The Afternoon Sports Beat with Jim Traber

Jim discusses Wemby's dominance last night in the Western Conference Semifinals, and what to expect from that potential series next round with the Thunder. Could Naz Reid suit up for your team? Has Jalen Duran been disappointing. Tarik Skubal shows off his unbelievable character and Paul Skenes has an encounter with a potential unwritten rule. Who is the best Right Handed hitter of all time. Do you prefer to attend a game, or are you content with the viewing experience from home? Is Wemby like Shaq? Was Nolan Ryan a cheater?

Jim takes your calls and discusses the best right handed hitter of all time. Do you prefer to attend a game, or are you content with the viewing experience from home? What is your prediction for Thunder vs Spurs? Is Wemby like Shaq? Was Nolan Ryan a cheater?

Jim discusses Wemby's dominance last night in the Western Conference Semifinals, and what to expect from that potential series next round with the Thunder. Could Naz Reid suit up for your team? Has Jalen Duran been disappointing. Tarik Skubal shows off his unbelievable character and Paul Skenes has an encounter with a potential unwritten rule.

Jim opens the show praising Ajay Mitchell's performance. Is he a potential super max player? Do the Thunder have financial decisions they need to make with him and J-Dub? Was SGA wrong to acknowledge he is shaking off rust rather than crediting the defense of Marcus Smart? Are you concerned with Shohei Ohtani's slump? Was Tony Gwynn human or a machine? What do you do with Ajay Mitchell at the end of his contract? Would the Thunder entertain a trade after the season? Who would suit up for the all-time Thunder team?

Jim takes your calls and discusses Shohei Ohtani's slump. Was Tony Gwynn human or a machine? What do you do with Ajay Mitchell at the end of his contract? Would the Thunder entertain a trade after the season? Who would suit up for the all-time Thunder team?

Jim opens the show praising Ajay Mitchell's performance. Is he a potential super max player? Do the Thunder have financial decisions they need to make with him and J-Dub? Was SGA wrong to acknowledge he is shaking off rust rather than crediting the defense of Marcus Smart?

Jim takes your calls including did more discussing of Wembanyama’s infamous elbow to the face of Naz Reid. Do you think the players of yesteryear could take the modern approach to hitting if they wanted to? Did they approach the game differently? Did you see Mookie Betts’ uniform that he wore for the Comets? Also, have you heard about this Wembanyama elbow throw?

Jim discusses the topic of the day, the severity of Wembanyama’s elbow in Game 4 of the Spurs & Timberwolves series. Did he mean to throw it? Did he deserve to be suspended for the next game? Are Thunder fans scared of Wemby? Is James Harden’s performance in Game 3 evidence that he responded to the poor playoff performances to this point. Does the modern player hate to strike out?

Jim takes your calls on Oklahoma State baseball making a great push down the stretch of the season. Did you see Mookie Betts’ uniform that he wore for the Comets? Also, have you heard about this Wembanyama elbow throw?

Jim takes your calls on whether or not Wembanyama meant to elbow Naz Reid. Do you think the players of yesteryear could take the modern approach to hitting if they wanted to? Did they approach the game differently?

Jim takes your calls including did more discussing of Wembanyama’s infamous elbow to the face of Naz Reid. Did Wembanyama mean to elbow Naz Reid? Also is Wembanyama a bad guy? Also did Wembanayama mean to elbow Naz Reid? But did Wembanyama mean to elbow Naz Reid? AND the problem with the modern hitting philosophies in baseball.

Jim discusses OU and OSU's Baseball weekends, including these college kids striking out too much. Will we ever revert to the old school way of thinking in baseball, put the bat on the ball and see what happens?

In Traber’s Take, Jim wonders if James Harden’s performance in Game 3 was evidence that he responded to the poor playoff performances to this point.

Jim discusses the topic of the day, the severity of Wembanyama’s elbow in Game 4 of the Spurs & Timberwolves series. Did he mean to throw it? Did he deserve to be suspended for the next game? Are Thunder fans scared of Wemby?

Jim is joined by The Fat Jack to discuss sports “predicting” in Oklahoma and how you can download an app and make your picks today. They also discuss the Indiana win total and make a plan to place a wager. Go to fatjacksports.com to see all of The Fat Jack’s picks and tail him. The Lakers and Thunder are still are flopping and flailing and we are going to talk about it. Are the Reds for real in the NL Central, even amidst a sweep at the hands of the Cubs this week? Donny Baseball!

Jim recaps the Thunder’s Game 2 win over the Lakers. Are the Lakers just outmatched? Could the Thunder play better than they are? Do they need to play better in order to beat the Spurs? Jim says the Thunder were flopping and flailing just as much as the Lakers, not to mention the rest of the league. Is that turning viewers off from watching the product?

Jim takes your calls including a caller agreeing with his take of the day that we need to cut out the flopping in the NBA. Are the Reds for real in the NL Central, even amidst a sweep at the hands of the Cubs this week? Who were some athletes that stood out from Jim's Major League Baseball career.

Jim takes your calls discussing the Thunder and Lakers series, classic baseball stories, and continues to discuss the flopping and flailing.

Jim is joined by The Fat Jack to discuss sports “predicting” in Oklahoma and how you can download an app and make your picks today. They also discuss the Indiana win total and make a plan to place a wager. Go to fatjacksports.com to see all of The Fat Jack’s picks and tail him.

Jim reads some of your reactions to his Traber's Take about the Flopping and Flailing of the Thunder, Lakers, and others. Also, did the Big 12 Name Co-Pitchers of the Year and was it on the up-and-up?

Jim discusses the flopping and flailing in the game last night from both teams, and how that adversely affects the viewership of that game and others around the NBA.

Jim opens the show recapping the Thunder's Game 2 win over the Lakers. Are the Lakers just outmatched? Could the Thunder play better than they are? Do they need to in order to beat the Spurs.

What will it take for Jim to come back to the Steelers and who will he pledge his allegiance to going forward? Expectations from the Thunder tonight and going forward in the playoffs. Orioles Memories. A sweet young caller named Emma Jo steals the show with a call about the Thunder.

Is Wemby's greatness other worldly? What adjustments did the Spurs make from Game 1 to Game 2 and why didn't they do it in Game 1? The Knicks lose OG Anunoby, do they have enough to sustain their run? Stories of ridiculous baseball superstition.

Jim takes your calls and talks about some of his favorite Orioles memories and players he remembers fondly.

Jim takes your phone calls including Thunder playoff predictions, how to solve the complex problem of NIL in collegiate athletics, and a little girl named Emma Jo, who is destined for stardom, makes the call of the year.

Jim takes your calls including a Steeler fan that desperately pleads with Jim to come back to the team, and some crazy stories of pitchers cheating.

Jim takes your calls and discusses some of the most absurd superstitions he's ever come across in his days in baseball.

Jim recaps the Knicks and Sixers game from last night and discusses the impact they might feel from the loss of OG Anunoby, who might replace him and what to expect in the next series if they are to win without him.

Jim opens the show recapping the Spurs win in Game 2 over the Timberwolves, Wemby's incredible performance and the Spurs adjustments from Game 1 to Game 2. 

Jim recaps the Thunder's Game 1 win over the Lakers and discusses if the Lakers can keep the series competitive, is Austin Reaves worth the potential $30 Million he is set to get this offseason, and takes your calls discussing if Mark Daigneault gets the credit he deserves, is potential CFP expansion a good idea for the sport, what are realistic expectations for John Mateer this upcoming season, how does Oklahoma State Baseball get back to the College World Series, and one caller calls Jim a Thunder homer, another calls him an idiot.

Jim takes your calls and discusses if Mark Daigneault gets the credit he deserves, is potential CFP expansion a good idea for the sport, what are realistic expectations for John Mateer this upcoming season, how does Oklahoma State Baseball get back to the College World Series, and a caller calls Jim an idiot.

Jim spends the first hour recapping the Thunder's Game 1 win over the Lakers and discusses if the Lakers can keep the series competitive, is Austin Reaves worth the potential $30 Million he is set to get this offseason, and a Lakers fan accuses Jim of spreading Thunder propaganda.

Jim takes calls on Oklahoma State Baseball discussing what a good finish to this season would look like, and what stands between the Cowboys and a return to the College World Series?

Jim takes your calls on OU Football and what are realistic expectations for John Mateer for this upcoming season, and more.

Jim takes your calls on the OU Football realistic expectations, the Thunder's game-planning and if Mark Daigneault deserves more credit, the potential College Football Playoff expansion, and a caller calls Jim an idiot.

Jim talks to a Laker Fan that is unfazed by the Game 1 loss, and accuses Jim of spreading Thunder propaganda to the listening audience.

In Trabers Take, Jim makes the claim that Austin Reaves is not worth $30 Million, even if a team might be willing to give it to him. Is Austin Reaves good enough to be a top player on a championship team? Also, Jim talks to J. Mo's mom on her birthday.

Jim recaps the Thunder's Game 1 win over the Lakers, but did they even play up to their potential, and do the Lakers have a chance to keep the series competitive?

Jim has a new producer who introduces himself, discusses Game 1 in both the Spurs–T-Wolves & Knicks–Sixers, recaps his WSOP Circuit event in Austin, looks back at the baseball weekend for the Cowboys and Sooners, and takes your calls on what to make of J.J. Redick's praise of the Thunder ahead of Game One of the series, Ty Simpson and his future with Sean McVay and the Rams, Wolverine's regenerative abilities, the Spurs heartbreaking loss to the T-Wolves at home, the uptick in injuries in modern sports, and previews the Lakers & Thunder Game 1 tonight.  

Jim takes your calls on and discusses topics such as Ty Simpson and his future with Sean McVay and the Rams, Wolverine's regenerative abilities, the Spurs heartbreaking loss to the T-Wolves at home, the uptick in injuries in modern sports, and preview the Lakers & Thunder Game 1 Tonight.

Jim has a new producer who introduces himself, discusses Game 1 in both the Spurs–T-Wolves & Knicks–Sixers, recaps his WSOP Circuit event in Austin, looks back at the baseball weekend for the Cowboys and Sooners, and takes your calls on what to make of J.J. Redick's praise of the Thunder ahead of Game One of the series.

Jim takes your calls and discusses Game One tonight between the Lakers & Thunder, what the Thunder might do with their lottery pick from the Clippers and where it may fall, and who improved more this offseason – the Bills or the Chiefs?

Jim takes your calls and discusses the uptick in injuries in modern sports, his decision to play baseball professionally versus football, and whether or not the Spurs were right to not call a timeout on the last possession of Game 1 versus the Timberwolves.

Jim takes your calls and discusses Ty Simpson and his future with Sean McVay and the LA Rams, Wolverine's regenerative abilities, and the Spurs disappointing home loss in game one of the 2nd Round to the Timberwolves.

Jim takes your calls including what to make of J.J. Redick's praise of the Thunder ahead of the start of the series.

Jim recaps his WSOP Circuit event over the weekend in Austin, and recaps the Cowboys and Sooners' weekend in College Baseball as well as their current standing.

Jim has a new producer who introduces himself to the audience, what to make of both the Knicks–Sixers and T-Wolves–Spurs opening games, and the what's wrong with the plate approach of the modern day Major League Baseball players.

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