 fourth, all in the same game. So um, so that was that amazing feat. Um, he won three silver slugger uh slugger awards in 1999, 2000, and 2003. He won the AL Hank Aaron Award in 2000, and he was the Roberto Clemente Award winner, who obviously we highlighted another uh Puerto Rican legend in 2006. And so I was like, to be honest, I didn't really know what the uh Roberto Clemente Award was. So it's given annually to um an MLB player who quote Do you want to read the quote?

SPEAKER_08 27:33

I hate these kinds of awards. Why? Well, I guess it's fine.

SPEAKER_04 27:37

It's a great award.

SPEAKER_08 27:39

It's who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy. Oh, philanthropy and positive contributions both on and up.

SPEAKER_04 27:50

Oh, you hate philanthropy.

SPEAKER_08 27:51

No, I thought it was just gonna say like I thought I was gonna stop after extraordinary characters.

SPEAKER_04 27:56

Write that down, Katie doesn't like philanthropic events.

SPEAKER_08 28:01

No, no, no, it's cool now. It's cool.

SPEAKER_04 28:03

It was originally known as the Commissioner's Award. It has been presented by the MLB since 1971. It was renamed in 1973 after Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente following his death in a plane crash while delivering supplies to victims of the Nicaragua earthquake.

SPEAKER_08 28:25

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_04 28:27

There's a movie about Reversal Clemente, like that's kind of recent called Clemente.

SPEAKER_08 28:31

Oh god, why would you put that in here?

SPEAKER_04 28:33

Because it's crazy.

SPEAKER_08 28:34

I know, I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. That's traumatizing.

SPEAKER_04 28:38

That's it is traumatizing, but I mean, what an honor to win that award.

SPEAKER_08 28:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 28:46

Um, and Costa Gato, I think, has said that like that hit uh Roberto is his idol. So to win the award is pretty cool. So during his 12 years with the Toronto Blue Jays, Delgado set many team records, including home runs, 336, RBIs, 1,058, walks, 827, slugging percentage, 556, on base plus slugging 949, runs 889, total bases 2,786, doubles 343, runs created 1,077, extra base hits, 690, times on base, 2,362, hit by pitch, 122, intentional walks 128, and at bats per home run 14.9. Is that enough records for you?

SPEAKER_08 29:33

I mean, what slugging?

SPEAKER_04 29:36

It's like um we've talked about this briefly.

SPEAKER_08 29:39

And why is it good to be hit by a pitch?

SPEAKER_04 29:42

I mean, you're on base. He's just holding a record. You're it's another way to get on base, okay? Slugging is like basically the you get more weight for doubles, triples home runs, you know, the bigger, bigger, more bases, right? Bigger hits so not singles.

SPEAKER_08 29:58

So it's everything.

SPEAKER_04 30:00

I think singles too. I think you there's some weight to it. I'm just saying it's like the higher your percentages, the probably the more doubles, triples home runs type of thing. You're getting you're hitting the ball further, you're getting getting on base, you're getting second, you're getting third, and getting some dang dogs. That's all you need.

SPEAKER_08 30:16

That was too much.

SPEAKER_04 30:17

Okay, so a lot of records. Um, he has the most home runs by a Puerto Rican player, Katie Carlos Delgado does. He is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame or the you know, the MLB Hall of Fame, but he is in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Um crazy if you ask me, but um, and he also, it's kind of funny, he technically won a World Series uh with the 1993 Blue Jays, but he only played in two games and he did not appear in the postseason because it was his like unofficial, not his rookie year, but he played in two games. Sorry to get some bats. They won the World Series. He got a ring to get the ring, but obviously wasn't a major factor. Um he was so now we're getting into kind of his life, right? So um he was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

SPEAKER_07 31:07

Aguadilla, dun dun dun dun, Puerto Rico.

SPEAKER_02 31:13

His father is Carlos Cal.

SPEAKER_04 31:16

They call him Cal, but his name is also Carlos, and his mom is Carmen. Dad and grandfather were well-known figures in uh Aguadilla, and apparently that made him feel protected, but it also made him feel like he had to behave, which is kind of interesting. Um, he has a lot of pride being an Aguadiano, and he has an off-season house there, or at least he did. Um, at the age of 16, he drew a lot of interest from multiple teams. But the Blue Jays signed him in 1988. He was the minor league player of the year in 1992. He went absolutely nuclear, a bunch of bombs, great batting average, was excellent. Um, so he was a late season 1993 call-up, right? End of the year he got a ring, like I mentioned, didn't play in the postseason, though. Um he was actually a catcher, fun fact, and then moved to left field 1994, 1995, and then found his home at first base. He started hitting hella bombs in 1997, the year I was born, and that's when he started his 10 straight seasons of at least 30 homers. Um in 1999, he had a particularly good year, um, hitting 44 career um that was a career high for his home runs, um, 134 RBIs, and he had a 200 or 272 average um that year. In 2000, he batted 344 with 41 home runs and had 137 RBIs, and he was fourth in ALM VP. So another electric year. I mean, those are crazy back-to-back seasons.

SPEAKER_08 32:49

Yeah, crazy.

SPEAKER_04 32:50

In 2002, Delgado set an MLB record by reaching base safely in his first 10 played appearances of the season, which is kind of crazy. That record was recently tied uh uh this year, 2026, by Joey Weimer. Joey Weimer of the Washington Nationals, and it's kind of funny. We watched part of this go down um because this was the start of the year, obviously, um, and the Cubs played them out of the gate. And I was like, what is going on with Joey Weimer? This is such a random guy that'd be going nuclear, but yeah, good for him. Um 2003 was uh that four homer game, which we highlighted. Um, he is the only person to do that in just four at bats. So he only had four at bats, so four at bats, four homers. Um he was second in the ALMVP behind Alex Rodriguez that year, and he had 42 home runs, 145 RBIs, and batted 302 that year. After 2004, he became a free agent, Katie. He drew a lot of interest. Um, but the Blue Jays actually couldn't sign him due to payroll constraints. Sounds like our Montreal team. Remember that? Yeah, they couldn't do that. Penny Penches. So he went to the Marlins. He signed a four-year $52 million deal. He had an excellent season in 2005, batted 301, he hit 33 ding-dongs, had 115 RBIs, but he was traded to the Mets at the end of the season because they were getting rid of their higher paid players. Um, he came in sixth, Carlos Delgado, in MVP in 2005, the year that Albert Pooh's won and Derek Lee got third. Go listen to episode nine if you want to hear why that Derek Lee should have totally won that year. So in 2006, our buddy Carlos Delgado is with the Mets. He became their cleanup hitter. Katie, what does that mean?

SPEAKER_08 34:34

Cleanup hitter. Cleanup hitter.

SPEAKER_04 34:36

He became their cleanup hitter.

SPEAKER_08 34:38

Cleanup hitter.

SPEAKER_04 34:40

In the order.

SPEAKER_08 34:41

Oh, so does that mean he bat batted fourth? Nice. Yes! Okay, so that so like because he they want one through three to get on the bases and then four in the period. Cleans it up. Bring them all home.

SPEAKER_04 34:51

Cleans it up.

unknown 34:52

Oh, oh, oh.

SPEAKER_04 34:53

Nice job, Katie. Thank you. He had an excellent year that year with the Mets. 38 ding-dong Achinos, 114 runs. He got to play with fellow Puerto Rican Carlos Beltron, who was our honorable mention earlier in the episode. Um, and the Mets that season had the best record in the NL, but they lost to the Cardinals in the NLCS. At the end of the season, he was tied with Duke Snyder with 400 or 407 career ding-dongs, which was 41st most at the time. Here we go. Here's where things get kind of crazy, Katie. In terms of Carlos Delgado's like first struggles, right? So in 2007, he struggled a lot to start the season. He bet was batting 196 on May 3rd, but starting to improve. Um, on May 9th, 2007, he hit a home run into McCovey Cove, which is in San Francisco, during a game against San Francisco Giants. He became the first visiting player to have three splash home runs at ATT Park. So he had three balls that made it into the bay, into the water.

SPEAKER_08 35:52

Wow. Yeah. So is that like right on the friggin' ocean?

SPEAKER_04 35:55

Yeah, it's right on the water. Yeah, it's kind of cool. In the games, they have like a bunch of people just kayaking out there, like hoping a ball comes up.

SPEAKER_02 36:02

So that's cool.

SPEAKER_04 36:03

Yeah. Um, Delgado ended that season tied with Cal Ripkin Jr., 37th place um for um all-time career home runs. He had 431 at the time. So now here we go. 2008 hip issues begin. Started to slump again. Um, but on June 15th, 2008, Delgado broke Juan Gonzalez's record for most runs batted in by a Puerto Rican player. So he was now the record holder in 2008. On June 27th, Delgado set a new Mets record with nine RBIs in one game, hitting a two-run double, had a grand slam, and he also had a three-run homer. So that's pretty crazy, crazy game. Um, I'm gonna skip that part because it's not important. Uh, but he did have a crazy stretch between July 23rd to the 31st, hitting four home runs that year, too. He came in ninth place for MVP after a slow start, which is kind of kind of cool. Um, and he got his 2000th career hit.

SPEAKER_07 37:02

Jeez Louise.

SPEAKER_04 37:03

2009, Katie, that dang hip.

SPEAKER_08 37:06

That dang hip.

SPEAKER_04 37:07

Um so yeah, he's still dealing with a lot of hip issues. Um, but um he kind of scrapped together a pretty decent season. Um, and he ended up playing, I think, his last career game that year. Uh, where is that? Yeah. Uh it's in the middle there. Okay, I guess I forgot to copy and paste it. But he played he played his last career game in 2009. Um, he tried to come back in 2010. He got some interest for some teams to sign, but he was still feeling some pains from his hip, so he decided to get another surgery. Um, signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox, more setbacks, and so he officially retired in 2011 in San Juan Mi Hijo. After 17 MLB seasons. So that was Carlos Delgado's MLB career. Just a quick note on some of his personal life and social activism, um, because that was definitely a major part of Carlos. Um, or is, I guess, part of Carlos. He adopted a daughter in 2010, which that was kind of interesting. He also has a son named Carlos. Um, and for social activism, like his hero, Roberto Clemente, Delgado is a well-known peace activist and has been open about his political beliefs. Um, back in the day, as a part of the Navy, I didn't say that word. Do you know how to say that word? Navy Vices? Viecas?

SPEAKER_08 38:45

Viequez? Navy Viecas?

SPEAKER_04 38:46

Navy Viecas protests. Delgado was actively opposed to the use of the island of Viecas, Puerto Rico as a bombing target practice facility by the United States Department of Defense until bombing was halted in 2003. He was also against the occupation of Iraq. And to in the 2004 season, Delgado protested the war by silently staying in the dugout during the playing of God Plus America during the seventh inning stretch. Delgado um does not make a public show of his beliefs, and even his teammates were not aware of his views until a story was published later in July 2004 in the Toronto Star. So there was a bunch of other stuff too, but I just felt like that was like a good thing to highlight. Um that's Carlos Delgado, dog number two.

SPEAKER_08 39:36

Uh heading back to another lady dog here. Uh uh we're heading to the world of boxing.

SPEAKER_05 39:45

Nice.

SPEAKER_08 39:46

Yeah. Um, so again, I don't know anything about boxing, but from what I can tell, her career at the beginning was kind of defined by like not really totally recognized as much as she should have been. She wasn't really treated equally in the world of women's boxing and lot went through a lot of financial hardship before becoming one of the most accomplished fighters in the sports history. She came from humble beginnings. She grew up in a Puerto Rican family.

SPEAKER_04 40:21

You haven't said who we're talking about yet.

SPEAKER_08 40:23

I didn't.

SPEAKER_04 40:24

You haven't said the name yet. I thought you were like doing a lead up. Like, and we're talking about you haven't said who we're talking about.

SPEAKER_08 40:31

Maybe well, maybe, maybe I'll maybe I'll I'll do it.

SPEAKER_04 40:33

Do it here. It's a little T.

SPEAKER_08 40:35

So this lady came from humble beginnings. She grew up in a Puerto Rican family in New York and originally got involved in boxing partly because of her sister, Cindy Serrano. We're talking about Amanda Serrano.

SPEAKER_02 40:54

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_08 40:54

Okay, but so listen to this. Yeah. Cindy, the sister, got interested in boxing by like trying to lose weight and like going to the gym and like doing little boxing classes.

SPEAKER_05 41:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 41:08

Um and her sister Amanda, who we're talking about, she was 12 years old. She went with her. She went with Cindy to the gym to do these little boxing things. Um, she continued frequenting the facility and eventually got her first job there.

SPEAKER_04 41:27

What a crazy way to get into a sport.

SPEAKER_08 41:30

I know, I know. I know. And then I just wonder how like how you get into boxing. Like if you're not doing it like that. I don't know.

SPEAKER_06 41:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 41:39

Anyway. Um yeah. So, like I said, she was kind of often overlooked by major sports media uh as she was kind of growing in the sport, but instead of quitting, she kept building her resume until it really became impossible to ignore how amazing she was. She became one of the most decorated champions ever. She eventually won world titles in seven different weight classes. An extraordinarily rare achievement in boxing. What the f how are there even seven too many weight classes on in boxing? Um, okay, so and so I kind of recognize her name. And you want to know why, Matt?

SPEAKER_04 42:25

My kid, because it's Rano Peppers.

SPEAKER_08 42:28

No. So she played in that 2022 fight against Katie Taylor at Madison Gri Madison Square Garden when that was the same, like I don't know, boxing tournament as the Mike Tyson, Jake Paul fight. So they were like the co the co-host. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 42:53

Okay. They were like part of the like the opening act kind of like. Well, yeah, the person's the same event.

SPEAKER_08 42:58

They were like the co-headliner.

SPEAKER_04 43:00

Yeah, that's cool.

SPEAKER_08 43:00

Yeah. Um, so that's that's her um 50 million households throughout the world watched the Serrano Taylor fight.

SPEAKER_04 43:10

She went? Do we know?

SPEAKER_08 43:13

So no. Oh, the fight was yeah, Matt.

SPEAKER_06 43:16

Sorry, I was just curious.

SPEAKER_08 43:17

Um so that was the first woman's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden. It was super competitive, widely appraised, and was in the best fights of the year, regardless of gender. Um our girl, Amanda Serrano, narrowly lost, but many fans felt that the fight elevated her legacy because of the heart and the toughness that she showed in that ring that day at Madison Serrano. Um, she secured a historic career high payday of approximately nine million dollars for her trilogy Bout Against Katie Taylor. This exceeded her already record breaking earnings from. Their second fight, where she reportedly took home. Wow.

SPEAKER_04 44:03

Good for her, dude. Dude, yeah. That's all right.

SPEAKER_08 44:05

Started from the bottom. Now we heal.

SPEAKER_04 44:07

Yeah, I should start fighting.

SPEAKER_08 44:08

Um, her recent earnings are a massive leap from earlier in her career, where she famously reported making as little as $1,200 for her professional debut and only three to four thousand dollars for those early like world title fights.

SPEAKER_04 44:23

Dang. She seemed that's like that seems crazy to me. That seems underpaid.

SPEAKER_08 44:28

I know. I think boxing is kind of weird.

SPEAKER_04 44:30

Seems like either feast or famine.

SPEAKER_08 44:32

It does, it really does. And Amanda Serrano like conquered it all, and now she's at the top looking down at us.

SPEAKER_05 44:42

At us peasants.

SPEAKER_08 44:44

Wow. So yeah, Amanda Serrano, the woman who shall not be named until halfway through.

SPEAKER_04 44:50

Until later.

SPEAKER_08 44:52

Sorry, Amanda.

SPEAKER_04 44:53

No, that's awesome. Uh yeah, but I mean, there's a chance that I might have missed it. And so if we play back, no, no, I don't think that's that. Yeah. That's funny. Yeah, well, shout out Amanda. That's uh it's pretty amazing. To come from like, it seems like she's like, oh, this is like a hobby to like fighting on the world stage.

SPEAKER_08 45:12

And being like, and yeah, dude, and she's like such a badass.

SPEAKER_04 45:15

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 45:15

I actually wonder how like good her sister Cindy is.

SPEAKER_04 45:20

I wonder if she's like pro or if she just more so does it for fun.

SPEAKER_08 45:24

Former professional. So she wasn't pro.

SPEAKER_04 45:27

Sorry, Cindy.

SPEAKER_08 45:28

Yeah. Anyway, sorry. Next one.

SPEAKER_04 45:33

All right, dog number four. Bat and cleanup for our dogs list is Jasmine Camacho Quinn.

SPEAKER_08 45:42

Jazzy.

SPEAKER_04 45:44

So Jazzy, Jasmine is a stateside Puerto Rican.

SPEAKER_07 45:49

Puerto Rico.

SPEAKER_04 45:50

She uh specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. So is this our first runner that we've got?

SPEAKER_08 45:57

I think it's our first runner. I think I did a dog of the week runner.

SPEAKER_04 46:01

Oh. I don't know if we've done like an official dough. No, no, we haven't. So our first running dog. Um, she became the second person ever representing Puerto Rico to win a gold medal. So wait, who was the first again?

SPEAKER_08 46:18

It was our girl. Monica Monica. Monica tennis girl.

SPEAKER_04 46:21

So Jasmine was the second. Um, so in the semifinals, uh, Camacho Quinn set her personal record and Olympic record of 12.26 seconds, which is tied for the 10th fastest time in history. She won a bronze medal at the two or 2020. Wait, 2022, geez Louise, World Athletics Championships, and a silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, she won a bronze medal, her second bronze, um, becoming the only Puerto Rican to have won two Olympic medals. Camacho Quinn was also a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion. So we're gonna kind of walk through her career year by year, a little bit like we did with uh Carlos Delgado. So in 2016, she was um with the University of Kentucky. Camacho Quinn won gold in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I championship. She participated at the 2016 Rio Olympics in her specialty event, achieving 12.7 seconds in the heat that she was in. Um, a time uh that would have secured her fifth place in the final. However, she was disqualified in the semifinals after hitting a hurdle.

SPEAKER_08 47:41

You could disqualify if you hit a hurdle?

SPEAKER_04 47:43

I didn't know that until I did this. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 47:46

What the heck?

SPEAKER_04 47:47

I know. I feel like I always see them like tapping all the time. I know, but maybe it's different of the pros. Yeah, I don't know. Maybe it fell down. 2017 Camacho Quinn said a new personal best of 12.58 seconds and finishing second at the 2017 NCAA Division I championships. The following year, she returned to her winning ways by finishing first at the 2018 NCAA Division I championships. She ended up training for looked like a few years in between those amazing NCAA days and some of uh what we're about to read through. So in in 2021, so fast forward a few years after training, Kamacha Quinn won her first diamond league at the Golden Gala with a new personal vest of 12.38 seconds. She won gold at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. So I didn't realize this, but I guess the 2020 Olympics were done in 2021, which is kind of interesting. Um, she set an Olympic record in the semifinals. Do you mind clicking that YouTube video? I think I just want you to play a few seconds of it.

SPEAKER_08 48:53

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 48:54

I don't remember what it is, so I'm gonna be Um I am a 100-meter hurdler and I represent Puerto Rico. Um, and I won the gold medal for the 100 hurdles. Woo!

SPEAKER_04 49:05

That's pretty much all I want. Yeah, so pretty cool. That's our that's our girl, Jasmine.

SPEAKER_08 49:24

Oh, I like her.

SPEAKER_04 49:26

Yeah, she seems nice. Um so in 2022 at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, that's where the the ducks are. Um, she won bronze with a time of 12.23 seconds, finishing behind Toby Moosin and Brittany Anderson. Yeah. Um in 2023, Camacho Quinn opened her season by winning the Doha Diamond League in a time of 12.48 seconds. Later that year, she won silver the 2023 World Championships with a time of 12.44 seconds. I don't know. Yeah, didn't look into it. Uh so in 2024, she competed at the Paris Olympics, winning bronze in the 100-meter hurdles. Um, so that's pretty electric. On September 26th, she won the first edition of the female-only Athlose track meet with a time of 12.36 seconds. Okay. So that's that's kind of what went down for her hurdles career. Um, present day, she is temporarily taking a break from track and field, and she's gonna miss the entire 2026 season. She public uh publicly announced her pregnancy, but has not retired. Um, she plans to return to competition in 2027 and also doing the 2028 LA Olympics. So she's gonna be back. This is not the last you've heard of Jasmine Camacho Quinn, Katie Go.

SPEAKER_08 50:49

Um, so the Diamond League is the top annual global series for professional track and field things. Think of it as the regular season for elite Olympic style track and field athletes.

SPEAKER_04 51:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_08 51:03

Cool.

SPEAKER_04 51:04

Shame on me. Shame on you, shame on us, really. Not you. So just a little uh personal uh info on our girl uh Jasmine. Her parents are named James Quinn. And write the word name. Her parents are James Quinn, an African-American man, and Maria Milagros Camacho, a Puerto Rican woman, both competed in athletics at Baptist College, now Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina, with her father competing in hurdles, so it's in their blood, and her mother a sprint runner and long jumper.

unknown 51:40

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 51:41

Camacho Quinn's mother is from Trujillo Alto. Puerto Rico, which made Camacho Quinn eligible to represent Puerto Rico in international competitions, including the Olympics. Her brother, which I did not know until doing this, is former NFL player Robert Quinn.

SPEAKER_06 52:04

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 52:04

He's a former Bear dude. He was a pro bowler on the frickin' Bears linebacker. So I did not know.

SPEAKER_08 52:10

So not Brady Quinn, though.

SPEAKER_04 52:11

Not Brady Quinn, no. Different family.

SPEAKER_08 52:14

Scott Brown's player.

SPEAKER_04 52:16

Yes. Former. Yes. Um, she was born and raised in South Carolina. Camacho Quinn decided later in life that she wanted to be uh known more about her mother's side of the family who live in Trujillo, Alto Puerto Rico. She identifies as a Puerto Rican. In July 2021, she tweeted about her mother. You see my mommy, the Puerto Rican woman that birthed me, and stated I am Puerto Rican in a video posted by the Puerto Rican Olympic Committee. I'm impressed you were able to do that. Oh man. So that is Jim uh Jasmine Camacho Quinn. Cool. And it's time for the call to the pen. Kitty, what'd you learn?

SPEAKER_08 53:11

Oh God. I always forgot about this.

SPEAKER_04 53:15

I know. I always I always write it down like before we start research.

SPEAKER_08 53:21

What did I learn? I mean, I well, I learned that there's way too many c different weight classes in boxing. I gotta learn more about what they are. Yeah um I learned that they're about the Diamond League. I learned what that was.

SPEAKER_04 53:34

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 53:36

Um I guess I learned a little bit about tennis, kind of.

SPEAKER_04 53:40

Yeah, a little bit.

SPEAKER_08 53:41

Three sets room for more, but uh Yeah, we're probably due. Yeah, this was a this is one where I was way uh in the deep end there.

SPEAKER_04 53:51

Yeah, I think we're due for a tennis episode.

SPEAKER_08 53:52

Yeah, I think so too.

SPEAKER_04 53:53

So we both learn live time.

SPEAKER_08 53:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 53:56

Nice, very cool.

SPEAKER_08 53:59

What'd you learn?

SPEAKER_04 54:00

Um I think I learned that um Puerto Rico um has more uh athletes outside of baseball.

SPEAKER_08 54:12

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 54:13

I'm in the baseball mode, baseball brain. You are didn't know about um how prevalent boxing was. I didn't know that we had some runners.

SPEAKER_08 54:23

Um I could see myself I could see myself getting into boxing, I guess. I mean not doing it.

SPEAKER_04 54:30

Oh, like watching it. I guess I don't know. I see a notch.

SPEAKER_08 54:34

I don't want I don't like seeing it. I feel bad.

SPEAKER_04 54:36

Every time they get hit, I'm like, ooh.

SPEAKER_08 54:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 54:39

It's impress it's an impressive thing. It is that I probably won't ever really get into, to be honest. There's only so much time in the day. Yeah, there is, there is. But I liked reading about it, and we'll probably have some boxing dogs throughout over the years.

SPEAKER_08 54:55

And JJ Berea.

SPEAKER_04 54:56

Berea Berea.

SPEAKER_08 54:57

JJ Berea.

SPEAKER_04 55:00

Isn't Berea like a like a mead? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_08 55:05

JJ Berea, NBA point guard.

SPEAKER_04 55:08

Yeah, I think he'll be a dog for another day.

SPEAKER_08 55:10

Okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 55:11

I like that. So now it's time for everybody's favorite segment.

SPEAKER_06 55:17

Wa wah woah!

SPEAKER_04 55:18

Big dogs of the week. Katie, do you actually want to go first?

SPEAKER_08 55:25

Sure. I I mean, is it gonna be a surprise for everybody?

SPEAKER_04 55:29

I think it might be because I don't think as many people are paying as close attention.

SPEAKER_08 55:34

Okay, as you are. Guys, the frickin' Buffalo Sabres are throwing down in the National Hockey League right now. It's playoffs time, they're playing the Canadian Montreal Canadiens. And it's been a wild ride. Matt, we were watching some of these games while we were in St. Thomas.

SPEAKER_04 55:58

Two in St. Thomas. We watched two games.

SPEAKER_08 56:00

And the one so the one last night was Do or Die. If they lost last night, yeah, they would have been out.

SPEAKER_04 56:07

And what happened in that game, Katie?

SPEAKER_08 56:09

So you know what's funny, Matt? What? I actually wasn't watching because I was at a movie.

SPEAKER_02 56:14

Oh, what movie did you say?

SPEAKER_08 56:15

But we went to see uh Hokum. It's a scary movie, and it was like, first of all, it was a very scary movie, so I was like not looking.

SPEAKER_02 56:24

Yeah. So you're looking at your phone.

SPEAKER_08 56:26

So I was looking at my phone, just like scrolling and watching the freaking score, and I was just watching it, so it looked like it was gonna be bad. They were down 3-1 in the first period, yeah, and it looked like the Canadians were gonna win. Then everything flipped. So they pulled out their starting goalie, Alex Lion, who I love. They put in someone who I didn't know. I mean, I don't know any of these people. Huko Pekka Lukanen uh changed the game. He stopped every shot the rest of the game and gave the Sabres energy again to turn it around. They exploded Matt seven unanswered goals after that, four power play goals. Jeez, dude, yeah, dude.

SPEAKER_04 57:12

Wait, what was the final score?

SPEAKER_08 57:13

Eight to three. Oh my gosh. Eight to three. So they were down three to one and it was just kept going up. I'm like, when is it gonna stop?

SPEAKER_04 57:20

I want to watch the game summary after this. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_08 57:25

Kind of cool. Um Rasmus Dallen had a monster night. He had a monster night goal and four assists tied a franchise playoff record for points in a game. Jack Quinn scored twice. Tage Thompson, our boy, added four points himself.

SPEAKER_04 57:48

Holy guacin chips.

SPEAKER_08 57:50

Turning it on. Yeah, dude, so they were looking good. And so tomorrow night, Monday, is the final showdown against the Canyon. So who's coming over?

SPEAKER_04 58:01

Yeah, everybody head on over to Katie's house.

SPEAKER_08 58:05

I'll make the popcorn.

SPEAKER_04 58:07

Two best words in sports. Game seven.

SPEAKER_08 58:11

Game seven, baby.

SPEAKER_04 58:12

Buffalo Sabres.

SPEAKER_08 58:14

Buffalo Sabres won't you come out tonight?

SPEAKER_05 58:17

Come out tonight. Come out tonight. Or um Buffalo Sabres. That's what I think I'll do. Buffalo Sabres are gonna win on Monday night against the Canadians.

unknown 58:36

Oh, whoa.

SPEAKER_04 58:37

Wow, that's super cool. Um, well, you're you're just gonna have to follow it. Like, that's no matter what next week or whenever our next episode is. You gotta you gotta let us know what happens. Well, I'm gonna I'm gonna watch it.

SPEAKER_08 58:49

Yeah, Jesus.

SPEAKER_04 58:50

I'm gonna watch. I'm just for everyone else. I don't know. Some people are into hockey, some people are not. Go Sabres.

SPEAKER_08 58:56

Go Sabers. Yep. Sorry, I was gonna try and mix it up with somebody else, but I think you gotta you gotta ride the wave.

SPEAKER_04 59:02

That's what uh Big Dogs of the Week is all about. It's all about present-day stuff that's going on that we're interested in, and that's what you're interested in.

SPEAKER_08 59:09

Do you know who Tom Moore is?

SPEAKER_04 59:11

Tom Moore.

SPEAKER_08 59:12

He's a football coach or like offensive lineman coach. Tom Moore, he was gonna be my dog of the week because he's like eight, he's eighty-seven. He retired from being an offensive like coach or something. Okay. Uh last year, and now he's he just decided he's coming back to be like an advisor for the Iowa Hawkeyes, which is his like alma mater. Oh, that's kind of fun. 50 years later he's coming back, and it's kind of cute, and he's like super old.

SPEAKER_04 59:43

Special shout out Tom Moyer.

SPEAKER_08 59:45

Yeah, yeah. So he's gonna be mine, but yeah.

SPEAKER_04 59:46

Well, we'll give him a shot.

SPEAKER_08 59:48

Anyway, yeah, he's my like baby dog at the moment.

SPEAKER_04 59:49

Yeah, your baby, your little pup.

SPEAKER_08 59:51

My 87 baby.

SPEAKER_04 59:51

Your 87-year-old pup. Thanks, Katie. Well, my big dog of the week is Alina Svitalina.

SPEAKER_08 1:00:03

Alina Svitalina.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:05

I wrote down the phonetic.

SPEAKER_08 1:00:06

You did.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:07

So Alina Svitelina is we're just gonna roll with the tennis theme. Alina Svitalina, um it's kind of a fun name to say, really.

SPEAKER_08 1:00:18

Yeah, I what does that remind me of? Like Heike Kovalain.

SPEAKER_04 1:00:21

Heike Kovalaini and former F1 driver. Um, Alina Svitolina, she sorry, she just won the Italian Open. Uh, and she beat Coco Goff, who's kind of like the US. Yeah, uh, she's like kind of US best. Yeah, like baddie. Um, after an eight-year gap. Um, so that's that's pretty much all I wanted to highlight.

SPEAKER_08 1:00:50

So she stopped playing for eight years?

SPEAKER_04 1:00:52

No, I don't think she stopped playing, she just hasn't won like a major title um in that long. Yeah, so um shout out Alina. Um, she's 31 years old. Um, so I think that's a little bit older for tennis.

SPEAKER_08 1:01:06

Yeah, if our girl was playing at 26 or at 16 years old, she went pro.

SPEAKER_04 1:01:11

Exactly, exactly. So she hit a groove and she won the Italian Open. So pretty freaking cool. Um, and she's Ukrainian, so cool. Probably a much needed win um for Ukraine. Um, and she wins the final in Rome 6'4, 6'7, and 3, 6'2. Whatever that means. We'll find out. We'll find out later. Yep. Alina Svitelina in the heart of Italy. She's winning the open after an eight-year gap as a Ukrainian.

SPEAKER_08 1:01:51

Speaking of jams, should I send this off in the best way we know how?

SPEAKER_04 1:01:57

Send us off in the only way we know how.

SPEAKER_08 1:01:59

All right. Thank you, friends, for listening to our episode about Woo!

SPEAKER_04 1:02:14

See you next week.