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What's going on, everybody BT 
unleashed on this Monday? 

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Pretty much a little something 
for everybody today. 

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Just a good sports weekend, man.
A lot of stuff to get to. 

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Obviously baseball's on their 
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We'll get to the Johnnies. 
Oh my God, we'll get to the 

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Johnnies. 
My God, I'm sitting there. 

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I'm saying here we go. 
We, we, we're going to the Elite

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8. 
I really thought they were going

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to do it. 
We'll obviously talk about that 

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Final four. 
Little Nick's OK See, we got a 

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lot of stuff going on. 
All right, So let me let me at 

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least let you know about a 
couple things coming up this 

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week. 
Number one. 

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So episode number 2 of The Jets 
collective coming up on Tuesday 

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of this week, probably 
Wednesday. 

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Last week was Tuesday. 
This week is Wednesday going to 

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be absolutely phenomenal. 
So it's myself and it's Jake and

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it is Rich Simini and we banged 
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ago. 
Can't wait to get back into with

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the guys this week as we get a 
little closer to the draft, like

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the first episode was largely 
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issues, you know, more macro, 
you know, Mooji, Aaron Glenn, 

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the roster, the free agency. 
Now we will be stored Donald in 

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on. 
All right, What are the even 

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though we got into some of the 
Ty Simpson stuff as well. 

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What are The Jets going to do 
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So that's coming up on 
Wednesday. 

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Can't wait. 
And by the way, we got something

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else big coming up this week. 
Now, I believe, I believe it's 

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going to be Wednesday, but lock 
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You know who's coming on the 
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Yeah, you know who it is? 
J Rod, J Rod's idol. 

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And my boy, this act, that 
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talk about somebody who is 
always in a media feud. 

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I don't know how he's got the 
energy to do it. 

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I mean, keeping up with Whitlock
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everybody, he is always 
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The man, the absolute legend, 
Stephen A will be on unleashed 

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this week. 
Can't wait. 

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And I really think Jay, I think 
it's going to be a really 

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different conversation because 
you know that I because you know

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that I know Steven for a long 
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We go back a long ways, right? 
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into because you know what I'm 
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lot of people that that talk to 
Steven really aren't able to do 

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was kind of trace like, well, I 
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nearly as intimate because they 
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when I first met Steve, he was 
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off there. 
So yeah, we'll do a Little Mix. 

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We'll talk about some other 
stuff. 

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But I just it's going to be an 
awesome conversation. 

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And I know that you were jacked 
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telling me he's basically one of
your idols. 

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Like what are the he's on the 
short list. 

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Like you love Steven? 
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dude, this guy was the man. 
Literally. 

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I used to spend my entire day 
just with him up on my YouTube, 

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just sitting like this, sitting 
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wild. 
So yeah, wait. 

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I mean, I remember doing 
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like. 
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You got a Stephen? 
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preposterous. 
You know, we'll work on it 

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before. 
But we'll work on that. 

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 
We'll work on that a little bit.

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Well, but I got to correct You 
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up, Stephen A was the legend. 
He's still the man. 

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Nobody surpassed him. 
He's still the guy. 

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I mean, Mcafee's kind of, you 
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little bit in terms of the top 
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But Stephen A is. 
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It's like Stephen A is still up 
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it's just Stephen A just has 
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it well, I think it's Don Le 
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It's so the personality is 
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Oh my God, it cuts through. 
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most mundane, benign, boring 
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it's the most important topic in
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I mean, it is that that that's 
that's part of the conversation.

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So Stephen A's going to join me 
this week and I cannot wait. 

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I told you guys, we get a little
deeper into this. 

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We'll start rolling out the 
guest. 

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And if you guys are new to the 
show, what's going on? 

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Welcome to Unleashed. 
Hope everybody's doing well. 

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If you're if you've been around 
the show, but you don't know 

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about some of the interviews 
we've had and you want to go 

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catch up, We had Michael Kay on,
We had Don the Greco on. 

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We've got Stephen A coming on. 
We had Rick Pitino on and, and 

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speaking to Rick Pitino. 
Let's get into this, man. 

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I, I, yeah, I got, I got to tell
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I'm trying to think about the 
moments of heartbreak in my 

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sports career. 
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broadcast and really even just 
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a couple that certainly jump out
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I, I always look back at the 
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The Jets and the Broncos. 
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I thought they had a better 
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Elway was obviously older. 
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getting 2 championships in a 
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But The Jets were up that game. 
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the half that was Blake Spence. 
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1 yard. 
I believe it was 10. 

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Nothing at the half now Benny 
came out slinging hit like his 

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first day passes and I remember 
my parents were, I believe they 

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were, I'm still living at home. 
I was just out of school. 

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I believe they were down in 
Florida at a wedding. 

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They were definitely away and I 
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apartment. 
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parents basement and I remember 
actually going online like dial 

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up my, my, my mom and dad's 
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basement and I started like a 
complete knucklehead mush. 

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Yeah, put me in the bathroom, 
put me in there. 

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I probably deserve it. 
I'm looking at airline prices. 

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I'm like hotel. 
I work for the Super Bowl. 

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You know, I, I jumped in a 
little bit hurt because I had, I

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had gotten this funny, I had 
gotten, I may have told this 

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before. 
So I'll make it real quick. 

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I you know, when you go to these
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still do it, but there was a 
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years span you'd go to games, 
you'd sign up for credit card, 

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you'd get the credit card 
eventually with that team's logo

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on the credit card and they 
would give you AT shirt for 

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signing up for the credit card. 
Remember that stuff? 

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I'm not at all OK, So it is. 
So it's been a it. 

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Might be it might be a little 
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Gotcha, gotcha. 
And that was, and anyway, I used

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to when I had season tickets for
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And so I I guess I got it that 
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12 and four. 
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myself. 
I said, I am not using this on 

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any like the first purchase is 
my first credit card. 

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My first purchase will be to go 
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Bowl because I knew they were 
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they had a chance. 
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That was heartbreaking. 
I don't mean like the years 

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where The Jets are irrelevant or
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like the first or the same like 
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Dallas Keickel or Gerrit Cole. 
The Red Sox couple of years. 

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I'm talking about that hurt, 
that deep pain that just 

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pulsates through your body and 
almost sucks the life out of 

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you. 
That was your boy on Friday 

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night. 
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I can only imagine. 
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I don't know that you can, man, 
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night. 
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phenomenal. 
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John's contingent that showed 
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It was loud, it was red. 
It was discernible, and it was 

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optimistic. 
I mean, now Duke jumped on him 

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early 11/4. 
And I'm like, I'm saying to 

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myself, oh, boy. 
Like you, you need to stabilize 

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this quick. 
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a three. 
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And I'm like, OK, you know, just
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before before you get to sink 
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defensively, which I thought St.
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They they got pushed around by 
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But as the games developing, I 
remember saying to make it one 

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point during the broadcast, I'm 
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I'm like Mink time is going 
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It was going so painfully slow 
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John's took a 10, I believe it 
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Ian Jackson hit a pull up jump 
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sitting there. 
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They don't want to necessarily 
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internally you don't think that 
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players can't do this and 
coaches can't do this, but but 

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broadcasters can do this. 
And I'm sitting there right next

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to Maine courtside, like 
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there. 
The five people, you know, who 

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write and cover about St. 
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Mickey's there from S&YI, mean 
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You've got people now. 
They've been there all year, but

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you've got people that really 
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kind of jumped in, you know, 
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the big events. 
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a voice in in college sports who
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And like we're Rook MM Ropoli is
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The Saint John's, basically the 
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to look at it that way, who's 
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And like every time there's a 
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They've been like five of his 
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He's got a St. 
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him like where he was. 
He was literally close. 

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We could DAP up. 
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I'm sitting there saying they're
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I actually thought I'll get to 
the Duke. 

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What? 
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I mean, the UConn win, yes, I'll
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But I actually thought that 
Michigan State was going to beat

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UConn. 
That's what I thought. 

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Yeah. 
I did myself. 

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I did. 
I was surprised at that how how 

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UConn wound up winning that 
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So, you know, and and I really 
didn't know how in my again, in 

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my mind, this is just 
transpiring. 

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I didn't really know how St. 
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Michigan State. 
I've obviously seen the play a 

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little bit this year, but much 
more entrenched in the Big East.

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It was it was heartbreak, dude. 
I got I got to tell you, man, 

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when and again I started telling
you about like The Jets game in 

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98, the Yankees in 2001, broken 
back base hit off Mariano game 

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seven against the Diamondbacks. 
Like that was a crusher for a 

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different reason, because that 
was 911. 

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And I really, I mean, of course 
I wanted the Yankees to win 

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because I'm a Yankee fan, but I 
like I really wanted that for 

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New York, man President 
President Bush came out through 

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a strike. 
You know, everything that 

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happened that just the the sheer
destruction of lives. 

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I I thought it would have been 
at least the temporary respite 

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for those who who lost, you 
know, family members who were 

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Yankee fans and just kind of 
uplift the city is the smoke was

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still smoldering from the from 
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That was different. 
That's a next level hurt. 

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That's a deeper hurt. 
That's a much more meaningful 

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hurt. 
But in terms of any game that 

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I've ever watched or any game 
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it was inconsolable strong 
because you got to pick yourself

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up and you got to keep it 
moving. 

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But I, I got to tell you, Jared,
when I went into that locker 

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room. 
Now understand, like I call the 

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games. 
I'm not a St. 

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John's reporter. 
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the program. 
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mean, on a, on a very distant 
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controversy. 
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I do the TV show with Rick. 
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know that I don't that I don't 
say. 

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Like it broke yesterday that 
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restructured contract. 
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I just saw that as. 
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I actually knew that in San 
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me having breakfast. 
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there and break some news and be
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would have been very easy for me
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But I I don't operate that with 
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They tell me things in in in 
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it here, you know, but it was 
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room, man, I mean, everybody had
tears in their eyes and I was 

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just kind of watching because I 
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I'm not there to ask questions. 

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You know, that's like Bruce Beck
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and and all the writers. 
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of the scrums here and and Bryce
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was next level pain. 
It was it was next level hurt. 

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It was, you know, it's, it's 
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And this applies to Saint John's
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that, that you root for, that 
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truly dedicate a lot of time to.
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fandom and, and not to mention 
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But it's, it's so even though 
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never usurp real life, it's such
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if it almost takes on a higher 
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clearly not, but on some level 
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Because, you know, as I've 
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You know, life is tricky. 
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parents and then, you know, if 
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your kids have issues, you know,
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payments. 
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hard. 
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kind of shut that part of your 
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yourself in something that you 
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just ends. 
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about certainly college 
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goodbye to these young men. 
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done with Bryce and, and he was 
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Yeah, I gave him AI, gave him a 
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And, and, and I've got to, I've 
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Matter of fact, I spent about an
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the restaurant on. 
Let's see, the game was on 

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Friday, on Thursday, on Thursday
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John's boosters and his dad's 
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Believe you said Tennessee Tech.
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man, what a great family. 
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these people on on on a more 
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of the wall. 
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remember texting my son. 
I'm like, it's crazy. 

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He was heartbroken. 
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Zooby will never take another 
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John's. 
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when, you know, if the Knicks 
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year and I'll get to the Knicks 
OKC later. 

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Do a lot of baseball, a lot of 
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with St. 
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And it's it's a big part of my 
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But to think that, you know, if 
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Eastern Conference finals or the
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Brunson's back on the team that 
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coach, you might make a trade 
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still going to be there in 
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You're all in. 
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John's, all these teams, it's a 
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reset of the roster. 
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watch these young men. 
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themselves with such class in 
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and Zooby and Rick and the tear,
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And I told you I got a chance to
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And you know, I remember I went 
up to Dylan darling was was with

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Steve Surby from the post and 
some others. 

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And I was waiting for everybody 
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got to know Dylan pretty well 
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got to had a chance to talk to 
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And you know, it's funny. 
He had tears in his eyes and, 

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and I, I didn't think I was 
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I, I did a little bit with him 
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I said, I, I, what do you say to
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gonna be back next year, what do
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let them know that you really 
appreciate them and that, that 

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that's really my, that was my 
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Not looking for a story, not 
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you know, heart to heart, you 
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you know, thanks for the ride. 
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I could see, his eyes were 
really red. 

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And I said to him, I said, man 
as well. 

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I got choked up a little bit. 
I'm like, wow. 

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I said, I just want to tell you,
I said thank you for, you know, 

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the like the memories that 
you've created from my family, 

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like my son loves watching you 
play. 

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And I, and as that was coming 
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myself getting a little choked 
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So it was an amazing run. 
Incredibly sad that it's over. 

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I think St. 
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yesterday, but you don't know, 
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Tip of the cap to the Huskies. 
They are a tremendous program. 

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That shot by Mullins was 
ridiculous. 

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I mean, all time shot. 
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Smart? 
Obvious that's a national 

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championship. 
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Syracuse for the baseline jump 
shot for Bobby Knight's Hoosier.

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Some other shots, of course, but
later. 

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The Jordan Pool, Michigan and 
go. 

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This is right there. 
I mean, yeah, you know. 

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You know, no, it's not the 
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Four, but the degree of 
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that first of all, they were 
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You think it's a wrap, you think
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And listen, I the respect that I
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Danny Hurley fan. 
I know he's out of his mind. 

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I know he's nuts. 
I know some people have an issue

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with it. 
I love Danny Hurley because he's

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one of the few throwbacks and he
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know, you can show emotion and 
and not really care where people

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think. 
Like people chastise him all the

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time. 
That's now. 

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He is out of pocket sometimes, 
to be fair, But that's more 

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because I think society's 
change. 

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There's been a shift in how 
people, you know what, what 

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people are willing to accept in 
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But give me a guy like Danny 
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Pitino any day of the week. 
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thought that the way St. 
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of the three games, the way they
built the run that they were on.

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Remember, going into that game 
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John's had played 200, 200 post 
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The three games in the Big East,
Providence, Cede Hole, Yukon, 

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Northern Iowa, Kansas, they led 
for 196 minutes and 25 seconds 

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of the two of the 200 minutes 
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So I'm not saying that I went 
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Duke. 
I did think that they would win.

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I said that on the show. 
I was wrong. 

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I'll take the L there. 
I did say that I thought the 

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point spread was disrespect. 
Not that I would ever gamble on 

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St. 
John's. 

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I do the games. 
But yeah, I'll give you guys 

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know. 
Some of you do. 

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I thought it was disrespectful. 
John's did cover. 

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I was surprised it opened at 6 
1/2. 

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I didn't think that that was a 
real accurate reflection of, of 

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what was going to happen. 
And listen, the one thing I got 

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to say, and I'm not one of these
guys who gets I don't, I don't 

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hate Duke. 
Like I understand why a lot of 

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people have resentment, 
resentment for Duke over the 

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years. 
Like, you know, the, the, you 

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know, the, the Country Club 
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with the floppy hair looking 
like AJ crew model, you know, JJ

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Redick, you know, Grayson Allen 
like that. 

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It's almost like, and not almost
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it is it. 
You know, many of the great Duke

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players are spoiled white kids 
who have been handed everything,

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which I think is so patently 
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unfair. 
Yeah, OK, I know. 

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So they. 
Christian, they have Kong 

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Knipple. 
Yeah, I know, I know, I know. 

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It's an absolute joke, though, 
like the way Duke has been 

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perceived and, and listen, a lot
of it is that it is. 

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And it's a great academic school
and it's incredibly expensive 

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and it is the 1%. 
And, and I, I, I get all that. 

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Like I relate much more to an 
inner city school like St. 

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John's. 
And I do Duke #1 Duke, I mean, 

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if I ever sent my high school 
resume #1 is a baseball player 

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or as a student Duke, they 
wouldn't even get to the point 

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of laughing at me. 
Like it wouldn't even go that 

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far. 
Whatever steps before that, 

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that's what would have happened 
if I applied to Duke. 

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Now, my sister actually got in 
or no, she didn't apply. 

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She would have. 
But like me, no, they don't. 

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They don't want me a Duke, and 
that's fine. 

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And I don't really want Duke. 
But I do think that a lot of the

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you know, the, the, the, the, 
the way that they are perceived 

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and the way that they are 
knocked around by many, it's 

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it's really unfair because those
guys are killers. 

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I mean, those those players that
I just I'm Christian later is 

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one of the best all time college
players of all time. 

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Bobby Hurley might be the best 
point guard in the history of 

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college basketball. 
I mean, you know, it just go on.

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And Reddick very well might be 
the best shooter, Steph Curry 

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and some others in the history 
of college basketball. 

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But it is what it is. 
And and they move on and it's 

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past St. 
John's and then they to lose to 

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to U Conn And I was in a very 
rough spot there because while I

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don't have, I don't project that
energy toward Duke like medi do.

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I don't hate, I don't have a 
visceral reaction to Duke. 

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I I don't and I can't fake it 
and I won't fake it. 

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So I'm sitting there saying and 
my son even says, like, who you 

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rooting for? 
I'm like, who the hell am I 

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rooting for? 
Like, you know what I mean? 

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Like Jared, one thing and some 
people do this. 

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I I have never done this. 
Like once my team gets knocked 

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out, I will watch because you 
know, I love sports, but I'll 

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never, unless it's just a good 
storyline that I can get behind 

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and root for. 
I will never sit there and say, 

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well, well, this team knocked me
out. 

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Therefore I want this team to 
win the championship because 

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then it would further validate 
my team. 

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Like when a team knocks out the 
Yankees, I'm not sitting there 

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saying I hope this team wins the
World Series because then it 

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makes the Yankees look better. 
Once the Yankees seasons a wrap,

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it's a wrap. 
Once Saint John seasons a wrap 

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to wrap once the jet. 
Not that they ever get to the 

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Pope to the playoffs, but like 
when they get knocked out. 

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A few times they go to rap. 
I'll just watch the rest of the 

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games. 
The football fan. 

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But last night was unique 
because that UConn St. 

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John's energy is palpable. 
It really is. 

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It is a real rivalry, man, Rick 
and and and Hurley, you know, 

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they, they respect each other, 
but God in, in terms of the 

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sporting sense, they detest each
other because they want to RIP 

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each other's hearts out because 
how that's how fiercely they 

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compete against each other. 
And that guy's, you know, Rick 

443
00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,600
is in his way and Hurley's in 
his way. 

444
00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,240
And when you have that, like 
that's how you have a rivalry. 

445
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,720
So many rivalries. 
I know I'm branching out now, 

446
00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,720
but so many robberies in sports 
are contrived, you know? 

447
00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:58,640
Yeah, you do a little video 
montage rivalries. 

448
00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,040
Let me tell you how rivalries 
start. 

449
00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,960
A rivalry begins when you are in
my way and I'm trying to get 

450
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,240
from point X to point Y, right? 
And I can't get there because 

451
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,480
you keep sending me home. 
And then now the team that keeps

452
00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,880
sending you home, you're less of
a rival because they own you. 

453
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,800
Like for all those years, like, 
all right, Yankees, Red Sox was 

454
00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,200
a rival from I'm saying for my 
seat, for the Yankees fan seat, 

455
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,920
but it wasn't really a it was 
very one side. 

456
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,080
It was a rivalry that I love 
because you always won. 

457
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,680
And then of course, then the 
massive collapse happened. 

458
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,960
The Yankees fall apart 2004 Red 
Sox win a couple of the 

459
00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,120
championships. 
And in the last 25 years, the 

460
00:21:36,120 --> 00:21:38,120
Red Sox have been a better 
franchise than the Yankees. 

461
00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:41,320
Now they've been a little lean 
the last couple, but now that's 

462
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,880
more of a rivalry that I can 
invest real non contrived energy

463
00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,760
toward because now I want to 
jump back past them because now 

464
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,120
they're in front of me 
theoretically. 

465
00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:51,760
So when I, when I'm, when he 
asked me, who do you want to 

466
00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,320
win? 
I, you know, I'm like, oh man, I

467
00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,800
do love having representation 
for the Big East. 

468
00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:01,160
You know, the ACC bothers me 
because so many former Big East 

469
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,120
teams jump there for the 
football paycheck. 

470
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,200
I don't hate Duke. 
I don't despise Duke, but I have

471
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,640
been jealous of Duke over the 
years, honestly, and Saint 

472
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,440
John's fans might have an issue 
with me saying this. 

473
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:15,400
I'm happy that you con won. 
I really am because it validated

474
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,880
so many things that were said 
about certainly Saint John's 

475
00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,680
being A5 seat, which was unfair.
And I'm not going to reset that.

476
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,000
You play who you play. 
But the one thing that I I will 

477
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,320
say, if St. 
John's wasn't a five seed, 

478
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,640
they're not playing the number 
one seed with the right to go to

479
00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,920
the Elite 8. 
So all that residual downstream,

480
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:35,080
you know, repercussion that 
happened because the the idiots 

481
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,880
who run the NCAA, those dopes 
who have no idea what they're 

482
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,240
doing with the NCAA committee on
Sunday when they seat everybody 

483
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,280
and send them wherever they send
them and do what they do. 

484
00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,440
You know, in a lot of ways that 
really probably prevented St. 

485
00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,720
John's from playing more. 
Having said off, Jay, let me get

486
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,920
on the screen having said all 
that, right, Having said all 

487
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:56,760
that, Saint John, if you and I 
said this to make if you told me

488
00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,320
that St. 
John's would have hit 13 

489
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,000
three-point shots, they're not a
good shooting team, right? 

490
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,600
They're a little streaky, but 
they're nobody would say they're

491
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,360
a good shooting team either from
threes, mid range twos or from 

492
00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:10,040
the foul line. 
And the numbers bear that out. 

493
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,760
But if you told me they would 
have shot over 40% from 

494
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,280
downtown. 
And it's not like I don't mean 

495
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,200
like all you know, 2 for 5:00. 
But when you hit 13 threes and 

496
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:24,600
you're 41 or 42% and you only 
turned the basketball over six 

497
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:28,200
times, which is what they did. 
If you told me that walking to 

498
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,800
the arena, I would have said St.
John's is playing on Sunday 

499
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,360
through the Elite 8. 
And there would not have been a 

500
00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:36,160
doubt in my mind because number 
one, I thought St. 

501
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,880
John's was going to do a better 
job on the backboard. 

502
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:39,680
St. 
John's got destroyed. 

503
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,680
They, I think they were Midas 13
or -14 St. 

504
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,960
John's was abused on the 
backboard. 

505
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,760
Duke just owned them. 
Fact. 

506
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,400
You got to own that. 
They got pummeled on the 

507
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,040
backboard. 
Now, here's the other thing, 

508
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,520
right? 
That alright that last play, 

509
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,320
would you like to see darling 
kick it back to Zubi? 

510
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,960
Sure you know last gasp effort. 
All right, I got it. 

511
00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,960
There was a situation and Rick 
lit him up where Osiah Sellers 

512
00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,440
could have fouled one of Duke's 
bigs who was a bad free throw 

513
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,640
shooter. 
He didn't do it. 

514
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,960
That would have maybe extended 
the game, but really as as much 

515
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,040
as St. 
John's lost because of Cam 

516
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,720
Boozer, who in in I got to tell 
you in person, he is even bigger

517
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,040
than I thought. 
Bryce Hopkins is a well put 

518
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,040
together man. 
He's a young man, but he's a 

519
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,120
man. 
He's been around college this 

520
00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:26,040
what year five with the red 
shirt, all that stuff. 

521
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,760
He's in his he's 22 years old, 
he's going to be 23. 

522
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,040
Bryce Hopkins is put together 
and when they were standing next

523
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:35,680
to each other, I could not 
believe the disparity in size 

524
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,040
between Cam Boozer and Bryce 
Hopkins. 

525
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,760
Same with Zooby. 
It, it was really amazing and 

526
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,040
the referees allowed this. 
And here's the one thing that 

527
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,880
does bother me about Duke, and 
it's not even Duke's fault. 

528
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,680
It's the referee's fault. 
Now, I'm not, I'm not squawking 

529
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,840
about this, but it is a point of
contention that needs to be 

530
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,960
raised here. 
They can, you know, and Rick 

531
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,160
said this after the game. 
What they've done is they've 

532
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,840
really kind of deleted. 
They've rest out, if you will, 

533
00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:06,000
the charge in college basketball
because there were multiple 

534
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,480
times where Cam Boozer went 
flying into a St. 

535
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:12,640
John's defender initiating 
contact either with an arm 

536
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,240
that's an offensive value. 
Cannot do that. 

537
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,120
They never called it once. 
They never called it once. 

538
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:22,680
Now, again, Duke is really good.
This is not like a Duke team 

539
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,680
from back in the day. 
It's just not because they're 

540
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,600
very young, you know, and Caden 
Boozer's OK. 

541
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,840
But St. 
John's lost because number one, 

542
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,600
they could not stop Evans. 
Evans. 

543
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:35,120
Evans crushed him. 
Evans is really, I think the 

544
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:36,520
reason why St. 
John's lost. 

545
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:42,040
Obviously, Caleb Foster coming 
back, shout out to this young 

546
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,640
man. 
He gets hurt, breaks a bone in 

547
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:48,000
his foot in his leg on March 7th
and he comes out and he played 

548
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,280
and he had 11 points and he 
played gave them real meaningful

549
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:52,960
minutes. 
That's a warrior right there. 

550
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,440
So even though I wanted St. 
John's to win, you've got to 

551
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:59,640
respect that. 
But here's the issue. 24 to 8 

552
00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:03,040
free throw advantage in terms of
attempts favoring Duke. 

553
00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:06,560
That's just ridiculous That and 
that is like that's a great that

554
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,080
I believe is real. 
And so much of that was because 

555
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,120
of coach K. 
You when you have a coach K when

556
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:15,200
you have when you have a Dean 
Smith, when you have a Roy Wood 

557
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,080
Williams, usually when you have 
a Rick Pitino, when you have a 

558
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,800
Jimmy Calhoun, usually when you 
have a Danny Hurley, though 

559
00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:22,720
every you know, the refs game 
Stan Danny whatever. 

560
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,840
When you have a Baeheim, you 
know, when you have a coach like

561
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,840
that with that kind of equity, 
right, Rowley, back of the date,

562
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:33,360
Louis, back in the day, right. 
And you know, you are constant 

563
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:35,440
Tom Izzo. 
When you're constantly in a 

564
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,760
position of winning a lot of 
games and and and and going far,

565
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,400
you generally just get the 
whistle because even though the 

566
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,000
refs are human and they have no,
they have no bias. 

567
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,720
Like I don't believe that 
referees go into game saying, 

568
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,040
OK, you know, Tom Izzo's a 
legend or, you know, Jim 

569
00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,880
Calhoun's a legend. 
I'm going to favorably give him 

570
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,360
the whistle. 
That's not how it works. 

571
00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,120
They don't unless, you know, you
Donna, you cheating, you know, 

572
00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:01,240
back in the day, but you go to 
jail for that and you know, if 

573
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,720
you're doing what he did, But I 
don't think that that's the 

574
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,480
case. 
I don't think that there's this,

575
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,560
you know, preemptive or, or, or 
forethought of, if you will, it 

576
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,320
from a referee's point of view 
to, to overtly favored Duke. 

577
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,480
That's not what happens. 
But you know, residually all 

578
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,000
these decades of Duke dominance,
it plays into the deepest 

579
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,760
recesses of your mind. 
And you know, these these reps 

580
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,920
have have been around for a long
time. 

581
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,960
So they were there when Coach K 
was there for 35 years, with the

582
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,040
40 years, whatever it was. 
And there's just a little more 

583
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,720
favorable whistle. 
There just is. 

584
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,080
I did not think they officiated 
a good game. 

585
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:39,120
I'm sorry. 
Now listen, St. 

586
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,520
John's, did they deserve to 
lose? 

587
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,320
I mean, the things that you can 
control, like you can't always 

588
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,800
control the ball going in the 
hole. 

589
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,280
You can control how you box out.
And there were too many times 

590
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,720
and they this happened even 
against Kansas and they got 

591
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,920
lucky and it even happened 
against Northern Iowa. 

592
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,400
But it didn't matter because 
they blew him out. 

593
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,080
Saint John's gave up too many 
weak side tip insurance where 

594
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,360
they just didn't seal out. 
They didn't box out. 

595
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:02,640
I don't want to, you know, start
throwing coach speak at you 

596
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,320
here. 
But Saint John's did not box out

597
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,880
well enough to win the game. 
So that's the thing that they 

598
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,720
can control because that's an 
element of physicality and they 

599
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,360
are a very physical team. 
So I'm surprised they got 

600
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,640
thumped on the backboards by 13 
the way they did. 

601
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:20,680
But 24 to 8 Saints like Zubi, 
who's a physical player, Dylan 

602
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,920
Mitchell, Bryce Hopkins, these 
are physical players. 

603
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,200
You get 8 free throw attempts. 
That's a joke. 

604
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,320
But you know, you got to take it
on the chin. 

605
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,600
You got to take it like a man 
It's crazy. 

606
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,720
They shot 41% from behind the 
arc, They hit 13 threes, they 

607
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,240
turned it over six times and 
they lost the game. 

608
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,520
So just a real gut wrenching 
finish and awesome season. 

609
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,600
Saint John's fans, you guys are 
awesome, thrilled. 

610
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:47,680
And again, I knew about this 
before it hit the news, but 

611
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,080
thrilled that Rick Pitino, they 
tacked on the extra year. 

612
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,360
He's now as he should be the 
second highest paid coach in the

613
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:55,840
Big East. 
There's a big jump in money, I 

614
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,200
believe. 
And he said this, as long as 

615
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,680
he's healthy, he would love to 
now pursue 1000 wins. 

616
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:02,440
And then that would allow, you 
know, that would allow Saint 

617
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:07,280
John's now for for the this new 
culture to root even deeper 

618
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:08,400
because that's what it's all 
about. 

619
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:11,760
Like he can't just be all right.
Rick's here for four years and 

620
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,800
you know, they get to 1 Elite 
81, Sweet 16, and then Rick goes

621
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,160
away and St. 
John's goes back to being a 17 

622
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:22,280
and 15 program, You know, 
playing no disrespect, Wagner's 

623
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,800
and Maryland East and Shore and 
teams that you get to thump by 

624
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,640
50 points. 
You know that you're paying 

625
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,120
money to come to Cordaseca to 
beat. 

626
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,760
That's not the way it's going to
go down. 

627
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,160
Ripoli's not going to let it. 
Eddie Cole's not going to let 

628
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:34,000
it. 
And St. 

629
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,240
John's Father Shanley, who is 
that Providence who believes and

630
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,720
knows the power of basketball, 
Father Shanley's not going to 

631
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,520
let it happen. 
So this is clearly a new day for

632
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,120
St. 
John's, and it's awesome. 

633
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:50,840
Everything about it is awesome. 
But in some ways, you know, 

634
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:55,240
would it have been easier if 
Duke jumps on them 23 to 7 and 

635
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,840
it's one of those nights where 
nothing's dropping? 

636
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,640
You know, like, you kind of one 
point was 2 for 18 from behind 

637
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:02,400
the arc yesterday. 
Then I think they had four or 

638
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,800
five in a row, like if St. 
John's would have shot 2 for 18 

639
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,280
and they lost, you know, by 
1314, it's easier to walk away 

640
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,480
saying, all right, their 
Achilles heel was shooting. 

641
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,760
Rick knows what he's got to do 
with the portal this year. 

642
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,040
They got to get some more 
shooters, which they which they 

643
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,600
absolutely have to do. 
And really, guys, if if you want

644
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,840
the, the most honest assessment 
of what killed St. 

645
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,960
John's this year is that their 
guards just weren't good enough 

646
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,720
period. 
Their guards didn't shoot 

647
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,600
consistently enough. 
I thought too many times like 

648
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,560
sellers just doesn't get to the 
rim enough. 

649
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,880
Saddened. 
Just a very awkward, everybody 

650
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,000
tells me I got it, I got it. 
Listen, I, I, I've always got 

651
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,440
Saint John's back, but I, I got 
to say one thing about about 

652
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,560
Saturn here. 
Everybody tells me how great a 

653
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:46,200
player he's going to be. 
I don't see it. 

654
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,040
I see somebody who's got a young
man all right, who's got an 

655
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,600
incredibly loose handle, a young
man who's, you know, calling 

656
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,480
card is shooting, who is 
woefully inconsistent, shooting 

657
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,720
the ball. 
And a young man who when he 

658
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,120
drives to the basket, just 
really has no clear vision of 

659
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,360
what he's going to do. 
Like I can't tell you how many 

660
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,280
times I saw like these awkward 
double pumps where the ball got 

661
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,680
stripped. 
He, you know, and I'm if, if he 

662
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,120
sticks around that I think he 
will. 

663
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,520
I'm very curious to see what a 
year of another year of player 

664
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:21,440
development does for him. 
But I don't see it the way some 

665
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,880
of you see it. 
And the other thing, and I love 

666
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,520
him. 
I have incredible respect for 

667
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,960
him. 
I don't know how Reuben Prey 

668
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,360
doesn't get back in that 
basketball game. 

669
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,880
I just don't know. 
I don't understand it. 

670
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,760
It's one of those things that I 
will never know, and I was. 

671
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:43,200
Sorry, sorry for jumping in Go. 
Go go dude, Hit the. 3 pointer 

672
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,440
with the block right before 
halftime and you don't put them.

673
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,280
I'm ridiculous. 
I was stunned by that. 

674
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,240
Yeah. 
Now, listen, if it was somebody 

675
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,840
like Lefty left left topless or,
you know, maybe somebody else 

676
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:57,560
who didn't really play a whole 
lot this year and they just had 

677
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,080
a little bit of a moment, but 
you worry about them 

678
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,040
defensively. 
All right, I can see that there 

679
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:05,320
is such a thing as getting, you 
know, unexpected or like 

680
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,240
statistical overachievement. 
And you're like, all right, 

681
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,800
eventually the odds and things 
going to even out a little bit 

682
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,400
here. 
And listen, I I don't think that

683
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,320
Ruben Prey's going 6 for six 
from downtown, but he's one of 

684
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:16,760
the better defenders on the 
team. 

685
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,480
You know, he's not Dylan 
Mitchell, but he's such a 

686
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,680
versatile defender. 
Give it his length and he can 

687
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,120
step out. 
He can guard the one. 

688
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,600
You know, he's very good on the 
switch. 

689
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,120
You know, he's very good 
recovering if he's up top and 

690
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,800
he's got to recover down low 
because you're a good athlete. 

691
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:36,600
He's got long strides. 
I was absolutely stunned and 

692
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,960
incredibly disappointed that 
Ruben Pray didn't get a couple 

693
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,320
of more minutes. 
Really. 

694
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,200
I just, I don't, I don't 
understand that and the crazy. 

695
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,240
And listen, I said at the start 
of this, it's not my job. 

696
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,080
I'll talk to him at some point 
about it. 

697
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,800
It's not my job to go in there 
when you get knocked out of the 

698
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,800
Sweet 16 in the matter in which 
they got knocked out and asked 

699
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,560
Rick Pitino why Ruben prayed 
didn't get in that game after 

700
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,240
that 4-3. 
And that's the that's the job of

701
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,880
people who cover the team. 
And I was very to my knowledge, 

702
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,480
nobody asked them. 
And I was very surprised about 

703
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,120
that. 
Like that's something that's got

704
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,920
to be asked with all due 
respect, and and it wasn't. 

705
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,520
But I mean, even even even if it
was, it wouldn't have changed 

706
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,040
the like. 
I don't think that there's a 

707
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,840
satisfactory answer there A 
Reuben praise should have been 

708
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:22,400
given two or three more minutes 
to see if this is one of those 

709
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,840
magical all time nights that 
unexpectedly would have 

710
00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:29,080
continued. 
He stuck 4 threes. 

711
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,640
He didn't miss one. 
And there was one sequence. 

712
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,280
It was right in front of me too,
where there was a loose ball and

713
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,640
he dope. 
And I, I actually described it 

714
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,680
like somebody charging from 
first base on a, on a, on a 

715
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,080
gapper, you know, diving head 
first into home plate, you know,

716
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,360
and kind of like Lindor, if 
Lindor would have got, you know,

717
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,120
if Lindor would have got head 
1st, I'm going to get to that as

718
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,360
well. 
Probably a little baseball here,

719
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,560
but it was such an, an energized
play. 

720
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,320
And man, I'm, I'm surprised he 
didn't get, I'm surprised he 

721
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,240
didn't get back in that game. 
But again, you know, this is 

722
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,760
this is the tough part about 
being a fan for whoever you root

723
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,520
for. 
Hey, UConn can get, but you 

724
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,480
could be a massive Huskies fan. 
Now you've got some 

725
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,840
championships and a lot of Final
Four equity. 

726
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,800
So maybe the hurt will be a 
little bit less for you. 

727
00:34:11,199 --> 00:34:12,760
Like St. 
John's fans, they haven't been 

728
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:16,159
to the Final Four since 85. 
So when you're up by 10 points 

729
00:34:16,159 --> 00:34:19,239
and you think I will going to 
the Elite 8 and we already beat 

730
00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:21,440
UConn and hey, why can't we beat
Michigan State? 

731
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,960
Like when the mind begins to 
wander, that's when the pain 

732
00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:29,960
really hits next level. 
But it was a phenomenal season. 

733
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,480
And the rebirth of Saint John's 
is palpable. 

734
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,960
Monetarily, nobody's going to 
commit more money than Mike 

735
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:40,320
Roppoli did, did he Just not. 
They just started building a $50

736
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,600
million building. 
They just started construction 

737
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,000
basketball only for the men's 
and I believe women, sure. 

738
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,560
But men's and women's basketball
team, that's going to be 

739
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,159
incredible. 
So, you know, it's funny, for a 

740
00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:54,000
while it used to be about 
facilities, right? 

741
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,000
And obviously who's coaching me,
what conference we're in, who, 

742
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,920
you know, you got to get me to 
the NBA, all that stuff. 

743
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,920
Sure. 
But for about, you know, 2530 

744
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,000
years, it was like, all right, 
what are the facilities? 

745
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,840
There was like an arms race. 
Same in college football for 

746
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,560
facilities, right? 
I've gone, sometimes I'll wander

747
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,680
on YouTube because I, I 
especially with baseball, you 

748
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,440
don't see it that much. 
I'll just do a, a random YouTube

749
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,960
search. 
I know UConn ironically just put

750
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,200
out like a couple of years ago, 
like a $30 million baseball 

751
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,360
facility and, and I, yeah, I 
could get lost in that for an 

752
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,840
hour or so that a bunch of 
rabbit holes. 

753
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,000
So baseball's doing it. 
And now obviously basketball and

754
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,320
football has always been doing 
it. 

755
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,880
So it's but it's less about the 
arms race and it's all about the

756
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,040
NIL. 
And, you know, the guy that's 

757
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,520
coaching you, is he going to 
give me my best chance to make 

758
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,000
the NBA and, and get 
generational wealth and change 

759
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,360
my my entire family's future? 
Right. 

760
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,360
And Rick Pitino obviously is 
that guy. 

761
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,560
Saint John's obviously is 
incredibly competitive in the 

762
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,120
NIL space. 
And now, and it's going to open 

763
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,360
in 2027, you know, now they're 
going to have the the 

764
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,120
accommodations that basketball 
players do look for. 

765
00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:01,120
It doesn't usurp the NIL. 
But now they got all three and 

766
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,480
they've got an AD and A and a 
president, Father Shanley and a 

767
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,760
head coach that they're all, 
they're all, they're all line. 

768
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,480
So, you know, all those years, I
just want, you know, yeah, I 

769
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,360
would have loved to call. 
It's going to sound weird. 

770
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:15,840
I would have loved to have 
called an Elite Eight. 

771
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,800
I would have loved to have gone 
on a plane and gone out to 

772
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,400
India. 
I've been to Indy three times 

773
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,480
for the Final Four, couple times
with Tiki, you know, all those 

774
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,400
years doing the national stuff. 
So I've been to a lot of Final 

775
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,800
Four, Three in Indianapolis. 
I think I've been to about 7:00 

776
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:33,400
or 8:00, but I would have loved 
that for me again, clearly, but 

777
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,080
I really wanted it for the Saint
John's fan. 

778
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,440
So, you know, it's been an 
awesome season. 

779
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:39,640
And I say I said this on social 
media as well, but it's been an 

780
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:44,120
honor being able to you know, be
a small, very small, very small 

781
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:49,000
piece of, of the puzzle A a 
liaison from the program, you 

782
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,560
know, to bring you some contents
and stuff. 

783
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,680
But they did lose and season's 
over and you got to keep moving 

784
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,480
here. 
So we get the final four and you

785
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,120
get the final four. 
I'll keep that up there. 

786
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,520
Hang on. 
Get the final four. 

787
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,640
You get the three seat Illinois.
Illinois favored by the way -1 

788
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:03,840
1/2. 
That's small, but who knows 

789
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,120
where the money goes. 
But initial line, the final 

790
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,960
line, I -1 1/2 UConn the two 
seed, Illinois the three seed, 

791
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,400
that's the first game. 
And then Michigan, I mean 

792
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,200
Michigan, Arizona should be the 
championship game. 

793
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:17,840
Like I think whoever wins that 
game, I'm not going to say that 

794
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,520
UConn would get blown out. 
Got too much respect for early. 

795
00:37:20,720 --> 00:37:23,880
Then Illinois is very worthy, 
but whoever wins that Michigan, 

796
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,400
Arizona game is going to be the 
champion. 

797
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,640
That too is a 1 1/2 point 
spread. 

798
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,160
Michigan laying the 1 1/2, one 
seed Michigan, one seed Arizona.

799
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,520
So there you go. 
Duke 80, Saint John 75, Sweet 16

800
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,000
run. 
So you get to add a little 

801
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,280
something else to the banner. 
And it was a great year. 

802
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,480
But the Reuben pray thing was 
baffling. 

803
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,000
And really St. 
John's needs to get more 

804
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,080
shooters and they know that. 
All right, what does that say 

805
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,000
there? 
Man, it's crazy. 

806
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,080
It's it just ends so abruptly. 
It ends all right. 

807
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,400
Carlos, Carlos. 
Carlos. 

808
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,440
Carlos Boozer is the Taylor 
Swift, the Duke. 

809
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,360
We did see him a lot. 
Now, I don't see him in real 

810
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:00,680
time. 
I'm doing the games, but I see 

811
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,320
all the stuff on social. 
And he was like waving people 

812
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,840
goodbye. 
Now, listen, I don't know what 

813
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,880
people were saying to him. 
If now, if it was anything like 

814
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,480
rude, then him waving like below
board, him waving goodbye, Yeah,

815
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,240
it would have been entitled to 
say a lot more. 

816
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,640
But that was a little corny. 
Like, just watch the game, man. 

817
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,160
I mean, obviously, root for your
sons. 

818
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,160
Of course, root for root for 
Duke. 

819
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,840
You're a Duke, man. 
But like, waving goodbye, like 

820
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,320
if St. 
John's fans weren't up in your 

821
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,680
grill, and I don't think that 
they were, then you know that 

822
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:28,920
that was a little bit below 
board. 

823
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,480
I thought, by the way, he was a 
he was a better than average NBA

824
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,400
player. 
Carlos Boozer was pretty good. 

825
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,800
He was an above average NBA 
player, not a superstar, but in 

826
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,160
a couple of years Carlos Boozer 
was a star in the NBA. 

827
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,160
Hell of a player. 
And, you know, Cam is going to 

828
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,520
be ridiculous, but you know, 
they let him get away with the 

829
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:50,920
Bully Bowl and you know, it, it,
it really, it was obvious that 

830
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,400
the whistle wasn't going Saint 
John's way. 

831
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:57,000
And really, I think of all the, 
of all the foul calls, even the 

832
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,640
ones, even the non calls where 
they didn't get Boozer for the 

833
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,000
push off, for the initiating the
contact. 

834
00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:06,000
I thought the one I thought #2 
the second foul on Bryce Hopkins

835
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,200
was by far the most egregious 
call of the night. 

836
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,800
That absolutely changed the 
complexion of this game because 

837
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,120
Bryce Hopkins went to the bench 
with 7 minutes to go in the, in 

838
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,400
the first half there. 
And, you know, I remember Mink, 

839
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:18,400
you know, Mink just doing his 
job. 

840
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,400
He's like, yeah, you have to 
wonder if we'll see, you know, 

841
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:21,920
Bryce Hopkins. 
The rest of the I'm like, 

842
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:22,920
there's no way we're going to 
see him. 

843
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,160
There's no, and we didn't. 
And you shouldn't. 

844
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,480
Like that's the right move by 
Pitino. 

845
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:29,120
There's no way, especially the 
way it was being officiated with

846
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,120
a phantom call for #2 You're 
going to run the risk in a tight

847
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,240
game of throwing Hopkins out 
there and getting his third foul

848
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,800
before halftime. 
You only get 5 in college. 

849
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,720
You don't get 6. 
No way. 100% right move by Rick 

850
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:42,880
there. 
And I knew we weren't going to 

851
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,440
see him until the second-half. 
So, you know, and that's when 

852
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:47,160
Ruben Praise started doing his 
thing and I did. 

853
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:52,320
Dylan Mitchell even hit a three,
But to me that was the one, even

854
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,000
though there were other moments 
for sure that you can cherry 

855
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,640
pick and say bad cold or you got
to hit that layup or bad job 

856
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,720
boxing out by Saint John's or 
Sellers had this open look from 

857
00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:02,040
the corner. 
How do you not stick it? 

858
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,680
Whatever it might be, not the 
optimal shot at the end with 

859
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,720
Darling from about 37 feet. 
You know, there's a lot of 

860
00:40:07,720 --> 00:40:09,600
things you never really lose on 
one play. 

861
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,160
I do believe that this is just 
so many things that happened 

862
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,560
before that. 
But that second fell on Hopkins.

863
00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:16,360
That was a killer, absolute 
killer. 

864
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,120
All right. 
Oh my God, Jesus. 

865
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,280
What we going to do here, J Rob?
What are we going to do? 

866
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,880
What are we going to do? 
What are we going to do? 

867
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,160
All right, What you got? 
A couple of questions here. 

868
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:27,800
What do we got? 
Yeah. 

869
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:29,840
He's he's just say what you got 
for. 

870
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:31,320
You all right, Ty? 
What up there? 

871
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:32,280
Ty? 
How you doing, buddy? 

872
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:33,640
Ty, what's up? 
BT? 

873
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,840
Apologies if this is a known 
sentiment, just came across you,

874
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:39,120
but is this just a New York 
show? 

875
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,840
No, it's not, as I see the 
Angels logo. 

876
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,000
Thank you for that. 
Appreciate it, Ty. 

877
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,920
Thank you. 
Shout out to Ty Jenks 85 good 

878
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,200
stuff. 
No, by the way, Mike Trout 

879
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:48,480
looking pretty good so far. 
I love it. 

880
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,280
No, this is not just a New York 
show. 

881
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,240
This is a show that and I said 
this a few times I'll I'll reset

882
00:40:54,240 --> 00:40:55,880
it very briefly. 
Then I'll get to 3 birdie 

883
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,000
questions. 
We'll do some baseball stuff 

884
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:03,400
Knicks in OK C now, like 
pertaining to say the NFL draft.

885
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,520
I'll probably always store Jets 
and Giants, but you know, unless

886
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,440
it's just a massive trade that 
doesn't evolve either. 

887
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,400
Like that'll be my first, my 
first take. 

888
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:16,720
NFL draft National, NBANBA 
National a little initial slant 

889
00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:20,760
toward the Knicks, clearly, but 
National anything with the golf,

890
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,040
Obviously that's I'm going to 
talk a lot of golf when I can. 

891
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,240
Tiger Woods, what are you doing?
Tiger Woods, what are you what 

892
00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:27,040
are you doing? 
Tiger? 

893
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,440
It is so clear. 
You know, I know that he's 

894
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,920
already checked himself into 
rehab and Tiger Woods has had 

895
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,520
about, I think, 11 surgeries, 
multiple surgeries on his back, 

896
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,000
which is not fun. 
I had that. 

897
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,240
He had even more invasive 
procedures on his back. 

898
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,240
I just had the one that's called
the microbiscectomy, which is 

899
00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:45,520
really not that invasive, but 
it's still back surgery. 

900
00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:50,120
He had a bunch, all right, bunch
on his knees, bunches on several

901
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,240
on his Achilles like he is just 
like when he crashed and flipped

902
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:56,560
his car a few years ago and got 
almost died, like his knee was 

903
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,080
shattered. 
I mean, that man physically has 

904
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:01,560
been put through the meat 
grinder, some his own doing, 

905
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:06,480
others not. 
But Tiger Woods forget about, 

906
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:08,760
you know, is he ever gonna come 
back and and try to play 

907
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,960
Augusta? 
Can he ever win again, you know,

908
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,680
on the PGA Tour, you know, I 
know he was entered for an over 

909
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,200
50 event on the seniors tour. 
Doesn't matter. 

910
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,040
Tiger Woods needs to get control
of his life because he's going 

911
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,160
to kill somebody. 
God forbid if he doesn't kill 

912
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:27,080
himself, God forbid he's going 
to ruin somebody else's family 

913
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,760
and their life. 
And these mug shots are 

914
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,080
worrisome. 
Just like the puffy eyes. 

915
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,160
Yeah, dude, it just it doesn't 
even look like it. 

916
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,960
It looks like obviously not to 
the same level, but like when 

917
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:44,960
you look at like the pixel, like
Delante W post NBA, not to that 

918
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:50,320
level, No, no, no, but you know,
to a level of Dang, like this 

919
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:55,000
guy looks unrecognizable 
facially from himself as like 

920
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,240
when he was a star, like how you
remember it, how you want to 

921
00:42:58,240 --> 00:42:59,600
remember. 
Well said. 

922
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,400
And it's nuts too, because 
physically, even with the 

923
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:06,040
surgeries, he looks, I mean, he 
looks like A2 guard, like a 

924
00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:09,240
retired NBA2 guard, like he is 
absolutely yoked. 

925
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,920
But facially, you know, the, the
puffy eye, it just doesn't look 

926
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,800
like he sleeps a lot. 
And he's even said he'll sleep 

927
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,120
like 3 or 4 hours and then just 
get up and start grinding at the

928
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,920
gym still at like 4:00 AM. 
And, and you know, I want to 

929
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,600
stay in my lane here. 
I know, I know he blew a 0.0. 

930
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,720
So it wasn't alcohol, but you 
know, driving at high rates of 

931
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:32,000
speed and losing control and, 
and, and flipping cars over and 

932
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,680
over like there's, there's got a
there's I would think I want to,

933
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:40,240
I want to protect myself. 
I would think it's my guess that

934
00:43:40,240 --> 00:43:43,760
he is, you know, either reliant 
on stuff that he can't get 

935
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,040
control of and he needs to he 
was already in in rehab once. 

936
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,560
I hope he figures this out, if 
not for himself, for other 

937
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,920
people, if he doesn't have the 
common decency to go in and and 

938
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:58,680
attack this head on and finally 
fix this, whatever, whatever 

939
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:02,200
he's relying on to get through 
life, he's got to do it for the 

940
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,440
rest of society because he is 
now becoming a detriment to 

941
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,080
those on the road where he 
lives. 

942
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,400
And when he's behind the wheel 
of a car, said thankfully he 

943
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,000
didn't kill somebody. 
Thankfully he didn't kill 

944
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,320
himself, but he's got to wake 
up. 

945
00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:15,120
Like enough of the nonsense, 
Tiger. 

946
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,840
Let's get control of yourself 
here, buddy. 

947
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,400
Come on, all right, it is a 
Monday, which means, you know, 

948
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:21,800
time. 
It is Jay Rod little Bernie 

949
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:24,920
questions time and it's going to
be Major League Baseball as we 

950
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,240
jump around here. 
So Ty just asked me, is this 

951
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:30,080
just a New York show? 
Well, as based on you'll hear 

952
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,200
from the Bernie questions. 
The answer is no. 

953
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,440
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962
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All right, first up, question 

963
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,480
number one, what was the biggest
surprise of the opening weekend 

964
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,960
of Major League Baseball? 
Well, I'll tell ya and I I went 

965
00:45:10,960 --> 00:45:13,600
through, you know, the things 
that I just, you know, saw and 

966
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:16,840
the things that I knew top of 
mind, but also literally went 

967
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,840
through every game this weekend 
going back to even, you know, 

968
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,840
Thursday, Friday, what happened 
over the weekend to me, the 

969
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,280
biggest surprise of the opening 
week at a Major League Baseball 

970
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,880
season actually occurred within 
the 1st 30 minutes of the Mets 

971
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,800
Pirates game. 
Paul schemes doesn't get out of 

972
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,080
the first inning. 
Are you kidding me? 

973
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,880
That's a stunner. 
I mean, if if you told me the 

974
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:40,800
Mets tagged them for five runs 
over, you know, 4 innings and he

975
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:43,560
walked a couple of guys didn't 
have pinpoint control, that 

976
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:47,000
alone would have been a stunner.
2/3 of an inning, four hits, 

977
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,760
five runs, all learned, two 
walks. 

978
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:55,080
What is a guy who had a 1.97 ERA
in 2025 with a sub 1 ERA with a 

979
00:45:55,080 --> 00:46:00,360
WAR of 7.6 with 200 and strike 
with 216 strikeouts in less than

980
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,040
190 innings? 
And by the way, last year, 

981
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,360
there's a wild step. 
All the years of baseball going 

982
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:09,600
back to the dead dead ball era, 
multiple turns of the century 

983
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,560
three right, because obviously 
multiple centuries have been 

984
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:16,320
involved here. 
The first pitcher ever in the 

985
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:20,320
history of baseball to that's 
the national and the America 

986
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:25,840
League here to have 175 
strikeouts with a sub two ER Ray

987
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,520
in his first 25 starts as a 
major leaguer. 

988
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:32,280
So what was the biggest surprise
of the opening weekend of the 

989
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,120
season? 
It's Paul Skein, sit in the 

990
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,960
shower basically 17 minutes 
after he let the bullpen. 

991
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:41,600
What? 
All right #2 #2 how this, I love

992
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:44,640
this and I didn't. 
I'm like, how's this going to be

993
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,440
with a color? 
Well, how has a B, A/B S 

994
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:51,200
impacted baseball so far? 
I got to tell you, I think it's 

995
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,920
impacted baseball pretty 
favorably. 

996
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:54,760
Number one, I think they're 
getting stuff right now. 

997
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,080
I think it's been great. 
I do think there's going to be a

998
00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:00,160
time where unless it's like a 
massive moment where, you know, 

999
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,920
like the third inning, some 
innocuous challenge, you know, 

1000
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:07,360
the Rockies against the Padres, 
you know, the Braves against the

1001
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,240
Marlins, Yeah, you're not gonna 
have 35,000 start cheering 

1002
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:13,520
because you and you have seen 
that because it's new and it and

1003
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,280
it and it's yeah, anytime 
there's something new people, 

1004
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,600
the people that dig in it. 
But I think it's been really 

1005
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,400
good so far. 
I think it's created some more 

1006
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,800
interest, number one. 
I think the crowd enjoys it so 

1007
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,840
far, as I said. 
Now, let me give you some math 

1008
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,240
here real quick. 
All right, well, the other thing

1009
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,360
too, is that they process it 
very quickly. 

1010
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,000
All right, tap the helmet. 
Here's the challenge. 

1011
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:31,040
Nope, ball. 
Reverse. 

1012
00:47:31,040 --> 00:47:31,960
Nope. 
Sticking good. 

1013
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,720
Boom, play ball. 
So it's not it's not like an 

1014
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:37,280
impediment to the flow of the 
game, which obviously matters. 

1015
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:43,400
You've had 175 challenges so 
far, all right, 54% have been 

1016
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:44,440
overturned. 
Oh, your boy. 

1017
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,600
He's doing some digging here. 
And you know, I love the stats 

1018
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:48,960
here. 
J Rod Right, 175 total 

1019
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:54,000
challenges, a little bit more 
than 50% of an overturned 94% of

1020
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,160
the attempted challenges of of 
not attempted. 

1021
00:47:57,240 --> 00:48:05,040
Of all the challenges, 94 were 
by the 94 were overturned, 81 

1022
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,320
were confirmed and a little 
deeper, you know, dig here into 

1023
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:11,800
the numbers. 
Of the 54% that were overturned,

1024
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:18,360
7878 attempts were of the 
batters and 97 were by either 

1025
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:20,480
the, you know, the catcher or 
the pitcher. 

1026
00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:21,800
So those are some of the 
numbers. 

1027
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:24,280
And if you wanted an even deeper
dive, which nobody probably 

1028
00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:27,680
cares about yet, but I'll give 
it to you anyway, the Reds, they

1029
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,600
appear to be the best ABS team 
in baseball. 

1030
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:36,720
They are 6 and O in the ABS 
challenges, whereas the Braves O

1031
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:41,560
and 4:00, they have yet to get a
favorable positive ABS overturn.

1032
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:45,640
All right #3 which three and O 
team is a mirage? 

1033
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,520
Very simple. 
Well, to find out which three 

1034
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,080
and O team that I think is a 
mirage, let me first let you 

1035
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,160
know how many three and O teams 
there are. 

1036
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,520
There are 5. 
The Yankees, Yanks look good. 

1037
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,800
Yankees pitching. 
Listen, I'll talk about them in 

1038
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,520
a minute a little bit more, but 
I told you I love the Yankees 

1039
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:03,360
pitching and I know it's early 
and I don't think the Giants are

1040
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,400
very good at all. 
I think these third games with 

1041
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,000
the Seattle series going to be 
tough. 

1042
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,280
Seattle pitches. 
They're they're almost in the 

1043
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:10,840
World Series a year ago. 
They're good. 

1044
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,720
They're a good team, very good. 
So I don't think the Yankees 

1045
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,080
sweep Seattle. 
Who knows how that goes, but the

1046
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:17,720
Yankees are throwing the heck 
out of the baseball. 

1047
00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:20,800
Yankees are three and O Toronto 
obviously very good. 

1048
00:49:20,800 --> 00:49:23,400
They're three and O. 
The Brewers are three and O, as 

1049
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,880
are the Dodgers and the Marlins.
So let me get this straight. 

1050
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,000
Which three and O teams playing 
above their head? 

1051
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,600
Which teams are mirage Yankees, 
No Yanks will be a playoff team 

1052
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:35,400
Toronto, no Toronto will be a 
playoff team Brewers no, they'll

1053
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,080
be a playoff team. 
Dodgers will win 130 games. 

1054
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,640
Maybe they'll obviously be a 
playoff team and have the best 

1055
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,160
record of baseball. 
So the answer is obviously the 

1056
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,040
Marlins, but like I'm not just 
trying to dump on the Marlins 

1057
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,400
The Marlins were pretty 
competitive a year ago now they 

1058
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,200
were almost 500. 
They finished up 79 and 83. 

1059
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,760
They've got some young players 
now the reason why I first of 

1060
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:56,800
all, like if there were other 
teams that were three and O that

1061
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:58,240
I didn't think were really 
viable. 

1062
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,560
You know, because you see this, 
it's baseball's random. 

1063
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,240
It's not like the NFL where you 
get some like The Jets or the 

1064
00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:05,800
Browns starting three and O. 
Those teams always start out O 

1065
00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,640
and 3:00 or 1:00 and 4:00 
because they stink. 

1066
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:09,800
Baseball's different, right? 
As we know. 

1067
00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:13,640
Here's the reason #1 the Marlins
aren't quite ready yet to swim 

1068
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:15,320
in the deep waters. 
And that's not being 

1069
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:17,240
disrespectful. 
It's calling, calling for what 

1070
00:50:17,240 --> 00:50:19,600
it is. 
But think about who they beat. 

1071
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:23,280
They beat the decrepit Rockies. 
The Rockies are just atrocious 

1072
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:27,200
and they beat them by one run 
every game that the first game 

1073
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:29,600
they beat them two to one, then 
they beat them four to three, 

1074
00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:30,800
then they beat them four to 
three. 

1075
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:35,400
So when you're 3 and O and you 
have a + 3 run differential, 

1076
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:38,320
there's an element of maybe luck
is a little strong, but how 

1077
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:40,120
about circumstances that apply 
there? 

1078
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,560
And then obviously the Marlins 
are not yet ready to, as I said,

1079
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:47,080
swim with the big dogs here. 
You know the Sharks, so I would 

1080
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:50,000
have to say that the answer 
would be the Marlins. 

1081
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:51,920
All right, there it is. 3 
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1082
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,960
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1083
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,560
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1084
00:50:57,560 --> 00:51:02,320
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1085
00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:05,280
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1086
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:07,600
Yeah, I listen. 
The baseball stuff's amazing. 

1087
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:10,720
Now can I tell you too, I think 
the Mets pitching stands going 

1088
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:12,840
to be really good. 
I said that coming into the air.

1089
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:14,960
I like the Mets to win. 
Low 90s. 

1090
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:18,200
Mets will be a playoff team and 
I do like this new look to the 

1091
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:22,240
Mets lineup now Beau Bichette. 
But I mean, Beau Bichette's 

1092
00:51:22,240 --> 00:51:24,360
having a rough start. 
You know, his throws across the 

1093
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,160
diamond and little iffy 
whatever. 

1094
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:28,760
Hopefully he figures that out. 
One thing that I could promise 

1095
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:30,400
you is that Beau Bichette's 
going to hit. 

1096
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,840
I mean, I wouldn't worry about 
Beau Bichette striking out. 

1097
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:34,880
I think it's 7 whips and 11 at 
bats. 

1098
00:51:35,240 --> 00:51:39,480
But see, this is a guy who 
number one is incredibly clutch 

1099
00:51:39,840 --> 00:51:42,960
and when you're clutch and you 
know, you have, you know, 

1100
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,000
whether it's OPS or batting 
average, you know, after the 7th

1101
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,680
inning, high leverage 
situations, whatever my oldest 

1102
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:52,200
statistical columns that Beau 
Bouchet checks from a clutch 

1103
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:54,520
board of checks from a clutch 
point of view, which he 

1104
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:56,280
obviously does. 
And and Mets fans know that. 

1105
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:58,840
Toronto fans know that. 
And you know, just dyed the 

1106
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,040
wool. 
Baseball fans know that. 

1107
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,360
If you follow the stats here, if
you can do that in pressurized 

1108
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,080
situations, I could promise you 
that Beau Bouchet's going to 

1109
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:08,120
have no problem eventually 
figuring things out with the New

1110
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:09,840
York Mets. 
I could take that one to the 

1111
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,120
bank, like and, and even more 
evidence. 

1112
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:15,040
I thought his answer, I didn't 
think his answer was good 

1113
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,800
because he was booed yesterday 
and getting out of a little bit.

1114
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:18,920
That's kind of a rite of 
passage. 

1115
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:19,920
I'll get back to that in a 
minute. 

1116
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:23,480
But he was booed and it was, you
know, there's boos that are 

1117
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:26,640
barely audible, and then there 
are those boos that are a little

1118
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,840
bit more vociferous. 
And that was a little bit more 

1119
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:33,640
of the vociferous variety that's
gonna dissipate. 

1120
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:35,600
Fans, Met fans are gonna love 
this cat. 

1121
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,000
Absolutely love Beau Bouchet. 
I love him. 

1122
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:39,320
I love him as a ball player. 
Right. 

1123
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,400
But his answer tells me gets it.
He gets it. 

1124
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:44,760
You know, he was asked, hey, you
know, Bo, what you think about 

1125
00:52:44,760 --> 00:52:46,320
the the booing there for the 
Mets fans. 

1126
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,600
And he said something along the 
lines of, yeah, I mean, I I'd do

1127
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:52,480
louder or I, I would, I would 
bring more or I deserve more. 

1128
00:52:52,680 --> 00:52:55,040
Something like that. 
Totally disarms it. 

1129
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,480
No story to write. 
Let's keep it moving. 

1130
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:02,040
Like, imagine, imagine it not. 
I haven't listened to the 

1131
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:03,920
station, to any of the radio 
today locally. 

1132
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,760
But, you know, imagine if Beau 
Bouchette would have said 

1133
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,680
something along the lines of 
wow, yeah. 

1134
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,120
I didn't, I didn't expect this. 
I mean, you know, a couple of 

1135
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,480
games into the season and 
they're already jumping on me. 

1136
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,200
Wow, I didn't hear that in 
Toronto. 

1137
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:20,760
Like that would be that would be
the the entire story all day on 

1138
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:23,640
on the stations and and 
rightfully so, you know, because

1139
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:26,840
he would have added some fuel to
the fire now takes all the 

1140
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,360
oxygen out of it snuffs out the 
fire. 

1141
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,960
Keep it about baseball hell of a
ball player. 

1142
00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:33,720
Slow heartbeat going to be 
awesome. 

1143
00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:37,520
Now the play with Lindor all 
right getting thrown out at the 

1144
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:42,360
plate on on Soto's double to 
left center the and when by the 

1145
00:53:42,360 --> 00:53:44,880
way, when Polanco hit that for 
the final out, I didn't think he

1146
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:46,680
got it. 
You know, I could see why you 

1147
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,800
know, obviously he jumped out of
his seat like I didn't get it. 

1148
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:52,240
I I was watching that live. 
I didn't think he got it right 

1149
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:54,880
up, you know perfect barrel and 
and to the warning track in 

1150
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,440
right field. 
I don't know what the wind was 

1151
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,160
doing. 
I know it was windy more so the 

1152
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:01,680
day before. 
Yes, it was pretty nice, but I 

1153
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,680
do like this Mets lineup. 
I really do I mean Ben's going 

1154
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:06,120
yard his first game was a great 
moment. 

1155
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:09,080
You could see Soto and Ben, you 
know, Soto's taking them under 

1156
00:54:09,080 --> 00:54:13,240
his wing. 
The you know, I you know, I like

1157
00:54:13,240 --> 00:54:16,720
Beatty, I I like Polanco. 
I thought Louise Robert Obvious 

1158
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:19,360
had the walk off home run and we
know we can field in all that 

1159
00:54:19,360 --> 00:54:20,600
stuff. 
But I thought he had a really 

1160
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:24,320
good at bat. 
Was it it was earlier in the 

1161
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:28,080
game on Saturday where I forget 
was it Soto? 

1162
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,760
It may have been Soto at was it 
Soto, not Juan Soto Soto for the

1163
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,440
pirates pitcher man No, no, it 
wasn't it wasn't a lefty. 

1164
00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:36,560
It was a righty and he kept 
throwing him some sliders 

1165
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:41,600
outside outside and ulcers and 
he no, he grounded out to 1st 

1166
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:43,480
right. 
It was like a check swing, but 

1167
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:45,240
he got the runner over. 
If I remember that believe there

1168
00:54:45,240 --> 00:54:48,520
was a man on 2nd, but the at bat
and the quality of the at bat. 

1169
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:50,160
He kind of did that on opening 
day as well. 

1170
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:52,000
And it's early. 
So I'm not going to overreact to

1171
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:53,680
anything from a baseball point 
of view. 

1172
00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:58,200
But you know, maybe a new locked
in Luis Robert obviously being 

1173
00:54:58,200 --> 00:55:01,040
in the same lineup as Soto, you 
know, being around Soto 

1174
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,920
day-to-day and his teen eye at 
the plate certainly can't hurt 

1175
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:06,320
you. 
I do think the Mets are going to

1176
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,920
be a lot of fun to watch this 
year and I I have no problem 

1177
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,280
with the play at the plate. 
You could look at it two ways. 

1178
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:12,760
Obviously he was out. 
They got it right. 

1179
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:15,520
Otherwise you could have you 
could have reviewed it Now, you 

1180
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,640
know, I don't know. 
It would have been interesting 

1181
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:22,560
if because the throw wasn't it 
it, it was almost like the 

1182
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:28,600
catcher kind of caught it and he
was almost like in foul 

1183
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:32,040
territory going towards the 
third base dugout, not not that 

1184
00:55:32,040 --> 00:55:34,440
far back, but just a little. 
So we had to kind of come back 

1185
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,200
to the plate. 
I don't know if Lindor goes head

1186
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:40,680
first there and just tries to 
swipe the, the outer part of the

1187
00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:44,640
plate with his right hand, if 
that's, if he's safe. 

1188
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:46,680
I don't know. 
I also know, you know, based on 

1189
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,680
the surgery, you don't really 
need Francisco Lindor in March 

1190
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,640
going head 1st and maybe 
colliding into a catcher's shin 

1191
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:57,200
guard and then, you know, having
that thing act up and, and flare

1192
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:59,720
up and be worse and be an issue 
maybe for the rest of the year. 

1193
00:55:59,720 --> 00:56:02,240
So what he ran into and out at 
the plate would have been nice. 

1194
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,080
I, I, I thought he got a pretty 
good jump. 

1195
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,040
He said that he didn't take the 
best route. 

1196
00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:10,360
They've got analytics and stat 
cast for that, but I didn't see 

1197
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,680
it. 
But, you know, I appreciate his 

1198
00:56:12,680 --> 00:56:13,920
honesty. 
And if he said he kind of 

1199
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:16,160
rounded a bag a little bit too 
wide, which leads to an extra 

1200
00:56:16,160 --> 00:56:18,800
step or two. 
He's a very good base runner, so

1201
00:56:18,800 --> 00:56:20,920
I'll believe him. 
But I had no issue with the 

1202
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,680
send. 
And I, I know a lot of Mets fans

1203
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:25,760
did. 
But the reason why I didn't is 

1204
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:28,560
because the Mets, and this was 
I, I like the transparency by 

1205
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,080
Mendoza here. 
The Mets remained married to 

1206
00:56:31,080 --> 00:56:32,920
what they said going into the 
series. 

1207
00:56:33,360 --> 00:56:35,760
They identified. 
Remember when the Dodgers took a

1208
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:37,480
shit all over the Yankees 
defense? 

1209
00:56:37,520 --> 00:56:39,360
Remember that after the World 
Series? 

1210
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:42,520
Well, I mean, the the Mets 
didn't blatantly diss the 

1211
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,840
Pirates going into the series. 
But what they did say after the 

1212
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:49,160
series, when Mendoza was asked 
about it, he said, you know, the

1213
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,520
Pirates were team that we 
identified that we would be able

1214
00:56:52,520 --> 00:56:55,080
to, you know, be a little 
aggressive on and put the onus 

1215
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:56,920
on them defensively, put some 
stress on them. 

1216
00:56:57,200 --> 00:56:58,560
That was a good play. 
It was a great play by the 

1217
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:00,880
shortstop as well 'cause he had 
a short hop bat. 

1218
00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:04,840
You know, I actually thought, 
well, I look back, I don't like 

1219
00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:06,920
it's just geeking out as a 
baseball guy. 

1220
00:57:06,920 --> 00:57:11,200
But I thought that the 
outfielder kind of took an extra

1221
00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,040
step. 
The left fielder, you know, got 

1222
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:14,840
it off the wall. 
You know, Soto bangs it in 

1223
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,320
there. 
Obviously the first run score. 

1224
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:20,160
I think that was Alvarez and 
when he when he actually 

1225
00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,440
retrieves the ball, you can see,
I don't know if it was a pump 

1226
00:57:22,440 --> 00:57:24,080
fake or an extra step. 
The left fielder. 

1227
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:27,200
So that's a half a tick that's 
favorable to the Mets there. 

1228
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:31,440
And then the throw was low and 
the shortstop short hopped it 

1229
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,560
and then he threw a throw that 
wasn't great to the catcher, as 

1230
00:57:34,560 --> 00:57:38,160
I just detailed before, a little
bit, little bit of foul ground. 

1231
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:40,800
Again, maybe an opening if you 
go ahead first, but you don't 

1232
00:57:40,800 --> 00:57:43,240
need that from Lindor. 
But I like that because again, 

1233
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:46,240
when you identify a weakness of 
a team, I'm going to put the 

1234
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:49,760
onus on you to show that you're 
better than we think that you 

1235
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,000
are. 
And I like that that show that 

1236
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:54,280
the Mets are connected. 
They talked about this going 

1237
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,400
into the series and the the 
players do it from a base 

1238
00:57:57,400 --> 00:57:59,760
running perspective. 
I'm sure that Lindor wasn't 

1239
00:57:59,760 --> 00:58:02,040
shocked when he got the wave, 
you know, when he got the arm at

1240
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,680
third base, third base coach 
obviously knew what the deal 

1241
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:05,760
was. 
You know, everybody's arm 

1242
00:58:05,760 --> 00:58:08,360
strength, you know, everybody's 
positioning, you know, all that 

1243
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:10,600
stuff. 
So, you know, I, I think that 

1244
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:13,160
that that's, that's just a good 
baseball play that happens 

1245
00:58:13,160 --> 00:58:15,080
sometimes. 
And you know, when you have it 

1246
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:18,280
with I, I personally, I don't 
think there's enough, enough 

1247
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,720
relays in baseball. 
I think it's one of the most 

1248
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:22,800
exciting things in baseball. 
I really do. 

1249
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:25,280
I think it's fun. 
You know, when you have a gap or

1250
00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:27,040
somebody goes for three, you got
to cut it off. 

1251
00:58:27,040 --> 00:58:29,560
And, you know, whether it's a 
shortstop or a second second 

1252
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:33,920
baseman going out, you know, or 
try to cut somebody down at the 

1253
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:35,120
plate. 
Like that's awesome. 

1254
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,720
Like that is that is where 
baseball goes from very 

1255
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:41,680
methodical, very slow to 
incredibly explosive 

1256
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:43,920
instantaneously, 
Instantaneously, really. 

1257
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:48,840
That's why baseball when when 
kids say, and I get it, you 

1258
00:58:48,840 --> 00:58:53,200
know, I've already seen some 
kids not really well, yeah, a 

1259
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,400
couple kids already beginning to
transition away from baseball, 

1260
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,720
kids that I know and kids that I
coach and getting into lacrosse.

1261
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,040
And those kids generally play 
football as well. 

1262
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,760
Some of them play basketball. 
Like I think one of the things 

1263
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:09,640
that dissuades kids from playing
baseball, young kids, is that 

1264
00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:12,640
number one, it's very hard and 
it's hard to hit. 

1265
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,480
And I think first of all, there 
are there's a small percentage 

1266
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:18,320
of kids and I get it, or just 
inherently afraid of the 

1267
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:20,080
baseball. 
And, and when you stand in the 

1268
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,440
batter's box when you're, you 
know, 6-7 years old, some some 

1269
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:24,520
kids even 8. 
And if that front foot is 

1270
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:26,440
bailing, you know, you just, you
never going to be a hitter like 

1271
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,160
you, if you can't stand in there
and understand that you're going

1272
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:31,080
to get hit once in a while, 
you're never going to be a good 

1273
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:32,160
hitter. 
You're never going to command 

1274
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:33,880
the strike zone. 
You just never going to place 

1275
00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:36,080
any fear in the opposing 
pitcher, right? 

1276
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:39,720
So that's one aspect of it. 
But also, you know, the game is,

1277
00:59:39,760 --> 00:59:43,360
is, is slower and not a ton of 
contact unless there's like a 

1278
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,560
boom, boom, taking somebody out 
of second base, whatever. 

1279
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:48,000
Even that's been policed out of 
the game, collisions at the 

1280
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:53,160
plate, policed out of the game. 
So younger kids who enjoy 

1281
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:55,800
contact and higher energy, they 
might find baseball boring. 

1282
00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:58,760
And and I remember doing a show 
on this when I first launched 

1283
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:00,520
the station or the the channel 
here. 

1284
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:04,360
If you guys want to go and find 
it, do's and don'ts, I'll give 

1285
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,640
you some youth content as well. 
Not now, but just a circle back 

1286
01:00:07,640 --> 01:00:10,000
to something like do's and 
don'ts about youth baseball. 

1287
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:12,680
And I said one of the mistakes. 
This is just a little minute. 

1288
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:14,160
Whatever think you think you'll 
enjoy this. 

1289
01:00:15,120 --> 01:00:17,760
But I think one of the things 
that happens with young baseball

1290
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:22,120
players is that, you know, 
they're like so many parents are

1291
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:24,840
fixated on on having their kids 
be good hitters right away, 

1292
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:28,000
which obviously matters. 
I mean, everybody wants to sit 

1293
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,600
in the stands and watch their 
kids get three hits, you know, a

1294
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:32,720
game when they're 78910 years 
old. 

1295
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,840
And then if you play high level 
comp, those three hits start to 

1296
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:38,680
dwindle because it's just hard. 
But the point is that too many 

1297
01:00:38,680 --> 01:00:42,720
people ignore defense, too many.
And I think what happens is a 

1298
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:46,200
lot of those kids who where 
there's no, no real emphasis on 

1299
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,360
catching the ball, throwing the 
ball. 

1300
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:51,720
Usually you go out on, you know,
70 year old kid, you know, yeah,

1301
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:55,880
who, who can catch the ball. 
If by a miracle somebody catches

1302
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:59,000
a ground ball and throws a 
miracle decent throw to first 

1303
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:01,200
base, can we who's going to be 
the kid at first base? 

1304
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:03,080
We even catch the ball to get an
out. 

1305
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:05,080
Like there's not many kids who 
can make those plays. 

1306
01:01:05,080 --> 01:01:08,120
So I say that because those kids
who are in the infield when 

1307
01:01:08,120 --> 01:01:11,120
they're young, many of them will
eventually, you know, move to 

1308
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,680
the outfield as they become, you
know, deeper and deeper 

1309
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:15,760
entrenched in the game. 
If they play, you know, high 

1310
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:18,160
level, you know, club, high 
school, college beyond. 

1311
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,760
But a lot of the players who 
can't do anything defensively 

1312
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:23,680
because they didn't really 
practice, it's not their fault. 

1313
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,160
They never developed those 
skills. 

1314
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:27,800
They sit in the outfield and 
especially in the Northeast, 

1315
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:29,960
it's 39°. 
You're not getting any balls out

1316
01:01:29,960 --> 01:01:31,760
there when you're 7-8 years old.
It's freezing. 

1317
01:01:32,120 --> 01:01:34,000
You know, you don't really want 
the ball hit to you because you 

1318
01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:35,120
don't, you're not really 
confident. 

1319
01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:38,040
And then those players that 
that's the point, those players 

1320
01:01:38,040 --> 01:01:40,680
generally move on to other 
fast-paced sports. 

1321
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:44,560
But like I've always said, 
baseball is just like a lull 

1322
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:46,320
that's kind of a very slow in 
the bank. 

1323
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,160
There's just a very quick 
explosive series of events. 

1324
01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:52,160
And that's why I love the relay.
That's why I'm always a 

1325
01:01:52,160 --> 01:01:53,120
proponent. 
Yeah. 

1326
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:55,480
I mean, like, unless you're down
among them and they, you know, 

1327
01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:58,040
they they were. 
But unless you get down a run 

1328
01:01:58,040 --> 01:02:01,400
or, or, or you have Aaron Judge 
coming up or you have Juan Soto 

1329
01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,400
coming up and you're like, I 
let's, let's you know, nobody 

1330
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:05,840
out. 
Let's not run into an out here 

1331
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,400
foolishly. 
I could see why some people 

1332
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:12,440
would push back on that because 
the Mets were in a position to 

1333
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:14,600
set up to win the game. 
I get that. 

1334
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:17,480
But if that's going to be the 
Mets mentality this year, if 

1335
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:20,240
that's going to be their mantra,
which was clearly communicated 

1336
01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:23,440
to the team in the meetings 
before they started the series 

1337
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:26,440
with the Pirates, I love it 
because that's going to play 

1338
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,680
over the course of 162. 
It really is. 

1339
01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:31,520
So no issue with that myself, 
myself. 

1340
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:33,280
Jade, you watch a lot of 
baseball or no? 

1341
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:34,720
Did you watch some baseball this
weekend? 

1342
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:37,760
Come on now, Of course I, I, I 
got a lock in. 

1343
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:41,960
Listen, as you can see from my 
my stats reading game, I got a 

1344
01:02:41,960 --> 01:02:44,120
lock in desperately. 
So yeah, I. 

1345
01:02:44,120 --> 01:02:47,480
Walked out that game. 
Great game and I feel like from 

1346
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:50,800
that I ascertained a lot, I 
gained a lot from that game, 

1347
01:02:51,080 --> 01:02:53,960
learned, learned a lot of the 
insurance and outs and it was 

1348
01:02:53,960 --> 01:02:56,320
super fun. 
I mean, the skiing stuff was 

1349
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:59,320
wild. 
Crazy like I've never seen. 

1350
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:03,680
Sorry, no. 
I mean like, even from a guy 

1351
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:07,680
who's gaining baseball 
knowledge, so to speak, I could 

1352
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:10,800
tell that was a God awful 
inning. 

1353
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:15,120
I mean holy. 
Yeah, that's the kind of thing 

1354
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:16,320
that sets you up to win a couple
of the game. 

1355
01:03:16,320 --> 01:03:18,160
It would have been nice to get 
the sweep from the Mets point of

1356
01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:20,320
view because you got no more. 
The Pirates aren't that good, 

1357
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,320
but you got into their bullpen 
right away. 

1358
01:03:22,600 --> 01:03:25,720
You know you stick an L on 
skeins because he went 2/3 of an

1359
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:27,040
inning. 
You knew that their bullpen will

1360
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:29,200
be a little bit. 
Then he had extra innings like 2

1361
01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:31,320
days in a row. 
So that was a fun weekend out 

1362
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:32,600
there in Queens. 
My fans were great. 

1363
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:35,440
I can't wait till the Yankees 
come back home and, or come home

1364
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,320
to start the year. 
It you know, San Francisco's 

1365
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:41,200
great ballpark Giants just I, I 
just don't like their lineup at 

1366
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:42,640
all. 
I think their lineup stinks. 

1367
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:44,960
I, I, Giants are doing nothing 
this year. 

1368
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:46,960
That's a two team division right
there. 

1369
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:51,560
The what else did I want to say?
Oh, I wanted to pop this up 

1370
01:03:51,560 --> 01:03:53,240
because this is something I said
before. 

1371
01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:57,280
I'm if I missed it. 
OK, Anthony Botton 1364 and 

1372
01:03:57,280 --> 01:03:59,400
what's going on? 
Did you see the video where Rick

1373
01:03:59,400 --> 01:04:00,960
explained why prey didn't get 
back in? 

1374
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:05,280
He said he OK, he said he blew a
few defensive assignments and he

1375
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,360
didn't know the plays for the 
four, so he had to choose 

1376
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:11,400
between Zubi and him. 
Well, I mean, if that I didn't, 

1377
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,200
I didn't see that. 
And if you're choosing between 

1378
01:04:13,200 --> 01:04:16,520
Zubi and Ruben, pray. 
I mean, it's Zubi 1,000,000 out 

1379
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,960
of 1,000,000 times. 
But you know, I mean, who the 

1380
01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:21,160
hell am I to push back on 
anything with Rick Pitino? 

1381
01:04:21,160 --> 01:04:23,840
He guy's forgotten more 
basketball than my entire family

1382
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:27,120
tree nose combined. 
Every generation of my family 

1383
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:29,600
combined. 
You know what He's forgotten in 

1384
01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:33,600
one day exceeds what everybody 
that's ever existed and walked 

1385
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:38,000
the earth with with, you know, 
DNA of my family tree knows 

1386
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:43,320
combined, you know, but I I I I 
do think that even and I and 

1387
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:44,960
I've said I've said this on the 
show many times. 

1388
01:04:45,160 --> 01:04:47,640
I think Rick is the greatest 
college basketball coach of all 

1389
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:49,360
time. 
He doesn't have the most wins, 

1390
01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:51,000
doesn't have the most 
championships, doesn't have the 

1391
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:53,600
most final fours. 
That's coach K that's wooden. 

1392
01:04:53,600 --> 01:04:56,000
You know, I I get it understood 
Adel for up I know. 

1393
01:04:56,320 --> 01:05:00,000
But in terms of going from, you 
know, one spot, whether it's BU 

1394
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:04,120
to Providence to Kentucky, who's
a step away of the death penalty

1395
01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:08,560
to Louisville, to St. 
John's, which was a dead, dead 

1396
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:10,760
dead. 
The only thing that they didn't 

1397
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:13,480
do in terms of dying, you know, 
killing St. 

1398
01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:17,120
John's basketball, was that 
little teeny last Pebble of dirt

1399
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:20,320
that was still on the shovel as 
they were getting ready to throw

1400
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:22,520
it on the grave. 
And then obviously then they 

1401
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:25,440
would have been dead. 
There was a Pebble and A1 little

1402
01:05:25,440 --> 01:05:28,080
grain of dirt. 
And Rick came and took the 

1403
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:29,680
shovel and said, no, we're 
gonna, we're not gonna let that 

1404
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:32,120
happen. 
So I do think Rick is the 

1405
01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:34,120
greatest for the reasons I've 
chronicled many times. 

1406
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:37,480
But you could be the greatest at
whatever you do and still make a

1407
01:05:37,480 --> 01:05:41,520
mistake. 
And now is it a mistake or is it

1408
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:45,800
a mistake or is it is it the 
wrong choice or is a 

1409
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:48,160
miscalculation? 
Those are two different things. 

1410
01:05:48,560 --> 01:05:51,960
I myself think it was. 
I just think it was the wrong 

1411
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:54,040
choice. 
I didn't hear him talk about the

1412
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:56,600
calculus behind, you know, the 
four, which would be the five. 

1413
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:59,120
And obviously, you know, Hopkins
had a couple of fouls early. 

1414
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:02,360
Yeah, I, I, I don't know. 
But still, I don't know, you 

1415
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:04,480
know, a St. 
John's fan that that didn't text

1416
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:06,760
me, that didn't that pretty much
was the first thing that they 

1417
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,680
said. 
Why didn't Ruben Pray get back 

1418
01:06:08,680 --> 01:06:10,520
in the game? 
Like there was a point where I 

1419
01:06:10,520 --> 01:06:13,080
actually, you know, because the 
game's going on and you wrapped 

1420
01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:15,120
up what's in front of you, you 
calling the game. 

1421
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:17,920
And Ruben Pray's not a central 
figure for this team. 

1422
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:20,640
You know, he's not Zoobie, he's 
not Hopkins, he's not Dylan 

1423
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:22,400
Mitchell. 
You know, he's just not, you 

1424
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:24,280
know, Dylan darling, the last 
couple of months has been 

1425
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:27,000
phenomenal. 
You know, you know, Sellers, I 

1426
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:28,800
think was way too quiet the last
month or so. 

1427
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,600
And that was a big problem for 
for Saint John's. 

1428
01:06:30,600 --> 01:06:33,840
But the, you know, Reuben Pray 
was guy. 

1429
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:35,840
I don't even know how many 
minutes he averaged. 

1430
01:06:35,840 --> 01:06:38,240
If I had to guess, maybe 13 
minutes a game, something like 

1431
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,120
that. 
So when you have a non central 

1432
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:43,080
figure, have an all time moment 
and then he goes back to the 

1433
01:06:43,080 --> 01:06:46,200
bench and Saint John still has 
control of the game as they were

1434
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,320
up by 10. 
I think it was 5343. 

1435
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:54,040
I think that's what it was with 
15-O3 to go in the game, right 

1436
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:56,600
in that neighborhood. 
I'd be lied if I said, you know,

1437
01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:58,440
where's Ruben, Pray? 
Like I would have been saying, 

1438
01:06:58,440 --> 01:06:59,600
where's Zubi? 
Where's Zubi? 

1439
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,520
Why is Zubi not bad? 
Like if that was Zubi. 

1440
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:05,160
But I did say at one point, you 
know, I eventually I'm like, 

1441
01:07:05,160 --> 01:07:07,960
well, you know, wow, Ruben 
hasn't gotten back in since he 

1442
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:11,720
hit that 43, that 43 point shot.
And I was surprised at that. 

1443
01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:14,120
That really was, I was surprised
at that. 

1444
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,760
Let's see here. 
What do we got here at the 

1445
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,280
Pinstripe Bugle? 
I've seen them like some of my 

1446
01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,880
stuff. 
I don't know what kind of, you 

1447
01:07:21,880 --> 01:07:23,280
know, what kind of how long 
they've been. 

1448
01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:24,360
Yeah. 
Good. 

1449
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:26,680
Content. 
He, he does a lot of stuff. 

1450
01:07:26,680 --> 01:07:29,920
I mean, obviously I've now 
recently begun following him as 

1451
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:32,760
just a result of him, you know, 
commenting and being a member of

1452
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:34,800
the community. 
But yeah, great stuff. 

1453
01:07:34,800 --> 01:07:37,600
He does like a lot of collabs 
with other New York pages as 

1454
01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:38,920
well. 
Look at you making it all 

1455
01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:42,520
official as a member of the 
community here as a as a member 

1456
01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:45,520
of the YouTube very very well 
well said. 

1457
01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:47,600
I like the verbiage there. 
I gotta learn some of these new 

1458
01:07:47,600 --> 01:07:52,640
buzzwords too collabs the you 
know the the platforms, the 

1459
01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:55,200
community and 11 big family 
right. 

1460
01:07:56,200 --> 01:07:57,240
So what is he saying there 
anyway? 

1461
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:01,000
Would I ever collab with a 
smaller content creator make 

1462
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:02,560
Yankees content following them 
every day. 

1463
01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:05,240
If you ever need somebody to 
talk Yankees ball listen, I am 

1464
01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:08,600
in the space here's what I 
believe all right, I am a 

1465
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:11,160
believer in interesting 
discussions. 

1466
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:17,040
All right, so I'll give you an 
example like Wednesday, Steve, 

1467
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:18,319
Stephen A is coming on this 
week. 

1468
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:20,560
He is the he's the modern Howard
Cosell. 

1469
01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:22,279
Like nobody's got more 
followers. 

1470
01:08:22,279 --> 01:08:24,520
Nobody makes more money. 
Nobody's got more of an imprint.

1471
01:08:24,520 --> 01:08:27,920
Nobody's got, you know, like the
legacy of Stephen A, the and the

1472
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:31,000
shadow. 
The specter of Stephen A is he's

1473
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:34,240
a he's an absolute Titan and 
giant of industry period. 

1474
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:36,640
That's one guy that I'm looking 
forward to conversing with. 

1475
01:08:36,640 --> 01:08:39,640
Same with Michael Kay, you know,
same with Donnie from a New 

1476
01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:42,080
York, Don Le Greco, New York 
Radio New York, you know, 

1477
01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:45,560
content point of view. 
But I don't need somebody with a

1478
01:08:45,800 --> 01:08:49,600
million followers or a couple of
100,000 followers to, you know, 

1479
01:08:49,600 --> 01:08:51,880
have a good segment. 
So my answer to that pinch 

1480
01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:54,359
drive, Mr. Pinch drive Bugle 
will be yes, I think anything 

1481
01:08:54,359 --> 01:08:57,200
that that I find interesting 
I've got on smaller channels 

1482
01:08:57,200 --> 01:09:00,640
I've got on, I've got on the 
Mets pod and that, that that 

1483
01:09:00,720 --> 01:09:03,760
they do a good job there. 
It's like they've got, you know,

1484
01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:07,399
79,000 Subs like they're growing
and they're hustling much like I

1485
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:09,560
am growing and hustling. 
We'll hit 20,000 Subs. 

1486
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:12,319
We're knocking on the door. 
We are right there a couple of a

1487
01:09:12,319 --> 01:09:13,880
couple of ways. 
So let's go spread that word, 

1488
01:09:13,880 --> 01:09:16,840
get the likes up. 
Last week, You know, last week 

1489
01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:19,720
was a really interesting week 
with all the all the digital 

1490
01:09:19,720 --> 01:09:22,200
traction. 
One of those shorts that I put 

1491
01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:26,160
up on Instagram, it's like 
167,000 views. 

1492
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:30,240
Yeah, it's 167,000 views. 
It's crazy. 

1493
01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:33,720
I think it's what's so funny is 
just like that they're still and

1494
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:36,279
they might be AI generated. 
So like who do I know? 

1495
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:39,080
But there's still like these 
like articles coming out from 

1496
01:09:39,080 --> 01:09:42,760
like random news audiences on 
it. 

1497
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:45,399
And it's like, yo, you're a 
little, you're like 6 days too 

1498
01:09:45,399 --> 01:09:46,960
late. 
They they said what? 

1499
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:49,120
So they're jumping in now. 
They won't be I. 

1500
01:09:49,319 --> 01:09:52,200
It'd be like, it'd be like 
msn.com like. 

1501
01:09:52,359 --> 01:09:53,399
Oh, really? 
Yeah. 

1502
01:09:53,399 --> 01:09:55,640
What do they aggregate? 
Do they do they just aggregate 

1503
01:09:55,640 --> 01:09:56,520
stuff? 
I don't even know how that 

1504
01:09:56,520 --> 01:09:58,360
works. 
I'm not sure how it works 

1505
01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:01,080
either, but I have a feeling 
just each of like these e-mail 

1506
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:05,200
sites or whatever, whatever, New
York Sports Daily News, like a 

1507
01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:09,560
random site, they just kind of 
take probably the information 

1508
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:13,640
from other sites, have it like 
some kind of bot reword it and 

1509
01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:16,120
just got it out real. 
Quick, got it, got it. 

1510
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:17,880
Yeah, that was that was a fun 
week. 

1511
01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:20,040
A lot was going on. 
Everybody wants a piece of the 

1512
01:10:20,040 --> 01:10:21,200
pie. 
Now that you know these 

1513
01:10:21,200 --> 01:10:23,640
aggregators out there, let me 
see if I can get a few clicks. 

1514
01:10:23,640 --> 01:10:26,560
That stuff took off there, but 
I'm not gonna get into that 

1515
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:28,000
today. 
Like I said, if I'm not pulled 

1516
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:30,760
into stuff, I don't start stuff.
I'll never be that guy. 

1517
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:34,280
I have no interest doing that. 
I have said many times over I 

1518
01:10:34,280 --> 01:10:37,040
just, I'm a content guy. 
I love talking sports. 

1519
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:39,920
If I get pulled into stuff, 
depending upon what said, who 

1520
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:44,080
says it, then I will respond to 
that in turn, but I don't go 

1521
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:46,160
looking for that. 
Last week was a little 

1522
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:47,480
different, though, obviously. 
But we move. 

1523
01:10:47,480 --> 01:10:48,560
We move past that. 
All right. 

1524
01:10:48,560 --> 01:10:51,560
BT what are your thoughts on 
Mendoza keeping in Lovelady? 

1525
01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:52,520
Yeah. 
Yeah. 

1526
01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:56,360
And not having 3 righty, 3 
relief pitchers available to 

1527
01:10:56,360 --> 01:10:58,160
pitch in the last game of the 
Series. 

1528
01:10:58,160 --> 01:10:59,960
Overblown. 
Well, first of all, yeah. 

1529
01:10:59,960 --> 01:11:03,280
I mean, he said that that Devin 
Williams was not available. 

1530
01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:05,880
And who else was not available? 
He said the two of them were 

1531
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:08,040
not. 
No, I listen, I don't. 

1532
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,080
I don't think that that's a 
massive deal. 

1533
01:11:11,000 --> 01:11:14,720
I'm not a big love lady fan. 
I you know, for it just, I don't

1534
01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:17,440
know, just the first of all, the
name just looks it's it's like a

1535
01:11:17,440 --> 01:11:19,560
parody account. 
Like, I don't know, like if the 

1536
01:11:19,560 --> 01:11:21,960
Mets were like the Mets used to 
be back in the day, like the 

1537
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:28,080
Wilpons and you know, like 75 
win teams and you know, 15,000 

1538
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:31,160
people there on a Tuesday night.
Instead of all this juice and 

1539
01:11:31,160 --> 01:11:33,400
this energy. 
Now they gotta get a bit. 

1540
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:36,640
Didn't make the playoffs last 
year, but they've got to they're

1541
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:39,000
they're obviously, you know, 
taking many steps forward and I 

1542
01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:40,880
think the Mets will definitely 
be a playoff team this year. 

1543
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,720
But you know, like I love ladies
the kind of name I don't know 

1544
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:45,600
like he should be out there on 
the mound where the Mets are 

1545
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:49,840
losing to the Marlins 81 in 
front of 11,000 people in on a 

1546
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:53,520
on a Tuesday night in September 
and the Mets are 15 games behind

1547
01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:56,200
the Braves and the Phillies. 
I I don't know that just that's 

1548
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:58,640
weird every time I see it every 
single time I see that. 

1549
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:00,840
But no, I mean I not a really 
big deal. 

1550
01:12:00,840 --> 01:12:02,960
I wouldn't overreact to that. 
Let me say one thing too about 

1551
01:12:03,800 --> 01:12:05,160
see, this is the problem with 
baseball. 

1552
01:12:05,200 --> 01:12:09,280
That's why I think Rob Manfred 
is is a little less than his 

1553
01:12:09,280 --> 01:12:10,560
commissioner. 
I think he's I think he's a good

1554
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:12,840
guy. 
But you know, and I think 

1555
01:12:12,840 --> 01:12:15,040
Silver's a worse commissioner. 
As I've said many times, I don't

1556
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:17,880
think Adam Silver's good at all.
Many times I've talked about 

1557
01:12:17,880 --> 01:12:21,400
that. 
But Mike, this is something you 

1558
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:26,400
you want real evidence how the 
baseball fans impacted by their 

1559
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:27,680
greed. 
I'm going to give it to you. 

1560
01:12:27,680 --> 01:12:31,240
All right, so everybody was 
complaining about Netflix 

1561
01:12:31,240 --> 01:12:33,400
Opening day for the Yankees, and
I get it. 

1562
01:12:33,880 --> 01:12:35,680
Opening day for the Mets on 
Peacock. 

1563
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:37,120
I get it. 
I know. 

1564
01:12:38,400 --> 01:12:42,360
Hey, listen, it's 2026. 
The the rights, the the the 

1565
01:12:42,360 --> 01:12:46,080
revenue through the roof. 
Yeah, You know, I spent some 

1566
01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:48,200
time on it on Friday. 
Like I thought the post game 

1567
01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:51,480
with the varsity jackets and 
Jameis Winston slinging hot 

1568
01:12:51,480 --> 01:12:53,000
dogs. 
I mean, he was out of his mind. 

1569
01:12:53,280 --> 01:12:56,320
He was ridiculously. 
He like what I I he would just 

1570
01:12:56,640 --> 01:12:58,520
he was just too, he was just too
hyper. 

1571
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:01,400
It was just a weird delivery. 
But I thought everything else 

1572
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:03,720
was pretty good. 
I thought Sabathia was good, 

1573
01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:06,920
although the game sounds good, 
Netflix's camera angles are 

1574
01:13:06,920 --> 01:13:09,400
phenomenal, so I didn't waste a 
lot of time on that. 

1575
01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:12,760
There was a lot of, you know, 
low from the time, excuse me, 

1576
01:13:12,760 --> 01:13:15,320
from the time it started to the 
time, like the coverage to the 

1577
01:13:15,320 --> 01:13:18,760
actual first pitch. 
You know, you get the WWE, you 

1578
01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:21,160
know, announcement, the energy 
there. 

1579
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:23,480
Yeah, you get every go. 
All right, A lot of bells and 

1580
01:13:23,480 --> 01:13:24,760
whistles. 
Just let's go, let's play 

1581
01:13:24,760 --> 01:13:26,760
baseball already. 
So I'm not saying that that 

1582
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,800
didn't bother me, but I didn't 
really go in deep because I 

1583
01:13:29,800 --> 01:13:33,080
understand it and I've got 
Netflix and you know, I try to 

1584
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,440
stand up for the older 
generation that doesn't have it,

1585
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:37,880
but it's it's an unwinnable 
battle because it's not going to

1586
01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:41,200
change, right? 
But here's where they really do 

1587
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,400
mess up. 
And this is where we the 

1588
01:13:43,400 --> 01:13:48,760
consumers get screwed. 
So yesterday was a gorgeous day.

1589
01:13:48,960 --> 01:13:50,840
All right. 
The Saturday was chilly. 

1590
01:13:51,040 --> 01:13:54,040
Yesterday was I got a little 
little color, a little little 

1591
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:56,840
early, early look on the tan J 
Rod. 

1592
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:00,160
No, it's. 
It's beautiful. 

1593
01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:01,720
All right, now it is Nice. 
Nice. 

1594
01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:03,080
Today, too. 
They're actually cutting the 

1595
01:14:03,080 --> 01:14:04,600
grass already. 
All those guys. 

1596
01:14:04,800 --> 01:14:06,680
No, you give these guys an inch,
they'll take a yard. 

1597
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:08,960
You don't have to cut the grass.
The grass hasn't grown yet. 

1598
01:14:09,200 --> 01:14:11,800
But if they can bang me out for 
next year, what is it, 50 bucks 

1599
01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:13,280
a week? 
Whatever the hell it is, of 

1600
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:15,480
course they're gonna do it. 
I hear the lawn mower this 

1601
01:14:15,480 --> 01:14:18,080
morning. 
I'm like, it hasn't grown yet. 

1602
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:19,680
What are you doing? 
Either way, I get it. 

1603
01:14:19,680 --> 01:14:20,920
Trying to make a buck. 
We all are. 

1604
01:14:20,920 --> 01:14:29,360
So yesterday was gorgeous. 
My son had ten o'clock 10:00 

1605
01:14:29,360 --> 01:14:33,040
baseball game out in Flemington,
NJ, this place called Diamond 

1606
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:35,080
Nation, which is absolutely 
gorgeous. 

1607
01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:38,640
What an amazing what an it was 
just taken over by Cal Ripken. 

1608
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:40,120
It's gorgeous. 
It's so good. 

1609
01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:43,080
It's so good, right? 
So that was at 10:00 and then he

1610
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:45,240
had a game at two more local, 
right. 

1611
01:14:45,560 --> 01:14:48,200
So I was outside watching 
neither of these teams I coach. 

1612
01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:50,280
I was just in my chair spitting 
seats, hanging out with some 

1613
01:14:50,280 --> 01:14:52,280
dads. 
Absolutely gorgeous. 

1614
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,680
I get home, I watch the end of 
the Met Game. 

1615
01:14:54,960 --> 01:14:57,960
Gangster on the West Coast. 
Can I get Yankees baseball on 

1616
01:14:57,960 --> 01:15:00,440
the 1st Sunday in in in the 
Major League season? 

1617
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:03,640
No, you can't. 
Because you know, these these 

1618
01:15:03,640 --> 01:15:08,560
these filthy, greedy slobs who, 
you know, run these sports, they

1619
01:15:08,560 --> 01:15:09,880
don't give a rat's ass about 
you. 

1620
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:12,520
They don't care about me. 
They don't keep like, and this 

1621
01:15:12,520 --> 01:15:15,480
is the problem. 
Like, and I understand you got 

1622
01:15:15,480 --> 01:15:18,240
to make money that drives every 
single engine. 

1623
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:21,880
Everything is about money. 
I could do the best show in the 

1624
01:15:21,880 --> 01:15:23,520
world. 
If I don't keep getting sponsors

1625
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:26,280
and I don't keep growing this 
thing in, you know, guess what, 

1626
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:28,680
it's not going to be successful.
Just the bottom line. 

1627
01:15:28,760 --> 01:15:31,080
So there is to it. 
Of course, I'll blame J Rod for 

1628
01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:33,560
anything and that that's the 
business. 

1629
01:15:33,560 --> 01:15:34,840
That's that's the way of the 
world. 

1630
01:15:34,960 --> 01:15:37,840
The world spins based on the 
strength of the dollar. 

1631
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:40,400
If you've got money, it enables 
you to do more stuff. 

1632
01:15:40,400 --> 01:15:43,400
If you don't have money, you're 
desperate, you're locked out. 

1633
01:15:43,440 --> 01:15:45,320
You know, you're, you're, you're
borrowing money, which then 

1634
01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:47,120
hurts you down the road as you 
have to pay back with a 

1635
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,960
percentage like you need money. 
You need money to do anything. 

1636
01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:52,160
I get it. 
That's why I don't rail on 

1637
01:15:52,160 --> 01:15:53,760
opening day. 
I didn't love it, but I didn't 

1638
01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:56,600
go nuts on the Yankees playing 
the Yankees playing Netflix 

1639
01:15:56,600 --> 01:16:01,160
opening day to come home after 
watching 2 fun baseball games, 

1640
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:03,600
young kids getting after it, you
know, it's one of my favorite 

1641
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:06,720
thing to do, right? 
And then, you know, plop down on

1642
01:16:06,720 --> 01:16:07,960
the. 
I hadn't gotten a good sandwich 

1643
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,320
in a while because it's not 
football. 

1644
01:16:09,600 --> 01:16:12,560
So I went yeah, I got a little 
eggplant, right? 

1645
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:16,040
A little fresh mutts and a 
little roasted red pepper and a.

1646
01:16:16,040 --> 01:16:19,440
Last Yeah, yeah, that's a goat. 
That's a goat. 

1647
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:22,240
Little little teeny tiny trace 
of Mayo. 

1648
01:16:22,520 --> 01:16:25,200
Nice Italian hero. 
I even got a bag of chips right 

1649
01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:26,160
because I've been eating pretty 
healthy. 

1650
01:16:26,160 --> 01:16:27,480
I'm like, I'm going to treat 
myself here. 

1651
01:16:28,520 --> 01:16:29,680
And I knew that the Yankees 
weren't playing. 

1652
01:16:29,680 --> 01:16:31,880
I wasn't surprised, but I'm 
watching the Mets and then I'm 

1653
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:33,840
like, obviously getting ready. 
UConn, Duke. 

1654
01:16:33,840 --> 01:16:36,320
I'm like, I would just love to 
watch the Yankees play baseball 

1655
01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:40,200
today, the first weekend in the 
Major League season, and the 

1656
01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:43,000
Yankees didn't play. 
I understand. 

1657
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:46,240
Like if you open up on a 
Thursday, depending upon where 

1658
01:16:46,240 --> 01:16:49,000
you are now, Yankees could have 
played in succession because 

1659
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:51,360
they're out West. 
You know, like if you're opening

1660
01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:54,520
up in Philly and Baltimore and 
New York and Cincinnati and 

1661
01:16:54,520 --> 01:16:58,840
Cleveland and Detroit, yeah, 
maybe a few other spots, you 

1662
01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:01,480
know, you, you want to have that
built in next day in case you 

1663
01:17:01,480 --> 01:17:05,040
get snowed out or rained out or 
it's just, you know, 6° out, 

1664
01:17:05,040 --> 01:17:08,120
whatever it might be, because 
the weather does fluctuate a lot

1665
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:10,520
at this stage. 
You could be like, Saturday was 

1666
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:13,600
really cold, freezing, and then 
yesterday was gorgeous. 

1667
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:15,200
So you had a 15. 
No, not 15. 

1668
01:17:15,200 --> 01:17:19,680
You had about a 11:50, maybe 15°
hike depending upon where you 

1669
01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:21,840
were. 
And that was from one day to the

1670
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:23,120
next. 
So that that's common. 

1671
01:17:23,800 --> 01:17:25,760
So I, I get it. 
Certain spots you want to build 

1672
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:26,760
out. 
All right, Yankees play 

1673
01:17:26,760 --> 01:17:29,160
Thursday, don't play Friday, 
don't play Friday. 

1674
01:17:30,680 --> 01:17:31,800
I mean play. 
Wait, sit, wait, hold. 

1675
01:17:31,800 --> 01:17:33,560
Now, now I'm getting confused. 
Wait, Yankees. 

1676
01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:35,000
Oh, Yankees opened up on when 
I've been dating. 

1677
01:17:35,000 --> 01:17:38,240
Yankees opened up on Wednesday 
off day Thursday by by Friday, 

1678
01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:41,840
Friday, nothing Sunday. 
Like I just don't understand 

1679
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:45,480
that it's it's not a 
conventional move and it's a 

1680
01:17:45,480 --> 01:17:49,640
move that just tells us again, 
like they don't have to get to 

1681
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:53,280
the top of the mountaintop and 
scream, we don't care about you.

1682
01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:56,720
Hey fans, F you. 
We don't we got you. 

1683
01:17:56,880 --> 01:18:00,360
We got your money, we got your 
emotions suckers. 

1684
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,360
Like they could literally go to 
the top of a mountain and yelled

1685
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:06,360
at and it will be applicable, 
but they don't need to because 

1686
01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:07,920
everything that they do tells us
that. 

1687
01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:10,600
I'm not talking I'm not talking 
about the money generation. 

1688
01:18:10,600 --> 01:18:13,760
I'm not not talking about ref 
generation with Netflix and 

1689
01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:18,480
Peacock, whatever. 
I'm talking about Sunday, first 

1690
01:18:18,480 --> 01:18:22,240
weekend of the season and 
there's no Yankee baseball. 

1691
01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:26,040
So acceptable. 
That's just unacceptable. 

1692
01:18:26,040 --> 01:18:28,840
Like I wanted to watch baseball.
How about this, J Rod? 

1693
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,880
Now, by the time, by the time 
you get married at this stage, I

1694
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:34,880
mean, it's going to be $100. 
You'll see what I mean in a 

1695
01:18:34,880 --> 01:18:37,240
second. 
So you want to talk about a 

1696
01:18:37,240 --> 01:18:40,280
racket? 
Just a little side turn here. 

1697
01:18:40,840 --> 01:18:43,640
So any of you who have girls as 
well? 

1698
01:18:43,640 --> 01:18:47,720
My daughter Sopo Santa brought 
it so the softball bat was Santa

1699
01:18:47,720 --> 01:18:49,240
took care of that. 
But I know that's not cheap 

1700
01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:52,800
right. 
So baseball bats in particular 

1701
01:18:53,280 --> 01:18:56,120
like they're they're 400 bucks a
pop 400 each. 

1702
01:18:56,280 --> 01:19:00,120
Yeah, they're not 400, dude. 
And you outgrow them, right? 

1703
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:03,200
Think about this. 
Some people that's all relative.

1704
01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:05,080
If you if you have money, you 
don't complain, but some people 

1705
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:07,920
complain about the price of 
drivers like you want to get a 

1706
01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:11,120
nice tailor made the new 
Callaway tailor made what a ping

1707
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:14,600
really souped up driver. 
No, now those are probably more 

1708
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:18,640
like 500, but and you can 
conceivably play with a user 

1709
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:20,520
driver for two years, three 
years. 

1710
01:19:20,520 --> 01:19:24,040
You can use it for a long time. 
You can get it reshafted, you 

1711
01:19:24,040 --> 01:19:27,600
can get it re gripped. 
If something breaks, most of 

1712
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:28,680
these companies do the right 
thing. 

1713
01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:29,840
You send it, they fix it, 
whatever. 

1714
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,680
So but these kids and you don't 
outgrow. 

1715
01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:35,040
I don't outgrow my tailor made 
driver. 

1716
01:19:35,080 --> 01:19:37,320
Unfortunately, I've never grown 
into it because I hit the ball 

1717
01:19:37,320 --> 01:19:40,320
like shit. 
I know I'm not going to suddenly

1718
01:19:40,480 --> 01:19:42,480
put on you know what you can 
always put weight on, but I'm 

1719
01:19:42,480 --> 01:19:45,640
not going to grow, you know, 
become three inches taller and 

1720
01:19:45,640 --> 01:19:47,560
this thing doesn't fit. 
You know, I had it made 

1721
01:19:47,560 --> 01:19:50,200
individually, like, you know, 
personally to my spec. 

1722
01:19:50,440 --> 01:19:53,040
So I've got a club that fits me.
So if you if you're going to 

1723
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:55,480
spend 500 bucks for a Golf Club,
it's justified. 

1724
01:19:55,480 --> 01:19:57,640
If you love golf, if you have 
the money to do it, boom. 

1725
01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:00,400
But baseball, these kids outgrow
bad every year. 

1726
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:07,600
So it's literally 7 U 408. 
U-409-U410U400400 Then you get 

1727
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,120
to this BB core stuff that I'm 
not even near yet, but that's 

1728
01:20:10,120 --> 01:20:13,200
coming down the Pike as well. 
Whatever, if you play baseball, 

1729
01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:16,440
you know, I know the the, the 
lacrosse sticks are not cheap 

1730
01:20:16,440 --> 01:20:17,960
either. 
It's a racket, man. 

1731
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:21,520
So like you was snacking. 
How much is sneakers 170 bucks 

1732
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,200
for? 
Everything's expensive. 

1733
01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:26,640
I understand that. 
But here's the thing that I 

1734
01:20:26,640 --> 01:20:32,200
think bothers me even more. 
And it was a measly $11.00 right

1735
01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:35,600
now, like in New Jersey. 
And they'll travel a little bit 

1736
01:20:35,600 --> 01:20:38,200
sometimes out of state, but 
generally if you play 

1737
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:42,200
competitive club baseball and 
and even very competitive travel

1738
01:20:42,200 --> 01:20:45,360
baseball, you will go to one of 
two facilities in the Northeast.

1739
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:47,360
Well, actually I know that 
there's one, so maybe three. 

1740
01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:50,680
I know that there's one out East
Lasorda, but we've never played 

1741
01:20:50,680 --> 01:20:52,120
there. 
We don't we haven't gone to Long

1742
01:20:52,120 --> 01:20:53,240
Island. 
Maybe we will at some point. 

1743
01:20:53,240 --> 01:20:54,400
But I know that that's out there
as well. 

1744
01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:57,800
There is Diamond Nation, which 
which I just mentioned in 

1745
01:20:57,800 --> 01:21:01,200
Flemington and awesome. 
And then there is adventure 

1746
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:04,400
sports in Jackson, NJ right by 
Great Adventure. 

1747
01:21:04,440 --> 01:21:05,560
OK. 
Got it, got it. 

1748
01:21:05,560 --> 01:21:07,120
Got. 
It yeah, that's a long hike. 

1749
01:21:07,120 --> 01:21:09,320
I mean, jeez, you know, but it's
it's awesome. 

1750
01:21:09,320 --> 01:21:10,200
Great ball. 
It's fun. 

1751
01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:13,360
I love it, Right? 
Well organized, awesome, great, 

1752
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:15,760
great snack stands, tremendous 
stuff for the kids were in 

1753
01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:17,600
between games, video games. 
It's fun. 

1754
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:21,400
And do you know that when I went
to watch my son plays, I'm not a

1755
01:21:21,400 --> 01:21:24,720
coach on this team that I had to
pay him and I'm not, I'm not 

1756
01:21:24,720 --> 01:21:26,920
calling out Diamond Nation 
because it's, it's the best 

1757
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:28,600
facility. 
I haven't been to Ripken yet and

1758
01:21:28,600 --> 01:21:30,200
I know Ripken just took over 
Diamond. 

1759
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:31,720
It's the best facility I've been
to. 

1760
01:21:31,720 --> 01:21:33,600
It is awesome. 
I love it, right? 

1761
01:21:34,040 --> 01:21:39,320
They charged me $11.00 to go and
sit and watch my son play a 

1762
01:21:39,320 --> 01:21:43,560
game. 11 you baseball 11 bucks. 
Oh that's common dude. 

1763
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:48,760
Every parent has to pay. 
Yo, yeah, that's crazy. 

1764
01:21:48,960 --> 01:21:52,560
I mean, I guess, you know, I 
mean, you probably are as well. 

1765
01:21:52,560 --> 01:21:55,320
Like, you probably live in a 
small, relatively smallish 

1766
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:57,520
suburban. 
I've never heard of that. 

1767
01:21:57,520 --> 01:21:58,920
Like going to my brother's 
games. 

1768
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:01,520
You just pulled up a little 
folding chair. 

1769
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:04,360
You pull up to the park. 
Yeah, yeah, I mean, back to the 

1770
01:22:04,360 --> 01:22:07,120
day, you know, their dad's 
Hammerback Budweisers, you know 

1771
01:22:07,160 --> 01:22:10,560
that, You know, now they just 
can smoke a cigarette a little 

1772
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:12,600
bit more than parents are still 
drinking, but they hide it 

1773
01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:14,520
better. 
Yeah. 11 bucks. 

1774
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:17,360
And like, it's funny, like, I 
guess up, right? 

1775
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:19,640
I don't know why. 
I've got an SUV, 890 bucks, 

1776
01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:21,240
whatever the hell it is to fill 
it up, right. 

1777
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:25,200
You know, the bat, 400 bucks, 
you know, sneakers for the kids,

1778
01:22:25,200 --> 01:22:27,000
cleats, this that. 
I never bat it. 

1779
01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:29,160
Go to dinner, you know, 
depending upon if you have a 

1780
01:22:29,160 --> 01:22:31,480
glass of wine or a bottle of 
wine with your wife, couple of 

1781
01:22:31,480 --> 01:22:33,280
100 bucks. 
I am not cheap. 

1782
01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:35,400
OK. 
Now, I'm also not independently 

1783
01:22:35,400 --> 01:22:36,920
wealthy. 
I am not cheap. 

1784
01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:39,600
I am always that guy and I 
because my dad's this guy. 

1785
01:22:39,920 --> 01:22:44,360
I am always the guy if I'm at a 
bar, if I'm out with my friends,

1786
01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:46,840
if I'm on the golf course and 
the car girl comes up right. 

1787
01:22:47,360 --> 01:22:50,000
It's just instinctual for me to 
say and I don't I don't drink 

1788
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,040
much when I play golf. 
I'm driving. 

1789
01:22:52,040 --> 01:22:54,880
I might have a beer I'm getting,
you know, I'm generally driving 

1790
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:56,760
2030 miles. 
So certainly not going to get 

1791
01:22:56,760 --> 01:22:59,520
rocked unless I'm on my boys 
trip and like we're Ubering and 

1792
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:00,680
we're away for three or four 
nights. 

1793
01:23:00,680 --> 01:23:02,040
That's different. 
Then there's then there's no 

1794
01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:05,080
rules. 
Do whatever we want that point 

1795
01:23:05,080 --> 01:23:07,400
of golf course, but I don't 
drink much on the golf course. 

1796
01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:09,680
But even if I want a Gatorade, 
right, Gatorade, bottled water, 

1797
01:23:09,800 --> 01:23:12,360
I don't know, a protein bar if 
I'm feeling tired making the 

1798
01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:15,120
turn, I'm always the guy who 
said yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 

1799
01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:17,880
yeah, sure. 
Like just kind of wave her flag 

1800
01:23:17,880 --> 01:23:20,680
her down and. 
Hey, guys, what do you want? 

1801
01:23:20,720 --> 01:23:22,160
Dan, what do you need? 
Frank, what do you want? 

1802
01:23:22,160 --> 01:23:23,920
Scott, what do you want? 
Bravo, What do you need, Maddie,

1803
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:25,800
what do you like, guys? 
I usually play with what do you 

1804
01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:27,160
want? 
And generally none of us really 

1805
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:30,120
drink when we're playing so it 
might be a gate. 

1806
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:31,600
Nothing. 
I'm always that guy. 

1807
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:36,760
I I if I'm at a bar and there's 
an ad, there's a function and, 

1808
01:23:36,800 --> 01:23:39,000
you know, it's not like a 
prepaid and you're just tipping.

1809
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:41,120
Hey, I got Mike. 
What do you drink? 

1810
01:23:41,120 --> 01:23:42,400
What do you need, buddy? 
Yeah, good. 

1811
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:43,840
What do you got? 
We need vodka. 

1812
01:23:43,920 --> 01:23:45,080
Vodka on the rock. 
Yep, we need. 

1813
01:23:45,240 --> 01:23:48,120
And of course, my wife, you 
know, that's just how I am. 

1814
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:52,640
So I am not cheap, but it 
doesn't it seem inherently 

1815
01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:55,320
wrong. 
Now I know you got to be the the

1816
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:57,320
fields are magnificent. 
That was my. 

1817
01:23:57,320 --> 01:24:01,760
Question was like what kind of 
facility are they up keeping 

1818
01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,920
where they need a ticket to be 
sold to a? 

1819
01:24:04,920 --> 01:24:07,800
Game, it's the best it it, it's 
a I'm going to describe it for 

1820
01:24:07,800 --> 01:24:10,480
you. 
So now there are other events 

1821
01:24:10,480 --> 01:24:12,960
like when we go to Staten 
Island, Great Kills, which is an

1822
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:15,320
I don't think you have to pay. 
No, you don't pay there Great 

1823
01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:17,360
kills, there's a lot of perfect 
game games there. 

1824
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:20,200
Great kills shout out Staten 
Island, old school. 

1825
01:24:20,760 --> 01:24:22,680
I was there probably 7 times 
last summer. 

1826
01:24:22,680 --> 01:24:25,960
We'll be back a lot this year. 
Love them best best snack stand 

1827
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:28,120
that I've ever seen. 
The food's amazing. 

1828
01:24:28,120 --> 01:24:30,760
People are amazing. 
Lot of love for Staten Island, 

1829
01:24:30,760 --> 01:24:32,480
lot of love for great kills 
Little League, right? 

1830
01:24:32,480 --> 01:24:35,040
That's freak that's old school. 
You got to feel like there's 

1831
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:36,720
some turf fields, but you kind 
of feel like you're going into 

1832
01:24:36,720 --> 01:24:39,000
the 80s and 90s in a, in a good 
way, right? 

1833
01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:41,200
And they up keep it nice, but 
it's just, it's like in the 

1834
01:24:41,200 --> 01:24:43,320
middle of a neighborhood. 
It's kind of like Wriggly Field 

1835
01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:45,640
in the middle of houses. 
It's just it's awesome, right? 

1836
01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:50,280
The ones that I'm talking about 
are these monstrosity complexes 

1837
01:24:50,280 --> 01:24:54,160
now, right? 
Right now there's like I think 

1838
01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:56,640
yesterday there was at least 6 
fields because he was on Diamond

1839
01:24:56,640 --> 01:25:00,120
Six for his for his game. 
And they've got a really nice 

1840
01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:02,520
scoreboard. 
And these games at this level, 

1841
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:06,080
like you can't start an inning, 
I think after an hour and 45 

1842
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,840
minutes. 
So as soon as the first pitch is

1843
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:12,520
thrown right, there's got a 
clock and it'll countdown, you 

1844
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:14,920
know, minute and 12 minute, one 
hour and 12 minutes left of the 

1845
01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:18,120
game, you know, 42 minutes. 
So, so you know that they had a 

1846
01:25:18,120 --> 01:25:21,400
radar gun up yesterday. 
So kid throws a pitch 5758 miles

1847
01:25:21,400 --> 01:25:22,960
an hour. 
That's amazing. 

1848
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,000
The dugouts are brick and 
beautiful. 

1849
01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:28,560
The turf is brand new. 
The batting cages are sublime. 

1850
01:25:28,560 --> 01:25:31,720
Plenty of parking. 
Not a knock on the facility at 

1851
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:34,800
all, but just doesn't it seem UN
American. 

1852
01:25:35,480 --> 01:25:38,360
I have to reach into your pocket
and pay. 

1853
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:40,200
And then I couldn't. 
Like I had a sign up. 

1854
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:42,120
I couldn't. 
It's bad enough that I very 

1855
01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:44,240
rarely have cash on me, but I 
did have a you know, I had like 

1856
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:49,560
a 20 spot from maybe from 
Washington DC, like tipping out,

1857
01:25:49,680 --> 01:25:52,120
you know, the the bellhop and 
and the cars and stuff to get 

1858
01:25:52,120 --> 01:25:54,320
the whatever. 
I just had a few bucks on me. 

1859
01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:56,200
So I'm like, Hey, you got 11 
bucks. 

1860
01:25:56,200 --> 01:25:58,480
I'm like, all right, I was like 
11 bucks. 

1861
01:25:59,040 --> 01:26:01,240
They'll I go to hand over 20. 
She's like no cash. 

1862
01:26:01,240 --> 01:26:02,680
I'm like, all right, I'm like, 
you guys do Venmo. 

1863
01:26:02,680 --> 01:26:05,680
They're like, well, yeah, but 
you, you got to register. 

1864
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:07,920
I'm like, like, let me put my 
glasses on. 

1865
01:26:07,920 --> 01:26:09,440
I wasn't getting mad at her. 
It's not her fault. 

1866
01:26:09,680 --> 01:26:12,520
But inwardly I'm like, well, 
this is just a pain in the ass. 

1867
01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:16,640
And like there's 77 minutes from
from the first pitch and I you 

1868
01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:18,520
know, I know he's going to be 
batting at the top of the order.

1869
01:26:18,520 --> 01:26:21,160
I'm like, and I know I got to 
walk across the whole freaking 

1870
01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:23,120
complex. 
I don't want Mrs. First step 

1871
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:25,840
batting me like old, old man 
eyes. 

1872
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:28,480
I'm like looking down at my 
phone, you know, because I 

1873
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:30,320
couldn't find my like glasses 
for a SEC because I don't need 

1874
01:26:30,320 --> 01:26:33,040
glasses to watch them play. 
Just if I look at the phone, I'm

1875
01:26:33,040 --> 01:26:34,600
like, oh, will you go to this 
link? 

1876
01:26:34,800 --> 01:26:36,960
Oh, here's the waiver you got to
do this. 

1877
01:26:37,320 --> 01:26:38,360
Do you want to get 
notifications? 

1878
01:26:38,360 --> 01:26:41,120
No, I don't want notifications. 
I just want to watch my son play

1879
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:43,120
baseball. 
That's really all I want to do, 

1880
01:26:43,440 --> 01:26:45,360
you know, and I didn't say it 
with that tone because she was 

1881
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:47,480
young. 
High school, you know, 3 like 3 

1882
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:50,280
high school girls, tremendous 
young ladies, really, really 

1883
01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:52,040
good. 
But is that insane? 

1884
01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:54,600
11 bucks. 
Yeah, it's crazy. 

1885
01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:57,440
It's, I mean, listen, unless 
they're, unless they're giving 

1886
01:26:57,440 --> 01:27:01,480
you a halftime performance, I 
don't see where this is with 

1887
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:04,480
where this is worth it. 
No, no, it well, it is because 

1888
01:27:04,480 --> 01:27:06,480
the baseball is great and the 
kids love it, but, you know, 

1889
01:27:06,520 --> 01:27:10,200
hey, all right, Read this for me
at Now this is easy at VL Dash. 

1890
01:27:10,200 --> 01:27:12,880
Is Dash here to stay? 
All right, Yeah. 

1891
01:27:12,880 --> 01:27:14,360
I didn't see this till this 
morning. 

1892
01:27:14,360 --> 01:27:15,880
To be fair. 
Did you see a boy, Jason 

1893
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:17,840
Dominguez drop that pop up in 
triple AI? 

1894
01:27:17,840 --> 01:27:20,160
Did it looked like he was on 
skates. 

1895
01:27:20,160 --> 01:27:21,760
You still think he's better than
Jones? 

1896
01:27:23,040 --> 01:27:25,200
Well, I mean I know he's a 
better hitter than Spencer Jones

1897
01:27:25,200 --> 01:27:27,920
because Spencer Jones strikes 
out basically 40% of the time 

1898
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:30,840
against AA pitching. 
You know, let's see how he does.

1899
01:27:31,200 --> 01:27:33,320
You know, this year. 
Let's see if he gets a call. 

1900
01:27:33,480 --> 01:27:35,440
Let's call up. 
I don't listen. 

1901
01:27:35,440 --> 01:27:37,040
Maybe he gets a couple coffee in
September. 

1902
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:38,480
If he hits forty home runs in 
the Miners. 

1903
01:27:38,760 --> 01:27:41,440
I don't think Spencer Jones 
factors into the Yankees future 

1904
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:43,400
at all. 
I don't unless there is a 

1905
01:27:43,440 --> 01:27:45,760
radical and it would have to be 
a radical. 

1906
01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:48,240
And you won't even know this 
until you know, you have to get 

1907
01:27:48,240 --> 01:27:49,560
a couple of months of evidence 
here. 

1908
01:27:49,960 --> 01:27:52,560
A radical overhaul to his 
approach in the battles box. 

1909
01:27:52,560 --> 01:27:56,240
He swings and misses too much. 
And when you do that in AA, and 

1910
01:27:56,240 --> 01:27:58,720
I don't care how far you hit a 
baseball, when you strike out 

1911
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:01,680
3830 nine, 40% of the time it's 
untenable. 

1912
01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:03,400
You cannot play Major League 
Baseball. 

1913
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:06,960
If you get up 10 times and you 
strike out 4/4 and 1/2, he can't

1914
01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:08,640
have it. 
They might even be 5 because as 

1915
01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:10,600
you get to the majors, the 
pitching is better. 

1916
01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:13,800
So listen, he hits bombs. 
I know that he can run. 

1917
01:28:13,960 --> 01:28:16,640
He's a better center fielder. 
I've also said that the the 

1918
01:28:16,680 --> 01:28:18,480
Yankees view him as a 
centerfielder more than 

1919
01:28:18,480 --> 01:28:20,440
Dominguez. 
He might even have a better arm.

1920
01:28:21,160 --> 01:28:22,640
Maybe. 
You know, he's a pitcher of 

1921
01:28:22,640 --> 01:28:23,920
Vanderbilt for a little bit 
early. 

1922
01:28:23,920 --> 01:28:27,160
I think he threw. 
I think he got clocked in 9495 

1923
01:28:27,160 --> 01:28:29,760
because I looked on his perfect 
game profile like a lunatic to 

1924
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:31,160
see how good he was when he was 
young. 

1925
01:28:32,080 --> 01:28:34,680
No, I don't think that. 
Spencer Jones, forget about. 

1926
01:28:34,680 --> 01:28:37,520
I know you're kidding. 
Spencer Jones to me has no 

1927
01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:40,240
correlation right now to Jason 
Dominguez. 

1928
01:28:40,240 --> 01:28:42,440
I think that Jason Dominguez 
should have made the Major 

1929
01:28:42,440 --> 01:28:43,880
League team. 
That bothered me. 

1930
01:28:43,880 --> 01:28:45,560
I told booty and want to hear 
it. 

1931
01:28:45,600 --> 01:28:48,240
You know, I told you you guys 
didn't want to hear it. 

1932
01:28:48,240 --> 01:28:51,200
Like I knew I knew that Jones 
was not making this team. 

1933
01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:54,280
And I told you that in February.
And I also said I didn't know 

1934
01:28:54,280 --> 01:28:56,040
it. 
But I strongly surmise, and I 

1935
01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:58,760
communicated to you on this 
show, on the show, on the 

1936
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:01,640
channel, that I really didn't 
think Dominguez was making the 

1937
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:03,760
team neither. 
And it bothered me inherently. 

1938
01:29:03,760 --> 01:29:05,520
I thought that that was, there's
something wrong with that. 

1939
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:09,160
Now, it's not like he hit three 
O 3, but Jason Dominguez proved 

1940
01:29:09,160 --> 01:29:12,360
to be at the very least a 
competent Major League player. 

1941
01:29:12,360 --> 01:29:14,480
He can run. 
He didn't hit two O 9. 

1942
01:29:14,640 --> 01:29:17,600
He didn't strike out 37% of the 
time. 

1943
01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:19,960
His walk in contact rate was 
pretty good. 

1944
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:22,080
Stole 20 bases. 
I thought there'd be more power.

1945
01:29:22,080 --> 01:29:23,360
I've said that, but I think 
it'll come. 

1946
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:26,200
When you play every day, you 
know, his bugaboo is the 

1947
01:29:26,240 --> 01:29:27,840
outfield. 
He's horrendous. 

1948
01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:29,080
I don't know what happened to 
him. 

1949
01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:33,000
I I I don't understand. 
Yes, I did see it. 

1950
01:29:33,400 --> 01:29:35,280
He was turning around. 
Like in circle. 

1951
01:29:35,520 --> 01:29:38,120
Was it windy? 
I guess that's the only out I 

1952
01:29:38,120 --> 01:29:39,840
didn't even see. 
Was it a It doesn't matter. 

1953
01:29:39,840 --> 01:29:41,720
You can't, you can't, you know 
it doesn't matter. 

1954
01:29:41,920 --> 01:29:46,560
You can't look that bad, you 
know, as a as a the Martian like

1955
01:29:46,560 --> 01:29:49,080
touted as some Uber prospect. 
You can't look. 

1956
01:29:49,080 --> 01:29:51,960
I'm not saying you can't like 
boot a ball, you know, sinking 

1957
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:54,120
the liner, take a step in it 
goes over your head. 

1958
01:29:54,120 --> 01:29:56,120
That was a pop up that was 
pretty, pretty deep. 

1959
01:29:56,120 --> 01:29:58,880
But and if the winds are 
swirling, was it off a lefty 

1960
01:29:58,880 --> 01:30:00,360
bat? 
I don't know and I don't even 

1961
01:30:00,360 --> 01:30:02,120
care. 
But I just say that because if 

1962
01:30:02,120 --> 01:30:05,440
it was a lefty bat, you got that
reverse spin and going to the 

1963
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:07,440
line. 
Who the hell knows what I what I

1964
01:30:07,520 --> 01:30:11,720
what I don't know. 
I don't no like even kids that I

1965
01:30:11,720 --> 01:30:15,680
watch now, like at you know, at 
at this age, like ten, 11-12 

1966
01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:19,960
years old, if you're an 11 year 
old shortstop, right? 

1967
01:30:19,960 --> 01:30:22,560
This is the one of the most this
is the most forget about from 

1968
01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:25,000
the right side hitting. 
This is the most confounding 

1969
01:30:25,000 --> 01:30:26,240
thing to me about Jason 
Dominguez. 

1970
01:30:26,240 --> 01:30:30,520
This is what I don't get. 
If you are an 11 year old, 1011 

1971
01:30:30,520 --> 01:30:34,400
years old and you play 
shortstop, right and you're I'm 

1972
01:30:34,400 --> 01:30:37,080
not saying you're Ozzie Smith, 
but you're wit, but you're good,

1973
01:30:37,200 --> 01:30:38,000
right? 
You're a good short. 

1974
01:30:38,000 --> 01:30:39,520
You catch the ball, you make all
the plays right. 

1975
01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:43,560
If you take that kid and you put
him in the outfield or you put 

1976
01:30:43,560 --> 01:30:47,880
him in second base or you put 
him anywhere really behind the 

1977
01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:50,000
plate, put him in first base. 
If he's tall enough, put him in 

1978
01:30:50,000 --> 01:30:51,920
3rd for sure. 
The kids going to look 

1979
01:30:51,920 --> 01:30:54,320
functional. 
He's going to look fine. 

1980
01:30:55,480 --> 01:30:59,600
I don't understand for the life 
of me how a guy who was touted 

1981
01:30:59,600 --> 01:31:04,160
as a center fielder like this 
great defensive center fielder 

1982
01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:07,720
who looks like Todd Hundley in 
left field. 

1983
01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:12,080
I don't understand that. 
The erosion of his defensive 

1984
01:31:12,080 --> 01:31:15,320
game is beyond alarming. 
I got to blame the Yankee 

1985
01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:18,480
organization on that because 
that speaks to development. 

1986
01:31:18,480 --> 01:31:20,520
Now, obviously, at the end of 
the day, it's Dominguez. 

1987
01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:24,240
He's the one who's in control 
of, you know, throws and getting

1988
01:31:24,240 --> 01:31:26,520
proper reads and angles and 
catching pop ups. 

1989
01:31:26,960 --> 01:31:30,680
But that is mystifying to me. 
Like it's one thing, right? 

1990
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:35,440
If you're thought to be a a 
great defensive outfielder and 

1991
01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:38,480
you've got immense power, like 
basically Dominguez the scouting

1992
01:31:38,480 --> 01:31:43,040
report, run like the wind. 
You may run like heads, but you 

1993
01:31:43,040 --> 01:31:47,680
hit like shit, you know, run 
like the wind rocket for an arm 

1994
01:31:47,960 --> 01:31:51,880
go get it in the outfield power 
from both sides of the plate 5 

1995
01:31:51,880 --> 01:31:53,960
tool. 
Prospect #1 prospect in the 

1996
01:31:53,960 --> 01:31:56,680
franchise nickname, which I 
never get into nicknames. 

1997
01:31:56,680 --> 01:31:58,960
I can't stand it. 
But he had one the next Mickey 

1998
01:31:58,960 --> 01:32:00,640
Mantle. 
All that me and Sal were talking

1999
01:32:00,640 --> 01:32:03,200
about this back in the day, and 
even then I didn't buy into. 

2000
01:32:03,200 --> 01:32:05,880
I'm like, you know, I like I'm 
interested, I like them, but the

2001
01:32:06,080 --> 01:32:08,240
stocks enough with the Martian 
nonsense, right. 

2002
01:32:08,960 --> 01:32:12,880
How do you go from that to be 
perceived to be that kind of a 

2003
01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:17,200
player to immediately being 
deemed not good enough to play 

2004
01:32:17,200 --> 01:32:19,200
center field where they don't 
even give you a shot? 

2005
01:32:19,600 --> 01:32:22,040
You don't even get a look to 
now. 

2006
01:32:22,480 --> 01:32:27,120
You literally look like an 
inept, incapable over your head 

2007
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:31,000
train wreck in left field That I
don't understand. 

2008
01:32:31,160 --> 01:32:33,200
And I think I know baseball 
pretty well. 

2009
01:32:33,680 --> 01:32:36,320
Like I think I understand the 
game decent enough. 

2010
01:32:36,880 --> 01:32:40,360
You know, you take a you want to
tell me we're talking about a 

2011
01:32:40,360 --> 01:32:43,800
shortstop going to 3rd like say 
if a rod was awful early or you 

2012
01:32:43,800 --> 01:32:45,360
know, Bechette's having some 
issues throwing the ball. 

2013
01:32:45,360 --> 01:32:47,680
All right, it's a different 
position. 

2014
01:32:47,680 --> 01:32:50,800
No different spin third base 
balls on you quicker, longer 

2015
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:52,160
throw. 
He doesn't have a great, 

2016
01:32:52,160 --> 01:32:54,440
although I did see you threw one
ball across the diamond. 

2017
01:32:54,720 --> 01:32:59,200
I think it was like 95.6 stat 
cast had him either way, like 

2018
01:32:59,200 --> 01:33:01,640
that's different or you want to 
tell me like Ben Rice? 

2019
01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:05,280
All right, who how about that 
ball he rocked off the right 

2020
01:33:05,280 --> 01:33:06,800
field wall? 
He's going to I think he's going

2021
01:33:06,800 --> 01:33:08,280
to be an All Star this year. 
I've said that. 

2022
01:33:08,680 --> 01:33:11,480
I've said that I think Ben Rice 
is going to be awesome this 

2023
01:33:11,520 --> 01:33:12,320
year. 
Awesome. 

2024
01:33:12,600 --> 01:33:15,640
Like you tell me, like Ben Rice,
who didn't get to play much in 

2025
01:33:15,640 --> 01:33:17,360
college. 
Remember, he was a catcher in 

2026
01:33:17,360 --> 01:33:19,840
the in the I, I think it was 
Dartmouth in the Ivy League, 

2027
01:33:19,840 --> 01:33:21,520
right? 
Then one of his years got 

2028
01:33:21,520 --> 01:33:24,520
cancelled because of COVID and 
now he's trying to learn to play

2029
01:33:24,520 --> 01:33:25,880
first base. 
All right, like that's going to 

2030
01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:28,960
take, you'll be fine. 
I think I think it'll be 

2031
01:33:28,960 --> 01:33:30,920
functional. 
But like, you know, if he shits 

2032
01:33:30,920 --> 01:33:34,160
the bed the first week and he's 
awful in the first month, he's 

2033
01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:36,640
defensively deficient. 
You're like, all right, let's 

2034
01:33:36,640 --> 01:33:38,080
give him a little bit of time 
here. 

2035
01:33:38,120 --> 01:33:40,600
He's pretty much been a catcher 
up until last year where he's 

2036
01:33:40,600 --> 01:33:42,800
trying to make this transition. 
Like there's certain things I 

2037
01:33:42,800 --> 01:33:44,720
can understand. 
Even I mentioned Todd Hundley. 

2038
01:33:44,880 --> 01:33:46,960
Todd Hundley going from behind 
the plate where everything's in 

2039
01:33:46,960 --> 01:33:49,640
front of you and you see the 
whole diamond to a completely 

2040
01:33:49,640 --> 01:33:51,600
different vantage point, going 
to play left field. 

2041
01:33:52,280 --> 01:33:54,200
No, I just he could have been 
out there for five years. 

2042
01:33:54,200 --> 01:33:55,680
He was never going to be 
remotely competent. 

2043
01:33:55,680 --> 01:33:57,840
But at least there's a 
transition. 

2044
01:33:58,040 --> 01:33:59,800
It's a different read. 
It's a different reactions, 

2045
01:33:59,800 --> 01:34:02,640
different timing mechanism falls
on you later than when it is 

2046
01:34:02,640 --> 01:34:05,200
behind the plate. 
You know, I just don't 

2047
01:34:05,200 --> 01:34:08,040
understand for the life of me 
what in the world is going on 

2048
01:34:08,040 --> 01:34:10,440
with Jason Dominguez in the 
outfield. 

2049
01:34:10,640 --> 01:34:15,640
Good God. 
All right, his mental state's 

2050
01:34:15,640 --> 01:34:16,320
broken. 
Avery. 

2051
01:34:16,320 --> 01:34:17,960
You might be right. 
It very well might be a mental 

2052
01:34:17,960 --> 01:34:18,960
thing. 
Well, the Yankees haven't done 

2053
01:34:18,960 --> 01:34:21,720
him any favors by basically 
telling us not Not good enough 

2054
01:34:21,720 --> 01:34:24,600
to play center field. 
The team's being wishy washy on 

2055
01:34:24,600 --> 01:34:25,640
him. 
Sure, it hasn't helped with 

2056
01:34:25,640 --> 01:34:27,480
that. 
He'll only only succeed with the

2057
01:34:27,480 --> 01:34:30,960
change of scenery or a team that
truly believes in him. 

2058
01:34:32,040 --> 01:34:34,960
Maybe. 
Maybe hashtag be real. 

2059
01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:37,600
I mean, maybe super encouraged 
by the Yankees pitching so far. 

2060
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:41,480
So far, You know, I see Bird as 
a Nelly type reliever. 

2061
01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:44,880
Bird looked really good. 
BK Liner or B Kleiner, however 

2062
01:34:44,880 --> 01:34:47,680
you want to say thank you, BK 
Yeah, Yankees pitching's going 

2063
01:34:47,680 --> 01:34:49,520
to be phenomenal. 
I mean, Tam Schlitz, there's 

2064
01:34:49,520 --> 01:34:52,840
going to be an absolute beast. 
You know, Will Warren was 

2065
01:34:52,840 --> 01:34:55,640
laboring his pitch count, got up
there, had some issue with two 

2066
01:34:55,640 --> 01:34:58,000
outs. 
You know, that was a little 

2067
01:34:58,000 --> 01:34:59,760
problematic there. 
But you got a chance to get into

2068
01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:01,760
the Yankee bullpen. 
The Yankee and and Boone even 

2069
01:35:01,760 --> 01:35:04,640
said this post game, like the 
Yankee bullpen roles are still 

2070
01:35:04,640 --> 01:35:07,440
being defined. 
So that's gonna be a work in 

2071
01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:08,680
progress. 
But everything that I've said 

2072
01:35:08,680 --> 01:35:10,840
about the Yankees, we know 
they're gonna score a lot of 

2073
01:35:10,840 --> 01:35:11,560
runs. 
Will they hit? 

2074
01:35:11,560 --> 01:35:13,560
When it matters, we'll fight. 
I can't answer that now. 

2075
01:35:13,640 --> 01:35:16,640
I don't know the answer to that.
They're gonna hit 200 plus home 

2076
01:35:16,640 --> 01:35:19,720
runs, probably League Baseball 
in runs or you know, top three, 

2077
01:35:20,080 --> 01:35:23,920
you know, whatever. 
The Judge already has two and 

2078
01:35:23,960 --> 01:35:27,640
offensively they'll be among the
elite, you know, OPS, all the 

2079
01:35:27,640 --> 01:35:30,840
measurements, run scored, home 
runs, all that stuff on base 

2080
01:35:30,840 --> 01:35:32,560
percentage. 
I think the Yankees will be an 

2081
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:35,360
elite offensive team. 
Will they will they hit elite 

2082
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:37,080
pitching? 
Well, they haven't for years. 

2083
01:35:37,080 --> 01:35:39,360
So why would I say that? 
They will, but I won't say that 

2084
01:35:39,360 --> 01:35:41,120
they won't. 
I'm just going to say let let me

2085
01:35:41,120 --> 01:35:43,920
see if they make any changes and
let me see what some of these 

2086
01:35:43,920 --> 01:35:46,000
younger guys look like. 
Let me see what happens at short

2087
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:50,520
blah blah blah. 
But I am incredibly confident if

2088
01:35:50,520 --> 01:35:54,200
Garrett Cole comes back and is 
Garrett Cole that the Yankees 

2089
01:35:54,200 --> 01:35:56,040
will have the best. 
And I know there's others. 

2090
01:35:56,040 --> 01:35:57,920
The Dodgers rotation sick Red 
Sox. 

2091
01:35:57,920 --> 01:36:00,280
I know there's others. 
Mets rotation is pretty good, I 

2092
01:36:00,280 --> 01:36:05,160
know, but I think that the 
Yankees rotation is the thing 

2093
01:36:05,160 --> 01:36:07,080
that's going to give them a 
chance to win the World Series 

2094
01:36:07,080 --> 01:36:09,000
this year. 
If if Garrett Cole now, if 

2095
01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:11,680
Garrett Cole comes back and he's
batting practice, then well, 

2096
01:36:11,680 --> 01:36:13,480
that that that kind of changes 
my opinion. 

2097
01:36:13,680 --> 01:36:16,840
Obviously, this is all prefaced 
by the thought that, you know, 

2098
01:36:16,840 --> 01:36:19,400
people talking to Boone, 
watching him and others around 

2099
01:36:19,400 --> 01:36:22,480
baseball, that Garrett Cole, you
know, after a couple of starts, 

2100
01:36:22,480 --> 01:36:25,280
whatever shake the rust that 
they really believe he's going 

2101
01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:27,440
to be back to being Garrett 
Cole, if anything, may be better

2102
01:36:27,520 --> 01:36:29,440
because he's had a chance to 
regenerate physically. 

2103
01:36:29,560 --> 01:36:31,960
It's been a workhorse. 
So you get a chance to kind of, 

2104
01:36:32,200 --> 01:36:34,160
you know, let your let your body
ice up a bit. 

2105
01:36:34,400 --> 01:36:36,920
I, I just think, I think he's 
going to be this Yankee rotation

2106
01:36:36,920 --> 01:36:39,360
is going to be fun, man. 
And then he get Clark Schmidt 

2107
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:40,720
back. 
You know, I'm not a big Louise 

2108
01:36:40,720 --> 01:36:43,640
Hill fan at this point. 
Who knows where he'll factor in.

2109
01:36:44,240 --> 01:36:46,920
I'm curious how Weathers pitches
against Seattle. 

2110
01:36:47,240 --> 01:36:49,440
But no, the Yankees rotation 
looks really good. 

2111
01:36:49,520 --> 01:36:52,240
Yanks A3 and O Mets rotation 
looks really good. 

2112
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:54,120
I like that. 
I just like the way the Mets 

2113
01:36:54,120 --> 01:36:56,240
lineup. 
See Yankees lineup is pretty 

2114
01:36:56,240 --> 01:36:58,160
much the same. 
Caballero, Volpe, whatever, a 

2115
01:36:58,160 --> 01:36:59,440
little little tweak here and 
there. 

2116
01:36:59,560 --> 01:37:02,760
McMahon to start the year. 
I just watched the Mets lineup 

2117
01:37:02,960 --> 01:37:05,240
and I just like it better than I
like last year's lineup. 

2118
01:37:05,480 --> 01:37:07,520
I just do. 
There's more well-rounded 

2119
01:37:07,520 --> 01:37:09,360
approaches. 
There's more professional 

2120
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:12,560
hitters, there's more guys that 
can run and Bichette hasn't done

2121
01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:14,520
a damn thing. 
Wait till Bichette starts 

2122
01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:17,560
raking, which he will. 
And if you just tuned in, I love

2123
01:37:17,560 --> 01:37:19,240
what he said. 
You know when when when the Mets

2124
01:37:19,240 --> 01:37:21,320
fan booed him. 
And it's like, listen, Tino got 

2125
01:37:21,320 --> 01:37:24,000
booed in 96. 
Soto heard it last year from 

2126
01:37:24,040 --> 01:37:26,920
from Mets fans when he wasn't 
clutch early on, didn't run out 

2127
01:37:26,920 --> 01:37:29,160
of ball or two. 
It's a rite of passage. 

2128
01:37:29,160 --> 01:37:31,520
You know what I mean? 
You come here, Coral, Anthony 

2129
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:34,440
Towns, he got booed. 
He's been booed. 

2130
01:37:35,840 --> 01:37:37,800
You know those. 
You know, when those boots stop,

2131
01:37:37,800 --> 01:37:40,240
when you perform and the team 
does well, that's it. 

2132
01:37:40,560 --> 01:37:41,880
And I have no doubt. 
Yeah. 

2133
01:37:41,880 --> 01:37:43,240
I don't even have time to get to
the Knicks today. 

2134
01:37:43,240 --> 01:37:44,960
I'm going to do a little bit 
more of the Knicks tomorrow. 

2135
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:47,800
So I got to get bouncing here. 
We'll start wrap it up, Jay, But

2136
01:37:47,800 --> 01:37:51,480
I think that you know what what 
what Bichette said tells you 

2137
01:37:51,760 --> 01:37:53,840
this this dude is built for New 
York, man. 

2138
01:37:53,840 --> 01:37:54,560
You know what? 
I. 

2139
01:37:54,920 --> 01:37:58,120
Mean it was like a fun little 
quote like you see, man, he's 

2140
01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:00,400
he's got the sauce. 
Yeah, he does. 

2141
01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:02,120
He's got the swag and more 
importantly, he's got the 

2142
01:38:02,120 --> 01:38:04,760
talent, he's got the heartbeat. 
I think he's going to be an 

2143
01:38:04,760 --> 01:38:06,960
absolute dog for the Mets and I 
think he's going to be 

2144
01:38:06,960 --> 01:38:09,760
phenomenal for the Mets. 
So New York baseball's off to a 

2145
01:38:09,760 --> 01:38:11,280
good start. 
Wrapped up the St. 

2146
01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:12,960
John's stuff. 
Obviously, if you guys just 

2147
01:38:12,960 --> 01:38:15,880
tuned in, did a lot on that. 
We'll do some Final Four stuff 

2148
01:38:15,880 --> 01:38:18,920
later in the week a little bit. 
Illinois, UConn start moving to 

2149
01:38:18,920 --> 01:38:21,720
the draft as well. 
Of course, Michigan, Arizona 

2150
01:38:21,720 --> 01:38:24,040
after that baseball is on their 
way. 

2151
01:38:24,560 --> 01:38:27,920
Was a very interesting, you 
know, biggish regular season 

2152
01:38:27,920 --> 01:38:30,040
game for the Knicks last night. 
But I but I got to run do some 

2153
01:38:30,040 --> 01:38:31,520
other stuff. 
I'll do a little Knicks 

2154
01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:34,040
tomorrow. 
There's really nothing that can 

2155
01:38:34,040 --> 01:38:35,520
happen. 
That's why I was so into last 

2156
01:38:35,520 --> 01:38:37,200
night's game. 
That's going to give me either 

2157
01:38:37,200 --> 01:38:40,120
confidence or jolt my confidence
in the Knicks moving forward. 

2158
01:38:40,440 --> 01:38:42,880
The bottom line is the seven 
games that they won in a row, 

2159
01:38:43,120 --> 01:38:46,080
they'd be pretty shitty teams. 
You know, they did the last two 

2160
01:38:46,080 --> 01:38:48,440
games that they've lost. 
It's been against two good 

2161
01:38:48,480 --> 01:38:50,440
teams. 
Yep, and and yes, and even 

2162
01:38:50,440 --> 01:38:53,040
preceding the seven game win 
streak when they lost to the 

2163
01:38:53,040 --> 01:38:56,440
Lakers on that Sunday and the 
Clippers out West, they didn't 

2164
01:38:56,440 --> 01:38:58,080
play well. 
Both of those, not that they're 

2165
01:38:58,080 --> 01:38:59,360
great like you know, but they're
good. 

2166
01:38:59,360 --> 01:39:01,680
They're better than the Wizards 
who they beat couple of games 

2167
01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:03,520
ago. 
Some of these, some of these 

2168
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:05,400
teams that that really aren't 
going anywhere. 

2169
01:39:05,400 --> 01:39:10,480
So, you know, once the Knicks 
really start your boys all over 

2170
01:39:10,480 --> 01:39:12,360
it, I can't wait. 
I will say this. 

2171
01:39:12,360 --> 01:39:13,840
What do they have? 
40, the Knicks 48 wins? 

2172
01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:15,760
Yeah, they're 48 and 27. 
They got 7 to go. 

2173
01:39:16,040 --> 01:39:19,160
Like if the Knicks go, let's say
the Knicks go five and two and 

2174
01:39:19,160 --> 01:39:23,240
four and three now go up five 
and two, then you're a 53 win 

2175
01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:25,920
team. 
Well, I feel like that's what I 

2176
01:39:25,920 --> 01:39:28,680
thought they would be. 
I actually said 54, but I 

2177
01:39:28,680 --> 01:39:30,440
thought I'd feel better about 
the 54. 

2178
01:39:30,560 --> 01:39:33,520
I'm not as I'm not as down as I 
was a while ago. 

2179
01:39:33,520 --> 01:39:38,680
Like I think there's Cat's role 
has been, you know, streamline 

2180
01:39:38,680 --> 01:39:40,720
here, he's bought into it a 
little bit more. 

2181
01:39:41,160 --> 01:39:43,600
You know, you didn't get much 
for the bench last night, which 

2182
01:39:43,600 --> 01:39:45,280
is interesting. 
And I got to see if big brides 

2183
01:39:45,280 --> 01:39:47,280
okay because he came back and it
looks like he got. 

2184
01:39:47,280 --> 01:39:49,720
His first game. 
He got hurt again. 

2185
01:39:50,120 --> 01:39:52,040
It looked like he got hurt 
again, and it looked like it may

2186
01:39:52,040 --> 01:39:54,200
have been the same spot. 
You know about, you know, 

2187
01:39:54,240 --> 01:39:57,280
Alvarado, obviously Jordan 
Clarkson. 

2188
01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:01,960
He had a good first week. 
He did, he did. 

2189
01:40:02,040 --> 01:40:04,400
He did hit a couple threes last 
night, but not a ton more than 

2190
01:40:04,400 --> 01:40:06,280
that. 
So I'll just about wrap it up, 

2191
01:40:06,280 --> 01:40:07,280
man. 
Appreciate you guys. 

2192
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:09,080
Jay Rod, good show today. 
He's going to get those shorts 

2193
01:40:09,080 --> 01:40:11,360
out. 
Hey, one more time, get it up on

2194
01:40:11,360 --> 01:40:13,960
the screen Wednesday, The Jets. 
Let's get The Jets thing up. 

2195
01:40:14,360 --> 01:40:17,520
It'll be episode number 2 with 
myself and Jake Asman and Rich 

2196
01:40:17,520 --> 01:40:18,880
Simini. 
Awesome crew. 

2197
01:40:19,120 --> 01:40:23,200
First episode was a blast. 
We already have over 2000 Subs. 

2198
01:40:23,200 --> 01:40:25,040
I think it's like, you know, 
10,000 views on the first 

2199
01:40:25,040 --> 01:40:28,400
episode, which will be nothing. 
As we get deeper and deeper and 

2200
01:40:28,400 --> 01:40:31,720
deeper into this all year. 
I mean, into the draft, into the

2201
01:40:31,760 --> 01:40:35,400
OTAs, into training camp during 
the season, I think there'll be 

2202
01:40:35,400 --> 01:40:37,400
a point where we wind up doing 
more than one show a week. 

2203
01:40:37,400 --> 01:40:39,080
So that's going to be a blast 
with that crew. 

2204
01:40:39,360 --> 01:40:41,960
Episode number 2, The Jets 
Collective. 

2205
01:40:41,960 --> 01:40:45,520
Go sub it, go like it, go 
support it. 7:00 PM on YouTube 

2206
01:40:45,520 --> 01:40:47,200
on Wednesday. 
And let's get it up. 

2207
01:40:47,200 --> 01:40:48,440
Look at this guy. 
Look at it, look at it. 

2208
01:40:48,440 --> 01:40:51,480
Look at him and one thing and I 
can clown him on this and don't 

2209
01:40:51,480 --> 01:40:53,400
think for a second I'm not going
to. 

2210
01:40:53,400 --> 01:40:55,920
I am going to clown him on that 
haircut that he's still rocking.

2211
01:40:56,200 --> 01:40:58,960
I remember saying to him and he 
used to make fun of my head. 

2212
01:40:59,160 --> 01:41:01,960
He's like, yeah, you got this 
big box head like Popeye, right?

2213
01:41:02,480 --> 01:41:04,600
I'm like, all right, well, I 
mean, what do you want me to do?

2214
01:41:04,960 --> 01:41:07,040
I'm like, are you going to keep 
like, are you going to keep 

2215
01:41:07,040 --> 01:41:08,600
going with that? 
Like whatever that thing is? 

2216
01:41:08,720 --> 01:41:10,640
Are we going fade? 
Are we going like, what are what

2217
01:41:10,640 --> 01:41:13,680
are we doing with this? 
Like it's beginning to now the 

2218
01:41:13,680 --> 01:41:15,920
hairline is it's now getting 
further and further. 

2219
01:41:16,920 --> 01:41:19,520
And I remember saying to him, 
this was in 2005. 

2220
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:21,960
I'm like, dude, why don't you 
tighten up the sides, man? 

2221
01:41:21,960 --> 01:41:24,200
Give it a little, go a little 
one clip, fade it in. 

2222
01:41:24,200 --> 01:41:25,840
Let's go. 
You look younger. 

2223
01:41:25,840 --> 01:41:27,280
You look like an absolute 
badass. 

2224
01:41:27,280 --> 01:41:29,640
He's like, Nah, BT come on, man.
He goes look at this little 

2225
01:41:29,640 --> 01:41:32,840
peanut head man. 
He says, he says that's his 

2226
01:41:32,840 --> 01:41:35,080
word. 
I guarantee that he'll use that 

2227
01:41:35,080 --> 01:41:38,240
term again on Wednesday. 
I got API, got a peanut head. 

2228
01:41:38,480 --> 01:41:39,920
That peanut head don't look good
like that. 

2229
01:41:39,920 --> 01:41:41,920
I need the hair to hide. 
I need the hair. 

2230
01:41:41,920 --> 01:41:43,680
I need what he's saying. 
I need the hair to hide that 

2231
01:41:43,680 --> 01:41:46,720
peanut head man, man, come on BT
everybody's got a box head like 

2232
01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:49,400
you. 
So I am curious where my boy is 

2233
01:41:49,400 --> 01:41:53,440
on the hair because he has not 
changed his hairstyle in a long.

2234
01:41:53,440 --> 01:41:56,480
He's like one of those one of 
those O GS who still rocking and

2235
01:41:56,480 --> 01:41:58,920
not wrong with him because they 
came back, but like one of the O

2236
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:01,000
GS who's still wearing the 
Adidas shell tops. 

2237
01:42:01,000 --> 01:42:03,120
You know what I mean? 
I was still rocking. 

2238
01:42:03,120 --> 01:42:04,720
I don't mean just because 
they're retro. 

2239
01:42:04,720 --> 01:42:06,160
I mean, because he never changed
out of them. 

2240
01:42:06,320 --> 01:42:07,840
Yeah, I. 
Mean the dudes who are still in 

2241
01:42:07,840 --> 01:42:09,880
the Puma jumpsuit. 
Like exactly. 

2242
01:42:09,960 --> 01:42:12,480
You know what I'm saying? 
But listen, here's one thing I 

2243
01:42:12,480 --> 01:42:15,720
got to say when it comes to 
style, like in terms of what his

2244
01:42:15,720 --> 01:42:17,000
wardrobe he's. 
Got it on. 

2245
01:42:17,760 --> 01:42:20,800
He's that guy. 
Nobody touches Stephen AI mean 

2246
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:24,120
nobody, so be a lot of fun and a
lot of stuff to hit with him. 

2247
01:42:24,120 --> 01:42:25,920
That's going to be an interview.
That's going to be a 

2248
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:27,800
conversation with my guy blessed
and honor. 

2249
01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:29,040
He's coming on the show. 
It's going to be great. 

2250
01:42:29,040 --> 01:42:32,440
So that's Wednesday jets 
collected Wednesday like it sub 

2251
01:42:32,440 --> 01:42:35,120
it, get it out there, share all 
the stuff comment. 

2252
01:42:35,160 --> 01:42:38,680
All right, it's been a very busy
week or so haven't had as much 

2253
01:42:38,680 --> 01:42:40,080
of a chance to jump into the 
comments. 

2254
01:42:40,080 --> 01:42:41,960
I'm going to carve out some time
today to do that. 

2255
01:42:41,960 --> 01:42:44,960
So J Rod, great work. 
I'm happy you're feeling better 

2256
01:42:46,320 --> 01:42:47,560
and that's it. 
So I'm going to get out of here,

2257
01:42:47,560 --> 01:42:50,440
have a great Monday, enjoy 
what's left of your day. 

2258
01:42:50,720 --> 01:42:53,680
If something breaks something 
wild, I'll you know, I'll jump 

2259
01:42:53,680 --> 01:42:55,120
on. 
I'm going to do a couple of live

2260
01:42:55,120 --> 01:42:57,680
watches at some point, not with 
the gangster on the West Coast, 

2261
01:42:57,680 --> 01:43:00,080
but at some point within the 
first month of the season, I'm 

2262
01:43:00,080 --> 01:43:02,920
going to bust out some of that, 
do a couple of live nick watch 

2263
01:43:02,920 --> 01:43:06,200
parties and obviously a ton of 
draft stuff coming, ton of draft

2264
01:43:06,200 --> 01:43:08,920
content coming, not just for The
Jets and the Giants, the entire 

2265
01:43:08,920 --> 01:43:11,080
NFL. 
So have an awesome Monday catch 

2266
01:43:11,080 --> 01:43:12,760
you tomorrow unleashed out. 
See ya. 

2267
01:43:37,680 --> 01:43:37,960
listening?