Here’s what went down on Wednesday on G&A…

OK, Gambo and Tito Ortiz didn’t have their big throw down, but Ortiz was nice enough to stop in-studio and spend a great length of time with G&A. His greatest fight: The 2^nd matchup with Chuck Liddell, even though it ended up in a loss. Ortiz is confident that he’d come up with a win against Mike Tyson in his prime in an MMA match. In the boxing ring, not so much, as Ortiz feels MMA and boxing are like “checkers and chess. “ He also feels MMA fighters are not being compensated commensurate to the growth of the sport and the growth in profits for the UFC. It doesn’t sound like he’ll be back in the UFC anytime soon, but Ortiz does plan on fighting, and would love a rematch with Frank Shamrock, who beat him in a fight almost 10 years ago.

The D-Backs made a big trade yesterday - and now Bob Melvin may have a logjam of arms in the bullpen. Melvin says a deal for Jon Rauch would’ve been sooner, but basically it came down to parting, grudgingly, with Emilio Bonifacio. With Rauch in-tow, Melvin feels that Tony Pena will be the primary 7^th inning guy, although match-ups and workload could call Chad Qualls into action again. (Heads up!) Melvin said he spoke with Qualls about the possibility of this reduced role, and that Qualls was OK with it. Melvin is not-so-sure about the future of Micah Owings, who has seen some action in the bullpen, with Yusmeiro Petit providing some quality starts.

Some quality WNBA chat later in the show. No seriously, did you see the brawl at the Palace last night? G&A have seen the Rick Mahorn shoving controversy several times and both agree it doesn’t look good for the former Pistons’ bad boy. Actually, Gambo thinks Mahorn is done in the WNBA, especially since he used obvious force in knocking down Lisa Leslie and didn’t react too remorsefully when she hit the ground…hard.

In the 5 o’ clock hour, G&A were joined by the newest Arizona Diamondback. No, not Jamie D’Antona. Jon Rauch joined the guys to talk about his new role as 8^th inning stopper for the D-backs. Not surprisingly, Rauch is excited to be in Arizona, and had nothing but nice things to say about his former organization in Washington. No, really…

Tomorrow: Pac-10 Media Day

 

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