A Numbers Game | August 3, 2026 | Hour 3

**Dustin Swedelson** (0:01)
This is VSiN, the Sports Betting Network. The numbers told the story, they always do.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:11)
One of those idiots who believe in analytics.

**Dustin Swedelson** (0:13)
This is A Numbers Game, with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
Welcome to Monday, it is A Numbers Game. I'm Dustin Swedelson, hanging out with Kelley Bydlon at the Circus Sports Book in downtown Las Vegas. This show is absolutely flying by.

**Kelley Bydlon** (0:32)
Yes, it is. It's a holiday around here.

**Dustin Swedelson** (0:34)
It's a couple of things converging at one time. One, Major League Baseball's trade deadline. It goes down 6 p.m. Eastern time. Based on everything I'm reading, there are teams in contention that are trying to trade away guys in their rotation. Like the Texas Rangers have made Mackenzie Gore available. Wow. It is very, very interesting. Okay. Everyone, I think there's two games being played at once. There's this year and there's the eventual fear of a salary cap coming and trying to get under whatever that may be now.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:03)
I mean, that Blue Jay Soriano move is a, that's a look toward the future move, right?

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:08)
For Toronto?

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:09)
Yeah.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:09)
It's brilliant because they're going to lose all these older arms that they have, and you'll pair Soriano with Yosavage and Dylan Sees going forward.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:17)
I like it, man.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:18)
That's a lot of strikeouts in that rotation right there.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:20)
Was Baseball a Trade Deadline the holiday you were referring to?

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:23)
No, the other holiday is the College Football Betting Guide is out at vsin.com.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:26)
You know how we've been working in broadcast way too long? Like you just...

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:29)
Oh, is today a holiday? I don't even know.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:30)
No, no, no. I just walked outside. There's like way more people in the casino than I would normally think on Monday at 9 a.m. No, but I just checked. I don't think there is.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:39)
Well, let's see. A couple things.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:40)
Except for British Columbia Day. Happy to those to celebrate British Columbia Day.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:44)
There are three observances today, and I'm not doing shtick. National Grab Some Nuts Day.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:50)
Oh my god, I'm looking at the same thing you are right now. Yep.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:53)
Should be fun when I get home today. National Clean Your Floors Day. Not participate.

**Kelley Bydlon** (1:58)
I'm not participating.

**Dustin Swedelson** (1:59)
National Watermelon Day. I can get behind that one.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:01)
I can buy that too.

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:02)
Two out of three. I'll take it.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:04)
Wow. Okay. Everything really does have holiday.

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:06)
National Grab Some Nuts Day is a wild.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:08)
I was really not thinking that was going to show up when I opened up that tab.

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:12)
That is a wild event. National Georgia Day, as in the state of Georgia, it looks like. No, no, no. I don't know if that's state of Georgia. It might be the country of the country of Georgia, but it looks like there's peaches in the ad for it. So I'm not totally sure. Probably the state that yeah, that looks like that. All we have going International Clown Week begins today. I know everyone's everyone's saying, yeah, dude, you're filling in for Gill. That's why you're here.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:35)
Oh, hey, like, does that mean like this? Like insane clown posse? Does that still exist?

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:41)
First of all, ICP?

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:42)
Yeah, does that still exist? It has to, right?

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:44)
Probably. But like at this point, are they like doing mosh pits with like their their walkers?

**SPEAKER_2** (2:49)
Right. Yeah.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:49)
I think are they all still like alive? How many of them were there?

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:52)
There was two.

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:53)
Oh, that's it.

**Dustin Swedelson** (2:54)
I believe so. Well, two full band insane. Was that called a juggalo?

**Kelley Bydlon** (2:59)
Yeah, juggalo. Like, do they have to perform somewhere this week? You would think so on International Clown Week.

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:04)
They've been going since 1989

**Kelley Bydlon** (3:06)
Are you serious?

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:07)
They have concerts. If you're in Vail, South Dakota, you can see them on the 14th.

**Kelley Bydlon** (3:11)
Bro, there you go. That's a party.

**Dustin Swedelson** (3:13)
If you're in Vail, South Dakota, I mean, there's not that much to do. I'd still argue you could spend your time doing other things than seeing the Insane Clown Posse.