On the Friday edition of The Best of The Doug Gottlieb Show, Doug thinks Wilmer Flores offered at the pitch and the check swing strike was the right call to end Game 5 of the NLDS. Doug also thinks that check swing controversy took away from the game, the managerial moves by Dave Roberts and the clutch hit by Cody Bellinger.

Kevin Durant is playing it cool about Kyrie Irving's situation with the Nets. Doug appreciates KD's apparent patience with the situation, but he thinks he must be put off by the fact that he went to Brooklyn because of Kyrie. Former Major League All-Star Matt Holliday joins Doug to talk about the controversial check swing in game 5 of the NLDS, what the Dodgers did right in that game, and to talk about the St. Louis Cardinals' opening at manager.

Doug is not surprised by the struggles of Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. Doug has no doubt he is trying as hard as he can, he just isn't that good an NFL Quarterback. He says Hurts was surrounded by NFL players in college, and thrived in that environment.