1 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:11,720 is on leash. Are you listening? 2 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:12,640 Can you hear me? Hear me. 3 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:14,240 This is on the leash. Are you listening? 4 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,200 Can you hear me? Hear me. 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,760 This is on the leash. Are you listening? 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:17,680 Can you hear me? Hear me. 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,280 This is on the leash. Are you listening? 8 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,920 Can you hear me? This is on the leash. 9 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,800 Are. You listening? 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,040 Hold on everybody, no rules Friday on the show BT unleash 11 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,680 what's going on? Hopefully everybody is doing 12 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,080 well. We've got let's see 12345. 13 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:37,840 We got about 5 or 6 things to get to no rules Friday also 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,960 means we're we're jumping around a lot. 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:44,120 So get those comments cooking and and and I I got to get to J 16 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,960 Rod out of the chute here because I want to talk about. 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,400 I mean, this guy was in a raw mood. 18 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,440 I said hello to him down the line this morning. 19 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,720 It's kind of, you know, 1520 minutes ago. 20 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,200 We're getting ready for the show, had done our texting and 21 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,480 everything, but obviously setting up the visual element 22 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,640 and this guy was, I've never seen him like this. 23 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,280 You OK? No, I mean, I would have. 24 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,520 I thought I was watching the the third installment of Weekend at 25 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,720 Bernie's last night every time Vusevic stepped in the game. 26 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,120 Oh, you. Didn't like your Celtics last 27 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:15,160 night? Carrying around a freaking dead 28 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:18,800 body with them, but no excuses for last night. 29 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,400 No, you know what? The Jaylen Brown. 30 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,400 No excuse but my I thought we were done with Enos Kanter. 31 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,360 I thought we were done with Greg Monroe. 32 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,760 Greg Monroe. I guess not. 33 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:28,760 I guess. All right, we'll. 34 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:31,800 We'll get back to that. I I know you got a lot to RIP 35 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,880 on. It was a really good game. 36 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,400 So we'll do a little Nick Celtics, obviously a couple of 37 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,680 baseball items for you. It's the masters I've got to I 38 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,600 saw a study as well. I saw this late last night on 39 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,320 the favorite sports day of the year for sports fans and and and 40 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,400 it just confused me. So we'll get to that in a little 41 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,640 bit, but first up, obviously today's show brought to you by 42 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,800 sponsored by my good friends and Sullivan Payne, one of New 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,400 York's best personal injury law firms according to U.S. news and 44 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:00,000 World Report. You can find 45 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,520 sullivanonline@triallaw1.com at triallaw1.com. 46 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,720 And of course, the newest recruit in the BT Unleashed 47 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,960 family. Let's give it up. 48 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:10,919 There you go. Premio sausage. 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:12,520 Great meal. Start with the great 50 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,600 ingredients. Premio delivers flavor you can 51 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,040 rely on Premio sausage the way sausage should be. 52 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,880 Find them at premiofoods.com or in your local grocery store. 53 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,720 All right, so a week ago today, I was telling you guys about the 54 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,640 first pitch out in Texas, getting ready for that. 55 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,720 We've got the video. All right, Jay, Rod, you ready 56 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,280 to roll this through? And then we get into the show 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:35,480 here. We've got the video, right? 58 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:36,720 You've got the whole thing. Yep. 59 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,800 All right, let's roll it. You know, leave my mic opens in 60 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:42,600 case I want to. Comment are you able to do that 61 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,720 or no cannot do that I didn't think you could OK yeah it does 62 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,600 the volume for the video and then. 63 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,960 After you could comment, OK, all right, all good, Let's roll. 64 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,160 Let's see what happened. This was Sunday in in Texas, 65 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,520 Easter Sunday first pitch. Go ahead, ladies and gentlemen, 66 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,240 pulling out the first pitch for today's game. 67 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,840 He is an Emmy Award-winning national sports broadcaster and 68 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,960 he's just launched his YouTube channel at BT Unleashed. 69 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,640 Please welcome to the mound, Brandon Kearney. 70 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,760 Brandon, when you're ready, toss your first bitch to Travis 71 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:40,600 Jankowski. There you go. 72 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,440 There you go. So that was that was a lot of 73 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:45,080 fun There. You can see I licked my hands 74 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,840 twice. I told you the story how I was 75 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,880 in my head about how the ball was so slick. 76 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,720 So you saw that. I told you I jumped over the 77 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:53,920 line a little, skip over. You know, I can't, I can't 78 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:55,720 challenge the baseball gods there. 79 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,760 Janikowski was great. You can see he had to jump up a 80 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,440 little bit to his left and keep that thing from hammering 81 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,720 against the screen. And I didn't even realize this 82 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,280 because when you're doing something like that, you're 83 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,160 thinking about so many things. I was thinking about not messing 84 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,520 up, really. But I love how they played the 85 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,280 music to make me feel at home. Little Saturday Night Fever. 86 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,720 Yeah, that was in the house. That was awesome at the end. 87 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,720 Very, very good. So I had a blast doing that and 88 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,640 thank you once again to the Texas Rangers and and all the 89 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,440 hospitality, not only for me but really for my entire family. 90 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,480 All right, so last night's Knick game I want to get to I want to 91 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,480 spend a ton of time on it. So I got a lot of things we want 92 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,320 to do here. That was a good game. 93 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,440 That's the kind of high level game that if we got games like 94 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,040 that more often than not, we would not be complaining about 95 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:43,160 the NBA the way that we do now. The Knicks wound up on the right 96 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,440 side of it. I listen, for me, it doesn't 97 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:46,840 change number one, No Jaylen Brown. 98 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:50,200 That's a big big, but it got phenomenal top ten player in the 99 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,640 NBA. So that obviously changes the 100 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,440 way the Celtics look, but it had a high level of intensity, a 101 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,760 high level of shot making in the fourth quarter. 102 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:02,320 I mean they were exchanging bombs, obviously Josh Hart with 103 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,880 a couple of clutch threes. And from my point of view, I 104 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,000 know J Rods take off. From the Celtics point of view, 105 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,920 I really like seeing Jalen Brunson become the facilitator. 106 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:14,440 And you saw a little bit more of that last night, you know, and 107 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,760 you saw a little bit more the picking the roll and the 108 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,600 relationship with Anthony Towns. I still listen. 109 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,880 I'm not going to change my tune here until I have to, which I 110 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:24,640 will happily do. I still don't think they were 111 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:29,320 championship team, but you know, Mike Brown now has what, 52 wins 112 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 with two games to go, which is the second most in the last 21 113 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,080 years. Remember, Mike Woodson had 54 114 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,880 back with Carmelo and Amari and Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd, 115 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,880 that crew. He's not going to get to that 116 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,200 because there's only two games to go. 117 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,880 But he did win at least one more game than Tom Thibodeau did last 118 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,960 year. What does that mean? 119 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,560 Well, I mean, symbolically, maybe a little something. 120 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,840 I don't invest a whole lot in that because the measurement 121 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,600 for, you know, for any Knicks coach moving forward is given 122 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,160 the roster that they have and how they're expected to be one 123 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:05,240 of the better teams in the NBA. It's all about getting past the 124 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,480 point that you were at a year ago, which would mean getting to 125 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,560 the NBA Finals and eventually winning a championship. 126 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,720 But it was a fun game. I really listen. 127 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,880 I really thought they look good. They look crisp. 128 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,400 They look pretty connected. I thought the shop distribution, 129 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,640 which was something I talked about early in yesterday's show, 130 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:25,600 where too many times this year it's just been maddeningly one 131 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,080 sided, where, you know, Brunson's taken 21 or 22 shots 132 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,200 and then Cat has like 7 or 8 and it's just all over the map. 133 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:34,840 I actually thought that last night. 134 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,720 Now you're going to have to react to how defenses play you. 135 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,480 And in the playoffs, it's a lot more game specific, clearly. 136 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,880 But I kind of like that. I thought Brunson had enough 137 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,400 shots. I thought Cat had enough shots. 138 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,680 Now, I don't usually want to see Josh Hart take 15 shots, but 139 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,200 when you're making a highlight, I think he had, I think he had 140 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,440 10 out of 15. That's good in my book. 141 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,560 Knicks look good. Knicks get the win, Celtics 142 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,440 lose. And if J Rod had any more that 143 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,920 he needed to get out a cathartic moment here on the show, by all 144 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:04,880 means go for. I don't know why though, Jay, 145 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,880 and I'll give you a free reign to do whatever you want. 146 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,520 Like, I get it, you're pissed off you wanted to win the game. 147 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:13,360 But if I'm you and I'm trying to put myself in your shoes, you 148 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,840 know, Jayson Tatum has looked very explosive since he's 149 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,320 returned. He's played a lot of minutes. 150 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,920 You didn't have Jaylen Brown, so. 151 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,080 I don't know, honestly. Go ahead, I appreciate the 152 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,960 fandom, but I'm a little surprised you're so ordery today 153 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:27,520 there. Yeah. 154 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:32,560 I mean, my thought is more so around the lines of, OK, yes, 155 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Jalen Brown's out and yes, Tatum's looking good. 156 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,000 He comes back. He's kind of the, I mean, 157 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,160 Pritchard was kind of the main focus of the offense last night, 158 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,440 honestly. But Tato, you know, Tatum was 159 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:45,160 obviously up there. He was that guy. 160 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,080 I just I don't the. Taste in my mouth after What did 161 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,200 we fall? Did we fall all four games this 162 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,240 season to you guys or? 3 Did you guys get one? 163 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,640 Maybe we got. One, I don't like how that feels 164 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:59,640 going in the playoffs. I really don't. 165 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,600 And especially after, you know, Vucevic is playing last night, 166 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,080 like what that showed me was we would have been better off never 167 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,960 trading for him keeping Anthony Simons because men, you think 168 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,360 about it there, Anthony Simons would have had a much better 169 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,040 chance of guarding Josh Hart. Obviously isn't the one supposed 170 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,040 to be guarding shots hard, but any of our backup centers would 171 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,880 have had a better job. It's just like these slow footed 172 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,640 centers drive me nuts because it's like if you can't play 173 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,560 perimeter defense in the what's the point nowadays? 174 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,200 That's a good point. You got to be, you got to be 175 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,960 able to move your feet. You got to be, you know, you got 176 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,280 to be able to move around screens and pursue people 25 177 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:37,360 feet away from the rim. I agree. 178 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,400 Get your hand up, at least contest the shot. 179 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,320 I, I, I hear you on that. My, my, you know, my silver 180 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,280 lining, though, like you're saying from this game, is Josh 181 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,320 Hart. You know, he's like, even though 182 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,600 he does typically play the Celtics pretty well, he usually 183 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,560 does not that ballistic from three. 184 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:57,920 Points No, no, no. What are you 4 in the fourth 185 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:58,760 quarter or? Something. 186 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,040 Yeah. I mean, he had 10 out of 15 187 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,760 shots. That is, that is not Josh Hart, 188 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,920 and that's not a resume. That's why I'm not going nuts 189 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:05,720 here. Listen, I'd always rather win 190 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,040 than lose. But when Josh Hart listen, I 191 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,200 don't know that there'll be a game all throughout the playoffs 192 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,160 where Josh Hart takes that many shots. 193 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,400 I really don't think he's going to take 15 the rest of the way. 194 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,480 And I'd be very surprised, happily surprised, pleasantly 195 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,360 surprised if he hits that many threes. 196 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:23,640 And they were clutch. But he the one thing about the 197 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,640 Knicks team, they were talking about it through the broadcast 198 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,800 like they're clutch numbers. They're the most clutch team in 199 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,760 the NBA in terms of fourth quarter, you know, deeper dive, 200 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:34,960 analytical, statistical stuff. So a lot of that is rooted 201 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,440 around Brunson. And the more that Jalen Brunson 202 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,600 can get his guys involved when they run that second, you know, 203 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,240 that second defender his way, which you're going to because 204 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,960 he's the head of the snake. You cut off, you cut off Jalen 205 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,160 Brunson, you in essence and the Knicks. 206 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,760 And it seems like he's made some adjustments. 207 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:52,840 Mike Brown's trying to make some adjustment. 208 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,920 Alvarado did not play last night and. 209 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,880 How I saw that? Yeah, so he said this is our, 210 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,200 this is our playoff rotation. So he moved away from him. 211 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,040 He had a chance. He played early. 212 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,000 Well, early when he first got here. 213 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,800 I I don't love that because to me, Jose Alvarado's the kind of 214 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,640 player that's going to light up the Garden. 215 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,760 I don't care if he's over 8. He's going to stick a big three. 216 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:16,600 He's going to make a big steal. He's going to do something to 217 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,480 get that place, you know, head over the heels with energy. 218 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,360 So I don't love that, but we'll see how it plays out. 219 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,320 And listen, I'm sorry, lost last night. 220 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,520 What do you want me to tell you? Man, also I don't know, this is 221 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,640 also just a random off thought. I don't know if you caught this 222 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,680 while watching. Yeah maybe it was just like the 223 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:35,640 playoff esque environment of the game, but it really felt like 224 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,640 dudes were just like on the floor every 10 seconds like 225 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,840 that. Like that was the most jump 226 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:45,280 balls I've seen in a bat in a regular season game and I don't 227 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,720 know how long. Like there were probably 5 or 6 228 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,240 just jump balls off of the the, you know, the little struggle 229 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,080 right there, so. I have become and I did notice 230 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,600 that and listen, there was a ratcheted up amount of 231 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:57,400 intensity. That's good. 232 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,120 You know, the jump ball to me has maybe become like the bane 233 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,120 of my sporting existence because you know, when when you watch 234 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:08,040 and when you coach as I do, you know, so many youth basketball 235 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,600 games, the amount of jump balls or it's mad, especially with the 236 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,600 girls. You're talking like 7-6 rec game 237 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,960 or 85 rec game or hey, we had a shootout tonight. 238 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,400 You know, we won 12/9 or we lost 1211, whatever it might be. 239 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,680 There's so many tie ups. And so because the kids at that 240 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,320 age, they, they, you know, the boys a little bit more, not the 241 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,000 stereotype, but the boys, they're also a year older. 242 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,640 My son is in and his crew. So they're a little bit more, 243 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,320 you know, ripping the ball out and trying to extend the play. 244 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,600 But the referees and I get it. It's, you know, wreck and it's, 245 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,240 it's low. It's, it's mid level travel 246 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,520 ball, but they don't let the play play out. 247 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,920 So the moment somebody gets that second hand on it, there's the 248 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:51,960 whistle, alternating possession. I can't stand the jump ball. 249 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:53,760 It drives I mean nuts No, but you're right. 250 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:55,160 There was a lot of them last night. 251 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:56,960 Let's start banging at a lot of these. 252 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,560 It is a no rules Friday on the show. 253 00:11:58,560 --> 00:11:59,760 Hopefully everybody's doing well. 254 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,320 Tyson Gates 4726 Tyson, what's going on? 255 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,920 Great toss. BT had a little juice on it. 256 00:12:06,120 --> 00:12:08,600 What was the conversation with the catcher at the end of the 257 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,960 pitch? Big fan. 258 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,920 Well, I appreciate that Tyson. I actually spoke about this a 259 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,160 little bit yesterday. So first I forgot that the 260 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,920 mascot was there. Then the mascot, I'm like, wow, 261 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:19,320 this, this big horse is next to me. 262 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,560 And I was, you know, it's, it's hard to describe when you're 263 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:26,480 really in the moment. You try to take it in and some 264 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,680 people hit me up and they're like, man, why'd you rush it? 265 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,920 I'm like, I don't know. And the Rangers were so good 266 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,960 about this. They're like the, the woman, 267 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,040 like who sets up the, the logistics of the day, the 268 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,920 national anthem singer and the cheerleaders. 269 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,360 They have, they've got cheerleaders out there. 270 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,960 So it's all timed out. There's a whole menu of things 271 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,480 that she's got to follow and it's literally timed out to the 272 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,360 second, you know, so she has to be on top of it, which she was. 273 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,760 And I remember distinctly, even though my head was really, you 274 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:55,560 know, all the ball slippery. There's 30,000 people. 275 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,000 I don't, you know, don't mess up all you don't fall if you go to 276 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,640 the slope. But you know, all those things 277 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,160 you think about. I remember her saying, you know, 278 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,440 very clearly twice early. And then right before I went 279 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:08,840 out, take your time, soak in the moment. 280 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:11,480 And I had this whole thing in my mind planned. 281 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,800 Like, you know, I was going to salute everybody. 282 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,200 I was going to try to say Happy Easter so that even though you 283 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,440 couldn't hear me, you could see me mouthing on the Jumbotron. 284 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,560 You know, I was going to ham it up a little bit. 285 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:24,200 And then you get out there. Let's just get this moving here. 286 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,120 So, you know, it's like a lot of things in life, you know, where 287 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:32,160 things, so many good things go so fast and it is really hard to 288 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,200 enjoy the moment. You know, I know I talk about 289 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:38,560 golf a lot, you know, and not that much in terms of thoroughly 290 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:40,360 going through my rounds, which nobody cares about. 291 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,160 But I have a lot of golf analogies and, and I think it 292 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,600 applies here as well. Like I played the other day for 293 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,160 the first time, I don't get mad anymore because I'm just nowhere 294 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,880 near good enough to get mad at all. 295 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,280 I'm just happy my back, which has been surgically repaired is 296 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,040 good and, and I could play whatever. 297 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:59,040 So I'm I'm grateful for that, but like think about you, the 298 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:01,440 the couple of good shots you hit on the golf course. 299 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,320 You know, if you're a relative hack like me and how you know 300 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:07,600 yet you enjoy it for a second, but that it dissipates. 301 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,800 But then think about all the bad shots. 302 00:14:10,120 --> 00:14:12,240 You know what how you kind of shuffling your feet a little 303 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,920 bit, or maybe some of you still get really angry. 304 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,840 Got now throw at club. Get over it. 305 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,960 Come on, curse whatever you do, you know, kind of isolate 306 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:21,520 yourself from your buddies for a little bit. 307 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,560 Like it's just hard. No matter how much you try to 308 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:27,400 really, truly soak in and enjoy the moment, there's a a lot of 309 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,400 things going on. And just to answer the rest of 310 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,920 that question, what I said to Janikowski, who's the first base 311 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,560 coach, you know, he was catching that. 312 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,080 He played in the bigs for about 10 or 11 years, bounced around 313 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,720 4th outfielder type. Good energy guy, you know, good 314 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,480 glove, good wheels, good clubhouse. 315 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,080 Dude, as I said, he's now the first base coach for the 316 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:47,280 Rangers. He played for the Mets for a 317 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,160 year. So a lot of New York fans will 318 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,520 remember him. I think he was here in 2022. 319 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,120 Yeah, I think it was 2022. And I just told him, exhausted. 320 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:56,720 Dude. Thanks for saving me, man. 321 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,600 That's exactly what I told him. And then what he told me was I'm 322 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,760 like, man, I'm a little nervous. I have, you know, I didn't think 323 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:05,800 I would be and he said I was nervous. 324 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,280 He's like, you know, I saw you go up there and I'm like, he's a 325 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:09,840 pretty big dude. It looks like he's going to 326 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,320 throw a heater, which I did that. 327 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,480 There was some below on it. Horrible throw in terms of 328 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,360 accuracy, but I did throw pretty hard and he was telling me that 329 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,160 he was nervous. I was telling him that I was 330 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:22,120 nervous. And then really I just thanked 331 00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:27,080 him for saving me from being a Baba Booey or, you know, $0.50 332 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,640 and, you know, somebody that just, you know, guy spiking 333 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,120 balls. I mean, I, I didn't think that 334 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,600 that would happen, but you know, it, it's just crazy how forget 335 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:36,760 about the first pitch for a moment. 336 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,560 But things that you do in like inflexively, like without even 337 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:44,400 thinking about it when there's a little bit of pressure, like the 338 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,800 power of the brain, even if it's internalized pressure, like 339 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,400 trust me, most of the people in the stadium, the overwhelming 340 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:54,920 majority of people in the stadium #1 didn't know who I 341 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,360 was. Now they do, which is a great 342 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:58,600 thing. And that's why I'm very thankful 343 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,520 to the Rangers for that. But amongst other reasons, the 344 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:06,200 hospitality, nobody really knew me and #2 nobody really cared if 345 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,320 I threw a ball or a strike. It's not like they're out there. 346 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,400 Oh, you know, oh, this guy look good. 347 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,920 Maybe the Rangers can sign him, put him in double play and, you 348 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,400 know, see if he's good enough to move up the move up the ranks. 349 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,200 They're stuffing their faces, they're enjoying Easter Sunday. 350 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,000 They're with their families, they're with their friends. 351 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,560 But in your mind, and in this case, in my mind, you're like, 352 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,280 Oh my God, all eyes on me here. Don't butcher it. 353 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,560 So that was a lot of fun. And again, I wanted to get that 354 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:31,800 video to you. My God, I didn't even notice the 355 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,120 music. The Saturday Night Fever music. 356 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,840 Phenomenal. Well, we got New York locker 357 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,640 room media. 7 out of 10 on the throat. 358 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,680 BT at least your launch, it didn't spike it like 50. 359 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:46,240 Yeah, I mean, 7 out of 10 now. And that, you know, I think 360 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,440 that's a little low. I mean, it depends what the 361 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,040 grading mechanism is. Now, if you get to penalize me a 362 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,400 couple of points, which by the way, I I totally understand, it 363 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,320 was nowhere near a strike. So if you want to deduct 3 364 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:02,200 points right away, OK, that's a fair measurement. 365 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,800 It did have some juice. The wind up looked like I played 366 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,680 a little bit, like I had a little bit of a baseball 367 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,400 background. I thought I had pretty good 368 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,960 presence going out there, jumping over the line, waving 369 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,359 the people and, you know, yucking it up with Jadakowski 370 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:18,440 and eventually the mascot. So, but, you know, 7 out of 10, 371 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:22,880 is that a fair depiction there? J Rob, why don't you give me and 372 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,040 and I won't get mad. You know that. 373 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,119 Give me your odd. If it's lower than 7, by all 374 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,640 means. Later, no, it wouldn't be lower 375 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,640 than 7 because at least it's still like a solid throw like 376 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,400 lower than 7 would be like you're, you know, at the level 377 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,440 where. Like one of the Yeah. 378 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,800 Like, I don't know, like, like that one, like not a baseball 379 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,720 throw. Got it. 380 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:45,680 I'd go I'll give you like a 8.18. 381 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,360 Point OK, OK yo, you love these fractions band. 382 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,120 I think it's the only way you can. 383 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:52,960 It's the only way I can like, really compartmentalize. 384 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,280 Understood. I appreciate that, Professor. 385 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,920 Yeah, I'd go, I'd go eight, yeah, 8 out of 10 if we're round 386 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,520 and down. That's it was good. 387 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,720 I think it was solid. Listen, you dock 2 point. 388 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:08,840 I'd say maybe you dock one point for it being too high. 389 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:10,480 Yeah. And that's I mean. 390 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,080 And well, and and and wide as well. 391 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:14,560 It's not like it was. Yeah, it was. 392 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,240 Kind of like it was. Oh, no, it was, it wasn't over 393 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,400 the plate and high. It was in the right-handed part 394 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,120 of the batter's box and high. So you definitely got two 395 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,840 points. You got to penalize me. 396 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:25,840 I I got to own it. There's no way that that was a 397 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:26,920 10. There's no way that that was a 398 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,320 nine. Yeah, I think in the I might 399 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:33,520 even give myself lower than you. I might go, I might go 7 I 400 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,920 might, I might go 7.17.2. I, I think you're a little 401 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:38,880 generous, but but I appreciate that. 402 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,240 All right, let me get this out of the way. 403 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,080 Just keep these texts rolling in these chats. 404 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,120 Obviously, no, I did not get to say hi to Nimmo. 405 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,040 I, I was trying to give him a shout out, let you know, I, I, I 406 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,400 don't know him, but obviously he's off to a really good start, 407 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,280 hitting it well. Had a couple of hits that game 408 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:55,840 playing right field, which I don't like. 409 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,840 There was a play where they tested him on a throw that 410 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,840 you're not going to, not to get into the weeds of a, of a 411 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,000 Rangers Reds game. But, and I remember saying to, 412 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,640 to somebody in the fan was it, I forget it was somebody that was 413 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,360 next to me in the suite because then we went to the suite and 414 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:13,720 I'm like, that's why he's not a right fielder. 415 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:14,800 I don't even think he's going to get it. 416 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,360 He's not have a good left field arm. 417 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,160 Forget about right field. But I did not get to say hi to 418 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,440 him. I've got a lot of respect for 419 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,440 Nimmo. Plays hard good ball player has 420 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,480 some flaws. You know, who knows what 421 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,760 happened in that clubhouse with the Mets, but you know, he was 422 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,240 kind of run out and the Mets offense and and the Mets defense 423 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:35,800 really was sputtering a little bit yesterday and it has been a 424 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,240 little bit this year. I'll get to that a little bit 425 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:39,040 later. But no, I didn't get to see him. 426 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,080 I'm I'm a fan of them, although I don't think he's a great 427 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,600 player and I had some criticisms of of his as as a met, as a ball 428 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,640 player, but as a dude, as a human. 429 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:51,040 I think that I think that guy's I think he's I'm a big fan of 430 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,200 Nimmo. All right, so real fast, Dave, 431 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:55,560 you you can pop that up. I'll get to Jay. 432 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,120 It's all good day one of the masters, right and I was all 433 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:00,440 over this. Now, I'm not going to, I'm not 434 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:03,120 going to sit here and just run through shot after shot. 435 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:07,040 Although it was, we're talking about the massive mush. 436 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,360 Mind, this is on me. So if you love golf and you 437 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,760 watch the Masters and you consume it regularly, you'll 438 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,320 know that every freaking year, no matter how old he gets, no 439 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,200 matter how Gray the hair gets, no matter how big the belly gets 440 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,720 over the belt and no matter how much the back is still 441 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,960 screaming, Freddie Couples day one comes out and almost always 442 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,840 drops A656667. Like Freddie Couples is always 443 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:34,600 on the first page paging the leaderboard. 444 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,520 And it's a great story. I love it. 445 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,880 And and Freddie couples was, you know, Boom boom was banging it 446 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,960 yesterday early. And, and I tweeted, I'm like, 447 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,960 you know, something, something along the lines of, you know, 448 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,320 what's an opening round Masters without Freddie boom, but 449 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,240 without Freddie on the without Freddie making noise or Freddie 450 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,120 doing something. And then almost right away, I 451 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:56,360 think he got a nine and then I think he got like a 7. 452 00:20:56,360 --> 00:20:58,160 And then he just absolutely fell apart. 453 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,920 So I did not mean to mush Freddie Couples, who who I love 454 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,280 now. When Freddie was in his prime, I 455 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:07,120 was not a golf fan yet. I wasn't playing. 456 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:09,720 I wasn't really watching. But God, he's got any. 457 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,240 And again, this is if you really, you know, watch and play 458 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,640 golf. He's got one of the easiest, 459 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,040 smoothest swing still in golf and the power. 460 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:20,560 That's why his nickname was Boom Boom. 461 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,120 That the, you know, the, the power that he generates is 462 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:26,320 amazing. So I didn't mean to mush you, 463 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,560 Freddie, but they wanted the masters. 464 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,560 So the leader right now, they're going to get off a little bit 465 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,360 later, like one or two o'clock -5. 466 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,240 It's a good number. Weather was good yesterday. 467 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,000 Conditions were pretty good. So you can attack the pins, you 468 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,360 know, and, and looking at the leader board here, I almost feel 469 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:44,640 like this is a leader board for maybe four or five years ago. 470 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,440 It's a very interesting one of the sense that Rory's there now. 471 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:50,680 Now, Rory knows the course really well and and I would 472 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,120 think that Rory is going to be there all weekend, if not win 473 00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,920 it. But how about Jason Day? 474 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,920 I mean, you go back, you know, 5-6, seven years ago, Jason Day 475 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:04,640 was a great even even maybe more than that young explosive 476 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,120 ascending new generation type of golfer. 477 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,520 Then he had a bad back issue and he's a real blue collar guy. 478 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:14,680 If you know Jason Day's story, I think his dad left and his mom 479 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,400 raised him and was very poor and his path to become a pro golfer. 480 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,000 A lot of respect for Jason Day. He's a real gentleman. 481 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,120 I love watching him play. So I hope he can continue this 482 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:26,480 right. Jason Day's a Patrick Reed who 483 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,800 went to nearby, what is it? Augusta State, I think it's 484 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,760 called. And he's had a lot of flare ups 485 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,240 and he's kind of this temperamental nut job. 486 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,760 And, you know, he, he had some big moments, whether it's Ryder 487 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,840 Cup or Masters going back a few years and then he kind of 488 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:43,680 disappeared. And that happens in golf, you 489 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,800 know, unless you're like a Tiger or Phil or one of these guys 490 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:50,080 that you Scotty Scheffler in their absolute prime, that VJ 491 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,720 dudes like that where they're just there for 10 years, if not 492 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,040 more. Patrick Reed was one of the best 493 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,320 golfers in the world for a minute. 494 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,120 Then he absolutely just fell off the face of the earth. 495 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:02,440 He's on the leaderboard. Shane Lowry, who is a great 496 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,600 European player. Was he, I, I believe Ireland, 497 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,560 right? Justin Rose, who I love, 498 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,520 European, Xander Shaw, Flay is up there, Scotty Scheffler's up 499 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,400 there. Tommy Fleetwood's one of those 500 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,520 guys who has won a lot and competes a lot, but it hasn't 501 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,440 won a major yet. So they're all within a couple 502 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,840 of shots. Leaders -5 some of those guys 503 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:25,240 like Fleetwood scheffler -1 -, 2, two, three shots either way. 504 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,040 So the Masters is going to be a blast today. 505 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,560 I told you I'm a big out fan. Like I follow this stuff, man. 506 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,080 Off to a really, really good start. 507 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,400 Wow. Johnny Boy 17. 508 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,560 Thank you for that, Johnny. Appreciate it. 509 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,840 What's your your favorite wrestling match of all time? 510 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,560 My goodness, you know I'm always down to talk some wrestling. 511 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:46,760 We talked some wrestling yesterday. 512 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,480 It's funny, yes, that I watched a YouTube video yesterday 513 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,640 literally called like the best wrestling, like all the best 514 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,440 wrestling matches of all time. Really good. 515 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Coincidence. Yeah, OK, OK, listen, I'm sure 516 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,560 Shawn Michaels was involved in a few of those in The Rock and 517 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,400 Cena and and some other guys that that came. 518 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,560 And of course I, you know, in in retrospective, like history, 519 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,080 I've caught up, but I wasn't really watching live at that 520 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,280 point. Even Goldberg and some of those 521 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:18,400 dudes, right. The Oh my God, I remember just 522 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,520 the quick aside when VHS tapes were were all you had there was. 523 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,920 Well, they were two in in our neighborhood and both were 524 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,400 walkable, right. I would go and I would rent VHS 525 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,320 tapes with my buddies and Titan Sports. 526 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,880 This was when Vince McMahon's empire was just beginning to to 527 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,960 explode where he had like the Tuesday night talk show. 528 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,600 Old heads will remember that you probably call Jay and like in 529 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,600 studio and it was him and it like Bobby Heenan was there a 530 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,120 lot and they had like a live audience. 531 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:49,320 It was great, man. Ahead of its time really. 532 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,400 And they had all these different VHS tapes from Titan Sports, 533 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,760 whether it was like an individual wrestler or 534 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,800 chronicling, you know, some angles and stuff. 535 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:04,240 God, I used to love this stuff. My favorite match of all time. 536 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:07,680 Man, that is a really, really tough one. 537 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,720 I, I listen, it's not my favorite. 538 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:14,200 I think maybe the best in terms of just watching 2 guys that can 539 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,520 wrestle and you know, one guy had charisma, one guy didn't. 540 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:21,440 But I think you go back to the, was that WrestleMania 3 when 541 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,080 Macho Man wrestles Ricky the Dragon, Steamboat. 542 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,560 Oh, man, that one. You know, Macho had the great 543 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,480 flair coming off the top rope. The shorts. 544 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,840 Yeah, that that mean like the stars on the back of the show. 545 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,120 Elizabeth, of course, which changed everything. 546 00:25:36,360 --> 00:25:40,800 The sunglasses, the wild eyes. He was all coked up, adjusted to 547 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,640 me. Bam bam, bam, bam bam bam bam 548 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,360 the music as he would come out. So he was bringing that he like 549 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:49,920 he was bringing that match to an elevated place in terms of 550 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,400 showmanship. But there were very few 551 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:56,200 wrestlers technically speaking, during that era that could 552 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,720 really match Macho Man in terms of that ring presence and that 553 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,680 dexterity and and Ricky the Dragon Steamboat was 1. 554 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,520 Brett the Hitman Hart was another maybe one of the 555 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:08,640 Bulldogs. Not many. 556 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:12,760 That was a great match, but my favorite, you know it it's going 557 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:17,040 to be it's going to sound corny. I might have to go to and it 558 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,880 wasn't even a great match, but I might have to go to WrestleMania 559 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,760 one when you had Mr. T and Hulk Hogan. 560 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,400 I mean, leading up to that, they and I, I watch it and I've seen 561 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,800 some documentaries on it since I was actually in one of them. 562 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,760 If you guys want to find it on A&E. 563 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:36,440 It was about a 2 hour doc on the history in the making and, and 564 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,240 how Vince leveraged all his money and really took a massive 565 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,920 gamble, blah, blah, blah for WrestleMania with the pay per 566 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,920 views and stuff and, and the close circuit and then 567 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:47,520 eventually branched out. And I think WrestleMania too had 568 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:51,600 multiple spots like Chicago and and and LA. 569 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,520 Like he really just started making a ton of money, but he 570 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,840 took a lot of risks, right? And in that documentary, which 571 00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,280 I'm in, and I had a pretty prominent role. 572 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,640 I spoke a lot about it. I love the build up, like the 573 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,240 way they made that angle and the way they brought in Cyndi 574 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,760 Lauper. I don't understand at that 575 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:13,200 point, you're talking in the mid 80s, Jay, and in the mid 80s. 576 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,280 Now listen, but I love Michael Jackson's music, like Michael 577 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,720 Jackson the person. It's different, you know, I'm 578 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:20,640 not. It just is. 579 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,440 It just is. But Michael Jackson's music, 580 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,160 amazing, right? Cyndi Lauper, it was on the 581 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,200 radio all the time. Madonna. 582 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:35,640 Madonna now, please, on every level for me. 583 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,160 But her music in the 80s, I mean, a Titan of industry, 584 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,160 right? So when they brought in Cyndi 585 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:45,120 Lauper, you had the, it was the rockin wrestling connection. 586 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,800 You had the music, you had Hulk, you had Mr. T from the A-Team in 587 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,320 Rocky. I mean, it was amazing. 588 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,360 And the training montages that they remember. 589 00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:54,840 The montage remember Mr. Perfect. 590 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,480 I think yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They would do, they would and, 591 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,040 and I saw something else where they would, they recently I saw 592 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:06,160 this where they showed all the takes that it would take to have 593 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:10,440 the, the vignette Mr. of Mr. Perfect, like throwing parts and 594 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,200 then he would turn around and say, Hey, I'm perfect. 595 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,080 Like, you know, bowl of the strike or hitting 1/2 court shot 596 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:21,240 or throwing a football 50 yards or, or pure in a golf shot. 597 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,640 And they had all the outtakes because it took a while for him 598 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,200 to sort of hit a little, a little bullseye, right. 599 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,920 And so those vignettes became more and more well done and 600 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,880 theatrical as time went on. But the early ones of like you 601 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,720 look at Mr. T and Hulk Hogan working out, I think in Venice 602 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,800 Beach on the beach. And and like running Hulk's 603 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,280 knees, because he was getting older at that point already. 604 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,640 His knees were so shot he couldn't even run. 605 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,400 And like like. The amount of weight that they 606 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,800 were like pushing, I don't mean Hulk, but more Mr. T like it was 607 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,360 so it was so corny, but you didn't view it as corny back 608 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,600 then. So I'd probably say, and then 609 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,320 Bob Horton got involved and Mr. Wonderful, Oh my Piper, who's 610 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:09,120 one of my all time favorites. I'd have to say that even though 611 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:13,320 it was a bad match, it was the moment and the the just the 612 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:17,080 imprint on the on the history of the, of the, of the sport or the 613 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:21,440 industry undeniable, indelible. So we got here. 614 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:22,880 Jay, why don't you read that for me? 615 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,440 But it would have been nine O 8, hey? 616 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,520 What up Vince? Do you remember when you went to 617 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:32,280 your first Yankee game minus in 1956 and I saw Mickey Mantle hit 618 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,400 a home run to win the game? Wow, my how old? 619 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,920 I'd like to know how old he was so I do now. 620 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:44,080 I, I looked for this game and I found it on Roto sheet, which is 621 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,560 some of you know about this Roto sheet is basically an old 622 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,040 database and it's perfect for like, I don't know the actual 623 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,200 date, you know, but I remember piercing things together because 624 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,240 I was probably about 5 or 6 and it was a Yankee game. 625 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,640 And I remember, and we used to do this, we used to do this when 626 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:02,840 we would go to the movies as well. 627 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,880 My family, you know, listen, my dad was at this point, he was, 628 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,960 he was a cop or maybe not, not even the detective yet. 629 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,080 So, you know, we weren't rich for sure. 630 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,880 So when he cut a little side, you know, little side hustle 631 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,000 there and save a few bucks, you do it right. 632 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:19,760 So whenever we would go to the movies, my dad would go to like 633 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,240 the Tambo, the the store where they would sell like the papers 634 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,880 and all the other stuff, right, And he would get like a bag of 635 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,080 candy or whatever and we'd bring it into the movies. 636 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,760 Right. And we I remember we did the 637 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:34,320 same thing for this Yankee game. That's remember. 638 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,240 It's it's amazing what your bill little details. 639 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,520 And I want to say, you know, I could actually look this up. 640 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,720 I could. I wouldn't even have you do it, 641 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,120 Jay. It might take too much time, but 642 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:49,200 I remember Lee Mazzilli, who I know well. 643 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,320 I've actually become friends with Maz Great dude. 644 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:52,800 I should get him out at some point. 645 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,760 Talk some old school stuff. I really should. 646 00:30:54,760 --> 00:31:01,160 Maz Great and Lee Mazzilli was on the Texas Rangers this year. 647 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,800 It was the Yankees, Rangers. So it may have been 82. 648 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,640 I could just obviously go and check Lee Mazzilli. 649 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,560 I just don't want to do it now. Lee Mazzilli stats and he didn't 650 00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,280 play for the Rangers long. Remember, he was with the 651 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,360 drafted by the Mets came up, he was with the Pirates a little 652 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:16,520 bit. Then he wound up coming back to 653 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:20,680 the Mets in 86. But before that, Pirates and the 654 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,200 Rangers. And there was no interleague 655 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:23,760 back then, so he wasn't on the Pirates. 656 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,400 This is how I kind of piece things together. 657 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,720 He was on the Rangers, Buddy Bell was on the Rangers and this 658 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,920 was pre Mattingly, so I'm gonna say 82. 659 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,760 Yeah. And and then I just went to a 660 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,440 million. It was just myself, my mom. 661 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,800 I think something else crazy. What you remember, I think my 662 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,960 mom back in the 80s, J Rod, a lot of the moms would get 663 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,520 together and they would do a tuberware party. 664 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:49,080 You ever hear of that? No. 665 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,440 What is that explaining? It's. 666 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,080 Like, but you know, like the tuberware like that, that 667 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,560 plastic pliable stuff that you put like pasta in. 668 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:56,160 Yeah, of course. OK. 669 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,520 And some of the moms, I think I was a little side hustle would, 670 00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,880 would sell them, right? So, so they would have like my 671 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,040 mom didn't do it long, but I, I, I do believe that she did it. 672 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,760 And Tupperware, whatever company it was, would send you X amount 673 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,440 of stuff. And then some of the moms would 674 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,400 come over, I'm sure they'd have a glass of wine. 675 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,560 They lay out all the Tupperware on the table. 676 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,640 Some of the moms would buy it. They could make 152025 bucks 677 00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,680 back then and believe it or not, that's like gas for a month 678 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:26,920 almost. Think about it. 679 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,720 You know, unless it was as long as it wasn't 1979, which with, 680 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,360 with the oil shortage. So my mom, I believe she was 681 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,640 hosting A Tupperware party and it was just myself, my dad and 682 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:41,560 my sister. And then, and then from that 683 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,800 point on, we, we went to a couple of games as a family, but 684 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,640 it was, it was pretty much always me and my dad. 685 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,280 And then we started going to Shay. 686 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,520 I want to see Doc. And he was, he's a Mets fan, 687 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,400 obviously, as you know, as an old Dodgers fan growing up in 688 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,160 Brooklyn, but, you know, and, and it was a little bit easier 689 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,920 for him driving to go from Brooklyn to, to Queens than 690 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,280 Brooklyn to the Bronx. So, but I remember, I remember a 691 00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,960 couple times we would go to double headers to my 692 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,920 conventional schedule. Double headers. 693 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,520 Yeah. I remember when I went to 694 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:11,000 Yankees, Royals, maybe 84, maybe 85, Mattingly was there. 695 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,240 I remember that I saw Mattingly hit a bunch of home runs in 696 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:14,840 person. Oh my God. 697 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,960 And I remember the best thing about going to the game as a kid 698 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,120 was for me, you know, obviously. And my dad would always want to 699 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,120 leave an inning early, which back then I wanted, I didn't 700 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,800 want to hear it. Now I get it, you know, if you 701 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,320 can beat out. And there weren't 3540 thousand 702 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,680 people at the stadium when I was going, you know, even though 703 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,800 they had some good offensive, like really good players like 704 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,360 Ricky and Winfield and Donnie, they just, it was different. 705 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:41,000 It just the attendance was down. Look it up. 706 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,920 So it was easier to navigate there. 707 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,360 But we'd always leave an inning early and we'd always get a 708 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,600 pretzel for the car ride home with that. 709 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,560 And it's just the charcoal smell. 710 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,640 And he'd always get me a program which I would wake up every 711 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,720 morning early and read. No joke. 712 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,920 I mean, I there was a in the I don't know if they do this 713 00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:58,960 anymore. They probably don't need to 714 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,920 because it's all digital now, but in the back of the old year, 715 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,360 but I'm not it. Was it a year? 716 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,520 I guess it was, was it the yearbook or the program guide? 717 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,080 I think this would have been the yearbook, right? 718 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,520 And in the back. I loved reading this part. 719 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,679 Don't know why it was called on the way up, all the way up. 720 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,679 That was the slug on the way up, right? 721 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:20,280 And it was the. Yeah. 722 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,120 And the Mets did this too, but the Yankees chronicling their 723 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,920 minor league prospects. And it would have a good cheer 724 00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:28,840 and like a little write up, maybe 345 sentences. 725 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,800 You know, Bernie Williams, AA, you know, did this. 726 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,280 Did, you know, 20 years old with 19 years old, whatever it might 727 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,000 be. I I love that like that little 728 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,120 minutia. I love that. 729 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,800 I would just read it over and over though computers, you know, 730 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:44,920 And that's how Jay, I remember this as well. 731 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:49,400 That's how when I would walk, God, I'd wake up so early on 732 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,840 Christmas morning, I'd wake up at like 435 and I remember my 733 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,880 parents were like, don't wake us because my mom would do 734 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,000 Christmas Eve the night before and all the fish and everybody 735 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,920 over and cleaning up. And then obviously, you know, 736 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,440 making things right for making sure things are right for Santa. 737 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,640 So mom wouldn't go to bed until two or three in the morning. 738 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,440 So she wanted at least get a couple of hours. 739 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,920 So I would wake up and my sister, I'm convinced that my 740 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,520 sister could sleep to noon on Christmas morning. 741 00:35:15,720 --> 00:35:18,680 She not that she didn't have any interest, but she just liked to 742 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,160 sleep right. Three years older and I was 743 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,480 like, you know, even non Christmas, I'm up watching 744 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,680 cartoons and, you know, reading baseball magazines. 745 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:31,320 But I remember how I would pass the time and the clock. 746 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:35,640 I would see it go like this. Tick, tick, tick. 747 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,240 And I know I got a mountain of presents downstairs, right? 748 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:41,680 Jordan's baseball stuff, Star Wars stuff. 749 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,440 And it's, it's driving me nuts. I so I would read those 750 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:49,160 magazines, which I kept in a drawer underneath my bed and I 751 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,200 would read for about an hour and a lot of it was guy on the way 752 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,200 up and the Knicks magazine. So Oh my God, absolutely 753 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,280 phenomenal stuff. So that was amazing. 754 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,960 And then the thing that that I really enjoyed probably the 755 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:02,120 most, aside from sitting there watching the game with my dad 756 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:03,720 and getting great food and leaving and getting the 757 00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:11,040 pretzels, I said, I just remember being so, so captivated 758 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,840 when now the old Yankee Stadium and Shay, it was so built so 759 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,720 differently than the stadiums now the corridors were tighter 760 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:21,560 and I when you first get that first look and somehow, even 761 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:24,000 though you know, it wasn't swimming and money always got 762 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,440 good tickets, man. When you first see that grass, 763 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,840 when you first see that entrance to whichever exit your or or 764 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,440 gate you're going into, it was just mesmerizing to me. 765 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,160 And I would and I would like my transfixed on it. 766 00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,920 My eyes were wide open. I'm sure my mouth was open. 767 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,800 And I would just watch the game And the grass was so green and 768 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:48,800 it seems like so big, like the it's felt like it was 900 feet 769 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,760 down the right field line. And I remember watching the game 770 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,800 and saying to myself and saying to my dad, I'm going to be out 771 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:55,760 there. So I'm going to be a Major 772 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:57,520 League Baseball player. I'm going to be on that field 773 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,640 someday. I mean, I wasn't, although I 774 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:02,240 was. You were out there. 775 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,480 That was for the high school all. 776 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,360 Star game. Oh, really? 777 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,360 That's what he said. I was going to say no. 778 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,120 You've certainly hit a MLB field now a couple times. 779 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,240 I did. That's true. 780 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,040 The A's first pitch, etcetera. Charlie F 6675. 781 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,760 Thank you for that. Appreciate it Charlie, great 782 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,960 show BT do you think Ryan Weather is going to keep a spot 783 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,520 in the rotation throughout the season? 784 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,760 I know Cole's coming back and obviously he was going next 785 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,400 here. I mean, I mean if he keeps 786 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,320 pitching like that, you better believe he's going to be out 787 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:30,280 there. He was phenomenal. 788 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,240 A lot of upside with that young man and it's really it's a good 789 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:35,120 window to get the baseball stuff in because I want to get to a 790 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,760 bigger topic in a minute. But I mean, the Yankees offense 791 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,320 and a lack of the Yankees offense is I'm not going to go 792 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,880 over the top, But it's just annoying because I really 793 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:48,360 thought that the Yankees for the first month of the season with 794 00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,840 their rotation, you know, I, I, you know, Freed's going to be 795 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,240 good. And I really thought that there 796 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,000 wouldn't be any sort of sophomore jinx or slump for Cam 797 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,760 Schlittler. Will Warren's good, but Will 798 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,320 Warren always has that one inning that drives up the pitch 799 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:10,280 count that you know knows, you know, knows you know that 800 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,880 there's going to be a lot of bullpen arms because, you know, 801 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,760 you look up, it's the 4th inning, 67 pitches. 802 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,160 I'm just throwing out numbers. Third inning or second inning, 803 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,760 41. You know, it's not sustainable, 804 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,760 certainly not in 2026 for a young pitcher. 805 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:27,240 So I thought that the way the Yankees were going to kind of 806 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:31,000 get through April as Cole comes back and rolled on was to hit 807 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,400 their way to some wins. It's actually been the opposite. 808 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,000 It's amazing. Now they opened up with the 809 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,360 Giants. Giants can't hit a lick. 810 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:38,720 Morelands, you know, aren't that good. 811 00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:41,800 Obviously, you know, but you can't lose. 812 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,480 I want to say you can't. I mean, you can't. 813 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,600 I mean, is it really a big deal? I mean, you lose 2 out of three 814 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:46,480 to the A's. No. 815 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,720 What does it mean down the road? Not a ton, but the Yankees have 816 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:53,960 a lot right now of guys that they're trotting out there that 817 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:57,880 are automatic outs and weathers. Before this start yesterday, 818 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,920 Yanks had one hit one. So I mean, come on now. 819 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,600 Eventually Judge goes on a heater. 820 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,720 You know, I don't know what kind of year Jazz is going to have. 821 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,880 You know, this ties into him talking about 5050, which I 822 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:12,680 think is going to mess with, mess with a swing. 823 00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:15,360 I already don't love his swing anyway because I don't think 824 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,360 he's fundamentally buttoned up in terms of reacting to the 825 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,480 situation. He's a guy who's swinging from 826 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,080 the heels and doesn't make any adjustments. 827 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,160 And in a contract year, you know, he's going for the moon. 828 00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,200 And I think it's going to have a real adverse impact. 829 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,320 So I'm not reacting to Jazz Chisholm slow start. 830 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,560 Listen, he's going to run into some missiles and he's going to 831 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,920 steal a ton. And he he too will go on a 832 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,480 heater at some point. But I don't think his production 833 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:40,680 is going to be with some Yankee fans. 834 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:43,040 Maybe thought it would be at the end by, you know, at the end of 835 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,600 the year. So listen, look around the 836 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,600 Yankee infield. Let's just call for what it is. 837 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,240 You take away Ben Rice right now, you basically have a ton of 838 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:52,680 automatic outs. Now. 839 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:55,360 Jazz is different. I got to show him respect here. 840 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,280 Much different than a Caballero. Ryan McMahon played shortstop a 841 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,640 couple of games ago. Hopefully Volpe comes back and 842 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,960 is actually good. But you know, reacting to what 843 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,280 Volpe's been so far. And Caballero who's a sub. 844 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,520 And McMahon who stinks. And Austin Wells who looks like 845 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,440 he's going to be a 220 something hitter forever. 846 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:17,040 But if if when he gets there, you know, that's just too many 847 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,040 guys that you're rolling out that aren't doing a damn thing. 848 00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:25,240 In sequence, out, out, out, out. Now you mix in the fact that 849 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,200 you've got Trent Grisham, who's off to a really rough start. 850 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,960 And, you know, I didn't love bringing him back for $22 851 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:33,520 million, but whatever, he's back. 852 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,640 So I'm going to deal with it. And like, if Judge isn't going 853 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,640 bonkers and Bellinger is not a consistent force, which he 854 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:43,080 generally is, you know, and you know, and I love Rice and 855 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,600 Stanton's all through a good start, but it's just a lot of 856 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,960 automatic out. So I don't know, to answer the 857 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,440 question, I I at the end of the day, I don't think he will be. 858 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:54,400 I mean, let's play it out, guys, right? 859 00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:59,560 So Freed, this will be optimal, all right, optimal circumstances 860 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,320 for the Yankees. Freed 1, Cold 2. 861 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:11,080 Schlittler 3, Rodon 4. Yeah, I mean, he could actually 862 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:15,320 saw it into that five spot. He could pitch, put, push, Will 863 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,800 Warren maybe to the pen and then Clark Schmidt comes back down 864 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,600 the road. It depends. 865 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,800 He does have high end top shelf stuff and I know that they like 866 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,120 them and they're usually pretty good with the pitching, you 867 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,320 know, identifying reclamation projects, whatever. 868 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,160 So I think there's a chance. I mean, I wouldn't bet on it, 869 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,720 but I think there's a chance he's in the he's the number 5 870 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:36,120 guy at the end of the year. All right. 871 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,160 And in regards to the Yankees yesterday, I'm very surprised 872 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:43,720 that Michael Kay didn't say one God damn it after the game was 873 00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,040 over. Rod Power 78. 874 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,040 No, Michael's not going to say that on the air as we know. 875 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,560 You know the other thing too, as we're on baseball because I 876 00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,000 don't want to get to this other topic. 877 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:57,680 So, you know what was the buzz phrase around the Mets this 878 00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:01,200 offseason? I'll tell you run prevention, 879 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,880 Brett Beatty yesterday on skates, big moment, right field 880 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,720 game time, double hard play. I'm not saying it was easy by 881 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:12,680 the way, the probability rate for that was 45%. 882 00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:18,320 So even you know, a more skilled, more well trained, if 883 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,400 you will, outfielder, there's no guarantees making the play, but 884 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:26,280 his route was was very off all right, number one. 885 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,920 And then Vientos, who dropped the pop up the day before and 886 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,760 then caught one and then had a little. 887 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,080 I like that actually had some fun with the crowd because he 888 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:36,880 caught it like very shortly thereafter. 889 00:42:37,240 --> 00:42:39,160 You know, made a good play yesterday on the ground ball 890 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,800 infield up and this is the winning run and he spikes at the 891 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,320 dirt. See, the problem is guys, when 892 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,280 you have players out of position, right, it's one thing 893 00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:54,960 to take balls off fungos and in a controlled environment, what 894 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,280 you can't control and what you can't replicate really more 895 00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:02,120 important, you can't manufacture the urgency when a ball is hit 896 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,040 at you. And you know, especially those 897 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:07,120 line drives for outfielders, right? 898 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,200 Or if you're an infielder like say Ben Rice learning how to 899 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:12,440 play first base, he can take a million ground balls. 900 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,640 He's probably going to catch, you know, 999 + 1000 of them 901 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,200 during warmups, but like a 99% of them. 902 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,600 But during a game, you know, when, when say, if he's holding 903 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,080 a runner on and he bounces off the bed, couple of steps to his 904 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:27,560 right and there's a, you know, ground ball that's kind of in 905 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,920 between first and second, you know, and maybe maybe Jazz is, 906 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:32,800 is covering second or doesn't go for it. 907 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,720 Ben Rice takes a step there. Then he's like, I'm in no man's 908 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:37,520 land. Like, is it my ball? 909 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,880 It's in right field now He's kind of retreating to first base 910 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,760 because he doesn't know if Jazz is going to go get the ball. 911 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,920 Like those are the little subtleties that you just can't 912 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,720 reproduce in pre game stuff. I don't care how diligent and 913 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:53,680 how hard working you are, it is impossible to do that right? 914 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,080 So guys like Beatty in right field, Beatty in left field, you 915 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,280 know, lesser extents. I think Rice will be fine. 916 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,240 I think if he's been pretty good so far at first base, but Rice 917 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,400 in first base, Vientos in first base. 918 00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,880 Now, Vientos more of a natural third base, but he's just not a 919 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,040 good one. Who else out of position there? 920 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:14,560 You know, I mean, McMahon playing short, all right, he's 921 00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:16,560 can catch ground balls, but those little things he's not 922 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,160 trained for as a pro. They're going to show up and 923 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:22,320 they're going to show up in close games in high leverage 924 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:24,200 spots. And for the Yankees and the 925 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:27,240 Mets, both teams who should be playoff teams this year, they're 926 00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:30,200 going to show up invariably at the worst point. 927 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,600 And that's October. It's just going to happen. 928 00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:37,240 So, you know, the run prevention stuff, which was a big thing 929 00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:41,240 for, for Sterns, which I get, I understand and I'm a believer 930 00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:45,240 and I'm a supporter of that, but it's kind of a contradiction 931 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:47,160 when you're espousing run prevention. 932 00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,560 And then he got 3-4 guys playing out of position like that 933 00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,200 doesn't make any sense to me. So they got to get their act 934 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:54,840 together. Mets aren't hitting right now. 935 00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:58,120 Yanks aren't hitting right now. McClain was filthy because he is 936 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,600 filthy. Weathers was filthy because he 937 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,560 has filthy stuff. You know, but I, I just, I, you 938 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:08,720 know that the offenses right now are very, very problematic. 939 00:45:08,720 --> 00:45:11,000 And let me throw this out there very quickly. 940 00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:14,200 What I don't want to see happen, although I'm sure it's going to 941 00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,360 now you're going to start here in about George Lombard's off to 942 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:18,840 a quick start. Yanks got to call him up. 943 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,560 They don't have to do anything. He can't even go into a bar and 944 00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,960 order a beer. He's 20 and it's not like he 945 00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:26,960 crushed double AA year ago. He had an OPSI believe that was 946 00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:30,160 under 600. However, he is off to a 947 00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:33,520 phenomenal start in Somerset. So he's played five games, 948 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,400 right? He's got 4 double s and he's got 949 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,560 two home runs, six extra base hits in five games. 950 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:45,600 And more importantly for me, he struck out twice in 23 or 24 951 00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,680 plate appearances. Putting ball, you know, putting 952 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:50,200 back to ball, making good contact. 953 00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,840 All the numbers are there. The deeper analytics, what you 954 00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:57,200 want, you know it's. But what can happen is Volpe 955 00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:00,160 comes back and let's say he's still the same player that he's 956 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,320 been, you know, McMahon in third base and he's not going to hit O 957 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,360 60 this year, but he very well might hit 190. 958 00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:10,280 I mean, Scott Brosius hit 199 or two O 1 the year before the 959 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,240 Yankees got him. You tell me Ryan McMahon can't 960 00:46:12,240 --> 00:46:14,040 do that. I mean, he is just he is 961 00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,120 wretched. He stinks as a hitter. 962 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,160 So what the Yankees can't do, and I don't think that they'll 963 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:21,480 do this. So I'm not really worried about 964 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,120 this more to the fans and not not to the Yankees. 965 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:28,840 Don't start amping up the noise. Bring up Lombard. 966 00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:31,920 Bring up Lombard. The Yankees basically had Volpe 967 00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:33,760 skip AAA. How's that looking? 968 00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:35,480 How's that working out? To me? 969 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:40,520 There are checkpoints now The old school way is that generally 970 00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:45,640 the way players were viewed is that they wanted most 971 00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:49,640 organizations wanted players to get at least 1500 at bats, the 972 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:53,280 minors and and generally if you could, depending upon where you 973 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,000 start, high, a low, a rookie, whatever. 974 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:59,080 But you want to have 505 hundred 500. 975 00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:03,760 You want a nice big sample size at each level to gauge the 976 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,960 progress. But now you know a lot of the 977 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,720 young stars in the game in Major League Baseball, because the 978 00:47:08,720 --> 00:47:10,600 game is shape. AAA is no longer what it was 979 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,120 really AA is the new AAA, just more viable, more explosive, 980 00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:16,520 better baseball, even though it's a little bit more raw 981 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,560 because the kids are younger than AAA. 982 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,400 But you don't really see that, that progression path as much. 983 00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:24,680 You know, you get kind of let's all right, let's, let's 984 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,960 microwave them. I'm not looking to do that with 985 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,040 Lombard. I'm not. 986 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:31,040 But I love that he's hitting. He's off to a great start. 987 00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:32,760 I think he's going to be a great fielder. 988 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,360 Everybody raves about his IQ and, you know, have 4 double S 989 00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,360 and two bombs in five games of AA. 990 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,120 Coming off what a lot of Yankee people said was a very good, 991 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,160 productive winter. It's an awesome sign because and 992 00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:47,320 I tweeted this yesterday and of course people don't understand 993 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:48,920 it. It gets lost in translation. 994 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,560 I, I can't help you like one thing I'm never going to do, I 995 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,120 just won't do it. Now if I say something on the 996 00:47:54,120 --> 00:47:57,320 show and what have you guys asked me about it on the show, 997 00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:59,600 Of course I'll go back and I'll provide context. 998 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,640 What I will not do is tweet something and I'll you know, 999 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,280 obviously I'll see the reaction, read some of the comments. 1000 00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:07,120 Most of the time I won't, sometimes I will. 1001 00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:11,240 And you know, people basically take not even to start trouble, 1002 00:48:11,520 --> 00:48:14,640 just taking what I said and kind of hijacking it in a different 1003 00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,720 direction. It's not incumbent upon me to 1004 00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:19,440 provide context. You saw what I wrote, you know, 1005 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:21,600 you guys react to it. If you disagree, that's fine. 1006 00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:23,080 And that's the way the world spins. 1007 00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:24,000 That's fine. That's good. 1008 00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:26,560 I don't profess to know everything, but I did tweet 1009 00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,880 yesterday and I mean this and I will give you the context here. 1010 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,440 All right, So I wasn't going to go back and quote tweet myself. 1011 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:35,240 Here's what I really meant. I got no time for that nonsense. 1012 00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:38,440 Not interested, right? Figure it out yourself or watch 1013 00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,120 BT Unleashed and you'll figure it now. 1014 00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:43,520 So I, where is, where's my thing here? 1015 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:47,200 Let me just get my actual phone. It was about Lombard, right? 1016 00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,280 So with the Lombard, I took it off to a great start. 1017 00:48:51,240 --> 00:48:54,880 It was about basically a dearth of, of Yankee prospects outside 1018 00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:58,280 of Arrow Judge really doing anything, you know, for a 1019 00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,360 minute. All right, so I tweeted this 1020 00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,960 yesterday. The Yankees need Lombard to 1021 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,280 truly be the the real deal more than any other prospect they've 1022 00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,800 had in the last 30 years. I mean that all right. 1023 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,600 They need him to be the real deal more than any prospect 1024 00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:12,680 they've had in the last 30 years. 1025 00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:16,120 Now, of course, people are like, well, they, they, they took it 1026 00:49:16,120 --> 00:49:18,720 as either shaded Aaron Judge or they just went a different 1027 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:22,160 direction. That's fine, you know, But it 1028 00:49:22,160 --> 00:49:24,280 was it was nothing. It had nothing to do with Aaron 1029 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,560 Judge because Aaron Judge is the greatest player I've ever seen, 1030 00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,640 right? That was obviously a home run 1031 00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,920 when they drafted him out of Fresno State, but there's been 1032 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,880 an absence. I don't need another Aaron 1033 00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:36,520 Judge. But I mean, can you have an 1034 00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,440 above average player that you develop? 1035 00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,280 I mean, really if you think about this, you had a trade for 1036 00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,800 Jazz, you traded for McMahon. You know, I mean, you traded for 1037 00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:47,400 Caballero, you traded for Trent Grisham. 1038 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,160 You know, you made the move for Bellinger. 1039 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,480 Basically everybody outside of Ben Rice and Wells and Wells 1040 00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,240 can't hit right now and there's no evidence that he's going to 1041 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:57,760 you got from other teams. So we all know the Yankees 1042 00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,840 inability to to develop these prospects. 1043 00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:03,680 It's madding. It is a massive, massive failure 1044 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,880 and a massive problem for the Yankees because then downstream 1045 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:10,160 what you have to do to kind of course correct that you got to 1046 00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:14,640 spend exorbitant amount of money on a guy like Bellinger or you 1047 00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,760 got to give Trent Grisham $22 million, even though we all 1048 00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:21,400 know, most of us know he's not a lead off hitter, you know, but 1049 00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,560 hey, hey, Spencer Jones ready. Nope. 1050 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,560 Spencer Jones is is his strikeout rate this year in the 1051 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:32,160 minors is a but it's 54%. He's striking how 54% of the 1052 00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,920 time in the minors. What is that going to be in the 1053 00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:36,240 majors? 70? 1054 00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:38,240 He ain't the answer. He's not the guy. 1055 00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:42,080 So if he was the guy and he was more ready because he played in 1056 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:44,760 college, remember that he's not a young kid that got drafted at 1057 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:47,200 the age of 16 who's 19. You're like, I go get him. 1058 00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:49,360 Good luck, buddy. That's 25 years old. 1059 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:51,520 So if he's not ready now, he's never going to be ready. 1060 00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:53,600 That's the point. So they didn't develop him or 1061 00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:57,280 they just drafted the wrong guy. And then obviously Dominguez, 1062 00:50:57,280 --> 00:50:59,760 who's tearing the cover off the ball in the minors, which I love 1063 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:03,560 to see, they don't believe that he's a good enough defender to 1064 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,720 play center field. We've seen him and and they're 1065 00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:08,520 probably right because we've seen him play left field and he 1066 00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:10,920 butchers left field. Now I know I get it got 1067 00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:12,920 different angles, different spin, different reads. 1068 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,200 Center fielder say it's harder to play left field and center. 1069 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,800 All right, fine, I get it. But when I see a Major League 1070 00:51:17,800 --> 00:51:21,720 last year left fielder stumble around and and look as lost as 1071 00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:24,560 he did too many times, just not a good defender. 1072 00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:27,400 So they didn't do a good job developing his defensive prowess 1073 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:28,400 either. All right. 1074 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,080 In addition to being a right-handed hitter. 1075 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:35,000 So the point is about the tweet. Why I stand by that with 1076 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:39,840 Lombard, it's because if he is, and I'm not trying to put 1077 00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,840 unnecessary pressure on the young man, but like if he really 1078 00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:48,880 is the real deal, like if he's the Yankees version of Wit or 1079 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:52,600 Gunner Henderson or just some young Baku comes up and, you 1080 00:51:52,600 --> 00:51:55,640 know, is a stud and he's going to be an All Star. 1081 00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:59,000 And as he matures and puts on weight and fills out and learns 1082 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,200 the league, you know, he's going to be in some All Star games 1083 00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,360 and, you know, might mess around and, you know, be top five MVP 1084 00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:07,200 might win one like that kind of player, right. 1085 00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,440 If he can become if he is that kind of player, well, now you 1086 00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,680 can number one, you don't have to spend more money to get that 1087 00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,720 kind of player here, which allows you to build out the 1088 00:52:17,720 --> 00:52:22,280 roster, I think more effectively and differently to support Aaron 1089 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:25,120 Judge. So the tweet was about Lombard, 1090 00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,920 but in a lot of ways it was speaking to the the broken 1091 00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,720 nature of the Yankee prospects. That's what that was about. 1092 00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:37,520 South J Rod, I saw a pretty interesting a study. 1093 00:52:37,600 --> 00:52:41,880 I wasn't a reporter. Alright, best sports days of the 1094 00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:47,440 year. OK, Now using the A through F 1095 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,880 grade, I'm going to give A grade A's. 1096 00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,400 The best F is awful. I'm going to give you 246. 1097 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:57,520 I'm going to give you 8 things based on your interest and your 1098 00:52:57,960 --> 00:53:00,840 willingness to sit, sit there for 456 out, whatever it might 1099 00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,520 be to consume that. I want your letter grade as 1100 00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:04,120 well. You ready? 1101 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:06,320 Master? Sunday for me is an A. 1102 00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:10,040 How about you for me? Yeah. 1103 00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:14,520 C OK. Super Bowl Sunday for me. 1104 00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:18,160 That's going to sound weird. Is is is really more like AC. 1105 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,760 Of course I'm going to watch it, but the way the pregame drones 1106 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:24,400 on, I can't stand it. The long halftime show. 1107 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:28,440 I can't stand it like I myself enjoy wild card weekend more 1108 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:32,600 myself every once we get a bad game, you know, like that nine 1109 00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:33,720 win team that shouldn't be there. 1110 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:36,600 So I'm going to give the Super Bowl Sunday AC in terms of 1111 00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:40,840 watching the game. You B OK, Week one of the 1112 00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:44,800 college football season. It's about AD for me. 1113 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:46,840 Whatever. Wake me up when there's really 1114 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,080 good games and you get a couple. But it's not like I'm sitting 1115 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:50,440 there. Oh my God, Week one of the 1116 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:53,080 college football season. I guess when I'll be honest with 1117 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:54,960 you. When I was in school I had 1118 00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,400 greater intrigue. Obviously. 1119 00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,360 Now, nowadays it's a little different. 1120 00:54:00,360 --> 00:54:04,040 Yeah, I'll go similarly D. OK, what about the Kentucky 1121 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:08,120 Derby? You're not a big Derby fan. 1122 00:54:08,440 --> 00:54:09,840 Yeah. Now the Derby's interesting 1123 00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,880 because I met my wife at a Kentucky Derby party, right? 1124 00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:14,320 Yeah. OK, Yeah, I told you that story. 1125 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:18,440 So there's great symbolism in the Derby, so I'm going to give 1126 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:20,960 it an A out of that. But in terms of like all the 1127 00:54:20,960 --> 00:54:22,880 pomp and circums, I don't know a lot about. 1128 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,800 I mean, horses are an amazingly beautiful animal and it's just, 1129 00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,320 it's crazy how how beautiful they are. 1130 00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:32,480 But the mechanics of horse racing, I don't, I don't pretend 1131 00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,960 to understand that at all. I don't really even really know 1132 00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:39,160 how to bet on horsing on, on horse horsing on horse racing. 1133 00:54:39,360 --> 00:54:41,960 So I don't need all those hours of lead up. 1134 00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:43,320 Like I don't need it for the Super Bowl. 1135 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,640 The race is over what, 2 minutes, right? 1136 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,240 So, a, because if I don't, I'm probably going to get in 1137 00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:51,800 trouble. But in terms of the other stuff, 1138 00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,400 reality, whatever. All right. 1139 00:54:54,760 --> 00:54:57,680 Indy 500 F Couldn't care less. How about you, FFF? 1140 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,920 I've never watched you once. All right, Yeah, I mean, I I 1141 00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:03,800 I've certainly never watched it start to finish. 1142 00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:07,240 Although I and I'm not trying to disparage the sport of motor 1143 00:55:07,240 --> 00:55:09,200 racing. Some of the people who go there, 1144 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,120 like the infield is amazing and the party is awesome and it's 1145 00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:14,000 you know, but but for me, it's zero. 1146 00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:17,360 All right, NBA on Christmas. I was a. 1147 00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:21,280 All right, yeah, yeah, I'm going to give it a pretty high grade 1148 00:55:21,280 --> 00:55:24,280 as well. I'm going to probably AB plus, 1149 00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,560 you know, it, it's very high. I I always there was a point 1150 00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:31,120 where maybe it was an A like what I would get like Ewing 1151 00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:33,160 versus Jordan. And there's only like more than 1152 00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:35,400 two games. Like now it's like 5 and it's 1153 00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:36,720 cool. It's there if you want it. 1154 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:40,080 You know, you get you know, you get Steph and you get LeBron and 1155 00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,680 you get the Knicks. Now, when you get the Cavaliers 1156 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,680 with Donovan Mitchell, you get the Celtics, obviously Denver, 1157 00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:47,400 you know, so, so it is good, right? 1158 00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:51,200 MLB Opening Day Absolute A+. A yeah. 1159 00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:53,760 I mean, come on. Like, on it. 1160 00:55:53,760 --> 00:55:56,920 Like, I haven't been as locked in with baseball ever. 1161 00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:59,360 And like this year I was so hyped for opening day. 1162 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,400 So yeah. OK. 1163 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,400 And then for me, how about why won't you get this first day one 1164 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:08,800 of the NCAA Tournament day one? Oh my goodness. 1165 00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:10,160 Oh well. Day one. 1166 00:56:10,240 --> 00:56:13,840 Day once, it's just a day. 112 first game till midnight. 1167 00:56:16,720 --> 00:56:20,080 What the first games? The first games of March mad. 1168 00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:21,680 This is your answer, so let me hear it. 1169 00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:27,760 B minus really I I feel like I get more hype for like what for 1170 00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:31,920 like round two, you know, OK, the first one, the first games 1171 00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:34,920 with the premier schools. Yes, we're getting into, yes, 1172 00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:38,400 I'm watching, but I think like a lot of the, I don't know, a lot 1173 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:42,280 of the worst match ups, like they don't I'm not up for I 1174 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,760 guess. Listen, there's a lot of games 1175 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,760 that that I don't, I mean, especially now with the Portal, 1176 00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:50,600 I just, you just don't even know who's on most of these teams. 1177 00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:51,920 And I do it for a living. Jeez. 1178 00:56:52,600 --> 00:56:55,280 It was funny because, you know, obviously it's different last 1179 00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,160 couple of years with St. John's being in the middle of a 1180 00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,720 lot of it. And I remember I was in the 1181 00:56:59,720 --> 00:57:02,280 hotel room, it was in San Diego when St. 1182 00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,840 John's played the first game. So they played, they beat Kansas 1183 00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:07,840 on a Sunday and they played on Friday night. 1184 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,680 All right, their first win, Northern Iowa. 1185 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,160 So it was the Friday night and I'm in a hotel room and I've got 1186 00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:14,440 the itinerary, team bus leaves at this time, blah, blah, blah. 1187 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,040 And I'm like, all right, I got this amount of time before I 1188 00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:19,600 shower, suit up, shave, all that stuff, get ready to go down, get 1189 00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:23,000 on the bus, head over to the arena, and it's amazing. 1190 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:24,920 Like, there's nowhere else I'd rather be at that point than 1191 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:26,760 calling a St. John's game with make in the 1192 00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,960 NCAA Tournament. But I had to leave just based 1193 00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:32,320 on, again, their itinerary. And I've got to follow their 1194 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:37,000 itinerary for sure. When Sienna was, you know, kind 1195 00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,400 of messing around and maybe getting ready to beat somebody 1196 00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,080 that they have no business beating. 1197 00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:44,720 And obviously McNamara was coaching Sienna at that point 1198 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:47,200 and they were playing Duke. I'm like, wow. 1199 00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:50,200 And I did like, I, I didn't want to leave the hotel room. 1200 00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:54,080 I'm laying in my bed. And I just kept postponing 1201 00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:56,240 getting in the shower, put my suit on. 1202 00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:58,440 And then like, as soon as I did that, I'm like, God, I got 9 1203 00:57:58,440 --> 00:58:00,120 more minutes. I got to get downstairs in case 1204 00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:01,360 there's a lot of people at the elevator. 1205 00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:03,480 Big hotel. I can't risk being late, you 1206 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,240 know, because again, St. John's not waiting on me. 1207 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:07,320 I've got to be there early. That's how I view it. 1208 00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,560 So I'm like, I got 4 minutes. I have to go to commercial. 1209 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:13,320 I wanted to watch the game so much so I couldn't. 1210 00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:17,200 So day one to me has taken on a different tone now involved in 1211 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:19,480 it, right? And I miss a lot of stuff. 1212 00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:23,040 And it's funny, the deeper St. John's goes, the less I actually 1213 00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,600 watched the tournament because I'm so fixated on what St. 1214 00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:28,120 John's is doing because I'm at that venue, you know? 1215 00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:32,080 And it's a trade off I will happily make any day of the 1216 00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,560 year. But for me, taking away St. 1217 00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:41,520 John's, I would say of these three things, I would say #1 1218 00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:50,560 would be MLB Opening Day #2 would be Master Sunday, and #3 1219 00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,920 would be the NCAA Tournament day one. 1220 00:58:53,240 --> 00:58:55,360 And even though, you know, you get a lot of teams you haven't 1221 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:58,480 really watched or don't know a whole lot about, it's just I 1222 00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:01,720 love how it all starts. You know, I love how the court, 1223 00:59:01,720 --> 00:59:03,600 the different courts, the different venues, like the 1224 00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,920 different pods around the country, the different 1225 00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:09,360 storylines, the different announcing teams and the music 1226 00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:11,760 like it just hits, right. It's a culmination of of what's 1227 00:59:11,760 --> 00:59:14,920 been, you know, a very long and most times a really fun good 1228 00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:17,760 COVID season. And then you store, I think the 1229 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:21,080 first game is usually 1212, I think I think that's what 1222, 1230 00:59:21,080 --> 00:59:23,600 something like that, right? And then literally, Jay, you're 1231 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:27,680 going from 12:12 to midnight as that last game generally tips 1232 00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:31,760 off at 9 fourty 10 O1 depending upon of the game before it goes 1233 00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:33,920 late. So it's wall to wall hoops. 1234 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:38,400 That is a true story, that is, and it's proven by data that is 1235 00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:43,720 it is the day where the it's the highest amount of vasectomies 1236 00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,160 for men in the United States. Yeah. 1237 00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:50,160 Is there some kind of correlation that sure people, 1238 00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:51,520 what would you say? OK. 1239 00:59:52,200 --> 00:59:54,120 I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you exactly what it is 1240 00:59:54,120 --> 00:59:56,120 when you get the snippage and you guys know what I'm talking 1241 00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:57,480 about. I mean, I want to get, you know, 1242 00:59:57,480 --> 00:59:59,120 2 crass here, but we get the snippage. 1243 00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:01,400 You got to have a bag of ice on the on the jewels. 1244 01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:05,840 So that's like one of the few times dad can just sit there. 1245 01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:09,400 Oh my SO. That's no idiot. 1246 01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:12,400 Dad's like, let's see. All right, day one March Madness 1247 01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:13,640 here. You know what? 1248 01:00:13,640 --> 01:00:16,280 I don't want to go in Thursday morning because, you know, I 1249 01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:17,920 might get back with being a little bit of pain. 1250 01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:19,840 Whatever my let me get it done. Wednesday. 1251 01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:22,000 It's it's an out procedure. So I get to spend the night. 1252 01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,160 But hey, then he can milk it a little bit, you know, God, it 1253 01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:26,320 hurts. So honey, can you get me a 1254 01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:28,040 drink? Honey, can you, can you order 1255 01:00:28,040 --> 01:00:30,240 some food? Honey, can you get me some more 1256 01:00:30,240 --> 01:00:32,600 ice? You know, and then Friday, you 1257 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,440 know, you lay it on thick, like when you're sick, when you're a 1258 01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:36,320 kid. Mom, I don't feel good. 1259 01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:39,920 I feel terrible. The fake cough, the fake sneeze. 1260 01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:43,160 You know that's why that's true. Ha ha. 1261 01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:45,480 I knew that stat because when I did it. 1262 01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,960 You see what I mean? Yeah, I'm telling you, man, I'm 1263 01:00:49,040 --> 01:00:51,600 telling you. I don't know the number I. 1264 01:00:51,640 --> 01:00:54,120 Don't know the sheer amount of of of, you know, actual 1265 01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:57,240 procedures or the percentage compared to other days, but I 1266 01:00:57,240 --> 01:00:59,880 know it has been proven medically that there are more 1267 01:00:59,880 --> 01:01:03,520 vasectomies during the NCAA tournament than any other point 1268 01:01:03,520 --> 01:01:04,920 in the in the calendar year. Yes. 1269 01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:07,440 Yes, Sir. Hey, listen, we might be 1270 01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:10,360 simpleton creatures, but at the end of the day, we're not dumb. 1271 01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:12,480 No, no, we listen. We listen. 1272 01:01:12,480 --> 01:01:13,960 We know how we want to relax just. 1273 01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:15,680 There. Relax. 1274 01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:22,080 What do we got here? Anything good that's you're kind 1275 01:01:22,080 --> 01:01:23,280 of monitoring the chat there, Jay? 1276 01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:24,920 Anything pop up there, buddy? Let's see. 1277 01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:26,520 Here. Oh yeah, here's a good one from 1278 01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:30,120 the beginning that. Oh, this was from early, right? 1279 01:01:30,120 --> 01:01:32,440 It's from early in the day. I saw this. 1280 01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:35,080 Yeah, when I when I jumped on to let everybody know we were going 1281 01:01:35,080 --> 01:01:37,200 to talk about today at pity, right. 1282 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:40,600 BT interested on your thoughts about this proposed NCAA rule 1283 01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:44,520 about having five years of college eligibility once you 1284 01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:48,440 either graduate high school or turn 19, whichever comes first. 1285 01:01:48,480 --> 01:01:51,600 I would love it. I would absolutely love it. 1286 01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:55,960 I mean, there's guys who are 26 years old playing college 1287 01:01:55,960 --> 01:01:57,680 football. It's an absolute joke, dude. 1288 01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:59,400 And I'm not even talking about the money. 1289 01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:02,120 But at that point you were a full-fledged physically 1290 01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:05,440 developed grown man and you're playing against, you know, kids 1291 01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:06,800 who were in high school the year before. 1292 01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,800 It's just not right. I also saw it's a little bit in 1293 01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:12,120 the weeds. I don't, I don't profess to 1294 01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:14,280 think that everybody you know, knows about this or cares about 1295 01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:17,160 this, but you know, Providence fired Kim English, their their 1296 01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:20,400 former coach. They brought in a very, very 1297 01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,360 well respected, but a lot of people like the hire. 1298 01:02:22,360 --> 01:02:25,480 So do I and they have been crushing the portal already. 1299 01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:28,880 And I they, I believe they did they off No, they signed well, 1300 01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:30,080 they've already got a couple of commitments. 1301 01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:33,640 They signed a kid who was in the league for a couple of years. 1302 01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:35,800 Oh, I saw that. Yeah, I saw that. 1303 01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:37,120 That's. What I mean, what are we doing? 1304 01:02:37,120 --> 01:02:41,040 It's not it could be Baylor, it could be SMU, it could be 1305 01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:42,560 Gonzaga. It's not that it's in the Big 1306 01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:43,200 East. I don't care. 1307 01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:44,560 St. John's getting ready to destroy 1308 01:02:44,560 --> 01:02:46,000 the portal. I'm not worried about that. 1309 01:02:46,240 --> 01:02:48,160 So it's not a competitive thing where me trying to shade 1310 01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:51,120 Providence, but that is just fundamentally wrong. 1311 01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:54,600 He's a pro when you are in and that's he's not the first one 1312 01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:58,000 when you're in the G League, you literally get paid to be in the 1313 01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:01,320 G League. So how the hell can you go back 1314 01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:04,640 and play college now? The the reason probably is the 1315 01:03:04,680 --> 01:03:09,640 NIL it it changes the amateur status, Obviously you're in 1316 01:03:09,640 --> 01:03:11,560 essence a pro. And Rick Pitino said he's like, 1317 01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:15,200 they're pros and he's right. But aesthetically, just think 1318 01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:17,920 about the way that looks now. Providence fans won't care. 1319 01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:20,840 And to be fully honest with you, if Saint John's dipped into the, 1320 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:25,440 they almost did last year, really, yes, I, I think they 1321 01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:28,200 almost did it mid season after the first semester when Rick 1322 01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:32,160 didn't like the the point guard play and the guards actually 1323 01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:34,040 wound up hurting them. So they're they're going to 1324 01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:37,080 address that in a big way. But they were flirting with the 1325 01:03:37,080 --> 01:03:41,320 idea of getting somebody from the G League who played point 1326 01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:43,720 and bringing them in mid season and Rick declined. 1327 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,960 Not that they had the money. You know, he was going to do it, 1328 01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:49,520 but he didn't think it would be good for chemistry and all those 1329 01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:51,440 other things. Especially the way he coaches 1330 01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,840 and his system. You know, you need a couple of 1331 01:03:53,840 --> 01:03:57,400 months to get used to the Rick, you know, you know, experience, 1332 01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:58,440 you know, he's going to be on you. 1333 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,200 I mean, like a lunatic. And you know, you need the 1334 01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:04,120 summer to get used to that and summer workouts and kind of, you 1335 01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:06,880 know, coalesce as a team. So they didn't do it. 1336 01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:08,600 So I mean, other teams could do it. 1337 01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:10,160 If St. John's did it tonight, the kids 1338 01:04:10,160 --> 01:04:12,720 are stud and it gets into the final four, I'm all for it. 1339 01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:16,640 Right, But but only, only because other teams are doing 1340 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,800 it. If I really had my way, I would 1341 01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:21,240 just get, I would not allow any team to do that. 1342 01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:23,040 I, I don't know, see the problem. 1343 01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:25,920 Yeah. No, no, it is the problem here, 1344 01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:29,160 Jay, is that we can have these strong opinions. 1345 01:04:29,160 --> 01:04:32,680 And I mentioned on Monday how Jay Bilis, No, Tuesday, because 1346 01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:34,920 I was off Monday. Jay Bilis was dropping bombs 1347 01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:37,640 over the weekend. He and Calipari on set on the 1348 01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:40,640 national semifinal Saturday from Indianapolis, like on on their 1349 01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:43,280 set before the two games, they were having some really good 1350 01:04:43,280 --> 01:04:44,640 discourse. And Jay's got a legal 1351 01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:46,640 background. And, you know, Calipari was 1352 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:48,160 saying some stuff. And I think, I think Bruce, 1353 01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:50,080 Bruce Pearl on that. I think he may have been on that 1354 01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:54,000 panel as well and and Jay was on fire because he's got that legal 1355 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,280 background. The problem is we can sit here 1356 01:04:56,280 --> 01:05:00,520 and come up with a lot of ways to make it more pure. 1357 01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:01,800 And I'm not talking about NIO money. 1358 01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:03,600 Again, these kids deserve to get paid. 1359 01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:06,800 But you got to streamline this a little bit, whether it's, you 1360 01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,280 know, you have kids now you look at St. 1361 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,080 John's will sign because I've already done this. 1362 01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:12,600 St. John's will sign players. 1363 01:05:12,840 --> 01:05:15,760 And as I start my research, the moment that I find out that they 1364 01:05:15,760 --> 01:05:18,400 signed them, I will go to their college stats. 1365 01:05:18,640 --> 01:05:24,600 You will see a lot of times a kid playing say at one school in 1366 01:05:24,600 --> 01:05:28,800 the, you know, in the ACC and then his second year he was in 1367 01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:30,680 the Big 10 and now he's joining Saint John. 1368 01:05:30,680 --> 01:05:34,640 Like that is common. 3-4 conferences represented over the 1369 01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:38,160 course of 3-4 years. Now that's a problem in the 1370 01:05:38,160 --> 01:05:41,360 sense that, and we haven't really realized yet because 1371 01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:42,840 we're still in the early stages of this. 1372 01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:47,600 But one of the things that I loved about my early and, and 1373 01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:49,480 for me, it's Saint John's. For many others, it's other, 1374 01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:51,920 other teams. But the, the ability, like I 1375 01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,000 watched Chris Mullen play for four years. 1376 01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,480 I watched Walter Berry, now he came from JUCO, but he played 1377 01:05:57,480 --> 01:05:59,600 for three years. I watched Mark Jackson play 4 1378 01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:02,280 years, same with Shelton Jones and Willie Glass and you know, 1379 01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:04,880 all the, and then obviously old Malik Sealy, those guys and, and 1380 01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:07,480 Wennington before that. And when you watch somebody play 1381 01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:10,040 3-4 years, you just develop a connection. 1382 01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,080 There's a familiarity. There's just something that you 1383 01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:15,160 really carry on throughout life. And I'm not even an alum, an 1384 01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:17,680 alum of Saint John's. But when you're an alum of a 1385 01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:22,200 school and you look back 5101520 years, like are there going to 1386 01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:25,520 be that many retired numbers? Like, why would you bring one, a 1387 01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:28,720 kid back who even if they win the championship and he's there 1388 01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:31,040 for one year, but he played for two or three other schools, are 1389 01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:32,800 you going to really hang that banner? 1390 01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:35,560 With no, it's kind of. Weird Balkins or Christian 1391 01:06:35,560 --> 01:06:37,280 Leighton or Bobby Hurley if you're Duke. 1392 01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:41,400 I wouldn't. No also wait, here's my my 1393 01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:42,880 question. Yes can. 1394 01:06:43,160 --> 01:06:48,600 Can G League players who have played NBA minutes go back to 1395 01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,440 college? Like on those two way contracts? 1396 01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:54,320 On a on a two way contract or like they get called up or 1397 01:06:54,320 --> 01:06:55,880 whatever. I don't know the answer to 1398 01:06:55,880 --> 01:07:01,240 that's a really good question. I would probably say no, but at 1399 01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,280 this point, who the hell knows. Yeah, no that. 1400 01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:08,160 One, because that would just be absolutely unacceptable. 1401 01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:11,200 Yeah, I mean, if that's the case, I mean, jeez, you know, I 1402 01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:12,560 wish St. John's could have gotten Danis 1403 01:07:12,600 --> 01:07:14,560 Jenkins back. He already knows where St. 1404 01:07:14,560 --> 01:07:16,720 John's is. You know we averaged 20 points a 1405 01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:20,440 game when when Kate Cunningham was out for the Pistons at 1406 01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:25,240 Christopher Christopher's Have we seen this St. 1407 01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:28,360 Marie, I think I I busted out yesterday, but. 1408 01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:32,320 The key though I would just go St. is STI know. 1409 01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:33,240 Maybe. Marie. 1410 01:07:34,400 --> 01:07:36,080 That's what I mean. Like, I don't know. 1411 01:07:36,080 --> 01:07:37,000 That's good. That's a tough one. 1412 01:07:37,640 --> 01:07:39,080 My first Yankee game had a headline. 1413 01:07:39,080 --> 01:07:42,720 The Post or news that read Rookie Cooks Goose. 1414 01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,760 Wow. Pat Kelly lit up Goose and was 1415 01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:50,880 on his way out on the Rangers. Yeah, I remember Pat Kelly went 1416 01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:56,040 to Westchester AI believe it's AD 2 school in Pennsylvania and 1417 01:07:56,040 --> 01:07:58,360 Pat wore #14 second bait good fielder. 1418 01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:01,560 Pat was on those teams where they were just he's on some bad 1419 01:08:01,560 --> 01:08:04,080 teams too. But Pat was they would just turn 1420 01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:07,840 the corner like, you know, like right after early buck, you 1421 01:08:07,840 --> 01:08:10,760 know, post stump mero those horrible Yankee teams, even 1422 01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:12,400 though I'm pretty sure he was with with stump. 1423 01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:13,960 But yeah, Pat was a good fielder. 1424 01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:19,120 What posters did you have on your walls as a kid? 1425 01:08:19,640 --> 01:08:22,359 Louisiana Lightning. No, I never had a Guidry poster. 1426 01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:27,439 No, I had let's I had Mattingly everywhere. 1427 01:08:27,439 --> 01:08:30,040 I mean, let's start with Matt. I had the Hitman poster. 1428 01:08:30,279 --> 01:08:33,000 I had a Don Mattingly poster. There was a Jay. 1429 01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:38,240 You won't remember these. It was about A2 year window 1430 01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:40,960 where sports maybe a little bit more, but where Sports 1431 01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:43,720 Illustrated put out posters. Do you remember this run or no? 1432 01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:47,319 Like when they would do kind of like the fold out sort of deal. 1433 01:08:47,319 --> 01:08:48,880 No, no, it wasn't in the magazine. 1434 01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:52,120 It was a conventional poster that you would buy in a sneaker 1435 01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:54,680 store or something like that. But no, so it wasn't that it was 1436 01:08:54,760 --> 01:08:57,319 it was legitimately full size poster. 1437 01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:02,279 But their marketing campaign was like basically experiencing a 1438 01:09:02,279 --> 01:09:05,359 game the way the players do. So I had a Mattingly poster, 1439 01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:07,760 right? And like he it was in mid swing 1440 01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:11,920 connecting with a ball and it said, how's it feel? 1441 01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:16,279 How's it feel to turn a fastball into a souvenir? 1442 01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:21,080 And then it said Sports Illustrated get the feeling they 1443 01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:25,920 were all man, that was money. So I had I had every Mattingly 1444 01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:29,479 poster number 1 I had. I had a Chris Mullen poster. 1445 01:09:29,479 --> 01:09:32,200 I had a couple of Jordan posters. 1446 01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:36,439 I had one or two Dominique Wilkins posters. 1447 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:44,319 Yeah, I had, I had this with this, one of the first posters I 1448 01:09:44,319 --> 01:09:46,600 ever had. It was, it was called Superstars 1449 01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:51,000 of the NBA and it was one of those posters, like it was built 1450 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:53,040 up in quadrants. So there would be like, I think 1451 01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:56,520 there was like 369. I think there was 12, like 12 1452 01:09:56,520 --> 01:10:00,400 little squares, you know, and it, it was a normal size poster, 1453 01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:03,680 but within the normal size poster there maybe it was 9 or 1454 01:10:03,680 --> 01:10:06,560 10, whatever. It was 9 or 10 of the best 1455 01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:09,800 superstars in the NBA and all across the NBA. 1456 01:10:09,800 --> 01:10:12,360 And it had like Isaiah and I think I got it because of 1457 01:10:12,360 --> 01:10:15,920 Bernard King Bernard King Mikhail Bird magic. 1458 01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:22,680 I feel like Alex English was on that poster, maybe Mark Aguire. 1459 01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:24,680 I think Kareem was dropping a skyhook. 1460 01:10:25,080 --> 01:10:27,000 That was a good one. God, I had so many poets. 1461 01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:31,440 I and then I'll tell you what, even when I got to to college, I 1462 01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:33,920 was hanging posters everywhere. Yeah, dude, Wolf Campus. 1463 01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:39,080 Oh my, yeah. Even now, even now, I mean, at 1464 01:10:39,080 --> 01:10:43,240 least for people my age, like honestly, I will say a lot of my 1465 01:10:43,240 --> 01:10:46,560 generation now you're kind of transitioning to the framed 1466 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:50,320 picture a little bit. But no, I mean my room and I 1467 01:10:50,320 --> 01:10:52,640 definitely have some posters. Well, look, if you look right 1468 01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:54,920 over here, if you look to the to the, where is that? 1469 01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:57,880 Hang on to the right. You know, I'm still reconvening 1470 01:10:57,880 --> 01:10:59,600 some stuff here. So that's my Mattingly. 1471 01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:02,600 And then if you look over here, I've got my map of the world. 1472 01:11:02,600 --> 01:11:05,200 I've got, that's Bernard King, who actually signed that, you 1473 01:11:05,200 --> 01:11:06,960 know, 2. BT that's awesome. 1474 01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:09,840 Then I've got the first team I ever coached, that was T-ball, 1475 01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:12,400 and then I got Reggie signed. That's hitting the home run. 1476 01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:15,760 That was his third home run in the World Series, and yeah, and 1477 01:11:15,760 --> 01:11:16,840 it's signed. Then I got a bunch of other 1478 01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:18,720 stuff, whatever, but maybe I'll give you guys a better tour at 1479 01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:21,480 some point. But yeah, now and then the man 1480 01:11:21,480 --> 01:11:22,800 cave, everything's pretty much framed. 1481 01:11:22,800 --> 01:11:26,720 Like I've got Joe Namath, I've got Bernard King, I've got 1482 01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:29,400 Ewing, I've got Mattingly framed stuff, the Hitman one 1483 01:11:29,400 --> 01:11:32,800 autographed as well. I've got the something from what 1484 01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:35,040 I did that show on Discovery Man versus Bear. 1485 01:11:35,280 --> 01:11:38,760 That's rain. I've actually got I, I got AI 1486 01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:40,200 got AI. Don't know how I would bring 1487 01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:41,400 video. I guess I could record it from 1488 01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:43,080 my phone. One thing that's pretty cool in 1489 01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:46,960 my man cave, I've got it's like the size of a jersey. 1490 01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:49,880 Only what I did was I went and I probably I did this when we 1491 01:11:49,880 --> 01:11:52,840 moved into our home and I actually got a man cave rather 1492 01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,320 than an apartment where I had limited space. 1493 01:11:55,640 --> 01:11:58,080 I had it made myself laminated, mad at all that stuff. 1494 01:11:58,400 --> 01:12:03,440 And I took God, probably 20 credentials that were of high 1495 01:12:03,440 --> 01:12:06,280 value to me. And you know, they, they kind of 1496 01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:08,080 cut it off. And so like, it wasn't like some 1497 01:12:08,080 --> 01:12:12,120 massive, it was just a picture and the, the accreditation. 1498 01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:16,480 So like, like I remember I've got I've got 1 from when the 1499 01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:18,680 Yankees won the World Series in 2009. 1500 01:12:18,680 --> 01:12:21,080 I did I was at 10:50 ESPN Radio at that point. 1501 01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:24,360 I did my show from City Hall, like steps from City Hall where 1502 01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:28,080 the where the parade ended. So like I if you go back and 1503 01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:32,400 find video on this Jay-Z and like CC they are and Robbie 1504 01:12:32,400 --> 01:12:35,960 Cano, they are doing New York State of Mind on on City Hall 1505 01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:37,360 steps. That was right there. 1506 01:12:37,520 --> 01:12:41,160 So I've got that credential. I've got like a Jet credential. 1507 01:12:41,160 --> 01:12:43,080 I've got a Yankee Mets. So you know, the Raiders, the 1508 01:12:43,080 --> 01:12:45,440 Niners, a couple U.S. Open for golf. 1509 01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:48,480 Yeah, some smaller ones. When I first got in the 1510 01:12:48,480 --> 01:12:50,760 business, yeah, I got a lot of cool stuff. 1511 01:12:50,760 --> 01:12:52,480 I got to give you guys a better look at that some point. 1512 01:12:52,480 --> 01:12:55,040 I'm still kind of reconfiguring this. 1513 01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:56,480 I think I'm gonna do away with the logo, man. 1514 01:12:56,480 --> 01:12:57,840 I'm not. I'm not feeling the logo 1515 01:12:57,840 --> 01:12:59,280 anymore. Probably what behind you. 1516 01:12:59,320 --> 01:13:00,760 Yeah, I got, I got, I got a really. 1517 01:13:00,760 --> 01:13:01,960 Yeah, I'm gonna. I gotta mix things up A. 1518 01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:05,520 Little let me say like I loved how it looked behind you during 1519 01:13:05,520 --> 01:13:08,880 the Stephen A slash collective. I mean, I don't know. 1520 01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:11,560 If yeah, wait, wait. When we had this, right? 1521 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,120 Yeah, yeah. All right. 1522 01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:16,040 So that yeah, that's where I just kind of tilted things up 1523 01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:20,120 and that's where I had my OK during both of those. 1524 01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:22,000 I think that looks great, honestly. 1525 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,360 You liked it not to get too real on. 1526 01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:27,480 Air here, but you liked it. I think that usually looks 1527 01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:29,400 really good. Yeah, No, I I hear you. 1528 01:13:29,560 --> 01:13:31,360 I hear you. I I can, I can show you 1529 01:13:31,400 --> 01:13:32,280 something real quick. Hold on. 1530 01:13:34,120 --> 01:13:35,640 Again. I don't think I ever showed you 1531 01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:37,720 guys this, did I? I might have showed you, Jay. 1532 01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:41,200 Did I ever show you this? Let's see it. 1533 01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,320 Did I show you that? Whoa, whoa, no. 1534 01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:46,960 I didn't show you that, did I? That is from the St. 1535 01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:49,400 John's Big East tournament. This was from last year. 1536 01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:51,040 Wow. Yeah. 1537 01:13:51,320 --> 01:13:53,800 So nice, right one come this year as well. 1538 01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:55,800 I would imagine so. They better not start cheaping, 1539 01:13:55,800 --> 01:13:56,920 man. When you start winning, you got 1540 01:13:56,920 --> 01:13:58,440 to start getting more rings, yeah. 1541 01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:01,600 Dang, that's right. I got some cool stuff up there. 1542 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:04,560 I've got a couple of Louis, I've got some signed balls. 1543 01:14:05,480 --> 01:14:07,480 I've got a This is actually pretty cool too. 1544 01:14:07,960 --> 01:14:10,120 My wife got me this when she was working at the Garden. 1545 01:14:10,120 --> 01:14:13,000 Clyde Frazier signing this. A little Nick Ball here. 1546 01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:14,160 I got. I have a. 1547 01:14:14,280 --> 01:14:15,880 Lot of stuff, man. I've got to find a way to 1548 01:14:15,880 --> 01:14:17,680 streamline it. I am going to mess around the 1549 01:14:17,680 --> 01:14:19,240 back, but with the background at some point. 1550 01:14:19,240 --> 01:14:23,200 A favorite Nintendo sports game. Oh, Tecmo Bowl was a beast, man. 1551 01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:27,080 Tecmo Bowl was the kind of game you just talk so much shit to 1552 01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:30,120 your team because if you had the right team, like if you were the 1553 01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:33,600 Raiders and you had Bo Jackson, like you could actually I I go 1554 01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:35,720 so good at what were the bill of the Bills? 1555 01:14:35,720 --> 01:14:38,280 Oh yeah, I've definitely seen Kelly's of this game before. 1556 01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:42,280 But you can. I would run backwards and I 1557 01:14:42,280 --> 01:14:45,040 would just taunt my buddy. Like instead of like with Bo 1558 01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:46,680 Jackson, you literally couldn't stop him. 1559 01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:49,080 So instead of just going forward and going through a hole and 1560 01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,000 cutting to the outside and beating everybody based on 1561 01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:55,040 speed, I would say if I'm at midfield, I would run backwards 1562 01:14:55,040 --> 01:14:58,440 to the to the other goal line and then try to get 100 yard run 1563 01:14:58,440 --> 01:15:00,960 and talk smack the entire time I've listened. 1564 01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:03,400 That was a great game. Tyson's Punch Out was awesome. 1565 01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:06,880 I liked Contra as a non sports game. 1566 01:15:07,040 --> 01:15:07,560 You. Know that? 1567 01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:10,920 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Contra was really, really good 1568 01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:13,520 and I like Pitfall. Remember Pitfall? 1569 01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:17,360 Let me look some dude, he was in the jungle and he he had to like 1570 01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:21,480 jump over quicksand and. I don't think I've ever played 1571 01:15:21,480 --> 01:15:22,360 this one. It was good. 1572 01:15:22,360 --> 01:15:25,880 It was, it was one, yeah, it was one from back in the day. 1573 01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:28,400 And then listen, obviously like the the like Pac-Man, Donkey 1574 01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:31,120 Kong, everybody like that stuff. But I loved Contra. 1575 01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:34,560 The good thing about Contra too, was that me and my, you know, 1576 01:15:34,560 --> 01:15:36,880 my, my boy, oh God, I love him. I haven't seen him in so long. 1577 01:15:36,880 --> 01:15:41,200 My buddy Brian, right? We would play at with, you know, 1578 01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:43,120 we were teams. So like one of the dudes would 1579 01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:45,040 start up here, One of the dudes would start here. 1580 01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:46,440 You just go through and you'd battle. 1581 01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:48,960 You get the machine guns, you get the different weapons. 1582 01:15:49,200 --> 01:15:52,200 My Contra was a good one. I was mostly sports, but there 1583 01:15:52,200 --> 01:15:54,360 were someones that that weren't sports that I enjoyed. 1584 01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:56,960 All right, what else do we have here? 1585 01:15:56,960 --> 01:15:58,160 Jay? This is a no rules Friday. 1586 01:15:58,160 --> 01:15:59,280 Oh. Wait, hold up real quick. 1587 01:15:59,440 --> 01:16:01,760 Yes, Sir, Saint Marie is correct. 1588 01:16:01,880 --> 01:16:03,600 All right. There you go, Christopher. 1589 01:16:03,800 --> 01:16:05,240 All right, Chris was. Right there you. 1590 01:16:05,960 --> 01:16:08,560 Go BT. What kind of back surgery did 1591 01:16:08,560 --> 01:16:11,960 you have? I had a fusion and a Laminectomy 1592 01:16:11,960 --> 01:16:15,800 in November, also with Gov. Have you taken lessons? 1593 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:17,440 I've taken lessons. Nothing works, dude. 1594 01:16:17,440 --> 01:16:18,560 I'm beyond help. I really am. 1595 01:16:18,920 --> 01:16:20,960 I'm taking the lessons as a lefty, taking lessons as a 1596 01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:21,960 righty. I'm a disaster. 1597 01:16:22,280 --> 01:16:25,640 I've got a guy in Clifton. Yeah, I'm sure he's legit. 1598 01:16:25,640 --> 01:16:27,120 I know. I'm sure. 1599 01:16:27,120 --> 01:16:32,680 He's at BRAC 227. I had a had a microdiscectomy, 1600 01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:35,800 so one of my buddies had the full. 1601 01:16:36,440 --> 01:16:39,160 What is that? Not the fusion. 1602 01:16:39,160 --> 01:16:41,000 Yeah. The fusion, like Tiger, I think 1603 01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:43,760 Tiger Woods had. No, yes, Tiger did have fusion. 1604 01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:47,800 The microdiscectomy on the scale of back surgeries is the most 1605 01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:49,600 benign. It's the least invasive. 1606 01:16:49,600 --> 01:16:52,200 So look at it this way. For those of you who don't know, 1607 01:16:52,200 --> 01:16:56,080 like, imagine you've got this is. 1608 01:16:56,360 --> 01:17:00,320 Let's see the like in between, like you take your spine, right, 1609 01:17:00,640 --> 01:17:04,160 you've got obviously skeletal, you've got vertebrae, bone right 1610 01:17:04,440 --> 01:17:06,480 in between as it stacks its way up. 1611 01:17:06,720 --> 01:17:10,040 There's this gel cushion that's circular, that's got fluids in 1612 01:17:10,040 --> 01:17:14,640 there. OK, now I had AI had a, it was 1613 01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:18,120 a, there was a deviation. And you know, you hear grandma 1614 01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:20,400 say, oh, my sciatica, my sciatica. 1615 01:17:20,440 --> 01:17:22,240 Like people think it's like a grandma thing. 1616 01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:27,040 But when you, when you rupture, which I did a, one of those 1617 01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:31,280 gels, one of those little capsules #1 now the vertebrae, 1618 01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:34,240 instead of being separated fully, they start to stack on 1619 01:17:34,240 --> 01:17:35,720 each other and you get some pain. 1620 01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:42,280 But what was most problematic for me was that the gel was 1621 01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:48,360 coming out and it was falling on my sciatic nerve, which was 1622 01:17:48,800 --> 01:17:55,280 which was basically responsible for, I would say at one point in 1623 01:17:55,280 --> 01:18:00,080 my life 100% of the time, constant searing pain. 1624 01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:03,560 That shot from basically like think about the labrum, like 1625 01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:06,840 kind of like the hip ish area all the way down to my ankle 1626 01:18:06,840 --> 01:18:09,520 joint. And it never, ever went away. 1627 01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:12,480 I remember was, yeah, I'm just when I was doing the show with 1628 01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:16,360 Tiki. So we were living in, it's 1629 01:18:16,360 --> 01:18:18,720 basically by weehawking. We had a condo out there before 1630 01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:22,040 we moved out to where we are now within our home as where the 1631 01:18:22,040 --> 01:18:24,000 kids were born, right? So I would drive. 1632 01:18:25,080 --> 01:18:26,920 Sometimes I would take the ferry, but I basically drove. 1633 01:18:27,200 --> 01:18:29,080 I would just go through the Lincoln Tunnel and go down the 1634 01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:32,720 West Side Highway. Boom, same studio as as WF and 1635 01:18:32,720 --> 01:18:34,080 the national stuff at that point, right? 1636 01:18:34,480 --> 01:18:37,400 And I remember multiple times, first I would take a bottle of 1637 01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:40,560 water and I would actually place it underneath like where my 1638 01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:43,720 hamstring was and elevate while I was driving. 1639 01:18:43,880 --> 01:18:46,400 No, no joke, dude. And there were times I would get 1640 01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:50,560 out of the West Side Highway on the West Side Highway during a 1641 01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:52,560 light, like I couldn't wait. You know how you hate red 1642 01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:53,800 lights? Everybody hates them. 1643 01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:58,280 I love them because I would actually get out and like just 1644 01:18:58,320 --> 01:19:00,320 shake my leg out and get back in the car. 1645 01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:03,520 Dude, it was the worst. It was absolutely the worst. 1646 01:19:03,800 --> 01:19:06,880 And I remember at the height of the the pain and again, it was 1647 01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:08,960 searing. It was like this electrical 1648 01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:10,280 charge. You guys, if you've had it, you 1649 01:19:10,280 --> 01:19:12,640 guys know, it just never went away. 1650 01:19:12,960 --> 01:19:14,320 And you know, I'm not a pill guy. 1651 01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:15,920 I'm not going to start popping heavy pills. 1652 01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:18,400 You know, that's not that's not going to solve anything. 1653 01:19:18,680 --> 01:19:20,480 So I didn't do that. I'm not saying I mean, I would 1654 01:19:20,480 --> 01:19:22,560 take Motrin, but I'm not going to start doing, you know, heavy 1655 01:19:22,560 --> 01:19:24,800 stuff just to get through that become addicted. 1656 01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:27,120 Like I'm not looking to be that kind of I had that lifestyle. 1657 01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:30,280 So I just sucked it up, which is really kind of my natural 1658 01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:33,680 mentality anyway. And and I remember we were going 1659 01:19:33,680 --> 01:19:36,360 on our guys trip to Myrtle, which we always do, basically 20 1660 01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:36,960 years. We've done it. 1661 01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:41,480 Same crew, awesome. And I just I like I wanted, I 1662 01:19:41,480 --> 01:19:44,160 think my son was already born young and I was, you know, 1663 01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:47,360 obviously in the throes of of early parenting. 1664 01:19:47,360 --> 01:19:48,400 You're not really doing that much. 1665 01:19:48,400 --> 01:19:51,240 You're helping your wife out. I'm like, I got to get a good 1666 01:19:51,240 --> 01:19:52,560 way, man. I got to get on this trip and I 1667 01:19:52,560 --> 01:19:55,760 really wanted to play golf, but I, I was in so much pain. 1668 01:19:55,760 --> 01:20:00,280 I went to HSS in Manhattan, which is my Tommy John surgery 1669 01:20:00,640 --> 01:20:03,120 and which is where I actually also had my ruptured Achilles. 1670 01:20:03,120 --> 01:20:06,440 I've had a lot of injuries, as you know, surgically repaired by 1671 01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:10,520 like Struan Coleman did it for my Achilles. 1672 01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:13,640 And David Olczyk, who used to be the Mets and the Giants team 1673 01:20:13,640 --> 01:20:16,160 doctor, did my elbow when I was in college, right? 1674 01:20:16,720 --> 01:20:18,240 Unfortunately, I've got a long history there. 1675 01:20:18,440 --> 01:20:21,960 Anyway, so I go to HSS and I see my doctor. 1676 01:20:22,440 --> 01:20:26,000 Great. And I said, hey, can you do 1677 01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:27,200 anything? Can you give me an injection? 1678 01:20:27,200 --> 01:20:28,920 Could you do anything? Because I've had, I had 10 1679 01:20:28,920 --> 01:20:32,640 injections basically just to get through life and then that would 1680 01:20:32,640 --> 01:20:34,160 dissipate after three or four days. 1681 01:20:34,600 --> 01:20:36,600 And I said I just want to go play this golf trip. 1682 01:20:36,600 --> 01:20:39,080 Is there anything that you can, if I'll deal with what I've got 1683 01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:40,160 to deal with? And I know I'm going to have to 1684 01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:42,080 deal with something when I get back. 1685 01:20:42,080 --> 01:20:45,400 I just want to play 4-5 rounds, have fun with my buddies and 1686 01:20:45,400 --> 01:20:47,080 then we'll come back. And I'm sure I'm going to have 1687 01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:49,160 to have surgery because he showed me the imaging. 1688 01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:51,920 He's like, all right. He's like, listen, he's I'll 1689 01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:53,680 give you one more injection. He goes, I don't even think he's 1690 01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:54,880 going to be able to get through the trip. 1691 01:20:55,080 --> 01:20:57,600 He goes, I think he goes, matter of fact, I'm almost positive by 1692 01:20:57,600 --> 01:21:01,480 the time you're around or two in, you're going to call me and 1693 01:21:01,480 --> 01:21:03,240 you're going to say, let's schedule surgery. 1694 01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:05,400 And I remember I played the first day and I actually played 1695 01:21:05,400 --> 01:21:08,280 pretty well. And I remember the next morning, 1696 01:21:08,360 --> 01:21:10,400 you know, we rent the big house for the pool and all that stuff. 1697 01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:12,960 And we're teeing off at like 12. And I remember I'm in the pool 1698 01:21:13,000 --> 01:21:14,720 having a beer. Like, you know, chill out before 1699 01:21:14,720 --> 01:21:16,880 we start the day. This is our vacation, right? 1700 01:21:16,960 --> 01:21:19,200 And and I'm like, I, I can't play. 1701 01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:22,200 And I remember I was in tears. I actually called my wife like, 1702 01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:23,360 you know, I'm not crying like a wuss. 1703 01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:26,200 And I even called my mom too. And I'm like, I got to, I got to 1704 01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:28,160 have the surgery. I absolutely have to have the 1705 01:21:28,160 --> 01:21:30,160 surgery. And I remember when they and I 1706 01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:32,000 came back and I had it very shortly thereafter. 1707 01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:36,360 And I remember that my doctor saying, Hey, listen, right 1708 01:21:36,360 --> 01:21:39,120 before they wheeled me in, he goes, I promise you, the moment 1709 01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:41,760 that you open your eyes, you are going to feel 0 pain. 1710 01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:44,760 And not just because you're hopped up on meds, this pain is 1711 01:21:44,760 --> 01:21:46,080 going to be gone. Because what they did, they 1712 01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:49,200 basically took God, I mean, I could, I could teach a medical 1713 01:21:49,200 --> 01:21:51,440 course with all the stuff, but it's, it's ridiculous. 1714 01:21:52,200 --> 01:21:55,120 They basically take think of a medical instrument that is like 1715 01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:59,320 a vacuum, basically incision. Go on the spot where all that 1716 01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:02,560 juice and all that gels hanging on the nerve, suck it right out. 1717 01:22:02,560 --> 01:22:04,560 Now it's no longer hanging on the sciatica nerve. 1718 01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:07,160 It's no longer inflamed. Pain goes away. 1719 01:22:07,200 --> 01:22:08,920 Boom. And then you got to manage it, 1720 01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:12,760 management and manage it. And thank God, and this is about 1721 01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:16,000 10 years ago. Thank God, man, it has held up. 1722 01:22:16,280 --> 01:22:18,600 And, and as soon as I, he wheeled me out, he's like, stand 1723 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:19,960 up. Be, you know, be careful. 1724 01:22:19,960 --> 01:22:21,840 We cut you open, but stand up anything. 1725 01:22:21,840 --> 01:22:23,120 I'm like. No. 1726 01:22:23,400 --> 01:22:25,720 I don't feel any pain. He's like, yeah, I told you, 1727 01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,440 yeah, that's the worst man. Well good, good thing. 1728 01:22:28,440 --> 01:22:31,040 I mean good thing it got handled with dude. 1729 01:22:31,040 --> 01:22:34,880 That's awful bro. Man, I went through a lot of, 1730 01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:37,360 you know, whatever. I think The thing is the the 1731 01:22:37,360 --> 01:22:40,080 thing that really hurt me and I didn't know it at the time, is 1732 01:22:40,320 --> 01:22:41,800 it's got into a really bad car accident. 1733 01:22:41,800 --> 01:22:44,640 I told you it's over well over 100 miles an hour. 1734 01:22:44,640 --> 01:22:47,680 Like an absolute idiot. I wasn't driving. 1735 01:22:47,680 --> 01:22:49,800 But you know, we flipped so many times. 1736 01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:51,840 You know, you don't know. I was, I was 18. 1737 01:22:51,840 --> 01:22:53,120 I was going to college the next day. 1738 01:22:53,440 --> 01:22:54,880 That's why I read you. I did not play. 1739 01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:57,200 I didn't play at all my freshman year in college. 1740 01:22:58,040 --> 01:23:02,040 But the amount of times that we flipped and banged around, you 1741 01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:04,400 know, who knows what it does to to your body? 1742 01:23:04,400 --> 01:23:06,640 So, you know, people like, ah, dude, you look good. 1743 01:23:06,640 --> 01:23:08,280 You have you 52. You look like you're in good 1744 01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:10,960 shape. I'm not trying. 1745 01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:13,640 But you know, I wake up. I'm stiff as a board, bro. 1746 01:23:13,840 --> 01:23:16,200 I'm stiff as a board man. Let me get a couple more of 1747 01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:18,920 these and then I got one more thing for you about the NFL 1748 01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:20,280 draft. Then we'll start rolling out of 1749 01:23:20,280 --> 01:23:24,080 here out of no rules Friday. Give me a good one here. 1750 01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:26,200 Anything good? Right? 1751 01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:28,080 Well, while you're looking for it, I'll set up the topic. 1752 01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:29,040 It's not. Going to take it. 1753 01:23:29,680 --> 01:23:32,360 OK, so we did. By the way, if you can get the 1754 01:23:32,400 --> 01:23:34,240 the thing up about The Jets Collective, that's a good time 1755 01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:35,960 to pop it in. So we launched The Jets 1756 01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:39,600 Collective 3 weeks ago. It's myself, it's Jake as but 1757 01:23:39,600 --> 01:23:42,520 it's Rich Simini. Episode number 3 was last night. 1758 01:23:42,760 --> 01:23:45,560 Go check it out. It was, it was a blast. 1759 01:23:45,560 --> 01:23:47,520 I mean, the views are, are pretty good. 1760 01:23:47,520 --> 01:23:49,960 It is going to be for me. I, I believe it's going to be 1761 01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:51,360 the number one spot for Jet fans. 1762 01:23:51,360 --> 01:23:53,160 I really do. The growth is good. 1763 01:23:53,160 --> 01:23:56,080 It's palpable. So last night was the episode #3 1764 01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:57,480 and we talked a lot. Thank you, Jay. 1765 01:23:57,680 --> 01:24:00,640 We talked a lot about obviously The Jets and you know, now 1766 01:24:00,640 --> 01:24:02,440 Bailey, there's a shifting in sentiment. 1767 01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:04,360 They're going to go Bailey rather than Reese. 1768 01:24:04,480 --> 01:24:06,000 I want to see The Jets trade out. 1769 01:24:06,240 --> 01:24:08,880 Not that I'm going to kick and scream if they draft Bailey or 1770 01:24:08,880 --> 01:24:11,040 if they draft Reese. But I think there's too many 1771 01:24:11,040 --> 01:24:14,280 guys that are too close where if you can, if you have somebody 1772 01:24:14,360 --> 01:24:17,720 who loves Bailey or who loves Reese, jump out a few spots, Get 1773 01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:20,440 us, get some more picks, you know, and get Sonny Styles or 1774 01:24:20,440 --> 01:24:22,120 get Caleb Downs. All these things I've talked 1775 01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:24,320 about. But aside from The Jets, there 1776 01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:28,560 is now a growing thought here that we are going to have a wild 1777 01:24:28,840 --> 01:24:31,360 first half of the draft in terms of trades, right? 1778 01:24:31,720 --> 01:24:35,320 And specifically for defensive players because nobody really 1779 01:24:35,320 --> 01:24:36,920 distinguishes himself. Think about that. 1780 01:24:36,920 --> 01:24:39,480 If The Jets aren't sure what they want to do, a 2 and you 1781 01:24:39,480 --> 01:24:41,840 know, The Jets are going defense without question with their 1782 01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:45,120 first pick, sixteen I'm not sure about, but certainly if if they 1783 01:24:45,120 --> 01:24:48,120 stay at 2 or if they drop down a couple of spots, 100% they're 1784 01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:51,240 going defense, right? So if they don't even know who 1785 01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:54,680 they're going to, who they want, there's going to be, you know, a 1786 01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:57,920 lot of mixed scouting reports on these players, whether it's at 1787 01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:00,160 the edge, whether it's at linebacker, whether it's at 1788 01:25:00,160 --> 01:25:02,760 corner. Those are three positions for 1789 01:25:02,760 --> 01:25:04,920 teams that are going defense. There's a lot of different 1790 01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:06,960 interpretations of these players. 1791 01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:10,640 Now, you look at the wide receiver market and it's 1792 01:25:10,640 --> 01:25:13,200 generally thought to be the deepest, and I would agree with 1793 01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:14,720 that. Let's face it, there's one 1794 01:25:14,720 --> 01:25:17,440 quarterback, maybe 1 1/2 in Ty Simpson. 1795 01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:19,680 There's at least five wide receivers. 1796 01:25:19,680 --> 01:25:21,800 To me, there's 2. Mccoy's one of them. 1797 01:25:22,040 --> 01:25:25,720 There's two corners who are worthy of, you know, top 18, top 1798 01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:28,480 20th selection. There's two offensive lineman, 1799 01:25:28,480 --> 01:25:30,160 one from Utah. Where's the other one from? 1800 01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:32,080 I'm forgetting where he's from. 2 old lineman. 1801 01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:35,240 Jets won't do that. Giants good there is one tight 1802 01:25:35,240 --> 01:25:39,800 end obviously from Oregon who's going to go top 15 ish top 16 1803 01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:42,560 for sure, and I would love The Jets to take him at 16. 1804 01:25:42,840 --> 01:25:46,040 So but the defense is where it's a little bit convoluted because 1805 01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:48,520 you got a couple of edge guys who are a little raw. 1806 01:25:48,760 --> 01:25:52,080 Some guy got like Bailey who's thought to be able to impact 1807 01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:55,640 right away but not have, you know, maybe the burst for some 1808 01:25:55,640 --> 01:25:59,400 or the the multiple, you know, tricks in the bag in terms of a 1809 01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:02,240 second and third move to get to the quarterback kind of A1 trick 1810 01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:04,400 pony. You know, the linebackers like 1811 01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:07,400 Reese, if you know and he's going to bounce around, but you 1812 01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:11,280 know, you you love him, but it's more projected on upside. 1813 01:26:11,280 --> 01:26:14,640 He's a freak athlete. Same with styles, you know, so 1814 01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:17,840 so it's going to be interesting and it looks like the first half 1815 01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:20,120 of the of round one you're going to. 1816 01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:22,760 I think we get a lot of draft action, a lot of trades and I 1817 01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:23,640 love it. It's fun. 1818 01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:26,080 I think it's good for business. And then the other thing too is 1819 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:28,680 you got to understand this. I said this last night to Rich 1820 01:26:28,680 --> 01:26:31,880 and to Jake on Jets Collective. Obviously go like and subscribe 1821 01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:33,480 it, you know, help us out a little bit if you want to follow 1822 01:26:33,480 --> 01:26:40,040 that stuff where I really think that because the the there's 1823 01:26:40,040 --> 01:26:44,520 such an unknown here that I think that you've got to be 1824 01:26:44,720 --> 01:26:49,720 overly proactive to send out some smoke screens to entice 1825 01:26:49,720 --> 01:26:52,000 somebody to wow. Yeah, The Jets do. 1826 01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:53,360 Maybe they really do like Bailey. 1827 01:26:53,480 --> 01:26:55,120 Damn, we like Bailey. We didn't think The Jets were 1828 01:26:55,120 --> 01:26:57,320 taking him at 2. Let's engage The Jets. 1829 01:26:57,320 --> 01:27:00,160 Like, you know, that that's one aspect of it, you know, and and 1830 01:27:00,160 --> 01:27:03,880 the other aspect too, just on an on an NFL macro level, is that 1831 01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:07,040 so many of these general managers are getting younger and 1832 01:27:07,080 --> 01:27:09,440 listen, the older guys are getting phased out. 1833 01:27:09,440 --> 01:27:11,480 It's a young man's game. Like, like most of the things 1834 01:27:11,480 --> 01:27:15,200 are right in sports, baseball, analytically driven. 1835 01:27:15,200 --> 01:27:18,080 Stearns is young, Cashman's, it's been around forever to the 1836 01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:21,080 chagrin of a lot of Yankee fans. But most of these GM's are 1837 01:27:21,080 --> 01:27:23,880 younger, more numbers oriented, a lot of Ivy Leaguers. 1838 01:27:23,880 --> 01:27:27,680 The point is, is that most of these personnel people, decision 1839 01:27:27,680 --> 01:27:30,720 makers, like the guys with Jews, hey, I want to make a trade. 1840 01:27:30,720 --> 01:27:34,320 I've got the authority to do it. A lot of them grew up on Madden 1841 01:27:34,320 --> 01:27:37,560 and video games and Wheeling and dealing and fantasy football. 1842 01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:40,400 So their their brains are already pre programmed to kind 1843 01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:43,360 of operate that way. And now you get a little bit of 1844 01:27:43,360 --> 01:27:47,200 a mixed bag at certain positions where nobody really knows who 1845 01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:49,040 the favorite is. I think I agree. 1846 01:27:49,040 --> 01:27:51,560 I saw this report last night. I agree. 1847 01:27:51,560 --> 01:27:53,880 I agree kids are still home from school. 1848 01:27:53,920 --> 01:27:56,440 I agree that you are going to get some of this. 1849 01:27:56,440 --> 01:27:59,080 So should be fun. All right, What does that say at 1850 01:27:59,080 --> 01:28:00,480 Giants? Giants. 1851 01:28:00,480 --> 01:28:03,320 Four rings, 88. Four more than me, buddy, four 1852 01:28:03,320 --> 01:28:06,200 more than me. After the draft, BT predicts The 1853 01:28:06,200 --> 01:28:08,520 Jets can do no damage and make a wild card. 1854 01:28:08,960 --> 01:28:11,000 The Jets can do. Oh, I'm sorry, Jets can do 1855 01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:13,200 damage. Yeah, he pretty. 1856 01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:15,400 That's a pretty accurate scout report there. 1857 01:28:15,400 --> 01:28:17,960 Pretty much hypes himself into the same prediction every year 1858 01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:21,120 as the season gets closer. Isn't that an annual rite of 1859 01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:23,200 passage? And The funny thing is, I'm not 1860 01:28:23,200 --> 01:28:24,600 a Homer. Like, there are certain people 1861 01:28:24,600 --> 01:28:26,520 who do this for a living who really are homers. 1862 01:28:26,960 --> 01:28:30,600 I mean, listen, I mean, I'll put my hit pieces up against anybody 1863 01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:32,520 in the business. I don't care if you're on the 1864 01:28:32,520 --> 01:28:33,640 radio. I don't care if you're on 1865 01:28:33,640 --> 01:28:35,240 YouTube. I don't care if you're in the 1866 01:28:35,240 --> 01:28:37,680 Northeast, if you're out West. I don't care where you are, what 1867 01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:41,080 you do or what you talk about. When I let loose, I let loose. 1868 01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:45,880 So I'm never a Homer throughout. But yes, I do choose to 1869 01:28:45,880 --> 01:28:48,400 gravitate to the more optimistic side. 1870 01:28:48,720 --> 01:28:51,080 Like, why not? Like if you can't at least start 1871 01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:54,920 the season optimistically, then what are we doing? 1872 01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:57,160 That just seems like a life of misery. 1873 01:28:57,720 --> 01:29:00,720 Trust me, it's going to get miserable enough soon enough, 1874 01:29:01,600 --> 01:29:04,560 you know, for for The Jets. So why not embrace it? 1875 01:29:04,920 --> 01:29:09,240 You know, I don't do it every single year, but I did do it 1876 01:29:09,240 --> 01:29:11,200 last year and I do, I do do it a lot of years. 1877 01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:13,680 And listen, it's been what, 15 years since they since they made 1878 01:29:13,680 --> 01:29:16,800 the play offs here. And I would say of the 15 years, 1879 01:29:17,320 --> 01:29:21,280 you know, maybe outside of year 2 with gays, you know, at the 1880 01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:26,240 end of the Todd Bowles era, maybe one year with Sal. 1881 01:29:26,240 --> 01:29:27,720 I don't know. I even think I was encouraged 1882 01:29:27,720 --> 01:29:28,920 with Salah because of the defense. 1883 01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:31,920 I'd say probably 12 of the 15 years I presented a more 1884 01:29:31,920 --> 01:29:36,120 positive than not possible road map for The Jets, and that was 1885 01:29:36,120 --> 01:29:37,280 wrong every time. What do you want? 1886 01:29:37,640 --> 01:29:40,200 All right, if we take Reese and then trade up 10 for downs, then 1887 01:29:40,200 --> 01:29:43,080 move back from 33 for a third round pick, wouldn't that 1888 01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:46,360 combination of players be more impactful than stick and pick? 1889 01:29:46,360 --> 01:29:48,680 That's part of the deal, too, Yes. 1890 01:29:48,720 --> 01:29:49,800 Like, I mean, that's a lot there. 1891 01:29:49,800 --> 01:29:53,280 Just keep that up, Jay. So if you take Reese at 2:00 and 1892 01:29:53,280 --> 01:29:57,920 then you trade up from 16 to 10 and you get downs and then move 1893 01:29:57,920 --> 01:30:00,040 back. Yeah. 1894 01:30:00,040 --> 01:30:04,760 But now the only thing is moving back from, what, 16 to 30? 1895 01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:07,080 Wait. Oh, move back from 33. 1896 01:30:07,120 --> 01:30:09,440 Gotcha. OK, yeah, that's a plausible 1897 01:30:09,440 --> 01:30:10,920 scenario. We were talking about that last 1898 01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:12,480 night. Jake brought that up. 1899 01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:16,200 It's a little convoluted because you just don't know who's 1900 01:30:16,200 --> 01:30:19,680 interested in trading, but I don't think The Jets are 1901 01:30:19,680 --> 01:30:22,040 touching any of their picks for 2027. 1902 01:30:22,040 --> 01:30:24,720 They'd be idiots to do that. Nobody's worth it this draft 1903 01:30:24,720 --> 01:30:26,960 here. But if The Jets trade out of 1904 01:30:26,960 --> 01:30:31,360 two, wouldn't surprise me. If they trade up from 16, 1905 01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:34,920 wouldn't surprise me. If they trade up back from 16, 1906 01:30:34,920 --> 01:30:38,040 wouldn't surprise me. If they trade up from 33. 1907 01:30:38,040 --> 01:30:40,280 If they think somebody might snag Simpson or something else, 1908 01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:43,360 wouldn't surprise me. Yes, lot of different 1909 01:30:43,360 --> 01:30:45,480 machinations here. And that's what listen. 1910 01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:48,840 And The Jets aren't the only team that now they happen to 1911 01:30:48,840 --> 01:30:51,640 have a lot of draft capital and next year they'll absolutely own 1912 01:30:51,640 --> 01:30:53,760 the draft with three first round picks, do whatever they want. 1913 01:30:54,200 --> 01:30:58,240 But yeah, I mean, this is about building a base of elite talent. 1914 01:30:58,240 --> 01:31:00,840 And like, one thing I don't get. And the quarterback position 1915 01:31:00,840 --> 01:31:02,960 aside, it's obviously a completely different 1916 01:31:02,960 --> 01:31:05,800 measurement. But I, I just, and, and Rich and 1917 01:31:05,800 --> 01:31:07,720 I seem to fundamentally disagree on this. 1918 01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:10,600 It seems to come up during the first 3 episodes a little bit 1919 01:31:10,600 --> 01:31:16,440 right where I am of the mindset. I don't want to hear about draft 1920 01:31:16,440 --> 01:31:20,520 value reaching. You know, I understand maybe 1921 01:31:20,520 --> 01:31:22,560 it's a little different with a running back and it's certainly 1922 01:31:22,560 --> 01:31:24,040 in New York. We went through this with 1923 01:31:24,040 --> 01:31:26,480 Saquon. Jeremiah Love might might happen 1924 01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:29,120 again, maybe not with them, but he's going to get drafted 1925 01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:31,920 probably at 4 by Tennessee. And if not shortly thereafter by 1926 01:31:31,920 --> 01:31:34,280 somebody, then maybe the Giants at five. 1927 01:31:34,280 --> 01:31:36,880 Who knows? Point is, is that if I think 1928 01:31:36,880 --> 01:31:39,680 Caleb Downs, they got to be right in this assertion and 1929 01:31:39,680 --> 01:31:42,320 these assessments. But if I think Caleb Downs is 1930 01:31:42,320 --> 01:31:46,440 going to be a superstar, right, gives a shit where you pick 1931 01:31:46,440 --> 01:31:50,800 them, what is the difference? Well, you know, now he's going 1932 01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:55,240 to make a few bucks more and now, you know, obviously if he 1933 01:31:55,240 --> 01:31:58,160 really is the guy. And of course, then you pick up 1934 01:31:58,160 --> 01:32:01,040 his fifth year option and then he's a free agent and then 1935 01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:04,040 you're going to be paying him an exorbitant amount of money as a 1936 01:32:04,040 --> 01:32:05,920 safety. OK. 1937 01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:09,400 But if he's a superstar transcendent player, I don't 1938 01:32:09,400 --> 01:32:11,960 care what I pay him. So that that fundamentally I 1939 01:32:11,960 --> 01:32:14,840 disagree on that. And it's kind of split. 1940 01:32:15,240 --> 01:32:17,320 I think some people are with me and I think some people aren't, 1941 01:32:17,680 --> 01:32:20,560 you know, I, I, I, I just, I'm not looking for positional 1942 01:32:20,560 --> 01:32:23,000 value. Even with Ty Simpson now, 1943 01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:25,520 they're not I, they're not, they're not taking him at 16. 1944 01:32:25,560 --> 01:32:31,960 I'd, I'd be stunned if they did right, because you hear a lot of 1945 01:32:31,960 --> 01:32:34,480 that a little bit too early for Ty Simpson at 16. 1946 01:32:34,480 --> 01:32:37,600 But if The Jets could trade into the back end of the first round 1947 01:32:37,600 --> 01:32:42,640 or even go backwards from 16 to, I don't know, 2425 or the 1st 1948 01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:46,120 overall pick, first pick in in round 233, take them there. 1949 01:32:46,560 --> 01:32:48,200 It's better. All right, yeah, I understand 1950 01:32:48,200 --> 01:32:50,440 monetarily, I get the impact. That's basic stuff. 1951 01:32:50,440 --> 01:32:53,680 But I think if you subscribe to that thought, I think you're 1952 01:32:53,680 --> 01:32:58,880 missing it because at the end of the day, whether it's 16222733 1953 01:32:58,880 --> 01:33:02,880 or 35, you're drafting Ty Simpson to eventually be your 1954 01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:08,120 starter, you know, and if he's good enough and he's the real 1955 01:33:08,120 --> 01:33:11,800 deal, he's eventually going to get $100 million from The Jets. 1956 01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:15,440 So I just, you know, I don't really, I don't lean into that. 1957 01:33:15,440 --> 01:33:17,520 I just have a different mindset. All right, J Rob, what do you 1958 01:33:17,520 --> 01:33:19,200 have on the calendar this weekend, buddy? 1959 01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:21,280 Any performances? Let's see. 1960 01:33:21,320 --> 01:33:25,160 No, nothing much, honestly, just going out. 1961 01:33:25,160 --> 01:33:27,160 I mean, we'll see. Let's have a good time this 1962 01:33:27,160 --> 01:33:30,480 weekend, see what's up tonight. I don't know. 1963 01:33:30,480 --> 01:33:33,760 I'm going to going to a concert at the Bitter End in the West 1964 01:33:33,760 --> 01:33:35,920 Village. I think I've been there. 1965 01:33:35,920 --> 01:33:38,200 The bitter end you definitely have. 1966 01:33:38,480 --> 01:33:40,800 It's it's, it's a nicer spot. It's like a. 1967 01:33:41,120 --> 01:33:43,800 Is it on the corner? Yeah, it's probably and it's 1968 01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:47,920 probably close to like 345 Hudson or whatever. 1969 01:33:48,160 --> 01:33:49,520 I've I've been there. I know what you're talking 1970 01:33:49,520 --> 01:33:49,800 about. Yep. 1971 01:33:49,800 --> 01:33:51,200 It's on the corner, right? Yeah. 1972 01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:54,720 So and it's go if you're going north, say if you're going down 1973 01:33:55,600 --> 01:33:58,480 Hudson and I passed 345 Hudson on my left. 1974 01:33:58,720 --> 01:34:01,120 It's a couple of downs. It's a couple of blocks going 1975 01:34:01,120 --> 01:34:02,440 away from the Hamilton. No, correct. 1976 01:34:02,440 --> 01:34:03,920 Yep, yes, I've definitely been there. 1977 01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:05,040 Yep. Cool. 1978 01:34:05,200 --> 01:34:07,480 I know it's been a while ago. I I was never there when I was 1979 01:34:07,480 --> 01:34:10,240 at FAN or nationally. I was there years ago. 1980 01:34:10,240 --> 01:34:11,760 Wow. They've been around a long time, 1981 01:34:11,760 --> 01:34:14,320 man. Yeah, small venue, cool spot. 1982 01:34:14,600 --> 01:34:18,440 Yeah, one of my friend, I guess like just a couple of degrees of 1983 01:34:18,440 --> 01:34:21,400 separation down the line. My roommate's got some buddies 1984 01:34:21,400 --> 01:34:23,080 playing there so. All right. 1985 01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:24,360 Miss you? What's up this weekend? 1986 01:34:24,440 --> 01:34:26,040 I love it. I'll have a good time. 1987 01:34:26,040 --> 01:34:27,520 Hopefully you get a little lucky, if you know what I'm 1988 01:34:27,520 --> 01:34:29,800 saying there, man. A little Daft Punk, you know, 1989 01:34:29,800 --> 01:34:33,280 Lucky up all night to get someone great reference you like 1990 01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:33,880 that get. Lucky. 1991 01:34:33,880 --> 01:34:35,840 Yeah, that's a great reference. Not at all, man. 1992 01:34:35,920 --> 01:34:37,360 Yet, bro. Trust me, the mind is still 1993 01:34:37,400 --> 01:34:38,160 firing. Brother. 1994 01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:41,600 I've got What do I this is my schedule when I love it. 1995 01:34:41,840 --> 01:34:44,040 No, I I got all things that I want to do. 1996 01:34:44,440 --> 01:34:47,080 So what time is it here? It's about about 11:50 or 1997 01:34:47,080 --> 01:34:48,680 something like that. My son's got a hitting lesson at 1998 01:34:48,680 --> 01:34:52,400 1 so I'll take him over for that like a private like a one-on-one 1999 01:34:52,400 --> 01:34:54,400 thing. And then my daughter's got her 2000 01:34:54,400 --> 01:34:59,120 first travel softball game tonight at 5:30 and then my 2001 01:34:59,120 --> 01:35:01,240 son's got APG tournament this weekend. 2002 01:35:01,480 --> 01:35:04,440 The only thing about so you, you play 2 games on Saturday, pool 2003 01:35:04,440 --> 01:35:06,800 play and then you come back Sunday, depending upon how you 2004 01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:08,080 doing, they, they generally do well. 2005 01:35:08,080 --> 01:35:10,560 So, but you never know, like you guaranteed to play at least 2006 01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:13,240 three games. So, but you could also play 5 or 2007 01:35:13,240 --> 01:35:15,800 6, you know, so we'll see about that. 2008 01:35:16,120 --> 01:35:20,320 Only problem is that it is, it's two hours from our home. 2009 01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:22,680 And I mean, listen, it is what it is. 2010 01:35:22,680 --> 01:35:25,880 But generally PG is there like Staten Island or you know, some 2011 01:35:25,880 --> 01:35:28,160 other spots in Jersey. It's really never quite this 2012 01:35:28,160 --> 01:35:30,560 far. It's actually 2 hours and 9 2013 01:35:30,560 --> 01:35:32,840 minutes, bro. So it's going to be a hike mid 2 2014 01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:34,360 hour. Now the good thing is and, and 2015 01:35:34,360 --> 01:35:36,320 you get the remember I told you the other day, you don't get the 2016 01:35:36,320 --> 01:35:38,600 schedule before the season. You kind of get it. 2017 01:35:38,960 --> 01:35:40,400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. OK. 2018 01:35:40,400 --> 01:35:43,480 And then on Game Changer is like the week of they got a pretty 2019 01:35:43,480 --> 01:35:45,400 good draw. Like they're sometimes there's 2020 01:35:45,400 --> 01:35:48,400 some teams playing 8:00 in the morning tomorrow that are in 2021 01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:50,600 this tournament. And if we're playing at 8, they 2022 01:35:50,600 --> 01:35:52,000 got to be there at six in the hitting cage. 2023 01:35:52,000 --> 01:35:54,240 I'm getting up at 3:34 to get his ass out there. 2024 01:35:54,440 --> 01:35:56,400 Thank God. That's not, no, no, that's not 2025 01:35:56,440 --> 01:36:00,640 the game. He's playing at 2:00 and and 2026 01:36:00,640 --> 01:36:02,920 then he's playing at six. So they'll play a game, then 2027 01:36:02,920 --> 01:36:05,480 they'll rest a little bit, then they'll play another game, but 6 2028 01:36:05,480 --> 01:36:07,560 to 8. Then back home, you know, 10/15, 2029 01:36:07,560 --> 01:36:10,280 10:30. Now if they don't do well, then 2030 01:36:10,280 --> 01:36:14,160 they're back on Sunday in an elimination game at like 8 or 9. 2031 01:36:14,360 --> 01:36:17,960 So it, it could be what I am avoiding tomorrow, but all 2032 01:36:17,960 --> 01:36:21,040 baseball, all softball, That's it, man. 2033 01:36:21,200 --> 01:36:23,320 Maybe get a little workout today, kind of get back in the 2034 01:36:23,320 --> 01:36:25,920 groove, that's it. Looking forward to weather's 2035 01:36:25,920 --> 01:36:27,640 nice. Played a little golf the other 2036 01:36:27,640 --> 01:36:29,880 day. I am surprised that even though 2037 01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:32,320 my my cut, which is starting to heal, which I had to do surgery 2038 01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:36,160 on myself with a little little push pin because the tweezers 2039 01:36:36,160 --> 01:36:38,480 weren't working from the piece of the splinter I got from the 2040 01:36:38,480 --> 01:36:41,120 wood and it was affecting that. That's my excuse J Rod. 2041 01:36:41,360 --> 01:36:43,120 It was impacting how I was holding the club. 2042 01:36:43,120 --> 01:36:44,360 That's why I didn't play well the other day. 2043 01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:46,600 And obviously I'm going to watch a lot of Masters this week as 2044 01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:52,080 well, But I did get to play golf and I'm surprised that my body 2045 01:36:52,080 --> 01:36:55,280 outside of my finger does not hurt because those are muscles 2046 01:36:55,280 --> 01:36:56,920 like you can lift and you can do some. 2047 01:36:57,280 --> 01:36:59,800 That's a workout freak here. But you know, twice three times 2048 01:36:59,800 --> 01:37:02,480 a week, I get after a little bit as much as I could. 2049 01:37:02,480 --> 01:37:03,720 I got stuff in the basement, right. 2050 01:37:03,960 --> 01:37:06,600 But swinging a Golf Club, especially swinging a Golf Club 2051 01:37:06,600 --> 01:37:11,160 wrong, like I do where your body like I'm I'm I'm engaging 2052 01:37:11,160 --> 01:37:12,400 things. I haven't engage, like whether 2053 01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:15,920 it's the ribs or certain muscles that I haven't stretched since 2054 01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:18,640 last golf season, I actually feel pretty good. 2055 01:37:18,640 --> 01:37:20,520 I'm not. I thought I would really be in 2056 01:37:20,520 --> 01:37:22,640 pain. I thought it's a good sign. 2057 01:37:22,760 --> 01:37:23,920 There we go. Love it. 2058 01:37:24,440 --> 01:37:29,160 We're in for a great season. Yeah, man, well, season, I mean 2059 01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:30,680 great. A great season would be gravy. 2060 01:37:30,680 --> 01:37:31,560 All right, man, have a good time. 2061 01:37:31,560 --> 01:37:34,440 Do what you think tonight. Appreciate you guys like it, 2062 01:37:34,440 --> 01:37:37,120 subscribe it, get it out there. Good job on an O rules Friday. 2063 01:37:37,120 --> 01:37:39,640 Good questions. Good, good support. 2064 01:37:39,640 --> 01:37:42,800 Obviously like it and share it. Let everybody know give The Jets 2065 01:37:42,800 --> 01:37:45,520 collective a sub give that a share, give that a like jump 2066 01:37:45,520 --> 01:37:48,360 into the content. Obviously we got 13 days from 2067 01:37:48,360 --> 01:37:50,480 the draft. Now we'll move forward more and 2068 01:37:50,480 --> 01:37:52,240 more couple of the guests next week. 2069 01:37:52,240 --> 01:37:54,520 I'll tell you more about that. Maybe I'll maybe I'll text that 2070 01:37:54,520 --> 01:37:56,240 or tweet that. Well, I'm not going to text it 2071 01:37:56,240 --> 01:37:57,120 to you. I'll tweet that over the 2072 01:37:57,120 --> 01:37:59,080 weekend. I'm working on a couple of 2073 01:37:59,080 --> 01:38:01,320 guests for next week, some NFL draft. 2074 01:38:01,320 --> 01:38:04,280 Obviously I want to get boonie on and he said he's going to 2075 01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:05,480 come on. He just wanted to get some games 2076 01:38:05,480 --> 01:38:07,400 under his belt. I was going to reach out 2077 01:38:07,400 --> 01:38:09,360 yesterday, but you know, I didn't think that was the time 2078 01:38:09,360 --> 01:38:12,160 to to reach out when they got one hit and and they lost and, 2079 01:38:12,680 --> 01:38:14,200 you know, Bednar coughed it up a little bit. 2080 01:38:14,200 --> 01:38:16,280 So I was going to reach out yesterday, but we'll get him on 2081 01:38:16,280 --> 01:38:18,120 soon. And and that's it. 2082 01:38:18,120 --> 01:38:19,800 Want to wish everybody a great weekend. 2083 01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:21,480 Enjoy it. All right, Weather is good in 2084 01:38:21,480 --> 01:38:23,200 the Northeast. Have a great time. 2085 01:38:23,680 --> 01:38:26,160 Appreciate the support. And I will catch you guys on 2086 01:38:26,160 --> 01:38:29,080 Monday unless something breaks obviously before then. 2087 01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:29,640 I'll see you. Bye bye.