1 00:00:14,580 --> 00:00:16,340 Yo what's up everybody, how you doing? 2 00:00:16,340 --> 00:00:18,540 Good morning Friday, BT unleashed in the house. 3 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:22,580 Late night, late night, late night, but an absolutely awesome 4 00:00:22,580 --> 00:00:25,180 night. The BT and South Show last night 5 00:00:25,180 --> 00:00:28,760 was absolutely rocking. Oh my God. 6 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,880 But man, I'd say we just had an absolute blast. 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:33,640 I got to say a couple stories from last night. 8 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,280 I want to get into a report from John Heyman about School Bull 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:40,080 that pertains to both the Yankees and the Mets. 10 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,640 And today's going to be a little bit of a shorter show. 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,240 I generally try to go about an hour and 15, an hour, 30. 12 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,440 Today's going to be more of an hour. 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,160 And since I've got the school bull thing and it's bull thing, 14 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,000 Yankee and Met thing, and I'll give you picks against the 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,880 spread obviously for championship Sunday. 16 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:55,720 But I've got to get to the airport. 17 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,720 I've got to get ready to fly out to Cincinnati. 18 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,240 Hopefully I get home to Cincinnati, OH. 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:01,760 St. John's is playing Xavier this 20 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,599 weekend, which will be really cool because Pitino is getting 21 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:08,480 ready to try to win his 900th game, which, I mean, unless St. 22 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,360 John's has a horrendous game, which, I don't know, anticipate, 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:12,960 they should win pretty, pretty handily. 24 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:16,520 I would imagine it will be #900 against his son. 25 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,120 And it's funny, I was thinking about that. 26 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,480 I was, I was actually in the broadcast booth with Mink in 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,560 2015 when the Coach K won his one thousandth at the Garden. 28 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,160 So I'm really looking forward to it, but I've got to tighten 29 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,160 things up a little bit. By the way, how sick is the hat? 30 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,120 How sick is the hat? Shout out to Engine 163, Ladder 31 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,280 83, forgetting the gentleman's name because I met him. 32 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:41,240 I met so many people last night, The VIP, the pictures after 33 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,080 where it was just a procession of people coming up and you 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,280 know, you're really trying to have these, these, even though 35 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,640 it's short, these meaningful conversations because you know, 36 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,640 to reach into your pocket. It wasn't cheap, the VIP, but to 37 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:56,440 come out and to do that and to support me and Sal, it's, you 38 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,800 know, I wanted to try to give as much time as I could and I've 39 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,200 just got bombarded with so many names and I'm forgetting the 40 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:02,960 gentleman's name right now who gave me the hat. 41 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:05,960 So I apologize for that. But you know, I told you I was 42 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,160 going to wear it on the show today. 43 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:11,680 You know, I've got mad love and great respect for FDNY and NYPD 44 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,760 and all those people who keep us safe and healthy. 45 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,040 I as soon as I saw this lid, I'm like, God, this is sweet. 46 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,480 So anyway, it was absolutely phenomenal. 47 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,160 And we're in the green room, right? 48 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,280 Shout out to Aaron Boone, who just, he's just, he's an A+ 49 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,680 human being. I mean, Aaron Boone came in from 50 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,640 Connecticut, 2 hours and 10 minutes it took him. 51 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:35,560 Now, we offered a car, you know, my guy who coordinates 52 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,840 everything, sets up these great events. 53 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:40,760 The gentleman Mike Martucci, who runs the jet trips that I do and 54 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,840 also runs the giant trips that he set the whole thing up. 55 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,520 And obviously we wanted to do right by Boone. 56 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,760 So we offered, you know, luxury car service, whatever. 57 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,480 He declined. But, you know, he had his, he 58 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,520 had his own way of getting here. He came with his buddy Chris, 59 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,120 who is a big WFAN fan, big BT and South fan. 60 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,680 So we're hanging in the green room and, you know, we're 61 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,480 banging back a little bit of a little shot here, a little shot 62 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:04,880 there, getting ready to hit the stage. 63 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:06,680 And I'm sitting there. I sit the salad one point of 64 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,400 like, dude, Can you imagine what it's like to be a musician? 65 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:14,040 Like I'm, I'm there and you know, we've got probably, I 66 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,160 think at one point there's a probably about 11:50 people in 67 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,280 the green room. My parents came back obviously, 68 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,640 and my wife was there, me and Sal Boonie, Boonie's buddy, 69 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:25,080 couple of sponsors that we really had a chance to get with 70 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,720 and, and really appreciate those guys for sure. 71 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,960 And when everybody left, I'm like, dude, could you imagine 72 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,440 being like a rock star? Like this is the lowest scale of 73 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,480 hanging in the green room. Get it, You know, doing shots 74 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,640 before you go perform. Imagine being here in the 80s or 75 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,600 in the 70s, like Led Zeppelin or Mötley Crüe in the 80s or the 76 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,640 90s. What those guys were doing. 77 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,400 It was, it was just amazing. The energy was incredible. 78 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,480 And the Vogel Theater is awesome. 79 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,080 I have not spent a whole lot of time in Red Bank, but the 80 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,560 restaurants, phenomenal. The scene absolutely phenomenal. 81 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,320 And you know, when you do something like this, you don't 82 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:00,720 really know what to expect right away. 83 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,760 You first of all, you hope the tickets going to sell. 84 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:04,920 Like that's the first thing. Like I we're putting ourselves 85 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,000 out there. If this thing doesn't sell well, 86 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,520 we're going to look like a bunch of knuckleheads. 87 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,240 But it's sold out and it's sold out, you know, really, really 88 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,920 fast. And all the seats were taken up 89 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,519 top as well. There was 2 levels of stuff like 90 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:19,600 Letterman. I mean, it was just absolutely 91 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,520 wild and everybody had a great time And and you know, funny 92 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:25,080 Boone, I started to tell you about Boone. 93 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,600 He he comes out and I think Sal was talking about this on his 94 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,760 podcast earlier today. Booty called Sal yesterday. 95 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,320 He was pissed. And you know, like when Aaron's 96 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,920 mad because I've gotten a couple of calls from Aaron, like, dude, 97 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:39,440 you know, you're off base on this. 98 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,560 Like whether it's a, a Volpee thing or, or Grisham thing or, 99 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,640 or really anything that he thinks that I'm all pace. 100 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,280 He will call me and say, come on, man, you want you, you, you 101 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,480 want to get it right. Here's really what's going on. 102 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,200 Now, that doesn't mean if we're talking about a player that I'm 103 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,760 going to take, with all due respect, everything that he says 104 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,040 is gospel because I've got my eyes and I've got my my 105 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,680 expectations for certain players. 106 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,160 Now, of course, he knows more of the circumstances if a guy's 107 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,400 hurt, whatever it might be, but I'm going to still formulate my 108 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:09,840 own opinion. And but it's good to get that, 109 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:12,160 that Intel to get that back, that background and that 110 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,880 backdrop, because sometimes there's things going on that we 111 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,520 might not know about. And he goes up, Sal and I don't 112 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,720 know if he was railing them, but he, you know, Sal told me like 113 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,920 it's, I wasn't kidding around, Like he was a little pissed off 114 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,600 because Sal's been all over gracious. 115 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,040 My guess. Oh, what it was. 116 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,480 Boone saw Sal on sports night the night before talking about 117 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,000 obviously the Yankees retained Bellinger and Sal was talking 118 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,920 about the rest of the lineup. And by the way, I agree. 119 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:40,280 I don't like Rich Misolito hitters at all. 120 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,280 And apparently Boone called him up and let him out, let him up a 121 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:44,960 little bit, call them up and lit him up a little bit. 122 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:50,640 And when Boone came out on the stage, we, you know, we sit down 123 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,960 and you know, we get to the whole spiel. 124 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:56,000 But before we get into anything, there's and and contentious is 125 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,440 strong. I'm not trying to like miss 126 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,240 misrepresent what happened, but Booney was clearly in public 127 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,160 getting his view across the saddle about Grisham. 128 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,560 And I'm I'm in the middle. So Aaron's to my right and Sal 129 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:11,360 is to my left and I'm in the middle and I'm looking back and 130 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,520 forth at this little tennis match, which to me is pretty 131 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,920 interesting. And I'm sitting there saying, 132 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,400 Hey, booty, I love you. But I, I got to agree with my, 133 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,920 my old partner here. I, I, I don't necessarily 134 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:23,040 disagree with the Grisham stuff. So we talked about that, you 135 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,960 know, we, and by the way, Aaron also said that they're not 136 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,400 necessarily done, which is really nice to hear. 137 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,200 Now, what that means is I, I, I take that as, and he's always 138 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,640 talked about possible trades. I take that more as a possible 139 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:37,000 trade. I don't see really, there's 140 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,240 nothing else really big to do free agent wise anyway. 141 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,160 So I think it's very, very possible that the Yankees make a 142 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,040 trade. I do I, as I said yesterday on 143 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,120 the show, I and I, I said this to Aaron last night and he 144 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,760 didn't necessarily disagree. I don't think there's any chance 145 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:52,920 that Dominguez and Jones are going to make the are going to 146 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,120 make the team. To me, Jones is more expendable. 147 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,160 He hasn't done anything at this level. 148 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,800 You know, he's not young, strikes out a lot. 149 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,040 And to me, I just think that the floor of Dominguez, like 150 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:03,840 Dominguez is not going to be a 190 hitter. 151 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,640 You know, he might not be that 3030 guy that many of us thought 152 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:09,560 we were getting a couple of years ago, but at the very least 153 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:13,040 he's proven to be a viable as a young professional hitter. 154 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:15,520 He's got to figure things out in left field and all these the 155 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,760 other things we've talked about. But I would not be surprised. 156 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,280 I wouldn't bank on it, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised 157 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:23,320 if there's a trade. And then of course, you know, 158 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:26,080 you know, we had to RIP open a couple of packs and, you know, 159 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,280 listen, the last thing I want to do his store begging on my guy 160 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,360 Booney, who I absolutely think the world up now when there's 161 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 something to criticize, I will. I will not allow that friendship 162 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,080 to get in the way. My targets always been more 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:39,640 Brian Cashman. You know that not saying Boone's 164 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:42,040 perfect, right? But it's always been more 165 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,800 Cashman because as a manager, you can only deal and and only, 166 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:48,160 you know, right out the lineup of the names that you've been 167 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:49,920 given. And as I've chronicled many 168 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,840 times, I mean, too many years where early on the Yankees 169 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:54,360 didn't have enough lefty hitters. 170 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,280 Now they've got too many other years the rotation was too thin, 171 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,240 which is not the case now they've got a great stacked 172 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:04,160 rotation, particularly when when Cole and Rodon get back in. 173 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,880 You know, year 2 of Cam Schlittler, he got to do a 174 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,200 couple of things before you get to bed. 175 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:09,680 Nor the bullpen. But think about all the 176 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,320 different first baseman they've had. 177 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,480 Think about even when Glaber was here and was playing a pretty 178 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,840 good second base. You know, we always wanted more 179 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,640 from Glaber Torres. Like, you know, there was just a 180 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:22,280 little after that one big year when he hit the 38 home runs, I 181 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,240 think we all thought, and I thought he was going to be the 182 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:27,320 three hitter forever and it didn't really work out that way. 183 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,200 And he's a little bit lazy, loafing after balls, not always 184 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,919 hustling out-of-the-box. So there were issues with him. 185 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:34,799 Shortstop. Shortstop's been a mess. 186 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,159 They haven't had a third baseman. 187 00:08:37,159 --> 00:08:40,559 You know, McMahon can pick it, but Aaron Boone's probably had 188 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,360 three 4-5 different third baseman over the years, couple 189 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,160 of different center fielders. I'd be really, if you really 190 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,640 think about it, outside of Aaron Judge and Garrett Cole, it's 191 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,200 been a revolving, Then Stanton when he's healthy, a revolving 192 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,600 door of players. Now they're almost 2 lefty 193 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:57,960 instead of having no lefties. They've got too many. 194 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,200 So it's certainly not perfect here. 195 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,760 But I, I do think that as I said yesterday, again, I think the 196 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,280 Yankees right now are obviously a playoff team, but I think the 197 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,640 same thing of the Mets here. I put both teams in that 87 to 198 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:14,120 89 window. I saw something yesterday. 199 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,960 The Mets have the shortest odds. I think they're I think the Mets 200 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,040 are plus 180 to win the NL East and I think the Braves were plus 201 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,520 190. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 202 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:26,840 Plus 180 + 190 and the the Phillies may have been actually 203 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,280 tied with with the Braves in terms of shortest odds. 204 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,760 So the NL E is going to be incredibly competitive. 205 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,520 The Nationals are awful. Marlins have some talent, but 206 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:36,440 they're not ready to win. Win it. 207 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,040 It's a tough division, one of the toughest ones in baseball. 208 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,120 And the American League East is going to be incredibly tough 209 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,120 because the team that almost won the World Series a year ago and 210 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,440 sent the Yankees pack in is still there. 211 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:48,720 Now. They lost Bichette, but they've 212 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,840 gained some other players. I don't think it's easy. 213 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,520 So even with the retention of Bellinger and a really good 214 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,400 staff, particularly when they get healthy, as I said, I I 215 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,960 think the Yankees have a chance to be really good. 216 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:01,760 I think the Mets have a chance to be really good. 217 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:07,240 The other thing too, is I want to get to the story that that 218 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,880 that Heyman had yesterday about the Yankees and the Mets both 219 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:12,920 checking out on the school ball in terms of the school ball 220 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,800 sweepstakes here. So I understand it now. 221 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,840 So I also get the fact that it's just a game. 222 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,840 You know, you can say whatever you want today and then you 223 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,280 could have another conversation with the Tigers and maybe they 224 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:27,400 flip a prospect that you're more willing to part with counter to 225 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,440 the initial proposal. And you go from checking out of 226 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,080 these Scubal sweepstakes to suddenly having a deal out of 227 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,920 nowhere and everybody's breaking news, you know, passing, Heyman, 228 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,400 all these guys, right? You know, breaking news, Yankees 229 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,640 get scubal, breaking news, Mets get scubal. 230 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,160 So I don't think there's any finality to it. 231 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:47,520 I really don't. But I do think it's a little 232 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:49,720 different. Like I, I look at it, if it's 233 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,160 true, let's let's pretend it's true for now because I do 234 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:55,280 believe it's true for now. But let's say it actually holds 235 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:58,360 up that way and somebody else gets them and we find out they 236 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,920 give up their first, their second, their 4th, 5th and 7th 237 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,080 prospect and a meaningful player or two. 238 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,040 Like it's going to be a bonkers package. 239 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,920 And when I say meaningful player, like a young pitcher 240 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,200 with four years of controllability who was already 241 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,320 done something at the Major League level or a young position 242 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,320 player who's obviously highly controllable multiple years, no 243 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:23,640 money, but has already shown, you know, a bit of a propensity 244 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,120 to do something at the Major League level, well, I will 245 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,120 evaluate it at that point in real time. 246 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,600 But right now, evaluating this, I got to tell you, I think that 247 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,880 if it's true and the Mets really are totally checked out of that, 248 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,880 I'm OK with it, even though the Mets, it's ironic because the 249 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,800 Mets need another pitcher more than the Yankees. 250 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:44,560 But the Yankees, to me, checking out of the schoolboy sweepstakes 251 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,200 and remaining checked out forever until he becomes a free 252 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,960 agent, to me is dumb. To me, that's the wrong move. 253 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,480 I would not do that. And it goes back to a simple, 254 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,680 basic concept. And what are the core elements 255 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,760 of my consternation with the New York Yankees? 256 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,240 How many more years left do we have of Aaron Judge's prime? 257 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:04,360 How many? I mean, if we're lucky, 3 and I 258 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:09,960 mean at the absolute apex of his Superman powers, 555760 home 259 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:15,520 runs, MVP hit 315, you know, OPS 1100, all the things that have 260 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,560 basically made him a right-handed Babe Ruth, right? 261 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,360 So you have that element. So you kind of work it against 262 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,000 time here, right? And the other thing too is if 263 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,360 the Yankees don't trade for school ball, the Yankees are not 264 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:31,200 going to sign school ball. So when the Yankees, as per the 265 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,520 report, check out of the school ball sweepstakes, to me that 266 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,520 tells me the Yankees will never get school ball because the 267 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,240 Yankees will not outbid. They'll dance a little bit and 268 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,000 they'll put up some good money and they'll put up a good fight. 269 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,040 And then it'll get to a point where unfortunately, how will 270 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,880 not be comfortable and how we'll check out and without being 271 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:53,320 Yankee. So I think the prudent thing to 272 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:57,000 do would be bite the bullet, give them what they want. 273 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,960 I'd have to really think long and hard about Schlittler. 274 00:12:59,960 --> 00:13:02,880 That's the one guy I think I'd probably be more willing to give 275 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,960 up Lombard. And even that would that would 276 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,000 be rough. But it's schoolable. 277 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,080 I mean, back to backside Youngs. The guy's phenomenal. 278 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,680 So you know, you're not going to get him for Spencer Jones and 279 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,960 Will Warren. You know, no disrespect to those 280 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:13,880 guys. You're going to have to give up 281 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,520 a lot. But see the Yankees there. 282 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:18,280 There should be more urgency there. 283 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,680 There really should. Whatever the window is, as I 284 00:13:20,680 --> 00:13:23,000 said, two years, three years. And by the way, next year, who 285 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,760 knows how much baseball we get. That's another year that just 286 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:30,120 elapses off the the the clock of the prime of of Aaron Judge. 287 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:32,520 And that's problematic to me. So I'm not messing around. 288 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:34,520 Like if I'm the Yankees, I'm going all in. 289 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,520 And I would have gone further all in, in terms of really 290 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,280 enticing Bichette to come here. And I would have gotten Bichette 291 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:41,760 and I would have gotten Bellinger as well. 292 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,880 Like that's what I would have. I would have maybe made a play 293 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,440 for Diaz and I would have put bed nor in the 8th inning. 294 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:47,520 I would have put Diaz in the night. 295 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,320 But that's me. It's not my money, it's not my 296 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,000 team. And it's easy to say that. 297 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,280 How's not doing it? We understand that and it's 298 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:57,320 frustrating, but you've got to understand that he's going to 299 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,080 make a push, but he's not going all in. 300 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,200 And it drives us nuts. But the more we understand that, 301 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,800 the I already do, the quicker you understand that. 302 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,560 Again, we can resist it, we can resent it, we can push back, we 303 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,640 can debate, we can scream, we can argue. 304 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:11,960 Doesn't mean it's going to change. 305 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:15,360 Whereas with Cohen right now, the Mets have a lot more work to 306 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,040 do. They were a mess last year. 307 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,960 They were a circus last year, 83 wins with Juan Soto after 308 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,920 winning almost 90 the year before and almost get into the 309 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:25,160 World Series. Like last year was embarrassing 310 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,520 for the New York Mets. And the steps that they've taken 311 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,880 to correct it are very identifiable. 312 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,200 And I think the Mets have had a phenomenal offseason and I think 313 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,760 the Yankees have had then, OK, like what? 314 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,120 What really, What have the Yankees done? 315 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,280 They brought back Bellinger and that's it. 316 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,800 So when you look at, and I was doing some digging this morning, 317 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,680 right? I was looking at some of these 318 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,680 names and as much as I don't want to give up Lombard back to 319 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,320 the school stuff, right, and as much as I don't want to give up 320 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:54,840 Cam Schlittler, I mean, it would really hurt because you watch 321 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,440 Schlittler do what he did and not just against the Red Sox in 322 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,600 the playoffs, but multiple starts. 323 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,040 Like he's just got top rate stuff that if he's healthy, he 324 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,920 is going to be what, 567 time All Star? 325 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,520 I know that that's really pushing it down the road, but 326 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,440 that's how that's how impressed I am with his stuff and his 327 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:12,720 makeup. It's the real deal. 328 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,680 Just like I feel about McClain as well. 329 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,000 Real deal. So they the name sounds, Oh, 330 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,120 Lombard, the next great Yankee. All right, we've heard that 331 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,040 before. It doesn't mean it's not going 332 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,120 to happen. But I was going through a list 333 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:30,680 here of the the most recent, fairly recent, going back about 334 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,120 10 years or so. So about a decade snapshot for 335 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,160 both the Yanks and the Mets, their prospects, right. 336 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,480 I'm going to go in descending order. 337 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,840 So most recent to obviously further back Volpe. 338 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:46,160 We don't know Dominguez, we don't know David Garcia, we know 339 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,560 it's not good. Florio didn't work out. 340 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,160 Jonathan Lewisiga now he was good, a lot of injuries, 341 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,920 whatever, but the end of the day didn't work out. 342 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:55,800 Glaber, all right, kind of worked out, but not the way we 343 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,360 wanted, but still worked out. They hit on that. 344 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,520 Jorge Mateo what Luis Severino worked out for a minute that it 345 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,520 didn't. Gary Sanchez worked out for a 346 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,560 minute that it didn't. And at the end of the day, Gary 347 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,320 Sanchez going to be on six Major League teams. 348 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,640 So he was not the star that we thought maybe he was going to be 349 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,800 when he had power and showed that early on as a as a power 350 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:15,000 hitting catcher by young catcher. 351 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:17,280 Then you get somewhat Mason Williams, remember that name, 352 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:21,960 the outfielder Jesus Montero and Austin Jackson are all those 353 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:23,600 guys. All those players that I just 354 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,640 mentioned were at one point the 1st or the second highest rated 355 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,720 prospect in the Yankees system. And by extension what are the 356 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:33,840 top rated prospects in all the baseball? 357 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:41,480 So 1234567891011, 1213 names in terms of legitimately hit like 358 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:46,720 Stud 0, in terms of serviceable, effective, you know, varying 359 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,240 degrees of success. But you know, whatever 360 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,040 description you want to use three guys. 361 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,320 I mean, you got to put Volpe in there. 362 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,720 He did win a Gold Glove, hit a Grand Slam in the World Series. 363 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,080 He's stolen some bases, hit some home runs, I mean, miles from 364 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:01,560 what we thought he would be, but certainly a Major League player. 365 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,760 Same with Dominguez and same with Claybur Torres and same 366 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,079 with Sebi for a minute. But they hit rate, or maybe more 367 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:11,200 specifically the miss rate on the Yankee prospects has been 368 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,960 through the roofs. Insane, incredibly frustrating. 369 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,880 So when I hear the report, and I do get it to an extent, I mean, 370 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,400 if it's going to take basically devouring the entire Yankee 371 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:25,280 system, I can see why the Yankees would at least put up 372 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,440 initial resistance. But when they circle back and 373 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,000 they they will circle back, right? 374 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:31,880 And they'll have another conversation with Detroit 375 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,000 because now Detroit will react to the Yankees saying we're out. 376 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,840 And then if they're not idiots, which I don't think that all 377 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,960 they they might be because then I can resign school ball. 378 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,800 So they are idiots in that sense. 379 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,720 Not to mention embarrassing the guy with a $19 million 380 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,440 arbitration offer when he's looking for 32. 381 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,200 You want to talk about disrespect? 382 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,400 The height of misreading the room. 383 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,400 I mean that is the ultimate definition right there. 384 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,040 The tigers are a mess. So maybe they won't go back to 385 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,920 the Yankees and circle back. I I don't know. 386 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:01,800 But if you're a smart team, what you do is you get 6-7 teams 387 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,520 bidding, bidding, bidding, bidding and if somebody checks 388 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,920 out, you pull them back in, you re engage them and you just have 389 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,720 multiple massive offers to choose from. 390 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,440 Now that's the Yankees, right from the Mets perspective. 391 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,440 Now we we still don't know about some of these players, right? 392 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:18,600 Again, going backwards, right descending order Jet Williams, 393 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,880 Drew Gilbert, Acuna, who's gone Alvarez. 394 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,600 I mean, whatever always he's hurt, you know not he was the 395 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,520 number one prospect in baseball. You know, you just hope that 396 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,240 he's here in two years. I'm not even sure that he will 397 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:33,360 be like if you told me so you went from the number one 398 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:36,080 prospect in baseball. To me, there's a greater than 399 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,840 50% chance that in two years he's gone, that the Mets move 400 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,360 on. Like if he has another year 401 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:43,160 where he's banged up and he misses 30-40, fifty games. 402 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:46,360 But at some point you've got to make a determination that this 403 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,560 player is not what you thought he necessarily would be. 404 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:50,480 And by the way, that's common around baseball. 405 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,360 It is. It's the I think it's the 406 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:54,400 hardest thing to do. It's easier in basketball. 407 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,320 I think it's easier in football. Quarterbacks a little dicey, but 408 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,200 to read prospects, whether they're from the Dominican 409 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,440 Republic or domestically here, you know, when you get a young 410 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:09,000 kid who's 1617 and you know his skin and bones, but he runs like 411 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,040 the wind. Then he's got a quick twitch arm 412 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,840 and he hits bombs and he's a switch hitter that he plays a 413 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,200 premium spot. You're like, there's no way this 414 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,960 kid can miss. He just can't miss. 415 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,040 And then you get him in the minors and he hits 212 and he 416 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,120 strikes out, then he hits 220, then he hits eighteen home runs, 417 00:19:24,120 --> 00:19:27,000 but he's still hitting 239. Like you really, you just don't 418 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,000 know. Oh, it's such, it's such an 419 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:34,760 advanced projection that the hit rate is always going to be lower 420 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,720 than the miss rate, I think compared to all the other 421 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:38,960 sports, right. So now back to the Mets here. 422 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,280 And just to finish up the thought with Alvarez, he's not 423 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,040 been that guy so far. I like Brett Beatty, you know, 424 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,680 but he right now he's nothing more than slightly above average 425 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,160 or slightly above interesting to me. 426 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,480 Mauricio. I don't think much of them. 427 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:52,880 I know some of you do. I don't. 428 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:54,600 I don't think he's fast. I don't think he has a great 429 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,880 position and I know he can't hit a curveball. 430 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,480 When you miss curveballs by this much and you're that out in 431 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,920 front, I mean, when you're on your front foot and you can't 432 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,560 recognize and decipher when that secondary stuff is coming, you 433 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,520 can't hit period. But you can't hit because once 434 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:11,920 the I mean, the word's already out. 435 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:13,760 Hey, Mauricio, feed him stops, you know. 436 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:15,920 Bend that slider towards his ankles. 437 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,640 Can't lay off it, and that's a problem. 438 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,080 Then you get to somebody like Mark. 439 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,280 I'm just looking at the prospects Vientos. 440 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:22,720 I don't like him at all. I don't. 441 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,800 He can't run. He's got no position. 442 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,240 And to me, you've got no value at that point if you're 31 and 443 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:33,240 you were DH and you're a banger and you've had multiple big time 444 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,520 years on your red like Stanton. All right, That's a little 445 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,160 different when you're in your mid 20s and you have nowhere to 446 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,960 play. I'm not very interested in 447 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,360 keeping you around just the way it is. 448 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,520 Andres Jimenez, Ahmed Rosario, who's a utility guy for the 449 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:51,640 Yankees now, Steven Matz and Dom Smith and I can go on and on and 450 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,160 on and on. And all those names I gave you. 451 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:55,680 There's not one superstar of the group. 452 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,480 Now, that doesn't mean that a Gilbert won't be that guy or Jet 453 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:02,000 Williams or a Lombard or a, you know, certainly a slip there who 454 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,080 I think will be, but the evidence says more likely that 455 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,840 that they won't be. So if that's the case, why not 456 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,760 play the odds and say, yo, we got 2-3 years left the Judge, 457 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,840 we're going for it. Whereas with the Mets, I think 458 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,400 their situation is a little bit different. 459 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:15,960 I don't. I know, I know they've spent the 460 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,520 timeline up because they are going to be good this year and 461 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:21,240 they're going to be a playoff team, I think. 462 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:23,800 Whereas a week ago I'm sitting here thinking there were 75 win 463 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,720 team. But that was interesting, you 464 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,040 know, to bow out that early as the Yankees and the Mets 465 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,320 reportedly have. I find that pretty interesting. 466 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,400 I really do. Oh, hey, listen, so I told you I 467 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,360 got a short 1 today, about an hour and I know there was a a 468 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:39,840 message up on the board. I didn't read it. 469 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,840 Jay Rods gonna fire him in and I'm just gonna listen anything 470 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:45,960 today when we get into a Friday, you know, obviously, whether 471 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,200 it's something I'm talking about the content, whether it's about 472 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,040 something about the show from last night, whether it's 473 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,960 something about the show from the fan. 474 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,040 I mean, I'm going to open book here. 475 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,040 Maybe there's something I can't say legally, but for the most 476 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,920 part, I mean, I'm going to dive into these questions. 477 00:21:59,920 --> 00:22:01,800 I'm going to really pound away. All right, let's get it going 478 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:06,000 here at Avery summit dash, UF or those dashes drive me nuts. 479 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:07,720 Avery Summit. We're going to go with that. 480 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,680 Hey, BT what's going on, buddy? Prospects for suspects. 481 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,880 I agree. Trading for storage is like 482 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,200 being the house in a casino. Oh, you're talking. 483 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,080 I love the I haven't been to a casino in a while. 484 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,960 Customers are the prospects. They may win here and there, but 485 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,720 the house always wins always trade for the study. 486 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Well done well said tough to refute that. 487 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,600 I get it now to be fair, while the house always wins now you 488 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,400 might go to AC or Vegas for the weekend. 489 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,800 You might walk away. You know, 456000 if you're real 490 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,120 High Roller 7080. I mean whatever it's all 491 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:43,680 relative to what you have right and what you're willing to to 492 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,800 lose and or or or able to lose and absorb right. 493 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,560 But you might go out couple of nights with the boys. 494 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,120 You know, I know a lot of you go to casinos and and guys trips 495 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:55,520 like your fantasy football draft, you do the draft and then 496 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:56,920 you party. I've done that before as well. 497 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,040 It's a good way to do it. Although by the time you get 498 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,000 around to the draft, you like, I don't even care who I draft 499 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,520 here, I won't get back. Play some blackjack here anyway. 500 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:07,240 The you might have a highly successful weekend and walk away 501 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,080 with some loot and then you go back the next time and you lose 502 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,640 and then you go back the next time and you lose. 503 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,560 The point is, if you've ever gambled like more than once or 504 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,160 twice and maybe you get a little lucky, given the randomness of 505 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,760 the cards, you know, the advantage to the house is an 506 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,320 absolute real thing. And, and I like the analogy. 507 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,680 I think that that really fits. I I truly do. 508 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,880 I'll tell you when, God, it's so different with kids and, you 509 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,000 know, coaching every weekend and I'd rather be on the field than 510 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,760 in a blackjack table. But man, there was a point every 511 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,120 day. I'd rather do that, but there 512 00:23:41,120 --> 00:23:46,000 was a point where I was going to Harrah's in ACI, had a had a 513 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,760 Hostess that get the free rooms, all that stuff, get something to 514 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,400 eat, man. I, I would play 8-9 straight 515 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,960 hours And I, I, when I play blackjack, I like to play two 516 00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,400 hands again, worsening the odds, even though blackjack odds are 517 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,920 fine. Like there's some others, like 518 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,440 let it ride, I believe is one of the worst in the house, but it's 519 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,040 a fun game. But you know you're going to 520 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,680 lose, right? If you play often blackjack, all 521 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,280 right? It's a game of chance, like 522 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:16,120 every card game. But I feel more in control when 523 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,440 I'm playing blackjack, like when I'm playing craps. 524 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,480 I don't know what the hell is going on. 525 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,400 I really have no idea. I I have no clue. 526 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,560 I don't know how to play. So I just see that I went. 527 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,600 I literally would. And I played craps probably four 528 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,120 or five times. And for somebody who really goes 529 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:33,560 to play blackjack and win and dig in, come in with the 530 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,080 bankroll, playing two hands, splitting everything, doubling 531 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,280 down, I mean, playing blackjack the right way, you would think 532 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,720 that, you know I would. I'm a rookie with this crap 533 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:46,080 stuff and it's embarrassing because the dice roll, I've got 534 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,600 my money on the line, on the numbers. 535 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:49,400 I don't even know if I necessarily won. 536 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,760 I'm just waiting for the guy scooping things up. 537 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,360 I'm like, is he scooping up my, is he scooping put on my chips, 538 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,120 or is he hooking me up? I really, really don't know. 539 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,720 And that is not a fun way to play. 540 00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,800 I don't know why I keep putting the hat on. 541 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,600 Oh, I do not because when I when I have the hat on, I can't. 542 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:04,480 I can't really throw the glasses on it. 543 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,920 I won't be able to read these. All right. 544 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,920 At Willie Laverty, 1664 without Willie or Will. 545 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,720 Will is in the house, new to YouTube, trying to figure out 546 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,320 how to sign up and avoid commercials. 547 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,640 Great job last night, Willie from Borrelli's in Long Beach. 548 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,960 Yeah. So I was at Borrelli's the 549 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,120 weekend before Big Saint John's watch party. 550 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,080 It was awesome. The football games were going 551 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,160 on. I've done a few things with 552 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,840 Barelli's, my buddy Mike Quinn out there in Long Beach, NY. 553 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:34,480 It's phenomenal. It's a great spot. 554 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,800 One of the few places in Long Beach that is really open year 555 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,320 rounds, obviously very seasonal, very Beachy town. 556 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,840 But Borelli's absolutely pops and we're actually doing 557 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,640 something. We are putting something 558 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,440 together for Saint John's Marquette with myself and Tyler 559 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:49,800 Kollick. So I've got a great relationship 560 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:53,600 with my friends and Borelli's. It's a good spot in terms of the 561 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,000 and I and I met I met we'll be there. 562 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,840 I met him a few times. I think that I saw him last 563 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,840 night too. I think I don't want to misguide 564 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:02,920 you here. I believe I think the way to 565 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,400 avoid some of the ads I think is to go YouTube premium. 566 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:08,840 There's certain levels to YouTube. 567 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:13,040 I'm just figuring this out man. I'm just figuring this out, by 568 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,680 the way, just as a quick aside. So yesterday, I'm really proud 569 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:19,760 of this, right? And some of the numbers early 570 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,360 were, were fairly modest, not modest for somebody who's just 571 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:26,840 starting up a, a YouTube channel, but modest in terms of 572 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,720 what I anticipate and why, what I expect this channel to 573 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,480 eventually grow into. And I look back at the analytics 574 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,280 and I mentioned this yesterday part of it, but I, I've got 575 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:38,040 something else to add. So nine straight days, nine 576 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,280 straight days, the site grew in terms of viewership. 577 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,400 And that was some of the numbers were low because we had the 578 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:45,960 issue with YouTube. Remember, we were only doing 579 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,400 the, the live on X, which, yeah, it was good to be on X, but 580 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,440 YouTube is where I'm at. And, and we had to rectify that 581 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,040 and resolve it and it took a while. 582 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,240 So the momentum we had early, we were banging out some really 583 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,560 large viewership given the amount of Subs we have and, and 584 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,120 just a short amount of time I've been on this platform. 585 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:07,960 So going back to last Monday, so Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 586 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,280 Thursday, Friday of last week, literally it went like this. 587 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,600 It was like 8009 thousand 10:11 to 12:13. 588 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,360 And then this week we just started, you know, Monday, 589 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:19,840 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. If not, I don't know what 590 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,480 today's will be yet, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 591 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,080 So as I said, nine straight shows and it started like 13414 592 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,960 nine. Yesterday's was 27. 593 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,440 I got to check my nose 2728 thousand just for one day. 594 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:35,120 And that is that's just that's just the start. 595 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,080 And and I know I say this a lot and I said it last night on 596 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,600 stage and I'm going to keep saying this, that, you know, I 597 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,360 would get no thousand if it wasn't for you guys support, no 598 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:45,960 matter how good the content might be, no matter how 599 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,120 interesting, I may have whatever I present, if nobody's watching 600 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,840 and you don't have my back and you guys aren't lifting me up 601 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,840 and doing this with me. It's not growing incrementally. 602 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,320 We're not able, I'm not able to hire a producer. 603 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,960 I'm not able to do the things that we've already started to do 604 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,960 and will continue to do. So that was really, really 605 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,480 exciting. And now, you know, I remember 606 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,120 when I was doing radio, obviously all these years, like 607 00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,640 I couldn't wait to get the ratings. 608 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:15,280 Now I was a rating. Now some people and it's changed 609 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,800 because 880 now ESPN got a lot of good friends there as well. 610 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:22,880 The Greca Love Allen Hahn, Winthrop's the PD who used to be 611 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:25,320 my producer on on one of my old shows at 10:50. 612 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,040 I know a lot of people in the building, really good people, 613 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,000 right? This is a little radio geeky 614 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,400 background stuff, whatever. But they stopped subscribing to 615 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,680 Nielsen. So there was a point, as you 616 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,360 know, because you, you read the papers, Raisman and you know, 617 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,840 Martian doing his thing where the radio wars were fun, you 618 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,840 know, whether it was Kay and Francesa, you know, Kay actually 619 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:49,160 beat Mike once and that battle, Kayla, Greca, not just Kay. 620 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,000 And you know, that was chronicled daily. 621 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,280 Well, you've got to pay to subscribe to Nielsen. 622 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,000 It's not cheap. So 880 bowed out of that. 623 00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,720 And I respect the decision. Radios change quite a bit. 624 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,480 Terrestrial game is very different than it used to be 625 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:08,680 and, and so myself, right when I was at 10:50 and of course at 626 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,760 the fan, I was a guy who wanted to know the ratings. 627 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:14,320 I want to know the ratings every day if possible like I was. 628 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,560 I need the daily, I need the weekly, I need the monthly. 629 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,000 I want to see where we're going. I want to see what the story is. 630 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,640 Now some PD's and I, I understand this as well. 631 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,040 Some PD's, not that they get annoyed, but they might do just 632 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,560 show sounds great, just focus on the show because in their mind 633 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,760 they're thinking that I can't do two things at once. 634 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,920 I can find out what the ratings are and I can still do a show 635 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:40,000 and hopefully do it really well. But as as bosses, I I do get 636 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,720 this mindset. It's not a knock, I get it. 637 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,240 And I might have had the same approach if I was APD. 638 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:48,040 Like if you've Got Talent asking you everyday, what's the 639 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,280 ratings, you might think, hey, maybe if if you have a day where 640 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,080 it's a little down and the meter is incredibly unpredictable, 641 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,000 like there's no rhyme or reason, you know, it's not like if 642 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,840 there's 1.1 million people literally in their cars and 643 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:06,240 streaming and listening to me and Sal on the fan back in the 644 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:09,200 day. It doesn't, doesn't say 1.1. 645 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,880 Like it's not a literal reading. It's an extrapolation. 646 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,280 It's like this little meter basically that's in a car. 647 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:18,280 And then based on the different boroughs and the different 648 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,480 areas, the different demographics, age and all that 649 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,120 other stuff, they come together with some ratings formula, which 650 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,480 to me is it's a rough way to get graded. 651 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,600 So anyway, I do now and I love this because it's a scoreboard 652 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,240 for me. And I like to be challenged and 653 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,000 I like to know if I'm winning or if I'm losing or if we're tied. 654 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,160 And I like to see the progress and I like to see, all right, 655 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,400 this pop and I'm diving deeply into it like this worked and 656 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,480 this didn't. And oh wow, this really worked. 657 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,320 I maybe we tweaked this. So when I wake up now, I'm 658 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:51,120 looking at my my analytical page on YouTube and I am going 659 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,240 through with a fine tooth comb and I am looking at things to 660 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,800 tell me what's working and what's not. 661 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,120 And really the last time, even before the last time, like the 662 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,440 first show had a a massive viewership and the first week 663 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:04,960 did as well. Then the holidays, then we hit 664 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,120 the snag with YouTube. But it's a way for me to see 665 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,800 what's going on. So I appreciate it. 666 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,440 And what's going on is that we're growing. 667 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,800 That's what's really going on. All right, let me see what's up 668 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,120 with this at BRAC 227. BRAC. 669 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,760 What's up, Mark from Clifton? Hey, that's right. 670 00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:20,520 I met Mark. He did come up on the stage. 671 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,600 Yeah, the VIP, he said I'm the bears guy. 672 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,520 There he is, Mark. There he is. 673 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,720 Last time was great. Yeah, Yep, Yep. 674 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,280 That was thank you for the extremely kind words after I 675 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,240 told you the story about my infant son and signing the 676 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,720 baseball. I hear you, buddy. 677 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,760 That was that was definitely a real life moment. 678 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,600 And I know that I believe that you said your wife is 7 months 679 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,560 pregnant now. I think would I know you have a 680 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,600 baby girl? I think you said 7 and and I 681 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,720 remember saying God bless. I remember giving you a big hug. 682 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:54,480 I mean, that's that's dad to expecting Dad expecting dad, 683 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:58,840 whatever words you want to use. So, you know, I'm going to I'm 684 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,640 going to stay in my lane here. There's certain things that I 685 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,000 can talk about the Yankees bullpen and the Mets line up all 686 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,080 day and the Knicks inability to stop the three-point shot. 687 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:12,160 There's just certain things that that that I just, yeah, it's sad 688 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,800 to me. It's actually making me really 689 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,360 sad right now that I don't have an answer for. 690 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,680 And I'd never pretend to. Obviously you believe in what 691 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,800 you believe. You believe in who you believe 692 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:27,000 as I do. And the cards that Mark was were 693 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,120 that he and his wife were dealt were tragic. 694 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,080 I'll just leave it at that, Mark, so you don't have to thank 695 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,520 me, man. It was my pleasure to meet you, 696 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,920 give you a big hug and you got I know you, you watch every day. 697 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,800 So we're almost every day. So I can't wait to see the first 698 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,320 picture. Then when, when, man, when, when 699 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:48,880 you first when you become a dad for the first time. 700 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,000 Oh my God, it's absolutely amazing. 701 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,600 You can't prepare for it, man. There's just not, you know, you 702 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,680 get the nursery ready, you know, you think you have everything 703 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,200 ready. You just and then there's 704 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,040 another person in the world, then it's your full 705 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,680 responsibility. It is incredible, man. 706 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:14,960 So I as a, as a man, as a dad of 2, when that nurse hand you that 707 00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:19,120 baby, all that sadness is going to go away at that moment, at 708 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:21,200 least at that moment. No question about it, buddy. 709 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,240 The the other thing too, all right? 710 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,640 Oh, Andrew. Oh, and I know Andrew. 711 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:29,880 Andrew from Bay Ridge. Andrew. 712 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,560 What's up, dude? Andrew would call me and Sal all 713 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,440 the time. Andrew from Bay Ridge. 714 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,200 And I love Bay Ridge by the way he used to play. 715 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:37,480 This is why I want to know where you're from. 716 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,840 My favorite, even more so than my home court in flat, like in 717 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,640 Sheepshead Bay, Saint Mark's. My favorite court to play. 718 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,120 CYO Hoops, St. Pat's Third Ave., Bay Ridge and 719 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,520 it had a Shamrock in the middle of the like I felt like I was at 720 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,960 the Boston Garden and Andrew's in Bay Ridge and he called a lot 721 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,880 and he said he was going to jump back in and here he is. 722 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,400 Thank you man. Really miss BT and Sal Can't 723 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,600 wait to call it again. Which you'll be able to do here 724 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,560 again without the technical mumbo jumbo. 725 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,600 That's J Rod's job. J Rod, you better figure this 726 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,520 shit out, man, because I sure as heck won't. 727 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,040 But we will be able to take calls so you will be able to 728 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,239 call me again. WFA are not the same. 729 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:22,320 You guys professional throughout work at me through the from the 730 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:23,840 live show. But Congrats on a wonderful 731 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,639 night. Yeah, it was awesome. 732 00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:27,679 Thank you for that, Andrew. Appreciate you checking in. 733 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:32,080 It was really it was even better than I thought. 734 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,639 You know, there's you know I said this my last show. 735 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:38,560 Now it's a different vulnerability right. 736 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,719 So the last show, and I'm sure if you're watching me here, I'm 737 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:45,719 sure by now you've seen the last show and it was, you know, got 738 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,040 emotional. My dad called in. 739 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,000 My dad was there last night. I made him stand up. 740 00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,239 I'm like, hey, you guys remember what my dad called in stand up 741 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:53,320 pops. And of course, then my dad comes 742 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,080 over to Aaron Boone after and he's like, oh, he's throwing 743 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,840 stats about his grandfather playing for the Tigers, who led 744 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:00,400 the American League in ribbies one year. 745 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,800 And and Boone was great. It was awesome. 746 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:06,520 My dad was geeking out for a little bit, but when, when you, 747 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,960 you know, when you do, and I said this last night on stage, 748 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,520 you know, me and Sal in the green room, we're like, how do 749 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,480 we want to start this? And I'll tell you, I've got to 750 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,680 give my wife a lot of credit because there's a fine line. 751 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,880 She was in the green room before with us and she told us and I, I 752 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:21,960 don't listen to everything you say. 753 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,720 If I listen to this, this is very wise. 754 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,360 She said, guys, these people are here because they love you. 755 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:27,800 These people are here to support you. 756 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:32,520 And Sam and I to be completely transparent, you know, you, you 757 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,200 can't live in the past forever. I mean, so the bridge that was 758 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,640 WFAN that I've crossed now and I'm doing this and I'm thrilled 759 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,560 with it and happy and I'm focused and it's all good. 760 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:45,400 And it's just, it's a success. But you just like, I don't want 761 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:50,200 to always go back to WFANI. Just don't, you know, it was 762 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,440 great time, but it's over, at least in terms of full time. 763 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,440 And and if she didn't say that because we were, we're like, do 764 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,040 we lean into it? Like how much do we talk about 765 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:00,560 it? You know, do we just get into 766 00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,200 some content? We had some fun games and 767 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,560 obviously ripping baseball pack. We did three RQ. 768 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,520 We did power up all that stuff, right? 769 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,680 So anyway, she did say to us and and it hit home and we listened. 770 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,680 You know, she's like, these guys are here. 771 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,760 These people are here for you. They they want to hear a little 772 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,120 bit about WFAN. They want to hear about your 773 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:18,800 relationship. They want to hear about what you 774 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,200 guys went through. And when she said that, it 775 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,200 really resonated and and we did that. 776 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,080 And I just say that because I remember saying it on stage last 777 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,320 night. So, you know, you, even if you 778 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:34,640 don't know that you're doing it early as a broadcaster, really, 779 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,640 at the end of the day, you're chasing validation. 780 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:39,280 Really. That's what you're chasing. 781 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,480 You know? Yeah, you want to make money. 782 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,720 You want to buy a nice home, have a couple of cars, be able 783 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:45,880 to save money for the kids in college and those things that 784 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,440 matter, right, And take a vacation and have a few bucks in 785 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,840 the bank like you want to be able to provide clearly. 786 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:56,320 But before all that, when you starting out, you want to be 787 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,920 accepted. And I don't mean except they're 788 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,680 like, all right, he's got a job. I mean, I trust that guy. 789 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:04,520 I like that guy. I might not always agree with 790 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,600 that guy, but that guy knows his stuff and that guy does his 791 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,560 homework. And that guy sounds like 792 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,200 somebody that I grew up with or would love to have a beer with 793 00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:15,000 or really connect with or whatever it might be. 794 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:20,400 And I remember saying last night that the validation right is, is 795 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,760 a, is a powerful thing. And you don't really know when 796 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,240 you get it. It's not like you get a note in 797 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,120 the mail. You've officially been or, or 798 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,360 text message, you've officially been validated by the audience. 799 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,160 They, they respect you. No, it's like you just you 800 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,480 grind, you roll up your sleeves, you do your homework, you jump 801 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,840 into it, you battle, you know, you, you argue, you present, you 802 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:43,360 debate, you do everything new. And then you know when, when, 803 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,680 when the dust clears and you kind of look at what, what was 804 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,240 left. I think that's when you 805 00:37:47,240 --> 00:37:52,040 determine whether or not there's some validation and the way you 806 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,920 guys lifted us up our last week or so on the air, me for sure my 807 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,960 last week and really my last day on the air where I was getting 808 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,840 choked up and say I was getting choked up his as well. 809 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:05,880 There's there's from the validation, there becomes a 810 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,640 vulnerability. All right. 811 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,680 And it's like an emotional vulnerability, which which I was 812 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,920 not worried about sharing like I was not protective of that. 813 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,720 I remember my wife said before I went in the morning of my last 814 00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:21,400 show, she said, you think you're going to cry today on the air? 815 00:38:22,240 --> 00:38:26,000 And I said probably I said I, I don't know for sure. 816 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,800 I said, but probably because I know I know how I am. 817 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,720 And I was totally OK with that. And I think that that I think 818 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:37,840 that that that mindset, I think is part of the reason why you 819 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,200 guys have accepted us and why you have followed me here and 820 00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:46,120 followed S to his podcast and followed us to the Vogel Theater 821 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,680 last night. It's all about validation, you 822 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:53,920 know, and, and, and we're, it's, it's, it's a powerful thing and 823 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,560 it, it's, it's OK to be vulnerable. 824 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,440 I know I just rambled a little bit there, but Andrew had the, 825 00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,480 you know, brought up something about the fan, which by the way, 826 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,760 I'm totally cool talking about. I had no problem with that, but 827 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,880 it was even further validation last night and when we got on 828 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,560 the stage and for the first three 4-5 minutes, just kind of 829 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,320 shooting the shit about, you know, the fan and, and really 830 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,160 let you guys know how much we appreciate you. 831 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:19,120 And then getting into the show it it once again reinforced and 832 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,400 and I, I, I will take this one to the grave. 833 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:26,400 Our show, man, I loved it. I absolutely loved it and it 834 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:30,160 worked. I mean, I've talked to Sal a lot 835 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,480 of text messages since that last show. 836 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,760 Obviously we hung together at a rods part Alex's party right 837 00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,760 before Christmas, but I've only seen him once and that was at 838 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,200 Alex's party and all the text. But you know, getting ready for 839 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,800 the show and just kind of BS and text about whatever my bets get 840 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:45,240 this, Yanks get this. What's going on? 841 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:48,360 Planning the show was I said, I get on the stage with the guy. 842 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,000 Felt like I felt like I was on air with him yesterday and like 843 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:52,520 that's a chemistry that you can't teach. 844 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:54,160 It's a chemistry that you can't buy. 845 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:58,600 And it was really fun. Tom Reed 5658 What's your 846 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,320 opinion on the chances of a Major League work stoppage next 847 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,600 year? One to 1010 nine and a half. 848 00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,680 I mean it's it's going to happen there, Tommy, thank you very 849 00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,320 much. Now I know that Manfred was on 850 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,920 with carton on the fan a week or two it whatever way I know what 851 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,440 he said and I know that like deep down he kind of believes 852 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,840 that he's going to project positively, which you should. 853 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,320 There's no way you get on the air and say we're cooked. 854 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,520 That's it. Here's the shut get the 855 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:24,640 padlocks. We're done. 856 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,760 You've got to, you know, you got to at least project an element 857 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,640 of positivity and conviction that you'll be able to plow 858 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:37,280 through these these real financial impediments that are 859 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,160 now destroying the game. And I'm not bitter about the 860 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,200 Dodgers getting all their players and doing what they do. 861 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,800 Dodgers spend more. Dodgers are more creative. 862 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,040 Dodgers are, in terms of structuring these contracts, 863 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,120 they're more attractive right now than the Yankees and the 864 00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:51,920 Mets. Hey, suck it up. 865 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,280 Got to take it on the chin sometimes because all those 866 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,440 years when as a Yankee fan, I was in that position, I enjoyed 867 00:40:58,440 --> 00:40:59,200 it. So I get it. 868 00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:02,440 What goes around comes around. My answer is do something about 869 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:02,880 it. How? 870 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,280 At least Cohen's trying to do something about it. 871 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,680 He got Soto, you know, quick pivot to Pichette up. 872 00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,760 Let's get Peralta up. Let's go out there and get a 873 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,720 center fielder. I mean, that's a lower level 874 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:13,960 move compared to some of the other ones. 875 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,480 But you know, the Yankees sat back and they did nothing. 876 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:20,000 And outside of Bellinger, and as Boone told us last night, 877 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:24,680 they're not necessarily done. But if they are, it's a very 878 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,320 uninspiring offseason. Now, to be fair, the Yankees 879 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,560 didn't have to do nearly as much as the Mets had to do. 880 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,320 Mets just have to do a lot more. Number one, they deconstructed 881 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,240 their team. And before they did that, the 882 00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:39,080 team that they had was not good and certainly not consistent and 883 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:44,080 not not a winning crew, you know, in terms of consistency. 884 00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,440 So they blew it up, which I believe is the right move. 885 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:50,200 And then the pivot wasn't a slow, methodical one. 886 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,240 It was an incredibly aggressive one, but also a really smart one 887 00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:57,360 because they didn't tie themselves into anybody 445. 888 00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,040 It's not like they said, it's not like they did a a Knicks 889 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:04,000 move back in the day where with Isaiah, like that's always my 890 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:08,000 point of reference on how not to build the team where they were 891 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,600 so desperate to become competitive that, you know, they 892 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,680 took on undesirable Contra. Let me trade for Stephane 893 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:16,520 Marbury, even though, and Steph was talented, but you knew he 894 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,400 wasn't that that next level winner. 895 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,240 He was going to elevate the franchise like maybe like a 896 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:24,560 Brunson, you know, or an Alvin Houston when the when the Knicks 897 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,280 got him that summer, you know, or spree when they got him as 898 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:28,360 well. Like he just wasn't that guy. 899 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,600 There was no evidence that he was that guy. 900 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,680 He was bouncing around and, you know, viewed to be a little bit 901 00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,760 of a chucker, a little bit of a malcontent, incredibly talented. 902 00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,440 Steph to me had as much game as anybody in the last 2530 years 903 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,760 in the back court. He could do it all, but it's got 904 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:44,480 to translate to wins. And Isaiah was always trying to 905 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:49,840 circumvent the long, arduous, painful Rd. of rebuilding and, 906 00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,440 and, and on some level you got to respect it because he's like, 907 00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:54,040 all right, let me get, let me get Stevie Francis. 908 00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:55,880 Let me get kick the tires on Eddie Curry. 909 00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,040 Let me get Jerome James, who had one good, good playoff series 910 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,160 and gave him $5,000,000, right? He at least he was trying. 911 00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,600 It wasn't a lack of effort and Dolan was cutting the checks 912 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:06,680 right. Like that's the wrong way to do 913 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,320 it. The right way to do it is what 914 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:14,040 Stearns is doing is to straddle the line of not tying yourself 915 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,320 down with long contracts that will be burdensome down the 916 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,080 road, but it gives you a chance to win. 917 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,360 Now really get the Mets are a playoff team. 918 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:25,040 I firmly believe that, not a championship team, not yet. 919 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:28,400 One more pitcher that could change and they can get a little 920 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:31,640 lucky and that can change. But right now, solid playoff 921 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,840 team, definite wild card chance to win the division. 922 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,520 That's how I view the Mets this morning, right? 923 00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:42,480 But they also simultaneously have preserved their future. 924 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,240 You listen, you gave up Sproke, you had to give up somebody. 925 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:48,160 But you got tongue, you got McClain, You still have some 926 00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,320 players in the system, younger position players. 927 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:54,280 So that's the way to do it. I I think that that's a smart 928 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,920 way to do it. And the problem is, as I spin it 929 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,080 back to the Yankees, you know, and the question that was just 930 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:05,520 posed, I think 2027 is going to be a real problem. 931 00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:09,600 I think there's going to be a lot of empty days, man, where we 932 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,600 are longing to flip on the Yes network, flip on S&Y, flip on 933 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,840 Apple, flip on Prime, whatever the hell streaming divide, flip 934 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:21,480 on Netflix. The Yankees are on opening Day 935 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,600 on Netflix. I'm sure many of you aware of 936 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:28,280 that, right? Playing the Giants on on opening 937 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:33,960 Day, which is a holiday in my book, sacred holiday Netflix, 938 00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,200 that's unacceptable, but it's really not because it's 939 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,840 happening. So the revenue generation for 940 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:44,600 baseball is through the roof. Like baseball's not hurting for 941 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:46,800 money. The problem is, and many of you 942 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,080 know this and this why it will be a protracted extensive 943 00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:54,920 holdout and misery for us is because it's not sustainable a 944 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:58,320 whole lot longer. It's just the gap, the schism 945 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,400 between those who have it and those who don't. 946 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,120 It's untenable. And we always knew this was 947 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,280 coming. Now, I'm not here to, you know, 948 00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,840 get out the little violin for the owner of the Pirates of the 949 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,880 Twins. The moral of the Joe, if you 950 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:13,400 can't, if you can't afford it, then get out of the game. 951 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,240 Like that's really my bottom line mentality because all these 952 00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:18,960 guys are and even if they're not billionaires, like, say if 953 00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:22,520 they've got like a group ownership, I mean, if you're 954 00:45:22,520 --> 00:45:25,480 short of a billion, you got 67800 million. 955 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:29,880 And if you don't choose to reinvest that, if you decided to 956 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:34,520 buy a team at a smaller market with a lower TV revenue stream, 957 00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:36,360 that's your problem. That's not our problem. 958 00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,720 I mean, well, let me take that back. 959 00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,040 It's going to be our problem. It shouldn't be our problem, but 960 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,600 it's going to be. And you look at the health of 961 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,440 the NFL, you know, Buffalo small market, I mean, they got hosed 962 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,240 and Josh Allen played like, like played awful. 963 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:55,040 But Buffalo small market, they can win the Super Bowl and 964 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,560 they're in it every year. Jacksonville, one of the smaller 965 00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,720 markets, you know, they were in it this year. 966 00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,600 They can win the Super Bowl one of these years if they get 967 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:04,360 another player or two on each side, You know, so it's not 968 00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:08,480 dependent upon where you are. It's so so baseball really does 969 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,320 need to recalibrate. And it's going to be such a deep 970 00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:13,480 recalibration. It's not like a little tweak and 971 00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,080 I'm going to get the wrench and tighten this up. 972 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:20,160 I, it, it feels like it's going to be a sledgehammer to the 973 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,080 current model and then you've got it. 974 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:25,800 So you got to demo the current model, then you got to pick up 975 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,920 the pieces, then you got to throw them out, and then you got 976 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,720 to provide a base of fairness and something that proves to be 977 00:46:32,720 --> 00:46:36,080 financially solvent. And I'm not smart enough to have 978 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:37,400 the answer. I, I don't know. 979 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,800 I mean, that's up to them to figure things out, but I'm 980 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,200 certainly a student up to know that it's coming. 981 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,440 And yeah, I mean, it sucks that I've got to be the bearer of bad 982 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:46,920 news. I appreciate the text there. 983 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:52,120 But that is that is absolutely the deal at BRAC 2270. 984 00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:53,400 I already hit BRAC. I'm sorry about that. 985 00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:54,680 BRAC. Thank you very much. 986 00:46:55,680 --> 00:47:00,640 What do we got here at teacher? Teacher man TF Teacher man O 428 987 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,000 WFM Blue with big time. What a loss for us fans. 988 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,200 Please be together more Love, you guys. 989 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,960 Yeah, I mean, listen again. And when I say this, I mean it. 990 00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,160 It's not me saying it because I feel like I have to say it 991 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,680 because I think, you know by now that I'm not the kind of person 992 00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,960 to throw platitudes out there if I don't believe it. 993 00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,600 And I'm going to say it again every time it comes up. 994 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,600 I got love for WFAN. They gave me a chance to be on 995 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,120 the station that I always aspire to be on. 996 00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:27,400 Now, that doesn't mean I'm going to beg them to come back or not 997 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,920 be able to deal with the curveball that I was dealt. 998 00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:33,440 But there's really no animosity, you know, in a lot of ways. 999 00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,440 And I've thought about this a lot, right? 1000 00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:40,640 And one of the things that I'm beginning to branch out into, 1001 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,160 and I've got something coming up in March for Verizon, which has 1002 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:47,120 been a great friend of mine. I've got something coming up in 1003 00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:50,840 February, cross, cross, excuse me, cross country mortgage, 1004 00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,000 where I'm speaking a lot, right? I've spoken in some athletic 1005 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:56,960 banquets, Maris, journalism stuff, public speaking. 1006 00:47:57,440 --> 00:48:01,640 And in a lot of ways, you know, all the things that I was 1007 00:48:01,640 --> 00:48:04,920 saying, which I've always believed and I've always 1008 00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:09,480 subscribed in. And two, like this change in my 1009 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,360 lifestyle financially, my just the way I script my day-to-day, 1010 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,640 you know, my commute, my existence, everything's changed 1011 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:20,520 and a change on a dime, man on a dime, 13 years, same commute, 13 1012 00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:24,800 years, same building, 13 years, same floor, same people. 1013 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:29,040 And it's, it's gone. And and that's OK because that's 1014 00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,120 corporate America. So the things that I've espoused 1015 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:36,040 in those motivational sessions, right? 1016 00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:40,440 And things I tell the kids I coach, you know, I love my coach 1017 00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,480 and you guys know that the things I certainly tell my 1018 00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:47,280 children like if I'm not able to adhere to that, I mean, what 1019 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:49,120 kind of phony am I? You know what I mean? 1020 00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:56,240 So I almost look at it this way. I channel the, the, the 1021 00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,520 uprooting really in a lot of ways of, of my professional 1022 00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,040 journey. And it's been a fairly drastic 1023 00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:04,960 one. I look at it as a gift, I really 1024 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:06,680 do. I look at it as something that 1025 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:11,920 was presented to me and because I think I'm resilient and 1026 00:49:11,920 --> 00:49:15,760 because I take pride in being mentally tough and, and not 1027 00:49:15,760 --> 00:49:17,840 afraid to take chances. Granted, with kids and a 1028 00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,280 mortgage and a wife, it's a little different. 1029 00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,080 You take a chance when you're 22 like I did. 1030 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,600 I'm going to Allentown, PA for my first job, $16,000. 1031 00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:28,200 If I bomb and I fail, who do I hurt me, you know? 1032 00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:31,160 So the stakes are obviously much higher, and I'm well aware of 1033 00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:31,880 that. Trust me. 1034 00:49:32,360 --> 00:49:34,480 You know, that's that's a burden that that I've got to carry. 1035 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:39,440 And I am, and it's fine. But I just, I'm not mad at WFAM. 1036 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,960 And I think that the quicker that you guys can really 1037 00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:43,880 understand that. I get it. 1038 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,680 You're mad the show's gone. And you should, because the show 1039 00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,120 was awesome. You know, I'm always going to 1040 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:50,840 keep it real with that. Yeah, always. 1041 00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:54,080 Like BT and South should have been on for 15 years. 1042 00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:56,520 I mean, instead of getting deleted, there should have been 1043 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,360 extensions. I believe that man. 1044 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:00,920 And that's not pompous or that's not arrogance. 1045 00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,960 That's just full conviction in, in what we were pumping out 1046 00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,280 everyday, you know, but you just, you can't always look in 1047 00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,480 the rear view, rear view mirror. And I've got no problem talking 1048 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:11,640 about the fan. I really don't. 1049 00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:15,080 But I, it's important for me to impress to you and impress upon 1050 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:19,520 you that there's just, there's no grudge, there's no animosity. 1051 00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:25,760 There's, there's, there's optimism. 1052 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:28,320 I really mean that. And I think that you guys feel 1053 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:29,600 bad because I say that all the time. 1054 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:31,520 John's from Philly. What's going on? 1055 00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:38,880 Johnny John, John Horvath, 9542. Even if MLB wants to recalibrate 1056 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:41,480 and help smaller markets compete, how could they even 1057 00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,880 enforce that owners can claim poverty? 1058 00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,520 Well, you can't claim poverty. I wouldn't use that word. 1059 00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:52,960 I would use a word. I would maybe you want to you 1060 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:55,400 want to provide context as to the earning power. 1061 00:50:55,720 --> 00:50:58,400 Yeah, there's obviously a delineation as to what the 1062 00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,760 Yankees and the Mets and the Dodgers and the Phillies and the 1063 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:04,720 Red Sox and Toronto with the Rogers group, which is I think 1064 00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,640 the first or second most affluent ownership group. 1065 00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:08,960 I think they've got more than Cohen. 1066 00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,520 I'm almost positive they're no well, the Dodgers, I think, I 1067 00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:15,320 think the Mets are two or three and the and the Blue Jays are 1068 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,360 right there like the the Rogers group. 1069 00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:23,400 Their net worth is ridiculous and the Tampa will never have 1070 00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:24,600 that. Even when Tampa gets the new 1071 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,400 stadium and the A's get the new stadium. 1072 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:31,160 And then you look at teams like the Twins, you know, I know, I 1073 00:51:31,160 --> 00:51:34,800 know Chicago's a big market, but the White Sox hemorrhaging 1074 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,440 money, empty state and Cubs are different. 1075 00:51:37,440 --> 00:51:38,960 It's a different energy going to Wrigley Field. 1076 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,960 But the White Sox, it's it's it's not a great economic model 1077 00:51:42,960 --> 00:51:45,480 for them. I mean, the easy thing is to say 1078 00:51:45,480 --> 00:51:47,760 tough again, if you can't afford it, get out. 1079 00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:50,440 And there's a part of me that really does believe that, you 1080 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,920 know, it's not my problem that a multi billionaire who made his 1081 00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:59,200 wealth in real estate or youknow.com world, whatever it 1082 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,320 might be, that he can't figure it out. 1083 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:03,920 Figure it out. Hey, if I'm figuring it out on 1084 00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:07,120 YouTube, you can figure it out when you've got a whole hell of 1085 00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:09,240 a lot more money in the bank than me figure it out. 1086 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,680 I got no sympathy for you. The only reason I really care, 1087 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,720 quite frankly, is because it affects the Yankees and the Mets 1088 00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,960 and it really effects my daily viewing pleasures. 1089 00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:24,280 That's it, you know, but you, it's going to be, it's going to 1090 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:28,040 be long because it's going to be an arduous settlement. 1091 00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:31,280 There is no direct path to a direct answer. 1092 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:34,480 And like you've got, so you've got the union protecting the 1093 00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:37,120 players of and that's their job. Yeah, we can say whatever we 1094 00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:40,560 want about Boris stringing us out and, and you know, just kind 1095 00:52:40,560 --> 00:52:43,080 of it's almost February. Come on Scotty, let's go. 1096 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,280 What's Bellinger doing? I know you're playing the game, 1097 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:49,640 trying to get 7 years and use the 5162 that the Yankees have 1098 00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:52,320 against, you know, maybe trying to get the Toronto pull them. 1099 00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:54,920 We get the game, all right. I don't really begrudge him 1100 00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:57,320 because that's his job. And it's also the job of the 1101 00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,600 union to protect the players and maximize their worth. 1102 00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:01,760 And so I get that as well because I'm in a union as well. 1103 00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:03,520 I respect unions. I'm in a union. 1104 00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,200 I am a pro union person, all right. 1105 00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,800 But then you look at the complexities of, of trying to 1106 00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,600 come up with resolution that is, I don't want to say equitable 1107 00:53:14,600 --> 00:53:18,120 for both sides, but acceptable because it's never going to be 1108 00:53:18,120 --> 00:53:21,400 5050, like the Rays are never going to be, never going to have 1109 00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:23,520 the same valuation of the Yankees or the Dodgers. 1110 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,720 It's just not. And they shouldn't, but they've 1111 00:53:25,720 --> 00:53:29,520 at least got to have a better chance to play the game. 1112 00:53:29,960 --> 00:53:32,560 And however they come up with that number and those, no, those 1113 00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:37,360 new rules and you know, the new CBAII, God bless the man because 1114 00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:41,280 those negotiations are going to be painful. 1115 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:45,120 They really are absolutely painful. 1116 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,360 I get a couple of more texts in here, see what's going on. 1117 00:53:47,360 --> 00:53:49,840 What's up, Dante? What up, Dante? 1118 00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:55,120 Dante 6563, a man of WFM, but I'm going to let it go. 1119 00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,720 You should absolutely let it go. By the way, if the Aqueduct 1120 00:53:57,720 --> 00:54:00,040 Racetrack shuts down, Woody should buy the area. 1121 00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,720 It can fit a stadium and Parkin would bring The Jets back to 1122 00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:04,480 Queens. Love you BT Thank you very much, 1123 00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:06,360 Dante. I feel it right back to you in 1124 00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:08,000 terms of the love. Thank you for that, man. 1125 00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:10,520 Yeah, again, no reason to be AWFA. 1126 00:54:10,520 --> 00:54:11,880 Listen, you have choices as a listener. 1127 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,440 Like, there were some of you who couldn't stand me and Sal. 1128 00:54:14,640 --> 00:54:17,000 Maybe you couldn't stand me. Maybe you couldn't stand Sal. 1129 00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,200 Maybe you couldn't stand this together. 1130 00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:21,000 Maybe you like me, but you hated something I said about a team 1131 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,640 that you love, that you think that I don't like, or vice versa 1132 00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:26,600 with Sal. And many of you got mad at us. 1133 00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:30,560 And I, in hindsight, do understand this with the way the 1134 00:54:30,560 --> 00:54:34,080 Carl Bank situation went down. We owned it, we apologize, we 1135 00:54:34,080 --> 00:54:35,800 manned up, wish it didn't happen. 1136 00:54:35,840 --> 00:54:38,840 It did. You got choices, you got apps 1137 00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,720 that you can listen to. You've got the dial in your car, 1138 00:54:42,040 --> 00:54:45,120 you've got laptops. You could punch up whoever you 1139 00:54:45,120 --> 00:54:46,560 want. So there's no reason to be mad. 1140 00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,160 If you like shows on the fan, listen to them, you know, 1141 00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:52,400 listen, if you just make sure you come check me out, you know, 1142 00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,720 And by the way, it's my mission to be better than everybody. 1143 00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:58,600 Like somebody was, who the heck asked me the other day, did it 1144 00:54:58,600 --> 00:55:00,240 come up? I don't think, well, maybe it 1145 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,400 came up last night somewhere off stage. 1146 00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:05,480 Someone's like, oh, look at you, you're going on at 10:00 going 1147 00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:08,560 against Evan and Tiki, not going up against Evan and Tiki, going 1148 00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:12,000 up against the world. Evan, I'm not going up against 1149 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:13,800 Evan and Tiki. You know, they're like, why 1150 00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:15,440 don't you go on at 9:50 trying to stay? 1151 00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:16,920 And I, I actually, it's not a bad idea. 1152 00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:19,680 You know, I'm not, you know, going up against the Bay. 1153 00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,080 You can steal a couple of viewers early. 1154 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:22,360 I might have to do that actually. 1155 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,600 Right. So some people are going at 9:50 1156 00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:26,000 get a jumpstart on Evan and Tiki. 1157 00:55:26,000 --> 00:55:28,840 Whatever. All right, but that's not the 1158 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:31,400 way I look at this. It's not it's not evident Tiki 1159 00:55:31,400 --> 00:55:33,760 or going on early and trying to steal 10 minutes from Boomer and 1160 00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:37,880 Geo or Rothenberg and DPH, which by the way, those guys have a 1161 00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:39,920 good show. I've always thought that I I 1162 00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,200 like catching those guys in the morning. 1163 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,920 They're really good, funny, funny and they know sports. 1164 00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,320 They're good. And I don't really know either 1165 00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:48,160 one of those guys. I don't. 1166 00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:50,360 Obviously Rick is a player. Rothenberg. 1167 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,800 Rothenberg is just an animal. Like he loves his teams. 1168 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,840 He's nuts. I love it so, but I'm I'm not 1169 00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:57,560 going against them. I'm not going against Barton 1170 00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:02,080 Carlin or Michael Kay or Donnie and and my buddy Alan Hahn. 1171 00:56:02,080 --> 00:56:03,680 Don's also a good friend or Rosenberg. 1172 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,320 I'm going up against everybody. Everybody that's got a phone or 1173 00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:12,000 a laptop or an outlet to produce content, they are on my radar. 1174 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:13,800 That's it. That's my job. 1175 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,000 That is my job to get sponsorship. 1176 00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:19,120 If they have the sponsorship and it's up, it's my job to try to 1177 00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,800 take it. It is my job. 1178 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:24,200 It is my mission where if there's two shows that you love 1179 00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,320 and say this is one of them simultaneously to be better so 1180 00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,240 that when you make that choice, it's this one, not the other 1181 00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:31,840 one. That's how I feel it in the 1182 00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:34,240 simplest forms. That's how I really, truly view 1183 00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:36,320 it. What do we got here? 1184 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,440 All right, another one. BT is great. 1185 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:42,480 Glad you never left us. But BT and Sal must come back. 1186 00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,120 Looking forward to calling in, seeing great guests. 1187 00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:46,880 You are a pro. Thank you, Mr. Teacher Man. 1188 00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:49,320 Yeah, I mean, we were talking about that again last night. 1189 00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:54,400 You know, we we actually have a vision to well, I was talking to 1190 00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,600 my my guy Martucci. There's a thought that we're 1191 00:56:56,600 --> 00:57:00,240 going to try to do eight of these a year, you know, with 1192 00:57:00,560 --> 00:57:03,920 it's the last time we got the Yankee angle with Boone, get a 1193 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:07,520 Met angle, get a jet angle, get a giant angle, you know, really 1194 00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:09,920 doing kind of crafted to a, to a specific audience. 1195 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,080 And by the way, not just even though the Vogel Theater is 1196 00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:16,080 incredible, but really bounce around, maybe hit Long Island, 1197 00:57:16,080 --> 00:57:18,640 maybe do something up in Connecticut, maybe do something 1198 00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,400 out in Queens or near Queens with, with Rick, Rick Pitino, 1199 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:22,800 little St. John's angle that I would love 1200 00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:24,760 to do. So there's there's so many 1201 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:27,200 different things and the oh, the other thing and this will 1202 00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:29,120 happen. I don't have any details for 1203 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:31,800 you. It was this I actually had mom. 1204 00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:33,520 I'm going to keep that to myself because I don't want to throw 1205 00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:36,600 anybody under the bus, but I'm I'm certain things I won't say. 1206 00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:38,760 I'm not going to say that. There's not much that I won't 1207 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:39,800 say, but I'm not going to say that. 1208 00:57:40,200 --> 00:57:43,360 Anyway. We are going to do a spring 1209 00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,760 training trip, me and Sal and we're going to go down to Tampa 1210 00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:49,800 and I could, I could one name that I could give you is that 1211 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:54,240 we'll do a dinner and AQ and A and a meet and greet myself, Sal 1212 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:54,880 and Dwight. Good. 1213 00:57:54,880 --> 00:57:59,600 So it's going to be 3 of us, Doctor, KBT and Sal don't know 1214 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,680 if it's going to be late February, early March, whatever 1215 00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,720 logistics need to be worked out. Maybe when the Yankees play the 1216 00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,440 Mets, maybe when, but whatever. We we've got to look at the 1217 00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:10,040 schedule, but it has already begun. 1218 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:13,760 I would think that that would be the next thing that's coming and 1219 00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:16,000 we'll let you know about that. I've obviously got some things 1220 00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:19,280 in March with Saint John's, the Big East tournament, a few 1221 00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:22,880 motivational speaking engagements, and then obviously 1222 00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:25,200 the NCAA tournament. And can I ask you a question? 1223 00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:29,960 My wife is from Dallas, so she always like when I get mad, she 1224 00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:32,480 calls me Andrew Dice Clay and she thinks that bothers me. 1225 00:58:32,560 --> 00:58:34,360 It's a compliment. I love it. 1226 00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:38,080 And by the way, the dice man's coming to the Vogel Theater and 1227 00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:39,920 I showed her last night. There was a picture of Dice. 1228 00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,800 We, we got there really early and, you know, we're setting up 1229 00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:45,120 and, and she was doing some, I mean, she was, I don't know if 1230 00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:46,120 we could have done this without her. 1231 00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,440 She did so much work and I really appreciate it. 1232 00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:51,280 She's great at what she does. Sometimes a pain in the behind 1233 00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,360 with certain things like every wife and every husband, but it 1234 00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:55,320 is what it is. Very proud of her last night for 1235 00:58:55,320 --> 00:58:57,640 sure. Anyway, when she gets mad at me, 1236 00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:01,480 yeah, if I curse or whatever. Oh, there's the Andrew Dice Clay 1237 00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:02,720 coming out. Yep. 1238 00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:07,760 And and the Dice man is absolutely going to the Vogel 1239 00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:08,840 Theater. I can't wait. 1240 00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:10,840 I can't wait. That's going to be fun. 1241 00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:14,640 I got to go to that show. But between last night, like 1242 00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:18,320 last night was evidence, this goes back to what I said before 1243 00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:21,520 about the validation, but also the vulnerability, whether it's 1244 00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:24,760 my last shift on the fan that that Friday when I was upset a 1245 00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:26,920 little bit, that's vulnerability. 1246 00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:28,600 Or even last time when you put yourself out there when your 1247 00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,320 name is on a marquee and you just hope it's going to sell 1248 00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:32,880 out, you hope it's going to be well received. 1249 00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:36,160 That's being vulnerable. And and again, I think that 1250 00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:38,840 that's part of the that's part of the journey, man. 1251 00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:42,920 But now that I know last night was that was further validation 1252 00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:46,120 that it's going to work whenever we put one of these together. 1253 00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,760 And hopefully the venues will get bigger and even, you know, 1254 00:59:48,760 --> 00:59:50,760 better and a little different tweak some stuff. 1255 00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:52,880 Even though last night was phenomenal. 1256 00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:56,800 But the next thing on the radar is going to be a spring training 1257 00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:58,080 trip. How wild would that be? 1258 00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:00,000 By the way, when I'm, when I'm thinking about these spring 1259 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:03,400 training trips, here's what I'm thinking Now Sal will come too. 1260 01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:06,600 But having played golf with Sal, Sal will just rush through the 1261 01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:08,360 round and can't wait to finish me. 1262 01:00:08,920 --> 01:00:11,240 I'm going to probably want to go out and play 36 even though I'm 1263 01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:14,440 going to be languishing and I've lost 17 balls and shoot a one O 1264 01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:17,680 1 and my back will be screaming like I don't want the round to 1265 01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:18,960 end. Sal can't wait for it to end 1266 01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:22,560 When we play with Francesa, me and JJ who are riding together 1267 01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:26,080 like we we were, you know, maybe just off the fairway, whatever. 1268 01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:29,560 Sometimes, yeah, if we dribbled or where wherever we were, Sal 1269 01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:34,920 and Mike were two shots ahead of us, two shots ahead of us and I 1270 01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,200 look up and I have an approach shot, sals on the green. 1271 01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:40,080 If he just plays quick, he wanted to get it over with. 1272 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:43,240 I didn't want it to end anyway. If we do, when we do the spring 1273 01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:46,840 training trip, it's my vision to maybe set up and it's going to 1274 01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:49,960 require some coordination, but it's very doable. 1275 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,280 Like I'm not just throwing this out. 1276 01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:53,880 Little golf outing. No, I don't mean of the biggest, 1277 01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:58,520 you know, like 100 person golf outing, but you know, let's say 1278 01:00:58,520 --> 01:01:01,000 we have a group of 100, which sounds about right. 1279 01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:02,760 That's kind of the number we were thrown out last night. 1280 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:06,000 You tell me I can't find 10/12/14 golfers who want to go 1281 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:08,280 out and spray it around and have a few pops. 1282 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,360 You kidding me? And then go back to the hotel, 1283 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,920 take a shower and then go to a sweet restaurant, hang out with 1284 01:01:12,920 --> 01:01:14,720 me, Sal and Doc. What? 1285 01:01:15,080 --> 01:01:17,320 This is better than having to go to work every day. 1286 01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:19,760 That's why I've been such a good mood. 1287 01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:21,560 I love this stuff. I mean, I'm working every day, 1288 01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:23,960 but you know what I mean. Let's see. 1289 01:01:23,960 --> 01:01:27,600 Maybe one or two more. I do have to fly out today, as I 1290 01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,000 mentioned. Hey, J Rod, what's happening, 1291 01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:31,440 buddy? Very quiet today. 1292 01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:33,480 J Rod, is he OK? Like coming up? 1293 01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:36,320 Hey, how we doing? J Rod, everybody. 1294 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:39,040 How's my How's my connection looking right now? 1295 01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:42,360 I mean, you look OK, but your connection is great, all right. 1296 01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:43,400 Thank you. Thank you. 1297 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:44,920 I appreciate it. There we go. 1298 01:01:45,080 --> 01:01:46,280 Why? Was there something wrong? 1299 01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,040 Was something wrong technically? No, just in. 1300 01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:51,600 I'm in a new location I'm at. I'm at work right now, so you 1301 01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:52,800 know. Wait, this is work? 1302 01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:54,160 What do you mean here? This is work. 1303 01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:56,360 I'm at 2 works. I'm at 2. 1304 01:01:56,360 --> 01:01:58,560 Works right now. This guy, this guy is a hustler. 1305 01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:02,400 Now the first show, and it's it's a couple of shows ago, it 1306 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:04,400 looked like you were in jail. Where the hell were you with 1307 01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:07,440 those lockers behind you? Where are you? 1308 01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:09,760 We're in the Guitar Center break room. 1309 01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,400 Fulton St. Brooklyn. 1310 01:02:11,560 --> 01:02:14,120 Come through. See, this guy's hustling, and I 1311 01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:17,760 respect that because when I was trying to break into radio, I 1312 01:02:17,760 --> 01:02:20,880 was tending bar. I was working on Wall Street. 1313 01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:23,200 I mean, I was doing construction a little bit. 1314 01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:25,600 I get it. You know, getting into the 1315 01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:27,400 business is that you got to hustle, man. 1316 01:02:27,640 --> 01:02:30,120 It's what you got to do. But also, I mean, it's fun. 1317 01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:34,040 I kind of get to keep not foot in like a music territory. 1318 01:02:34,040 --> 01:02:37,480 I love keep working produce and doing the editing I love. 1319 01:02:37,480 --> 01:02:39,600 So I mean it kind of works. Yep, Yep. 1320 01:02:39,600 --> 01:02:43,000 And I know that you you, I know that you, you work at the guitar 1321 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:43,720 store. Are you? 1322 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:46,440 You obviously play the guitar. Any other instruments? 1323 01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:47,320 When did you start? How old? 1324 01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:49,240 Were you? So I started around like five 1325 01:02:49,240 --> 01:02:52,640 years ago, started playing bassing guitar, did like a lot 1326 01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:55,000 of live music. My roommates and I actually ran 1327 01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:58,920 a music venue in college and we like talking like, you know, 1328 01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:02,480 national and also just like local acts and stuff like that. 1329 01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:06,520 And so yeah, I mean, been playing ever since. 1330 01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:12,120 Did some like touring last year with a band and stuff like that 1331 01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:13,400 and so. How's the group you seen? 1332 01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:17,040 How's the group you seen? I mean, it's good in school. 1333 01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:19,240 I mean, it was great, you know, running the venue, you had 1334 01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:22,280 people coming up, you know, after the show every time. 1335 01:03:23,840 --> 01:03:25,880 But yeah, it's fun. I mean, just kind of trying to 1336 01:03:26,080 --> 01:03:29,480 trying to get like really back into playing a bunch of shows 1337 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:32,560 now that I'm out here as well. So yeah, always want to just 1338 01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:36,600 keep my foot in any. Basket, I can figure it out. 1339 01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:40,280 That's a good mentality I got. I got a quick musical story for 1340 01:03:40,280 --> 01:03:42,160 you see, that's why you never know where we're going to go. 1341 01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:43,800 And I just popped in my head. I'm going to tell you something 1342 01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:45,760 in a second. But do you think that you've got 1343 01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:48,120 the chops? Maybe as the BT and Sal live, 1344 01:03:48,320 --> 01:03:51,200 you know, tour begins to expand. We pop you on stage. 1345 01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:52,600 Can you get the crowd loose? Can you handle? 1346 01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:54,440 It yeah, I mean, that'd be fun. I do. 1347 01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:57,240 I do a bit of rapping as well, so I feel like people would love 1348 01:03:57,240 --> 01:03:58,600 that. Like you rap. 1349 01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:00,520 Yeah, yeah, yeah. No. 1350 01:04:00,520 --> 01:04:03,160 Way big time since I was like 1413. 1351 01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:06,120 OK, now you got a little homework and we're going to get 1352 01:04:06,200 --> 01:04:10,480 37,000 inches of snow, so you're not going anywhere this weekend. 1353 01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:12,160 Hopefully I can get back from Cincinnati. 1354 01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:15,160 I don't know. You've got to. 1355 01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:17,000 I don't need you to track it yet. 1356 01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:19,440 You got to come up with a BT Unleashed rap song? 1357 01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,760 Are you kidding me? I got you. 1358 01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:24,840 Let's go. I got you. 1359 01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:27,080 It's going to be awesome. I'm telling you. 1360 01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:28,680 I'm telling you. You're going to be shocked. 1361 01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,880 I'm not going to be I I can tell by the confidence that I'm not 1362 01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:36,320 going to be shot. J Rod in the house now, can you? 1363 01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:40,240 You mentioned Beastie Boys, who are some of your rapping 1364 01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:41,560 influence. It's got to be Eminem. 1365 01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:43,960 I mean, obviously. I mean, he, he was the guy, you 1366 01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:46,720 know, who started it all, you know, when I was a young man, 1367 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:48,400 11. But I mean, I'm a big fan of 1368 01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:50,680 older stuff. Like I love Tribe Called Quest, 1369 01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:57,200 love Jay, you know, Beastie Boys was an N.W.A was kind of what my 1370 01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:59,320 dad put me on to when I was like a kid. 1371 01:04:59,760 --> 01:05:03,960 Yeah, he he's shit. He's a big, like he's a 90s rap 1372 01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:06,960 kind of guy. Like that is sort of, you know, 1373 01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:10,240 territory era. So that was it Snooped. 1374 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:11,880 I mean, like that's all he was showing me. 1375 01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,200 And then, you know, obviously I love the newer guys like. 1376 01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:16,880 What about Big Daddy Kane? That's an old school one for. 1377 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,600 You that's a big daddy 111 of my Co workers and I talk about him 1378 01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:24,520 a good amount just cuz you know he kind of really loves that era 1379 01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:25,960 as well. But me too, I know. 1380 01:05:26,520 --> 01:05:31,680 Lukumo D Yep, Yep. Even before that Grandmaster 1381 01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:35,000 Flash going back to really the evolution of hip hop late 1382 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:38,120 actually ran not even late 70s, mid 70s up in the Bronx. 1383 01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:39,200 Yeah. Yeah. 1384 01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:42,480 Do you know like Grand Poobah? That's like some of my. 1385 01:05:42,600 --> 01:05:46,520 Friends, I'm impressed. Yeah, no, I that I'm a I'm a hip 1386 01:05:46,520 --> 01:05:49,480 hop. Historian Oh man, OK, this is 1387 01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:52,320 going to be exciting, right? So J Rod's going to put together 1388 01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:54,680 a BT Unleashed rap and it's going to be the official open to 1389 01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:55,840 the show. Yeah, we'll do it. 1390 01:05:55,960 --> 01:05:57,000 We'll do it. Let me. 1391 01:05:57,120 --> 01:05:58,880 Tell you my real quick. That's awesome, dude. 1392 01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,000 Tell you my real quick musical story here. 1393 01:06:01,360 --> 01:06:04,560 So Xavier High School, which is where I went this, as I've said 1394 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:11,320 a few times, right, all boys, Jesuit JROTC now I think in the 1395 01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:15,600 late 70s or early 80s it became optional as so when I went there 1396 01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:20,280 was optional up from 1847, which is when Xavier opened up until 1397 01:06:20,280 --> 01:06:23,280 say 1980. It was JROTC for four years. 1398 01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:24,720 And a lot of people go to West Point. 1399 01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:27,760 I mean, it's incredibly I still don't know how the hell I got in 1400 01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:29,920 and I don't even know how I graduated, but it's a great 1401 01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:32,200 school, right? And one of the things that you 1402 01:06:32,200 --> 01:06:34,320 have to do and that wouldn't turn the lights up. 1403 01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:38,200 God, mighty look at this guy. Yeah, and this is live. 1404 01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:39,040 I love. It's all good. 1405 01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:40,760 One of the things that you it's all good. 1406 01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:43,520 One of the things you had to do with Xavier was play an 1407 01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:47,520 instrument. But in the in the ROTCJROTC, you 1408 01:06:47,520 --> 01:06:49,480 had to play an instrument while you were in there. 1409 01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:53,040 So I'm like, sure it's right, you know, and I'm not averse to 1410 01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:54,360 it. I just, I was never exposed to 1411 01:06:54,360 --> 01:06:56,760 me and I love music and I'm very eclectic. 1412 01:06:57,000 --> 01:06:59,200 Like, you know, I love rock, I love rap. 1413 01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:01,840 I like some of the disco. I love Doo wop from the I like 1414 01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:06,600 really I like almost a very, very eclectic, but I don't know 1415 01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:08,960 what instrument to pick. So I'm like I'll bang the drums 1416 01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:11,760 do a little motley right. So, so long story. 1417 01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,000 I did anything but motley. I'm thinking of Tommy Lee. 1418 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,880 I wish I was Tommy in in more ways than just playing the play 1419 01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:21,560 the drums right. So anyway, so we one of the 1420 01:07:21,560 --> 01:07:23,720 great things about Xavier, you marching the parade, Saint 1421 01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,680 Patrick's Day, Columbus Day, and it's a really prestigious thing, 1422 01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:30,480 right. So I'm in the JROTC and then 1423 01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,120 eventually I got out. I just I couldn't hack it. 1424 01:07:32,120 --> 01:07:34,920 I love the military, but it wasn't for me going, you know, 1425 01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:37,960 wearing that on the subways. The I just, I want to play 1426 01:07:37,960 --> 01:07:39,320 sports. I want to get through school. 1427 01:07:39,320 --> 01:07:40,040 I'm done. I like. 1428 01:07:40,040 --> 01:07:42,440 So I finally got out, but I was in it for a while. 1429 01:07:42,440 --> 01:07:45,080 I was in it longer than most of my buddies anyway. 1430 01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:47,920 So I'm start. I like, I'm not paying attention 1431 01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:50,160 during music class. I have no idea what the songs 1432 01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:51,600 are. I have no idea how to work the 1433 01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:52,800 drums. Zero clue. 1434 01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:55,720 And we, I remember my mom, my mom was so proud. 1435 01:07:55,960 --> 01:07:58,320 Me and my buddy Brian, who I went to grammar school with and 1436 01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:00,720 was always in trouble with, He actually got kicked out of 1437 01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:04,120 Xavier right after this. And we're both freshmen and we 1438 01:08:04,120 --> 01:08:07,640 are we, we start the March on Saint Patty's day and I've got 1439 01:08:07,640 --> 01:08:09,080 this big ass. I don't even know what kind of 1440 01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:10,760 drummer was this big ass drumming for me. 1441 01:08:11,040 --> 01:08:13,920 And I've got the I got the not the, the sticks. 1442 01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:16,319 Hey, calm, whatever the wooden sticks, right? 1443 01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:18,640 Like the mallets or whatever. Yeah, whatever. 1444 01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:21,240 No, not the mallets. No, like Tommy Lee sticks the 1445 01:08:21,319 --> 01:08:23,600 drumsticks. The drumsticks, I don't know why 1446 01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:26,840 that escaped me anyway. I don't know the song, I don't 1447 01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:28,319 know the beat, I don't know the route. 1448 01:08:28,319 --> 01:08:31,560 I really just don't want to be there so and I didn't know how 1449 01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:33,800 to do it. So I guess like one of the first 1450 01:08:33,800 --> 01:08:36,720 day I just went to bang it really hard and the drumsticks 1451 01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:39,200 snapped in half right snapped in half. 1452 01:08:39,560 --> 01:08:42,880 So now I start the parade route. I've got 1 drumstick and I've 1453 01:08:42,920 --> 01:08:46,560 got one empty hand and then now I'm like feigning doing it and 1454 01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:49,640 I'm doing absolutely nothing and then the other drumstick snaps. 1455 01:08:49,720 --> 01:08:53,000 I will snapped. I walked down 5th Ave. and did 1456 01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:56,240 95% of the parade route with no drumsticks. 1457 01:08:57,560 --> 01:08:59,600 It was an idiot back in it with your fist. 1458 01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:01,080 Yeah. I mean, I was just kind of 1459 01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:02,960 looking around, but at one point I was going like this. 1460 01:09:02,960 --> 01:09:05,720 Like I was actually doing it. Oh my God. 1461 01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:10,200 School music was the worst, like that was what like kept me away 1462 01:09:10,200 --> 01:09:11,960 from it so long. Was just like when I was 1463 01:09:11,960 --> 01:09:14,560 younger. I played the sax lady reamed me 1464 01:09:14,560 --> 01:09:16,040 out one time. Kenny G. 1465 01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:18,640 Yep, Yep. She reamed me out one time and I 1466 01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:20,479 was like, I'm done, I'm done. Really. 1467 01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:24,479 I actually, I've got an instrument that I'm that I would 1468 01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:27,960 almost guess you've never tried. I would think that you've heard 1469 01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:29,040 of it. Most people haven't. 1470 01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:30,720 Have you ever heard the glockenspiel? 1471 01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:33,319 I've heard of it. Never played it but yeah I've 1472 01:09:33,319 --> 01:09:35,359 heard of. It I, I actually messed around 1473 01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:38,439 with that for a minute too. After the drums that like, you 1474 01:09:38,439 --> 01:09:39,640 can't play the drunk. You're like, you don't know 1475 01:09:39,640 --> 01:09:40,960 what's going on. You got to pick something else. 1476 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:42,640 I'm like, I don't even want to be here. 1477 01:09:42,640 --> 01:09:45,520 So you pick it for me and they pick the glockenspiel? 1478 01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:47,080 They're like should be easy enough, no? 1479 01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:51,240 It was a disaster all right, man, I got I got to really wrap 1480 01:09:51,240 --> 01:09:52,600 it up. I got to take a quick shower. 1481 01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:55,280 I got to get out to the the airport, flying out with Saint 1482 01:09:55,280 --> 01:09:58,120 John's today to go to Xavier. So hopefully we get back without 1483 01:09:58,120 --> 01:10:02,160 a lot of delays in the snow. Pitino going for number 900 1484 01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:06,080 tomorrow against his son, which is incredible. 1485 01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:07,640 My God. So I'm look, I haven't really 1486 01:10:07,640 --> 01:10:11,280 traveled with St. John's on on their charter in in 1487 01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:12,560 years. You know, once I had kids and 1488 01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:15,320 everything, like I'll do Seton Hall, I'll drive up to 1489 01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,200 Providence, I'll drive down to Villanova. 1490 01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:20,080 But like the days there was a point where I went to Paul 1491 01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:23,760 Creighton, Marquette, old Big E's, Virginia Tech, West 1492 01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:25,520 Virginia, I would travel all the time. 1493 01:10:25,520 --> 01:10:28,120 So I'm actually looking forward to getting on the road trip. 1494 01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:29,720 St. John's playing much better. 1495 01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:31,520 They should smash Xavier tomorrow. 1496 01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:33,200 I'd be surprised if they don't win going away. 1497 01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:35,280 But I want to wish everybody and thank you for that. 1498 01:10:35,280 --> 01:10:37,760 J Rod start working on the rap bro start working. 1499 01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:40,000 It's already. It's already starting. 1500 01:10:40,600 --> 01:10:42,400 I am fired up for this dude. Have a good weekend. 1501 01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:44,640 I'll see you later man. Thank you Jay, Rod and everybody 1502 01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:46,200 out there. Hey, had a good time. 1503 01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:48,080 I told you how to bounce quickly as and I meant it. 1504 01:10:48,080 --> 01:10:52,600 Unfortunately, I will be back on Monday at 10, obviously. 1505 01:10:52,760 --> 01:10:55,040 Oh, I got to at least give you a very, very quick pick on the 1506 01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:56,600 games here. I got to get, by the way, I was 1507 01:10:56,600 --> 01:10:58,920 pretty hot with some of those picks with the spread. 1508 01:10:59,560 --> 01:11:02,280 Pat's at the Broncos. You know what, I understand the 1509 01:11:02,280 --> 01:11:03,960 quarterback situation for the Denver Broncos. 1510 01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:07,080 Pat's -4 1/2 in Denver. I'm going to take the four and a 1511 01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:09,040 half and hope for something wacky, give me Denver. 1512 01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:13,320 And in terms of the Rams in Seattle, man, I know it's a 1513 01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:15,200 rivalry. It's inside of a three-point 1514 01:11:15,200 --> 01:11:17,960 spread. It's 2 1/2 Seattle -2 and a 1515 01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:22,360 hook, not Seattle looks so good. Which tells me that we're going 1516 01:11:22,360 --> 01:11:24,880 to get a little bit of a different complexion this game. 1517 01:11:25,200 --> 01:11:27,560 I think Seattle wins. Wouldn't surprise me if it's by 1518 01:11:27,560 --> 01:11:30,680 a point. Give me the Rams to cover plus 2 1519 01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:32,560 1/2. So I'll take the Denver Broncos 1520 01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:34,600 plus 4 1/2. Take it a couple of dogs. 1521 01:11:34,600 --> 01:11:36,960 We've got a home dog and we've got a road dog. 1522 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:39,680 So I've got the LA Rams with Stafford, who's going to win the 1523 01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:43,120 MVP, giving him almost the field goal to keep it tight, mess 1524 01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:45,640 around, maybe even win. All right, have an awesome 1525 01:11:45,640 --> 01:11:48,320 weekend. Like it, subscribe it, like 1526 01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:51,480 comment, let everybody know if you were at the event last 1527 01:11:51,480 --> 01:11:55,200 night, I cannot tell you why. I've already tried how grateful 1528 01:11:55,520 --> 01:12:00,600 I am and Sal is and Aaron Boone is a stand up a guy as I have 1529 01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:02,880 ever met. Didn't ask for a penny, did not 1530 01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:07,000 even ask to get paid. Got in his car 2 plus hours from 1531 01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,800 Connecticut 2 plus hours back and was as cordial and as real 1532 01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:15,240 and as down to earth as you can. That is a I will always have 1533 01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:17,680 Aaron's back Now when he messes up, I got to do my job and I'll 1534 01:12:17,680 --> 01:12:21,040 say it, but in terms of a good person, he's one of the best 1535 01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,440 people I've ever met. And at this point, I'm I'm, I'm 1536 01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:25,840 happy to call him a friend. I mean, that is a solid. 1537 01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:30,040 He did it for me did it for Sal had no not to do that man. 1538 01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:32,480 So it was just a phenomenal night. 1539 01:12:32,680 --> 01:12:35,040 We've got a lot of footage that'll be pumped out on social. 1540 01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:36,360 I've already put a couple of things up. 1541 01:12:36,680 --> 01:12:40,640 So has Sal is King Cohen garb. It was hysterically comes out 1542 01:12:40,640 --> 01:12:42,960 with that so that circulating on social. 1543 01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:45,920 Enjoy the weekend. Be snake, be safe. 1544 01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:48,760 Get the salt today. Get the sand today because 1545 01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:51,760 you're going to have to dig out on Sunday and I will see you 1546 01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:54,160 Monday unless something wacky happens over the weekend. 1547 01:12:54,280 --> 01:12:56,040 Have a great weekend guys appreciate you. 1548 01:12:56,240 --> 01:12:57,040 I got to go see you.